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Somnath Bhowmick
PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest
Data science, AI-ML, Ab initio and atomistic calculations, Multi-scale modeling, Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME)
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Office
FB-410,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Research Area
Computational Materials Science
Condensed Matter Theory
Nanoscience and Technology
Surface and Interface
Specialization
Computational Materials Science
Education
PhD, Indiann Institute of Science, Bangalore (2010)
Thesis Title:Graphene Nanostructures: A Theoretical Study of Electronic, Magnetic and Structural Properties
Supervisor:Vijay B Shenoy
M. Sc, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2005)
B. Tech, Calcutta University (2003)
Teaching Area
Structure and Properties of Materials
Selected Publications
Boundaries for Efficient Use of Electron Vortex Beams to Measure Magnetic Properties, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 105504 (2013)
Sensory-organ-like response determines the magnetism of zigzag-edged honeycomb nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 87, 085412 (2013)
Polymorphism of Two-Dimensional Boron, Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (5), pp 2441–2445
BN White Graphene with "Colorful" Edges: The Energies and Morphology, Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (8), pp 3113–3116
Weber-Fechner type nonlinear behavior in zigzag edge graphene nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 82, 155448 (2010)
Extra Curricular Activities
Trekking
Research Group
Samtel Centre for Display Technologies
Professional Experience
Post doctoral research associate, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Post doctoral research associate, Uppsala University, Sweden