National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Functional Material
Areas of Interest
  • Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene,Photovoltaic Cells,Energy storage Devices

Pitamber Mahanandia Associate Professor

Physics and Astronomy

pitam@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2730

61

PUBLICATIONS

4

SPONSORED PROJECTS

13

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Pitamber Mahanandia

Associate Professor

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: MC-206

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D(IISC)

Laboratory Development
  • Mesoscopic Physics,  NIT Rourkela,   Research Lab

Designing and Tailoring of hierarchical Graphene-carbon nanotubes and activated carbon for high performance hybrid super capacitor. CPRI
  • Principal Investigator
  • 35
  • Completed   Sponsored
To Investigate the grain boundary and its effect in electrical transport properties of graphene prepared by electrochemical method SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 48
  • Completed   Sponsored
Novel Photovoltaic devices based on Cu2ZnSnS4/graphene Composite DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
To study the efficientcy of photo-voltaic cell fabricated by admixture of carbon nanotubes and graphene in organice polymer DST-SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 61

S. Patra, M. Singh, S. Subudhi, M. Mandal, A. K. Nayak, B. B. Sahu, and P. Mahanandia,"One-step green synthesis of in–situ functionalized carbon quantum dots from Tagetes patula flowers: Applications as a fluorescent probe for detecting Fe3+ ions and as an antifungal agent", Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry, vol.442, pp.114779, Elsevier 2023, 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114779       Article

I. Alam, S. Subudhi, S. Das, M. Mandal, S. Patra, R. Sahu, S. Dash, P. Kumar, and P. Mahanandia,"Graphene-based field-effect transistor using gated highest-k ferroelectric thin film", Solid State Communications, vol.371, pp.115258, Elsevier, June 2023, 10.1016/j.ssc.2023.115258       Article

I. Alam, S. Yadav, S. Das, Bv. R. Subramanyam, M. Mandal, S. Subudhi, S. Patra, S. Mahapatra, and P. Mahanandia,"Grain boundary-free graphene sheets for better electrical transport properties prepared by an electrochemical method", International Journal of Materials Research, De Gruyter 2023, https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2022-0115       Article

M. Mandal, A. K. Nayak, P. Upadhyay, S. Patra, S. Subudhi, A. Mahapatra, and P. Mahanandia,"Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnFe2O4 anchored graphene and activated carbon as a new hybrid electrode for high-performance symmetric supercapacitor applications", Diamond & Related Materials, vol.139, pp.110300, Elsevier, August 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110300       Article

S. Das and P. Mahanandia,"Improved PCE of solution processed kesterite Ag2ZnSnS4 quantum dot photovoltaic cell", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol.281, pp.125878, Elsevier's, February 2022, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.125878       Article

Five Days National Workshop cum Hands-on Training Program on Raman Spectroscopy Physics and Astronomy (Workshop)

  • PH1002 : Physics - II {Theory}
  • PH101 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH101 : Physics I {Theory}
  • PH201 : Heat and Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH208 : Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH301 : Waves and Oscillation {Theory}
  • PH302 : Properties of Matter {Theory}
  • PH311 : Fundamentals of Thermal and Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • PH352 : X-Ray Techniques For Structure Evaluation {Theory}
  • PH4003 : Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4004 : Statistical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4008 : Basic Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • PH403 : Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH407 : Quantum Mechanics - I {Theory}
  • PH508 : Atomic and Molecular Physics {Theory}
  • PH538 : Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH601 : Problems in Classical Physics {Theory}
  • PH6343 : Mesoscopic Physics {Theory}
  • PH645 : Mesoscopic Physics {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH170 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH2071 : Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH3072 : Thermal Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH372 : Thermal Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH472 : Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH473 : Spectroscopy Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH574 : Advanced Characterization Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH578 : Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [13]
Investigation of Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Various Carbon Nanofillers Incorporated Epoxy Composite for Marine Applications - A Comparative Study
Sunirmal Saha
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  2017
Supervisor
Electrical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene-Carbon Nanotubes/PMMA Hybrid Nanocomposite
Kadambinee Sa
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  2018
Supervisor
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Based Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Prakash Chandra Mahakul
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  2018
Supervisor
Promoting Earth Abundant Semiconductor – CZTS as Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cell Application
Jagatpati Raiguru
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  2021
Supervisor
Investigation of Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells Fabricated by Incorporating Carbon Nanostructures in Both Hole Transport and Active Layers
Bv Ramagourisurya Subramanyam
Enrolled: Apr 2015
Graduated :  2021
Supervisor
Electrochemically prepared grain boundaries free few-layer graphene sheets for applications in transport- based devices
Injamul Alam
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  2022
Supervisor
A Study on Carbon-based Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes: Design, Fabrication, and Testing
Manoranjan Mandal
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  2022
Supervisor
Kesterite CZTS Quantum Dot Based Photovoltaic Cells: From the Prospective of Material Characterization and Photovoltaic Performance
Sonali Das
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  2023
Supervisor
Condensed Matter Physics
Subhasri Subudhi
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Continuing
Supervisor
To Study generation and detection of single photon in Carbon Nanotubes
Rabi Prakash Maheswari
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
To study the Emission and detection of single photon in quantum dots
Sanjoy Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
condensed matter physics(experimental)
Santosini Patra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Experimental condensed matter physics
Alok Kumar Nayak
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [2]
Fabrication of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Setup & Preparation of Copper Oxide (CuO) -CdX (X=Se, S) Nanoparticles Decorated Core-Shell Heterostructure
Bamadev Das
Graduated :  2014
Supervisor
Development of Al-Fe3Al Composites by Powder Metallurgy Route
Deepankar Panda
Graduated :  2015
Co-Supervisor