July 28, 2022: Our overview article on Full and Half-Heusler compounds for the special issue of MRS Bulletin on the same topic is now published. Full and Half-Heusler Compounds
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March, 2021: Gopi leaves for Japan after spending three months at TIFR as a visiting fellow.
All the best Gopi!
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Jan, 2022: Debashis joins us as an NPDF fellow funded by DST-SERB. Welcome Debashis!
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Dec 27, 2021: More cheers as 2021 draws to a close! Our paper on tuning magnetotransport properties in topological Heusler semimetal Pt1-xAuxLuSb is now out. We show how substitution alloying can be an effective strategy to reveal signatures of topological properties of semimetallic systems in bulk measurements. Physical Review Materials, 5, 124207 (2021)
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Dec 23, 2021: Gopi joins us from Bar-Ilan. Welcome Gopi!
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Dec 8, 2021: Shouvik gave an invited talk at the National Conference on Quantum Condensed Matter (QMAT 2021) https://www.tifr.res.in/~qmat2021/
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Nov 8, 2021: Our lab receives a start-up grant from DST-SERB for the development of Heusler thin films. Looking forward to exciting times ahead!
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Oct 6, 2021: In a recent review article, we chart out the progress in the synthesis of heavy fermion thin films over the last few decades, and illustrate tremendous opportunities that lie ahead both for fundamental as well as applied sciences. Electronic Structure, 3, 043001 (2021)
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Sep 2, 2021: A collaborative work on THz electrodynamics of mixed-valence YbAl3 is now published. The European Physical Journal B, 94,186 (2021)
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Sep 1, 2021: Shikhar and Debjyoti joins us! Welcome!
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Aug 25, 2021: A collaborative work on confined lateral epitaxial overgrowth of InGaAs is now published Journal of Applied Physics 130, 085302 (2021)
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Aug 1, 2021: Devendra joins our group! Welcome!
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June 28, 2021: Our work on dimensional confinement and two-dimensional hole gas at a LuSb/GaSb hetero-interface is featured as a highlight in Advanced Light Source newsletter! https://als.lbl.gov/tuning-semimetallicity-using-thin-films-and-interfaces/
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June 21, 2021: Dr. Vijay Khopkar from the Indian Institute of Science joins us as a Visiting Fellow. Welcome Vijay!
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June 3, 2021: Shouvik gave an invited talk at the National Conference on Low Dimensional Materials (LDMAT21) https://www.ldmat21.org/
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April 15, 2021: Our paper on controlling magnetoresistance by tuning semimetallicity in epitaxial LuSb thin films is now out in Science Advances!
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/16/eabe8971
We reveal the roles of dimensional confinement and hetero-epitaxial interfaces in determining magnetoresistance in semimetals.
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April 8, 2021: Shouvik gave a talk at the Webinar Series on Spintronics (W2S) https://www.niser.ac.in/w2s-seminar/speakers.php
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Jan 25, 2021: Shivesh joins us from IIT Bombay. Welcome Shivesh!
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Dec 28, 2020: A collaborative paper on "THz-range Faraday rotation in the Weyl semimetal candidate Co2TiGe" is chosen as Editor's pick in Journal of Applied Physics. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0033536.
This work was done during Shouvik's time at UCSB.
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Dec 23, 2020: New paper out on arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.12633.
We reveal a quantum Hall phase arising from topological surface states in a half-Heulser semimetal.
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Dec 3, 2020: Nilesh Kulkarni joins our group. Welcome Nilesh!
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Sep 13: 2020: Our lab webpage is up! Stay tuned for more updates!​
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