| Department | Department of Physics |
| Designation | Assistant Professor |
| Educational Qualification | M.Sc M.Phil. (I.I.T Roorkee) Ph.D.(I.I.T Roorkee) |
| smsaini.phy@nitrr.ac.in, sapandph@gmail.com | |
| Contact Number | 9179193464 |
Dr. Sapan Mohan Saini
Areas of Interest
Condensed matter Physics, Band Structure Calculations, optical and magneto-optical properties,
Rare earth compounds, multiferroic and spinel materials
Publications
International and National Journals
1. Optical properties of rare earth metals (Gd-Lu)
Sapan Mohan Saini, Nirpendra Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Solid State Communication 140, 3-4 (2006) 125-129
2. Optical and magneto-optical properties of gadolinum
Sapan Mohan Saini, Nirpendra Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Journal of Applied Physics 101, 3 (2007) 033523
3. Comparative study of optical and magneto-optical properties of GdFe2 and
GdCo2
Sapan Mohan Saini, Nirpendra Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 11, (2007) 176203
4. Reflectance and magneto-optical Kerr effect in DyP
Sapan Mohan Saini, Nirpendra Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 45, 1 (2007) 66
5. Electronic structure and optical properties of rare earth sesquioxides (R2O3, R=
La, Pr, and Nd)
Nirpendra Singh, Sapan Mohan Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Journal of Applied Physics 100, 1 (2006) 083525
6. Optical properties of LaSb and CeSb
Nirpendra Singh, Sapan Mohan Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 45, 1 (2007) 69
7. Optical properties of Europium monochalcogenides
Nirpendra Singh, Sapan Mohan Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Physica B 388, 1-4 (2007) 99
8. Electronic and optical properties of rare earth hexaborides RB6 (R=La, Ce, Pr, Nd,
Sm, Eu, and Gd),
Nirpendra Singh, Sapan Mohan Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, (2007) 346226
9. Electronic and optical properties of rare earth trifluorides RF3 (R=La, Ce, Pr,
Nd, Gd and Dy)
Sapan Mohan Saini, Tashi Nautiyal and Sushil Auluck
Materials of Chemistry and Physics 129, 1-2 (2011) 349-355
10. Role of f-states in electronic and optical properties of rare earth trifluorides
(RF3, R= Ce and Gd)
Sapan Mohan Saini,
Journal of Materials Science 47, 21 (2012) 7665-7670
11. Full Potential Study of electronic and optical properties of NdF3
Sapan Mohan Saini,
International Journal of Engineering and Physical Sciences 6 (2012)
303-305
12. First Principle study of electronic and optical properties of CeF3 Compound
Saurabh Samants and Sapan Mohan Saini
AIP Conf. Proc. 1536, 431-432 (2013)
13. First Principle study of electronic and optical properties of DyF3 compound
Sapan Mohan Saini, Proccedia Engineering 76, (2014) 8-11
14. Electronic Structure and Optical Conductivity of ZnCo2O4 With PBE and TB-
mBJPotentials
Saurabh Samanta and Sapan Mohan Saini
International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engg & Tech. 4, (2014)
80-82
15. Electronic and optical properties of Praseodymium Trifluorides
Sapan Mohan Saini
AIP Conf. Proc. 1621, 94-97 (2014)
16. Full Potential Study of Electronic and Optical Properties of Transparent Oxide
ZnCo2O4 by use of PBE and TB-mBJ Potentials
S. Samanta and Sapan Mohan Saini,
Journal of Electronic Materials 43, (2014) 3659-3665
17. Structural, electronic and optical properties of YNi4Si-type RNi4Si compounds
(R 5 La and Gd): a new orthorhombic derivative of CaCu5 structure
D. K. Maurya and Sapan Mohan Saini ,
Journal of Materials Science (2015) 51 (2016) 868-875
18. Effect of Si substitution on structural, electronic and optical properties of
YNi4Si-type DyNi5-xSix (x = 0, 1, 2) compounds
Dinesh Kumar Maurya and Sapan Mohan Saini
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 416 (2016) 89–97
19. Band gap engineering and optical response of the ACr2S4 (A=Fe, Co)
normal spinels using PBE+U and TB-mBJ potentials
Saurabh Samanta and Sapan Mohan Saini
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 102 (2017) 130–135
20. Role of Cr-d states in the electronic and optical properties of the CdCr2X4
(X=S, Se) normal ferromagnetic spinels using PBE+U and TB-mBJ potentials
Saurabh Samanta and Sapan Mohan Saini
Journal of Material Research, DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2017.159
Research Parers in International and National Conferences
* Research papers presented in National/International Conferences = 15
Other Info.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sponsored Research Project-
Project Title: First Principle Study of electronic,optical and magneto- optical properties of rare earth Compound
Role: Principal Investigator
Cost: 5 Lacs
Sponsoring Agency: CGCOST
Ph.D. Supervison - 3 (Three) candidates (ongoing)
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Senior Research Fellow, September 2005 to July 2007, In a DRDO sponsored project in Mat. & Met. Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Roorkee – 247667, Uttaranchal, India
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Junior Research Fellow, February 2002–August 2005, In a DST sponsored project in Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Roorkee – 247667, Uttaranchal, India
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
1. TEQIP-II Departmental Coordinator of Department of Physics, NIT Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. (October 2013 to October 2016)
2. Remote Center Coordinator - to organize online STTP conducting by IIT Bombay/IIT Kharagpur
3. Member Anti-ragging committe
4. Member DRC/DGC
SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ORGANISED
1. Organised Short Term Course on Advanced Material Physics (19th May- 23rd May 2014)
2. Organised two week online ISTE STTP on Introduction to Structural Engineering ( 30th Nov 2015 - 9th Jan 2016) as a Remote Centre Coordinator
MEMBERSHIP
1. Life member, Indian Physical Association, Mumbai, India
2. Life member, Optical Society of India, Kolkata, India
FOREIGN VISIT
For Research Paper Presentation-
1. Amsterdam, May (2012)
2. Singapore, July (2013)
3. Malaysia, June (2014)
4. London , May (2016)
5. Dubai, May (2017)