| Department | Department of Physics |
| Designation | Associate 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)” S. M. Saini, N. Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, Solid State Communication 140, 3-4 (2006) 125-129
2. “Optical and magneto-optical properties of gadolinium” S. M. Saini, N. 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”S. M. Saini, N. Singh, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 11, (2007) 176203
4. “Reflectance and magneto-optical Kerr effect in DyP” S. M. Saini, N. 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)” N. Singh, S. M. Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, Journal of Applied Physics 100, 1 (2006) 083525
6. “Optical properties of LaSb and CeSb” N. Singh, S. M. Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 45, 1 (2007) 69
7. “Optical properties of Europium monochalcogenides” N. Singh, S. M. Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, Physica B 388, 1-4 (2007) 99
8. “Electronic and optical properties of rare earth hexaborides RB6 (R=La – Gd)” N. Singh, S. M. Saini, T. Nautiyal, S.Auluck, J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 19, (2007) 346226
9. “Electronic and optical properties of rare earth trifluorides RF3 (R=La-Dy)” S. M. Saini, T. Nautiyal, S. Auluck, Materials of Chemistry and Physics 129, 1-2 (2011) 349-355
10. “Full Potential Study of electronic and optical properties of NdF3, S. M. Saini
International Journal of Engineering and Physical Sciences 6 (2012) 303-305
11. “Role of f-states in electronic and optical properties of rare earth trifluorides (RF3, R= Ce and Gd): a full potential study” S. M. Saini, J. of Materials Sci. Vol. 47, 21 (2012) 7665-7670
12. First Principle Study of electronic and optical properties of CeF3 Compound
S. M. Saini, S. Samanta AIP Conf. Proc. 1536, 431 (2013)
13. “First Principle study of electronic and optical properties of DyF3 compound” S. M. Saini, Proccedia Engineering 76, (2014) 8-11
14. “Full Potential Study of Electronic and Optical Properties of Transparent Oxide ZnCo2O4by use of PBE and TB-mBJ Potentials” S. Samanta, S. M. Saini, Journal of Electronic Materials 43, (2014) 3659-366
15. “Electronic and optical properties of Praseodymium Trifluorides” S. M. Saini, AIP Conf. Proc. 1621, 94-97 (2014)
16. “Electronic Structure and Optical Conductivity of ZnCo2O4 With PBE and TB-mBJ Potentials” S. Samanta, S. M. Saini International Journal of Research in
Mechanical Engg & Tech. 4, (2014) 80-82
17. “Structural, electronic and optical properties of YNi4Si-type RNi4Si compounds (R = La and Gd): a new orthorhombic derivative of CaCu5 structure” D. K. Maurya, S. M. Saini Journal of Materials Science 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” D. K. Maurya, S. M. 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” S. Samanta S. M. 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” S.Samanta, S. M. Saini, Journal of Materials Research 32, issue 12 (2017) 2431-2437
21. "First-principle calculations of electronic and optical properties of CdCr2Te4 spinel: use of mBJ + U potential in narrow band gap semiconductor" S.Samanta, S. M. Saini, Indian Journal of Physics, 93(3), (2019) 335–341
22. "Internal exchange interaction of Tb+3 ions and influence of Si substitution on structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of YNi4Si -type TbNi5−xSix (x = 0, 1, 2) compounds" D. K. Maurya, S. M. Saini, Material Research Express 6 086111, (2019)
Research Parers in International and National Conferences
* Research papers presented in National/International Conferences = 15
Other Info.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sponsored Research Project- 01 (Completed)
1. 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)
1. Mr. Saurabh Samanta (Full Time ) - Awarded (2018)
2. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Maurya (Full Time) - Awarded (2018)
3. Mr. Santosh Kumar Patnaikuni (Part Time ) - Ongoing
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)