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
  • Running   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

P. Mahanandia, F. Simon, G. Heinrich, and Una. K. Nanda,"An electrochemical method for the synthesis of few layer graphene sheets for high temperature applications", Chemical Communications, vol.50, no.35, pp.4613-4615, Royal Society of Chemistry, October 2014, 10.1039/c3cc48055k       Article

B. K. Barman, P. Mahanandia, and Una. K. Nanda,"Instantaneous reduction of graphene oxide at room temperature", RSC Advances, vol.3, no.31, pp.12621-12624, Royal Society of Chemistry, March 2013, 10.1039/c3ra41359d       Article

P. Mahanandia and K. Nanda,"Anisotropic electrical transport properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) infiltrated aligned carbon nanotube mats", Applied Physics Letters, vol.100, no.2, pp.1-4, AIP, January 2012, 10.1063/1.3675873       Article

P. Mahanandia, P. N. Vishwakarma, P. V. Bhotla, S., and Una. K. Nanda,"Electron field emission from sp 2 -induced insulating to metallic behaviour of amorphous carbon (a-C) films", Bulletin of Materials Science, vol.33, no.3, pp.215–220, Springer, June 2010, 10.1007/s12034-010-0033-9       Article

P. Mahanandia, P. N. Vishwakarma, . K. Nanda, V. Prasad, K. Barai, A. K. Mondal, S. Sarangi, G. K. Dey, and S. V. Subramanyam,"Synthesis of multi-wall carbon nanotubes by simple pyrolysis", Solid State Communications, vol.145, no.3, pp.143–148, Elsevier 2008, 10.1016/j.ssc.2007.10.020       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