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Sudeshna Samanta

Sudeshna Samanta

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics

GITAM School of Science

Bengaluru

Education

Ph. D.

Dr. Sudeshna Samanta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, GITAM University, Bengaluru campus. She is an experimental condensed matter physicist whose research encompasses the physical property measurements of the frontier quantum materials under high pressure and at low temperatures. She has expertise in exploring pressure and temperature-induced structural modifications (synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy), electrical, and magnetic transport properties.

Research Publications

  • 1. n- to p-type conductivity transition of Lu3N@C80 due to anisotropic deformation of fullerene and pyramidalization of endohedral C. Pei, B. Sundqvist, Z. Yao, Z. Yan, G. Liu, Sudeshna Samanta, H. Xiao, Y. Wang, Y. Qi, N. Chen, L. Wang*, and Y. Tian, Nano Letters 50, 16099 (2024). (IF: 10.2/ Q1)
  • 2. Spin-phonon coupling and magnetic transition in an organic molecule intercalated Cr2Ge2Te6. Sudeshna Samanta, H. Iturriaga, Thuc T. Mai, A. J. Biacchi, R. Islam, A. R. H. Walker, M. F. Sanad, R. Siebenaller, E. Rowe, M. A. Susner, F. Xue, and S. R. Singamaneni, Nano Letters 24, 9169 (2024).
  • 3. Unprecedented Pressure-driven Metallization and Topological Charge Transport in An Anion Radical Salt. S. Samanta, A. S. Nissimagoudar, R. Basori, A. Kuzmin, M. Li, J. Zhang, L.Wang, Y. Tian, and Ho-kwang Mao, Materials Today Physics (2021), 20, 100467. (IF: 11.021/ Q1)
  • 4. Tuning the photoresponse of nano-heterojunction: Pressure-induced inverse photoconductance in functionalized WO3 nanocuboids. S. Rahman†, S. Samanta††, A. Kuzmin, D. Errandonea, H. Saqib, D. L. Brewe, J. Kim, J. Lu, Lin Wang († and †† equally contributed), Advanced Science (2019), 2019, 1901132. (IF: 17.521/ Q1)
  • 5. Classical percolation-assisted and quantum tunneling-mediated electrical transport in a single Pt-C nanowire under high pressure. S. Samanta, M. Lee, Deok-Soo Kim, J. Kim, and L. Wang, Nano Research (2019), 12, 6, 1333-1338. (IF: 10.269/ Q1)

Ongoing Research Projects

  • Check Icon Design, construction, and development of a bath-type cryostat for physical property measurements of advanced materials at cryogenic temperatures/ Research Seed Grants (RSG) by Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) Deemed to be University (2023/0294)/ INR 500,000 (2024-2025).
  • Check Icon Collaborative Research Scheme(CRS) Project of UGC-DAE CSR: Investigation of the kagome physics and novel quantum phenomena in an R-166 compound (2025-2028)

Expertise

  • Check Icon High pressure studies by diamond anvil cell (DAC); Physical property measurements of materials under high pressure and at low temperatures; Crystal structure investigations; DAC nanolithography; UV-Vis and Raman spectroscopy, and low-dimensional nanowire device physics.
  • Check Icon Customized low temperature cryostats and high temperature systems for electrical transport and photoconductivity

Authored Books

  • Check Icon Book Chapter by M Gusain & S. Samanta in Metaheuristics-Based Materials Optimization Enhancing Materials Applications (Elsevier Series in Mechanics of Advanced Materials, 2025) Edited by Harbinder Singh, Shailendra Rajput, and Abhishek Sharma.
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