त्वरित संपर्क
अमित कुमार अग्रवाल
PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Professor, Department of Physics
शोध करना दिलचस्पी
Topological materials: Electronic structure, topology, surface states (ARPES), magneto-transport properties, superconductivity
Collective excitations: plasmons (EELS), new collective modes, charge density wave, etc
Nanoscale Device modelling: Transport models, Negative capacitance FET, Ferroelectric etc.
FB-386,
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Lab info :Theory and Simulation Lab, Old Core Labs Building, IIT Kanpur
विशेषज्ञता
Condensed matter theory
शिक्षा
PhD (2005-09), Center for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore.Thesis Title:Transport in quasi-one-dimensional quantum systems.Thesis Supervisor: Prof.Diptiman Sen.
M.S. (2002-2005), Dept. of Physics, IISc, Bangalore.Project Title: Effect of interaction and a static impurity on the conductance of a one dimensional quantum wire.Project Advisor: Prof. Diptiman Sen
B.Sc. - Physics Honors (1999 - 2002): Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, Delhi.
शिक्षण क्षेत्र
Classical Mechanics
Electromagnetic Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Many body Physics
Condensed matter theory
Transport in low dimensional systems
Spintronics
Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
चयनित प्रकाशन
K. Sadhukhan, A. Politano, A. Agarwal, Novel Undamped Gapless Plasmon Mode in a Tilted Type-II Dirac Semimetal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 046803 (2020).
K. Das and A. Agarwal, Thermal and gravitational chiral anomaly induced magneto-transport in Weyl semimetals, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 013088 (2020).
B. Singh, B. Ghosh, C. Su, H. Lin, A. Agarwal, and A. Bansil, Topological Hourglass Dirac Semimetal in the Nonpolar Phase of Ag2BiO3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 (22), 226401 (2018).
A. Politano, G. Chiarello, B. Ghosh, K. Sadhukhan, C.-N. Kuo, C. S. Lue, V. Pellegrini, and A. Agarwal, 3D Dirac plasmons in type-II Dirac semimetal PtTe2, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 086804 (2018). Editor’s suggestion with a ‘PHYSICS’ synopsis.
A. Agarwal, M. S. Vitiello, L. Viti, A. Cupolillo, and A. Politano, Plasmonics with two-dimensional semiconductors: from basic research to technological applications, Nanoscale 10, 8938 (2018).
पुरस्कार एवं फैलोशिप
The N. S. Satya Murthy Memorial Award in Physics (for 2016, announced in 2018), by the Indian physics association.
P. K. Kelker research fellowship award from IIT Kanpur, from 1st May 2017 to 30th April 2020.
Junior Associate of the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2021.
Adjunct faculty position (junior level) for two years (2015-2016) by Harish- Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad (India).
NASI-Young Scientist platinum Jubilee Award for the year 2013, by the National Academy of Science India, Allahabad, India.
INSPIRE (Innovation in science pursuit and inspired research) faculty fellowship for the period of 2012-2017, by Indian National Science academy (INSA) and Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), India.
Kumari L. A. Meera Memorial Medal (theoretical physics) for 2010 - 11, for the best Ph.D. thesis in Physics and Centre for High Energy Physics combined, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship, European Union (Italy), 2009 - 2012.
Senior research fellowship by CSIR, India, 2007 - 2009.Junior research fellowship by CSIR, India, 2005 - 2007.Integrated Ph.D. scholarship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India), 2002 - 2005.