APPALAKONDAIAH SAMUDRALA Assistant Professor

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  • Department of Physics
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • kondaiah@pondiuni.ac.in

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 PhD Physics ; First-Principles Study of Layer and Molecular Solids University of Hyderabad 2015
2 M. Sc Physcs Andhra University 2006
3 B. Sc Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry Andhra University 2004

Area of Specializaion

Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Multi-Scale Modelling Approaches, Density Functional Theory, Phase transitions, Strongly Correlated Phenomena, Metal-Semiconductor interfaces, Molecular Dynamics

Awards / Prizes Conferred

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1 Ramanujan Fellow NATIONAL SERB 2022 Rs. 1,19,00,000 (Gra

Teaching Experience

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1 Assistant Professor Department of Physics / School of Physical, Chemical and Applied Sciences Pondicherry University
2 Ramanujan Fellow Department of Physics IIT-Jodhpur

Research Experience

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1 Ramanujan Fellow Department of Physics IIT-Jodhpur Electronic and Exciton properties of Quantum Materials
2 Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Physics University of Seoul Electronic and topological properties of Moire Structures
3 Postdoctoral Researcher HINT Sungkyunkwan University Theoretical Study of Metal-Semiconductor Interface properties

Industry Experience

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

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1 Broken-symmetry states at half-integer band fillings in twisted bilayer graphene S. Bhowmik, B. Ghawri, N. Leconte, S. Appalakondaiah, M. Pandey, P. S. Mahapatra, Dongkyu Lee, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Jeil Jung, A. Ghosh, and U. Chandni Nature Physics, 18, 639 2022 20.034
2 Electronic structure of lattice relaxed alternating twist tNG-multilayer graphene: from few layers to bulk AT-graphite N.Leconte, Y.Park, J.An, S.Appalakondaiah, JeilJung 2D Materials, 9, 044002 2022 6.861
3 Relaxation effects in twisted bilayer graphene: A multiscale approach N.Leconte, S.Javvaji, J.An, S.Appalakondaiah, JeilJung Physical Review. B 106, 115410 2022 4.036
4 Ultra-high-resolution imaging of moiré lattices and superstructures using scanning microwave impedance microscopy under ambient conditions K.Lee∗,M.Utama∗,S.Kahn∗,S.Appalakondaiah,N.Leconte,B.Yang,S.Wang,K.Watanabe,T.Taniguchi, G. Zhang, A. W. -Bargioni, M. Crommie, P. D Ashby, J. Jung, F. Wang, A. Zettli. Science Advances, 6, eabd1919 2020 14.136
5 Quasiparticle interference and impurity resonances on WTe2 S.Appalakondaiah∗, H.Kwon∗, T.Jeong∗,Y.Oh, I.Jeon, H.Min, S.Park, Y.J.Song, E.Hwang, S.Hwang Nano Research 13, 2534 2020 8.183
6 A Fermi‐Level‐Pinning‐Free 1D Electrical Contact at the Intrinsic 2D MoS2–Metal Junction Z. Yang, C. Kim, K. Y. Lee, M. Lee, S. Appalakondaiah, C.-Ho Ra, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Cho, E. Hwang, J. Hone, and W . J. Yoo Advanced materials 31, 1808231 2019 30.849
7 Characterization of Edge Contact: Atomically resolved Semiconductor-Metal Lateral Boundary in MoS2 H.Kwon,K.Lee,J.Heo,Y.Oh,H.Lee,S.Appalakondaiah,W.Ko,H.W.Kim,J.-K.Jung,H.Suh,H.Min, I. Jeon, E. Hwang, S. W. Hwang Advanced Materials 29, 1702931 2017 30.849
8 Photoresponse of Physically Oxidized Graphene Sensitized by an Organic Dye J.Han, Y.Lee, S.Appalakondaiah, J.Li, X.Gao, Y.Yoo, D.Whang, E.Hwang, J.H.Ch0 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121, 8188 2016 4.126
9 High pressure structural, electronic, and optical properties of polymorphic InVO4 phases S.Mondal, S.Appalakondaiah, G.Vaitheeswaran Journal of Applied Physics 119, 085702 2016 2.546
10 Structural stability of ultra-incompressible Mo2B: A combined experimental and theoretical study M.Sekar, N.ChandraSekhar, S.Appalakondaiah, G.Shwetha, G.Vaitheeswaran, V.Kanchana Journal of Alloys and compounds 654, 554 2016 5.316
11 High pressure structural behavior of YGa2: A combined experimental and theoretical study M.Sekar,N.V.ChandraShekar,R.Babu,P.Ch.Sahu,A.K.Sinha,AnujUpadhyay,M.N.Singh,K.Ramesh Babu, S. Appalakondaiah, G. Vaitheeswaran, V. Kanchana Journal of Solid State Chemistry 226, 11-16 2015 3.498
12 Dispersion Corrected Structural Properties and Quasiparticle Band gaps of Several Energetic Solids S.Appalakondaiah, G.Vaitheeswaran, S.Lebègue The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119, 6574 2015 2.781
13 Structural, vibrational, and quasiparticle band structure of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethelene from ab initio calculations S.Appalakondaiah, G.Vaitheeswaran, S.Lebègue The Journal of Chemical Physics 140, 014105 2014 3.488
14 Structural, elastic, optical properties and quasiparticle band structure of solid cyanuric triazide S.Appalakondaiah,G.Vaitheeswaran,S.Lebègue Chemical Physics Letters 605-605, 10-15 2014 2.328
15 Structural, electronic and optical properties of novel carbonate fluorides ABCO3F (A=K, Rb, Cs; B=Ca, Sr) E.NarsimhaRao, S.Appalakondaiah, N.Yedukondalu, G.Vaitheeswaran Journal of Solid State Chemistry 212, 171-179 2014 3.498
16 Structural properties of solid energetic materials: a van der Waals density functional study G.Vaitheeswaran,K.RameshBabu,N.Yedukondalu,S.Appalakondaiah Current Science 106, 1219 2014 1.102
17 A DFT study of structural, elastic, vibrational and quasi particle band structure of solid nitromethane S.Appalakondaiah, G.Vaitheeswaran, S.Lebègue The Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 184705 2013 3.488
18 Phase Stability and Thermoelectric Properties of the Mineral FeS2: An Ab Initio Study Vijay Kumar Gudelli, V. Kanchana, S. Appalakondaiah, G. Vaitheeswaran, M. C. Valsakumar The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117, 21120 2013 4.126
19 Effect of van der Waals interactions on structural and elastic properties of black phosphorus S.Appalakondaiah, G.Vaitheeswaran, S.Lebègue, N.E.Christensen, A.Svane Phys. Rev. B 86, 035105 2012 4.036

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

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Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

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1 Structural properties of solid nitromethane: A density functional study S. Appalakondaiah, G. Vaitheeswaran AIP Conference Proceedings 1512, 830 2013

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