Brief cv of Professor Dhananjai Pandey Date of Birth: March 24, 1952 Present Position & Address

Brief CV of Professor Dhananjai Pandey
Date of Birth: March 24, 1952
Present Position & Address: Professor, School of Materials Science and Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, Phone: Off. 0542-2307046 /2307047; Res. 0542-2314658, Fax.[phone]; Email: [e-mail]
Academic Qualifications: M. Sc. (Physics) 1972, Ph. D. (Physics) 1976
Areas of Research Interest:
(1) Ferroics and Multiferroics (Magnetoelectrics, Relaxors,Morphotropic Phase Boundary Systems, Doped Quantum Paraelectrics, Antiferrodistortive Phase Transitions, Size driven Phase Transitions)

(2) Polytypism and Structural Phase Transitions in Layered Materials

(3) Monte Carlo Simulations and Calculation of Diffuse Scattering

(4) Powder X-ray and Neutron Crystallography

(5) Shape Memory Alloys ( Magnetic and Non-magnetic)

(6) Synthesis of Advanced Ceramics.

Research Publications: Total: > 180
Awards and Recognitions:

• 
  R A Mashelkar Endowment Lecture (2011)
  
• 
  Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences of India (2010)
  
• 
  Prof C. N. R. Rao Education Foundation Award for Excellence in Scientific Research (2009)
  
• 
  Indian Science Congress Association’s Platinum Jubilee Award in Physical Sciences (2009)
  
• 
  DAE Raja Ramanna Award in Physical Sciences (2008)
  
• 
  Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy (2004)
  
• 
  ICSC-MRSI Annual Prize of Materials Research Society of India (2004)
  
• 
  Prof Nand Lal Singh Memorial Lecture
  
• 
  Membership (by Election) of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (2001)
  
• 
  Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences (2000)
  
• 
  Senior Associateship of Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities
  
• 
  Materials Research Society of India Medal (MRSI-Medal) (1990),
  
• 
  Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1985-86)
  
• 
  Young Scientist Medal of Indian National Science Academy (1980).
  

Invited Talks/ Chair: Delivered invited talks and Chaired sessions at numerous International and National Conferences held in India and abroad. Organised Microsymposia/Session as Chair for the following international conferences:
Asian Crystallographic Association Conference, Tsukuba, (2006)

International Conference on Advanced Materials, Bangalore (2007)

International Union of Crystallography Congress, Osaka (2008)

International Union of Crystallography Congress, Madrid (2011)

Membership of Editorial Boards:
Co-editor, Acta Crystallographica, Section A (1998-2008)

Co-editor, Journal of Applied Crystallography (1996-2005)

Co-editor, Zeitschrift fuer Kistallographie (2009).

Member Editorial Board of Zeitschrift fuer Kistallographie (2010- till date)

Member of Editorial Board, Materials Science Forum (1997-till date),

Member Regional Editorial Board, Phase Transitions (1989-2004)

Bulletin of Materials Science (1989-92, 2005-2010),

Pramana (May 2010 onwards)

Membership of Important International Committees:
(i) Elected Member, Commission on Aperiodic Crystals of the International Union of Crystallography (1993-1996), Reelected for the periods 1996-1999, 1999-2002; Consultant 2002-2005

(ii) Elected Member, Working Group on Phase Transitions Nomenclature of the International Union of Crystallography (1999)

(iii) Member, Commission on Journals of the International Union of Crystallography

(iv)Member, International Program Advisory Committee of the International Conferences on Aperiodic Crystals held in Switzerland (1994), France (1997), Netherlands (2000), Brazil (2004) and Zao, Sendai (2006)

(v) Member, Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures of the International Union of Crystallography (2005-2008, 2008-11, 2011-14)

(vi) Consultant to Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Cystallography of the International Union of Crystallography (2008-11, 2011-14)

(vii) Member, International Advisory Board of Symposium A "Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart Materials Systems" of 4^th International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Florence, 2012.
Membership of Important National Committees:
(i) Member, Programme Advisory Committee in Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science (PAC-CMP) of DST (1991-93, 2002-2004, 2004-2006)

(ii) Member, Research Advisory Committee of CSIR in Engineering Sciences (2004-2007)

(iii) Member, DST-FIST Advisory Committee in Physical Sciences(2009-12)

(iv) Member,Programme Advisory Committee of DST for the ILTP with Russia in Electronic Materials

(v) Member, National Committee for the International Union of Crystallography appointed by INSA (1991-94, 2003-2005)

(vi) Member-Secretary, National Committee for the International Union of Crystallography appointed by INSA (1994-97),

(vii) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of UGC-DAE Centre for Advance Research

(viii) Member of various Committees of UGC and CSIR (Bhatnagar Prize and Young Scientist Award etc) from time to time

(viii) Member of Sectional Committees of IASc and INSA

(ix) Member, Governing Body and Governing Council of Inter University Accelerator Centre (2006-9)

(x)Vice President, Indian Crystallographic Association (2004-5,2010-12)

(xi)Vice President, Materials Research Society of India (2011-13)

Publications of Professor Dhananjai Pandey

1. 
   Research Papers in Journals
   

1. 
   ‘‘Ground state of (Pb_0.94Sr_0.06)(Zr_0.530Ti0_.470)O₃ in the morphotropic phase boundary region: Evidence for a monoclinic Cc space group’’
   

Ravindra Singh Solanki, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, S. K. Mishra, Shane J. Kennedy,

Takashi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kuroiwa, Chikako Moriyoshi and Dhananjai Pandey

Phys. Rev. B 84, 144116 (2011).

2. 
   ‘‘Temperature-induced isostructural phase transition, associated large negative volume expansion, and the existence of a critical point in the phase diagram of the multiferroic (1–x)BiFeO₃–xPbTiO₃ solid solution system’’
   

Shuvrajyoti Bhattacharjee, Kazuaki Taji, Chikako Moriyoshi, Yoshihiro Kuroiwa and

Dhananjai Pandey

Phys. Rev. B, 84, 104116 (2011).

3. 
   ‘‘Effect of stress induced monoclinic to tetragonal phase transformation in the multiferroic (1-x)BiFeO₃-xPbTiO₃ system on the width of the morphotropic phase boundary and the tetragonality’’
   

Shuvrajyoti Bhattacharjee and Dhananjai Pandey

J. Appl. Phys. 110, 084105 (2011).

4. 
   ‘‘Ferroelectric and antiferrodistortive phase transition in the multiferroic (Bi_0.8Ba_0.2)(Fe_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃: A high temperature neutron powder diffraction study’’
   

Anar Singh, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Hartmut Fuess and Dhananjai Pandey

J. Appl. Phys. 110, 024111 (2011).

5. 
   “Neutron powder diffraction study of nuclear and magnetic structures of multiferroic (Bi_0.8Ba_0.2)(Fe_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃: Evidence for isostructural phase transition and magnetoelastic and magnetoelectric couplings"
   A. Singh, A. Senyshyn, H. Fuess, T. Chatterji, and D. Pandey,
   

Phys. Rev. B 83, 054406 (2011).

6. 
   “Short- and medium-range structure of multiferroic Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃ studied using neutron total scattering analysis”
   I. -K. Jeong, J. S. Ahn, B.G. Kim, S. Yoon, S.P. Singh, and D. Pandey
   

Phys. Rev. B 83, 064108 (2011).

7. 
   “Reactive Compatibilization of Polycarbonate and Poly(methyl methacrylate) in the Presence of a Novel Transesterification Catalyst SnCl₂.2H₂O”
   

A.K. Singh, R. Prakash and D. Pandey

J. Phys. Chem. B   115, 1601-1607 (2011).

8. 
   “Simultaneous changes of nuclear and magnetic structures across the morphotropic phase boundary in (1-x)BiFeO₃-xPbTiO₃^”
   S. Bhattacharjee, A. Senyshyn, P. S. R. Krishna, H. Fuess and D. Pandey
   

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 262506 (2010).

9. 
   “A study of phase coexistence and temperature dependent monoclinic to tetragonal phase transition in the multiferroic (1-x)Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-xPbTiO₃ (x=0.08)”
   S.P. Singh, S. Yoon, S. Baik, N. Shin and D. Pandey
   

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 122902 (2010).

10. 
    “Ferroic transitions in the multiferroic (1-x)Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-xPbTiO₃ system and its phase diagram”
    

S.P. Singh, S.M. Yusuf, S. Yoon, S. Baik, N. Shin and D. Pandey

Acta Mater. 58, 5381-5392 (2010).

11. 
    “Current-voltage and capacitance-voltage studies of nanocrystalline CdSe/Au Schottky junction interface”
    

Sarangi SN, Adhikari PK, D. Pandey

J. Nanopart. Res. 12 2277-2286 (2010)



12. 
    “Stability of the various crystallographic phases of the multiferroic (1−x)BiFeO₃–xPbTiO₃ system as a Function of composition and temperature”
    

Shuvrajyoti Bhattacharjee and Dhananjai Pandey

J. Appl. Phys. 107, 124112 (2010)

12. 
    “Effect of NaNbO₃ substitution on the quantum paraelectric behavior of CaTiO₃”
    

Saurabh Tripathi, Anil Kumar, Umesh V. Waghmare, and Dhananjai Pandey,

Phys. Rev. B 81, 212101 (2010)

12. 
    “Specific interactions in partially miscible polycarbonate (PC)/poly (Methy methacrylate) (PMMA) blends”
    

A.K. Singh, R.K. Mishra, Rajiv Prakash , Pralay Maiti , Akhilesh Kumar Singh,

Dhananjai Pandey

Chemical Physics Letters, 486, 32 (2010)

12. 
    “Nature of ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition in multiferroic 0.8BiFeO₃–0.2Pb (Fe_1/2Nb_1/2) O₃ ceramics”
    

Jay Prakash Patel, Anar Singh, and Dhananjai Pandey

J. Appl. Phys., 107, 104115 (2010)

12. 
    “High temperature ferroic phase transitions and evidence of paraelectric cubic phase in the multiferroic 0.8BiFeO₃-0.2BaTiO₃.”
    

Anar singh, Jay Prakash Patel, and Dhananjai Pandey

Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 142909 (2009)

12. 
    “Low temperature x-ray diffraction study of the phase transitions in Sr1-xCa_xTiO₃ (x=0.02, 0.04): Evidence for ferrielectric ordering”
    S. K. Mishra and D. Pandey
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 95,  232910 (2009)
    
    
    
13. 
    “Anomalous x-ray diffraction peak braodening and lattice strains in Zn_1-xCo_xO dilute magnetic semiconductors.”
    

Chandana Rath, P Mallik, Dhananjai Pandey, D Sa, A Banerjee and N C Mishra

J. Phys.: Condens Matter 21, 075801 (2009)

12. 
    “Structure, synthesis and multiferroic nature of BiFeO₃ and 0.9 BiFeO₃-0.1 BaTiO₃: An overview”

    Dhananjai Pandey and Anar Singh

    
    

Bull. Mater. Sci. 32, 361 (2009)

12. 
    “Structural changes and ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3-PbTiO3 thin films grown via a chemical multilayer deposition method”
    

Gupta S, Garg A, Agrawal DC, Bhattacharjee Shuvrajyoti, Pandey Dhananjai,

J. Appl. Phys.105, 014101 (2009)

 

12. 
    “Unambiguous evidence for magnetoelectric coupling of multiferroic origin in 0.73BiFeO₃–0.27PbTiO₃^”
    

Shuvrajyoti Bhattacharjee, V. Pandey, R. K. Kotnala, and Dhananjai Pandey

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 012906 (2009)

12. 
    “Evidence for first-order orthorhombic-tetragonal and nearly tricritical tetragonal-cubic antiferrodistortive phase transitions in Ca_0.43Sr_0.57TiO₃”
    

Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Dhananjai Pandey

Phys. Rev. B 79, 174111 (2009).

12. 
    “Effect of cobalt substitution on microstructure and magnetic properties in ZnO nanoparticles”

    C. Rath, S. Singh, P. Mallick , D. Pandey, N.P. Lalla, and N.C. Mishra,

    
    

Ind. J. Phys. Procd. Ind. Assoc. Cult. Sci. 83, 415-421, (2009).

12. 
    “Direct Evidence for Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Coupling in 0.9BiFeO₃-0.1BaTiO₃^”

    A. Singh, V. Pandey, R.K. Kotnala and D. Pandey

    
    

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 247602 (2008).

12. 
    “Transmission electron microscopic study of the long period modulated phase in the morphotropic phase-boundary region of (1-x)NaNbO₃-xCaTiO₃ for x=0.16”
    S. Tripathi, N.P. Lalla and D. Pandey
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 232903 (2008). 
    
    
    
13. 
    “Resolving the characteristics of morphotropic phase boundary in the (1-x)Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-xPbTiO₃ system: A combined dielectric and synchrotron x-ray diffraction study”

    Satendra Pal Singh, Dhananjai Pandey, Songhak Yoon, Namsoo Shin, and Sunggi Baik ,

    
    

Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 182910 (2008).

12. 
    “Negative temperature coefficient of resistance in a crystalline compound”

    Abhishek Pandey, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, M. De Raychaudhury, T. Saha-Dasgupta, S. Tripathi, Dhananjai. Pandey and S. Dattagupta ,

    
    

Europhys Lett. 84, 47007 (2008).

12. 
    “ Transverse vibrations driven negative thermal expansion in a metallic compound GdPd₃B_0.25C_0.75”

    Abhishek Pandey, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, S. Tripathi, D. Pandey, and S. Dattagupta,

    
    

App Phys Lett  92, 261913(2008).

12. 
    “Unambiguous Evidence for Wurtzite Phase in Capped CdS Quantum Dots”

    Surendra Gautam, Dhananjai Pandey, S. N. Upadhyaya, Sahid Anvar and N.P. Lalla

    
    
    Solid State Commun. 146, 425 (2008).
    
    
    
13. 
    Inelastic neutron scattering and lattice dynamics of NaNbO₃ and Sr_0.70Ca_0.30TiO₃
    S.K. Mishra, R. Mittal, N. Choudhury, S.L. Chaplot and D. Pandey
    

Pramana Journal of Physics 71, 1129-1134 (2008).

12. 
    “Phase Stabilities in the Morphotropic Phase Boundary Region of Pb(Zr_xTi_1-x)O₃ Solid Solution: An Overview”

    Dhananjai Pandey, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Sunggi Baik

    
    

Acta Cryst. A 64, 192 (2008).

12. 
    “Origin of high piezoelectric response of Pb(Zr_xTi_1-x)O₃ at the morphotropic phase boundary: Role of elastic instability”

    Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar Mishra, Ragini , Dhananjai Pandey, Shonghak Yoon, Sunggi Baik and Namsoo Shin

    
    
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 022910 (2008).
    

12. 
    “A succession of relaxor ferroelectric transitions in Ba_0.55Sr_0.45TiO₃”

    Satyendra Singh, Satendra Pal Singh, and Dhananjai Pandey

    
    

J. Appl. Phys. 103, 016107 (2008).

12. 
    “Soft modes at the stacking faults in SiC crystals: First-principles calculations”

    Tiju Thomas, Dhananjai Pandey and Umesh V. Waghmare

    
    

Phys. Rev. B 77, 121203 (Rapid Commun) (2008).

12. 
    “Morphotropic Phase Boundary like Characteristic in Non-Ferroelectric System (1-x)NaNbO₃-xCaTiO₃­”

    Saurabh Tripathi, Rajeev Ranjan, Dhananjai Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, and P.S.R. Krishna

    
    

Phys. Rev. B 77, 052104 (2008).

12. 
    “High-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction study of Zr-rich compositions of Pb(Zr_xTi_1-x)O₃ (0.525x0.60: Evidence for the absence of the rhombohedral phase”
    

Akhilesh Kumar Singh, D.Pandey, S.Yoon, N.Shin and S.Baik

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, (2007)192904 (1-3).

12. 
    “An analytical expression for the characteristic length scale for randomly faulted hexagonal close-packed structures”
    

Pratyush Tiwari and Dhananjai Pandey

Acta Cryst. A 63, (2007) 481-482 . 

12. 
    “Morphotropic Phase Boundary in (1-x)BiFeO₃-xPbTiO₃: Phase Coexistence Region and Unusual Large Tetragonality”
    

Shuvrajyoti Bhattacharjee, Saurabh Tripathi and Dhananjai Pandey

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, (2007) 042903

12. 
    “Scaling Behaviour of Pair Correlation Function for randomly Faulted Hexagonal Close-Packed Structures”
    

Pratyush Tiwari and Dhananjai Pandey

Acta Cryst. A 63 (2007) 289-296

12. 
    “Dielectric Relaxation and Phase Transition at Cryogenic Temperatures in
    

0.65[Pb (Ni_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃]-0.35PbTiO₃ Ceramics”

Satendra Pal Singh Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Dhananjai Pandey,

Phys. Rev. B. 76, (2007) 054102

12. 
    “Evidence for monoclinic crystal structure and negative thermal expansion below magnetic transition temperature in Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃”
    

Satendra Pal Singh Singh, Dhananjai Pandey, Songhak Yoon, Sunggi Baik and

Namsoo Shin

Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, (2007)242915 (1-3)

12. 
    “Phase transition in disordered ferroelectric ceramic Pb_0.70Ca_0.30TiO₃ under pressure”

    Amreesh Chandra, Dhananjai Pandey, A. K. TyagiG. D. Mukherjee and V. Vijayakumar

    
    

Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, (2007) 42903 (1-3)

12. 
    “Evidence for a monoclinic M_A to tetragonal morphotropic phase transition in (1-x)[Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃]–xPbTiO₃ ceramics”
    

Satendra Pal Singh Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Dhananjai Pandey,

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, (2007) 036217- 036225.

12. 
    “Powder x-ray diffraction study of the thermoelastic martensitic transition in Ni₂Mn_1.05Ga_0.95”
    

Rajeev Ranjan, S. Banik, S. R. Barman, U. Kumar, P. K. Mukhopadhyay, and

Dhananjai Pandey,

Phys. Rev. B. 74, (2006) 224443(1-8)

12. 
    “Suppression of charge order, disappearance of antiferromagnetism, and emergence of ferromagnetism in Nd_0.5Ca_0.5MnO₃ nanoparticles”
    

S. S. Rao, S. Tripathi, D. Pandey, and S. V. Bhat,

Phys. Rev. B. 74, (2006)144416(1-5 )

12. 
    “Anomalous lattice expansion of RuSr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-delta (Ru-1222) magneto superconductor: A low temperature X-ray diffractionstudy”
    

V.P.S. Awana, R Ranjan, R. Rawat, L.S. S. Chandra, M. Peurla, V. Ganesan, H.

Kishan, D. Pandey, R. Laiho, E. Takayama-Muromachi, A.V. Narlikar,

Physica C 445 (2006) 97-101

12. 
    “The Effect of Pb²⁺ Substitution on the Quantum Paraelectric Behaviour of CaTiO₃”