Welcome to the web page of QMM group !
We are a computational condensed matter physics group in the Physics department of IIT Bombay.
Sayantika Bhowal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Assistant Professor - IIT Bombay, Physics department (Jan, 2024 - Present)
Postdoc - ETH Zurich (Sep., 2020 - Dec., 2023)
Postdoc - University of Missouri (Sep., 2017 - Aug., 2020)
PhD - Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (July, 2012 - Aug., 2017)
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You can find here more details about my academic background.
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Our goal is to understand, predict, and design materials exhibiting unique electronic, magnetic, magnetoelectric, and transport properties, with a focus on those influenced by quantum effects. To achieve this, we employ computational methods based on first-principles density functional theory, complemented by analytical and numerical approaches rooted in model Hamiltonians. Our research spans various material systems, encompassing two-dimensional structures, bulk three-dimensional materials, as well as heterostructures and interfaces.
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Read more about our work on research page or refer to Google Scholar for a complete list of publications.
Recent works:
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Sayantika Bhowal and N. A. Spaldin, Polar metals: Principles and Prospects, Annu. Rev.
Mater. Res. 53, 53–79 (2023).
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Sayantika Bhowal, and Nicola A. Spaldin, Magnetoelectric classification of skyrmions,Phys. Rev. Lett. (Editors’ suggestion) 128, 227204 (2022).
Sayantika Bhowal, S. P. Collins, and Nicola A. Spaldin, Hidden k-Space Magnetoelectric
Multipoles in Nonmagnetic Ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 116402 (2022).
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Sayantika Bhowal and Giovanni Vignale, Orbital Hall effect as an alternative to valley Hall
effect in gapped graphene., Phys. Rev. B (Editors’ suggestion) 103, 195309 (2021).
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Sayantika Bhowal and S. Satpathy, Intrinsic orbital moment and prediction of a large
orbital Hall effect in the 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm.)
101, 121112 (2020).
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