Welcome to our group...

 
Thank you for visiting our webpage. We are the condensed matter physics group in the Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IITT), working mainly on the strongly correlated electron system (magnetism and superconductivity), one of the most diverse fields of research in recent days.
 

Research interests

We are interested in the following topics:
 
  • strongly correlated electron phenomena, e.g., spin-orbit coupled iridates, triangular and kagome spin-liquid, Mott metal-insulator transition, superconductivity and magnetism by performing experiments at extreme conditions like very low temperatures, high magnetic fields and high pressures.
  • Theoretical modelling: First-principles density functional theory (DFT) for electronic band structure calculations.
 

Selected publications

  1. Pressure-driven transitions in La2CoTiO6: antiferromagnetic insulator to nonmagnetic metal via antiferromagnetic metal in a double perovskite oxide, S. Nandi, S. Pradhan, A. K. Nandy, and R. S. Manna, arXiv:2310.05523.

  2. Pressure-induced dimerization and collapse of antiferromagnetism in the Kitaev material α-Li2IrO3, B. Shen, F. Breitner, D. Prishchenko, R. S. Manna, A. Jesche, M. L. Seidler, P. Gegenwart, and A. A. Tsirlin,   Phys. Rev. B 105, 054412 (2022)     (cited 4 times).

  3. Neutron diffraction evidence for local spin canting, weak Jahn-Teller distortion, and magnetic compensation in TixMn1-xCo2O4 spinel, P. Pramanik, D. C. Joshi, M. Reehuis, A. Hoser, J. U. Hoffmann, R. S. Manna, T. Sarkar, and S. Thota, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 245801 (2020) (cited 7 times).

  4. Anomalous charge ordering in pressure-tuned iron oxide Fe4O5, S. V. Ovsyannikov, M. Bykov, E. Bykova, K. Glazyrin, R. S. Manna et al., Nature communications 9, 4142 (2018) (cited 23 times).

  5. Pressure dependence of spin canting in ammonium metal formate antiferromagnets, E. C.*, R. S. Manna* et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 24465 (2018), *corresponding author (cited 6 times).

  6. Relaxation dynamics in the one-dimensional organic charge-transfer salt δ-(EDT-TTF-CONMe2)2Br, J. K. H. Fischer, P. Lunkenheimer, C. Leva, S. M. Winter, M. Lang, C. Mézière, P. Batail, A. Loidl, and R. S. Manna, Phys. Rev. B  97, 235156 (2018)        (cited 3 times).

  7. Breakdown of magnetic order in the pressurized Kitaev iridate β-Li2IrO3, M. M.$, R. S. Manna$ et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 237202 (2018) $ = equal contribution (cited 66 times).

  8. Low-temperature lattice effects in the spin-liquid candidate k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3, R. S. Manna et al., Crystals 8, 87 (2018) (cited 14 times).

  9. Breakdown of Hooke’s law of elasticity at the Mott critical endpoint in an organic conductor, E. G., M. G., R. S. Manna et al., Science Advances 2 , e1601646 (2016) (cited 51 times).

  10. Lattice strain accompanying the colossal magnetoresistance effect in EuB6, R. S. Manna et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 067202 (2014) (cited 22 times).

  11. Lattice effects in the quasi-two-dimensional valence-bond-solid Mott insulator EtMe3P[Pd(dmit)2]2, R. S. Manna et al., Phys. Rev. B 89, 045113 (2014) (cited 10 times).

  12. High-resolution thermal expansion measurements under helium-gas pressure, R. S. Manna et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 085111 (2012) (cited 25 times).

  13. Lattice effects and entropy release at the low-temperature phase transition in the spin-liquid candidate κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3, R. S. Manna et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 016403 (2010) (cited 132 times).

  14. Magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 synthesized by solid state, citrate precursor and polymerized complex methods: a comparative study, P. V., R. S. Manna, D. Banerjee, M. R. Varma, K. G. Suresh, and A. K. Nigam, J. Alloys Compd. 453, 298 (2008) (cited 174 times).

Recent news

22/02/2024 23:21
Congratulation Dr. Poojitha Bommareddy for securing the NPDF (SERB) position, will be joining soon...
09/12/2023 00:28
One of Sromona's was presented at QMAT2023, NISER with the following title "Tuning the ground state...
10/10/2023 08:13
One of our work is in arXiv, congratulations Sromona! Pressure-driven transitions in La2CoTiO6:...
21/08/2023 15:48
We would be happy to host a post-doc through WISE-PDF (DST), only for women scientists. Interested...
29/06/2023 12:45
We would be happy to host a postdoc through NPDF (SERB). Interested candidates are encouraged to...
24/02/2023 12:09
In March 2023, Sromona is presenting some of her research work in the APS March Meeting and DPG...
24/02/2023 12:07
Vineeta's application for upgrading her MSc to PhD has been accepted. Congratulations...
15/02/2022 09:46
Pressure-induced dimerization and collapse of antiferromagnetism in the Kitaev material...
14/02/2022 11:44
SERB calls for proposal related to NPDF. Interested candidates may apply.
06/04/2020 09:30
Candidates are having interest in the field of "Experimental Condensed Matter Physics" are...