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Dr. Rohit Soni

Assistant Professor

Physical Sciences

rsoni@iiserbpr.ac.in

+91 680 2227 760

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Research Interests

  • Thin film growth and characterization techniques.

  • Quantum materials and devices.

  • Complex functional oxide heterostructures and interface.

  • Ferroelectric/Multiferroic tunnel junctions.

Research Group

  • Dr. Somnath Kale

  • Mr. Dibyajyoti Sahoo (2023)

About me

Rohit Soni is an Assistant Prof. in the Department of Physical Sciences at IISER Berhampur. His research group focuses on development and investigation of functional quantum electronic materials/heterostructures exhibiting unconventional and outstanding physical properties that are otherwise not found in nature.

Biography

Professional Experience 

  • Assistant professor, Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Berhampur (March 2017-Present)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nanoeletronik Christian-Albrechts-Universitat ZU Kiel, Germany (June 2010 -November 2016)
  • Guest Researcher, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany (Jan 2010-May 2010)
  • Graduate Researcher Assistance, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany (August 2006-December 2009)

Academic Background

  • Ph.D.: Institute of Solid State Research, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany (2006-2009)
  • M.Tech, Solid State Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
  • M.Sc. Physics, Punjab University Chandigarh

Research Projects

  •        Title: Interface Engineered Ferroelectric Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions: Finite-Size Effects and Electrical Boundary Conditions

           Funding Agency: Nanomission, DST, Period : August 2019- July 2022, Senction Amount: 86.51 Lakhs, Status: Completed

Key Publications

  •  S Kale, A Petraru, H Kohlstedt, R Soni,  Universal Dimensionality of Ferroelectric Domain Walls in Ultrathin Films, Advanced Physics Research, 2400014 (2024)
  •  S Kale, A Petraru, H Kohlstedt, R Soni, Ferroelectric Size Effects on Statics and Dynamics of Domain Wall, Small, 2303880 (2023)
  •  S Kale, A Petraru, H Kohlstedt, R Soni, Electrically Controlled Reversible Polarization Fatigue–Recovery in Ferroelectric Thin Film Capacitors, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 4 (4), 1692-1702 (2022).
  •  R. Soni, A. Petraru. H. S Nair, O. Vavra, M. Ziegler, S. K. Kim, D. S. Jeong, H. Kohlstedt, Polarity-tunable spin transport in all-oxide multiferroic tunnel junctions, Nanoscale, 8, 10799 (2016).
  •  R. Soni, A. Petraru, P. Meuffels, O. Vavra, M. Ziegler, S. K. Kim, D. S. Jeong, N. A. Pertsev, H. Kohlstedt, Giant electrode effect on tunneling electroresistance in ferroelectric tunnel junctions, Nature Communications 5, 5414 (2014).

Full list of publications can be found here : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=txsJ5WMAAAAJ&hl=en

Contact Details

Full Name

Rohit Soni


Email

rsoni@iiserbpr.ac.in


Contact

+91 680 2227 760


Address

IISER Berhampur