Dr. Ravindra Pandey

Professor, Physics


Ravindra Pandey Two dimensional (2D) materials have stimulated an avalanche of investigations to exploit their novel properties for the applications at nanoscale. Many new 2D materials are emerging in recent years as possible building blocks for future electronic devices, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), layered transition oxides, hexagonal boron nitrides (h-BN), and topological insulators. These materials cover metals, semiconductors and insulators, therefore, could be utilized for various components in electronic devices.

Dr. Pandey’s research focuses on searching of novel 2D materials with different structures and exploring their properties based on density functional theory (DFT), which is of importance both for fundamental interests and applications. The work with Gaoxue Wang, a PhD candidate, considered strain engineering of Dirac cones in graphyne and stability of  phosphorene oxide.

Apart from searching for possible novel 2D materials, Dr. Jarvis Loh, an A*STAR International Fellowship Scholar and a post-doctoral fellow, and Dr. Pandey examined few 2D  materials which have been synthesized but not yet well-understood. One such material is molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), which has unique, intriguing, and functional properties, including a large carrier mobility 3, and high current-carrying capacity 4. Specifically, his group is using Superior's computing power to understand how the quantum mechanical effects in MoS2 modulate its geometry, energetics and electronic characteristics, and their layer dependency.

For more information, please visit Dr. Pandey's Computational Solid State Theory & Materials Science Laboratory.


Recent publications


01 Phosphorene Oxide: Stability and Electronic Properties of a Novel 2D Material
G. Wang, R. Pandey, S. P. Karna
Accepted for publication in Nanoscale (2014)
02 Effect of Si Doping on the Electronic Properties of BN Monolayer
S. K. Gupta, H. He, D. Banyai, M. Si, R. Pandey, S. P. Karna
Nanoscale, vol. 6, p. 5526 (2014)
03 Electronic Stability and Electron Transport Properties of Atomic Wires Anchored on the MoS2 Monolayer
A. Kumar, D. Banyai, P. K. Ahluwalia, R. Pandey, S. P. Karna
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 16, p. 20157 (2014)
04 A Theoretical Study Of Structural And Electronic Properties Of Alkaline-earth Fluoride Clusters
R. K. Pandey, K. Waters, S. Nigam, H. He, S. S. Pingale, A. C. Pandey, R. Pandey
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, vol. 1043, p. 24 (2014)
05 Electron Tunneling Characteristics Of A Cubic Quantum Dot, (PbS)32
S. K. Gupta, H. He, D. Banyai, A. K. Kandalam, R. Pandey
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 139, p. 244307 (2013)