Areas of Interest: Thin film heterostructure based devices, Spintronics, Multiferroics heterostructures, Acoustic MEMS Sensors, Memory Devices, ReRAM based Neuromorphic devices, Optoelectronic Devices.
Education: M.Sc, Ph.D.
E-mail: pradeep.kumar@juet.ac.in
Contact No. : 7623059069
Dr. Pradeep Kumar completed his M.Sc. from CCS University, Meerut, and earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Magnetoelectric Heterostructures based Flexible Magnetic Sensors) from IIT Roorkee in 2024. Since Feb 2024, he has been with JUET Guna. He has published 15+ papers in reputed journals including AIP APL, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, and IEEE EDL, and presented at several international conferences Professional Achievements: Rank – 1st in M.Sc., Meerut College, Meerut, (CCSU) Qualified: CSIR-UGC NET (JRF), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST). Skills Fabrication Techniques: DC/RF magnetron, reactive, and co-Sputtering, Thermal Vapor Deposition, Pulse Laser Deposition. Photolithography technique for device fabrication. Characterization techniques: XRD, FESEM, AFM, PFM, XPS, Semiconductor Characterization system 4200, Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS), Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), magneto-transport setup, Agilent Impedance Analyser 4294A, Radiant Ferroelectric Tester, Vector Network Analyser, Magnetoelectric Coupling Setup. Publication@JUET: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XMFgjCUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Research Publications 1. P Kumar, D Arora, A Pandey, S Datta, D Kaur, (2023). “Magnetoelectric functionality of Ni-Mn-In encapsulated AlN/Ni-Mn-In/Ni graded heterostructure for flexible magnetic field sensor” ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Accepted, November 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c01055 2. P Kumar, and D Kaur (2023). “Functionality in frequency tuning of magnetoelectric heterostructure integrated highly flexible bulk acoustic wave resonator.” Applied Physics Letters, 123, 153508 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0170215 3. P Kumar, J Singh and D Kaur, (2023). “Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy integrated highly flexible SAW delay line magnetic sensor” Accepted, IEEE Sensors Journal, December 13, 2023. 4. P Kumar, D Kaur, (2022). “Multifunctionality in ferromagnetic shape memory alloy-based resistive switching memory for flexible ReRAM application”, Applied Physics Letters 121 (4), 043503. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096679. 5. P Kumar, S Pawar, J Singh, D Kaur, (2022). “Magnetic field tunable ferromagnetic shape memory alloy-based SAW resonator”, IEEE Electron Device Letters 43 (3), 446-449. DOI: 10.1109/LED.2022.3140216. 6. P Kumar, D Kaur, (2021). “Functional bipolar resistive switching in AlN/Ni–Mn–In based magnetoelectric heterostructure”, Nanotechnology 32 (44), 445704. DOI 10.1088/1361-6528/ac17c4. 7. P Kumar, A Kumar, D Kaur, (2021). “Spin valve effect in sputtered FL-MoS2 and ferromagnetic shape memory alloy based magnetic tunnel junction”, Ceramics International 47 (4), 4587-4594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.10.024. 8. D Arora, P Kumar, D Kaur, (2024), “Multifunctionality in Electrically Poled PMN–PT/Ni–Mn–In Multiferroic Heterostructure for Flexible Magnetic Field Sensing and Nonvolatile Memory Applications” ACS Applied Electronic Materials 6 (3), 1959-1970. 9. D Arora, P Kumar, S Singh, A Goswami, D Kaur, (2023). “Flexible magnetoelectric sensor and nonvolatile memory based on magnetization-graded Ni/FSMA/PMN-PT multiferroic heterostructure”, Applied Physics Letters, 122, 263501 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146498 10. K Kaushlendra, P Kumar, D Arora, B Ranjan, D Kaur, (2023). “Remotely tuned multistate resistive switching in MoS2/NiMnIn thin film heterostructure for highly flexible ReRAM application”, Ceramics International 49 (6), 9543-9550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.11.122. 11. D Arora, P Kumar, K Kaushlendra, D Kaur, (2022). " Unravelling the magnetodielectric characteristics of strain-coupled PMN-PT/FSMA multiferroic heterojunction toward flexible MEMS applications," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (40), 405005. DOI 10.1088/1361-6463/ac83d0. 12. P Kumar, CB Li, BK Sahoo, (2018). "Diverse trends of electron correlation effects for properties with different radial and angular factors in an atomic system: a case study in Ca+." Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 51 (5), 055101. DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/aaaa12 13. P Bhalla, P Kumar, N Das, N Singh, (2017). “Finite frequency Seebeck coefficient of metals: A memory function approach, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 109, 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.04.021 14. BK Sahoo, P Kumar, (2017). “Relativistic coupled-cluster-theory analysis of unusually large correlation effects in the determination of gj factors in Ca+”, Physical Review A 96 (1), 012511. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.012511 15. P Bhalla, P Kumar, N Das, N Singh, (2016). “Theory of the dynamical thermal conductivity of metals”, Physical Review B 94 (11), 115114. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.115114 _________ Patents 1. A flexible ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) based magnetoelectric heterostructure and its method of fabrication., Davinder Kaur, Pradeep Kumar. Indian Patent, Patent application no.- IN202311049465 _________Conferences and workshops 1. P Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Davinder Kaur, IEEE International Magnetics Conference (Intermag 2023), 15th – 19th May 2023, Sendai International Centre, Sendai, Japan. 2. P Kumar, D Kaur, Conference on Emergent Phenomena in Quantum MATerials (E-QMAT) 2022, October 12-14, 2022, IIT Roorkee, India. 3. P Kumar, J Singh, D Kaur, International Joint Conference ISAF-PFM-ECAPD 2022 (IEEE-ISAF 2022), June 27-July 1, 2022, Tours, France. Published title: Study of mechanical, piezoelectric and magnetodielectric properties of AlN/Ni-Mn-In heterostructure towards MEMS device applications., 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF), 1-3. 4. P Kumar, D Kaur, Indo-Japan Workshop on Interface Phenomena for Spintronics (IJW-IPS 2022), March 08-10, 2022, NISER Bhubaneswar, India. 5. P Kumar, D Kaur, 5th International Conference on Emerging Electronics, IEEE-ICEE 2020, 25th – 28th November, 2020, IIT Delhi, India. 6. P Kumar, Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, 11-13 April, 2016, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India. 7. P Kumar, Young Physicists’ Meet, Feb 06-09, 2016, Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India. 8. P Kumar, International School on Current Frontiers in Condensed Matter Research, 20 June - 29 June, 2016, ICTS, Bangalore, India. 9. P Kumar, Young Physicists’ Meet, March 10-13, 2015, Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India.