Teaching
Monsoon Semester, 2026-2027: Physics of Minerals and Artifacts (Engineering Physics), Course code: NPHA201, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Designation: ANRF-Ramanujan Faculty Fellow
Department: Physics
Email: arkadeb[dot]rf[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
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Monsoon Semester, 2026-2027: Physics of Minerals and Artifacts (Engineering Physics), Course code: NPHA201, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi 2019.
M.Sc. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2013.
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, University of Kalyani 2011.
2025 — Ramanujan Fellow grant, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India.
2024–2026 — Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions Individual Fellowship, European Union.
2022 — National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India.
2018 — Popular Poster Presentation Award, Institute Day, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
2018 — Best Poster Presentation Award, Institute Day, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
2011 — Merit‑cum‑Means Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
N. Patel, A. Pal*, C. W. Wang, G. R. Blake, S. Sk, S. K. Panda, S. Ghosh, J. Khatua, T. W. Yen, S. Arokiasamy, H. S. Kunwar, Y. C. Lai, Y. C. Chuang, V. Sathe, K.-Y. Choi, H. D. Yang, and S. Chatterjee, “Highly entangled magnetodielectric coupling, magnetostriction, and spin-phonon coupling phenomena in Ni2ScSbO6,” Physical Review B 113, 144401 (2026). doi: 10.1103/kqrz-86z2. *=main corresponding author.
A. Pal*, C. W. Wang, T. W. Yen, G. R. Blake, S. S. Ali, S. K. Panda, S. Kamba, Y. H. Chang, H. S. Kunwar, Y. C. Lai, Y. C. Chuang, V. Sathe, G. S. Murugan, R. Sankar, S. Giri, and H. D. Yang, “Field-driven linear magnetoelectric coupling and entangled spin-phonon behavior in the antiferromagnetic spin-chain compound MnSb2O4,” Physical Review B 111, 174453 (2025). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.174453.
A. Pal*, P. Lee, J. Khatua, C. Wang, J. Gainza, A. Fitch, T. J. Hicken, H. Luetkens, Y. Hu, A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, J. Lin, K. Choi, G. Blake, and H. Yang, “Successive magnetic transitions and multiferroicity in layered honeycomb BiCrTeO6,” arXiv:2512.13387; submitted to Advanced Functional Materials (2025). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.13387.
D. C. Kakarla, A. Tiwari, Y. H. Tseng, T. W. Yen, H. C. Wu, C. W. Wang, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, A. Pal, C. Dhanasekhar, D. P. Gulo, H. L. Liu, and H. D. Yang, “Spin-reorientation induced hidden electric polarization in the noncentrosymmetric berlinite magnetic oxide α-FePO4,” Physical Review B 111, 214418 (2025). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.214418.
Y. K. Lin, A. Tiwari, C. W. Wang, J.-Y. Lin, M.-J. Hsieh, T. W. Yen, Y. C. Chuang, Y. C. Lai, A. Pal, H. D. Yang, and D. C. Kakarla, “Interplay of S = 5/2 spin-tetramer cluster magnetism and magnetodielectric effect in polar Ba6Nd2Fe4O15,” Physical Review Materials 9, 114407 (2025). doi: 10.1103/rqpb-qwkp.
S. Mukherjee, A. Pal, F. Tuzi, A. Polimeni, T. W. Yen, O. Ivashko, S. Majumdar, A. Kumar, and S. Giri, “Successive ferroelectric orders and magnetoelectric coupling without long-range magnetic order in highly frustrated pyrochlore compounds: Sm2Ti2−xVxO7,” Physical Review B 112, 054434 (2025). doi: 10.1103/c2zb-17n9.
Y. H. Chang, A. Pal*, P. T. W. Yen, C. W. Wang, S. Giri, G. R. Blake, J. Gainza, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, C. Y. Huang, Y. J. Chen, T. W. Kuo, A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, and H. D. Yang, “Field-induced transformation of complex spin ordering and magnetodielectric and magnetoelastic coupling in MnGeTeO6,” Physical Review B 110, 064405 (2024). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.064405. *=main corresponding author.
A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, W.-L. Chen, C. Dhanasekhar, Y.-J. Hu, J.-Y. Lin, C.-W. Wang, T.-W. Kuo, A. Pal, M. M.-C. Chou, and H.-D. Yang, “Observation of magnetic field-induced and partially switchable electric polarization in spin-chain FePbBiO4,” Advanced Physics Research 3(11), 2400056 (2024). doi: 10.1002/apxr.202400056.
A. Pal, K. Anand, T. W. Yen, A. Patra, A. Das, S. M. Huang, E. Blundo, A. Polimeni, H. D. Yang, and S. Chatterjee, “Magnetic properties and coupled spin-phonon behavior in quasi-one-dimensional screw-chain compound BaMn2V2O8,” Physical Review Materials 7, 014402 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.014402.
A. Pal, T. W. Yen, T. W. Kuo, C. W. Wang, S. M. Huang, M. C. Chou, Y. C. Lai, Y. C. Chuang, P. Yanda, A. Sundaresan, H. S. Kunwar, V. G. Sathe, A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, and H. D. Yang, “Unconventional multiferroicity induced by structural distortion and magnetostriction effect in the layered spin-1/2 ferrimagnet Bi2Cu5B4O14,” Physical Review B 107, 184430 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184430.
A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, B. Poojitha, P. Sahoo, H. L. Liu, A. Dixit, C. W. Wang, T. W. Yen, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, J. Krishnamurthy, Y. C. Lai, H. Chou, T. W. Kuo, A. Pal, and H. D. Yang, “Spin-phonon-charge coupling in the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice compound Ni2Te3O8,” Physical Review B 108, 075113 (2023). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.075113.
M. Alam, A. Pal, S. Ghosh, R. K. Singh, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Effect of f–d and d–d interactions on dielectric and optical properties of pyrochlore Eu2−xFexTi2O7,” Physica Status Solidi (B) 259(8), 2100643 (2022). doi: 10.1002/pssb.202100643.
K. Anand, A. Pal, A. G. Joshi, P. Pal, R. Singh, P. T.-W. Yen, S. M. Huang, M. Alam, S. Kumari, V. Sathe, S. Chakravarty, A. Mohan, and S. Chatterjee, “Giant exchange bias in antiferromagnetic Pr2CoFe0.5Mn0.5O6: A structural and magnetic properties study,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55, 365004 (2022). doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac79da.
A. Pal, T. W. Kuo, C.-H. Hsu, D. C. Kakarla, A. Tiwari, M. C. Chou, A. Patra, P. Yanda, E. Blundo, A. Polimeni, A. Sundaresan, F. C. Chuang, and H. D. Yang, “Interplay of lattice, spin, and dipolar properties in CoTeMoO6: Emergence of Griffiths-like phase, metamagnetic transition, and magnetodielectric effect,” Physical Review B 105, 024420 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.024420.
A. Pal, K. Anand, N. Patel, A. Das, S. Ghosh, P. T.-W. Yen, S.-M. Huang, R. K. Singh, H. D. Yang, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Interplay of spin, phonon, and lattice degrees in a hole-doped double perovskite: Observation of spin–phonon coupling and magnetostriction effect,” Journal of Applied Physics 132, 223906 (2022). doi: 10.1063/5.0110250.
A. Pal, K. Anand, D. Kumar, A. G. Joshi, P. T.-W. Yen, S.-M. Huang, H. Yang, A. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Observation of structural change-driven Griffiths to non-Griffiths-like phase transformation in Pr2−xSrxCoFeO6 (x = 0 to 1),” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 562, 169764 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.169764.
A. Pal, M. Alam, K. Anand, S. Ghosh, S. Tripathi, R. K. Singh, A. K. Ghosh, H. D. Yang, and S. Chatterjee, “Relaxor–super-paraelectric behaviour and crystal-field–driven spin-phonon coupling in pyrochlore Eu2Ti2O7,” Europhysics Letters 137, 26003 (2022). doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac2455.
A. Pal, C. H. Huang, T. W. Yen, P. H. Lee, Y. H. Chang, C. H. Yeh, T. W. Kuo, A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, S. M. Huang, M. C. Chou, H. S. Kunwar, S. Rana, V. G. Sathe, B. H. Chen, Y. C. Chuang, and H. D. Yang, “Spin-induced strongly correlated magnetodielectricity, magnetostriction effect, and spin-phonon coupling in helical magnet Fe3(PO4)O3,” Physical Review B 106, 094404 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.094404.
P. K. Gupta, K. Anand, M. Alam, S. Ghosh, S. Kumari, A. Pal, M. Singh, K. Shukla, P. Tsung-Wen Yen, S.-M. Huang, A. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Reentrant double glassy states and simultaneous presence of short- and long-range ordering in metamagnetic Co-doped Bi0.5La0.5Fe0.5Mn0.5O3 multiferroic,” Solid State Sciences 131, 106930 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2022.106930.
S. Kundu, A. Pal, A. Chauhan, K. Patro, K. Anand, S. Rana, V. G. Sathe, A. G. Joshi, P. Pal, K. Sethupathi, B. R. K. Nanda, and P. Khuntia, “Electronic structure and magnetic properties of 3d-4f double perovskite material,” Physical Review Materials 6, 104401 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.104401.
A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, C. W. Wang, L. K. Tseng, C. E. Lu, A. Pal, T. W. Kuo, M. M. C. Chou, and H. D. Yang, “Observation of magnetic field-induced second magnetic ordering and peculiar ferroelectric polarization in l-type ferrimagnetic Fe2(MoO4)3,” Physical Review Materials 6, 094412 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.094412.
A. Tiwari, D. C. Kakarla, G. Macam, C. H. Hsu, F. C. Chuang, H. C. Wu, T. W. Kuo, A. Pal, H. Chou, D. P. Gulo, H. L. Liu, Y. C. Chuang, Y. C. Lai, C. A. Lee, M. M. C. Chou, and H. D. Yang, “Spin-lattice-charge coupling in quasi-one-dimensional spin-chain NiTe2O5,” Physical Review Materials 6, 044409 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.044409.
K. Anand, A. Pal, M. Alam, S. Dan, S. Kumar, S. Ghosh, S. Kumari, A. Das, M. Sawada, A. Mohan, V. G. Sathe, and S. Chatterjee, “Emergence of metamagnetic transition, re-entrant cluster glass and spin phonon coupling in Tb2CoMnO6,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33, 275802 (2021). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/abfe94.
K. Anand, M. Alam, A. Pal, P. Singh, S. Kumari, A. G. Joshi, A. Das, A. Mohan, and S. Chatterjee, “Existence of Griffiths phase and unusual spin dynamics in double perovskite Tb2CoMnO6,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 528, 167697 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167697.
P. Singh, A. Pal, V. K. Gangwar, P. K. Gupta, M. Alam, S. Ghosh, R. Singh, A. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Wasp‑waisted loop and spin frustration in Dy2−xEuxTi2O7 pyrochlore,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 518, 167364 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167364.
M. Alam, P. Singh, K. Anand, A. Pal, S. Ghosh, A. K. Ghosh, R. K. Singh, A. G. Joshi, and S. Chatterjee, “Extraordinary magnetic properties of double perovskite Eu2CoMnO6 wide band gap semiconductor,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, 365802 (2020). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab8ecc.
A. Pal, P. Singh, V. K. Gangwar, A. G. Joshi, P. Khuntia, G. D. Dwivedi, P. K. Gupta, M. Alam, K. Anand, K. Sethupathi, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Probing the Griffiths‑like phase, unconventional dual glassy states, giant exchange bias effects and its correlation with its electronic structure in Pr2−xSrxCoMnO6,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, 215801 (2020). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab5326.
S. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Pal, P. Singh, P. Gupta, K. Anand, U. Gautam, A. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Existence of exchange bias and Griffiths phase in (Tb1−xCex)MnO3,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 500, 166261 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.166261.
A. Pal, P. Singh, V. K. Gangwar, S. Ghosh, P. Prakash, S. K. Saha, A. Das, M. Kumar, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “B‑site disorder driven multiple‑magnetic phases: Griffiths phase, re‑entrant cluster glass, and exchange bias in Pr2CoFeO6,” Applied Physics Letters 114, 252403 (2019). doi: 10.1063/1.5094905.
A. Pal, S. Ghosh, S. Kumar, E. F. Schwier, M. Sawada, K. Shimada, M. Gupta, D. M. Phase, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Electronic structure by x‑ray absorption spectroscopy and observation of field induced unusually slow spin relaxation in pyrochlore Eu2−xFexTi2O7,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 476, 7–17 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.12.046.
A. Pal, S. Ghosh, A. G. Joshi, S. Kumar, S. Patil, P. K. Gupta, P. Singh, V. K. Gangwar, P. Prakash, R. K. Singh, E. F. Schwier, M. Sawada, K. Shimada, A. K. Ghosh, A. Das, and S. Chatterjee, “Investigation of multi‑mode spin–phonon coupling and local B‑site disorder in Pr2CoFeO6 by Raman spectroscopy and correlation with its electronic structure by XPS and XAS studies,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31, 275802 (2019). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab144f.
S. Ghorai, N. Patra, A. Pal, D. Bhattacharyya, S. N. Jha, B. Ray, S. Chatterjee, and A. K. Ghosh, “Insights into local atomic structure of Fe‑alloyed ZnS nanocrystals: Correlation with structural, optical, magnetic and photocatalyst properties,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 805, 363–378 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.06.357.
P. K. Gupta, S. Ghosh, S. Kumari, A. Pal, S. Roy, R. Singh, P. Singh, R. K. Singh, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Spin–phonon coupling and magneto‑dielectric coupling in BiFeO3–TbMnO3 composite,” Materials Research Express 6(8), 086114 (2019). doi: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab2742.
P. K. Gupta, S. Ghosh, S. Kumar, A. Pal, P. Singh, M. Alam, A. Singh, S. Roy, R. Singh, B. P. Singh, N. N. Kumar, E. F. Schwier, M. Sawada, T. Matsumura, K. Shimada, H.-J. Lin, Y.-Y. Chin, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Room temperature exchange bias in antiferromagnetic composite BiFeO3–TbMnO3,” Journal of Applied Physics 126(24), 243903 (2019). doi: 10.1063/1.5109713. (eprint: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.5109713/15239662/243903_1_online.pdf)
P. K. Gupta, S. Ghosh, A. Pal, S. Roy, A. G. Joshi, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Study of band structure, transport and magnetic properties of BiFeO3–TbMnO3 composite,” SN Applied Sciences 1(12), 1607 (2019). doi: 10.1007/s42452-019-1640-8.
P. Singh, A. Pal, V. K. Gangwar, S. Ghosh, R. K. Singh, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Spin freezing and field
induced transition in Tb1−xEuxTi2O7: A magnetic property study,” Journal ofMagnetism andMagnetic
Materials, vol. 490, p. 165 512, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165512.
A. Pal, A. Singh, A. K. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “High temperature spin-freezing transition in pyrochlore
Eu2Ti2O7: A new observation from ac-susceptibility,” Journal ofMagnetism andMagneticMaterials,
vol. 462, pp. 1–7, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.04.060.
K. K. Shukla, A. Pal, A. Singh, R. Singh, J. Saha, A. K. Sinha, A. K. Ghosh, S. Patnaik, A. M. Awasthi, and
S. Chatterjee, “Hidden transition in multiferroic and magnetodielectric CuCrO2 evidenced by ac-susceptibility,”
Europhysics Letters, vol. 118, no. 2, p. 27 008, Jun. 2017. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/118/27008.
A. Gaur, R. Shukla, B. Kumar, A. Pal, S. Chatterji, R. Ranjan, and P. Maiti, “Processing and nanoclay induced
piezoelectricity in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene) nanohybrid for device application,”
Polymer, vol. 97, pp. 362–369, 2016. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.05.049.
M. Alam, A. Pal, P. Singh, S. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Study of spin‑freezing transition in pyrochlore Eu1.9Ce0.1Ti2O7 from ac‑susceptibility measurement,” AIP Conference Proceedings 2265, 030532 (2020). doi: 10.1063/5.0016707. (eprint: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/5.0016707/14214828/030532_1_online.pdf)
K. Anand, A. Pal, M. Alam, A. Mohan, and S. Chatterjee, “Observation of both Debye type and Maxwell–Wagner relaxation in Y1.9Ce0.1CoMnO6,” AIP Conference Proceedings 2100, 020028 (2019). doi: 10.1063/1.5098582. (eprint: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.5098582/14182535/020028_1_online.pdf)
A. Pal, K. Anand, M. Alam, P. Singh, V. K. Gangwar, S. Ghosh, and S. Chatterjee, “Magneto‑thermal property study of geometrically frustrated hybrid pyrochlore Dy2−xErxTi2O7,” AIP Conference Proceedings 2115, 030531 (2019). doi: 10.1063/1.5113370. (eprint: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.5113370/13393248/030531_1_online.pdf)
A. Pal, A. Singh, V. K. Gangwar, and S. Chatterjee, “Transport and dielectric properties of double perovskite Pr2CoFeO6,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1942, 110002 (2018). doi: 10.1063/1.5028985. (eprint: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.5028985/13970622/110002_1_online.pdf)
A. Pal, A. Singh, and S. Chatterjee, “Inducing ferromagnetism in pyrochlore Eu2Ti2O7 by Fe and Mn doping and establishing ferroelectricity in Eu2Ti2O7,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living 3, 141 (2016). doi: 10.3850/978-981-09-7519-7nbl16-rps-141
2025 — Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India. Project Ref: RJF/2025/000501. Role: PI. Research funding: Rs. 1.21 crore. Duration: 5 years.
2023 — Funding Agency: European Union (Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions). Grant No: 101110742 (HiTempMagMat). Role: PI. Research funding: €203,464.32 (≈ Rs. 2.08 crore). Duration: 2 years.
2022 — Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India. Grant No: PDF/2022/001020. Role: PI. Research funding: Rs. 32 lakh. Duration: 2 years.
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad — Current
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands — (Marie‑Curie fellowship period)— 2024–2026
National Sun Yat‑Sen University, Taiwan — 2020–2023