Durga Paudyal

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Ph.D., Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, 2005; Post Doctoral Research Associtae at Ames Lab, 2004 to 2008; Ames Laboratory Scientist 2008 to date.

Current Research: 1) Quantum information materials and engineering including quantum communication, quantum sensing, and quantum computing; 2) Magnetism and magnetic materials and phenomena including permanent magnetism, magnetocaloric effect and 2D quantum magnetism; 3) Topological quantum materials including 2D; 4) Quantum phononics and quantum magnonics;  5) Magnetic and quantum phenomena with rare-earth-based materials;  6) Development of electronic structure methods at finite temperature; 7) Coupling of machine learning to ab-initio methods to predict new materials and properties.

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Google Scholar Profile: Refereed journal publications

• Bhandari and D. Paudyal, Enhancing stability and magnetism of ThMn12-type cerium-iron intermetallics by site-substitution, Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023012 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023012
• Kademane, C. Bhandari, D. Paudyal, S. Cottrell, P. Das, Y. Liu, Y. Yiu, C. M. N. Kumar, K. Siemensmeyer, A. Hoser, D. L. Quintero-Castro, D. Vaknin, and R. Toft-Petersen, Magnetization reversal driven by electron localization-delocalization crossover in inverse spinel Co2VO4, Phys. Rev. B 105, 094408 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.094408
• UCar, D. Paudyal, and K. Choudhary, Machine learning predicted magnetic entropy change using chemical descriptors across a large compositional landscape, Computational Materials Science 209, 111414 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111414
• Limbu, G. C. Kaphle, A. L. Karn, N. K. Shah, H. Paudyal, and D. Paudyal, Electronic structure and magnetism of pristine, defected, and strained Ti2N MXene, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 563, 169895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.169895
• B. Sharma, I.A. Qattan, M. Jaishi, and D. Paudyal, Penta-SiCN: A Highly Auxetic Monolayer, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 4, 2561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.2c00265
• W. Qureshi, M. A. Ali, X. Ma, G. Tang; M.U. Javed, and D. Paudyal, Verification and unraveling the electronic and physical properties of bulk and (001)-surfaces of newly synthesized Ti2ZnX (X = C, N) MAX phases, Surfaces and Interfaces 31, 102032 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.102032
• W. Qureshi, X. Ma, G. Tang, and D. Paudyal, Investigating a novel magnetic MAX phase nitride and its (001)-surfaces, Materials Today Communications 31, 103456 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103456
• B. Sharma, S. KC, and D. Paudyal, Enhanced Optoelectronic and Elastic Responses in Fluorinated penta-BCN, Applied Surface Science 593, 153239 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153239
• B. Sharma, R. C. Bhatta, R. Adhikari, and D. Paudyal, Strain effect on structural, mechanical, and optoelectronic properties of penta-BCN, Carbon Trends 7, 100162 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2022.100162
• W. Qureshi, X. Ma, G. Tang, R. Paudel, D. Paudyal, Theoretical predictive screening of noble-metal-containing M3AuC2 (M = Ti, V, and Cr) MAX phases, Computational Materials Science 202, 111013 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.111013

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