INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONDENSED MATTER PHYICS ICCMP 2014 NOVEMBER 4-6-2014 Organized by Department of Physics Himachal Pradesh University Shimla Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi University Grants Commission, New Delhi PROGRAMME Date Time rd Programme 3 November 2014 Registration Desk at Peter Hoff, ACSI Sangati and University Faculty House 4th NOVEMBER 2014 4 .11.2014 8.00AM to 9.30PM Registration Desk at Peter Hoff Inaugural Session 4 .11.2014 9.30 AM Inauguration Jyoti Prajvalan Kulgeet Bouquets to the Chief Guest HE and other dignatries – 10 min Welcome Address- Chairperson Physics Department Presidential Address –Vice Chancellor Vote of Thanks 4 .11.2014 10.30 -11.00AM High Tea Technical Session – I Chairperson: Prof. Andrei Postnikov 4 .11.201411.00- Keynote Address Ultrafast Coherent Charge Transfer in Solar Cells and 12.oo Noon Artificial Light Harvesting Systems: Toward Movies of Electronic Motion, Chirstoph Lineau, Carl Von Ossietzky Universitat, Oldenburg, Germany Technical Session-II Chairperson: S. Dutta Gupta 4 .11.2014 Plenary Talk-1 Strongly Interacting Electrons in Solids : Puzzles and 12.00-1.30PM Challenges S K Joshi, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. Invited Talks-1 Magnetic field induced 1st order transitions: recent Invited Talk-2 studies, and some new concepts, Praveen Chaddha, UGC-DAE CSR Indore. Rare Earths based novel functional materials, Arun Grover Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University Chandigarh 3.11.2014 4.00 PM to 8.PM 4 .11.2014 1.30-2.30 PM Lunch Technical Session III Date 4 .11.2014 2.30- 4.30 PM Time Plenary Talk –2 Invited talk-3 Invited Talk-4 Invited Talk-5 4 .11.2014 4 .11.2014 4.30-4.45 PM 4.45- 6.30 PM 4 .11.2014 4 .11.2014 4 .11.2014 5.00-6.30 PM 7.00 to 8.00 PM 8.00 PM 5 .11.2014 9.00-10.30 AM Plenary –3 Invited Talk-6 Invited Talk-7 5 .11.2014 5 .11.2014 10.45-12.15 PM 5 .11.2014 Programme Chairperson - Prof. S.K. Joshi Emergent Phases near Quantum Critical Transitions Sidharth Saxena, University of Cambridge, U K. Supercontinuum Generation in Water Prinda Vas, IIT Bomba. Casimir effects for classical and quantum liquids inside cylindrical tubes, Shyam Biswas, University of Hyderabad, Hyderaba. Navinder Singh, SSPL, Ahmdabad Tea Poster Session – Chairperson P1 to P 25 Oral Presentation (01 to 010) Cultural Program Dinner TH 5 NOVEMBER 2014 Technical Session IV Chairperson - Prof. G.P. Das An Exact Diagonalization Study in Nano-Graphene: Modulation of Charge and Spin, Magnetic Phase Diagram and thermodynamics, D. G. Kanhare, Pune University, Pune Theory of Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Graphene Nanodisks, Alok Shukla, IIT Bombay. The conducting interface of insulating oxide heterostructures from 1st-principles, J J Pulikkotil, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. 10.30-10.45 AM Tea Break Technical Session V Chairperson: Prof. Sidharth Saxena Plenary-4 Condensed matter effects via light propagation in coupled optical waveguides, Gautam Vemuri, Indiana University, Indiana, USA. Manipulating light emission using photonic crystals Invited Talk-8 B N Jagtap, BARC Mumbai. Substrate induced modulation of physical and chemical Invited Talk-9 properties of 2D nanostructures, GP Das, IACS, Kolkatta. Technical Session VI (Oral Presentations) Chairperson: Prof. Gautam Vemuri 12.15 –1.30 PM Oral Presentation (O1-O10) Date 5 .11.2014 2.30-4.30 PM Time 1.30-2.30 PM Plenary-5 Programme Lunch Technical Session- VII Chairperson: Prof. Praveen Chaddha Perfect transmission to Anti-lasing S Dutta Gupta, University of Hyderabad. Invited talk-10 B. P Singh Invited talk-11 Two dimensional confinement of electrons in nanowall network of GaN leading to high mobility and phase coherencem, S Dhar, IIT Bombay. Invited talk-12 5 .11.2014 5 .11.2014 5 .11.2014 5 .11.2014 5 .11.2014 6.11.20149.00 10.50 AM Structure and Composition driven Functionality in magnetic Nanoparticles, Michael Farle, University of Duisburg, Germany 4.30-4.45 PM Tea Technical Session-VIII (Poster Presentations) Chairperson: Prof. Mahavir Singh 4.30 –6.00 PM Poster Presentation Technical Session-IX (Oral Presentations) Chairperson: Prof. J J Pulikkotil 5.00-6.30 PM Oral Presentation (O-11 to O-20) 6.30- 8.00 PM Free for visiting Mall 8.00 PM Dinner 6TH NOVEMBER 2014 Technical Session-X (Phase Transitions) Chairperson: Prof. D G Kanhere Plenary-6 Topological Insulators, Novel Superconductors, and 2D Atomically Thin Films Beyond Graphene Arun Bansil, Northeastern University, Boston Invited Talk- 13 Invited Talk- 14 6.11.2014 10.50.11.05 AM Density Matrix Renormalization Group: Introduction and recent progresses T Nishino Kobe University, Japan Some aspects of nanoscale disorder and phase separation in the layered superconductors Naurang Saini Roma University, Roma Tea Date 6.11.2014 11.05.1.05 PM Time Plenary-7 Invited talk-15 6.11.2014 6 .11.2014 6 .11.2014 6 .11.2014 6.11.2014 Programme Technical Session-XI Chairperson: Prof. Michael Farle Ab initio lattice dynamics of complex and mixed semiconductors, Anderi Postnikov, University of Lorranine, France. Studies on Multiferroic based Memory Devices DG Kuberkar, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujrat 1.00-2.00 PM Lunch Technical Session-XII Chairperson: Prof. N S Negi 2.00-3.00 PM Poster (P 26 to P50) Technical Session-XIII Chairperson: Prof. B.P. Singh 2.00-3.00 PM Oral Presentation (O21-O31) Valedictory Function 3.00PM- 4.00 PM Bouquets to Chief Guest and other dignitaries Welcome Address Summary of the Conference Address by the Chief Guest Vote of Thanks 4.00 P.M. High Tea Invitation Cards Inauguration Dinner --- VC Dinner – Chancellor Cultural Programme Chief Guest ( Dean of Studies) Welcome Thanks