About

Dr. Sunil Chauhan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Basis Sciences and Research, Sharda University. He received his B.Sc. degree from Ramjas College,Delhi University, M. Sc. degree from Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi University and M. Tech (Materials Science) from JIIT, NOIDA. Currently, he has completed Ph. D. on Synthesis and Characterizations of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials from JIIT, NOIDA.

He is actively working on synthesis and characterization of multiferroic materials, functional nano-materials and dye sensitized solar cell. He has published several peer reviewed papers (19) in reputed international journals and international/national conferences (7). His publications have received more than 518 citations and has  h-index of 12. He has attended several international/national conferences/workshops/schools/hands on training programs and presented his research work.

Experience

• 5 years (Research)
• 2.5 Month (Teaching)

Qualification

• Ph. D
• M. Sc (Physics)
• M. Tech (Materials Science)

Research

• Kumar M., Arora M., Chauhan S., and Panday H., “Structural, magnetic, dielectric, vibrational and optical properties of Zr substituted Bi_0.90Gd_0.10FeO₃ multiferroics” J. Alloys and Compd., vol. 735, pp. 684-691, 2018.
• Kumar M., Arora M., Chauhan S., and Joshi S., “Raman spectroscopy probed spin-two phonon coupling and improved magnetic and optical properties in Dy and Zr substituted BiFeO₃ nanoparticles” J. Alloys and Compd., vol. 692, pp. 236-242, 2017.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Pal P., " Substitution driven Structural and Magnetic properties and spin-phonon coupling in Sr-doped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles", RSC Advances vol. 6, pp. 68028-68040, 2016.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C. and Singh M., " Substitution driven Structural and Magnetic Transformation in Ca-doped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles", RSC Advances vol. 6, pp. 43080-43090, 2016.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C., " A comparative study on the structural, vibrational, dielectric, magnetic and optical properties of Microcrystalline, Nanocrystalline BiFeO₃ and Core-shell Structured BiFeO₃@SiO₂ Nanocomposites", Journal of Alloys and Compounds vol. 666, pp. 454-467, 2016.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C., Jewariya M., Suma B. N. and Kunte G., “Structural modification and enhanced magnetic properties with two-phonon in Ca-Co codoped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles” Ceramics International, Vol. 41, Issue 10, Part B, pp. 14306-14314, 2015.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C., Singh H., Jewariya M., and Yadav K. L., “Multiferroic, magnetoelectric and optical properties of Mn-doped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles” Solid State Communications, vol.152, pp. 525-529, 2012.
• Chauhan S., Arora M., Sati P. C., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C. and Kumar M., “Structural, vibrational, optical, magnetic and dielectric properties Bi_1-xBa_xFeO₃ nanoparticles” Ceramics International vol.39, pp. 6399-6405, 2013.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C. and Awana V. P. S, “Structural, vibrational, optical and magnetic properties of sol-gel derived Nd doped ZnO Nanoparticles” Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, vol.24, pp. 5102-5110, 2013.
• Arora M., Chauhan S., Sati P. C. and Kumar M. and Chhoker S., “Structural, magnetic and optical properties of Ho–Co codoped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles” Material Letters, vol. 132, pp. 327-330 2014.
• Arora M., Chauhan S., Sati P. C. and Kumar M. and Chhoker S., “Evidence of spin-two phonon coupling and improved multiferroic behaviour of Bi_{1− x}Dy_xFeO₃ nanoparticles” Ceramics International, vol. 40, pp. 13347-13356, 2014.
• Arora M., Chauhan S., Sati P. C., Kumar M., Chhoker S. and Kotnala R. K., “Spin-phonon coupling and improved multiferroic properties of Zr substituted BiFeO₃ nanoparticles” Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics vol. 25, pp. 4286-4299, 2014.
• Arora M., Chauhan S., Sati P. C. and Kumar M., “Effect of Non-magnetic Ions Substitution on Structural, Magnetic and Optical Properties of BiFeO₃ Nanoparticles” Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, vol. 27, pp. 1867-1871, 2014.
• Sati P. C., Arora M., Chauhan S., Kumar M. and Chhoker S., “ Structural, magnetic, vibrational and impedance properties of Pr and Ti codoped BiFeO₃ multiferroic ceramics” Ceramics International, vol. 40, pp. 7805-7816, 2014.
• Sati P. C., Arora M., Chauhan S., Kumar M. and Chhoker S., “Effect of Dy substitution on structural, magnetic and optical properties of BiFeO₃ ceramics” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solid, 2013,  vol.75, pp. 105-108, 2014.
• Sati P. C., Arora M., Chauhan S., Kumar M. and Chhoker S., “Rietveld analysis, magnetic, vibrational and impedance properties of (Bi_1-xPr_x)(Fe_1-xZr_x)O₃ ceramics” Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics vol.24, pp. 5023-5034, 2013.
• Arora M., Sati P. C., Chauhan S., Singh H, Yadav K. L., Chhoker S. and Kumar M., “Structural, magnetic and optical properties of Bi_(1-x)Dy_xFeO₃ nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel method” Materials Letters, vol.96, pp. 71-73, 2013.
• Sati P. C., Arora M., Chauhan S., Chhoker S., and Kumar M., “Structural, magnetic, and optical properties of Pr and Zr codoped BiFeO₃ multiferroic ceramics” Journal of Applied Physics, vol.112, pp. 094102-6, 2012.
• Arora M., Sati P. C., Chauhan S., Chhoker S., Panwar A. K. and Kumar M., “Structural, optical and multiferroic properties of BiFeO₃ nanoparticles synthesized by soft chemical route” Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, vol.26, pp. 443-448, 2013.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Pandey H., Chhoker S., "Effect of Ca and Ni co-substitution on structural and magnetic properties of BiFeO₃ nanoparticles", AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 2009 (1), pp. 020032, 2018.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Anand C., Dillu V., Mazumdar R., Katyal S. C., "Antibacterial activity and ferroelectric properties of Nd³⁺ doped ZnO nanostructured materials", AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 2009 (1), pp. 020006, 2018.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Pandey H., Sahni M., "Room temperature multiferroic properties of rapid liquid phase sintered Pb⁺² doped bismuth ferrite", AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 2009 (1), pp. 020005, 2018.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., and Katyal S. C., “Band-gap Tuning and Magnetic Properties of Heterovalent ions (Ba, Sr and Ca) Substituted BiFeO₃ Nanoparticles” AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1731, pp. 130029, 2016.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C., “Size-Dependent Structural, Vibrational and Magnetic Properties of BiFeO₃ and Core-shell Structured BiFeO₃@SiO₂ Nanoparticles” AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1591, pp. 521-523, 2014.
• Chauhan S., Kumar M., Chhoker S., Katyal S. C., “Structural, Raman, Dielectric, Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Properties of Ba and Mn-Doped BiFeO₃ Nanoparticles” ICANMEET-2013 Sathyabama University, Chennai, India, pp-275-278, July 24-26 2013, DOI 10.1109/ICNMEET-2013-6609290.
• Sati P. C., Arora M., Chauhan S., and Kumar M., “Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of Dy doped BiFeO₃ multiferroic ceramics” National Conference on Advances in Physics (NCAP-2012), IIT Roorkee, Feb. 25-26, 2012

Area of Interest

• Multiferroic and Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials