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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Somnath Dadabhau Kale


Date of birth: May 20, 1996 (Maharashtra, India)
Nationality: Indian
Address: At. Pokhari Baleshwar, Po. Varudi Pathar
Ghargaon-422620, Maharashtra, India
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Phone: +91 9156936193

Personal Information

Research Experience
Apr 2024-Present Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Berhampur,
(Postdoctoral Researcher) India. (Project: Unveiling electrode effects in ferroelectric tunnel junctions)

Aug 2018-Apr 2024 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur,
(Doctaral Reserecher) Berhampur, India. (Thesis: Ferroelectric ultra-thin film and tunnel
junctions: size and boundary condition effects)
Jul 2018-Aug 2018 International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) Bangalore, India.
(Research School) (Subject: Integrable systems in condensed matter physics)

Dec 2017-May 2018 Department of Modeling and Simulations, Savitribai Phule Pune University,
(Master's Thesis) Pune, India. (Title: Geometrothermodynamics and thermostatistics: some
examples)
Jun 2017-Dec 2017
Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India.
(Internship)
(Project: Analysis of non-equilibrium system using driven gas models:
TASEP and TASEP+LK model)

Education
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Berhampur,
(Aug 2018-Apr 2024) India. (Thesis: Ferroelectric ultra-thin film and tunnel junctions: size and
boundary condition effects)
M.Sc. Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India'
(Jul 2016- May 2018) (Major: Condensed Matter Physics (First class))

B. Sc. B. N. S. Science Collage Sangamner, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune,


(Jun 2013- May 2016) India. (Major: Physics (First class with distinction))

Publications
1. Somnath Kale*, Adrian Petraru, Hermann Kohlstedt, and Rohit Soni*, "Electrically Controlled Reversible
Polarization Fatigue–Recovery in Ferroelectric Thin Film Capacitors", ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 4,
1692–1702 (2022).

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2. Somnath Kale*, Adrian Petraru*, Hermann Kohlstedt, and Rohit Soni*, "Ferroelectric Thickness Scaling
Effects on Statics and Dynamics of Domain Walls", Small, 2303880 (2023).
3. Somnath Kale*, Adrian Petraru*, Hermann Kohlstedt, and Rohit Soni*, "Universal Dimensionality of
Ferroelectric Domain Walls in Ultrathin Films", Adv. Physics Res. 2400014 (2024).
4. Somnath Kale, Adrian Petraru, Hermann Kohlstedt, and Rohit Soni*, "Depolarization-Driven
Electroresistnace Tunning in Ferrolectric Tunnel Junctions", Submitting soon (2024).
5. Atal Bihari Swain, Somnath Kale, Eruthparna Ramachandran, Leon Rouf, Joel Kuttruff, Rohit Soni, Peter
Baum, "Space-time Visualization of Photo-Excited Carrier Dynamics in Ferroelectric Solar-Energy
Converters by Ultrafast Electron Diffraction", Submitting soon (2024).

Conferences and Workshops


1. 24th Raman Memorial Conference (RMC) "Unravelling the Physics of Advanced Materials" -2018, Pune,
India (Poster)
2. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF-PFM-ECAPD-2022), Tours,
France (Oral presentation)
3. International Conference on Advance Material Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications (AMSCA)-
2022, Pune, India (Oral presentation)
4. 29th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (iWOE29)-2023, Busan, Republic of Korea. (Poster)
5. 1st Annual Physics Symposium, IISER Berhampur, India (Poster)
6. 34th Annual General Meeting of MRSI and 5th Indian Materials conclave-2023, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India
(Oral presentation)

Awards
1. Recipient of International Travel Support (ITS) award, 2023 (SERB, Govt. of India)
2. Best Oral Presentation Award at International Conference AMSCA-2022, Pune, India
3. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018 Qualified
4. State Eligibility Test (SET) 2018 Qualified
5. Sanjay Shewale Prize 2018 (Indian Physics Association)
6. 15th National Children's Science Congress Prize 2007 (DST, Govt. of India)

Other Academic Activities


1. TA: PHY 104: General Physics Laboratory-I, UG Physics Lab, IISER Berhampur (2020)
2. TA: PHY 204: General Physics Laboratory-III, UG Physics Lab, IISER Berhampur (2021)
3. TA: PHY 307: Physics Laboratory-II, UG Physics Lab, IISER Berhampur (2022)

References
Dr. Rohit Soni Dr. Sudipto Muhuri
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Department of Physics, S. P. Pune University, Pune
(IISER) Berhampur 760010, Odisha, India 411007, Maharashtra, India
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Arun G. Banpurkar Dr. Arote Sandeep Annasaheb
Department of Physics, S. P. Pune University, Pune B. N. S. Science Collage, Sangamner 422605 (S. P.
411007, Maharashtra, India Pune University), Maharashtra, India
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Experience in research techniques and tools
Thin film deposition techniques
1. Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) with in situ Ferroelectric, multiferroic and superconducting
RHEED oxides (BTO, PTO, PZT, BFO, LSMO, SRO, LSCO, etc.)
2. Sputter Deposition (DC and Magnetron) Metals and metal oxides (Ag, Cu, Ti, Al, Pt, SiO2, etc.)
3. Thermal Evaporation Metals (Au, Ag, Al. etc.)
4. Langmuir-Blodgett and -Schaefer Deposition Ferroelectric polymers (PVDF, PVDF-TrFE, etc.)

Characterization tools
1. Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction In situ growth and thickness monitoring during PLD
(RHEED) deposition
2. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Ex situ structural analysis (θ-2θ, RSM, XRR, etc.)
3. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) AFM, PFM, CAFM, SKPM, STM, Force curves, etc.

Ferroelectrics measurements
1 Ferroelectric analyzer and probe station PE loop, FM, RM, IM, CVM, and PUND measurement
.
2 Small signal I-V and voltage- and current- To characterize device transport properties (Self-
. driven sweep measurements designed setup using Keithley electrometers )
3 Transient switching current measurement Polarization measurement using a suitable pulse
. (pulse measurement) train (Self-designed setup using AFG and MSO)
4 Combined piezoresponse and electrical Self-designed setup using AFM, AFG, MSO, and Low-
. characterization noise current preamplifier)

Transport property measurement setups


1 Flow cryostat equipped with electromagnet Temperature dependence of resistivity using four
. probe measurement
2 Quantum transport measurement system TER and TMR measurements for ferroelectric and
. equipped close cycle cryostat multiferroic tunnel junctions
3 Micro wedge wire bonder (semi-automatic) To make precise connections to samples
.

Modelling and simulations


1 MCMC simulations: Driven gas models- TASEP and TASEP+LK studies (Python)
.
2 Instrumentation and automation: Software design for self-designed measurement setups using
. various electrometers (MATLAB)
3 Statistical analysis of experimental data using self-written MATLAB codes
.

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Others
1. Programming languages: Fortran, Python, MATLAB
2. Experience in in-house servicing of diaphragm, scroll, and turbo pumps, RHEED and PLD systems
3. Small-scale PCB and circuit designing

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