Specialization

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Email

soumarik@thapar.edu

Research Interests

• Single Crystal Growth 

• High Entropy Alloy and Oxides

• Magnetism and Superconductivity

• Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Ongoing Projects

Title: Toward Future Superconducting Materials: Exploring and Understanding the Superconductivity in Newly Discovered High Entropy Alloy Superconductors

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, India (DST - SERB, 2022 – 2024), 

Sanctioned Amount: ~27 Lakhs

Academics

• Ph.D, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2010-2014
• Master of Science (M.Sc) in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, 2006 – 2008

Work Experience

• Post-doc Researcher, Institution: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Science des Matériaux (CRISMAT), CNRS, Caen, France 
• Post-doc Researcher, Place: ICMCB-CNRS, Bordeaux, France (PRESTIGE and Marie Curie Fellow).
• Post-doc Researcher, Place: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Fellowships and Awards

• 2015-2016: PRESTIGE & Marie Curie Incoming Fellowship (Campus France, Grant Agreement no. PCOFUND-GA-2013-609102FP7, European Union) Host: ICMCB-CNRS, France.
• 2010-2013: Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Fellowship (SOPRANO, Grant Agreement no. 214040, FP7, European Union) Host: UCM, Madrid, Spain.

Publications (SCI, Google Scholar)

1. Band Edge Carrier-Induced Sign Reversal of an Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Response in Few-Layer ReS₂ Nanoflakes, Dipendranath Mandal, Megha Shrivastava, Sudarshan Sharma, Ajay K Poonia, Sourav Marik, Ravi Prakash Singh, KV Adarsh, ACS Applied Nano Materials 5 (2022) 5486.
2. Superconductivity in Bi based Bi₂PdPt, A. Kataria, T. Agarwal, S. Sharma, D. Singh, S. Marik and R. P. Singh, Materials Advances 3 (2022) 5375.
3. Field induced hysteretic structural phase switching and possible CDW in Re-doped MoTe_2. A Vasdev, S Kamboj, A Sirohi, M Mandal, S Marik, RP Singh, G Sheet, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 (2021) 255401
4. Tailoring the phase transition and electron-phonon coupling in 1T'-MoTe₂ by charge doping, S Paul, S Karak, M Mandal, A Ram, S Marik, RP Singh, S Saha, Physical Review B 102 (2020) 054103.
5. Long Range Magnetic Ordering and Magneto-(di) electric Effect in a New Class of High Entropy Spinel Oxide, Sourav Marik*, Deepak Singh, Bruno Gonano, Fabien Veillon, Denis Pelloquin, Yohann Bréard, Scripta Materialia, 183 (2020) 107-110.
6. Enhanced magnetic frustration in a new high entropy diamond lattice spinel oxide, Sourav Marik*, Deepak Singh, Bruno Gonano, Fabien Veillon, Denis Pelloquin, Yohann Bréard, Scripta Materialia, 186 (2020) 366-369.
7. Nodeless s-wave superconductivity in the α-Mn structure type noncentrosymmetric superconductor TaOs: a muSR study, D. Singh, Sajilesh, S. Marik, A. D. Hillier, and R. P. Singh*, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 32 (2020) 015602.
8. Tetrahedral Chain Ordering and Low Dimensional Magnetic Lattice in a New Brownmillerite Sr2ScFeO5, Sourav Marik*, Bruno Gonano, Fabien Veillon, Yohann Bréard, Denis Pelloquin, Vincent Hardy, Guillaume Clet, Jean Marie Le Breton, Chem. Commun. 55 (2019) 10436-10439
9. Low Dimensional Magnetic Lattice and Near Room Temperature Magneto(di)electric Effect in Polyanion Ruddlesden-Popper Iron Oxides, Sourav Marik*, Bruno Gonano, Fabien Veillon, Denis Pelloquina, Guillaume Clet, Yohann Bréard, Inorganic Chemistry, 58 (2019) 11561-11568.
10. Superconductivity in a new hexagonal high entropy alloy, S Marik, K Motla, M Varghese, KP Sajilesh, D Singh, Y Breard, P Boullay, R. P. Singh, Physical Review Materials ( Rapid Communications), 3 (2019) 060602(R).
11. Generation of strain-induced pseudo-magnetic field in a doped type-II Weyl semimetal, Suman Kamboj, Partha Sarathi Rana, Anshu Sirohi, Aastha Vasdev, Manasi Mandal, Sourav Marik, Ravi Prakash Singh, Tanmoy Das, Goutam Sheet, Phys. Rev. B 100 (2019) 115105.
12. Superconducting and normal state properties of noncentrosymmetric superconductor NbOs2 investigated by muon spin relaxation and rotation, D. Singh, Sajilesh, S. Marik, A. D. Hillier, and R. P. Singh*, Physical Review B, 99 (2019) 014516.
13. Magnetization reversal, giant exchange bias effect and magnetoresistance in oxygen vacancy ordered Sr4Fe3CoO11, P. Mohanty1, S Marik1, C Madhu, D Singh, Olivier Toulemonde, and Ravi Singh* Journal of Physics D, Applied Physics, 52 (2019) 475001.
14. Giant Room Temperature Exchange Bias Effect in “314-type” Cobaltate SrCo1-xVxO3-δ (x= 0.05, 0.1), Manoj Prajapat, Sourav Marik, K Santhosh Kumar, D Singh, RP Singh, DS Rana, Vilas Shelke, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 478 (2019) 247.
15. Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature by Re doping in Weyl semimetal MoTe2, M. Mandal1, Sourav Marik1, K. P. Sajilesh, Arushi, Deepak Singh, Jayita Chakraborty, Nirmal Ganguli and R. P. Singh*, Physical Review Materials 2 (2018) 094201 (Editors" Choice).
16. Superconductivity in equimolar Nb-Re-Hf-Zr-Ti high entropy alloy, Sourav Marik, M. Varghese, Deepak Singh and R. P. Singh* Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 769 (2018) 1059.
17. Moderate magnetic field induced large exchange bias in 314 - Sr3YCo4O10.5, Sourav Marik*, Prachi Mohanty, Deepak Singh and R. P. Singh* Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 51 (2018) 065006.
18. Sr2Ir1-xCuxO4 (x = 0, 0.05 and 0.1): Hole doping effect and dilute magnetism in a mixed 3d - 5d transition-metal oxide, Sourav Marik*, L. Lefevre, S. Fourcade, R. Decourt and Olivier Toulemonde Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 735 (2018) 1908.
19. Exchange bias properties in Sr2LnRuO6 (Ln = Dy, Ho and Er), Prachi Mohanty, Sourav Marik, Deepak Singh and R. P. Singh* Materials Research Express, 4 (2017) 12.
20. Superconducting properties of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor Ta0.5Os0.5, D. Singh, Sajilesh, S. Marik, A. D. Hillier, and R. P. Singh* Supercond. Sci. Technol. 30 (2017) 125003.
21. Room temperature magnetoresistance and exchange bias in “314 - type” oxygen-vacancy ordered SrCo0.85Fe0.15O2.62, Prachi Mohanty1, Sourav Marik1,*, Deepak Singh and Ravi P. Singh*, Applied Physics Letters 111, (2017) 022402.
22. Observation of Exchange Bias in La2NiIrO6, T. Durga Rao, Sourav Marik, D. Singh, R. P. Singh*, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 705 (2017) 849-852
23. SrCo0.85Fe0.15O2.62 - oxygen deficient “314-type” perovskite; a highly efficient cathode for solid oxide fuel cells, Sourav Marik*, C. Madhu, C. Nicollet, Sebastien Fourcade, Alain Wattiaux, Mathieu Duttine, Rodolphe Decourt, Jean-Marc Bassat and Olivier Toulemonde Fuel Cells, Wiley, 17, (2017), 353-358.
24. Effect of Co Substitution on the crystal and magnetic structure of SrFeO2.75-d; Stabilization of the “314-type” oxygen vacancy ordered structure without A-site ordering, Sourav Marik*, M. Chennabasappa, J. F. Sanjulian, E. Petit and O. Toulemonde, Inorg. Chem., 55 (2016) 9778 – 9789.
25. New 1212-Molybdo-Cuprate phases using High pressure and high temperature synthesis. Sourav Marik, A. J. Dos Santos-Garcia, E. Morán, O. Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco*, MRS Advances / FirstView Article 1 (2016) 1215-1225.
26. Core-level photoemission spectra of Mo0.3Cu0.7Sr2ErCu2Oy, a superconducting perovskite derivative. Unconventional structure/property relations, Sourav Marik, Christine Labrugère, Emilio Morán, Olivier Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco*, Dalton Trans. 44 (2015) 10795.
27. Oxidation induced superconductivity and Mo/Cu charge equilibrium in Mo0.3Cu0.7Sr2ErCu2Oy, Sourav Marik*, A. J. Dos Santos-Garcia, E. Morán, O. Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco*, Supercond. Sci. and Technol. 28 (2015) 045007.
28. Spin Glass to superconducting phase transformation by oxidation of a molybdo-cuprate: Mo0.3Cu0.7Sr2TmCu2Oy, Sourav Marik*, A. J. Dos Santos-Garcia, E. Morán, O. Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco*, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25 (2013) 165704.
29. Influence of oxygen annealing in the superconductivity and electronic states of Mo0.3Cu0.7Sr2YCu2Oy, Sourav Marik*, E. Morán, C. Labrugère, O. Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 26 (2013) 1151-1154.
30. MoxCu1-xSr2YCu2Oy (0.3≤ x ≤1) revisited: Superconductivity, magnetism and the molybdenum oxidation state, Sourav Marik, E. Morán*, C. Labrugère, O. Toulemonde and M. A. Alario-Franco, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 191 (2012) 40-45.