Handbook of Materials Science, Volume 2: Magnetic Materials

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Dr. Raghumani S. Ningthoujam obtained M.Sc. in Chemistry from Manipur University India in 1994. He was awarded Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in area of superconducting electron transport and magnetic properties of nanostructured transition metal nitrides in 2004. He joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai as Scientific Officer in 2006 after completion of Dr. K. S. Krishnan Fellowship. Currently he is working in area of luminescent and magnetic nanomaterials and their applications in sensors imaging diagnosis and therapy. He did Post-Doctoral Fellowship at University of Victoria Canada in the area of quantum dots. Presently he is Scientific Officer (G) at Chemistry Division BARC Mumbai. He has published about 160 papers in the refereed journals 7 review articles and 4 books. In recognition of his significant contributions to the chemical science he has been awarded DAE-Scientific & Technical Excellence Award in 2012 and Young Achiever Award SSPS 2010. He has been elected as Fellow The National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc) in 2016 and Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc) in 2013. Dr. A. K. Tyagi is presently Director Chemistry Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) India and Senior Professor of Chemistry at Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) India. His research interests are in the field chemistry of materials which includes functional materials nanomaterials nuclear materials energy materials metastable materials hybrid materials and structure-property correlation. He has published about 650 papers in journals and several books and has supervised 32 Ph.D. students. In recognition of his significant contributions to the field of chemistry of materials he has been conferred with many prestigious awards such as DAE Homi Bhabha Science and Technology Award JNCASR's National Prize in Solid State and Materials Chemistry (2018) Acharya PC Ray Memorial Award from Indian Science Congress Association (2020) JC Bose National Fellowship. He is Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc) National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc) Royal Society of Chemistry UK (FRSC) Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) Indian National Science Academy (FNA) Asia Pacific Academy of Materials Word Academy of Ceramics and The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS).