UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York UB Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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  • Harsh Chopra, Professor

  • Education: Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Maryland, College Park 1993
    Office: 613 Furnas Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1415
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: hchopra .at. eng.buffalo.edu
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF

    Research Interests: Functional and smart materials; spintronics; ballistic transport; quantized conductance in atomic point contacts; multiferroic materials: magnetic shape memory alloys, magnetostrictive materials, complex correlated systems etc.; interfaces and interactions in multilayered systems; magnetic-based non-destructive evaluation & methods.

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    • "Role of magnetostatic interactions in micromagnetic structure of multiferroics", by J. N. Armstrong, M. R. Sullivan, Maëlane Le Romancer, V. A. Chernenko, and Harsh Deep Chopra, Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 103, 023905-1 to 023905-5 (2008). (5 pages)
    • "Formation of atomic point contacts and molecular junctions with a combined mechanical break junction and electrodeposition method" X. L. Lin, S. Z. Hua, H. D. Chopra, N. J. Tao, Micro & Nano Lett. 1, 83-88 (2006)
    • "Single atom spintronics (Invited)" S. Z. Hua, Matthew R. Sullivan, and J. N. Armstrong, Harsh Deep Chopra, Trans. Non-Ferrous Soc. Cn., 16, 146-153 (2006).
    • "The Quantum Spin-valve in Cobalt Atomic Point Contacts" by H. D. Chopra, M. R. Sullivan, J. N. Armstrong, and S. Z. Hua, Nature Materials, 4, 832-837 (2005). 6 pages
    • "Magnetic mosaics in crystalline tiles - The novel concept of polymagnets (Invited)", M. R. Sullivan, S. J. Pirotta, C. Volodymyr, G. H. Wu, G. Balasubramanium, S. Z. Hua, and Harsh Deep Chopra, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetic and Mechanics Vol. 22, 11-23, (2005). 13 pages