Dr. Chandra Mani Adhikari

Assistant Professor of Physics

Bio:

Dr. Chandra Mani Adhikari is an assistant professor of Physics in the Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science at Fayetteville State University (FSU). His research interests include condensed matter theory, material science, and atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics with a particular focus on understanding electronic, magnetic, optical, and plasmonic properties of two-dimensional (2D), trans-dimensional (TD) and three-dimensional (3D) systems. He mentors students in various theoretical and computational research projects to help them develop the universal skills required to thrive as independent researchers in the future. His courses use different pedagogical approaches based on the academic level, targeted students, course objectives, etc. He actively explores to find the best pedagogy that works in minority-serving institutes. He is active in professional services, community outreach, and scholarly activities.

Group members:

PI: Chandra M. Adhikari
Current Undergraduate Researcher: Da’Shawn M. Morris, Jianna B. Evans, Jose I. Florentino, Saniya L. Lyles, Thomas W. Noonan,
Current High Schoolers: Ayug Poudel, Christian Nooks, Sudhanshu Kunwar

Education:

B.S. Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
M.S. Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
M.S. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri, USA
Ph.D. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri, USA

Research Interest:

First-principles density-functional theory calculations
Optical, electronic, magnetic and plasmonic properties of 2D, TD, and 3D materials
Spin dynamics and magnon spectrum of rare earth doped transition metal oxides
Strongly Correlated Metal oxides and metal chalcogenide
Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder interactions in hydrogen atoms
Opto-plasmonic behavior of Trans-dimensional systems
Accuracy and precision measurement in atomic transition
AC stark effect and magic wavelength in hydrogen and hydrogen like systems

Grants and Awards

Title: Structure Property Relationships in Two-Dimensional MXenes,

PI/Co-PI: Bhoj Raj Gautam (PI), Daniel Autrey (Co-PI), Chandra Mani Adhikari (Co-PI), Shubo Han (Co-PI), Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti (Co-PI), Binod Kumar Rai (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: US Department of Energy [BES-RENEW Award]
Funding Amount: $1,709,225.
Funding Duration: 8/15/2023-8/14/2026

Title: Strong electron correlation in metal oxides and sulfides

PI/Co-PI: Chandra Mani Adhikari (PI), Durga Paudyal (Host)
Funding Agency: US Department of Energy, Office of Science,
Funding Amount: $16500
Funding Duration: 5/27/2023-8/04/2023

Publications & Scholarly Activities

C.M. Adhikari, D. M. Morris, T.W. Noonan, T. Neupane, B. R. Lamichhane, and B. R. Gautam, “Dispersion in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Film: An Application of Bogoliubov–Valatin Transformation for Hamiltonian Diagonalization”, Condens. Matter 8, 53 (2023).
U.D. Jentschura and C.M. Adhikari, “Quantum Electrodynamics of Dicke States: Resonant One-Photon Exchange Energy and Entangled Decay Rate”, Atoms 11 (1), 10 (2023).
T. Neupane and C.M. Adhikari, “Crossover from Reverse Saturable to Saturable Absorptions in Two-Dimensional Tungsten Disulfide”, JNPS 8 (2), 31 (2022).
M. Adhikari, N. Shrivastava, S. T. McClain, C. M. Adhikari, B. Guzelturk, R. Khanal, B. Gautam, Z. Luo, “Luminescence from Self-Trapped Excitons and Energy Transfers in Vacancy-Ordered Hexagonal Halide Perovskite Cs₂HfF₆ Doped with Rare Earths for Radiation Detection”, Adv. Optical Mater, 10, 2201374 (2022).
C. Moore, C. M. Adhikari, T. Das, L. Resch, C. A. Ullrich, and U. D. Jentschura, “Temperature–Dependent Dielectric Function of Intrinsic Silicon: Analytic Models, Radiation Reaction and Atom–Surface Potentials”, Phys. Rev. B 106, 045202 (2022).
C.M. Adhikari, J.C. Canales and T.P. Arthanayaka, and U.D. Jentschura “Magic Wavelength in Magic Wavelengths for 1S–nS and 2S–nS Transitions in Hydrogenlike Systems”, Atoms 10, 1 (2022).
C.M. Adhikari and U.D. Jentschura “Long-Range Interactions for Hydrogen Atoms in Excited D-States”, Atoms, 10, 6, (2022).
I.V. Bondarev and C. M. Adhikari, “Collective Excitations and Optical Response of Ultrathin Carbon-Nanotube Arrays”, Phys. Rev. Applied, 15, 034001 (2021).
C.M. Adhikari, and I. V. Bondarev, “Controlled Exciton-Plasmon Coupling in a Mixture of Ultrathin Periodically Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Arrays”, J. Appl. Phys., 129, 015301 (2021).
C.M. Adhikari, and I. V. Bondarev, “Optical Response of Ultrathin Periodically Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films”, MRS Advances, 5, 2685 (2020).
A. Matveev, N. Kolachevsky, C.M. Adhikari, U.D Jentschura “Pressure shifts in high-precision hydrogen spectroscopy: II. Impact approximation and Monte-Carlo simulations ”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 52, 75006 (2019).
U.D. Jentschura, C.M. Adhikari, R. Dawes, A. Matveev, N. V. Kolachevesky, “Pressure shifts in high-precision hydrogen spectroscopy. I. Long-range atom–atom and atom–molecule interactions”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 52, 75005 (2019).
C. M. Adhikari, and U.D. Jentschura, (2018). “Close Examination of the Ground-State Casimir-Polder Interaction: Time-Ordered Versus Covariant Formalism and Radiative Corrections”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 51, 215002 (2018).
U.D. Jentschura and M. Adhikari, “Relativistic and radiative corrections to the dynamic Stark shift: Gauge invariance and transition currents in the velocity gauge”, Phys. Rev. A, 97, 62120 (2018).
U.D. Jentschura and M. Adhikari, “Long-Range Interactions for Hydrogen: 6P -1S and 6P -2S Systems”, Atoms, 5, 48 (2017).
C.M. Adhikari, V. Debierre and U.D. Jentschura, “Long-range interactions of hydrogen atoms in excited states. III. nS-1S interactions for n 3”, Rev. A, 96, 32702 (2017).
U.D. Jentschura, M. Adhikari, and V. Debierre, “Virtual resonant emission and oscillatory long-range tails in van der Waals interactions of excited states: QED treatment and applications”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, 123001 (2017).
U.D. Jentschura, V. Debierre, M. Adhikari, A. Mateev, and N. Kolachevesky, “Long-range interactions of hydrogen atoms in excited states. II. Hyperfine-resolved (2 S-2 S) systems”, Phys. Rev. A, 95, 022704 (2017).
C.M. Adhikari, V. Debierre, U.D. Jentschura, A. Matveev, and N. Kolachevesky, “Long-range interactions of hydrogen atoms in excited states. I. 2S-1S interactions and Dirac-perturbations”, Phys. Rev. A, 95, 22703 (2017).
C.M. Adhikari, V. Debierre, and U.D. Jentschura, “Adjacency graphs and long-range interactions of atoms in quasi-degenerate states: Applied graph theory”, Phys. B, 123, 13 (2016).
C.M. Adhikari, A. Kawasaki, and U.D. Jentschura, “Magic wavelength for the hydrogen 1S-2S transition: Contribution of the continuum and the reduced-mass correction”, Rev. A, 94, 32510 (2016).
G.C. Kaphle, S. Ganguly, R. Banerjee, R. Banergee, R. Khanal, M. Adhikari, N.P. Adhikari, and A. Mookerjee, “A study of magnetism in disordered Pt–Mn, Pd–Mn and Ni–Mn alloys: an augmented space recursion approach”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 24, 295501 (2012).