Avadh B. SaxenaAdjunct Professor

Research Interests: Structural Phase Transformations: Mesoscopic (Ginzburg-Landau) modeling of multiferroic, martensitic and actinide materials using nonlinear elasticity. Symmetry, microstructure and response. Nonlinear Excitations in Electronic Materials: Polarons, excitons, breathers, etc. in inorganic and organic semiconductors and their effect on optical, vibrational, transport and other peoperties. Spin phenomena (spintronics) and nanoscale physics. Soft Condensed Matter: Phase separation and role of curvature on the deformation of membranes and vesicles. Thermodynamics of protein nucleation. Viscoelasticity and polymer morphology. Interplay of Nonlinearity, Geometry & Topology: Exactly and quasi-exactly solvable models. Role of topology and curved geometry in materials.