Pushpa Raghani

Assistant Professor of Physics

 

Address:

Department of Physics
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1570

Office:

Multipurpose Building

MP-421

(208) 426-3719

E-mail:

pushparaghani@boisestate.edu

Fax:

(208) 426-4330

 

Doctoral Degree and Research Area

Ph.D. in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research
Computational Physics of Nanomaterials

Positions Available

Postdoctoral position available   

MS in Material Science (Available immediately)

Course Syllabi

PHYS 325 Scientific Computing
PHYS 311 Modern Physics
PHYS 211L Physics I with calculus lab (Laboratory)

PHYS 499 Physics Seminar

PHYS 415/515 Solid State Physics

 

Publications

·        “Thermodynamic stability of bi-layer of copper nitride on Cu(100) surface” Raghani Pushpa, Izaak Williamson, and Barbara A. Jones J. Chem. Phys. (2011, in Press)

·        “Spin and exchange coupling for Ti embedded in a surface dipolar network” Raghani Pushpa, Jesus Cruz, Barbara A. Jones, Phys. Rev. B, 84 075422 (2011)

·        “Effective coordination number: A simple indicator of activation energies for NO dissociation on Rh(100) surfaces’’ Prasenjit Ghosh, Raghani Pushpa, Stefano de Gironcoli and Shobhana Narasimhan, Phys. Rev. B, 80 233406 (2009)

·        “Effective coordination as a predictor of adsorption energies: A model study of NO on Rh(100) and Rh/MgO(100) surfaces” Raghani Pushpa, Prasenjit Ghosh, Shobhana Narasimhan and Stefano de Gironcoli, Phys. Rev. B, 79 165406 (2009)

·        “Reconstruction of the second layer of Ag on Pt(111): Extended Frenkel-Kontorova model” Raghani Pushpa, Javier Rodriguez-Laguna, Silvia N. Santalla Phys. Rev. B, 79 085409 (2009)

·        “Interplay between bonding and magnetism in the binding of NO to Rh clusters”, Prasenjit Ghosh, Raghani Pushpa, Stefano de Gironcoli and Shobhana Narasimhan, J. Chem. Phys., 128 194708, (2008)

·         “Bond Stiffening in small nanoclusters and its consequences for mechanical and thermal properties”, Raghani Pushpa, Umesh Waghmare and Shobhana Narasimhan, Phys. Rev. B, 77 045427 (2008)

·        “Subsurface oxygen stabilization by a third species: Carbonates on Ag(210)”, Letizia Savio, Andrea Gerbi, Luca Vattuone, Raghani Pushpa, Nicola Bonini, Stefano de Gironcoli and Mario Rocca, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 10923 (2007)

·        SixC1xO2 alloys: A possible route to stabilize carbon-based silica-like solids?”, Assa Aravindh et. al. Solid State Comm., 144, 273-276, (2007)

·        “Symmetry, Vibrational Instabilities and Origins of Structural Stability of Small Clusters of Al, Sn and As”, Raghani Pushpa, Shobhana Narasimhan and U. V. Waghmare, J. Chem. Phys., 121 5211 (2004)

·        “The Reconstruction of Pt(111) and Domain Patterns on Close-packed Metal Surfaces”, Raghani Pushpa and Shobhana Narasimhan, Phys. Rev. B, 67 205418 (2003)

·        “Honeycombs, Triangles and Bright Stars: Pattern Formation on Metal Surfaces ”, Shobhana Narasimhan and Pushpa Raghani, Physics at Surfaces and Interfaces, B.N. Dev (ed.), World Scientific, Singapore, pp 3-12 (2003)

·        “Double Stripe Reconstruction of the Pt(111) Surface”, Raghani Pushpa and Shobhana Narasimhan, Bull. Mater. Sci. 26 1 (2003) (Conference Proceedings, Refereed)

·        “Stars and Stripes: Nanoscale Misfit Dislocation Patterns on Surfaces”, Raghani Pushpa and Shobhana Narasimhan, Pure Appl. Chem. 74 1663 (2002) (Conference Proceedings, Refereed)

 

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