Tapan Chatterji

Research interests

Magnetism (magnetic structure, excitations and phase transitions in cuprates and manganites)
Spin, charge and orbital ordering in transition metal oxides
Neutron scattering, X-ray scattering, muon spin rotation and relaxation spectrocopy

Antiferromagnetic phase transition and spin correlations in NiO
T. Chatterji et al., Phys. Rev. B. 79, 172403 (2009).
Pressure and temperature induced M3 phonon softening in ReO3
T. Chatterji et al., Phys. Rev. B. 79, 184302 (2009).
Negative thermal expansion of ReO3 in the extended temperature range
T. Chatterji et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 241902 (2009).
Neutron diffraction investigation of the magnetic structure and magnetoelastic effects NdMnO3
T. Chatterji et al., J. Phys; Condens. Matter 21, 126003 (2009).
Low energy nuclear spin excitations in CoO
T. Chatterji, and G.J. Schneider
Phys. Rev. B. 79, 212409 (2009).
Anomalous hyperfine interaction in CoF2 investigated by high resolution neutron spectroscopy
T. Chatterji, and G.J. Schneider
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 436008 (2009).
Determination of the magnetic structure of the field-induced phases of HoMnO3
P.J. Brown and T. Chatterji
Phys. Rev. B 77, 104407 (2008).
Neutron diffraction investigation of the magneto-elastic effect in LaMnO3
T. Chatterji, P.F. Henry and B. Ouladdiaf
Phys. Rev. B 77, 212403 (2008).
Neutron scattering investigations of multiferroic YMnO3
T. Chatterji
Pramana: J. Phys. 71, 847 (2008).
Low energy nuclear spin excitations in NdMg3 and NdCo2
T. Chatterji, G.J. Schneider and R.M. Galera
Phys. Rev. B 78, 012411 (2008).
Negative thermal expansion of ReO3: Neutron diffraction experiments and dynamical lattice calculations
T. Chatterji et al., Phys. Rev. B 78, 134105 (2008).

Sub editor: Neutron scattering section of the book
"Scattering: Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science", Ed. P. Pike and P. Sabatier, Academic Press (2002)
Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites, Ed. Tapan Chatterji, Kluwer Academic Press (2004)
Neutron Scattering from Magnetic Materials, Ed. Tapan Chatterji, Elsevier (2006)

1972 Ph.D. (Physics) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Thesis "X-ray Studies of Lattice Defects and Lattice Vibrations in F.C.C. Metals and Alloys"
1965 M.Sc. (Physics) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
1963 B.Sc. (Hons. in Physics) Presidency College, Calcutta, India