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Laboratory of Novel Magnetism and Spintronics ,
National Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Publications
2025
71. "Role of Competing Magnetic Exchange on Non-Collinear to Collinear Magnetic Ordering and Skyrmion Stabilization in Centrosymmetric Hexagonal Magnets"
Dola Chakrabartty, Mihir Sahoo, Amit Kumar, Sk Jamaluddin, Bimalesh Giri, Hitesh Chhabra, Kalpataru Pradhan, and Ajaya K. Nayak
ACS Nano 2025 19 (3), 10.1021/acsnano.4c13876
2024
70. "Hydrostatic and chemical pressure driven crossover from the commensurate to the incommensurate state of the Weyl semimetal Mn3+𝑥Sn1−𝑥"
K Bhattacharya, AK Bharatwaj, C Singh, R Gupta, R Khasanov, S Kanungo, AK Nayak and M Majumder
PHYSICAL REVIEWB110,094432 (2024) 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.094432
69. "Higher order exchange driven noncoplanar magnetic state and large anomalous Hall effects in electron doped kagome magnet Mn3Sn"
Charanpreet Singh, Sk Jamaluddin, Subhadip Pradhan, Ashis K Nandy, Masashi Tokunaga, Maxim Avdeev and Ajaya K Nayak
npj Quantum Mater. 9, 43 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00657-z
2023
68. "Manipulation of hybrid skyrmion dynamics by step DMI approach",
Hitesh Chhabra, Jayaseelan Dhakshinamoorthy, and Ajaya K Nayak.
arXiv:2310.16680
67. "Spontaneous interstitial (anti)merons in D2d symmetric Mn-Pt(Pd)-Sn-In system"
Bimalesh Giri, Dola Chakrabartty, SSP Parkin, and Ajaya K Nayak.
arXiv:2310.03427
66." Decoupling topological antiskyrmion and non-topological magnetic phases in D2d symmetric Mn–Ni–Ga single crystalline device"
Sk Jamaluddin, Subir Sen, Dola Chakrabartty, and Ajaya K. Nayak.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 192404 (2023). (IF 3.7)
2022
65." Extrinsic to intrinsic mechanism crossover of anomalous Hall effect in the Ir-doped MnPtSn Heusler system"
Sk Jamaluddin, Roumita Roy, Amitabh Das, Sudipta Kanungo, and Ajaya K. Nayak.
Phys. Rev. B 106, 184424 (2022).(IF 4.036)
64. " Tunable room temperature magnetic skyrmions in centrosymmetric kagome magnet Mn4Ga2Sn" Dola Chakrabartty, Sk Jamaluddin, Subhendu K. Manna and Ajaya K. Nayak.
Commun. Phys 5, 189 (2022). (IF 6.497)
63. "Manipulation of Antiskyrmion Phase in Mn2+xNi1−xGa Tetragonal Heusler System"
Subir Sen, K. Somesh, R. Nath, and Ajaya K. Nayak.
Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 044040 (2022) (IF 4.985)
2021
62. "Anomalous magnetoresistance and magneto-thermal properties of the half-Heuslers, RPdSi (R = Y, Gd–Er)"
A Mukhopadhyay, Karan Singh, Subir Sen, K Mukherjee, A K Nayak, and N Mohapatra.
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33 (2021) 435804 (IF 2.333)
61. '' Intra-unitcell cluster-cluster magnetic compensation and large exchange bias in cubic alloys''
Bimalesh Giri, Bhawna Sahni, C. Salazar Mejía, S. Chattopadhyay, Uli Zeitler, Aftab Alam, and Ajaya K. Nayak
Phys. Rev. B 104, 014413 (2021) (IF 4.036)
2020
60. ''Pressure controlled trimerization for switching of anomalous Hall effect in triangular antiferromagnet Mn3Sn''
Charanpreet Singh, Vikram Singh, Gyandeep Pradhan, Velaga Srihari, Himanshu Kumar Poswal, Ramesh Nath, Ashis K. Nandy, and Ajaya K. Nayak
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043366 (2020)
59. ''ac susceptibility study of magnetic relaxation phenomena in the antiskyrmion-hosting tetragonal Mn-Pt(Pd)-Sn system''
P. V. Prakash Madduri, Subir Sen, Bimalesh Giri, Dola Chakrabartty, Subhendu K. Manna, Stuart S. P. Parkin, and Ajaya K. Nayak
Phys. Rev. B 102, 174402 (2020) (IF 3.720)
58. "Robust topological Hall effect driven by tunable noncoplanar magnetic state in Mn-Pt-In inverse tetragonal Heusler alloys "
Bimalesh Giri, Arif Iqbal Mallick, Charanpreet Singh, P. V. Prakash Madduri, Françoise Damay, Aftab Alam, and Ajaya K. Nayak
Phys. Rev. B 102, 014449 (2020) (IF 3.720)
57. " Reply to the ‘Comment on “Investigation on the structure and thermoelectric properties of CuxTe binary compounds”’ by A. H. Barajas-Aguilar, A. M. Garay-Tapia, and S. J. Jiménez-Sandoval, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03607E "
Shriparna Mukherjee, Raju Chetty, P. V. Prakash Madduri, Ajaya K. Nayak, Krzysztof Wojciechowski, anmoy Ghosh, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Satyam Suwase and Ramesh Chandra Mallik
Dalton Trans. 49, (2020). (IF 4.099)
2019
56. "Current-induced nucleation, manipulation, and reversible switching of antiskyrmioniums "
Sujit Kumar Panigrahy, Charanpreet Singh, and Ajaya K. Nayak
Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 182403 (2019) (IF 3.495)
55. "Anomalous Hall effect and the role of Berry curvature in Co2TiSn Heusler films"
Benedikt Ernst, Roshnee Sahoo, Yan Sun, Jayita Nayak, Lukas Müchler, Ajaya K. Nayak, Nitesh Kumar, Jacob Gayles, Anastasios Markou, Gerhard H. Fecher, and Claudia Felser
Phys. Rev. B 100, 054445 (2019) (IF 3.720)
54. "Measurement-Protocol Dependence of the Magnetocaloric Effect in Ni-Co-Mn-Sb Heusler Alloys"
C. Salazar-Mejía, V. Kumar, C. Felser, Y. Skourski, J. Wosnitza, and A.K.Nayak
Phys. Rev. Applied 11, 054006 (2019) (IF 4.782)
53. "Robust anti-skyrmion phase in bulk tetragonal Mn-Pt(Pd)-Sn Heusler system probed by magnetic entropy change and ac-susceptibility measurements"
Sk Jamaluddin, Subhendu K. Manna, Bimalesh Giri, P. V. Prakash Madduri, Stuart S. P. Parkin and Ajaya K Nayak* Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1901776, (2019) (IF 13.325)
52. "Observation of the topological Hall effect and signature of room-temperature antiskyrmions in Mn-Ni-Ga D2d Heusler magnets"
Subir Sen, Charanpreet Singh, Prashanta K. Mukharjee, Ramesh Nath, and Ajaya K. Nayak*. Phys.Rev.B.99, 134404 (2019) (IF 3.720)
51. “Field-induced topological Hall effect in the noncoplanar triangular antiferromagnetic geometry of Mn3Sn
” P. K. Rout, P. V. Prakash Madduri, S. K. Manna, and A. K. Nayak* Phys.Rev.B.99.094430 (2019) (IF 3.720)
50. “Investigation on the structure and thermoelectric properties of CuxTe binary compounds” S. Mukherjee, R. Chetty, P. V. Prakash Madduri, A. K. Nayak, K. Wojciechowski, T. Ghosh, K.Chattopadhyay, S. Suwase, and R. C. Mallik, Dalton Trans. 48, 1040 (2019). (IF 4.099)
2018
49. “Pressure-tuning of the magnetic properties of the Heusler compound Mn 2 PtGa”
C. Salazar Mejía, A. K. Nayak, C. Felser, and M. Nicklas" J. Appl. Phys. 124, 173901 (2018). (IF 2.176)
2017
48. “Magnetic antiskyrmions above room temperature in tetragonal Heusler materials”
A. K. Nayak *, V. Kumar , T. Ma, P. Werner , E. Pippel , R. Sahoo , F. Damay , U. K. Rößler , C. Felser , S. S. P. Parkin , Nature 548, 561 (2017). (IF 41.577)
47. “Half-metallic compensated ferrimagnetism with a tunable compensation point over a wide temperature range in the Mn-Fe-V-Al Heusler system”
R. Stinshoff, G. H. Fecher, S. Chadov, A. K. Nayak, B. Balke, S. Ouardi, T. Nakamura, C. Felser, AIP Adv. 7, 105009 (2017). (IF 1.653)
46. “Heusler 4.0: Tunable Materials”
L. Wollmann, A. K. Nayak, S. S.P. Parkin, and C. Felser, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 47, 247 (2017).
45. “ Completely compensated ferrimagnetism and sublattice spin crossing in the half-metallic Heusler
compound Mn 1.5FeV 0.5 Al ”
R. Stinshoff, A. K. Nayak*, G. H. Fecher, B. Balke, S. Ouardi, Y. Skourski, T. Nakamura, and C. Felser, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications) 95, 060410(R) (2017). (IF 5.1)
44. “Magnetic compensation-induced sign reversal of exchange bias in a multi-glass perovskite SmFeO 3 ”
C. De , A. K. Nayak*, M. Nicklas and A. Sundaresan , Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 182403 (2017). (IF 3.495)
43. “Uniaxial-stress tuned large magnetic-shape-memory effect in Ni-Co-Mn-Sb Heusler alloys”
C. S. Mejía , R. Küchler , A. K. Nayak , C. Felser , and M. Nicklas , Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 071901 (2017).(IF 3.495)
2016
42. “Large anomalous Hall effect driven by non-vanishing Berry curvature in non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn 3 Ge” A. K. Nayak*, J. E. Fischer, Y. Sun, B. Yan, J. Karel, A. C. Komarek, C. Shekhar, N. Kumar, W. Schnelle, J. Kuebler, C. Felser and S. S. P. Parkin, Science Advances 2, e1501870 (2016). (IF 11.51)
41. “Compensated ferrimagnetic tetragonal Heusler thin films for antiferromagnetic spintronics”
R. Sahoo, L. Wollmann, S. Selle, T. Höche, B. Ernst, A. Kalache, C. Shekhar, N. Kumar, S. Chadov, C.
Felser, S. S. P. Parkin, A. K. Nayak*, Advanced Materials 28, 8499 (2016). (IF 21.95)
40. “Observation of topological Hall effect in Mn2RhSn films”
K. G. Rana, O. Meshcheriakova, J. Kuebler, B. Ernst, J. Karel, R. Hillebrand, E. Pippel, P. Werner, A. K. Nayak, C. Felser, S. Parkin, New J. Phys. 18, 085007 (2016). (IF 3.579)
39. “Suppression of the ferromagnetic order in the Heusler alloy Ni 50 Mn 35 In 15 by hydrostatic pressure”
C. S. Mejía, K. Mydeen, P. Naumov, S. A. Medvedev, C. Wang, M. Hanfland, A. K. Nayak, U. Schwarz, C. Felser, M. Nicklas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 261903 (2016).(IF 3.495)
2015
38. “Design of compensated ferrimagnetic Heusler alloys for giant tunable exchange bias”
A. K. Nayak,* M. Nicklas, S. Chadov, P. Khuntia, C. Shekhar, A. Kalache, M. Baenitz, Y. Skourski, V. K. Guduru, A. Puri, Uli Zeitler, J. M. D. Coey, and C. Felser, Nature Mater. 14, 679 (2015). (IF 39.235)
37. “Extremely large magnetoresistance and ultrahigh mobility in the topological Weyl semimetal candidate NbP”
C. Shekhar, A. K. Nayak, Y. Sun, M. Schmidt, M. Nicklas, I. Leermakers, U. Zeitler, Y. Skourski, J. Wosnitza, Z. Liu, Y. Chen,W. Schnelle, H. Borrmann, Y. Grin, C. Felser, and B. Yan, Nature Physics, 11, 645 (2015). (IF 22.806)
36. “Strain behavior and lattice dynamics in Ni 50 Mn 35 In 15 ”
C. S. Mejía, A. K. Nayak, C. Felser, M. Nicklas, M. Carpenter, J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 27, 415402 (2015). (IF 2.617)
35. “Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in pulsed magnetic fields: The example of the Heusler alloy Ni 50 Mn 35 In 15 ”
M. G. Zavareh, C. S. Mejia, A. K. Nayak, Y. Skourski, J. Wosnitza, C. Felser, and M Nicklas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 071904 (2015). (IF 3.495)
34. “Magnetic phase coexistence and metastability caused by the first-order magnetic phase transition in the Heusler compound Mn 2 PtGa”
A. K. Nayak,* R. Sahoo, C. Salazar Mejia, M. Nicklas, and C. Felser, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 17D715 (2015). (IF 2.176)
33. “Pulsed high-magnetic-field experiments: New insights into the magnetocaloric effect in Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloys”
C. S. Mejia, M. G. Zavareh, A. K. Nayak, Y. Skourski, J. Wosnitza, C. Felser, and M Nicklas, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 17E710 (2015). (IF 2.176)
2014
32. “Large field-induced irreversibility in Ni-Mn based Heusler shape-memory alloys: A pulsed magnetic field study”
A. K. Nayak,* C. S. Mejia, S. W. D’Souza, S. Chadov, Y. Skourski, C. Felser, and M. Nicklas, Phys. Rev. B (RapidCom.) 90, 220408(R) (2014). (IF 5.1)
31. “Large non-collinearity and spin reorientation in the novel Mn 2 RhSn Heusler magnet”
O. Meshcheriakova, S. Chadov, A. K. Nayak, U. Roessler, J. Kuebler, J. Kiss, G. Andre, A. A. Tsirlin, S. Hausdorf,A. Kalache, W. Schnelle, M. Nicklas, and C. Felser, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 087203 (2014). (IF 8.839)
30. “Large entropy change associated with the elastocaloric effect in polycrystalline Ni-Mn-Sb-Co magnetic shapememory alloys
”R. M. Solsona, E. S. Taulats, E. Vives, A. Planes, J. Sharma, A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh, and L. Mañosa, Appl. Phys.Lett. 105, 241901 (2014). (IF 3.495)
29. “Exchange bias up to room temperature in antiferromagnetic hexagonal Mn 3 Ge”J. F. Qian, A. K. Nayak, G. Kreiner, W. Schnelle, and C. Felser, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47, 305001 (2014). (IF 2.373)
2013
28. “Large zero-field cooled exchange-bias in bulk Mn 2 PtGa”
A. K. Nayak,* M. Nicklas, S. Chadov, C. Shekhar, Y. Skourski, J. Winterlik, and C. Felser, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 127204 (2013). (IF 8.839)
27. “Exchange-spring like magnetic behavior of the tetragonal Heusler compound Mn 2 FeGa as a candidate for spin-transfer torque”
T. Gasi, A. K. Nayak,* J. Winterlik, V. Ksenofontov, P. Adler, M. Nicklas, and C. Felser, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 202402 (2013). (IF 3.495)
26. “Iron-based Heusler compounds Fe 2 YZ: Comparison with theoretical predictions of the crystal structure and magnetic properties”
T. Gasi, V. Ksenofontov, J. Kiss, S. Chadov, A. K. Nayak, M. Nicklas, J. Winterlik, M. Schwall, P. Klaer, P.
Adler, and C. Felser, Phys. Rev. B 87, 064411 (2013). (IF 3.720)
25. “Kinetic arrest related to a first-order ferrimagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition in the Heusler compound Mn 2 PtGa”
A. K. Nayak,* M. Nicklas, C. Shekhar, and C. Felser, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17E308 (2013). (IF 2.176)
24. “Structural and magnetic properties of the Heusler compound Fe 2 MnGa”
T. Gasi, A. K. Nayak,* M. Nicklas, and C. Felser, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17E301 (2013).(IF 2.176)
23. “Electronic structure and nonsaturating magnetoresistance of superconducting Heusler topological insulators”
C. Shekhar, M. Nicklas, A. K. Nayak, S. Ouardi, W. Schnelle, G. H. Fecher, C. Felser and K. Kobayashi, J. Appl.Phys. 113, 17E142 (2013).(IF 2.176)
22. “Tetragonal Heusler Compounds for Spintronics”
C. Felser, V. Alijani , J. Winterlik, S. Chadov and A. K. Nayak, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 49,682 (2013). (IF 1.467)
2012
21. “Ultrahigh mobility and nonsaturating magnetoresistance in Heusler topological insulators”
C. Shekhar, S. Ouardi, A. K. Nayak, G. H. Fecher, W. Schnelle, and C. Felser, Phys. Rev. B 86, 155314 (2012). (IF 3.720)
20. “Mn 2 PtIn: A tetragonal Heusler compound with exchange bias behavior”
A. K. Nayak,* C. Shekhar, J. Winterlik, A. Gupta, and C. Felser, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 152404 (2012). (IF 3.495)
19. “Electronic structure and linear magnetoresistance of the gapless topological insulator PtLuSb”
C. Shekhar, S. Ouardi, G. H. Fecher, A. K. Nayak, C. Felser, and E. Ikenaga, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 252109 (2012). (IF 3.495)
18. “Structural, magnetic, magnetocaloric and magnetotransport properties in Ge doped Ni–Mn–Sb Heusler alloys”
R. Sahoo, A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 324, 1267 (2012). (IF 3.046)
2011
17. “Anisotropy induced large exchange bias behavior in ball milled Ni-Co-Mn-Sb alloys”
A. K. Nayak, R. Sahoo, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam, X. Chen and R.V. Ramanujan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 232502 (2011). (IF 3.495)
16. “Correlation between reentrant spin glass behavior and the magnetic order–disorder transition of the martensite phase in Ni–Co–Mn–Sb Heusler alloys”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 23, 416004 (2011). (IF 2.617)
15. “Anomalous effects of repeated martensitic transition on the transport, magnetic and thermal properties in Ni-Co-Mn-Sb Heusler alloy”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, Acta Mater. 59, 3304 (2011). (IF 6.036)
14. “Metastability of magneto-structural transition revealed by sweep rate dependence of magnetization in Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 38 Sb 12 Heusler alloy”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A906 (2011). (IF 2.176)
13. “Effect of Fe substitution on magnetic, transport, thermal and magnetocaloric properties in Ni 50 Mn 38-x Fe x Sb 12 Heusler alloys”
R. Sahoo, A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 123904 (2011) . (IF2.176)
12. “Effect of Si and Ga substitutions on the magnetocaloric properties of NiCoMnSb quaternary Heusler alloys” R. Sahoo, A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A921 (2011). (IF 2.176)
11. “High field neutron diffraction study in Ce(Fe 0.95 Si 0.05 ) 2 compound” A. Haldar, A. Das, A. Hoser, T. Hofmann, A. K. Nayak, K.G. Suresh and A.K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E125 (2011). (IF 2.176)
10. “Magnetic properties and exchange interactions of TbNi 5-x M x (M = Co and Fe) compounds: ab initio calculations”
A.V. Lukoyanov, A. Haldar, A. Das, A. K. Nayak, K.G. Suresh and A.K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E152 (2011). (IF 2.176)
2010
9. “Irreversibility of field-induced magnetostructural transition in NiCoMnSb shape memory alloy revealed by magnetization, transport and heat capacity studies”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 112503 (2010). (IF 3.495)
8. “Phase coexistence induced by cooling across the first order transition in Ni-Co-Mn-Sb shape memory alloy”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 063915 (2010). (IF 2.176)
7. “Magnetic, electrical, and magnetothermal properties in Ni–Co–Mn–Sb Heusler alloys”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam , J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09A927 (2010). (IF 2.176)
6. “Magneto-thermal and magneto-transport behavior around the martensitic transition in Ni 50−x Co x Mn 40 Sb 10 (x = 9, 9.5)
Heusler alloys”
A. K. Nayak, N. V. RamaRao, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Alloys Compd. 499, 140 (2010). (IF 3.779)
5. “Large reversible magnetocaloric effect in Er 3 Co compound”
P. Kumar, N. K. Singh, A. K. Nayak, Arabinda Haldar, K. G. Suresh, and A. K. Nigam, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09A932 (2010). (IF 2.176)
4. “Magnetostructural transition in Ce(Fe 0.975 Ga 0.025 ) 2 compound”
A. Haldar, N. K. Singh, Ya. Mudryk, A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam, and V. K. Pecharsky, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09E133 (2010). (IF 2.176)
2009
3. “Observation of enhanced exchange bias behavior in NiCoMnSb Heusler alloys”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 115004 (2009). (IF 2.373)
2. “Pressure induced magnetic and magnetocaloric properties in NiCoMnSb Heusler alloys”
A K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam, A. A. Coelho, S. Gama, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 053901 (2009). (IF 2.176)
1. “Giant inverse magnetocaloric effect near room temperature in Co substituted Ni-Mn-Sb Heusler alloys”
A. K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh and A. K. Nigam, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 035009 (2009). (IF 2.176)
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