Anil Kandalam

Anil Kandalam
  • Professor
  • Department: Physics and Engineering
  • Research Cluster: Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: AKandalam@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Masters Degree (M.Sc.) in Physics, University of Hyderabad, India
  • Ph.D. in Physics, Michigan Technological University, USA.

Research Interests

computational modelingnanomaterialsNanoscienceNanoclustersnanoparticlesnanocatalysis

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: Yes

Spring 2025 semester. Physics majors who have passed or currently in PHY240 (Modern Physics). contact: Dr. Kandalam at akandalam@wcupa.edu

Open to Faculty Mentoring: Yes

Biography

I received my Master's Degree (M.Sc.) in Physics from the University of Hyderabad, India, and my Ph.D. in Physics from Michigan Technological University, USA. After Postdoctoral and visiting faculty appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and four years as a tenure-track faculty member at McNeese State University, I joined West Chester University in the Fall of 2012. My research interests are in the area of computational nanomaterials. These include computational investigations of nano-clusters/particles, nano-building blocks for novel cluster-assembled materials, electronic structure of nanostructures, core-shell nanoparticles, stability and reactivity of metal oxide nanoparticles, and modeling the defect reactions in oxides and related materials.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-738-0596

List of Publications

  • Density functional theory study of the structure, stability, magnetic properties, and (hyper)polarizability of (sub-nm) rare-earth (RE) doped gold clusters: Au5RE with RE = Sc, Y, La – Lu. Mukesh Jakhar, Anil K. Kandalam, Ravindra Pandey, B. Kiran, and Shashi P. Karna, J. Chem. Phys. 160, 144306 (2024)
  • Trapping of H2– in aluminum hydride, Al4H14–, B. Kiran, K. H. Bowen, and A. K. Kandalam, J. Chem. Phys. (Communication): 155, 121101 (2021)
  • Ligated Aluminum Cluster Anions, LAln- (n = 1-14, L = N[Si(Me)3]2), G. Liu, S. M. Ciborowski, G. R. Montone, W. H. Sawyer, B. Kiran, Anil K. Kandalam, and Kit H. Bowen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 15209 – 15215 (2021)
  • A Combined Theoretical and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Al3Hn- (n = 1 – 9) clusters, J. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Wang, L. Fu, X. Li, A. Grubisic, R. M. Harris, B. Eichhorn, G. Gantefor, Y. Ding, B. Kiran, A. K. Kandalam, and K. H. Bowen, Zeitschrift fur anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (Z. anorg. allg. Chem.) 647 (18), 1840 – 1848 (2021)

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