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File:Tayo.png Sanjiv Kumar Jha
Assistant Professor of Physics at East Central University.
OKPVRI Member Email: sjha@ecok.edu

Dr. Sanjiv K. Jha is an Assistant Professor of Physics at East Central University (ECU) in Ada, Oklahoma. Jha received both his M.S. (2012) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees in Computational Materials Physics from New Mexico State University. Prior to joining the ECU, he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama (2017-2018), and Post-Doctoral Research Associates in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi (2015-2017). Dr. Jha’s research interests span the areas of Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter/Materials Physics in the framework of First-Principles Density Functional Theory (DFT). His research has been focused on the modeling and simulation of the properties of carbon nanomaterials (such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoribbons, etc) functionalized with various chemical groups/molecules using the DFT Computational Method. The results of these systems are important for the development of new types of electronic and photonic nanomaterials that could be used in chemical sensors, photovoltaic cells, light-emitting diodes, and nanoscale electronic devices. Dr. Jha has been a research advisor/mentor to several diverse groups of students. He has been serving as a “Section Vice-Chair for the Oklahoma Academy of Science (Section C - Physical Sciences, 2021-2022)” and a “Topic Editor in the Editorial Board of Atoms (MDPI)’’. He is also serving as a faculty mentor/advisor to OK-LSAMP and McNair Scholars Programs at ECU, and ECU's Asian Students Association (ASA).

Selected Publications

  • S. K. Jha and I. Vasiliev, Vibrational Signatures of Carboxylated Graphene: A First-Principles Study, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06274)
  • S. K. Jha, M. Roth, G. Todde, J. P. Buchanan, R. D. Moser, M. K. Shukla, and G. Subramanian, Role of Stone-Wales Defects on the Interfacial Interactions among Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nylon 6: A First-Principles Study, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 054703, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5032081)
  • S. K. Jha, M. Roth, G. Todde, J. P. Buchanan, R. D. Moser, M. K. Shukla, and G. Subramanian, First-Principles Study of the Interactions between Graphene Oxide and Amine-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 1288, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07502)
  • G. Todde, S. K. Jha, G. Subramanian, and M. K. Shukla, Adsorption of TNT, DNAN, NTO, FOX7, and NQ onto Cellulose, Chitin, and Cellulose Triacetate. Insights from Density Functional Theory Calculations, Surf. Sci. 668, 54, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2017.10.004)
  • M. Hammouri, S. K. Jha, and I. Vasiliev, First-Principles Study of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Benzyne, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 18719, 2015 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04065)
  • L. V. Frolova, I. V. Magedov, A. Harper, S. K. Jha, M. Ovezmyradov, G. Chandler, J. Garcia, D. Bethke, E. A. Shaner, I. Vasiliev, and N. G. Kalugin, Tetracyanoethylene Oxide-Functionalized Graphene and Graphite Characterized by Raman and Auger Spectroscopy, Carbon 81, 216, 2015 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.052)

Recent Presentations

  • P. Khatri, S. Ghimire, B. O. Tayo, and S. K. Jha, Interaction of DNA Nucleobases with Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons: A van der Waals Density Functional Theory Investigation, Oklahoma Academy of Science (OAS), 2021 Technical Meeting, East Central University (Ada, Oklahoma, November 5, 2021)
  • K. Brown and S. K. Jha, Covalent Functionalization of Defective Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes by Benzyne: A Density Functional Theory Study, Oklahoma Academy of Science (OAS), 2020 Virtual Technical Meeting, Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 6, 2020)
  • S. K. Jha, M. Roth, G. Todde, G. Subramanian, and M. K. Shukla, Computational Investigation of Graphene-Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite, APS 2017 March Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, March 13-17, 2017)
  • S. K. Jha, K. Brown, and G. Subramanian, Exploring Reaction Mechanism on Generalized Force Modified Potential Energy Surfaces (G-FMPES) for Diels-Alder Reaction, APS 2016 March Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland, March 14-18, 2016)
  • S. K. Jha, and I. Vasiliev, First Principles Study of Chemically Functionalized Graphene, APS 2015 March Meeting (San Antonio, Texas, March 2-6, 2015)

Student Information

Current Undergraduate Students: 3