{"id":22,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:45:19","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &#038; Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1117\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS.png 1096w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS-1005x1024.png 1005w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS-768x783.png 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS-414x422.png 414w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/files\/Mainak_Pal_APS-940x958.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am interested in topological signatures in molecular magnetic quantum materials for plausible applications in quantum computation. In the recent past I worked on cuprates and iron-based superconductors. These systems are strongly correlated and host myriads of fascinating phenomena both in homogeneous state and in presence of impurities and defects. In particular, multiband iron-based superconductors are in vicinity of magnetic instability that can show competing interplay with superconductivity, inducing topological characters in the system. Topologically non-trivial superconductors have been particularly interesting in recent times because of their capability to host zero-energy modes which in turn can have application in robust fault tolerant quantum computation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/a\/0000-0002-1580-3485.html\">here<\/a> for my articles in arXiv. Codes used for most of the articles below are in          <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MainakAtGitHub\/Quantum_lattice_models\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MainakAtGitHub\/Quantum_lattice_models\">this<\/a> GitHub repository .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Inhomogeneity, fluctuations, and gap filling in disordered overdoped cuprates<\/em><br>Miguel Antonio Sulangi, Willem Farmilo, Andreas Kreisel, <strong>Mainak Pal<\/strong>, W. A. Atkinson, P. J. Hirschfeld<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/x1m7-bs95\">Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043201<\/a> \u2013 Published 21 November 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Minimally driven Kapitza oscillator: a pedagogical perspective from Newtonian mechanics and geometry<\/em><br><strong>Mainak Pal<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1361-6404\/acc0e8\/meta\">Eur. J. Phys. 44 035001<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Published 18 April 2023 (featured as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sgRvY2BI-wOnzp3oCUjr11CeEcIrxcQE\/view?usp=sharing\">front cover image<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Topological superconductivity driven by correlations and linear defects in multiband superconductors<\/em><br><strong>Mainak Pal<\/strong>, Andreas Kreisel, P.J. Hirschfeld<br><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prb\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.107.134503\">Phys. Rev. B 107, 134503<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Published 4 April 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Simulating superconducting properties of overdoped cuprates: The role of inhomogeneity<\/em><br><strong>Mainak Pal<\/strong>, Andreas Kreisel, W.A. Atkinson, P.J. Hirschfeld<br><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prb\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.107.144501\">Phys. Rev. B 107, 144501<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Published 4 April 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Magnetic anisotropy from linear defect structures in correlated electron systems<\/em><br><strong>Mainak Pal<\/strong>, Laetitia Bettmann, Andreas Kreisel, and P. J. Hirschfeld<br><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prb\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.103.245132\">Phys. Rev. B 103, 245132<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Published 22 June 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Posters:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/content-removed\/\">Magnetic effects of strain induced dislocation in unconventional superconductors<\/a><br><br>at\u00a0<i>Quantum Matter and Beyond QMB 2021, Jacksonville, Florida<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnetic effects of strain induced dislocation in unconventional superconductors<br><br>at\u00a0<i>Chirality, Topology and Unconventional Superconductivity in Sr<sub>2<\/sub>RuO<sub>4<\/sub>\u00a0and UTe<sub>2<\/sub>, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2021<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Conference talks:<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.aps.org\/Meeting\/MAR23\/Session\/M22.1\">Simulating Superconducting Properties of Overdoped Cuprates: Role of Inhomogeneity<\/a><br><br>at\u00a0<i>APS March Meeting 2023<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/m2s-2022.qmi.ubc.ca\/speakers.html\">Magnetism, anisotropy and topology from dislocation and potential defects<\/a><br><br>at\u00a0<i>M2S, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2022<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.aps.org\/Meeting\/MAR22\/Session\/Q69.2\">Topological electronic structure near linear defects in iron-based superconductors<\/a><br><br>at\u00a0<i>APS March Meeting 2022<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.aps.org\/Meeting\/MAR21\/Session\/M54.5\">Magnetic anisotropy from strain-induced dislocations in correlated electron systems<\/a><br><br>at\u00a0<i>APS March Meeting 2021<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1346,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mainak-pal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}