Dr. Shashi P. Karna

Adjunct Professor

PhD, Banaras Hindu University

Physical Chemistry

Phone: 906.487.2086

Fax: 906.487.2933

Email: skarna@mtu.edu

Current

Awards and Fellowships

Professional Membership and Affiliation

Recent Publications

Current

Dr. Shashi P. Karna is a Senior Research Scientist-ST with the US Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. His work there involves theory, method development, and modeling of electronics, photonic, and nanoenergetic materials; theory and experimental studies of functional nanomaterials (organic nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, semiconductor quantum dots) and nano-bio interface for molecular nanoelectronics and sensors applications.

Awards and Fellowships

1994 - 1997
1990 - 1992
1987
1976 - 1980
1974 - 1976

NRC Senior Fellowship
IBM Software Development Award
NATO Visiting Scientist Award (3 months to visit U. Bonn)
CSIR of India Junior Research Fellowship
National Merit Scholarship of India

Professional Membership and Affiliation

Fellow, American Physical Society, Elected 2006
Fellow, Army Research Laboratory, Elected 2005
Fellow, Optical Society of America, Elected 2003
Senior Member, IEEE , Elected 2000.
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, American Physical Society
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Recent Publications

	1.	He H, Pandey R, Boustani I, Karna SP Metal–like Electrical Conductance In Boron Fullerenes JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 114: Art. No. 4149 FEB 10 2010
	2.	Zhong X, Pandey R, Rocha AR, Karna SP Can Single-Atom Change Affect Electron Transport Properties Of Molecular Nanostructures Such As C₆₀ Fullerene? JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 1: Art. No. 1584 APR 27 2010
	3.	Mukhopadhyay S, Gowtham S, Scheicher RH, Pandey R, Karna SP Theoretical Study Of Physisorption Of Nucleobases On Boron Nitride Nanotubes: A New Class Of Hybrid Nano–biomaterials Nanotechnology 21: Art. No. 165703 FEB 10 2010
	4.	He H, Pandey R, Reveles JU, Khanna SN, Karna SP Highly Efficient (Cs₈V) Superatom-Based Spin-Polarizer APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 95: Art. No. 192104 OCT 11 2009
	5.	Mallick G, Karna SP, He H, Pandey R Length–Dependence Of Electron Transfer Coupling Matrix In Polyene Wires: Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory Study INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANT 109: Art. No. 1302 SEP 8 2008
	6.	He H, Pandey R, Mallick G, Karna SP Asymmetric Currents In A Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Single Molecule: Revisit Of TheAviram-Ratner Diode JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113: Art. No. 1575 JAN 5 2009
	7.	Liu C, He H, Pandey R, Hussain S, Karna SP Interaction Of Metallic Nanoparticles With A Biologically Active Molecule, Dopamine JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 112: Art. No. 15256 NOV 5 2008
	8.	He H, Scheicher RH, Pandey R, Rocha AR, Sanvito S, Grigoriev A, Ahuja R, Karna SP Functionalized Nanopore�Embedded Electrodes For Rapid DNA Sequencing JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112: Art. No. 3456 FEB 14 2008
	9.	He H, Pandey R, Karna SP Electronic Conduction In A Model Three–Terminal Molecular Transistor NANOTECHNOLOGY 19: Art. No. 505203 NOV 24 2008
	10.	Gowtham S, Scheicher RH, Ahuja R, Pandey R, Karna SP First-Principles Study Of Physisorption Of Nucleic Acid Bases On Small-Diameter Carbon Nanotubes NANOTECHNOLOGY 19: Art. No. 125701 FEB 21 2008
	11.	He H, Pandey R, Karna SP Electronic Structure Mechanism Of Spin-Polarized Electron Transport In A Ni-C₆₀-Ni System CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 439: Art. No. 110 MAR 13 2007
	12.	Gowtham S, Sheicher RH, Ahuja R, Pandey R, Karna SP Physisorption Of Nucleobases On Graphene: Density Functional Calculations PHYSICAL REVIEW B 76: Art. No. 33401 JUL 2 2007
	13.	Karre PSK, Bergstrom PL, Mallick G, et al. Room temperature operational single electron transistor fabricated by focused ion beam deposition JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 102 (2): Art. No. 024316 JUL 15 2007
	14.	Gowtham S, Scheicher RH, Ahuja R, et al. Physisorption of nucleobases on graphene: Density-functional calculations PHYSICAL REVIEW B 76 (3): Art. No. 033401 JUL 2007
	15.	He HY, Pandey R, Karna SP Electronic structure mechanism of spin-polarized electron transport in a Ni-C-60-Ni system CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 439 (1-3): 110-114 MAY 4 2007
	16.	Dunlap BI, Karna SP, Zope RR Dipole moments from atomic-number-dependent potentials in analytic density-functional theory JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 125 (21): Art. No. 214104 DEC 7 2006
	17.	Pineda AC, Karna SP (Hyper)polarizabilities of isolated GaN nanoclusters CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 429 (1-3): 169-173 SEP 29 2006
	18.	He HY, Pandey R, Karna SP Theoretical study of molecule mediated spin-polarized electron tunneling between magnetic materials CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 428 (4-6): 411-415 SEP 20 2006
	19.	He HY, Pandey R, Pati R, et al. Spin-polarized electron transport of a self-assembled organic monolayer on a Ni(111) substrate: An organic spin switch PHYSICAL REVIEW B 73 (19): Art. No. 195311 MAY 2006
	20.	Lau KC, Pandey R, Pati R, et al. Theoretical study of electron transport in boron nanotubes APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 88 (21): Art. No. 212111 MAY 22 2006
	21.	Lastella S, Mallick G, Woo R, et al. Parallel arrays of individually addressable single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistors JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 99 (2): Art. No. 024302 JAN 15 2006
	22.	Lau KC, Pandey R, Pati R, Karna SP Theoretical Study Of Electron Transport In Boron Nanotubes APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 88: Art. No. 21211 APR 13 2006
	23.	He H, Pandey R, Karna SP Theoretical Study Of Molecule Mediated Spin-Polarized Electron Tunneling Between Magnetic Materials CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 428: Art. No. 411 JUL 28 2006
	24.	He H, Pandey R, Pati R, Karna SP Theoretical Study Of Molecule Mediated Spin-Polarized Electron Tunneling Between Magnetic Materials PHYSICAL REVIEW B 73: Art. No. 195311 MAY 9 2006
	25.	He H, Pandey R, Karna SP Spin-Polarized Electron Transport Via A C60 Molecule PROCEEDINGS OF 2006 6th IEEE C 2: Art. No. 830 2006
	26.	Pati R, Pineda AC, Pandey R, et al. Ab initio quantum chemical study of electron transfer in carboranes CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 406 (4-6): 483-488 MAY 2 2005
	27.	Pati R, Pineda AC, Pandey R, Karna SP Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Study Of Electron Transfer In Carboranes CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 406: Art. No. 483 MAR 7 2005
	28.	He H, Pati R, Pandey R, Karna SP Spin-dependent Electron Transport Along A Molecular Wire In A Metal (Probe) �Vacuum � Molecule � Metal System: The Effects Of The Size And The Shape Of The Probe Tip PROCEEDINGS OF 2005 5th IEEE C 2: Art. No. 815 JUL 2005