• Effect of particle size on additive manufacturing of complex architecture of silicon carbide 

  Jana, Arijit; Das, Manojit; Tiwari, Shivam; Basha, Shaik Salam; Gautam, Abhay Raj Singh; Panda, Sushanta Kumar; Mitra, Rahul; Kumar, Shobhit; Devasia, Renjith; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar (Elsevier, 2023-02)

  The high-temperature stability, chemical inertness, and enhanced mechanical strength of SiC are utilized for the fabrication of space components. Here, environment-friendly water-based SiC ceramic inks were developed using ...
• Iron technology in medieval Kerala: archaeometallurgical studies on iron artefacts from Triprangode 

  Qureshi, Mo Rizwan Ahmad; Srivastava, Nishkarsh; Kanungo, Alok Kumar; Arora, Amit; Krishnaraj, K. (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2023-02)

  Iron was a new entrant and a must in weaponry in the 2nd and 1st millennium BCE. There is every possibility of iron being used for generations, and deposited or hidden it for use in the times of need or even as a part of ...
• Thin highly transparent visible/near-infrared Ta-doped TiO2 electrode 

  Shukla, Shivam; Manwani, Krishna; Patel, Tvarit A.; Panda, Emila (Springer, 2023-01)

  The study focuses on the development of novel transparent electrode for maximizing energy harvesting and performance of an optoelectronic device. Along with the high visible transparency (of 82%), this electrode has also ...
• Effect of welding speed on microstructural and mechanical properties of EB Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn welds 

  Krishna, K. Vamsi; Talari, M. K.; Bandi, Bharath; Rowthu, Sriharitha; Khan, Mohammed Imran; Mastanaiah, P.; Kishore Babu, N. (Taylor and Francis, 2023-02)

  In the current study, the influence of welding speed (500, 700 and 800 mm/min) and post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) on microstructure and mechanical properties of electron beam welded Ti-15V-3Al-3C-3Sn was systematically ...
• Overcoming challenges in using magnesium-based materials for industrial applications using friction-stir engineering 

  Maqbool, Annayath; Khan, Noor Zaman; Siddiquee, Arshad Noor; Badruddin, Irfan Anjum; Hussien, Mohamed; Khan, Mohammed Imran (Taylor and Francis, 2022-12)

  Using lightweight materials reduces fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Magnesium, a lightweight structural material with interesting properties, performs well during processing and application. Poor ductility of Mg ...
• Synthesis of atomically thin yellow pearl: an impetus for nonlinear optical effect assisted light scattering application 

  Mandal, Nabarun; Pramanik, Ashim; Dey, Arindam; Kumbhakar, Pathik; Kochat, Vidya; Gautam, Abhay Raj Singh; Glavin, Nicholas; Roy, Ajit K.; Ajayan, P.M.; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar (Elsevier, 2023-01)

  Synthesis of 2D materials from natural resources, and having unique functionalities have created enormous research interest among material scientists. Such 2D materials can be used as impetus for light scattering to generate ...
• Designer, programmable DNA-peptide hybrid materials with emergent properties to probe and modulate biological systems 

  Menon, Dhruv; Singh, Ramesh; Joshi, Kashti B.; Gupta, Sharad; Bhatia, Dhiraj (Wiley, 2022-12)

  The chemistry of DNA endows it with certain functional properties that facilitate the generation of self-assembled nanostructures, offering precise control over their geometry and morphology, that can be exploited for ...
• Microstructure engineering during directed energy deposition of Al-0.5Sc-0.5Si using heated build platform 

  Singh, Amit Kumar; Mundada, Yasham; Bajaj, Priyanshu; Wilms, Markus B.; Patil, Jeet P.; Mishra, Sushil Kumar; Arora, Amit (Elsevier, 2023-03)

  Achieving a specific solidification morphology during the directed energy deposition process can be key to desired properties of the deposited part. The careful control of thermal gradient and cooling rates can be utilized ...
• Rheological characteristics of concentrated Indian coal ash slurries and flow through pipelines 

  Prasad, Vighnesh; Mehrotra, Surya Pratap; Thareja, Prachi (Elsevier, 2022-12)

  The present study investigates concentrated coal ash slurries' rheological and pipe flow characteristics. Our results reveal coal ash slurries' shear thinning flow behavior regardless of solid volume fraction (ϕ) = 0.17-0.6. ...
• Effect of annealing temperature on the microstructure and optoelectronic properties of niobium-doped anatase TiO2 thin films grown on soda-lime glass substrate 

  Manwani, Krishna; Panda, Emila (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2022-10)

  In this work, we report on the growth of high-quality transparent conducting niobium-doped anatase TiO2 (NTO) thin film on the soda-lime glass substrate (SLG) by altering the annealing temperature. To this end, NTO films ...
• Protein-directed synthesis of ZIF-8 functionalized with a polymer as core-shell drug coatings with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties 

  Saha, Sarmistha; Mishra, Abhijit (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-09)

  We developed a strategy to use lysozyme (Lys) as a template to produce mesoporous zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) structures under physiological conditions. Thereafter, an amphiphilic triblock copolymer, PEG-PPG-PEG, ...
• Ion implantation of 109Ag stable isotope as a tracer in SS316L biomedical implant for failure detection 

  Malvi, Bharti; Chaudhari, Ramesh; C., Balasubramanian; Kumar, Ashutosh; K., Asokan; Das, Swagat; Paliwal, Manas; Misra, Superb K. (Elsevier, 2022-12)

  Stainless steel alloys are widely used for biomedical applications ranging from surgical tools to biomedical implant prostheses. Apart from surgical failure, surface degradation (wear and corrosion) leading to poor ...
• Mechanical properties and deformation behavior of superhard lightweight nanocrystalline ceramics 

  Jeong, Byeongyun; Lahkar, Simanta; An, Qi; Reddy, Kolan Madhav (MDPI, 2022-09)

  Lightweight polycrystalline ceramics possess promising physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, which can be used in a variety of important structural applications. However, these ceramics with coarse-grained structures ...
• Tensile and viscoelastic behavior in nacre-inspired nanocomposites: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics study 

  Singh, Param Punj; Ranganathan, Raghavan (MDPI, 2022-09)

  Organisms hold an extraordinarily evolutionary advantage in forming complex, hierarchical structures across different length scales that exhibit superior mechanical properties. Mimicking these structures for synthesizing ...
• Electronic structure and effective mass analysis of doped TiO2 (anatase) systems using DFT+U 

  Raghav, Abhishek; Hongo, Kenta; Maezono, Ryo; Panda, Emila (Elsevier, 2022-11)

  In this work, electronic structure of several doped TiO2 anatase systems is computed using DFT+U. Effective masses of charge carriers are also computed to quantify how the dopant atoms perturb the bands of the host anatase ...
• Geotechnical behavior of fly ash-coal ash and bentonite clay composite as a landfill barrier material with special emphasis on desiccation cracks 

  Gahlot, Rohit; Verma, Atul; Kumar, Manish (Elsevier, 2022-11)

  Compacted clay barriers have been used to retard leakage of contaminated fluids from landfillsites. These liners may shrink, crack, desiccate and lose their integrity if the liner material doesn't have permeability (10-9 ...
• Comparison of LN2 and LCO2 based on machining performance indicators for drilling Inconel 718 

  Shah, Prassan; Khanna, Navneet; Arora, Amit; Srivastava, Nishkarsh (Elsevier, 2022-09)

  In the present scenario, global concern about the preservation of environment creates a necessity to mature more ecological manufacturing processes. In this context, cryogenic coolants i.e., liquid nitrogen (LN2) and liquid ...
• A generative approach to materials discovery, design, and optimization 

  Menon, Dhruv; Ranganathan, Raghavan (American Chemical Society, 2022-08)

  Despite its potential to transform society, materials research suffers from a major drawback: its long research timeline. Recently, machine-learning techniques have emerged as a viable solution to this drawback and have ...
• Intracellular bacterial targeting by a thiazolyl benzenesulfonamide and octaarginine peptide complex 

  Ratrey, Poonam; Datta, Bhaskar; Mishra, Abhijit (American Chemical Society, 2022-06)

  A brominated thiazolyl benzenesulfonamide (BTB) derivative is conjugated with thecell-penetrating peptide octaarginine (R8) in an effort to construct innovative antibacterial products.The noncovalent complex of BTB and R8 ...
• Association of lasioglossin-III antimicrobial peptide with model lipid bilayers 

  Saha, Sarmistha; Ratrey, Poonam; Mishra, Abhijit (Springer, 2022-04)

  Lasioglossin-III (LL-III) is a small cationic peptide identified in the venom of the Lasioglossum laticeps and is reported to have a potent antimicrobial property with low hemolytic activity. Presently, we explore the ...

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