Keyword based List

List of faculty who have the keyword materials in their Research Interests

NameDeptResearch Interests
Somnath Chanda RoyPHNano-Materials for applications in Energy and Environment, Photocatalytic reduction of Carbon dioxide using metal-oxide nanotubes, Nanotube based sensors for Green-house gases, Electrical conduction in nanomaterials
Ravi Sankar KMMHigh Temperature Deformation of Materials;Creep and Superplasticity;Mechanical Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Materials;Deformation Behaviour at Small Length Scales; High entropy alloys; Magnesium alloys
Lakshman NeelakantanMMCorrosion characteristics of engineering materials and coatings; Electrochemical behaviour of NiTi, NiTi-X shape memory alloys (SMAs); Smart coatings for corrosion protection; Electro-dissolution, -planarization and -deposition;Micro and mechano electrochemistry.
Dillip Kumar SatapathyPHComplex fluids in confinement; Physics of complex oxide heterostructures; X-ray and neutron scattering characterization of materials
Sudakar ChandranPHMaterials for memory and energy applications;Oxides and Nitrides;Magnetic materials;Spectroscopic techniques (such as Raman, XPS, UV-Vis, IR);Defect-structure property correlations;Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Ranga Rao GCYSurface chemistry and spectroscopy;Solid state electrochemistry;Heterogeneous catalysis : new materials for catalysis and electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, environmental catalysis and energy storage applications;Materials chemistry: synthesis and applications of new layered-, hybrid-, porous- and nano-materials
Bhattacharya S SMMSuperplasticity & Superplastic Forming - Experimental, Theoretical & Modeling;Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Materials;Consolidation, Processing and Characterisation of Nanocrystalline Materials;Metal Forming - Experimental & Modeling
Ashutosh Suresh GandhiMMScience of Ceramics; High Temperature Protective Coatings (environmental and thermal barrier coatings); Materials for Energy Systems (solid oxide fuel cells, SOFC’s); Phase Stability & Transformations; Oxidation; Surface Engineering; Zirconia Ceramics; Nanostructured Materials; Non-equilibrium Phenomena; Metastable Effects and Amorphous Phases.
Subramanya Sarma VMMMaterials processing;Microstructure-mechancial proerties correlations in metals and alloys;Materials Characterisation;Materials Development
KrishnakannanMEMacromolecular Chemistry;Modeling of vulcanization process;Plasticity;Mixture Theory;Aging of Polymeric Materials;Elasticity;Thermodynamics;Mathematical Modeling of the behavior of Materials;Mathematical modeling of Crystallization and Glass Transition of Polymeric materials;Continuum Mechanics;Viscoelasticity
Santhosh PNPHElectroceramics;Low temperature characterization of Advanced materials;Condensed Matter Physics;Magnetism and Magnetic Materials;Powder X-ray and Neutron diffraction and Rietveld analysis
Hari Kumar K CMMComputational Materials Science (First Principle Methods);Computational Thermodynamics of Materials (Calphad);Physical Metallurgy (Ferrous and Non-Ferrous);Ironmaking & Steelmaking
Pijush GhoshAMNanocomposites, Self-healing Materials, Molecular Dynamics,
Murthy H S NAETribology (contact mechanics, Fretting Fatigue, wear and lubrication);Damage Mechanisms in metals, composites and visco-elastic materials (fatigue and fracture)
Sankaran SMM3. Electron microscopy;2. Mechanical behaviour-microstructure relationship of materials;1.Deformation processing of Materials;4. Stereology
Abhijit Deshpande PCHPolymeric materials, ionic polymers, rheology, composite processing
Kanjarla Anand KrishnaMMComputational Crystal Plasticity : Finite Element Method and fast Fourier transform approaches CPFEM & CPFFT;Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME);Microstructural approach to mechanics of materials;Plastic anisotropy and crystallographic texture;Microstructure evolution in irradiated systems
Ramanathan SCHChemical Mechanical Planarizaiton (CMP);Electrochemistry;Materials (microwave processing, nanoparticle synthesis)
Balakrishna RaoEDModeling and simulation of manufacturing processes;Chatter in manufacturing processes;Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS);Nano-technology;Creation of nano-crystalline materials;High-Speed-Machining of automotive- and aerospace-alloys
Gandham PhanikumarMMTransport Phenomena; Phase-field modeling of solidification microstructure; Characterisation of Materials; Solidification
Murty B SMMparticulate technologies;grain refinement;Nanocrystalline materials;bulk metallic glasses;composites;thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations;transmission electron microscopy;non-equilibrium processing
Harish Kumar NPHInstrumentation and Automation;Superconductivity;Magnetoelectronic Materials
Bhyrappa PCYBioinorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry;Materials chemistry of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins
Dhamodharan RCYPolymer Chemistry : Controlled Radical Polymerizations (ATRP, RAFT), Surface Modification of Flat and Nanoparticulate Surfaces, Biopolymer-Natural Materials Nanocomposite; Polymer Light Emitting Diodes; Electrochromic Polymers
Parasuraman SwaminathanMMElectronic materials; Phase transformations in multilayer systems; Nanocalorimetry - enthalpy measurement at rapid reaction rates
Srikanth VedantamEDDesign with novel materials;Mechanical behaviour of materials;Wetting;Microstructure Evolution;Granular flows
Sethupathi KPHSuperconductivity,;Low Temperature Physics,;Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Selvam PCYNanostructured Materials; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Solid State and Surface Chemistry; Microporous and Mesoporous Molecular Sieves - Aluminosilicates, Aluminophosphates, Metal Oxides, Carbons; Functional Materials including Organic-Inorganic Hybrids; Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Storage, Superconductivity; Molecular Modeling
Nandita MCYOrganic Synthesis;Bio-materials;Peptide Synthesis
Sankaranarayanan VPHLow Temperature Condensed Matter Physics;Cryogenics;Superconductivity;Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Lakshmana Rao CAMBuckling Control using Smart Materials;Ballistic Impact;Numerical modeling of brittle fracture
Ravikumar N VMMBiofouling & Marine Biomaterials (Understanding Adhesion Mechanisms, Understanding the Structural Hierarchy, Mechanical Behavior);Object Oriented Finite Element Programming to Predict Macroscopic Properties from 2D Microstructures;Processing and Characterization of Ultra-High Temperature Structural Ceramics (Eg., Polymer Derived Ceramics in the Si-(B)-C-N system, Silicon Carbide & Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics);Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Creep, Thermal Shock, Fracture Mechanics);Role of Interfaces in Crystalline/Nano-crystalline Materials (Theory & Experimental Techniques)
Krishnan BalasubramanianMEUltrasonics and Acoustics;Structural Health Monitoring;Micro and Nano Imaging;Nondestructive Evaluation;Materials Characterisation;Wave Propagation
Narasimhan SwaminathanMERadiation damage (Atomistic to Continuum); Material properties using atomistic methods; Finite Element Method; Fuel cell materials; Thermodynamic modeling of multiphysics phenomenon
Sriram PAEparallel and distributed computing;fracture mechanics;composite materials
Vijayan CPHNovel Optical materials;Photonics;Nonlinear Optics --- Matreials and Processes;Physics Teaching
Ratna Kumar Annabattula VVSDMEFinite Element Analysis; Granular Mechanics; Buckle-driven delamination; Fusion Materials; Mechanics of microsystems
Amitava GhoshMEcBN grinding technology;Development of single layer abrasive tools;High efficiency deep grinding of exotic materials;Application of hard and soft tribo coating on cutting tools;Environment friendly machining;metal-ceramic joining
Sivakumar M SAMsmart materials;inelasticity book website: http://inelasticity.wikidot.com/;Constitutive modeling
Srinivasa Rao BakshiMM1. Thermal spray synthesis of carbon nanotube reinforced metal-matrix composites as coatings and free standing structures;9. Object Oriented Finite Element Analysis (OOF) for multi-scale prediction of properties based on microstructure;2. Carbon nanotube reinforced ceramic matrix composites having improved fracture toughness;11. Amorphous, nanocrystalline and quasicrystalline composites and coatings by mechanical alloying followed by cold spraying/spark plasma sintering;3. Synthesis of Tantalum carbide-CNT composites and ultra high temperature composites by vacuum plasma spraying and spark plasma sintering;12. Thermo-physical property characterization of composite materials;4. Carbon nanotube reinforced ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites for bio-implant applications;5. Thermodynamics and kinetics of interfacial phenomena in carbon nanotube metal-matrix composites;6. Quantification of carbon nanotube distribution in composites and microstructure-property correlations.;7. Nanomechanical property
Sampathkumar T SMMNANOSTRUCTURED BIOMATERIALS - ;Nanocrystalline calcium phosphate ceramics, coatings & cements;Antimicrobial materials & drug delivery systems; Bioresorable & bioactive nano composites;Nanostructured metallic implants;Value added bioceramics from waste such as egg shell, corals etc..

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