MAPS Laboratory
Materials’(Ma) Process(P) - Structure(S) correlations Laboratory
Welcome to
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna)
Theme of research
To establish a sound Process-Structure co-relationship in advanced materials (e.g., ceramics, oxides etc) where we try to understand a process (and its intricacies/failures) via various types of structural characterization tools. We aim to probe into the synthesis issues (via materials chemistry routes) for nanoparticles, oxides, ceramics etc and try to understand the complexities involved in the process. The final objective is to provide/come up with a sustainable process with the option of industrial scalability.​
Research interest :
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Material & Properties: doped-Zirconia and Zirconates (pyrochlores), doped-Ceria (fluorites), Cu-oxides, water dispersible nanoparticles, phase transformations in oxides, photocatalysis,
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Process: Wet chemical synthesis, colloidal synthesis, hydrothermal synthesis, ceramic powder and thin film processing, sol-gel, chemical solution deposition, spin coating
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Characterisation technique: structural characterizations (involving phase, composition, microstructure etc), e.g., XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA, DTA, DSC, Raman, FTIR, UV-visible spectroscopy, Mass spectrometry etc.
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Failure analysis (for process and products): providing solutions for process and product related failures of Metallurgy, Ceramic, Refractory, Abrasives industry
Recent Research Topics
1. Process-Structure Corelations in Pyrochlores
Associated publications:-
Islam, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2019; 777, 1133-1144.
Rishu K, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2017, 100: p.1717–1723.
Paul, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 686: p. 130-136.
Rishu K, Scripta Materialia, 2016, 117: p. 37-40.
Prusty, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014, 97 (3): p. 718-724.
2. Stabilisation process in Zirconia: From theories to Engineering Ceramics
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Lakshaman, Scripta Materialia 190, 52-56, 2021.
Mishra, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 843, 155927, P: 1-10, 2020.
Aditya, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 802, 318-325, 2019.
Kundan, Scripta Materialia 162, 408-411, 2019.
Singh, Materials Research Bulletin. 2019; 112, 38-45.
Chowdhury, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 2018; 70(1): p.246–252.
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3. Tailoring Ceria-based materials for Energy Applications
Associated publications:-
Kundan, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103 (3), 1563-1574, 2020.
Srivastava, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (3), 2096–2106, 2019.
Singh, Materials Research Bulletin. 2019; 112, 38-45.
Singh, Materials Today: Proceedings. 2018; 5(11): 22993-22997.
Kundan, Scripta Materialia. 2018; 157, 138-141.
Singh, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017, 50: p.495601.
Paul, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 122(13): p.135108.
Singh, Ceramics International. 2017, 43: p. 17041-17047.
Singh, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2017, 36: p. 182-190.
Singh, Journal of Materials Science, 2016, 51: p: 4134–4141.
4. Multifunctional Cu-oxide nanostructures & thin films
Kundan, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, 106-112, 2019.
Kundan, Ceramics International, 2017; 43: p.13943–13947.
Chowdhury, Applied Surface Science, 2014, 289 (1): p. 430-436.
