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[54] AK Kaushal, AK Lakshya, A Chowdhury, Revisiting the validity of the ‘Garvie criterion’ for the stabilization of doped tetragonal zirconia systems, Journal of Materials Research, 39, 2721-2730, 2024.[Research featured in the Journal Cover Page]

[Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/s43578-024-01419-0 ]

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[53] Jejitti Aravind Reddy, Anirban Chowdhury, Translucent 20 mol.% CaO-doped zirconia ceramics via hot-pressing, Materials Letters, 375 (2024) 137216,2024. [Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2024.137216]

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[52] Annu Kumar Lakshya, Keshav Kumar Jha, Anirban Chowdhury, Stabilization of phase-pure tetragonal zirconia ceramics with minimum CeO2 doping and associated benefits, Journal of the American Ceramic Society,  107:6791–6805,2024. [Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19997]

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[51] Jejitti Aravind Reddy, Annu Kumar Lakshya, Anirban Chowdhury, Insights into the issues during hot‐pressing and vacuum sintering of 10 mol.% CaO doped zirconia ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 107 (8), 5190-5200, 2024. [Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19831]

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[50] AK Lakshya, KK Jha, C Bhardwaj, A Chowdhury, Attaining Translucency in Binder/additive-free, Nanograined, Tetragonal 1.5 mol.% Yttria-stabilized Zirconia Ceramics, Materialia , 34, 102075, 2024. 

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102075]

 

[49] S Kumar Singh, AK Lakshya, A Chowdhury, T Chakrabarti, Finite element analysis of temperature distribution in 3YSZ ceramics during conventional sintering, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 21, 1554-1566, 2024. [Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.14673]

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[48] Sravan Bokka, Pranav Ameta, Annu Kumar Lakshya, Anirban Chowdhury, Remarkable dye adsorption capabilities in CaO-Doped-Zirconia systems, Applied Surface Science, 659, 159914, 2024. [Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159914] 

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[47] L Kumar, F Ali, AK Lakshya, A Chowdhury, Limits of critical grain size for the tetragonal phase stabilization in CaO‐doped ZrO2 ceramic and associated benefits, Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 107 (5), 2986-2997, 2024.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19607]

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[46] S Bokka, R Singh, A Chowdhury, Efficacy of Mg-Al-Layered Double Hydroxide Nano-adsorbents for a Multi-Anionic Mixed Dye Solution, Journal of the Molecular Liquids , 396,123984 2024.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.123984]

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[45] S Bokka, P Ameta, SN Achary,  A Chowdhury, A simple and economical fire test setup for examining the fire retardancy/extinguishing ability of water additive fire‐retardant materials on class A fires, Fire and Materials, 48(1), 93-101, 2024.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.3169]

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[44] P Ameta, S Bokka, AK Lakshya, A Chowdhury, Adsorption Prospects of Ultrafine, Cubic 8 mol.% Y2O3‐stabilised ZrO2 nanoparticles, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 107 (1), 417-429, 2024.

[Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.19434]

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[43] Annu Kumar Lakshya, KK Jha, A Arun, A Chowdhury, Development of translucent calcia stabilised zirconia ceramics via conventional sintering in air, Journal of Materials Science, 58, 17175–17187, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09133-8]

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[42] Sravan Bokka, Srungarpu Nagabhusan Achary, Anirban Chowdhury, Quintinite: A Mg–Al-layered double hydroxide as an efficient amido black dye adsorbent, Ceramics International, 49 (24), 40866–40874, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.10.072]

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[41] KK Jha, AK Lakshya, A Chowdhury, Analysing the abnormal artefacts of hot-pressed La2Ce2O7 ceramics, Journal of Materials Research, 38, 4726–4735, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01177-5]

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[40] L Kumar, H Sarkar, SN Totade, AR Chintha, A Chowdhury, Delving into the Discrepancy of Phase Developments between Powder and Shaped Pellets of BaCO3, Crystal Growth & Design, 23 (11), 7754–7762, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00534]

 

[39] S Mishra, L Kumar, MK Firoz, AK Lakshya, A Roy, A Chowdhury, Correlation between oxygen-related defects and lattice strain in tetragonal phase stabilized doped-zirconia systems, Materialia, 32, 101895, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101895]

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[38] JA Reddy, AK Lakshya, R Raj, L Kumar, A Chowdhury, Characterizing Curie and Neel Point Phase Transitions via Thermal Techniques, Physica Status Solidi (b), 260 (9), 2300008, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300008]

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[37] Aditya Arun, Kundan Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, Monoclinic phase-free, low temperature spark plasma sintering of CeO2-doped ZrO2 ceramics and its associated benefits on mechanical properties, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 43, 2069-2077, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.12.003]

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[36] Annu Kumar Lakshya, Himirkanti Sarkar, Faiz Ali, Anirban Chowdhury, Texture-irrelevant Thermal Conductivity and Expansion Properties of La2Ce2O7 Ceramics, Thermochimica Acta, 721, 179431, 2023.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2023.179431]

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[35] A Arun, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Influence of a grain-locking morphology on properties of doped ZrO2 ceramics made with ultrafine (~ 3 nm) nanoparticles,  Journal of Materials Research, 37, 4255-4267, 2022.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00792-y]

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[34] Lakshaman Kumar, Faiz Ali , Sravan Bokka, Anirban Chowdhury, Influence of a ‘shape/consolidation factor’ in unary, undoped oxide ceramics: Experimental evidence and associated benefits, Materialia, 25, 101527, 2022.

[Link: ​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101527]

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[33] Annu Kumar Lakshya, Faiz Ali, Aditya Arun, Anirban Chowdhury, Noteworthy differences between vertical and horizontal sintering of ceramic samples, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 923, 166309, 2022.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.166309 ​]

 

[32] Abhishek Lahiri, Annu Kumar Lakshya, Shaoliang Guan, Lorna Anguilano, Anirban Chowdhury,
Impact of different metallic forms of nickel on hydrogen evolution reaction, Scripta Materialia, 218, 114829, 2022.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114829]

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[31] Ritesh Singh, Sravan Bokka, Annu Kumar Lakshya, Anirban Chowdhury, CaO-doped tetragonal ZrO2 nanoparticles as an effective adsorbent for the removal of organic dye waste, Applied Surface Science, 596, 153651, 2022. 

[Link: https://doi. org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153651]

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[30] Sravan Bokka, Srungarpu Nagabhusan Achary, Anirban Chowdhury, Structure, Property, Processing and Applications of Fire Retardant Materials: A Brief Review, Advanced Materials Research, 1170, 87-116, 1662-8985, 2022.

[Link:  https://doi.org/10.4028/p-auku10]

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[29] Lakshya Annu Kumar, Lakshaman Kumar, Kundan Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, Crucial dependence of ‘trivial’ processing factors on the texture-electrical resistivity relationship of La2Ce2O7 ceramic, Materials Letters, 131858, 2022.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.131858 ]

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[28] Kundan Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, Reviewing the cases of Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Ceramics: Boon or Bane? Materialia ,16 (101109), 1-21, 2021.
[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101109 ]

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[27] Aditya Arun, Lakshaman Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, Structure‐property relations for a phase‐pure, nanograined tetragonal zirconia ceramic stabilised with minimum CaO doping, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 104 (7), 3497-3507, 2021. 

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17683 ]

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[26] Lakshaman Kumar, Aditya Arun, Anirban Chowdhury, Can a shape factor in bulk ceramics mitigate unwanted phase transformations?, Scripta Materialia, 190, 52-56, 2021.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.08.039]

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[25] Shramana Mishra, Kundan Kumar, Atanu Patra, Anirban Chowdhury, Anushree Roy, Phase integrity of zinc oxide doped zirconia under low compacting pressure, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 843, 155927, P: 1-10, 2020.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155927]

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[24] Kundan Kumar, Saurabh Srivastava, Anirban Chowdhury, Role of various alcohol washing media in obtaining a remarkable texture for La2Ce2O7 powders and ceramics, 2019, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103 (3), 1563-1574, 2020.

[Link:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16880]

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[23] Aditya Arun, Anirban Chowdhury, Reaping the remarkable benefits of a ‘burst nucleation’ approach for a ceria doped zirconia system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 802, 318-325, 2019.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.06.184]

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[22] Kundan Kumar, Anshu Priya, Aditya Arun, Subrata Hait, Anirban Chowdhury, Antibacterial and Natural Room-light driven Photocatalytic Activities of CuO Nanorods, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, 106-112, 2019.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.01.020]

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[21] Srivastava, S., Kumar, K., Singh, K. Functional properties of LaxCe1−xO2−δ nanocrystals and their bulk ceramics, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (3), 2096–2106, 2019.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-0481-3]

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[20] Kumar K, Dutta H, Pradhan SK, Chowdhury A. Stabilization of ZrO2 matrix: Revisiting the ‘archaic’ issue with a peculiar example, Scripta Materialia 162, 408-411, 2019.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.12.001]

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[19] Singh K, Kumar K, Ojha P K, Chowdhury A. Structure-property correlations for the surfactant-free faceted nanocrystals of Ce1−xZrxO2 and their bulk ceramics, Materials Research Bulletin. 2019; 112, 38-45.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.12.003]

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[18] Islam A, Kumar K, Pandey K K, Mukherjee B, Rahman OSA, Chowdhury A, Keshri A K. Exceptionally high fracture toughness of carbon nanotube reinforced plasma sprayed lanthanum zirconate coatings, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2019; 777, 1133-1144.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.125]

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[17] Singh K, Kumar R, Chowdhury A. Lanthanum doped Ceria Nanoparticles: a Promising Material for Energy Applications, Materials Today: Proceedings. 2018; 5(11): 22993- 22997.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.11.027]

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[16] Kumar K, Srivastava S, Chowdhury A. La3+ -doped CeO2 system: Negating the myths with a tailor-made ceramic, Scripta Materialia. 2018; 157, 138-141.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.08.013]

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[15] Chowdhury, A., Constitutive modelling and Weibull statistical analysis for the porosity-Mechanical property correlations in 3% yittria-stabilized zirconia system. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2018; 70(1): p.246–252.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2017.10.020]

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[14] Singh, K., Kumar, K., Nayak, S., Joshi, D. C., Alom, M. M, Thota, S., Chowdhury, A., Structural and Dielectric Properties of the Fluorite-Type LaxCe1− xO2-δ Ceramics. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017, 50: p.495601.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aa939d]

 

[13] Paul, B., Kumar, K., Chowdhury, A., Roy, A., Appearance of Fröhlich-like phonon mode and defect dynamics in La3+ -doped ceria. Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 122(13): p.135108.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993522]

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[12] Singh, K., Kumar, K., Srivastava, S., Chowdhury, A., Effect of rare-earth doping in CeO2 matrix: Correlations with structure, catalytic and visible light photocatalytic properties, Ceramics International. 2017, 43: p. 17041-17047.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.09.116]

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[11] Kumar, K., Chowdhury, A., Facile Synthesis of CuO Nanorods Obtained Without Any Template and/or Surfactant, Ceramics International, 2017; 43: p.13943–13947.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.07.125]

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[10] Kumar, K., Jaroń, T., Chowdhury, A., On the peculiarities of phase developments involving Zn2+ -doped ZrO2 system, Scripta Materialia, 2017, 138: p.71–74.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.05.040]

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[9] Kumar, R., Kumar K., Chowdhury, A., Discrepancies in the hardness data and the role of grinding induced surface effects for a porous zirconate ceramic, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2017, 100: p.1717–1723.

[Link:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14773]

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[8] Singh, K., Kumar, R., Chowdhury, A., Synergistic effects of ultrasonication and ethanol washing in controlling the stoichiometry, phase-purity and morphology of rare earth doped ceria nanoparticles, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2017, 36: p. 182-190

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.11.030]

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[7] Paul, B, Singh, K, Jaroń, T, Roy, A, Chowdhury, A, Structural properties and the fluorite–pyrochlore phase transition in La2Zr2O7: The role of oxygen to induce local disordered states, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 686: p. 130-136.

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.05.347]

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[6] Kumar, R., Singh, K., Chakravarty, D., Chowdhury, A., Attaining near-theoretical densification in nanograined pyrochlore La2Zr2O7 (LZ) ceramic at 1150° C by spark plasma sintering, Scripta Materialia, 2016, 117: p. 37-40

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.02.014]

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[5] Singh, K., Kumar, R., Chowdhury, A., Synthesis of La-doped ceria nanoparticles: impact of lanthanum depletion, Journal of Materials Science, 2016, 51: p: 4134–4141 

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-9736-7]

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[4] Prusty, D., Pathak, A., Mukherjee, M., Mukherjee, B., Chowdhury, A., TEM and XPS Studies on the Faceted Nanocrystals of Ce0.8Zr0.2O2, Materials Characterization, 2015, 100: p. 31-35

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2014.12.009]

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[3] Chowdhury, A., Iyyappan, R., Majumdar, D., Singha, A., Structural and spectroscopic characterisations of the surface oxide scales and inclusions present on edge-burst hot rolled steel coils, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2014, 148 (1-2): p. 276-283

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.07.044]

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[2] Prusty, D., Pathak, A., Chintha, A.R., Mukherjee,B., Chowdhury, A., Structural Investigations on the Compositional Anomalies in Lanthanum Zirconate System Synthesized by Coprecipitation Method, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014, 97 (3): p. 718-724

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.12741]

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[1] Chowdhury, A., Bijalwan, P. K., Sahu, R. K., Investigations on the Role of Alkali to Obtain Modulated Defect Concentrations for Cu2O Thin Films Applied Surface Science, 2014, 289 (1): p. 430-436

[Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.10.183]