Dr. Bharat Bhushan

Dr. Bharat Bhushan
Assistant Professor
Ph.D (Materials Science and Engineering), IIT Kanpur
Ph: +91-6115-233-(8)997
bhushan[*AT]iitp.ac.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r8zOwrUAAAAJ
Research Areas
  • Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials   Nanoporous and Nanomaterials   Photocatalyst   Water Purification   Synthesis of Hydrophobic Materials   Electrochemical dealloying, and Corrosion of Metal, Alloys and Amorphous Coatings.
Other Interests
  • Reading books and long-driving
Courses taught at IIT P
  • NA
Professional Experience
  • K. C. Polytechnic college, Pandoga, Una (H.P.) Job Title: Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering 16 Aug 2011- 31 July 2012   Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh Job Title: Assistant Professor(Contractual) 5 Aug. 2019-13 Dec. 2019   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Job Title: Sr. Research Fellow (Post Ph.D.) 9 July 2021- 30 Sept. 2021   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Job Title: Sr. Project Engineer (Post Ph.D.) 1 October 2021-31st March 2022   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Job Title: Research Associate (Post Ph.D.) 1 April, 2022- 28th Feb., 2023   Indian Institute of Technology, Patna Job Title: Assistant Professor, MME 17th April 2023- till date
Awards & Honours
  • Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, 53rd Convocation (2020), IIT Kanpur.   Certificate of Merit for securing the second position in the first year of M. Tech
Member of Professional bodies
  • Journal of Electrochemical Society
Patents
  • Bharat Bhushan, K. Mondal and B.S. Murty, A two-step method, for preparation of micron-sized, nanoporous powder particles, Indian filed patent application number: 201711004877. DOF=10/02/2017, DOP= 17/08/2018, Current status: Granted on 27/7/2020, Patent No: 342468.   Bharat Bhushan, B.S. Murty, K. Mondal, Process for Preparing ZnO Nanorod Flowerets Supported by Ni Substrate and Free-Standing Pure ZnO Nanorods, Indian filed patent application number: 201811008439. DOF= 7/3/2018, DOP=13/9/2019, Current status: Granted on 28/10/2022, Patent No: 410212.
Publications / Journals / Conferences
    1. B. Bhushan, A. Banerjee, Subodh Nath Patel, Debdipta Banik, Nisheeth Kr. Prasad, Harikrishna Kancharla and K. Mondal, Prolong passivation of a novel Fe-based amorphous coating derived from high P pig iron, Journal of Non-Crystalline solids, 601 (2023) 122051, IF= 4.458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.122051
    2. B. Bhushan, A. Banerjee, Subodh Nath Patel, Debdipta Banik, Kirtiratan Godbole, K. Vishwanath, and K. Mondal, Electrochemical response and passivation affinity of Fe-based amorphous coating prepared via HVOF on mild steel, Surface and Coatings Technology 452 (2023) 129082, SCIE IF = 4.865. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.129082
    3. Debdipta Banik; B. Bhushan; S. Mukherjee; J. Bhagyaraj; Hiroshi Fujiwara; Kei Ameyama, Effect of harmonic structure on the electrochemical behavior of high entropy Cantor alloy in NaCl solution, Materials Chemistry and Physics 298 (2023), S127414 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.127414
    4. Prasad, Nisheeth, kancharla, Harikrishanan, B. Bhushan, Kundu Saurabh, K. Mondal, Effect of Al and Zn addition on the active behavior of the high P pig iron-based hybrid anodes, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 53 (2023) 141-165 DOI: 10.1007/s10800-022-01758-y
    5. B. Bhushan*, Kousar Jahan, Prvan Kumar Katiyar, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, Evolution of ZnO flowerets from dealloying of Cu-Zn alloy powder, Advanced Powder Technology, 31(2020) 3093- 3101. * Corresponding and first author. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2020.05.031
    6. B. Bhushan, Kousar Jahan, V. Verma, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, Photodegradation of methylene blue dye by powders of Ni-ZnO floweret consisting of petals of ZnO nanorod around Ni-rich core, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 253(2020) 123394. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123394
    7. B. Bhushan, Prvan Kumar Katiyar, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, Synthesis of hydrophobic Ni-VN alloy powder by ball milling, Advanced Powder Technology, 30 (2019), 1600-1610. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2019.05.007
    8. Prvan Kumar Katiyar, B. Bhushan and K. Mondal, Relook at the Mechanisms of Spheroidization of 0.7 wt. % C Steel by Potentiodynamic Polarization, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 8 (2019) 840-847. ESCI IF =1.08(Q2) ISNN: 21929262 DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13632-019-00588-3
    9. B. Bhushan, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, A new approach for the synthesis of ZnO nanorod flowerets and subsequent pure free-standing ZnO Nanorods, Advanced Powder Technology, 30(2019) 30-41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2018.10.004
    10. B. Bhushan, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, Dealloying kinetics and mechanism of porosity evolution in mechanically alloyed Ag25Zn75 powder particles in 2N HCl, Corrosion Science, 139 (2018) 155-162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.04.044
    11. B. Bhushan, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, A two-step method for synthesis of micron-sized nanoporous silver powder and ZnO nanoparticles, Advanced Powder Technology, 28 (2017) 2532- 2541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2017.07.003
Presentations
  • B. Bhushan, Four Laws that drive the universe, CSJM University, Kanpur, IIM Kanpur Chapter, IIM award certificate for oral presentation, CSJM University, Kanpur. 22-26 Feb 2016 (Seminar).   B. Bhushan, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, A two-step method, for preparation of micron-sized, nanoporous powder particles, International Conference on Materials Engineering, 2- 4 June 2017, IIT Kanpur. (Poster presentation)   B. Bhushan, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, A two-step method, for preparation of micron-sized, nanoporous powder particles, International Conference on Advanced Materials, 14-16 Dec. 2017, Thiruvananthapuram (India). (Poster presentation).   B. Bhushan, Chemical Analysis of Materials Using Instrumental Analytical Techniques, IIM Chennai Chapter and Dept. of Metallurgical and Mat. Eng., IITM, 3rd – 3rd Dec 2018. (workshop).   B. Bhushan, Prvan Kumar Katiyar, B.S. Murty and K. Mondal, Synthesis of hydrophobic Ni-VN alloy powder by ball milling, International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM 2019), Chennai, India, 8-12 July 2019. (Poster presentation).