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System and Method for Heat Recovery in Gasification Process

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India

Sunil, R. Raj, Ajay D. Thakur, B. K. Rajan, B. Chaitanya, R. Sinha, A. Agarwal, A.Agarwal

390902

(Issue Date: 01/03/2022, Application No.: 201831011600, Priority Date: 28/03/2018)

2

System and Method for Extracting Atmospheric Moisture

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India

Abhash Shukla, Sunil, R. Raj, Ajay D. Thakur

496332

(Issue Date: 09/01/2024, Application No.: 202331035489, Priority Date: 22/05/2023)

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An Apparatus and Method for Off-the-Grid Climate Control

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India

Sunil, R. Sinha, Ajay D. Thakur, R. Raj, A. Shukla, A. Agarwal

519459

(Issue Date: 05/03/2024, Application No.: 202231026031, Priority Date: 04/05/2022)

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Method for Developing Tunable Wettability Surfaces

Published

India

Abhash Shukla, Avinash Upadhyay, Rishi Raj, Ajay D. Thakur

Application No.: 202531005502, Priority Date: 23/01/2025

 

List of Journal publications:

1.        Pandey, K. D., Maity, I., Thakur, A. D. (2025). Halloysite nanotube modified piezo-electric hydrogel with multifunctional properties, Sensors and Actuators A; Physical 386, 116320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116320

2.        Maity, I., Bharti, R., Mukherjee, A. K., & Thakur, A. D. (2025). Demonstration of asymmetric Hebbian learning based on analog resistive switching in Ag/Co3O4/p-Si memristor. Applied Physics Letters, 126(1), 013504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0235922

3.        Pandya, A., Anadkat, D., Dungani, S., Thakur, A. D., & Sanchela, A. V. (2025). Enhanced thermal sensitivity of graphite paint-based flexible thermocouple. Journal of Electronic Materials, 54(1), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11598-5

4.        Sinha, R., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2024). Investigating drying behavior and quality of Neem leaves using a novel biomass gasification-powered climate control unit with built-in humidity control. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 158, 107888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107888

5.        Sinha, R., Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2024). Design, fabrication, and performance assessment of a novel biomass gasification-powered all-season climate control unit for perishables. Biomass and Bioenergy, 183, 107161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107161

6.        Shukla, A., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2024). Experiment and modeling of an improvised atmospheric water harvester for arid and semi-arid conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering, 242, 122486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122486

7.        Maity, I., Mukherjee, A. K., & Thakur, A. D. (2024). Improvement in the resistive switching performance of LaMnO3 by dendritic Cu2S. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, 146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11852-2

8.        Sunil, Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2024). Demonstration of long-term cyclic sorption of ammonia in modified expanded graphite-calcium chloride composites for practical applications. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 150, 107206.

9.        Agarwal, D., Kamble, Y., Raj, A., Thakur, A. D., & Thakur, A. (2023). Biomechanical parameter estimation using untethered nonprehensile magnetic microrobot. Journal of Micro and Bio Robotics, 19, 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-023-00164-7

10.     Agarwal, D., Thakur, A. D., & Thakur, A. (2023). Magnetic microbot-based micromanipulation of surrogate biological objects in fluidic channels. Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 19, 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-022-00151-4

11.     Maity, I., Mukherjee, A. K., & Thakur, A. D. (2023). Enhanced stability and low operational voltage of resistive switching behavior in defect engineered LaMnO3 film. Applied Physics A, 129, 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-06265-7

12.     Shukla, M., & Thakur, A. D. (2022). An enquiry on similarities between renormalization group and auto-encoders using transfer learning. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 608, 128276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.128276

13.     Kumari, K., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2022). Structural, resistive switching and charge transport behaviour of (1-x)LaSrMnO.(x)ZnO composite system. Applied Physics A, 128(11), 992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-06084-w

14.     Kumari, K., Ray, S. J., & Thakur, A. D. (2022). Resistive switching phenomena: A probe for the tracing of secondary phase in manganite. Applied Physics A, 128(5), 430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05553-6

15.     Kumari, K., Kar, S., & Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2022). Role of an oxide interface in a resistive switch. Current Applied Physics, 35, 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2021.10.006

16.     Chaitanya, B., Gunjan, M. R., Sarangi, R., Raj, R., & Thakur, A. D. (2022). Per-fluorinated chemical free robust superhydrophobic copper surface using a scalable technique. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 278, 125667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125667

17.     Agarwal, D., Thakur, A. D., & Thakur, A. (2022). A feedback-based manoeuvre planner for nonprehensile magnetic micromanipulation of large microscopic biological objects. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 148, 103941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2021.103941

18.     Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2022). Direction-dependent thermoelectric properties of a layered compound In2Te5 single crystal. Journal of Electronic Materials. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09487-w

19.     Kumari, K., Majumder, S., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2021). Temperature-dependent resistive switching behaviour of an oxide memristor. Materials Letters, 303, 130451.

20.     Sinha, A., Ranjan, P., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Effect of characterization probes on the properties of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. Applied Physics A, 127, 585.

21.     Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Impurity photovoltaic and split spectrum for efficiency gain in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells. Optik, 238, 166783.

22.     Kumari, K., Kumar, A., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2021). Charge transport and resistive switching in a 2D hybrid interface. Materials Research Bulletin, 139, 111195.

23.     Sinha, A., Ranjan, P., Ali, A., Balakrishnan, J., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Graphene oxide and its derivatives as potential Ovchinnikov ferromagnets. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 33, 375801.

24.     Kumar, A., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Improved thermoelectric properties in (1-x) LaCoO3/(x) La0.7Sr0.3CoO3 composite. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 269, 124750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124750

25.     Kumari, K., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2021). The effect of graphene and reduced graphene oxide on the resistive switching behavior of La0.7Ba0.3MnO3. Materials Today Communications, 26, 102040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102040

26.     Kumar, A., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Colossal Seebeck coefficient in Aurivillius phase-perovskite oxide composite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 853, 157001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157001

27.     Kumar, A., Kumari, K., Ray, S. J., & Thakur, A. D. (2020). Graphene mediated resistive switching and thermoelectric behavior in lanthanum cobaltate. Journal of Applied Physics, 127(23), 235103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0009666

28.     Kumari, K., Kumar, A., Kotnees, D. K., Balakrishnan, J., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. (2020). Structural and resistive switching behaviour in Lanthanum strontium manganite-Reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite system. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 815, 152213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152213

29.     Sunil, Sinha, R., Bathina, C., Rajan, B. K., Agarwal, A., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2019). Design, fabrication, and performance evaluation of a novel biomass-gasification-based hot water generation system. Energy, 185, 148-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.186

30.     Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Comprehensive loss modeling in Cu2SnZnS4 solar cells. Current Applied Physics, 19, 1111-1119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2019.07.005

31.     Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Improving the optoelectrical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 using gold and graphene nanofillers. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 20, 8546-8554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01175-6

32.     Ranjan, P., Verma, P., Agarwal, S., Rao, T. R., Samanta, S. K., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Inducing dye-selectivity in graphene oxide for cationic dye separation applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, 350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.01.047

33.     Kumar, A., Kumari, K., Jayachandran, B., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Thermoelectric properties of (1-x)LaCoO3.(x)La0.95Sr0.05CoO3 composite. Materials Research Express, 6, 055502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.03.347

34.     Ranjan, P., Agarwal, S., Sinha, A., Rao, T. R., Balakrishnan, J., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). A low-cost non-explosive synthesis of graphene oxide for scalable applications. Scientific Reports, 8, 12007. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30613-4

35.     Chaitanya, B., Bahadur, V., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2018). Biomass-gasification-based atmospheric water harvesting in India. Energy, 165, 610-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.183

36.     Ranjan, P., Tiwary, P., Chakraborty, A. K., Mahapatra, R., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Graphene oxide based free-standing films for humidity and hydrogen peroxide sensing. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 25, 15946-15956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9680-1

37.     Kumar, A., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Magnetothermopower, magnetoresistance and magnetothermal conductivity in La0.95Sr0.05Co1-xMnxO3 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 1.00). Materials Research Express, 5, 086110. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aad44c

38.     Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Role of contact work function, back surface field, and conduction band offset in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 57(8S3), 08RC05. https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.57.08RC05

39.     Kumar, A., Kumari, K., Jayachandran, B., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Thermoelectric properties of (1-x) LaCoO3. xLa0.7Sr0.3MnO3 composite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 735, 1787-1791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.334

40.     Kumar, A., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Improvement of thermoelectric properties of lanthanum cobaltate by Sr and Mn co-substitution. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 735, 1787-1791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.334

41.     Sanchela, A.V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2016). Improvement in thermoelectric properties by tailoring at In and Te site in In2Te5. Journal of Electronic Materials, 45(11), 5540-5545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-016-4778-9

42.     Sanchela, A. V., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2015). Effect of Sb deficiency on the thermoelectric properties of Zn4Sb3. Solid State Communications, 218, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2015.06.012

43.     Yadav, A. K., Sharma, H., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2015). Growth and angular dependent resistivity of Nb2Pd0.73S5.7 in superconducting single crystal fibers. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 164, 46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.08.019

44.     Yadav, A. K., Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2015). Effect of nominal substitution of transition metals for excess Fe in Fe1+xSe superconductor. Solid State Communications, 202, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2014.10.027

45.     Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2015). Enhancement in thermoelectric properties of FeSb2 by Sb site deficiency. Journal of Materiomics, 1, 205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2015.04.005

46.     Yadav, A. K., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2013). Growth, characterization, vortex pinning, and vortex flow properties of single crystals of the iron chalcogenide superconductor FeCr0.02Se. Physical Review B, 87, 174524. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.174524

47.     Hirata, K., Thakur, A. D., & Ooi, S. (2013). Vortex states in superconducting nanowires. Physica C, 493, 47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2013.03.019

48.     Hirata, K., Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., & Mochiku, T. (2012). Vortices in superconducting nano-networks with antidot arrays. Central European Journal of Physics, 10, 576. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11534-012-0041-z

49.     Das, P., Thakur, A. D., Yadav, A. K., Tomy, C. V., Lees, M. R., Balakrishnan, G., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2011). Magnetization hysteresis and time decay measurements in FeSe0.5Te0.5: Evidence for fluctuation in mean free path induced pinning. Physical Review B, 84, 214526. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.174524

50.     Yadav, A. K., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2011). Enhanced superconducting properties in FeCrxSe. Solid State Communications, 151, 557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2011.01.010

51.     Machida, T., Kato, T., Nakamura, H., Fujimoto, M., Mochiku, T., Ooi, S., Thakur, A. D., Sakata, H., & Hirata, K. (2011). Quantum interference of impurity bound states in Bi2Sr2Ca(Cu1−xZnx)2O8+δ probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Physical Review B, 84, 064501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.064501

52.     Machida, T., Kato, T., Nakamura, H., Fujimoto, M., Mochiku, T., Ooi, S., Thakur, A. D., Sakata, H., & Hirata, K. (2010). Disappearance of zinc impurity resonance in large-gap regions of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Physical Review B, 82, 180507. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.180507

53.     Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., & Hirata, K. (2009). Triangular antidot array to honeycomb wire network-Role of interstitial vortices. Physica C, 469, 1071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.05.157

54.     Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Chockalingam, S. P., Jesudasan, J., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2009). Vortex matching effect in engineered thin films of NbN. Applied Physics Letters, 94, 262501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3167771

55.     Sheet, G., Gautam, U. K., Thakur, A. D., Hirata, K., Bando, Y., & Nakayama, T. (2009). Clean superconducting In nanowires encapsulated within insulating ZnS nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters, 94, 053108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3072359

56.     Kasahara, S., Fujii, H., Takeya, H., Mochiku, T., Thakur, A. D., & Hirata, K. (2008). Low temperature specific heat of superconducting ternary intermetallics La3Pd4Ge4, La3Ni4Si4, and La3Ni4Ge4 with U3Ni4Si4 type structure. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 385204. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/38/385204

57.     Thakur, A. D., Pal, D., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2007). Scan rate dependence of magnetization hysteresis in weakly pinned crystals of 2H-NbSe2 and Ca3Rh4Sn13: A vibrating sample magnetometer study. Physica C, 466, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.07.009

58.     Sarkar, S., Thakur, A. D., Tomy, C. V., Balakrishnan, G., Paul, D. M., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2006). Critical points in the Bragg glass phase of a weakly pinned crystal of Ca3Rh4Sn13. Pramana - Journal of Physics, 66, 193. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704947

59.     Thakur, A. D., Banerjee, S. S., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2006). Effect of pinning and driving force on the metastability effects in weakly pinned superconductors and the determination of spinodal line pertaining to order-disorder transition. Pramana - Journal of Physics, 66, 159. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704945

60.     Sarkar, S., Tomy, C. V., Thakur, A. D., Balakrishnan, G., Paul, D. M., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2006). Pulverization of the flux line lattice, the phase coexistence and the spinodal temperature of the order-disorder transition in a weakly pinned crystal of Yb3Rh4Sn13. Pramana - Journal of Physics, 66, 179. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704946

61.     Jaiswal Nagar, D., Thakur, A. D., Ramakrishnan, S., Grover, A. K., Pal, D., & Takeya, H. (2006). Flux jumps, second magnetization peak anomaly and the peak effect phenomena in single crystals of YNi2B2C and LuNi2B2C. Physical Review B, 74, 184514. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.184514

62.     Thakur, A. D., Chandrasekhar Rao, T. V., Uji, S., Terashima, T., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2006). Evolution in the split-peak structure across the Peak Effect region in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75, 074718. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.75.074718

63.     Thakur, A. D., Banerjee, S. S., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2005). Exploring metastability via the third harmonic measurements in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2 showing anomalous Peak effect. Physical Review B, 72, 134524. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134524

64.     Wanchoo, S. K., Jesudasan, J., Bagwe, V. C., Thakur, A. D., Vaishnav, U. D., Pai, S. P., Narsale, A. M., & Pinto, R. (2003). Synthesis of good quality LCMO/YBCO heterostructures by pulsed laser deposition technique. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 212, 539. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(03)01841-X



Conference publications:

1.     Pandey, K. D., Kamble, Y. D., Thakur, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2024). Evaluation of elastic modulus of hydrogel as a function of water content. In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer (pp. 1227-1330). https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2023.2000

2.     Pandya, A., Anadkat, D., Dungani, S., Thakur, A. D., & Sanchela, A. V. (2024). Fabrication and characterization of flexible graphite-copper based thermoelectric devices. In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer (pp. 1083-1086). https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2023.1770

3.     Maity, I., Bharti, R., Mukherjee, A. K., & Thakur, A. D. (2024). Exploring the potential of thermal avalanche in resistive switching memory. In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer (pp. 1023-1025). https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2023.1660

4.     Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2022). Effects of S doping on the thermoelectric properties of FeSb2. Materials Today: Proceedings, 67, 935-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.08.097

5.     Kumar, A., Kumar, N., Ranjan, P., & Thakur, A. D. (2022). Electrical and optical characterisation of CZTS thin-film for sensing applications. In Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET). IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASET53988.2022.9734877

6.     Sinha, A., Ali, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2021). Ferromagnetism in graphene oxide. Materials Today: Proceedings, 46, 6230-6233.

7.     Sinha, A., Ali, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2020). Evolution of magnetism in graphene oxide. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2265(1), 030521.

8.     Kumar, A., Kumari, K., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2020). Magnetic and thermoelectric properties of α-MnO2 nanorods. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2220, 080008.

9.     Kumari, K., Kumar, A., Thakur, A. D., & Ray, S. J. (2020). La0.7Ca0.3MnO3.rGO nano-composite. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2220, 080007.

10.  Sinha, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2020). Experimental bandgap tuning of graphene oxide with varying degree of oxidation and reduction. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2220, 140008.

11.  Kumar, A., Kumari, K., Sivaprahasam, D., & Thakur, A. D. (2020). Thermoelectric properties in spark plasma sintered La0.7Sr0.3Mn0.5Co0.5O3. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2220, 120001.

12.  Chaitanya, B., Thakur, A. D., & Raj, R. (2020). Biomass gasifier-powered adsorption chiller for atmospheric water harvesting: Prospects in developing world. Advances in Energy Research, 1, 451-460.

13.  Agarwal, D., Thakur, A. D., & Thakur, A. (2019). A robotic tool for magnetic micromanipulation of cells in the presence of an ambient fluid flow. In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (Vol. 593, V004T08A017).

14.  Ranjan, P., Kumar, A., Balakrishnan, J., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Graphene oxide based PN junctions. Materials Today: Proceedings, 11, 830-832.

15.  Ranjan, P., Balakrishnan, J., & Thakur, A. D. (2019). Dye adsorption behavior of graphene oxide. Materials Today: Proceedings, 11, 833-836.

16.  Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Improvement of efficiency in CZTSSe solar cell by using back surface field. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 360, 012027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757899X/360/1/012027

17.  Kumar, A., Ranjan, P., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Secondary phases in CZTS thin films grown using direct liquid coating approach. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5, 99-103.

18.  Ranjan, P., Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Free standing graphene oxide films for gas sensing applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5, 732-736.

19.  Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Investigating absence of optimal photovoltaics response in CZTS solar cell. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953(1), 050024.

20.  Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). The simulation of CZTS solar cell for performance improvement. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953(1), 050009.

21.  Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Design issues for optimum solar cell configuration. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953(1), 050022.

22.  Ranjan, P., Balakrishnan, J., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). Free standing graphene oxide film for hydrogen peroxide sensing. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953(1), 030029.

23.  Kumar, A., & Thakur, A. D. (2018). SrBi4Ti4O15 Aurivillius phase thin films by pulsed laser deposition using Nd:YAG laser. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953(1), 100010.

24.  Kumar, A., Sharma, H., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2016). Magnetism in La0.7Sr0.3Mn1-xCoxO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1). AIP Conference Proceedings, 1731, 130045.

25.  Kumar, A., Sharma, H., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2016). Extreme sensitivity of magnetic properties on the synthesis routes in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1728, 020494.

26.  Ranjan, P., & Thakur, A. D. (2016). Solvent free tin oxide nanoparticle for gas sensing application. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1728, 020616.

27.  Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2014). Anisotropic thermal conductivity and thermopower of the In2Te5 single crystals. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1591, 1392.

28. Bera, T., & Thakur, A. D. (2014). Determination of residual stress in MEMS cantilevers. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1591, 683-684. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872718

29. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Chand, M., Jesudasan, J., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2014). Vortex lattices and their transformations in rectangular antidote arrays. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1591, 1651-1653. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4873065

30. Kumar, P., Kar, M., Sanchela, A. V., Tomy, C. V., & Thakur, A. D. (2013). Nanostructured zinc oxide as a prospective room temperature thermoelectric material. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 364-365. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4791062

31. Yadav, A. K., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2013). Effect of off-stoichiometry at the Fe-site in FeSe0.5Te0.5 superconductor. Physics Procedia, 49, 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2013.06.015

32. Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2013). Improvement in the thermoelectric properties of Zn4Sb3 induced by Sb deficiency. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 1058-1059. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4791409

33. Thakur, A. D., Yadav, A. K., Thamizhavel, A., Tomy, C. V., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2013). Vortex pinning mechanism in single crystal of iron arsenide superconductor SrFe1.7Co0.3As2. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 1174-1175. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4791467

34. Yadav, A. K., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2013). Single crystals of iron chalcogenide superconductor FeCr0.02Se: Growth, characterization and vortex pinning properties. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 1158-1159. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4791459

35. Sanchela, A. V., Kushwaha, V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2013). Enhancement of thermopower due to deficiency of Sb in FeSb2. Advanced Materials Research, 665, 179-183. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.665.179

36. Thakur, A. D., Yadav, A. K., Das, P., Tomy, C. V., Lees, M. R., Balakrishnan, G., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2012). Pinning mechanism in iron chalcogenide superconductor FeSe0.5Te0.5. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, 897-898. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4710292

37. Sanchela, A. V., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2012). Room temperature thermoelectric material Fe(Sb1-xSex)2. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, 1003-1004. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4710293

38. Kumar, S., Thakur, A. D., Singh, R., Thamizhavel, A., Tomy, C. V., & Grover, A. K. (2012). Multi-quanta vortex states, crossover to Abrikosov’s lattice and peak effect phenomena in Ca3Rh4Sn13. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, 909-910. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4710294

39. Yadav, A. K., Thakur, A. D., & Tomy, C. V. (2012). Role of excess Cr at Fe site in FeCrxSe and FeCrxSe0.5Te0.5. In AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, 907-908. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4710295

40. Hirata, K., Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., & Mochiku, T. (2011). Intermediate vortex states in nanoscale anti-dots and mesoscopic superconductors. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 248, 012030. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/248/1/012030

41. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Chockalingam, S. P., Jesudasan, J., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2010). Multi-vortex versus interstitial vortices scenario in superconducting antidot arrays. Physica C, 470, 1112-1113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2010.02.045

42. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., & Hirata, K. (2010). Intermediate state in mesoscopic cylinders of type-I superconducting indium. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 65(1), 820.

43. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Chockalingam, S. P., Jesudasan, J., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2010). Observation of vortex matching phenomena in antidot array of NbN thin film. Physica C, 470, S873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2010.02.046

44. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2009). Superconducting antidot arrays: Multi-vortex versus interstitial vortices. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 64(2), 696.

45. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Raychaudhuri, P., & Hirata, K. (2009). Vortex matching effects in ultra-clean NbN thin films. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 64(1), 778.

46. Thakur, A. D., Ooi, S., Kamran, M., Zhao, S. P., Qiu, X. G., & Hirata, K. (2008). Novel vortex matching effects in antidot arrays. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 63(2), 697.

47. Thakur, A. D., Kamran, M., Zhao, S. P., Qiu, X. G., Ooi, S., & Hirata, K. (2008). Antidot arrays in superconducting Nb films: Role of interstitial vortices. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 63(1), 754.

48. Thakur, A. D., Pal, D., Banerjee, S. S., Chandrasekhar Rao, T. V., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2007). Effect of pinning and driving force on the phase transformations in the weakly pinned vortex matter in conventional superconductors. Japanese Physical Society Meeting, 62(2), 802.

49. Thakur, A. D., Pal, D., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2007). Modulations in the dynamical response across the phase co-existence region in a weakly pinned crystal of 2H-NbSe2. Physica C, 460-462, 1259.

50. Thakur, A. D. (2006). Effect of pinning and driving force on the phase transformations in the weakly pinned vortex matter. Solid State Physics (India), 51, 999.

51. Banerjee, S. S., Mohan, S., Sinha, J., Thakur, A. D., Ramakrishnan, S., Grover, A. K., & Sood, A. K. (2006). Distribution of noise across the peak effect regime. Solid State Physics (India), 51, 665.

52. Jaiswal-Nagar, D., Thakur, A. D., Eskildsen, M. R., Canfield, P. C., Yusuf, S. M., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2005). dHvA oscillations, upper critical fields and the peak effect studies in YNi2B2C and LuNi2B2C. Physica B, 359-361, 476.

53. Thakur, A. D., Chandrasekhar Rao, T. V., Uji, S., Terashima, T., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2005). Two peaks feature across the peak effect anomaly in weakly pinned crystals of 2H-NbSe2. Solid State Physics (India), 50, 669.

54. Thakur, A. D., Pal, D., Higgins, M. J., & Ramakrishnan, S. (2005). Effect of pinning on the dynamical response in weakly pinned crystals of 2H-NbSe2. Solid State Physics (India), 50, 671.

55. Jaiswal-Nagar, D., Thakur, A. D., Banerjee, S. S., Isshiki, T., Aoki, H., Onuki, Y., Eskildsen, M. R., Canfield, P. C., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2005). Effect of driving force on the state of phase co-existence in weakly pinned single crystals of CeRu2 and LuNi2B2C. Solid State Physics (India), 50, 673.

56. Banerjee, S. S., Thakur, A. D., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2005). Polycrystalline form of the flux line lattice and the anomalous variations in the critical current density. Solid State Physics (India), 50, 667.

57. Thakur, A. D., Banerjee, S. S., Higgins, M. J., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2004). Metastability across the peak position of the peak effect in weakly pinned vortex matter. Solid State Physics (India), 49, 649.

58. Jaiswal-Nagar, D., Thakur, A. D., Eskildsen, M. R., Canfield, P. C., Yusuf, S. M., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2004). Study of the phase diagram of LuNi2B2C through the quadrupole moment measurement. Solid State Physics (India), 49, 622.

59. Jaiswal-Nagar, D., Thakur, A. D., Eskildsen, M. R., Canfield, P. C., Yusuf, S. M., Ramakrishnan, S., & Grover, A. K. (2003). Study of the phase diagram of LuNi2B2C through the quadrupole moment measurement. Solid State Physics (India), 46, 647.

60. Pal, D., Thakur, A. D., Jaiswal, D., Ramakrishnan, S., Grover, A. K., Yamamoto, E., Haga, Y., Hedo, M., Inada, Y., & Onuki, Y. (2003). Measurement of quadrupole moment across peak effect in a weakly pinned single crystal of CeRu2. Solid State Physics (India), 46, 623.

61. Thakur, A. D. (2003). Study of the peak effect in weakly pinned single crystals of LuNi2B2C. Solid State Physics (India), 46, 647.

62. Thakur, A. D., Satsangi, S., & Raychaudhuri, P. (2003). Effect of post annealing on properties of La0.9Sn0.1MnO3 thin films. Solid State Physics (India), 46, 435.

 

Talks and Invited Seminars

 

 

[1]      Synergistic Approach to Functional Materials for Sustainable Future: A  Physicists Perspective on Materials, IIT Indore, July 3, 2019.

 

[2]      A Physicists Perspective on Energy Security and Role of Materials, DST-SERB School, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, May 3, 2019.

 

[3]      ‘Ikigaki, Teaching Physics, Intuition and beyond’, IAPT RESPECT-KV, IIT Patna, August 6, 2018.

 

[4]      ‘Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities’, Induction Program, IIT Patna, August 2, 2018.

 

[5]      ‘Efficient Thermoelectric Materials: Band Gap Engineering, Spin Entropy, 3D-superlattices and beyond’, Q-MAT-2018, IISER Mohali, July 27, 2018.

 

[6]      ’Friction and Harmony: Physics Pedagogy’, IAPT RESPECT-KV, IIT Patna, July 19, 2018.

 

[7]      ‘On contribution of Indian Scientists’, Patna University, April 15, 2018.

 

[8]      ‘Non-toxic Earth Abundant Element Based Functional Nanomaterials - Scope (Prospects) and Challenges’, ICN:3I-2017, IIT Roorkee, December 7, 2017.

 

[9]      ‘Focused Ion Beam Milling as a Promising Rapid Prototyping Tool for Superconducting Circuits’, EASSE-2017, IIT Delhi, December 6, 2017.

 

[10]     ‘Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities’, Induction Program, IIT Patna, July 30, 2018.

 

[11]     ‘Statistical Mechanics’, Advances in Physics: From Concepts to Applications, IIT Patna, July 20, 2017.

 

[12]     ’Physics Pedagogy’, IAPT RESPECT-KV, IIT Patna, April 9, 2017.

 

[13]     ‘Earth Abundant Element Based Functional Nanomaterials - Scope (Prospects) and Challenges’, ICMS-2017, Tripura University, February 16, 2017.

 

[14]     ’Insights from Similarities in Physical Phenomenon: Intuition and Beyond’, IAPT RESPECT-KV, IIT Patna, October 23, 2016.

 

[15]     ‘Formulas in Physics: Intuition and Beyond’, Advances in Physics: From Concepts to Applications, IIT Patna, July 15, 2016.

 

[16]     'Formula’s in Physics: Intuition and Beyond’ at Workshop titled Concepts of Physics through Experiments, IIT Patna, July 15, 2015.

 

[17]     'Nanomaterials for Energy: Earth Abundant Elements based Nanomaterials' at INUP Workshop conducted jointly by CeNSE, IISc Bangalore and IIT Patna, October 8-9, 2015.

 

[18]     'Vortex lattices and their transformations in rectangular antidote arrays' at the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium held at Thapar University Patiala on December 20, 2013.

 

[19]     'Fluxtronics', Invited Lecture at workshop titled Development of Nanotechnology based Sensors for Defence Application: Nanoscale Innovation organized at VITM, Buxar on September 16, 2012.

 

[20]       'Physics of vortices in Sub-Micro Engineered Superconducting Superconductors', Invited lecture in Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, September 16, 2011.

 

[21]       'Intermediate State in Mesoscopic cylinders of type-I superconducting Indium' at the Japanese Physical Society Meeting held at Okayama University, Okayama (Japan) March 20-24, 2010.

 

[22]       'Multi-vortex versus Interstitial Vortices scenario in Superconducting antidot arrays' at 22nd International Symposium on Superconductivity to be held in Tsukuba (Japan), November 2-4, 2009.

 

[23]       'Superconducting antidot arrays: Multi-vortex versus interstitial vortices' at the Japanese Physical Society Meeting held at Kumamoto University, Kumamoto (Japan), September 25-28, 2009.

 

[24]       'Vortex matching effects in moderately clean NbN thin films' at the Japanese Physical Society Meeting held at Rikkyu University, Tokyo (Japan), March 27-30, 2009.

 

[25]       'Vortex matter in nano-engineered superconducting thin films', Condensed Matter Physics Seminar (TIFR), February 2009.

 

[26]       'Vortex Physics in superconducting single crystals and thin films' at the Weizmann institute of Science, Israel, Februrary 2009.

 

[27]       'Antidot arrays' at 21st International Symposium on Superconductivity held in Tsukuba (Japan), October 27-29, 2008.

 

[28]       'Novel Vortex Matching Effects in Antidot Arrays' at the Japanese Physical Society Meeting held at Iwate University, Morioka (Japan), September 20-23, 2008.

 

[29]       'Antidot Arrays in Superconducting Nb films: Role of Interstitial Vortices' at the Japanese Physical Society meeting held at Kinki University, Osaka (Japan), March 22-26, 2008.

 

[30]       'Effect of Pinning and Driving Force on the Phase Transformations in the Weakly Pinned Vortex matter', Superconducting Materials Center Seminar at NIMS, November 2, 2007.

 

[31]       'Study of Phase transformations via Anomalous Peak(s) Effects in Weakly Pinned Superconductors' at the 22nd International Conference on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-22) held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India), July 4-9, 2004.

 

[32]       'Effect of post annealing on properties of La1-xSnxMnO3 thin films' at the National Laser Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition held at University of Pune, November 2003.

 


 

 

 

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