ADVANCED MATERIALS RESEARCH GROUP

In 2025​

• Study of phase evolution and phase stability in a novel FCC based Al30Ti35Mg5V10Fe8Cr12 lightweight high-entropy alloy processed by mechanical alloying
  A Sourav, AS Negi, P Chauhan, TS Kumar, S Thangaraju
  Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 9, 100142

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• Corrosion and wear study of medium entropy Pb-Sn-Cu alloy for coating application
  GM Pillai, K Singh, S Thangaraju, S Jha, V Kumar
  Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems, 100156

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In 2024​

• Oxidation behavior of an ultra-high strength and ductile Ni-enriched complex concentrated alloy
  L Chauhan, S Kumar, A Chelvane
  Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 8, 100113

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• ​Weldability and microstructural characterisation of gas tungsten arc welded Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy
  A Sourav, DS Gowtam, VL Niranjani, A Chelvane, S Thangaraju
  Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, 1-13

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•     PC Gautam, T Al-Samman, S Thangaraju, S Aich, S Biswas, Effect of ECAP strain path on deformation behaviour, microstructure, texture evolution, and mechanical properties in magnesium, Materials Science and Engineering: A 913, 147077​

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•    L Chauhan, TS Kumar, A Chelvane, T Shanmugasundaram, Oxidation behavior of an ultra-high strength and ductile Ni-enriched complex concentrated alloy, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems, 100113​

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•     A Sourav, A Chelvane, VL Niranjani, B Patil, S Biswas, V Karthik, H Natu, Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Laser Beam Welded AlxCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloys, Metals and Materials International, 1-18

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•     T Sudeep Kumar, A Verma, T Shanmugasundaram, A Novel Al1.5CoCrFeNi2 High Entropy Alloy for Bond Coat Applications, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 77 (1), 185-190​​

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In 2023

•     S Yebaji, T Sudeep Kumar, A Verma, H Natu, DS Gowtam, Effect of Post-Welding Treatment on Corrosion Behavior of Laser and Gas Tungsten Arc-Welded (Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10)99C1 Interstitial High-Entropy Alloy, JOM 75 (12), 5568-5580

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• ​    A Sourav, DS Gowtam, JKN Murthy, S Thangaraju, A study of microstructural evolution in gas tungsten arc welded AlxCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys, Welding in the World 67 (9), 2163-2174

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•     S Kumar, A Sourav, S Yebaji, L Chauhan, A Babu, A Chelvane, Effect of heat treatment on the oxidation behavior of an AlCoCrFeNi2 near-eutectic high entropy alloy, Corrosion Science 221, 111298

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•     A Verma, L Chauhan, TS Kumar, PK Singh, SG Dommeti, S Thangaraju, Laser Cladding of CoCrCuFeNi and CoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloys on DMR 249A Steel: Corrosion, Wear and Antibacterial Behaviour, Jom 75 (7), 2701-2713

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•     S Yebaji, A Saurav, P Chauhan, BS Murty, B Patil, A Babu, V Poddar, Phase stability of AlCoTiZn high-entropy alloy prepared by mechanical alloying, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 32 (8), 3668-3677

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In 2022

•   TS Kumar, L Chauhan, K Chakravarthy, A Chelvane, The improved galvanic corrosion resistance of a eutectic high entropy alloy through heat treatment, Journal of Materials Research, 1-11

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•   S Kumar, A Sourav, BS Murty, A Chelvane, S Thangaraju, Role of Al and Cr on cyclic oxidation behavior of AlCoCrFeNi2 high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 919, 165820

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•   A Verma, S Thangaraju, Microstructural evolution in CoCrFeNi and CoCrCuFeNi alloys processed by autogenous fusion welding, Materials Science and Technology 38 (14), 1127-1133

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•   MN Borse, M Manokaran, SG Yebaji, S Chopra, A Sourav, B Majumdar, Development and characterization of a novel Y-Ti-O based aluminum nano-composite processed by high energy ball-milling and spark plasma sintering, Materials Characterization 190, 112013

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•    A Verma, H Natu, I Balasundar, A Chelvane, VL Niranjani, M Mohape, , Effect of copper on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of laser-welded CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 27 (3), 197-203

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•    T Sudeep Kumar, T Shanmugasundaram , Development of a Novel Bond Coat Material with Excellent Cyclic Oxidation Resistance

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In 2021

•    A Verma, B Kotteswaran, T Shanmugasundaram, Effect of Welding Parameters and Artificial Aging on Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded AA 7004 Alloys: Experimental and Artificial Neural Network Simulation, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 10, 515-524

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•    A Singh Negi, A Sourav, M Heilmaier, S Biswas, S Thangaraju, Quantitative Phase Prediction in Dual‐Phase High‐Entropy Alloys: Computationally Aided Parametric Approach, physica status solidi (b) 258 (6), 2100106

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•    TS A. Verma, M. Abhinav, Microstructural Characterization of AlCoNiVWC High Entropy Alloy 27-32 Cladding on IS2062 Steel, TRANSACTIONS OF POWDER METALLURGY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 46 (1 and 2), 27-32

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•    L Verma, VN Nadakuduru, T Shanmugasundaram, TM Kumar, M Verma, The possibility of synthesizing an Al-based bulk metallic glass using powder metallurgy route, Materials Today: Proceedings 41, 1060-1068

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•    AS Negi, T Shanmugasundaram, Hybrid particles dispersion strengthened aluminum metal matrix composite processed by stir casting, Materials Today: Proceedings 39, 1210-1214

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Before 2020

•    A Sourav, S Yebaji, S Thangaraju, Structure-property relationships in hot forged AlxCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A 793, 139877

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•    A Verma, B Kotteswaran, AC Abhyankar, T Shanmugasundaram, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AA7005 Alloy Joint by Fusion and Solid-State Welding Processes, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 73, 1503-1507

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•   P Chauhan, S Yebaji, VN Nadakuduru, T Shanmugasundaram, Development of a novel light weight Al35Cr14Mg6Ti35V10 high entropy alloy using mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 820, 153367

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In 2019

•    BD Bhanushali, A GouravRao, AP Singh, S Parida, VP Deshmukh, Thermal Assisted Friction Stir Welding of HSLA Steel: A Novel Approach to Mitigate Lower Toughness and Ductility. Indian Welding Journal 52 (4)

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•    P Chauhan, S Chopra, S Thangaraju, Inter‐Dependency Relationships in High‐Entropy Alloys: Phase Stability Criteria, Advanced Engineering Materials 21 (9), 1900251

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•    N Pol, G Verma, RP Pandey, T Shanmugasundaram, Fabrication of AA7005/TiB2-B4C surface composite by friction stir processing: evaluation of ballistic behaviour, Defence Technology 15 (3), 363-368

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•    A Verma, P Tarate, AC Abhyankar, MR Mohape, DS Gowtam, High temperature wear in CoCrFeNiCux high entropy alloys: The role of Cu, Scripta Materialia 161, 28-31

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In 2017

•    S Thangaraju, E Bouzy, A Hazotte, Phase stability of a mechanically alloyed CoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloy, Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (8), 1700095

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In 2015

•    T Shanmugasundaram, J Guyon, JP Monchoux, A Hazotte, E Bouzy, On grain refinement of a γ-TiAl alloy using cryo-milling followed by spark plasma sintering, Intermetallics 66, 141-148

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•    T Shanmugasundaram, E Bouzy, AH Chokshi , Strengthening and weakening by repeated dynamic impact in microcrystals and nanocrystals, Materials Science and Engineering: A 639, 97-102

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In 2013

•    K Rajan, T Shanmugasundaram, V Subramanya Sarma, BS Murty , Effect of Y2O3 on Spark Plasma Sintering Kinetics of Nanocrystalline 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened Steels, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 44, 4037-4041

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In 2012

•    S Thangaraju, M Heilmaier, BS Murty, SS Vadlamani, On the estimation of true Hall–Petch constants and their role on the superposition law exponent in Al alloys, Advanced Engineering Materials 14 (10), 892-897

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In 2011

•    T Shanmugasundaram, M Heilmaier, VS Sarma, BS Murty, Thermal stability of vacuum hot pressed bulk nanostructured Al-Cu alloys, Materials Science Forum 690, 234-237

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•    JH Schneibel, M Heilmaier, W Blum, G Hasemann, Temperature dependence of the strength of fine-and ultrafine-grained materials, Acta materialia 59 (3), 1300-1308

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In 2010

•    T Shanmugasundaram, M Heilmaier, BS Murty, VS Sarma , On the Hall–Petch relationship in a nanostructured Al–Cu alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A 527 (29-30), 7821-7825

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In 2009

•    T Shanmugasundaram, M Heilmaier, BS Murty, V Subramanya Sarma, Microstructure and mechanical properties of nanostructured Al-4Cu alloy produced by mechanical alloying and vacuum hot pressing, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 40, 2798-2801

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In 2008

•    T Shanmugasundaram, V Subramanya Sarma, BS Murty, M Heilmaier , High strength bulk nanostructured 2219 Al alloy produced by high energy ball milling and hot pressing, Materials Science Forum 584, 97-101

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In 2007

•    T Shanmugasundaram, BS Murty, VS Sarma, ULTRA FINE GRAINED Al-Cu ALLOYS BY CRYOROLLING, International Conference on Advanced Materials and Composites (ICAMC-2007)

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In 2006

•    T Shanmugasundaram, BS Murty, VS Sarma, Development of ultrafine grained high strength Al–Cu alloy by cryorolling, Scripta Materialia 54 (12), 2013-2017

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In 2005

•    T Shanmugasundaram, P Venkatachalam, P Gopalakrishnan, RVS Rao , LASER SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MULTI COMPONENT BORIDED MILD STEEL SAMPLES, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 58 (5)

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•    T Shanmugasundaram, VS Sarma, BS Murty, DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRAFINE GRAINED HIGH STRENGTH 2219 Al ALLOY BY CRYOROLLING AND LOW TEMPERATURE AGEING, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 58 (5)

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•    S YEBAJI, L Chauhan, K Chakravarthy, A Verma, H Natu, SG Dommeti, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Evaluation of (Fe50mn30cr10co10) 99c1 High Entropy Alloy Processed by Laser and Gtaw Welding, Available at SSRN 4241504

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•    P Chauhan, S Chopra, T Shanmugasundaram ¸ Inter-dependency relationships in High Entropy Alloys (HEAs): Phase stability criteria

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•    AS Negi, A Sourav, T Shanmugasundaram, Computational Approach to Predict Phase Fraction in Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloys, Available at SSRN 3507459

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