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Dr. Kundan Kumar

Assistant Professor
Department of Ceramic Engineering
Phone No(s): +91-
Email: kundan.cer@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: High-Temperature Ceramics, Structural Ceramic materials, Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials Synthesis, Processing and Characterization
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  • Structural ceramics and composites

  • Oxide and Non-oxide ceramics

  • Transparent Ceramics

  • Functional nanomaterials

Patents

  1. A process for obtaining shape and size-controlled ceramic nanopowders (Granted)
  2. A three dimensional printable ink composition and a method of preparation thereof (Filed)

Publications

  1. Role of β-Si3N4 seeds in microstructure development and properties of silicon nitride ceramics: a comprehensive review, L Govindasamy, YJ Park, JW Ko, JW Lee, HJ Ma, K Kumar, HN Kim, Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society, 1-30, 2024

  2. Advancement in ceramic biomaterials for dental implants, A Upadhyay, L Pradhan, D Yenurkar, K Kumar, S Mukherjee, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology;21:2796–2817.2024

  3. Synthesis of single phase Ti4+ substituted Trirutile CoNb2O6 Ceramic: evolution of Relaxor type ferroelectricity and high k dielectricity, N Singh, K Kumar, P Singh, Journal of Electroceramics, 1-13, 2023

  4. Monoclinic phase-free, low temperature spark plasma sintering of CeO2-doped ZrO2 ceramics and its associated benefits on mechanical properties, A Arun, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 43 (5), 2069 2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.12.003

  5. Correlation with the Microstructure and Synergistic Physiochemical Etching Resistance of Nanocomposites under Fluorine-Containing Plasma Conditions, HJ Ma, S Hong, HM Oh, K Kumar, MJ Kim, HN Kim, JW Ko, JW Lee, HC Lee, YJ Park, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (38), 43771-43782, 2022 doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c12311

  6. Influence of a grain-locking morphology on properties of doped ZrO2 ceramics made with ultrafine (~ 3 nm) nanoparticles, A Arun, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Journal of Materials Research, 1-13, 2022 doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00792-y

  7. Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Amorphous and Semi-Crystalline Materials: A Technical Perspective, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers, Elsevier doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820352-1.00107-3

  8. Use of Novel Nanostructured Photocatalysts for the Environmental Sustainability of Wastewater Treatments, Volume 1, Pages 949-964, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials, Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012803581811149X

  9. Pushing the Limits of Analytical Characterization Tools: How Much is too much, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Handbook on Miniaturization in Analytical Chemistry, Elsevier doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819763-9.00011-8

  10. Influence of Ternary Oxide Additives on Thermal Conductivity of Pressureless Sintered Si3N4, K Kumar, YJ Park, MJ Kim, HN Kim; HJ Ma, JW Lee, JW Ko, Materials Letters 328, 133189, 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.133189

  11. Twofold Increase in Weibull Modulus of Hot-pressed Si3N4 Ceramic by Modified Pressing Profile,K Kumar, MJ Kim, YJ Park, HN Kim; HJ Ma, JW Lee, JW Ko, Materials Today Communications, 32, 103979, 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352492822008339

  12. Scalable and tunable Y2O3‐MgO composite for infrared transparency applications, K Kumar, HM Oh, MJ Kim, HJ Ma, YJ Park, HN Kim, JW Lee, JW Ko, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1–11, 2022 https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jace.18353

  13. Fabrication of highly dense Si3N4 via record low‐content additive system for low‐temperature pressureless sintering, K Kumar, MJ Kim, HM Oh, YJ Park, HN Kim, HJ Ma, JW Lee, JW Ko, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1-12, 2022 https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jace.18467

  14. Crucial dependence of ‘trivial ‘processing factors on the texture-electrical resistivity relationship of La2Ce2O7 ceramic, AK Lakshya, L Kumar, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Materials Letters 314, 131858, 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X22002117

  15. Remarkable Plasma-Resistance Performance by Nanocrystalline Y2O3·MgO Composite Ceramics for Semiconductor Industry Applications, HM Oh, YJ Park, H Kim, K Kumar, JW Ko, CE Lee, HK Lee, Scientific Reports, 11:10288, 2021 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89664-9

  16. Reviewing the cases of Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Ceramics: Boon or Bane?, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Materialia, 16, 101109 (2021) doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101109

  17. Role of various alcohol washing media in obtaining a remarkable texture for La2Ce2O7 powders and ceramics, K Kumar, S Srivastava, A Chowdhury,Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103:1563–1574, 2020 https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jace.16880

  18. Phase integrity of zinc oxide doped zirconia under low compacting pressure, S Mishra, K Kumar, A Patra, A Roy, A Chowdhury, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 843, 155927, 2020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092583882032291X

  19. Stabilization of ZrO2 matrix: Revisiting the ‘archaic’ issue with a peculiar example, K Kumar, H Dutta, SK Pradhan, A Chowdhury, Scripta Materialia, 162, 408-411, 2019 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646218307346

  20. Exceptionally high fracture toughness of carbon nanotube reinforced plasma sprayed lanthanum zirconate coating, A Islam, K Kumar, KK Pandey, B Mukherjee, OSA Rahman, A Chowdhury, AK Keshri, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 777, 1133-1144, 2019 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925838818342488

  21. Structure-property correlations for the surfactant-free faceted nanocrystals of Ce1−xZrxO2 and their bulk ceramics, K Singh, K Kumar, PK Ojha, A Chowdhury, Materials Research Bulletin, 112, 38-45, 2019 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540818326886

  22. Functional properties of LaxCe1−xO2−δ nanocrystals and their bulk ceramics, S Srivastava, K Kumar, K Singh, , PK Ojha, A Chowdhury, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30(3): 2096–2106 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-018-0481-3

  23. Antibacterial and natural room-light driven photocatalytic activities of CuO nanorods, K Kumar, A Priya, A Arun, S Hait, A Chowdhury, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, 106-112, 2019 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254058419300240

  24. La3+-doped CeO2 system: Negating the myths with a tailor-made ceramic, K Kumar, S Srivastava, A Chowdhury, Scripta Materialia, 157, 138-141, 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646218304895

  25. On the peculiarities of phase developments involving Zn2+-doped ZrO2 system, K Kumar, T Jaroń, A Chowdhury, Scripta Materialia, 138, 71-74, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646217302920

  26. Facile Synthesis of CuO Nanorods Obtained Without Any Template and/or Surfactant, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Ceramics International, 43, 13943–13947, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884217315687

  27. Discrepancies in the hardness data and the role of grinding‐induced surface effects for a porous zirconate ceramic, R Kumar, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 100 (4), 1717-1723, 2017 https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jace.14773

  28. Appearance of Fröhlich-like phonon mode and defect dynamics in La3+-doped ceria, B Paul, K Kumar, A Chowdhury, A Roy, Journal of Applied Physics, 122 (13), 135108, 2017 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4993522

  29. Effect of rare-earth doping in CeO2 matrix: Correlations with structure, catalytic and visible light photocatalytic properties, K Singh, K Kumar, S Srivastava, A Chowdhury, Ceramics International, 43, 17041-17047, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884217320461

  30. Structural and Dielectric Properties of the Fluorite-Type LaxCe1−xO2-δ Ceramics, K Singh, K Kumar, S Nayak, DC Joshi, MM Alom, S Thota, A Chowdhury, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50, 495601, 2017 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/aa939d/meta

  31. Process optimisation of SiO2 interface coating on carbon fibre by RF PECVD for advanced composites, R. Pillai, C. Jariwala, K Kumar, S Kumar, Surfaces & Interfaces, 9, 21-27, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468023017300846

  32. Preparation & characterization of SiO2 interface layer by dip coating technique on carbon fibre for Cf/SiC composites, K Kumar, C. Jariwala, R. Pillai, N. Chauhan, PM. Raole, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1675, 020046, 2015

  33. Amorphous silica coating on carbon fiber by bipolar pulsed RF-PECVD: A step towards advanced composites S Kumar, B Prasad, R Pillai, C Jariwala, IC Lekshmi, K Kumar, V Yugesh AIP Conference Proceedings 2978 (1), 2024

Development of Ceramic Coating for Dental Implant Applications (2025 - 2028) - Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India,
Grant Amount: INR 70 Lakhs (Accepted)

Fabrication of a Photocatalyst for Wastewater Treatment (2025 - 2028) - Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 45 Lakhs (Accepted)

Development of High-purity α-phase Silicon nitride powders (2024 - 2027) - Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India,
Grant Amount: INR 170.5 Lakhs (Ongoing)

Development of Zirconia-based Dental Implant (2024 - 2026) - Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 29 Lakhs (Ongoing)

Development of Aluminosilicate based Glass-ceramics for Radome Applications (2024 -2027) - Co-Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 77.5 Lakhs (Ongoing)

Institute Seed Grant (2022 - 2023) - Principal Investigator

Funding Agency: IIT-BHU, Varanasi
Grant Amount: INR 10 Lakhs (Completed)

 

  • Sakura Science Fellowship, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2024

  • Seal of Excellence, European Commission, Marie Skłodowska-Curie - H2020-2020, 2021

  • Financial Assistance for Conference Participation, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 2019

  • Best Poster, 1st Indian Materials Conclave and 30th Annual General Meeting of MRSI, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, 2019

  • Best Poster 8th Research Scholars Day Indian Institute of Technology Patna, 2019

  • 2nd Position “My Research in 3 minutes” 8th Research Scholars Day Indian Institute of Technology Patna, 2019

  • International Conference Travel Grant, DST-SERB, Government of India, 2019

  • Best Poster 7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, 2018

  • Best Poster International Conference on Functional Material Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, 2016

  • National Fusion Program, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, 2014

MCR 203: Particle Mechanics and Fluid Flow Processes

MCR 101: Introduction to Ceramics

MCR 304: Ceramic Processing

MCR 301: Techniques for Materials Characterization

MCR 302: Process Calculations

MCR-506: Ceramic Processing

MCR-507: Engineering Ceramics & Composites

Workshop/Conference

  • Convener - One-Day Workshop on "Advancements in Ceramic Powder Processing: Techniques, Applications, and Innovations," 2024, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
  • Co-Convener - One-Day Workshop on "Structural Ceramics and Ceramic Composites: Recent Advances in Processing, Fabrication, and Applications" 2025, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
  • Treasurer - International Conference on Frontier in Ceramic Materials (ICFCM 2024), 2024, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
  • Member, Organizing Committee - International Conference on Global Trends in Traditional to Space Ceramics (GT-TSC’22), 2024, IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Invited Talks/Conferences/Seminars

  • 13th Research Scholars' Day, IIT Patna, 2024
  •  Autumn meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society, Jeju, South Korea, 2021
  • Spring meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society, Changwon, South Korea, 2021
  • Engineering Ceramics Symposium, Korean Ceramic Society, Gangneung, South Korea, 2021
  • 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2019
  • 1st Indian Materials Conclave and 30th Annual General Meeting of MRSI, IISc Bangalore, India, 2019
  • 8th Research Scholars Day, IIT Patna, 2019
  •  7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry, BARC Mumbai, India, 2018
  • 14th International Ceramics Congress, Perugia, Italy, 2018
  • Research Scholars Day, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, 2018
  • International Conference on Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations & Initiatives, IIT Roorkee, India, 2017
  • National Metallurgical Day-Annual Technical Meeting, BITS Goa, India, 2017
  • International Conference on Functional Material, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2016
  • 4th National Conference on Advanced Materials and Radiation Physics, SLIET Longowal, India, 2015
  • National Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications, Bharathiar University, India, 2015

I am keen to collaborate to explore the world of materials.
If you're interested, please don't hesitate to contact me for a disucssion.

Available Position in my group (Posted on March 10, 2025):

 - Project Research Scientist in the ICMR Sponsored Project

Initially for one year but extendable up to 2 more years or the duration of the project, whichever is earlier

The candidate may have the chance to pursue a Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering while serving as a Project Research Scientist in the Ceramic Engineering Department at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

For more details, visit: https://www.iitbhu.ac.in/contents/institute/2025/project/project_cer_prs_surface.pdf 

Available Position in my group (Posted on March 21, 2024):

  - Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the DRDO Sponsored Project

This position is for 3 years, the first two years as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and the third year as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF).

The candidate may have the chance to pursue a Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering while serving as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the Ceramic Engineering Department at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

For more details, visit: https://www.iitbhu.ac.in/contents/institute/2024/project/project_jrf_cer_highpurity.pdf 

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  • Interested and motivated PhD and Postdoc candidates may contact me by sending a detailed CV with research interests
  • Summer/Winter internship candidates can mail their CV

03 January 2025

Our project, submitted to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been approved for funding (2025-2028). In line with this, we will recruit a candidate for a JRF position to join our team and contribute to its success. If interested please send an email to kundan.cer@iitbhu.ac.in. The anticipated start date is March 2025. The recruitment posting will be updated shortly on the Position Available tab of this page or check the IIT (BHU) Varanasi website.

20 October 2024

Our project, submitted to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has been approved for funding (2025-2028). In line with this, we will recruit a candidate for a Research Scientist position to join our team and contribute to its success. If interested please send an email to kundan.cer@iitbhu.ac.in. The anticipated start date is February/March 2025. The recruitment posting will be updated shortly on the Position Available tab of this page or check the IIT (BHU) Varanasi website.

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