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Dr. Kundan Kumar

Assistant Professor
Department of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
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

Book Chapters

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

International Referred Journals

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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

Talks/Conferences/Seminars

  1. K Kumar, HM Oh, MJ Kim, HJ Ma, YJ Park, HN Kim, JW Lee, JW Ko,  Autumn meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society, Jeju, South Korea, 2021
  2. K Kumar, HM Oh, MJ Kim, HJ Ma, YJ Park, HN Kim, JW Lee, JW Ko, Spring meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society, Changwon, South Korea, 2021
  3. K Kumar, HM Oh, MJ Kim, HJ Ma, YJ Park, HN Kim, JW Lee, JW Ko, Engineering Ceramics Symposium, Korean Ceramic Society, Gangneung, South Korea, 2021
  4. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2019
  5. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, 1st Indian Materials Conclave and 30th Annual General Meeting of MRSI, IISc Bangalore, India, 2019
  6. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, 8th Research Scholars Day, IIT Patna, 2019
  7. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, 7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry, BARC Mumbai, India, 2018
  8. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, 14th International Ceramics Congress, Perugia, Italy, 2018
  9. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, Research Scholars Day, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, 2018
  10. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, International Conference on Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations & Initiatives, IIT Roorkee, India, 2017
  11. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, National Metallurgical Day-Annual Technical Meeting, BITS Goa, India, 2017
  12. K Kumar, Anirban Chowdhury, International Conference on Functional Material, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2016
  13. K Kumar, Chetan Jariwala, 4th National Conference on Advanced Materials and Radiation Physics, SLIET Longowal, India, 2015
  14. K Kumar, Chetan Jariwala, National Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications, Bharathiar University, India, 2015

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

Funding Agency: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India,
Grant Amount: INR 104.86 Lakhs (Sanctioned)

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

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 23.12 Lakhs (Sanctioned)

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

Funding Agency: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 77.46 Lakhs (Sanctioned)

Institute Seed Grant (2022-23) - Principal Investigator:

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

 

  • Seal of Excellence, European Commission, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call H2020-MSCA-IF-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

Available Position in my group (Published 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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