Physical Metallurgy Group

Publications 2009
1. Positron Annihilation Studies On 9cr Reduced Activation Ferritic/martensitic
Steels
Ragunanthan, V;Hari Babu, S;Chirayath, VA;Rajaraman, R;Amarendra, G;Saroja,
S;Sundar, CS;Alamo, A;Baldev Raj;
Physica Status Solidi (c) Current Topics In Solid State Physics, 2009, Vol.6 ,Iss.11 ,
pp.2307-2309.
2. Study of Microstructure And Property Changes In Irradiated SS316 Wrapper of
Fast Breeder Test Reactor
Venkiteswaran, CN;Karthik, V;Parameswaran, P;Muralidharan, NG;AnandaRaj,
V;Saroja, S;Venugopal, V;Vijayalakshmi, M;Viswanathan, KVK;Baldev Raj
Journal Of Astm International, 2009, Vol.6 ,Iss.7 , pp.JAI101991 (10).
3. Prediction Of Diffusion Profiles and Methods To Prevent Formation Of Hard
And Soft Zones In Dissimilar Weldments of Ferritics
Anand, R;Sudha, C;Karthikeyan, T;Terrance, ALE;Saroja, S;Vijayalakshmi, M;
Journal Of Materials Science, 2009, Vol.44 , pp.257-265.
4. Solidification Structure In Ti-5ta-18nb Weld
Karthikeyan, T;Dasgupta, A;Saroja, S;Vijayalakshmi, M;
Science And Technology Of Welding And Joining, 2009, Vol.14 ,Iss.7 , pp.597-605.
5. Microcrystalline silicon carbide alloys prepared with HWCVD as highly
transparent and conductive window layers for thin film solar cells,
F.Finger, O.Astakhov, T.Bronger, R.Carius, T.Chen, Arup Dasgupta, A.Gordijn,
L.Houben, Y.Huang, S.Klein,
Thin Solid Films, 517 (2009), 3507-3512.
6. Microcrystalline silicon carbide thin films grown by HWCVD at different
filament temperatures and their application in n-i-p microcrystalline silicon
solar cells,
Tao Chen, Yuelong Huang, Haiyan Wang, Deren Yang, Arup Dasgupta, Reinhard
Carius, Friedhelm Finger,
Thin Solid Films, 517 (2009), 3513-3515.
7. Microstructural Characterization and its Effect on Strength and Toughness of
17-4PH Stainless Steel,
C.R.Das, A.K.Bhaduri, S.K.Albert and Arup Dasgupta,
International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (IJNEST) (In Press)
8. Effect of heating and cooling rate on the kinetics of allotropic phase changes in
uranium : a Differential Scanning Calorimetry study,
Rai, A. K.; Raju, S.; Jeyaganesh, B.; Mohandas, E.; Sudha, R. and Ganesan, V.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 383 (2009), 215-225
9. Effect of Thermo mechanical Treatment on the Grain Boundary Character
Distribution in a 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic steel,
T. Karthikeyan, V. Thomas Paul, S. K. Mishra, S. Saroja, M. Vijayalakshmi, and I.
Samajdar
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions . A 40, 9 (2009), 2030-2032
10. Measurement of transformation temperatures and specific heat capacity of
tungsten added reduced activation ferriticmartensitic steel,
S. Raju , B. Jeya Ganesh, Arun Kumar Rai, R. Mythili, S. Saroja, E. Mohandas, M.
Vijayalakshmi, K.B.S. Rao, Baldev Raj,
Journal of Nuclear Materials. 389 (2009) 385393
11. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Ti1-xAlxN by Reactive
Magnetron Sputtering,
Feby Jose, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, Arup Dasgupta, S. Saroja and A. K. Tyagi,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol.9 (2009), 14
12. A Study on the Effect of Thermal Ageing on the Specific-Heat Characteristics of
9Cr1Mo0.1C (mass%) Steel,
Jeyaganesh, B., Raju, S., Murugesan, S., Mohandas, E. and Vijayalakshmi, M.,
International Journal of Thermophysics, 30 (2009), 619-634.
13. Influence of background gas atmosphere on formation of Cr2O3 thin films
prepared by pulsed laser deposition,
Balakrishnan, G., Kuppusami,P., Sairam,T., Subba Rao, R.V.,Mohandas, E. and
Sastikumar, D.,
Surface Engineering, 25 (2009), 223-227.
14. Synthesis and Properties of Ceria Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser
Deposition,
Balakrishnan, G., Kuppusami, P., Sairam, T., Thirumurugesan, R., Mohandas, E. and
Sastikumar, D.,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (2009), 5421-5424.
15. Microstructural Studies of Nanocomposite Thin Films of Ni/CrN Prepared by
Reactive Magnetron Sputtering,
Kuppusami, P., Thirumurugesan, R., Divakar, R., Kataria, S., Ramaseshan, R. and
Mohandas, E.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (2009), 5592-5595
16. A Study on the Influence of Copper Content in CrN/Cu Nanocomposite Thin Films
Prepared by Pulsed DC Magnetron Sputtering,
Elangovan, T. and Kuppusami, P., Thirumurugesan, R., Sudha, C., Mohandas, E. and
Mangalaraj, D.,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (2009), 5436-5440
17. X-Ray Diffraction Study of Nanocrystalline Titania Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed
Laser Deposition,
Murugesan, S., Kuppusami, P. and Mohandas, E.,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (2009), 5311-5314
18. Effect of substrate temperature on structural and materials properties of
Zirconium Nitride thin films on D-9 steel substrates,
K. Ashok, B. Subramanian P. Kuppusami and M. Jayachandran,
Crystal Research Technology, 44 ( 2009), 511-516.
19. A Study on the Influence of Processing Parameters of Pulsed DC Magnetron
Sputtering of CrN/Cu Nanocomposite Thin Films,
T. Elangovan, P. Kuppusami, R. Thirumurugesan, E. Mohandas and D. Mangalaraj,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 9(2009), 5436-5440
20. Type IV Cracking Susceptibility in Weld Joints of Different Grades of Cr-Mo
Ferritic Steel,
K. Laha, K. S. Chandravathi, P. Parameswaran and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao,
Metallurgical Transactions., 40 (2009), 386-397
21. Effectiveness of Ni-based diffusion barriers in preventing hard zone formation in
ferritic steel joints,
R. Anand, C. Sudha, T. Karthikeyan, A.L.E. Terrance, S. Saroja, and
M.Vijayalakshmi,
Journal of Materials Science, 44 (2009), 257-265.
22. Methods to overcome Embrittlement Problem in 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic Steels and its
Weldment,
Baldev Raj, S.Saroja, K.Laha, T.Karthikeyan, M.Vijayalakshmi and K.B.S. Rao,
Journal of Materials Science, 44 (2009), 2239-2246
23. Nanopatterning by solid-state dewetting on reconstructed ceramic surfaces,
Joysurya Basu, C Barry Carter, R Divakar, B Mukherjee and N Ravishankar,
Applied Physics Letters, 94 (2009), 171114 (1-3).
24. Development of cladding materials for sodium-cooled fast reactors in India,
Baldev Raj, Divakar Ramachandran and M Vijayalakshmi,
Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 62 (2009), 89 94.
25. Solidification structure in a Ti-5Ta-1.8Nb weld,
T. Karthikeyan, Arup Dasgupta, S. Saroja and M. Vijayalakshmi,
Science. Technol. Weld Joi. 14 ,7 (2009), 597-605
26. Grain Boundary Engineering A concept to overcome embrittlement problem in
ferritic steels
T. Karthikeyan,
Annals of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, VI, April (2009) p.189-193
27. Study of microstructure and property changes in irradiated a ss316 wrapper of
Fast Breeder Test Reactor,
C.N.Venkiteswaran, V.Karthik, P.Parameswaran, N.G.Muralidharan, V.Anandaraj,
S.Saroja, V.Venugopal, M.Vijayalakshmi, K.V.Kasi Viswanathan and Baldev Raj,
Journal of ASTM International Vol. 6 Issue 7 (July 2009)
28. Study of strain induced martensite formation in a Ti modified 316stainless steel
bellow by transmission electron microscopy,
R. Mythili, S.Saroja and M. Vijayalakshmi,
Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals,, 62 (6) (2009) 573-579
29. Synthesis And Properties Of Ceria Thin Films Prepared By Pulsed Laser
Deposition
Balakrishnan,G; Kuppusami,P; Sairam,TN; Thirumurugesan,R; Mohandas,E;
Sastikumar,D;
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2009, Vol.9 ,Iss.9 , pp.5421-5424
30. Effect Of Conductivity Of Filler On The Percolation Threshold Of Composites
Deepa, KS;Kumari Nisha, S;Parameswaran, P;Sebastian, MT;James, J;
Applied Physics Letters, 2009, Vol.94 ,Iss.14
31. High temperature XRD of zirconia /alumina multilayer thin films prepared by
pulsed laser deposition
G. Balakrishnan, S. Murugesan, Chanchal Ghosh, P. Kuppusami, R. Divakar, E.
Mohandas, D. Sastikumar
SPIE, Nanostructured Thin Films II : Vol. 7404, 74040P (2009), August 5-6, San Diego,
CA, USA 7404 (2009 ) pp 74040P-01 -- 74040P-10