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ISRS-2016 Detailed Schedule Venue: IC&SR, IIT Madras

December 21-23, 2016

December 21, 2016 (Wednesday)

08:00 –09:00 Registration

09:00 –09:30 Inauguration

Location: IC&SR

09:30-10:00 Plenary talk 1: Challenges in characterization of coatings under representative Conditions - An interdisciplinary approach Dr. B. Venkataraman Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

10:00-13:00 PosterSession I 13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Plenary talk 2:Advanced coatings for gas turbine components Dr. Dheepa Srinivasan GE Power, GE India Technology Center, Bangalore

14:30-17:30 Poster Session II

18:00-20:00 Quiz Prelims

20:00-22:00 Dinner

December 22, 2016 (Thursday)

Location: IC&SR

09:00-09:30 Plenary talk 3: Welding technologies for defence sector – Challenges and opportunities Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

09:30-10:00 Plenary talk 4: Texture evolution in FCC materials: Aluminium alloys to TWIP steels Prof. Satyam Suwas Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

10:00-13:00 Poster Session III

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Plenary talk 5: Intriguing aspects of synthesis, structure, stability and properties of ultrathin Gold nanowires Prof. N. Ravishankar Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

14:30-17:30 Poster Session IV

18:00-20:00 Quiz Finals

20:00-22:00 Dinner

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December 23, 2016 (Friday)

Location: IC&SR 09:00-09:30 Plenary talk 6:Integrated design of materials, manufacturing processes and

components: An ICME perspective Dr. B.P. Gautham TCS Research, TRDDC, Pune

9:30-13:00 Poster Session V

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:30-15:00 Valedictory Function

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Poster Session – Detailed Schedule

December 21, 2016 (Wednesday)

Poster Session I – 10:00 to 13:00

Section-1: Biomaterials

BIO001

Improved corrosion resistance of Mg-Zn alloy by alkali heat treatment for biomedical applications Deepa B. Prabhu1, P. Gopalakrishnan2, K.R.Ravi3

1, 3 Structural Nanomaterials Laboratory, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, India 2 Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

BIO002 Physicochemical and biological evaluation of chitosan-silver doped 45S5 Bioglass S.Amudha1, S. Baskar1, G.M.Shanthini1 , S.NarayanaKalkura1, , Olga V Frank-ammenetskaya2

1Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University,Chennai-25 2Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg- 199034б, Russia.

BIO003 Fabrication process, Optimization and Characterization: Reduced Graphene/Nanobioglass Coatings on Titanium by Cathodic Electrodeposition C. Ashok raja1, B. AnandKumar2, D. Durgalakshmi1, Rani P. George2, U. Kamatchi Mudali2, S. Balakumar1

1 National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600025, India. 2Corrosion Science and Technology Group, Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam– 603102, India.

BIO004 Bio corrosion behavior of thermo-mechanically processed ZM21 magnesium alloy Sriraman.N1, S.Kumaran2 1, 2 Green Energy Materials and Manufacturing Research group, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, Tamilnadu ,India.

BIO005 Influence of Gum Ghatti on assembling a highly interconnected micro and mesoporous biocompatible nano-Hydroxyapatite scaffolds J. Anita Lett1, M. Sundareswari1, K. Ravichandran2 1Department of Physics, Sathyabama University, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India 2Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai - 600025, India

BIO006 Fabrication and Characterization of Nano-Hydroxyapatite from Neptunus Sanguinolentus and Scylla Serrata Kokila Rajaram1, Sahil Hegde1, Komalakrishna H1, K Rajendra Udupa1, Saumen Mandal1

1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka – Surathkal, Mangalore – 575025,Karnataka, India

BIO007 A study on ZrO2/Bioglass composites for Bone Tissue Engineering Application P. Bargavi, S. Chitra, D. Durgalakshmi, P. Rajashree, S. Balakumar National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras,

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BIO008 Enhancement of Angiogenic and Antibacterial activities of Copper substituted 45S5 Bioglass system for Tissue Regeneration Application Chitra S., Durgalakshmi D., P. Bargavi, S. Balakumar National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai - 600025, India.

BIO009 Investigation on biological properties of graphene oxide reinforced hydroxyapatite nanostructures G. Radha1, Balaji Venkatesan2, Elangovan Vellaichamy3, S. Balakumar4 1, 4 National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai– 600025, India. 2, 3 Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai – 600025, India.

Section-2: Environmental Degradation

END001 Visual/optical sensing and nanoamalgam in-situ synthesis based beneficiation of Hg2+, Cd2+, Cu2+ and Pb2+ Abdul Malek1,Tiju Thomas2, Edamana Prasad3 1,3Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India. 2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India

END002 Pitting Corrosion Mechanism of AZ31 in KOH electrolyte Somi Doja1, Lukas Bichler1, Simon Fan2 1 School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada. 2ZyncNyx Energy Solutions, Canada.

END003 Studies on microstructure and hot corrosion behaviour of gas tungsten arc welds of IN718 superalloy in marine environment Dilkush1, G.Madhusudhan Reddy2, K.Srinivasa Rao3 1Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, RGUKT, Nuzvid 2Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India. 3Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

END004 Corrosion evaluation of pyrolytic graphite exposed to molten LiCl-KCl containing UCl3 salt Madhura B, Vetrivendan E, Jagadeeswara Rao Ch, Mallika C , Kamachi Mudali U Corrosion Science and Technology Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102.

Section-3: Surface Engineering

SUR001 Development of Laser heat treated HVOF coating on Titanium alloy to prevent hot corrosion for industrial turbines Dharamendara M1, Jegadeeswaran N2 School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, India

SUR002 Solid Particle Erosion Studies on Titanium Alloy and HVOF Sprayed Al2O3 -CoCrAlTaY at Various Angle Jegadeeswaran. N1, Ramesh. M.R2, Udaya Bhat. K3, Ramesh. C.S4 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, India 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, N.I.T.K., Surathkal, Mangalore, India 3Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, N.I.T.K., Surathkal,

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Mangalore, India 4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alliance College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

SUR003 Surface reformation by the influence of different boron sources on high power diode laser treated Ti6Al4V alloy K.Monisha, J. Senthilselvan Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 25, Tamil Nadu, India

SUR004 Influence of thermal barrier coating on micro structure and mechanical behaviour of aluminium 2024 substrates S.Dhamotharan1, Jayakrishnan Nampoothiri1, I. Balasundar2,E. Vetrivendan3, U. Kamachi Mudali3, K.R.Ravi1

1Structural Nanomaterial Lab, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, India 2Near Net shape Division, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, India 3Corrosion Science and Technology Group, IGCAR, Kalpakam

SUR005 Investigating deformation behavior and scratch induced wear response of Zinc through instrumented indentation technique. Aditya Gokhale, Jayant Jain, Rajesh Prasad 1Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

SUR006 Comparison of microstructure, dilution and mechanical properties of Stellite 6 deposited on H13 tool steel by Cold Metal Transfer process and Plasma Transferred Arc process Rajeev G P, Kamaraj M, Srinivasa R Bakshi Department of MME, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA

SUR007 Role of Hydrodynamics Inside Spouted Bed in Controlling Viscous Sublayer Phenomena for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Pyrocarbon P. K. Mollick1,3, D. Srivastava1, P. K. Vijayan2, A. B. Pandit3

1Mechanical Metallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085 2Reactor Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085 3Chemical Engineering Division, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai-400019

SUR008 A Novel Approach To Reduce Wear Using Oil-Soluble Carbon Nanomaterial Additives SnehaSruthi V2, S. Ramaprabhu1, M. Kamaraj2

2Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India 1Alternative Energy & Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India

Poster Session II - 14:30 to 17:30

Section-1: Advanced Material Characterization

AMC001 Crystal structure of (111) oriented 𝐋𝐚𝟎.𝟕𝐒𝐫𝟎.𝟑𝐌𝐧𝐎𝟑 − 𝐒𝐫𝐑𝐮𝐎𝟑 superlattices. Roshna S. H1, P. Padhan1, W. Prellier2

1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India 2Laboratoire CRISMAT, CNRS UMR 6508, ENSICAEN, 6 Bd du MarechalJuin, F-14050 Caen Cedex, France

AMC002 Microstructural changes due to heavy ion irradiation of Zr-2.9 wt.% Sn binary alloy characterized by positron annihilation spectroscopy and grazing incidence X-ray

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diffraction. Aruna Devi1, Ranjini Menon2, S.K. Sharma3, K. V. Mani Krishna1, A.P.Srivastava1, S. Neogy1 P. Mukherjee2 , P.Y. Nabhiraj2, P.K. Pujari3, I. Samajdar4, D. Srivastava1, G.K. Dey1 1 Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India. 2 Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 11AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India. 3 Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India. 4 Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India

AMC003 Correlative SEM-STEM and APT analysis of Cr2AlC Max Phases Sandipan Sen1, K.G.Pradeep1

1Materials Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Section-2: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

MBM001 Synthesis, Phase Evolution and Mechanical Property study on CrMoNbTiW Refractory High Entropy Alloy Lavanya R1, Renuka Gudhe2, S.V.S. Narayana Murty3, Ravi Sankar Kottada1, B.S.Murty1

1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 2Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh 3 Advanced Metallography Section, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum

MBM002 Nanomechanical Behavior of Electron Beam Evaporated Compositionally Graded YSZ/Ni-YSZ coatings on Inconel T.Dharini1, P.Kuppusami1, 2, R.Ramaseshan3, Sitaram Dash3

1Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama University, Chennai-600119, India. 2Centre of Excellence for Energy Research, Sathyabama University, Chennai-600119, India. 3Surface and Nanoscience Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India

MBM003 Role of eutectic phase on creep behaviour of magnesium alloy Koundinya N.T.B.N, Ravi Sankar Kottada Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai

MBM004 Influence of temperature and strain rate on the deformation behaviour of ODS-18Cr steel J. Rajesh1, R. Vijay2, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman1, G. Sundararajan1

1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India 2 Nanomaterials Group, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad- 500005, India

MBM005 Hot Deformation Behavior of Fe-9Cr ODS Alloy P. Sasikanth1, R. Vijay2, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman1, G. Sundararajan1

1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India 2 Nanomaterials Group, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad- 500005, India

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MBM006 Fretting Fatigue Life Prediction of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Virendra Kumar Verma1,*, Hamza Naseem2, H. Murthy2, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman1, Anuradha Nayak Majila3,D. Chandru Fernando3 1Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 2Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 3Materials Application Group, Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore, India

Section-3: Non-Destructive Evaluation

NDE001 Categorization and Characterization of Fatigue Performance of S235 Structural steel – A Study of NDT Techniques N.Venkatachalapathi1,Sadu Venkatesu1

1Professor and Head, Dept.of Mechanical Engineering, AITS, Rajampet, AP 1Assistant Professor, Dept.of Mechanical Engineering, AITS, Rajampet, AP

Section-4: Phase transformation and Physical Metallurgy

PTP001 Thermo-Mechanical processing of a novel AlCoCrFeNi2.1 Eutectic High Entropy Alloy Irfan S. Wani1, Tilak Bhattacharjee2, Saad Sheikh3, Yiping Lu4, Subhradeep Chatterjee1, Sheng Guo3, Nobuhiro Tsuji2,5, Pinaki P. Bhattacharjee1

1Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, India 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan 3Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden 4Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China 5Elements Strategy Initiative for Structural Materials (ESISM), Kyoto University, Japan

PTP002 Influence of deformation stress state on deformation microstructure heterogeneity and recrystallization behavior commercial purity (C P) Titanium C. N. Athreya1, V. Subramanya Sarma1 , S. Suwas2

1 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Chennai, India 2 Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - Bangalore, India

PTP003 Microstructural characterization of multi- principal elemental Fe-Cr-V-Ni and Fe-Cr-V-Ni-Nb alloys A. Saikumaran1, R. Mythili2, S. Saroja3

1Junior Research Fellow, HomiBhabha National Institute at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India 2,3Microscopy and Thermo-Physical Properties Division, Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India

PTP004 Effect of Grain Boundary Engineering on Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of Alloy 59 Vijay Bharadwaj J1, V. Subramanya Sarma2 1 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 2 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

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PTP005 Combinatorial thin film synthesis, phase formation and properties of novel FeMnCoCrAl high entropy alloy Marshal A1, J.M. Schneider1, Pradeep K.G2 1,2Materials Chemistry institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Section-5: Steels

STE001 Effect of niobium on microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe-7wt.%Al-0.3wt.%C light weight steel Shivkumar Khapel1,2, Brahma Raju Golla,2, V.V. SatyaPrasad1 , R.G Baligidad1

1Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 2National Institute of Technology, Warangal

STE002 Microstructural evolution of ZrO2 dispersion strengthened Ferritic Steel Powder during milling and subsequent annealing K.G.Raghavendra1, Arup Dasgupta1, K. Jayasankar2, S. Saroja1

1Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, HBNI, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India 2Advanced Materials Technology Department, CSIR - IMMT Bhubaneswar, India

STE003 Synthesis and Characterization of Ni based ODS superalloys by high energy ball milling M. Sivakumar, Arup Dasgupta, S. Saroja

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, HBNI, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India STE004 Evolution of microstructure in thermo mechanically controlled processed [TMCP]

quench and partition steels R. Parthiban1, S. Sankaran2 and Sandip Gosh Chowdhury3 1, 2 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA. 3 CSIR, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, INDIA.

December 22, 2016 (Thursday)

Poster Session III - 10:00 to 13:00

Section-1: Casting and Solidification

CAS001 Microstructural evolution of thixoformable Mg-9Al-4Sr alloy during isothermal heat treatment C. Muthuraja, K. R. Ravi Structural Nanomaterials Lab, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, INDIA

CAS002 Thermodynamic and Calorimetric evaluation of Thixoformability of aluminium alloys Jayakrishnan Nampoothiri1, C.Muthuraja1, Baldev Raj2, K.R.Ravi1 Structural Nanomaterials Lab, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, India

CAS003 Grain refinement of Au and its alloy by heterogeneous nucleation K.M. Saradesh1,2, D. Sivaprahasam3, G. S. VinodKumar1,2 1SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur India 2Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur India 3Centre for Automotive Energy Materials, ARCI Chennai, India

CAS004 Study of Effect of Zr Additions on the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Niobium silicide based In-Situ Composites M.Sankar1, 2, G.Phanikumar2, V.V.Satya Prasad1, R.G.Baligidad1

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1Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad-500058, India 2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India

CAS005 Development of Novel Fe-Co-Ni-Cu-Nb Magnetic High Entropy Alloy M. R. Rahul, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India

Section-2: Materials processing

MPS001 Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Cast Al-Zn-Mg Alloys with Varying Zinc Content: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Manjunath G. K.1, Preetham Kumar G. V.2, Udaya K. Bhat3 Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engg., NITK Surathkal, Mangalore, INDIA

MPS002 Investigation of Interdiffusion and Diffusional Interactions in the Ternary Ti-Al-Mo alloys Sayli Jambhulkar1, Kaustubh Kulkarni1 1Department of Material Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, U.P., 208016

MPS003 Effect of Artificial Peak-ageing on the Microstructure of Al6061 in the Bulk Form and Machined Chip Vagish D. Mishra1, H. Murthy2, Balkrishna C. Rao3 1,2Aerospace Engineering, 3Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA

MPS004 Severe Plastic Deformation of Ti-6Al-4V by Large Strain Extrusion Machining Karthik Palaniappan1, H. Murthy 2, Balkrishna C. Rao3 1,3Engineering Design, 2Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA

Section-3: Metal forming

MFL001 A comparative energy analysis of fine blanking with rubber for counter force with conventional fine blanking Aravind U.1, Gopalakrishnan C.K.1, Uday Chakkingal1, Venugopal P.2 1Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai 600036, India, 2Retd. Emeritus Professor, ibid.

Section-4: Materials Joining

MJL001 Comparison of Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Joints Developed by High Temperature Brazing, GTAW and Laser Welding Methods on AISI 316 L Stainless Steel for Specific Applications in Nuclear Components Sadu Venkatesu1*, Rajesh Saxena2, R. Ravi kumar2, P. K. Chaurasia2, S. Murugan2, S. Venugopal2 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Autonomous), Rajampet – 516126, Andhra pradesh, India 2Metallurgy and Materials Group (MMG),Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR),Kalpakkam- 603102, Tamilnadu, India

MJL002 Effect of Tool Rotational Speed on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of

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Friction Stir Welded AA6061/SIC/FLY Ash Composites Sachinkumar1, D. Chakradhar2, S. Narendranath3 1, 2, 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, INDIA.

MJL003 Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Aluminium Alloys and Inclusion of Nanocomposite Materials to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Welding K Nagamani1, A Sanjay kumar2

1 Department of mechanical engineering, AITS, Rajampet. 2 Department of mechanical engineering, G.V.P College of Engineering (A), Vishakapatnam

MJL004 Investigation into Microstructure Evolution in Brazed Joints of Silver Copper Alloy and Aluminium Bronze with Austenitic-Martensitic Stainless Steel prepared with Ag-Cu Based Brazing Filler Alloys Vikrant Kumar Beura1, Venkateswaran.T2, Kaustubh Kulkarni1 1Department of Material Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, U.P., 208016 2Materials Processing Research Group, VSSC, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695022

MJL005 Influence of process parameters on diffusion bonding of dissimilar titanium and stainless steel by using field assisted sintering technique K. Ananthakumar1, S.Kumaran2

1, 2Green Energy Materials and Manufacturing Research Group Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620015, INDIA

MJL006 Microstructure and mechanical properties of plasma arc welded dual phase steel DP 600 Amit A. Kuril, G. D. Janaki Ram, Srinivasa R. Bakshi Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA.

MJL007 Weld solidification cracking behaviour of AA2195 Al-Cu-Li alloy Agilan M1,2, D.Sivakumar1,G.Phanikumar2 1Heat Treatment & Welding Metallurgy Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum, Kerala 2 Dept of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu

MJL008 Microstructural characterization of T92/Super304H dissimilar welds in as-welded and post-weld heat treated conditions E. Nandha Kumar1, G.D. Janaki Ram1, Ravi Sankar Kottada1, K. Devakumaran2 1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036 2 Welding Research Institute, BHEL, Trichy – 620014

MJL009 A new method to reduce Curing Time of Polyurethane adhesives Lakshmana Rao Bhagavathi 1, G. D. Janaki Ram 2, Srinivasa Rao Bakshi2, Abhijit Deshpande P 3 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India 2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India 3Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,Chennai 600036, India

MJL010 Friction Welding of Metastable Beta Titanium Alloy Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al D B Anant Sagar1, N Narasaiah1, B Saha2, G D Janaki Ram3, M S K Rao2 1National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India 2RCMA(Materials), CEMILAC, DRDO, Hyderabad, India

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Section-5: Powder Metallurgy

PMM001 Synthesis and characterization of Tungsten particulate reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite by powder metallurgy route Anuj Khond, Jatin Bhatt, Ajeet K. Srivastav Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, V.N.I.T. Nagpur – 440010

PMM002 Densification behaviour of sintered AISI 4145 steel preforms during hot upset forging Venkata Kondaiah E, S Kumaran, Sundarrajan S Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, INDIA.

Poster Session IV - 14:30 to 17:30

Section-1: Energy Materials

ENM001 A novel synthesis method for tetrahedrite for thermoelectric generator generator S.Harish1,2 , D. Sivaprahasam1, R. Gopalan1, G. Sundararajan1,2

1 Centre for Automotive Energy Materials, ARCI, IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, India, 2 Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

ENM002 A supercapacitor based on metal oxides (MnO2 and SnO2) nanoparticles decorated on longitudinally unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes Rashmi Chandrabhan Shende1, Sundara Ramaprabhu2 1,2 Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL), Nano-Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC), Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India.

ENM003 An efficient platinum-free bimetallic anode and cathode electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cell Arpita Ghosh1, Ramaprabhu S 2 1,2 Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL), Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC), Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

ENM004 Hybrid Nanostructured Graphene-Zinc antimonate as Supercapacitor Electrode Materials M. Balasubramaniam1, S.Balakumar2 1, 2 National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600025, India.

ENM005 Synthesis, Characterization and Thermoelectric Properties of Nanostructured Magnesium Silicide doped with Bismuth by Spark Plasma Sintering Vivekanandhan P1, Murugasami R2, Kumaran S3 1, 2,3 Green Energy Materials and Manufacturing Research Group Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620015, INDIA.

ENM006 Fabrication of Solar cell using ZnO nanorods core/CdS shell sensitized with CZTS nanoparticles using chemical methods Vivek Verma1, Meenal Deo2, M.S. Ramachandra Rao2, S.S. Bhattacharya1 1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, India. 2Department of Physics, IIT Madras, India.

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ENM007 Graphite based composite as a high volumetric capacity compact hydrogen storage material. Asalatha A. S.1,Ramaprabhu S2

1Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL), Nano Functional Materials Technology Center (NFMTC), 2Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.

ENM008 Thermoelectric properties of nanocrystalline Ti1-xTaxNiSn (x=0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05) synthesized by Mechanical Alloying A. Karati1

, M. Kumarraja2, B.S. Murty3, U.V. Varadaraju4 1 Interdisciplinary Program, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA 2 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, INDIA 3 Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA 4 Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA

ENM009 Synthesis of high capacity (Sn71Co29)50C50 composite anode for Li-ion battery by high energy ball milling M. Srinivas1, A Srinivas Kumar 1, Lakshman Neelakantan2 1 Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam-530027 2 Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036

ENM010 Strategic approach for the Synthesis of MnO2 Nanochains by Electrospinning towards energy storage applications Muhamed Shareef Kolathodi1 2 3, Milan Palei 2, Samerender Rao 2, Gurpreet Singh 3, Tirupattur Srinivasan Natarajan 2 1Department of Physics, Govt. Brennen College Dharmadam, Thalassery - 670106 Kerala, India , 2Conducting Polymer Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036, India 3NanoScience and Engineering Lab, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas - 66506, United State

Section-2: Nanomaterials

NML001 Ultra-small (r<2 nm) stable (>100 days) CuO quantum dots Bhusankar Talluri1 2, Diwakar Mandloi1, Edamana Prasad 1 2 , Tiju Thomas 1 1Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India 2 Department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036

NML002 Developing ZnO rich ZnO:GaN (oxy)nitride solid solution and investigating band gap modification by Low temperature photoluminescence Sumithra Sivadas Menon1, Anirban Bhattacharya2, Bhavana Gupta3, K. Baskar4, Shubra Singh1 1Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai – 600025 2 Centre for Research in nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta – 700009 3Material Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalppakkam-603102 4 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Thirunelveli-627012.

NML003 Preparation and characterization of PPSU membranes with BiOCl nanowafers loaded on activated charcoal for oil in water separation M Chandra Shekhar Nayak1, Arun M Isloor1* A. Moslehyani2, A.F. Ismail2 1Membrane Technology Laboratory, Chemistry Department, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore 575025, India

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2Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA

NML004 Study on transition metal ion doped ZnO for Photocatalytic Application Rosalin Beura1, P. Thangadurai2

1,2 Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, R. V. Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry-605014, India

NML005 Structural and optical behavior of Mn2+ Ion Doped ZnS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals S. Joicy1, P. Thangadurai2

1,2. Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, RV Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India.

NML006 Enhancing the Photoluminescence property of ZnO nanoparticles by Doping Dy3+ Ions R. K. Kalaiezhily1, G. Saravanan2, V. Asvini3, K. Ravichandran1 1,2,3 Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai 600025

NML007 Structural, Optical and Magnetization studies of Co-doped CaSnO3 nanoparticles via hydrothermal route S.Sumithra1, Dr. N. Victor Jaya1 1Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

NML008 Investigation on the reduced Graphene oxide Integrated Iron based Magnetic Nanocomposites K. Rohith Vinod1, P. Saravanan2, M. Sakar1 , S. Balakumar1 1 National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, INDIA. 2 Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, INDIA

NML009 Functional properties of dip coated zinc oxide thin films Shashi Kiran1, Karthick Mani2, Sonia Sharma1, Parasuraman Swaminathan1

1 Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India 2Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India

NML010 Crystal Structure and morphology of Bismuth Selenide nanoparticles. Soumendra Kumar Das 1, Prahallad Padhan 1 1 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

NML011 Development of Bi2O3-BiVO4 p-n heterojunction nanocomposites for the visible light driven photocatalytic applications R. Radha, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, INDIA.

NML012 Catalytic activity of Fe nanoparticles decorated nitrogen-sulphur doped graphene for oxygen reduction reaction in PEMFC Ashok P , Ramaprabhu S Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL), Nano Functional Materials Technology centre (NFMTC), Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

NML013 Characterization of ZnxCo1-xCr2O4 nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method Jagadish Kumar G.1, Chandana Rath2 1,2 School of Materials Science & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India

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December 23, 2016(Friday)

Poster Session V- 09:30 to 13:00

Section-1: Ceramics

CER001 Spark Plasma Sintered Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Titanium Carbide Ultra High Temperature Ceramics with Improved Toughness M. Sribalaji1, Biswajyoti Mukherjee 1, Srinivasa Rao Bakshi2, Anup Kumar Keshri1 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, BihtaKanpa Road, Bihta, Patna, Bihar - 801103, India. anup@iitp.ac.in (A.K. Keshri) Tel: +91-612-3028184 2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600036, India.

CER002 Scaling behaviour of electrical modulus in Mg ion doped α-alumina K. Chitrarasu1, J. Udaya Bhanu2, R. Dhanabal3, A. Chandrabose4, P. Thangadurai5, 1, 2, 5Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, RV Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry - 605014, India 3, 4 Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu - 620015, India

CER003 Structural and surface analysis of tetragonal phase stabilized Mg ion doped ZrO2 thin films prepared by electron beam evaporation J. Udaya Bhanu1, Mohammed Aminul Islam2, A. Amutha3, B. Sundaravel4, K. Ganesan5, P.Thangadurai6, 1, 2, 3, 6 Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. 4Accelerator Materials Science Section, Materials Physics Division, Materials Science Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India. 5Nanomaterials and Characterization Section, Surface and Nanoscience Division, Materials Science Group, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India.

CER004 Morphology of Alumina Particles prepared by Flame Assisted Spray Pyrolysis from Organic Precursor Solution Bobu Manuel Jolly, S. S. Bhattacharya Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC), Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036, India

CER005 Synthesis of Al2O3-Y2O3-TiO2 glasses and their crystallisation behaviour N. Indumathi1*, S.S. Bhattacharya1, Ashutosh S. Gandhi 2 1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai- 600036. 2 Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay, Mumbai - 400076

CER006 In-situ formed yttrium silicates as prospective environmental barrier coatings Raghunandan S1, M. Kamaraj1, Ashutosh S. Gandhi2 1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, India 2Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India

CER007 Synthesis of Cerium (IV) Oxide via Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering of Cerium (III) Oxalate

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Anil Prasad1, LinuMalakkal2, Lukas Bichler1, Jerzy Szpunar2

1School of Engineering, University of British Columbia – Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

CER008 Synthesis and functional property studies of equimolarnanoceramic multicomponent oxides Nandhini Jayakumar Usharani1, A.S. Gandhi1, 2, Subramshu Shekar Bhattacharya1 1Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai – 600036, India 2Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Section-2: Composites

COM001 A Study on Mechanical Properties of Biaxial and Hybrid Carbon Fibre for application in Aerospace Antenna A. Suresh Babu1,T. Koushik3, M. Jaivignesh2*, C.Tulasiram4, Balamurali Nishok5, K. Mohan Kumar6

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai - 600025, Tamil Nadu, India. 2Research Scholar, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai - 600025, Tamil Nadu, India .3,4,5,6B.E Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai - 600025, Tamil Nadu, India.

COM002 Experimental analysis on tribological behaviour of fly ash reinforced aluminium LM6 composite Sean D’Brass, T. Rajasekaran1, S. Vigneshkumar2 School of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur-603203, Tamilnadu India.

COM003 Experimental investigation on mechanical properties of natural fibre reinforced polymer composites K. Gokul1, T. Rajasekaran2

1 Post Graduate student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603202, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. 2 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603202, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu.

COM004 Effect of size and volume fraction of TiC on stabilizing closed cell aluminium foams J. Jerry1, K. R. Ravi2, F. Garcia-Moreno3,4, K. Heim3,4, J. Banhart3,4,G. S. Vinodkumar1

1SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India 2PSG institute of Advance Studies, Coimbatore, India 3Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany 4Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

COM005 Mechanical properties of cenosphere/epoxy syntactic foam composites Kiran Shahapurkar1, Mrityunjay Doddamani2, G.C.Mohan Kumar3 1,2,3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, India

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Section-3: Computational Material Science, Process Modelling and Simulation

CMS001 Metal-free organic N-annulated perylene based D-π-A dyes with/without spacers for DSSC: A computational investigation Sudip Mandal, Kothandaraman Ramanujam

Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai 600 036, India CMS002 First Principles Study of Structural, Electronic, Magnetic and Optical properties of

Zn0.75X0.25S (X=Cr, Mn, Fe) using mBJ approximation S. Padmavathi, Rita John Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

CMS003 First Principles Study of Structural, Electronic, and Mechanical Properties of two dimensional C, Si, Ge, Sn Benita Merlin Benefitraj1, 2,, Rita John1 1 Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai. 2 Department of Electronics and Communication Science, Alpha Arts and Science College, Chennai.

CMS004 Phase field simulation of microstructure evolution and Homogenization of simulated microstructure during Inter-critical annealing in Dual Phase Steel Deepu Mathew John, G. Phanikumar Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India – 600036

CMS005 Mechanistic study on impact of solubility product on final size in a digestive ripening process Diwakar Mandloi1, Bhusankar Talluri1, 2, Tiju Thomas1, 1 Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India 2 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036

CMS006 Experimental studies and phase field modelling of grain growth during strain-annealing of Nickel Jeyaraam R1, MukilVenthan A2, SubramanyaSarma V1, Srikanth Vedantam2 1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036 2 Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036

CMS007 The role of solutal Marangoni effect on liquid film dewetting near chemically patterned surfaces Shantharama, Sreeram K. Kalpathy Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA.

CMS008 Thermodynamic simulation mineralogical composition of CaO-SiO2–Al2O3–MgO quaternary blast furnace slag system Kali Prasad1,, Ajay Kumar Shukla1, Marutiram Kaza2

1 Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,India. 2 JSW Steel Plant R&D Centre, Toranagallu, India

CMS009 Thermodynamic modelling of Z-phase in ferritic-martensitic steels Soumya Sridar, K C Hari Kumar Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

PMS001 Evaluation of a New Material Model and its Application to the Simulation of Large

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Strain Extrusion Machining Murali Mohan Gurusamy, Balkrishna C. Rao Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

Section-4: Functional Materials

FUN001 Enhanced supercapacitive performance of Mn2O3 – ZnMn2O4 composite nanofibers A.V. Radhamani, M.S. Ramachandra Rao Departmentof Physics,Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre and Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036.

FUN002 Basic structural studies on the perovskite oxide system A2FeCoO6

(A=Sm, Eu, Dy, Tb, Ho) Haripriya G.R., Pradheesh R.1, V. Sankaranarayanan2, K. Sethupathi3 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

FUN003 Magnetocaloric effect in the arc-melted and melt-spun HoCu2 compound: Influence of metamagnetic transition R. Rajivgandhi1, J. Arout Chelvane2, S. Quezado3, S. K. Malik3, R. Nirmala1 1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India 2Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India 3Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59082-970, Brazil

FUN004 Crystal structure of (110) oriented La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 grown on (001) Silicon Umesh Kumar Sinha, AntarjamiSahoo, PrahalladPadhan Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

FUN005 Interfacial coupling in SrRuO3/PrMnO3superlattice Antarjami Sahoo1, Prahallad Padhan1, Wilfrid Prellier2

1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 600036, India 2 Laboratoire CRISMAT, CNRS UMR 6508, ENSICAEN, 6 Bd du Marehal Juin, F-14050 Caen Cedex, France.

FUN006 Multilevel Resistive Switching in MoS2 Based Flexible Organic Memory Devices under Current and Voltage Programming Snigdha Bhattacharjee1, Pranab Kumar Sarkar1, Manoj Prajapat2, Asim Roy1,

1Department of Physics, National Institute Technology Silchar, Silchar-788010, Assam, India 2Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal,Bhopal – 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India

FUN007 Synthesis and Characterisation of Nanocrystalline, Microcrystalline and Functionally Graded Diamond Coatings on Reaction Bonded SiC G. Selva Prabhakaran1, S.S. Bhattacharya1, M.S. Ramachandra Rao2 Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC) 1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 60036, India. 2Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 60036, India.

FUN008 Memory effects in superparamagnetic MnZn Ferrite nanoparticles Shanigaram Mallesh1, Mutta Vasundhara2, Veeturi Srinivas3

1,3Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036, India

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2Materials Science & Technology Division, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695019, India

FUN009 A composite of Graphene Oxide and Ga1-xZnxN1-yOy for dye degradation studies R Janani, Vavillapalli Durgasankar, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Shubra Singh Crystal Growth Center, Anna University, Chennai.

FUN010 Growth and Characterization of PEDOT:PSS Film onSi-GaN Heterojunction R. Anitha, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Shubra Singh Crystal Growth Center, Anna University, Chennai - 600025.

FUN011 Optimization of Zinc Stannate (Zn2SnO4) thin films by alternate thermal evaporation of Sn and Zn metals for TCO anode applications R. Ramarajan1, K. Thangaraju1, M. Kovendhan2, D. Paul Joseph1 1Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Warangal - 506004, India 2Department of Physics, Presidency College, Chennai - 600005, India

FUN012 CO2 adsorption on Graphene wrapped TiO2 surface Shashi Bhusan Mishra1, B. R. K. Nanda2, Somnath Chanda Roy3 1, 2 Condensed Matter Theory and Computational Lab, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chennai - 36, India. 3 Environmental Nanotechnology Lab, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chenna i- 36, India.

FUN013 Graphene Nano-gaps: Performance limit and Phase Change Memory Devices Syed Ghazi Sarwat, Jan Mol, Harish Bhaskaran Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX1 3PH

Section-5: Smart Materials

SMM001 200 MeV Ag15+ Ion Irradiated 3 wt% ‘Li’ doped WO3 Thin Film R. Rathika1, M. Kovendhan2*, D. Paul Joseph3, P. Manimuthu4, K. Asokan5, C.Venkateswaran4, S. Johnson Jeyakumar1 1Department of Physics, TBML College, Porayar – 609307, India. 2Department of Physics, Presidency College, Chennai – 600005, India. 3Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, – 506004, India. 4Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600025, India. 5Inter university Accelerator Centre, ArunaAsaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110 067, India

SMM002 Half Metallic Ferromagnet Pr0.95Mn0.939O3 for spin based devices B. Santhosh Kumar1,P. Manimuthu2, N. Praveen Shankar1, C. Venkateswaran1

1Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai – 600 025, India. 2Nanostructures and Functional materials, Centre for Material Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, Norway.