Dr. O.P. Pandey
Senior Professor
Specialization
Solidification
oppandey@thapar.edu
Solidification
Metal matrix composites, Nanomaterials, energy materials, functionalized materials, heterogenous catalysis, Solid oxide fuel cells, Targeted drug delivery systems, Fluoroscence materials
Ph.D. (Metallurgical Engineering) 1992, IT BHUT, Varanasi (Title: Microstructural evolution in undercooled metallic droplets)
M.Tech. (Materials Technology) 1984, IT BHU, Varanasi
Research interests:
Undercooling, Powder Metallurgy, Rapid Solidification, Spray deposition, Heat treatment, Composites, Foam, Glass-Ceramics, MAX phases, Magnetic Materials, Semi-conducting materials, Nanomaterials-Composites, Photoluminescent materials, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis
Teaching interest:
Physical metallurgy, Materials science, Materials processing and Characterization, Solidification and casting, Nanomaterials, Phase transformation, Rapid solidification, Powder metallurgy, Ceramics, Heat treatment and composite
Research Projects
Microstructural.;characteristics of atomized Al-Cu-Si alloys
Aomization and spray-deposition of copper base alloys
Development of infrastructure in the area of high performance ceramics
Processing and properties of spray deposited bearing materials
Development of electrolyte materials for solid oxide fuel cells
Effect of ion beam irradiation on the magnetic properties of Nd-Fe-B thin films
Development of sealant materials for solid oxide fuel cells
Development of high performance commercial bearing materials by spray deposition technique
Preparation of strontium hexa ferrite powders from celestite ore and blue dust
Synthesis and characterization of aluminium metal matrix functionally graded armor materials reinforced with zircon sand
Development of wear resistant light weight composites by spray deposition technique
Preparation & characterization of La1-x AxMO3-δ and Y1-x AxMO3-δ (A= Ca, Sr; M= Ti, Nb) interconnect materials for solid oxide fuel cells
Synthesis of WC nano powder through thermo-chemical reduction and its application for the development of WC-Co composite
Synthesis of nano tungsten carbide powder from wolframite ore
Effect of capping agents on the size and stability of core-shell ZnS nanostructures
Corrosion resistant behaviour of glass-steel interface
Study of La doped mixed conductor for solid electrolyte
Study of alkaline earth metals substitution in Bi based mixed ion conductor for solid oxide fuel cell application
Radiation induced opto-structural modifications in borosilicate glasses
Synthesis and characterization of vanadium carbide nanoparticles
Development of porous aluminum foam materials for blast mitigation
Synthesis and characterization of Na2S-P2S5 glass/glass-ceramic based solid electrolytes for Na-ion batteries
Development of transition metal oxides decorated graphene-polypyrole nanocomposites as RADAR Absorbing Materials
Research Achievements |
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Journals (Published/Communicated) |
556/15 |
Patents |
05 |
Conference Proceedings |
245 |
Article (magazine/newspaper) |
03 |
Book/Monograph/Book chapter |
12 |
Course Materials |
02 |
Total Citations |
10703 |
h-index |
48 |
I10-index |
273 |
S.No. |
Title of the thesis |
Name of the candidate |
Year of registration/ completion |
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Effect of Additions on the Magnetic Properties of Strontium Ferrite Permanent Magnets |
Puneet Sharma |
Awarded,2004 |
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Thermomechanical Processing of HSLA Steels |
Sanjay Panwar |
Awarded, 2006 |
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Studies of Bismuth Based Electrolytes for its applications in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
Ravikant |
Awarded, 2008 |
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Development of Strontium Hexaferrite Magnets from Celestite ore and Blue dust |
Rajani Kant Tiwari |
Awarded, 2008 |
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Studies of SiO2-BaO-ZnO-M2O3-B2O3 (M=Al, Mn, Y, La) Based Glass Sealants |
Anu Arora |
Awarded, 2009 |
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The study of Radiation Induced Modifications in some Natural and Artificial Silicate Glasses |
Amanpreet Kaur Sandhu |
Awarded, 2009
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Analysis of Surface Integrity in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process for Tungsten Carbide Material |
C.P. Khatter |
Awarded, 2010
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Studies of SiO2-B2O3-MgO-SrO-A2O3 (A=Y, La, Al) Based glasses for SOFC Applications |
Vishal Kumar |
Awarded, 2010 |
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Preparation and Characterization of Tungsten Carbide Micro/Nano Composites |
Akshay Kumar |
Awarded, 2011
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Capping of ZnS Nano structures; Optical and Morphological Studies |
Manoj Kumar Sharma |
Awarded, 2011
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Development of Metal-matrix Composite by Rapid Solidification Process |
Kamalpreet Kaur |
Awarded, 2012
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Synthesis and Characterization of Interconnect Materials: La1-x Mx TOy and Y1-x Mx TOy (M=Ca or Sr; T=Ti, Nb) for SOFC |
Jasmeet Kaur Gill |
Awarded, 2012
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Effect of Electrical Conductivity and Spatial Variability of Soil on Crop Productivity |
Baban Kumar |
Awarded, 2012
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Investigations on Interfacial Interaction of Glass Sealants with Electrolyte and Interconnect for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
Gurbinder Kaur |
Awarded, 2012
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Synthesis and characterization of silicate glasses for corrosion resistant applications |
Bhupinder Kaur |
Awarded, 2013
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Synthesis and characterization of nano tungsten Carbide synthesised from ores |
Harjinder Singh |
Awarded, 2013
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Effect of Electric and magnetic field on Seed Germination |
Tarlochan Singh |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Study of wear resistant Zircon sand reinforced aluminium matrix composites |
Ranvir Singh Panwar |
Awarded, 2014
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Effect of Gamma and Heavy ions Irradiations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Heavy metal oxide Borosilicate Glasses |
Ravneet Kaur |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Study of Alkaline earth metals substitution for Bismuth in bismuth based mixed ion conductors |
Samita |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Studies on Lanthanum based ionic conductors as electrolyte materials |
Kapil Sood |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Studies on Antimicrobial Properties of Metals and Metal Oxide Based Nanostructures |
Chandani |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Tribological studies of Aluminium alloy-rutile composite developed through stir casting route |
Rama Arora |
Awarded, 2014 |
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Photocatalytic studies of undoped and doped ZnS nanostructures |
Jagdeep Kaur |
Awarded, 2015 |
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Thermal and Elastic Properties of Solids and Geophysical minerals at elevated temperature and Pressure |
Sanjay Kumar |
Awarded, 2015 |
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Preparation and characterization of Barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) thick film for micro/millimetre wave device application |
Samiksha Kumari |
Awarded, 2015 |
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Wear Characteristics of Aluminium alloy-garnet composite developed through stir casting technique |
Anju Sharma |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Synthesis and Characterization of vanadium carbide nanoparticles |
Mani Mahajan |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Effect of grain size and Gd-Co substitution on multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films |
Shivani Sharma |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Synthesis and characterization of CuS modified Na2S-P2S5 glasses for solid electrolytes |
Paramjyot Kumar Jha |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Reduction of WO3 compound; their structural and thermal properties |
Gourav Singla |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Development of Aluminium Foam materials for blast mitigation |
Suresh Kumar |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Optical and morphological study of doped Y2O3 nanostructures |
Deepak Kumar |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Photocatalytic studies of doped and capped ZnO and CeO2 nanomaterials |
Manish Mittal |
Awarded, 2016 |
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Role of sub-stoichiometric carbon content on the structural, thermal and electrochemical properties of TaCx |
Loveleen Kaur Brar |
Awarded, 2017 |
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Preparation and Characterization of undoped and doped TiO2 nanoparticles for the phototcatalytic degradation of phthalate esters |
Pooja Singla |
Awarded, 2017 |
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Influence of isospin dependent nuclear charge radius in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies |
Sangeeta |
Awarded, 2018 |
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Synthesis and characterization of molybdenum carbide for electrocatalytic activity |
Ramiz Ahmad Mir |
Awarded, 2019 |
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Synthesis and catalytic study of nano NbC and NbB2 compounds |
Aayush Gupta |
Awarded, 2019 |
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Optical and morphological study of doped nano Barium Magnesium Aluminate (BAM) |
Suninder Jeet Kaur |
Awarded, 2020 |
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Theoretical study of nuclear flow and stopping at intermediate energies |
Deepshikha |
Awarded, 2020 |
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Linear and non-linear optical properties of nanopatterned novel glasses |
Shivani |
Awarded, 2020 |
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Study of dry sliding wear characteristics of siliminite reinforced aluminium alloy composite |
Sandeep Sharma |
Awarded, 2020 |
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EMI shielding of Polypyrole-ferrite nano composites |
Nisha |
Awarded, 2021 |
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Optical and morphological studies of co-doped alkali and alkaline-earth metals Gd2O3:Eu phosphors |
Ruby Priya |
Awarded, 2021 |
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Synthesis of MAX phases and their composites |
Piyush Sharma |
Awarded, 2021 |
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Development of super ultra-high strength nano bainitic steel for aerospace and ballistic resistance applications |
S.S. Kasana |
Awarded, 2021 |
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Bio based silica from rice husk and straw for the synthesis of bio compatible glasses |
Damandeep Kaur |
Awarded, 2022 |
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Structural, thermal and optical studies of rare earth doped tellurite and borate glass composites |
Sandeep |
Awarded, 2022 |
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Study of dry sliding wear characteristics of corundum mineral reinforce aluminium alloy matrix composites |
Vikasdeep Singh Maan |
Awarded, 2022
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Wear Properties of Ilmenite/sillimanite Reinforced Hyper Eutectic Al-Si Alloy Matrix Composites |
Varun |
Awarded (2022) |
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Synthesis and characterization of nanosized molybdenum carbide and molybdenum selenide for electrochemical applications |
Sanjay Upadhyay |
Awarded (2022) |
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Development of low loss hexaferrite for microwave antenna applications |
Anoop Partap Singh |
Awarded (2022) |
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Soy flour based N-doped porous carbons for industrial waste water treatment |
Raveena |
Awarded (2023) |
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Synthesis and catalytic study of nano CeO2 compounds. |
Punit Kumar Sharma |
Awarded (2023) |
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Study of dry sliding wear characteristics of boron carbide and ilmenite mineral reinforced AMCs |
Rahul Gupta |
Awarded (2023) |
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Multi-doped graphene for supercapacitor and senser applications |
Amandeep Kaur |
Ongoing (2019) |
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Ternary transition metal oxide graphene composites for high performance supercapacitor electrode |
Kaveri |
Ongoing (2019) |
M.Sc./M.Tech./MDS Thesis / Project Supervised
S.No. |
Title |
Name of Student |
Year |
1. |
Wear characteristics of Al-Cu-Pb alloys |
Manmohan Singh Dhillon |
1993 |
2. |
Processing and properties of cemented tungsten carbide by precipitation route |
Pankaj Kumar Singla |
1994 |
3. |
Preparation of Sm-Fe-N powder by calciothermic reduction |
Sanjeev Mahajan |
1994 |
4. |
Microstructural characteristics of rapidly solidified aluminium based immisible alloys |
Rakesh Kumar |
1995 |
5. |
Microstructural characterisation of copper alloy powders used for bearing materials |
Mandeep Juneja |
1997 |
6. |
Wear characteristics of spheroidal graphite iron |
Navdeep Sharma |
1998 |
7. |
Morphology and tribological characteristics of steels |
Vinay Kumar Gupta |
1998 |
8. |
Effect of morphology of carbide on friction and wear in 0.86% plain carbon steel |
Rajeev Chauhan |
1998 |
9. |
Heat treatment and wear characteristics of eutectoid steel (normalized and annealed) |
Preeti Bhasin |
1999 |
10. |
Heat treatment and wear characteristics of eutectoid steel (quenched and tempered) |
Ritu Singla |
1999 |
11. |
Effect of curing tip distance and exposure time on microhardness of composite resins |
Dr. Rajinder Kumar Bansal |
2001 |
12. |
Studies of SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-B2O3 glasses for solid oxide fuel cell application |
Neha Gupta |
2003 |
13. |
Influence of binders on the magnetic properties of strontium ferrite and NdFeB compression bonded magnets |
Himanshu Jindal |
2003 |
14. |
Study of grain growth phenomenon in sintered soft ferrite magnets |
Sameer Yadav |
2005 |
15 |
Sintering characteristics of Al-Cu-Pb-Sn bearing alloys |
Komal Manmeet |
2005 |
16. |
Development of aluminium based bearing alloys |
Kamalpreet Kaur |
2006 |
17. |
Studies on permeability of Mn-Zn soft ferrites on variation in its basic composition |
Ishwinderpal Singh |
2006 |
18. |
Effect of alloying elements on Al-12.6%Si eutectic alloys |
Alok Jain |
2007 |
19. |
Study of photo catalytic behaviour of TiO2 nanopowders |
Anmol Rattan Singh |
2007 |
20. |
Development and characterization of nickel free duplex stainless steel |
Alok Kumar |
2007 |
21.
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Development of solid electrolyte material based on zirconia-bismuth oxide |
Kapil Sood |
2007 |
22. |
Synthesis and characterization of tungsten carbide nanoparticles |
Ravinder Pal Singh |
2008 |
23. |
Synthesis and characterization of Mn-Zn ferrite nanomaterials by chemical co-precipitation method |
Ravi Prakash Srivastava |
2008 |
24. |
Strength and Fracture Studies of Steam turbine Blade |
Rahul Kaushik |
2009 |
25. |
Preparation and Characterization of Sponge Iron |
Arun Kumar Singh |
2009 |
26. |
Failure Analysis of Gear Material |
Vineet Pandey |
2009 |
27. |
Synthesis of Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles by Reflux Reaction |
Raj Kumar Chopra |
2009 |
28. |
Development of a low loss Mn-Zn Ferrite Material for High Frequency Applications |
Karuna Sagar Chaturvedi
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2009 |
29. |
Effect of Specific Surface Area of In-Process Calcined Powder on Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Finished Mn-Zn ferrites |
Sandeep Kumar Singh
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2009 |
30. |
Development of solid electrolyte material based on Zirconia-Bismuth oxide |
Paramjyot Kumar Jha |
2010 |
31. |
Spray forming and Tribological behaviour of SiC particle reinforced Al-Si alloy |
Ram Kishor Anant |
2010 |
32. |
Sliding wear behaviour of zircon sand reinforced LM13 alloy prepared by spray forming technique |
Rashmi Mittal |
2010 |
33. |
Single Phase Synthesis of Rutile TiO2 Nanoparticles |
Rajani Sharma |
2010 |
34. |
Single pot synthesis of biocompatible silver Nanocollodis |
Poonam Benjwal |
2010 |
35. |
Synthesis and photocatalytic studies of ZnO nanoparticles |
Jagdeep Kaur |
2010 |
36. |
Synthesis and photocatalytic studies of ZnO nanoparticles |
Neeraj Mittal |
2010 |
37. |
Wear characteristic of dual reinforced particles (DRP) Aluminium alloy |
Vipin Sharma |
2011 |
38. |
Wear behaviour of dual particle size (DPS) Aluminium alloy |
Suresh Kumar |
2011 |
39. |
Design of microwave sintering unit for development of Copper-chromium contact materials |
Mukul Verma |
2011 |
40. |
Study of mechanism for producing ultra-fine grain structure in 316 L austenitic stainless steels |
Pankaj Sharma |
2011 |
41. |
Study of mechanism to produce high strength-high conductivity ultra-fine copper through thermal cycling process |
Mridul Rai |
2011 |
42 |
Comparison of polymerization of posterior composites resin by light emitting diode and quartz tungsten based light curing units: An in vitro study |
Dr. Cheena Gupta |
2011 |
42. |
Wear characteristic of rutile reinforced aluminium composites |
Ravinder Singh |
2012 |
43. |
Synthesis and Characterization of Tantalum Carbide nano particles |
Navjot Kaur |
2012 |
44. |
Development and microstructure study of closed cell LM13 alloy foams |
Davinder Singh |
2013 |
45. |
Synthesis and characterization of Chromium Carbide (Cr3C2) nano particles |
Shalini Rajpoot |
2013 |
46. |
Study of Microstructural and tribological properties of LM13 Alloy composite foam |
Amit Sharma |
2014 |
47. |
Study of Mechanical and Tribological properties of Bulk MgO-MgFe2O4 ceramics nano composites Developed via Solid State Precipitation |
Mahesh Kumar Singh |
2014 |
48 |
Synthesis and characterization of Niobium carbide (NbC) nano-powder |
Aayush Gupta |
2015 |
49 |
Synthesis and characterization of MAX phase nano-powder by top-down synthesis route |
Monika Gorsi |
2016 |
50 |
3-D scaffold fabrication via poymer replication method and cytocompatibility for magnesium strontium calcium phosphosilicate sol gel glasses |
Swati |
2016 |
51 |
Anti-bacterial and anti-cancerous drug loading kinetics for copper zinc based calcium phosphosilicate mesoporous bioactive sol gel glasses |
Shikha |
2016 |
52 |
Optimization of synthesis parameters to obtain NbB2 nanopowder at low temperature |
Varun Singhal |
2017 |
53 |
Effect of CuO/MgO ratio on the drug delivery kinetics of CuO-MgO-P2O5-SiO2-CaO-ZnO glasses |
Rupinderjeet Bains |
2017 |
54 |
Development of new flowsheet for the synthesis of nano zirconium carbide (ZrC) |
Amit Singh Vig |
2017 |
55 |
Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum nitride (Mo2N) nanopowders |
Harneet Kaur Sidana |
2017 |
56 |
In-situ single step synthesis of MoSi2 nano powder |
Taranpreet Kaur |
2017 |
57 |
Synthesis, Characterization, and Dry Sliding Wear Charac- teristics of LM27 Alloy Based AMCs with Ceramic Fillers |
Rahul Gupta |
2017 |
58 |
Synthesis and Characterisation of Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) Nanopowders |
Navpreet Kaur |
2018 |
59 |
Optimization of the synthesis parameters to obtain Mo2TiAlC2 Max phase |
Jaspreet Kaur |
2018 |
60 |
Optical and photocatalytic properties of undoped and Ca doped NaNbO3 |
Neha Singla |
2018 |
61 |
Utilization of Agro-food waste materials to derive beta -Ca2SiO4:Eu3+ phosphors for the near UV excited light emitting diodes |
Ishita |
2019 |
62 |
Synthesis and electrochemical studies of nanostructures vanadium oxide V2O3 |
Shweta |
2019 |
63 |
Photodegradation of methylene blue dye by porous Manganese dioxide (MnO2) |
Kajal |
2019 |
64 |
2D Transition metal carbides (MXene) for energy conversion and storage application |
Gurvinder |
2019 |
65 |
Optical and Photocatalytic study of Mn doped ZnS and ZnS/CeO2 nanocomposites |
Gurneet Kaur |
2020 |
66 |
Synthesis and Photoluminescent properties of SrY2O4:Eu/Ti phosphors |
Smriti |
2021 |
67 |
Structural, Optical, and physical characterization of CeO2 doped barium tellurite glasses |
Jatin Grover |
2022 |
68 |
Morphology dependent performance of MnO2 as an electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction |
Jaffica Gupta |
2023 |
Patents
Life member of Gold Bulletin and Gold Patent Digest, Switzerland.
Life member of Indian Ceramic Society
Life member of Indian Thermal Society
Life member of Society of Indian Technical Education
Life member of Electron Microscopic Society of India
Life member of Punjab Academy of Science
Life member of Materials Research Society of India
Life member of Magnetics Society of India
Life member of Metrology Society of India
Significance of N bonding configurations in N-doped graphene for enhanced supercapacitive performance: A comparative study in aqueous electrolytes K Ajravat, OP Pandey, LK Brar - FlatChem, 2024
Facile synthesis of Mn3O4–ZnO composite for photocatalytic dye removal and capacitive applications Aayush Gupta, Kaveri Ajravat, Loveleen K Brar, OP Pandey, Pandey Rajagopalan, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2024
Structural, luminescent and in vitro studies of europium‐doped soda lime phosphate glasses Ruby Priya, Damandeep Kaur, Komal Attri, Sandeep Kaur, Deepinder Sharda, Diptiman Choudhury, OP Pandey, Luminescence, 2024
Green sorbents from agricultural wastes: A review of sustainable adsorption material, S Kainth, P Sharma, OP Pandey - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2024
Role of SiO2 in tailoring stability and nonlinear optical behaviour of gold nanoparticles in glass, Shivani Singla, Nancy Mahendru, Om Prakash Pandey, Neetu Chopra, Gopi Sharma-Physica Scripta, 2024
VOx@ graphene electro-catalysts for water splitting and dopamine sensing, Loveleen K Brar, Kaveri Ajravat, Amanpreet Kaur, Aayush Gupta, OP Pandey-Catalysis Today, 2024
Comparison of Tribological Characteristics of LM13/B4C and LM13/Ilmenite Composites at High-Temperature Conditions, Rahul Gupta, Tarun Nanda, OP Pandey, Varun Singhal, Sandeep Bansal, Ravi Shankar Raman- Journal of Tribology, 2024
Role of ilmenite particles on high temperature wear behavior and coefficient of friction of LM30 aluminium alloy composites, Varun Singhal, Daksh Shelly, Atul Babbar, Rahul Gupta, Suraj Choudhary, OP Pandey, Seul-Yi Lee, Soo-Jin Park -Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2024
In-situ synthesis of carbon-coated Mo2C: An exceptionally efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), Abhishek Chandel, Gurwinder Kaur, Sanjay Upadhyay, OP Pandey - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024
High-Precision Moisture Sensing in Tetrahydrofuran with Dual-Emissive Carbon Dots: Leveraging Ratiometric Strategy and Aggregation-Induced Emission, Shagun Kainth, Piyush Sharma, Soumen Basu, and O.P. Pandey- ACS Applied Optical Materials 2024 2 (7), 1382-1392
Choudhary, R., Pandey, O.P. & Brar, L.K. Soy flour–based biochars for enhanced removal of anionic and cationic dyes. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 14273–14289 (2024).
Optical and electrical conductivity of secondary phase of Sr2+/Ca2+ doped La1-xSrx/CaxNbO4 (0≤ x≤ 0.4), Gaurav Sharma, Jasmeet Kaur Gill, OP Pandey, K Singh- Hybrid Advances, 2024
Singla, G., Mahajan, M., Jha, P.K., Pandey O P et al. Structural study of carbon deficient tungsten carbide nanoparticles prepared by different carbon sources. Appl. Phys. A 130, 648 (2024).
Kainth, S., Sharma, P., Diwan, P. and Pandey O P. Shaping the Future: Innovations in Silicon Wafer Production and Finishing. Silicon (2024)
Kaur, B., Sharma, G., Waraich, K. K., Singh, K., & Pandey, O. P. (2024). Corrosion study of glass coated high strength low alloy steel. Chemical Engineering Communications, 211(12), 1781–1795.