Technical Presentations

  1. “Electrocatalytic Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Epitaxial RuO2 Thin Films,” Dhananjay Kumar, EFRC Yellow Team Meeting December 2024

  2. “Emergence of transition metal oxynitrides as next-generation (photo)electrocatalysts, Dhananjay Kumar,” July 24, 2024, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Invited).

  3. “Optical and Plasmonic Properties of Epitaxial and Oxidative Controlled Titanium Nitride Thin Films,” Chris-Okoro, S. Cherono, and D. Kumar, Symposium: LH: Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems, PRiME 2024, October 5-12, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  4. “EFRC- Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS),” Tanja Cuk, Jin Suntivich, Ethan Crumlin, Geoffroy Hautier, Ismaila Dabo, Bishnu Bastakoti, Shyam Aravamudhan, Kristen Rhinehardt, Junko Yano, David Jonas, Darrell Schlom, William McMahon, Yang Shao-Horn, Dhananjay Kumar, Science Summit for Energy Earthshot Innovation, September 4-5, 2024, Washington DC.

  5. “Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films as a Catalyst for Water Splitting,” (Oral Presentation) Sheilah Cherono, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Valentin Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, 16th annual Kenya Scholars & Studies Association (KESSA) conference, September 2024, Atlanta, Georgia.

  6. "Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of titanium Nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications," Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Sheilah Cherono, Brooke Smith, Jacob Som, Dhananjay Kumar, 12th COE Graduate Research Poster Presentation Competition, Spring Semester 2023, April 20, 2023 North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

  7. “Characterization of pulsed laser-deposited titanium nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications,” Sheilah Cherono, Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Abiodun Odusanya, Mark Pfeifer, Darrah Dare, Dhananjay Kumar, 12th COE Graduate Research Poster Presentation Competition, Spring Semester 2023, April 20, 2023 North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

  8. “Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of titanium nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications,” Jacob Som, Brooke Smith, Dhananjay Kumar, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2023 (3rd place), April 19, 2023, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

  9. “Effects of Temperature on Ruthenium Oxide Thin Films using Pulsed Laser Deposition,” Brooke Smith, Tyffani Royal,  Jacob Som, Dhanajay Kumar, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2023, April 19, 2023, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro.

  10. “Synthesis of Titanium Oxynitride for Photocatalytic Activity in Visible Light,” Kennedy West  and Bishnu Bastakoti, NCAT  UG Research Symposium- Spring 2023, April 19, 2023, North Carolina A&T State University.

  11. “Titanium oxynitride thin films and nanowires for ultra-high capacitance supercapacitor applications,” Panupong Jaipan and Dhananjay Kumar, Symposium EN01: Electrochemical capacitors and related devices – Fundamental, Materials and Cell Design, April 10-14, 2023, MRS 2023 Spring Meeting (2nd place Best Poster Award), San Francisco, California.

  12. “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Porous Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Wastewater Treatment,” Moses Ashie, Bishnu P. Bastakoti, Mohan K. Bhattarai, Ram S. Katiyar, Gerardo Morell & Kiran Subedi, PREM 30, PREM Summit, MRS Spring Meeting, April 10-14, 2023, San Francisco, California.

  13. “Characterization of Pulsed Laser Deposited Titanium Nitride and Oxynitride Thin Films for Alternative Energy Applications,” Sheilah Cherono, Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Abiodun Odusanya, Mark Pfeifer, Darrah Dare, Valentin Craciun & Dhananjay Kumar, PREM 31, PREM Summit, MRS Spring Meeting, April 10-14, 2023, San Francisco, California.

  14. “Effects of Temperature on Ruthenium Oxide Thin Films Using Pulsed Laser Deposition,” Tyffani Roya, Brooke Smith, Jacob Som, and Dhananjay Kumar, PREM 32, PREM Summit, MRS Spring Meeting, April 10-14, 2023, San Francisco, California.

  15. “Pulsed Laser Deposition and Characterization of Titanium Nitride and Oxynitride Thin Films for Alternative Energy Applications,” Brooke Smith, Dhananjay Kumar, and Jacob Som, PREM 32, PREM Summit, MRS Spring Meeting, April 10-14, 2023, San Francisco, California.

  16. “Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of iron nanoparticle and iron thin films embedded or sandwiched between titanium nitride thin films,” Kaushik Sarkar, Abiodun Odusanya, Manosi Roy, Jacob Som, Vanessa Jones, Abebe Kebede, Steve Kriske, Frank Wise, and Dhananjay Kumar, APS March meeting, March 5-10, 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada.

  17. “Titanium Oxynitride Thin Film Supercapacitor Decorated with   Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles,” Jacob Som,  Brooke Smith, Abiodun Odusanya, Shiva Bhardwaj, Tyffani Royal, John Wright, Ram Gupta, Jin Suntivich, Dhananjay Kumar, APS March meeting, March 5-10, 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada.

  18. “Modulating Optical Properties of TiN/TiNO Thin Films for Photocatalytic Applications,” Manosi Roy, Abiodun Odusanya, Brooke Smith, Mark A. Pfeifer, Darrah Dare, Valentin Craciun, J. David Schall, Frank Wise, and Dhananjay Kumar, APS March meeting 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada

  19. “Superior transport and optical properties of titanium oxynitride thin films: Liquid nitrogen assisted condensation of unwanted residual oxygen during film deposition,”  Abiodun Odusanya, Madison Jordan, Mark Pfeifer and Dhananjay Kumar APS March meeting, March 5-10, 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada.

2022

  1. Kaushik Sarkar, Manosi Roy, Jacob Som, Dhananjay Kumar, Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Iron Nanoparticles Embedded Titanium Nitride Thin Film Matrix, Presentation type: Onsite Oral presentation Control ID: 3787705, Session Title: NOC-11 Magnetocaloric Materials II, Session date and Time: Nov 01, 2022, 3:15 PM- 3:27 PM, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, MMM 2022, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  2. Jacob Som, Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Brooke Smith, Darrah Kristen Dare, Xiaochuan Lu, Dhananjay Kumar, “2D Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films on Metallic Substrates for Electrochemical Charge Storage”, Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  3. Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Abiodun Odusanya, Mark A. Pfeifer, Darrah Dare, Valentine Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, ‘Dimensionality effect on photocatalytic properties of titanium nitride thin films’, Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  4. Kaushik Sarkar, Dhananjay Kumar, Magnetocaloric effect in superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles embedded in a titanium nitride thin film matrix, Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  5. Brooke Smith, Jacob Som, Dhananjay Kumar, “Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of titanium nitride and oxynitride thin films for alternative energy applications” Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  6. Vanessa Jones, Kaushik Sarkar, Kyle Hilliard, Dhananjay Kumar, “fabrication of Iron Nanoparticles embedded in titanium nitride thin films for Magnetic Refrigeration” Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  7. Abiodun Odusanya and Dhananjay Kumar, “Titanium oxynitride material system for water-splitting applications- a study of effect of liquid nitrogen trap” Presentation type: Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools, CAMPS poster session, Session date and Time: October 13, 4 PM- 5 PM, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  8. Kaushik Sarkar, Vanessa Jones, Dhananjay Kumar, Magnetocaloric effect in superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles embedded in a titanium nitride thin film matrix, Presentation type: 14th International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials, ICPAM-14 poster session,Session date and Time: September 10, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

  9. Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Abiodun Odusanya, Brooke Smith, Mark August Pfeifer, Darrah Kristen Dare, Valentin Craciun, Dhananjay Kumar, “Chemical States and Bandgap Energy of Thin and Ultra-thin Titanium Nitride Thin Films,” Symposium: SF06: Defect and Disorder-Driven Material Transport Properties and Functionalities, Presentation Type: Onsite Oral, Control ID: 3780765, Session Title: SF06.01: Nitrides, Session Date and Time: November 28, 2022, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.

  10. Jacob Som, Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Brooke Smith, Darrah Kristen Dare, Xiaochuan Lu, Dhananjay Kumar, “Strategic Tuning of 2D Transition Metal Oxynitride system for Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials,” Symposium: CH03: Advanced Characterizations of Heterogeneities in Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials, Presentation Type: Onsite Oral, Control ID: 3784493, Session Date and Time: December 1, 2022, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.

  11. Abiodun Odusanya and Dhananjay Kumar, “Bandgap Study of Titanium Oxynitride Photoactive Material System,” Symposium: EQ06: Two-Dimensional (2D) van der Waals Materials-Quantum Properties and Electronic and Photonic Devices, Session Date and Time: December 6, 2022, from 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM, Presentation type: Virtual Poster presentation, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.

  12. Mansoi Roy, D. Kumar, ‘’Ultra-low Thickness Titanium Nitride Thin Films for Spintronic Devices,’’ Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2022 Mar 18. 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM, Session Z53, APS March Meeting, Chicago.

  13. Jacob Som, F. Choi, S. Fialkova, R. Gupta, D. Kumar, “Effect of Substrate-Induced Lattice Strain on the Electrochemical Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Nickel Oxide Thin Film,” Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2022 Mar 18. 10:24 AM -10:36 AM, Session Y10, APS March Meeting, Chicago.

  14. K. Sarkar, S.Shaji, S. Sarin, J. Shield, C. Binek, D. Kumar, “Large refrigerant capacity in rare earth free nanostructures of matrix embedded Fe nanoparticles,” Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2022 Mar 17. 8:38 AM - 8:50 AM, Session S54, APS March Meeting, Chicago.

2021

  1. Jacob Som, Jonghyun Choi, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Jin Suntivich, Ram K. Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar, Effect of Substrate Induced Lattice Strain on the Electrochemical Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Nickel Oxide Thin Film, EN11.04.03: Electrocatalytic  materials to sustainably convert atmospheric C,H,O and N fuels and Chemicals. MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 29- Dec 2, 2021.

  2. Kaushik Sarkar, Surabhi Shaji, Manosi Roy, Christian Binek, Dhananjay Kumar, Low-Field Large Magnetocaloric Effect in Self-Assembled Iron Nanoparticles Embedded in Titanium Nitride Thin–Film Matrix, EQ10.03:Multiferroics and Magnetoelectrics, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 29- Dec 2, 2021.

  3. Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Darrah Kristen Dare, Jin Suntivich, Dhananjay Kumar, An Analysis of the Electrical and Magnetic Behavior of Ultra-Low thickness Titanium Nitride Films. MRS-PREM Research Scholars Summit, December 6-8, 2021.

  4. Panupong Jaipan, Jonghyun Choi, Jacob Som, Manosi Roy, Ram K. Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar, Jin Suntivich, Austin Reese, Pseudocapacitive titanium oxynitride nanowires by pulsed-laser deposition for ultra-high capacitance supercapacitors. MRS-PREM Research Scholars Summit, December 6-8, 2021.

  5. Kaushik Sarkar, Surabhi Shaji, Manosi Roy, Christian Binek, Dhananjay Kumar, Low-Field Large Magnetocaloric Effect in Self-Assembled Iron Nanoparticles Embedded in Titanium Nitride Thin–Film Matrix. MRS-PREM Research Scholars Summit, December 6-8, 2021.

  6. Nikhil R. Mucha, Jacob Som, Abiodun Odusanya, Surabhi Shaji, Svitlana Fialkova, and Dhananjay Kumar, Visible Light Driven Titanium Oxynitride Photoactive Material System. MRS-PREM Research Scholars Summit, December 6-8, 2021.

2020

  1. Roy, M., Mucha, N.R, Kumar, D., Transport and magnetic properties of TiN thin films, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Virtual Conference, Nov 2-6, 2020

  2. S. Shaji and D. Kumar, Enhanced Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Fe Nanoparticles in TiN Thin Film Matrix, r, 65th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials," 2020.

  3. Rina Mudanyi, C. Cramer, A. Elliott, D. Kumar "W-ZrC composites prepared by reactive melt infiltration of Zr2Cu alloy into binder jet 3D printed WC preforms," TMS – Refractory Metals 2020: Refractory Metal Alloys, Silicides, and Composites, 2020, San Diego, CA.

  4. Rina Mudanyi, C. Cramer, A. Elliott, D. Kumar "C-phase stabilization of W-ZrC composites prepared by reactive melt infiltration," ICACC- 9th Global Young Investigator Forum, ICACC-GYIF-008-2020 2020, Daytona Beach, FL.

2019

  1. Surabhi Shaji, Nikhil Reddy Mucha, Prakash Giri, Manosi Roy, Christian Binek, D. Kumar, "Magnetic, Electrical and Magnetocaloric Properties of Fe90Ta10 Thin Film", Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall meet in Boston, MA, Dec 1-6, 2019.

  2. Surabhi Shaji, Nikhil Reddy Mucha, D. Kumar, "Non-Hybrid Single Layer Visible-Light Responsive Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films for Light Harvesting Applications", 13th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-13), Bellevue, Washington, June 7-12, 2019.

  3. Nikhil R Mucha, Jacob Som, Surabhi Shaji, Prakash R Apte, Balamurugan Balasurbramanian, Jefferey E Shield, Mark Anderson, D. Kumar, "Synthesis of Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films with Tunable Bandgaps for Alternative Energy Applications in the Full Solar Spectrum Range", Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall meet in Boston, MA, Dec 1-6, 2019.

  4. Manosi Roy, Nikhil Reddy Mucha, Svitlana Fialkova, Sergey Yarmolenko, D. Kumar, "Effect of Thickness on the Crystal Structure and Electrical Properties of Epitaxially Grown TiN Thin Films", International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Salt Lake City, UT, 2019

2018

  1. Nikhil Reddy, M., Ezhaikuiyan, R., Rathnayake, H., D. Kumar, Carolina Science Symposium, "A single photo active and Efficient Visible Light Responsive Titanium Oxynitride materials for light harvesting applications," MRS, ASM International and AVS, NC State University, Raleigh. (November 2018).

  2. Shaji, S., Giri, P., Binek, C., D. Kumar, Carolina Science Symposium, "Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Fe90Ta10 Thin films," MRS, ASM, AVS, NC State University, Raleigh. (November 2018).

  3. Roy, M., Reddy, M., Ponnam, R., Scott-Emuakpor, O., Majumdar, A., D. Kumar, Carolina Science Symposium, "Quantum interference effects in single crystalline titanium nitride films at low temperatures," MRS, ASM International and AVS, NC State University, Raleigh. (November 2018).

  4. Jaipan, P., Roy, K., Tran, D., Scott-Emuakpor, O., Sundaresan, M., Yarmolenko, S., D. Kumar, Carolina Science Symposium, "Vibration damping enhancement in titanium beams with titanium nitride/titanium films deposition by RF magnetron sputtering," MRS, ASM International and AVS, NC State University, Raleigh. (November 2018).

  5. Reddy, M., D. Kumar, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), "Bandgap engineering of Titanium Oxynitride Thin films with Large Power Conversion Efficiency in Photovoltaic Solar Cells," ASME, Pittsburgh. (November 2018).

  6. Shaji, S., D. Kumar International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), "Magnetocaloric Properties of Fe90-Ta10 Thin Films," ASME, Pittsburgh, PA. (November 2018).

  7. Shaji, S., D. Kumar, Materials Research Society Fall meeting, "Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Fe-(W) Ta Thin Films," Materials Research Society, Boston, MA. (November 2018).

  8. Reddy, M, D. Kumar, Materials Research Society Fall meeting, "Titanium Oxynitride Thin films with Large Power Conversion Efficiency in Photovoltaic Solar Cells," Materials Research Society, Boston, MA. (November 2018).

  9. Jaipan, P., Reddy, M., D. Kumar, Materials Research Society, Fall meeting, "Influence of Gold Catalyst on the Growth of Titanium Nitride Nanowires," Materials Research Society, Boston, MA. (November 2018).

  10. Mucha, N., Kant, C., Katiyar, M., Rathnayake, H., Schubert, E, D. Kumar, Materials Research Society Spring meeting, "Bandgap Engineering of Oxynitride thin films for water splitting and Hydrogen generation," Materials Research Society, Phoenix, Arizona. (April 2018).

  11. Shaji, S., Mucha, N., Majumdar, A., D. Kumar, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, "Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Fe90Ta10 Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Use as a Permanent Magnet," Materials Research Society, Phoenix, Arizona. (April 2018).

  12. Mucha, N., Aryeetey, F., Shaji, S, Gbewonyo, S., Zhang, L., D. Kumar, Arvamudhan, S., Materials Research Society, Spring meeting, "Structural and Electrical properties of Semiconducting Electro spun Carbon Nanofibers," Materials Research Society, Phoenix, Arizona. (April 2018).

  13. Mucha, N., Kant, C., Katiyar, M., Schubert, E., Rathanayake, H., D. Kumar, American Physical Society, March Meeting, "Bandgap Engineering of Oxynitride thin films for water splitting and Hydrogen generation," American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California. (March 2018).

  14. Shaji, S., Mucha, N., Majumdar, A., D. Kumar, American Physical Society, March Meeting, "Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Fe90Ta10 Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Use as a Permanent Magnet," American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California. (March 2018).

2017

  1. D. Kumar, R. Ponnam, N. Mucha, A. Kebede, A.K. Majumdar, "G1.00289 Study of low temperature resistivity minimum and Hall effect in pulsed laser deposited single crystalline titanium nitride films, "American Physical Society March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  2. T. Emeakaroha, R. Ponnam, D. Kumar, A. Kebede, F. James, "G1.00313 Enhancement of critical current density of YBCO thin films by introducing nanodimensional cerium oxide defects," American Physical Society March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana

  3. D. Kumar, N.K. Yamoah, M.A. Koten, J.E. Shield, J. Narayan, "X28.000014Dependence of grain size and defect density on the magnetic properties of mechanically alloyed F80W10 powders," Session X28: General Magnetism, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana

  4. P. Giri, D. Kumar, C. Binek, "S 43.00007 Voltage-induced entropy change in complex oxide thin films via electrostatic doping," Session 43: Electric Field and Optical Effects in Magnetic Oxide Heterostructures, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana

Previous Years

  1. Humaira Taz, Tamil Sakthivel, Nana K. Yamoah, Connor Carr, D. Kumar, Sudipta Seal and Ramki Kalyanaraman, "Ferromagnetism, optical transparency, and semiconducting behavior in Fe-Dy-Tb based amorphous oxide films," Materials Research Society Meeting, Fall 2016, Boston.

  2. Yamoah, Nana Kwame, D. Kumar, MRS Fall Meeting: Symposium N—Magnetic Nanomaterials for Biomedical and Energy Applications, "Magnetic Properties of Bulk Fe90X10 (X= W, Ta) and Thin Film Deposited Fe100-yXy for Use as a Permanent Magnet," Materials Research Society, Boston. (December 2015).

  3. Chandra, Nannuri, D. Kumar, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting: Symposium GG—Emerging Materials and Platforms for Optoelectronics. "Fabrication, Characterization and Mechanism of Epitaxial TiN Nanowires on Sapphire and MgO Substrates for Advance Electro-Optical Applications", Materials Research Society, Boston. (December 2015).

  4. Bhattarai, N., Lambeth, C., D. Kumar, Waters, C. K., Pai, D. M., Mccullough, M. B., Booth, C. S. 2015 ASEE International Conference and Exposition Enhancing Undergraduate Students' Learning and Research Experiences through Hands-on Experiments in Bio-nanoengineering, Seattle, WA, June 2015.

  5. Yamoah, Nana Kwame, Moses, Timothy, D. Kumar, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, "Corrosion behavior of Tricalcium Phosphate doped with different compositions of Ag," ASME, Houston. (November 2015).

  6. Chandra Shekar Reddy Nannuri, and D. Kumar, "Bandgap engineering of oxinitride nanowires for water splitting and hydrogen generation," Symposium SS: Oxide thin films and nanostructures for advanced electrical, optical, and magnetic applications, MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA, April 6-10 (2015)

  7. Klinton Davis, Ron Gamble, Abebe Kebede, and D. Kumar, Enhancement of critical current density of YBCO thin films by self-assembly of CO2 nanoparticulates, , Symposium SS, MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA, April 6-10 (2015)

  8. Structural, Optical and Transport Properties of Undoped and Al-Doped ZnO Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition at Room Temperature, Namik Kemal Temizer, Sudhakar Nori, Jagdish Narayan and D. Kumar, Symposium on "Defects in semiconductors: Relationship to optoelectronic properties", MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA, April 6-10 (2015) Abstract ID #FF 8.05

  9. Strain Induced Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Epitaxial Magnesium Oxide Thin Films, Zhonghe Jin, Yi-Fang Lee, Sudhakar Nori, Ki Wook Kim, Jagdish Narayan, D. Kumar, Symposium on Oxide thin films and nanostructures for advanced electrical, optical, and magnetic applications, MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA, April 6-10 (2015) Abstract ID #SS 9.01

  10. Effect of Laser Annealing on Electrical and Optical Properties of Undoped and Al-Doped Transparent Conducting Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Namik Kemal Temizer, Sudhakar Nori, Jagdish Narayan, John Prater and D. Kumar, "Pulsed laser deposition assisted fabrication of nano-dimensional metallic particles and wires for electronic, magnetic, and biological applications." Symposium VV, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 20-25, 2014.  (Invited)

  11. H. Song, D. Maurya, D. Gray, D. Kumar, and S. Priya, Modulated magneto-thermal response of La-Sr-Mn-O and Ni-CuZn-O Fe2O4 composites, K 12.09, Symposium K, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, April 20-25, 2014.

  12. Sally Ibrahim and D. Kumar, "Influence of Substrate Temperature and Post Annealing on Structure and Magnetic Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Fe50-Ni50 Films," K 13.43, Symposium K, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, April 20-25, 2014.

  13. Seyram Gbordzoe and D. Kumar, Synthesis and characterization of one and two dimensional metallic and ceramic nanostructures, K13.38, Symposium K, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, April 20-25, 2014

  14. S.S. Rao, J.T. Prater, F. Wu, S. Nori, D. Kumar, L. Yue, S.-H. Liou and J. Narayan, "Positive exchange bias in epitaxial permalloy/MgO integrated with Si (100)," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2014, 59, (1), March 3–7, 2014; Denver, Colorado. (Abstract ID: BAPS.2014.MAR.H1.254).

  15. D. Kumar, K. Mensah-Darkwa, Talisha Haywood, Ram, Gupta, "Metallo-ceramic HA-Mg composites films for biomedical implant applications," Symposium NN: Multifunctional Biomaterials, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 1-5, 2013.

  16. Seyram Gbordzoe, Dominique James, and D. Kumar, Structural and Magnetic Behavior of Pulsed Laser Deposited Ni Nanoparticle in Alumina Thin Film Matrix at Liquid Nitrogen and Elevated Temperatures, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, October 2013

  17. Seyram Gbordzoe, D. Kumar, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Ram Gupta. "Growth and Characterization of Titanium Nitride Nanowires on Silicon Substrate Using Pulsed Laser Deposition Method for Biological applications," ASME Track 2: Advanced Manufacturing, San Diego, November 20, 2013.

  18. D. Kumar, K.M. Darkwa, R.K. Gupta, "Metallo-ceramic HA-Mg Composite Films for Biomedical Implant Applications," Symposium NN, paper # 5.20, Materials Research Society Meeting, April 1-4, 2013, San Francisco.

  19. D. Kumar, D. Pai, K. Mensah-Darkwa, R. Liles, M. K. Faruque, and C. Lambeth, "Impacting Undergraduate Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Education, ASEE Conference and & Exposition, June 12, 2012, San Antonio.

  20. S. Turner, N. Bhattarai, D. Kumar, "From macromolecules to nanofiber: electrospinning just the right technique for the job," ASEE Conference and & Exposition, June 12, 2012, San Antonio.

  21. T. M. Haywood, K. M Darkwa, R. Gupta, D. Kumar, "Pulsed Laser Deposition and biocompatibility of titanium nitride coatings, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA

  22. K. Mensah-Darkwa, R. K. Gupta, D. Kumar, "Fabrication and characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Magnesium Composite Thin Films on Magnesium plates for Implant Applications," Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA

  23. T. Haywood, D. Kumar, K. Darkwa, R. Gupta Development of Ceramic Biomaterial Coatings for Implant Applications, BMES 2012 Annual Meeting scheduled for October 24-27, Atlanta, Georgia

  24.  Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, D. Kumar, Ram Gupta, "Fabrication and characterization of Metallo-Ceramic Composite Films for Bone Implant Applications, BMES 2012 Annual Meeting scheduled for October 24-27, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia

  25. Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, R. K. Gupta, D. Kumar, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) Studies on Magnesium-Hydroxyapatite Composite Coating for Bioimplants, European –Materials Research Society, Central Campus of Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), September 17-21, 2012

  26. R.K. Gupta, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, D. Kumar, "Environment friendly corrosion resistive coating on magnesium using phytic acid, European –Materials Research Society, Central Campus of Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), September 17-21, 2012

  27. Kwadwo M-Darkwa, Mainul Faruque, Talisha Haywood, Christa Watson1, Ram Gupta, Cynthia Waters, Jenora Waterman, D. Kumar"Fabrication, characterization, and mechanism of vertically aligned untapered titanium nitride Nanowires," Symposium AA, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 9-13, 2012.

  28. "Pulsed laser deposition assisted fabrication of nano-dimensional metallic particles and wires for magnetic and biological applications," D. Kumar, Vikram Verma, Minul Faruque, Crystal Jessamy, and Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, International Workshop on Physics and Semiconductor Devices, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Dec. 19-22, 2011. (Invited)

  29. "Fabrication, characterization, and mechanism of vertically aligned titanium nitride nanowires," Dhananjay Kumar, European Materials Research Society, Warsaw, Poland, 2011 (Invited)

  30. "Integration of nanomanufacturing research into curricular education and outreach," D. Kumar, D. Pai, M. Faruque, K. Mensah-Darkwa, AC 2011-2565, ASEE 2011, Vancouver, Canada, 2011

  31. "Fabrication of TiN Nanowires for applications in nano-and biological science and engineering," Mainul K Faruque, Kwadwo M Darkwa, Crysta Watson, Talisha Haywood, Jenora T Waterman, and D. Kumar, Abstract ID: H12NV, European Materials Research Society, Nice France, 2011 (Invited).

  32. "Pulsed laser deposition and biocompatibility of magnesium oxide and titanium nitride nanowires on implant surfaces," Mainul K Faruque, Ninh Dang, Kwadwo M Darkwa, Crysta Watson, Talisha Haywood, Jenora T Waterman, and D. Kumar, Abstract ID: 2A1MX, European Materials Research Society, Nice France, 2011

  33. "Superconductivity is cool," D. Kumar and D. Pai, National Educators Workshop, March 7-9, 2010, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina.

  34. "Growth and structure-magnetic property correlations of nickel-doped zinc oxide thin films, S. Nori, C. Jin, Wei Wei, R. Aggarwal, D. Kumar, Roger J. Narayan and J. Narayan, FF 1.5, Symposium FF: Novel Materials and Devices for Spintronics, MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, CA, April 13-17 (2009).

  35. "Synthesis and Characterization of Bimetallic Pd-Co Nano Magnetic Materials in Mesoporous Silica," D. Kuila, B. Tatineni, D. Kumar, J. Perkins, and S. Yarmolenko, K.2.9, MRS Fall Meeting, SYMPOSIUM: K: Magnetic Nanostructures by Design, Boston (2008).

  36. "Effect of Spacer Layer Thickness on Magnetic Interactions in Self-assembled Single Domain Iron Nanoparticles," Nichole B. Herndon, Sang Ho Oh, Jeremiah T. Abiade, Devdas Pai, Jag Sankar and D. Kumar, "I7.6: MRS Spring Meeting, March 24-28, 2008, San Francisco.

  37. "Development and Study of Single-Chamber SOFCs with Extra Thin Nano-structured Electrolytes," Zhigang Xu, D. Kumar, and Jag Sankar," I3.60 MRS Spring Meeting, March 24-28, 2008, San Francisco.

  38. "ZnO-based Photoluminescent Magnetic Nano-Powders and Thin Films," Ashutosh Tiwari, D. Kumar, Michael Snure and Jeremiah T. Abiade, "I7.10: MRS Spring Meeting, March 24-28, 2008, San Francisco. (Invited).

  39. "High Density Electric Currents in YBCO-based Superconducting Tapes, Studied Over 8 Decades of Dissipation," James R Thompson, Özgur Polat, D. K. Christen, D. Kumar, P. M. Martin and J. W. Sinclair; "II7.4 MRS Spring Meeting, March 24-28, 2008, San Francisco.  (Invited).

  40. "Effect of Spacer Layer Thickness on Magnetic Interactions in Self-assembled Single Domain Iron Nanoparticles," N. B. Herndon, J. T. Abiade, D. Kumar, J. Sankar, D. Pai, Sang Oh Ho and S. J. Pennycook,52 International Conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, October 2007 Tampa. (Contributed).

  41. "Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Amorphous and Crystalline Matrices," D. Kumar, 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Bangalore, India, 8-13 October 2007. (Invited).

  42. "Nanoscale magnetic properties of self-assembled Ni particles in single and multilayered structures," D. Kumar, TMS Annual Meeting, 2007. (Invited)

  43. "Synthesis and Characterization of magnetic gold nanoparticles," J.T. Abiade, Sang Ho Oh, S. Pennycook, D. Christen, J. Thompson, and D. Kumar, MRS Spring Meeting, 9-13, 2007, San Francisco. (Contributed).

  44. "Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nickel Nanoparticles Embedded in Alumina and Cerium Oxide Insulating Layers," A. Paige, Alok Gupta, J.T. Abiade, A.K. Majumdar, Sang Ho Oh, S. Pennycook, and D. Kumar, MRS Spring Meeting, 9-13, 2007, San Francisco. (Invited).

  45. "Flux-pinning effects of laser ablated CeO2/YBCO single layer thin films," Talisha Haywood, J.T. Abiade, A. Kebede, and D. Kumar, American Physical Society Meeting, Denver, 2007. (Contributed).

  46. "Structural, Thermal, and Electrical Characteristics of (Ta, Al) N Films for Copper Metallization," J.T. Abiade, S.K. Viswanathan, D. Singh, and D. Kumar, European MRS, May 28- June 2, 2006, Nice, France. (Contributed).

  47. "Nanoscale magnetic properties of self-assembled Ni particles in single and multilayered structures," A. Gupta and D. Kumar, Symposium P, Presentation P8.4, MRS Fall Meeting, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2006, Boston. (Contributed).

  48. ."Self-assembled nanostructured magnetic and superconducting materials and their application," D. Kumar, University of South Carolina Nano-Retreat, Pisgah Forest, May 20-21, 2006. (Invited).

  49. "Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured magnetic particles," MRS Fall Meeting, December 1-5, 2003, Boston.

  50. "Self-assembled novel nanoengineered materials, 10th International Conference on Composite Engineering, New Orleans, July 20-26, 2003.

  51. "Mechanical Properties of Ni embedded Alumina Nanocomposite Thin Films," 28th International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition: Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Cocoa Beach, January 25-30, 2003.

  52. "Fracture toughness of Ni/Al2O3 multilayered nanocomposites," 10th International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 20-26, pp.847-848, 2003.

  53. "Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of TiN-AlN Thin Film Heterostructures", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2003), 778 (Mechanical Properties Derived from Nanostructuring Materials), 37-42.

  54. "Pulsed laser deposition parameter optimization for growth of alumina (Al2O3) thin film on silicon (100)", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2003), 788(Continuous Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials).

  55. "Synthesis and Characterization of MgB2 Bulk Superconductors with Enhanced Properties by Means of Silver Doping", MD (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) (2003), 98(Proceedings of the ASME Materials Division--2003).

  56. "Synthesis, structural characterization and mechanical properties of nanoengineered metal-ceramic Ni-Al2O3 thin film composites", Ninth Annual International Conference on Composites Engineering, July-1-6, 2002, San Diego.

  57. "Microstructural properties of silver doped MgB2 superconductors Ninth Annual International Conference on Composites Engineering, July-1-6, 2002, San Diego.

  58.  "Atomic level characterization of nickel crystallites of nanometer dimension", R.7.12, Symposium on Nanostructured interfaces, MRS Spring Meeting, April 204, 2002, San Francisco.

  59.  "Epitaxial growth of La-Sr-Mn-O thin films on buffered Si (100) substrate, D 9.3, Symposium on Perovskite Materials, MRS Spring Meeting, April 204, 2002, San Francisco.

  60.  "Luminescent characteristics of pulsed laser deposited Eu:Y2O3 thin film phosphors", B 18 5, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 20-24, 2000, Minneapolis.

  61. "Low temperature magnetoresistance of colossal magnetoresistive La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films", T 26 1, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 20-24, 2000, Minneapolis.

  62. "Magnetic and magnetoresistance properties of pulsed laser deposited La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films on silicon substrates", Symposium J, MRS Spring Meeting, April 24-Aprit 28, 2000, San Francisco.

  63. "Magnetoresistance properties of La-Mn-O and Pr-Ba-Ca-Mn-O superlattices", Symposium F, MRS Spring Meeting, April 24-Aprit 28, 2000, San Francisco.

  64. "Role of oxygen content and crystallinity in magnetoresistance behavior of lanthanum manganite thin films", Symposium J, MRS Spring Meeting, April 24-Aprit 28, 2000, San Francisco.

  65. "Pulsed laser fabrication and characterization of Eu:Y2O3 phosphor films", PTCOE Meeting, Feb. 19-21, 1999, Georgia Tech, Atlanta.

  66. "Improved luminescence properties of pulsed laser deposited Eu:Y2O3 thin film phosphor on diamond coated silicon substrates", Symposium B, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  67. "Magnetoresistance behavior in internal and external doped lanthanum manganite thin films", Symposium L, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  68. "Magnetoresistance in Pr-Ba-Ca-Mn-O thin films", Symposium L, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  69. "Stabilization of Al2O3 slurries in presence of oxidizer for chemical, mechanical polishing" Symposium Q, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  70. "Pulsed laser assisted particulate cleaning of solid surfaces", Symposium Q, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  71. "Luminescence properties of pulsed laser deposited Eu:Y2O3 thin film phosphors on sapphire substrates", Symposium Y, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  72. "Advances in thin film cathodoluminescent phosphors", Symposium B, MRS Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 1998, San Francisco.

  73. "Laser assisted cleaning of silicon surfaces", Symposium on Materials Science of Chemical Mechanical Planarization, TMS Annual Meeting, Feb. 15-19, San Antonio.

  74. "Laser assisted nanostructured coating of colossal magnetoresistive La-Ca-Mn-O system on micron sized particle", Symposium CC, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 1-5, 1997, Boston.

  75. "Effect of laser beam dimension on sub-micron particles removal from solid surfaces", Symposium CC, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 1-5, 1997, Boston.

  76. "Deposition and characterization of Eu:Y2O3 red phosphor thin films", Symposium G, MRS Spring Meeting, March 31-April 4, 1997, San Francisco.

  77. "Pulsed laser assisted particulate cleaning of solid surfaces", Symposium P, MRS Spring Meeting, March 31-April 4, 1997, San Francisco.

  78. "Role of silver in epitaxial growth of oxide thin films", Symposium L, MRS Spring Meeting, March 31-April 4, 1997, San Francisco.

  79. "Fundamental studies on particle adhesion and cleaning of chemical mechanical planarized wafers", Symposium P, MRS Spring Meeting, March 31-April 4, 1997, San Francisco.

  80. "Growth and characterization of self-doped colossal magnetoresistive manganite thin films", Symposium on low energy beam processing in electronic Materials, TMS Annual Meeting, Feb. 9-13, Orlando.

  81. "Role of Ag-doping during pulsed laser deposition of YBCO thin films", Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials, Aug. 5-9, 1996, Keystone, Denver.

  82. "Ability of silver to ordain high quality YBCO thin film growth on microwave desired sapphire substrate without buffer", 190th The Electrochemical Society Fall Meeting, Oct. 6-11, 1996, San Antonio.

  83. "Pulsed laser deposition of thin film phosphor for field emission flat panel displays", 190th The Electrochemical Society Fall Meeting, Oct. 6-11, 1996, San Antonio.

  84. "Realization of high quality YBCO films on bare sapphire by means of silver doping", Symposium GG, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 2-6, 1996, Boston.

  85. "Particle assisted processing of sheathed Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconducting films and tapes", Symposium GG, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 2-6, 1996, Boston.

  86. "Giant magnetoresistance phenomenon in laser ablated La-Y-Ca-Mn-O thin films", Symposium F, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 2-6, 1996, Boston.

  87. "Comparative study of undoped and silver doped YBCO thin films on MgO substrates", Symposium F, MRS Fall Meeting, Dec. 2-6, 1996, Boston.

  88. "Effect of Pr doping of YBCO thin films", DAE Symposium on Solid State Physics, 1992, Tirupathi.

  89. "Role of silver in the improvement of superconducting quality of YBCO thin films", DAE Symposium on Solid State Physics, 1993, BARC, Bombay.

  90. "LaNiO3: a promising material for contact with YBCO thin films", Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity: Physical Properties and Mechanism, Jan. 5-11, 1995, University of Miami, Miami.

  91. "Silver doping: a potential means to grow good quality YBCO thin films on bare sapphire", Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity: Physical Properties and Mechanism, Jan. 5-11, 1995, University of Miami, Miami.

  92. "Geometrical model and experimental evidence for the growth of Ag-doped YBCO thin films", Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity: Physical Properties and Mechanism, Jan. 5-11, 1995, University of Miami, Miami.