Krishanu Biswas

Ranjit Singh Chair Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

 

Office                                                                 Residence

Room: WL 210C ,Western Lab                                            House no : 408
Phone: (+91-512-259) 6184 (direct)/7720 (lab)/8408(H)     IIT Kanpur Campus
email: kbiswas[AT]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in,                            

 

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Looking for M.Tech and Phd students to work on High Entropy Materials.

Interested students having background in Metallurgy/Physics/Chemistry

can meet me or write me.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

o Solidification of  multicomponent alloys

   The phase formation under non-equilibrium condition in concentrated alloys is field that remains to be explored. Our research activity deals with understanding the phase selection and morphological evolution using the process of solidification.

o Nanostructured materials

   The research focuses on phase transformation of binary and ternary alloy nanoparticles embedded in crystalline, quasicrystalline and amorphous matrices. Understanding the melting and solidification of alloy nanoparticles is a challenge. We are also working in the area of multicomponent nanoeutectic alloys. We also study melting and solidification of alloy (single and multiphase) free nanoparticles prepared by chemical synthesis routes. We also use cryo milling (milling at low temperature) to prepare different nanostructures.

 o Energy materials

       Hydrogen is seen by many as the energy carrier of the future and science and technology to produce, store and utilize hydrogen has emerged as an international research priority. We work on new catalytic materials for production and storage of hydrogen energy. Using metallurgical principles, we process novel catalysts in our lab and test them.

 o Size effect of ionic nanoparticles

    The research on ionic nanoparticles is new and expanding very fast. The ionic particles are characterized by strong Coulomb interactions between the positive and negative ions. At nanosize, the these Coulmbic interactions get modified leading to change in behavior of the ionic particles. We use top-down approach to prepare the ionic nanoparticle to see anomalous lattice expansion, insulating behavior at nanoscale.

o Graphene and graphene-metal hybrids

 Preparation of graphene and graphene-metal hybrids and their properties are deemed to be important for future applications of material. Graphene is considered as ’Miracle material’ for 21st century. We use chemical synthesis routes to prepare and characterize them by electron microscopes, UV-Vis and Raman spectroscopic techniques. We use ab initio calculations to explain the experimental findings.

O High Entropy Alloys High entropy alloys (HEA) are novel multicomponent alloys where each element in the alloy will  have concentration of 20 atom%. They are multicomponent cocktails. We look at the processing and consolidation of HEAs using in house high energy ball mill and spark plasma sintering facilities. The formation and stability of these novel materials are extensively studied in our group.

 

PATENT

1. Pond-Ash Kaolinite Based Geopolymer Brick (Patent Filed : 201711045206 )

2. Novel Hard (TiB2) and Soft (Bi) Reinforced High Entropy Alloy composite for

Bearing Applications (Patent filed: 201811047924)

 

PUBLICATIONS 

 

Correspondences:

1. Krishanu Biswas, First International Conferences on High Entropy Materials, Meeting Report,

Current Science, 113 (9), 2017, 1648-1649

2. Krishanu Biswas and N.K. Muphopadhyay, Second International Workshop on High Entropy

Materials, Meeting Report, Current Science, 2017(in press)

3. Krishanu Biswas, International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME 2017),

Meeting Report, IIM Metal News, Vol. 20 (4), June 2017, 25-26

4. Krishanu Biswas, Prof N.K.Batra Metals and Materials Quiz, IIM Metal News,

Vol. 20 (5), 2017,27 

5. Krishanu Biswas, 3rd Internation Conference on Science and Technology of

Iron and Steel Making,  IIM Metal News, Vol. 21 (1), 2018,29 

6.Krishanu Biswas, Celebration of 73rd IIM Foundation Day,  IIM Metal News,

Vol. 21 (3), 2018,22

7. Krishanu Biswas, Prof N.K.Batra Metals and Materials Quiz, IIM Metal News,

2018

 

 

 Book

Krishanu Biswas , Nilesh P. Gurao, Tanmoy Maiti and Rajiv Mishra:High Entropy Alloys:

Processing, Properties and Applications, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2019

 

 

Book Chapters

 1. Krishanu Biswas and Sumanta Samal, Solidification of Peritectic Alloys, in Solidification

of Containerless undercooled melts ed. Dieter M.Herlach and D.M.Matson, WILEY VCH,2012,509-541

2. Krishanu Biswas and Kamanio Chattopadhyay ; Solidification of Deeply Undercooled

Alloy Melts in Futuristic Design of Materials, 2007, CRC Publications,89-107

3. Surekha Yadav, Krishanu Biswas and A.Kumar,Spark Plasma Sintering of High Entropy Alloys

in Spark Plasma Sintering of Materials: Advances in Processing and Applications, Springer

Nature Publishers, 2018, 539-571

4. T.N.Maity,N.K.Gopinath, Krishanu Biswas and B.Basu,Spark Plasma Sintering of Ultra High

Temperature Ceramic, in Spark Plasma Sintering of Materials: Advances in Processing and

Applications, Springer Nature Publishers, 2018 , 369-440

5. Reshma Sonkusare, Surekha Yadav, N P Gurao and Krishanu Biswas, High Entropy Alloys in Bulk Form :

Processing Challenges and Possible Remedies in HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS: Innovations, Advances

and Applications; Springer Inc, New York, 2019 (in press)

 

 

 Review Papers

1. Krishanu Biswas, P.Yousaf Khan and Pranav Suri, Leaching of Quasicrystalline Surfaces:

Mechanisms and Potential Applications, Banaras Metallurgist, 18, 2013, 31-45

 

2. Alok Kumar, Krishanu Biswas and B.Basu; Toughness Enhancement and Biocompatibility
Property of Hydroxyapatite Bulk Composites for BoneTissue Engineering Applications: A Review ,
J.Biomed.Mater.Res.A, 103(2), 2015, 791-806

3. Amit S.Sharma, Surekha Yadav, Krishanu Biswas and B.Basu; High-Entropy Alloys and

Metallic Nanocomposites:  Processing Challenges, Microstructure Development and
Property Enhancement,  Materials Sc. and Engineering Reports: R, 131, 2018, 1-42
 (Impact factor: 24.75) 

 

 

 

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

2019

114. F. Bahadur, Krishanu Biswas and N. P. Gurao, Micro-mechanisms of Microstructural

Damage due to Low Cycle Fatigue in CoCuFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy, Int. J. Fatigue

(Provisionally accepted)

113.B. Gangwar; P. Phanikumar; Khushubo Tiwari; Krishanu Biswas; S.Sharma; P. Deshpande,

Dry reforming activity due to ionic Ru in La1.99Ru0.01O3: Role of specific carbonates;

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (in press)

112. N. Subramanian; N.Katiyar; R. Kumar; A.Parui; K.Malviya; K.G.Pradeep; A.Singh; S.S.Sharma;

C.S.Tiwary and Krishanu Biswas,Nobel Metal Based High Entropy Alloy for Conversion of

Carbon-di-oxide (CO2) to Hydrocarbon ;ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (Provisionally accepted)

 

111.T. Baidya, T. Murayama, S. Nellaiappan, N. Katiyar, P. Bera, O.Safonova, M.Lin, K.Priolkar,

S.Kundu, B.S.Rao, P. Steiger, S. Sharma, Krishanu Biswas, S.K. Pradhan, L. Nakka, K. Malviya, and M. Haruta;

Ultra-Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Octahedral Site Cobalt Species in Co3O4 based Catalysts:

Unravelling the Origin of Unique Catalytic Property , J. Phys. Chem. C (in press)

110.A. Raturi, C. Jaya Aditya, N.P.Gurao and Krishanu Biswas, ICME Approach to Explore

Equiatomic and Non-equiatomic Single Phase BCC Refractory High Entropy Alloys, J. Alloys & Comp.,

(in press)

109.R.Sonkusare, A. Swain, M. R. Rahul, S.Samal, N. P. Gurao, Krishanu Biswas, S.S Singh, N. Nayan;

Establishing Processing-Microstructure-Property Paradigm in Complex Concentrated Equiatomic CoCuFeMnNi Alloy;

Mater. Sc. and Engg A , 759, 2019, 415-429

108. M.Manolata Devi, Khushubo Devi and Krishanu Biswas, The Size-Dependent Melting

Behaviour of Pb-17.5 at%Sb Free Biphasic Alloy Nanoparticles, Mater.  Metall. Trans. A,

(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05275-0)

2018

107. Krishanu Biswas and Nirmal Kumar, The Effect of Entropy of Mixing on the

Design and Development of Novel Materials, Proc. of Indian National Science Academy

(PINSA) as a special issue by INYAS (in press)

106. Nirmal Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas, C.S. Tiwary, L.D.Machado and R.K. Gupta,

Stabilization of Highly Concentrated Colloidal Suspension of Pristine Metallic

Nanoparticles, Langmuir (in press)

105.E. Ghassemali, R. Sonkusare, Krishanu Biswas and N.P.Gurao, Dynamic phase precipitation

at elevated temperatures in a dual phase AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy: an in-situ study,

Philosophical Magazine Letters (in press: doi.org/10.1080/09500839.2018.1563728)

104. S.Yadav, A.Aggrawal, A.Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Effect of TiB2 Addition on Wear
Behavior of (AlCrFeMnV)90Bi10  High Entropy Alloy Composite, Tribology Int. (in press)
103.N.Sharma, N. Alam Syed,B. C.Ray, Surekha Yadav, Krishanu Biswas, Alumina-MWCNT
Composites: Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties, J.Asian Ceramic
Societies (in press: https://doi.org/10.1080/21870764.2018.1552235 )
102. R. Sonkusare, N, Khandelwal, P.Ghosh, Krishanu Biswas and N.P.Gurao, A Comparative
Study on the Evolution of Microstructure and Hardness during Monotonic and Cyclic High Pressure
 Torsion of CoCuFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy, J. Mater. Res. (in press)
101. N.Sharma, N. Alam Syed,B. C.Ray, Surekha Yadav, Krishanu Biswas,Wear Behaviour of
Silica and Alumina-Based Nanocomposites Reinforced with Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes
and Graphene Nanoplatelets, Wear (in press: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.10.008)
100. Jitesh Kumar, N.Kumar, N.PGurao and Krishanu Biswas, Effect of Al Addition on the
 Microstructural Evolotion  of Equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi Alloy, Transactions of the Indian
 Institute of Metals,17(11), 2018,2749-2758
99. R. Agarwal, R. Sonkusare, S.R. Jha, N.P.Gurao and Krishanu Biswas, Understanding
Deformation Behavior of Equiatomic CoCuFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy by Investigating
Mechanical Properties of Binary, Ternary and Quaternary Alloy Subsets;

Materials and Design, 157, 2018, 539-550

98. N. Sharma, S. Alam, B.C. Ray, Surekha Yadav, and Krishanu Biswas, Silica-Graphene
Nanoplatelets and Silica-MWCNT Composites: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties  ,

Diamond and Related Mater.,87,2018 ,186-201

97.Surekha Yadav, A.Bajaj, A.Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Wear and Mechanical Properties
of Novel (CuCrFeTiZn)100-xPbx High Entropy Alloy Composite via Mechanical Alloying and

Spark Plasma Sintering ,Wear,410,2018,93-109

96.C. Velmurugan, V. Senthilkumar, Surekha Yadav, and Krishanu Biswas, Densification and
microstructural evolution of spark plasma sintered NiTi shape memory alloy,  Advanced Powder
Technology, 29(10),2018,2456-2462
95. N.Kumar, C.S.Tiwary and Krishanu Biswas, Unique Strategy to Prepare Nanocrystalline
High Entropy Alloys Powder in Large Quantity via Cryomilling of Cast Ingots,J. Mater. Sc
53(19), 2018,13411–13423  
94.M. Manolata Devi, N. Dolai, S.Sreehala, Y. M. Jaques, Douglas S. Galvao ϒ,

C.S.Tiwary, Sudhanshu Sharma and Krishanu Biswas, Morphology Controlled Graphene-Alloy

Nanoparticles Hybrids with Tunable Catalytic Activity, Nanoscale, 10, 2018 , 8840-8850

 

93.T.N.Maity, Krishanu Biswas, and B.Basu, Critical Role of ZrO2 on Densification and Microstructure

Development in Spark Plasma Sintered NbB2,Acta Mater.,152,2018, 215-228

 

92.Shreyas Rao, P.Ghosh and Krishanu Biswas, Pond ash-kaolinite-fiber based geopolymers:
processing and strength Assessment, Waste and Resource Management, 171(3), 2018, 62-70
 

 

  

2017

91. P.Dey, T.Maiti, D. Goswami and Krishanu Biswas, Spectral studies of lead free organometallic

solid state perovskites CH3NH3Bi2/3I3 and CH3NH3Pb1/2Bi1/3I3: potential photo absorbers

Chem Select (in press)

90.Reshma Sonkusare,Divya P Janani, Nilesh P Gurao,S Sarkar, S Sen,Pradeep K G and Krishanu

Biswas,Phase equilibria in equiatomic CoCuFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy, Mater.Chem.and Phy.(in press)
89.Shikhar Misra, Nirmal Kumar, A.Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Bulk Preparation of Defect-
Free Graphene using a Kitchen Blender: Simulations and Experiments, Mater.Chem.and Phy.(provisionally accepted

88.T.Baidya,T. Murayama,P.S. Bera,O. Safonova, P. Steiger, N. Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas

and M. Haruta,Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Over Combustion Made Fe and Cr Doped Co3O4 Catalysts: Role of Dopant’s

Nature Toward Achieving Superior Catalytic Activity and Stability; J.Phy. Chem. C (in press)

87. Syed Alam, Nidhi Sharma, Bankim C Ray, Surekha Yadav and Krishanu Biswas,

Effect of Graphite Nanoplatelets on the Mechanical Properties of Alumina-Based Composites;

Ceramic Inter., (in press)

86.Nirmal Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Synthesis and Stability of Free Standing

Al Nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Research and Technology , (in press)

85.Surekha Yadav, A.Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Wear Behaviour of High Entropy Alloys Containing Soft
Dispersoids (Pb, Bi), Mater. Chem. and Phys. (in press)

84.Sutanuka Mohanty, P.Padaikathan, N.P.Gurao and Krishanu Biswas, Ageing behaviour of Equiatomic Consolidated

Al20Co20Cu20Ni20Zn20 High Entropy Alloy, Mater. Characterization, (in press)

83.Eshan Ghassemali , R. Sonkusare, N.P.Gurao and Krishanu Biswas, In-situ study of crack initiation and propagation

in a dual phase AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy, J. Alloys and Compounds, 710, 2017, 539-546

82. C.S. Tiwary, Somnath Bhowmick, A. Prakash, R. Chakrborty, Krishanu Biswas and K. Chattopadhyay,

Ferromagnetism in α-Mn Nanorods, J. App. Physics, 121, 2017, 084304

 

2016

81.S.Samal, S. Agarwal and Krishanu Biswas, Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties
of Suction Cast Multicomponent Ti-Fe-Co Alloys, Trans IIM, 2016 (provisionally accepted)
80. Tazuddin, N.P.Gurao and Krishanu Biswas,In the quest of single phase multi-component
multiprincipal High Entropy Alloys, J.Alloys and Compounds, 697, 2016, 434-442
79. T.Laha, T.N.Maity, M.Singha, Krishanu Biswas and S.K.Pradhan, Effect of Doping
(Mg,Mn,Zn) on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties  of Spark Plasma Sintered
Hydroxyapatites Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying; Ceramic Int. , 43, 2016, 2389-2397
78.Nirmal Kumar, R.K.Gupta and Krishanu Biswas, Green Synthesis of Ag Nanoparticles
in Large Quantity by Cryomilling, RSC Advances, 6, 2016,111380-111388

77.B.Hazra, K.Das, S.Das Chakraborty, M.S.Verma , M. M. Devi, N. Kumar, Krishanu Biswas

, D. Senapati and M.Chandra, Hollow Gold Nanoprism as a Highly Efficient ‘Single’

Nanotransducer for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications, JPC C, 120 (44),

2016,25548–25556

76. S.Samal, G.Phanikumar and Krishanu Biswas, Solidification Behaviour in Newly
Designed Ni-rich Ni-Ti-based Alloys, Mater. Metall. Trans. A, 47, 2016 ,

DOI: 10.1007/s11661-016-3789-8

 
75. S. Mohanty,T.N.Maity, S.Mukhopadhyay, S.Sarkar, N.P.Gurao, S.Bhowmick and Krishanu
Biswas, Powder Metallurgical Processing of Equiatomic AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy: 
 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, Mater.Sc. And Engg. A, 2016
74.T.Kansabanik, B.Paira, Krishanu Biswas and R.Tewari, Effect of Aluminium and Molybdenum
on the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of hypoeutectic Nb-Si-Cr Alloys,
Materials Today, 2016 (in press)
 73.P.Ghosh;H. Kumar and Krishanu Biswas, Fly Ash and Kaolinite Based Geopolymers: Processing and
geotechnical property assessment, Inter. J. Geotechnical Engg., 2016 (in press)

DOI 10.1080/19386362.2016.1151621