DESCRIPTION :
Dr. S.K. Pradhan has degrees in Metallurgy and Materials Science from NIT(REC, Rourkela), IISc Bangalore and University of Kentucky (USA). After PhD he went to France for postdoctoral research in PARIS-TECH (ENSAM, Cluny), France. He joined IMMT Bhubaneswar in 2007 in the Advanced Materials Technology Dept. His research interests are in thin films and coatings, vacuum and plasma based processes ,and materials characterization.
EXPERIENCE :S.K. Pradhan, U. Balaji, S. Mishra, M. Jeevitha, S. Swain Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Chemically Etched Copper Surface: An Upper-Level Spectroscopic Measurement and Analysis, J. Chem. Edu. 97 (2020) 557-564.
S. Pattanaik, S. Martha, M.K. Sharma, S.K. Pradhan, R. Sakthivel, R. Chatterjee, D.K. Mishra, Enhancement of room temperature ferromagnetism in nanocrystalline Zr1-xMnxO2 by the suppression of monoclinic structure of zirconia, J. Magn. Magn. Mater 494 (2020) 165768.
S. Kumari, A. Panigrahi, S. K. Singh, M. Mohapatra, A. S. Khanna, S. K. Mishra, S. K. Pradhan, Electrochemical behavior of nanostructured graphene nickel phosphorus composite coating on copper, J. Appl. Electrochem. 49 (2019) 1157-1166.
B. Sahoo, D. Behera, S.K. Pradhan, D.K. Mishra, S.K. Sahoo, R.R. Nayak, K.P.C. Sekhar, Analysis of structural, optical and electrical properties of nano-particulate indium doped zinc oxide thin films, Mater. Res. Express 6 (2019) 6 1150a6.
S. Sarkar, S.K. Pradhan, M. Jeevitha, Factors influencing the nanostructure of obliquely deposited thin films, Surf. Eng. 35 (2019) 227-233.
R.K. Sahu, V. Mukherjee, T. Dash, S.K. Pradhan, B.B. Nayak, Production of C/SiC nanotubes by arc plasma treatment, Mater. Today: Proc. 18 (2019) 575-581.
S. Kumari, A. Panigrahi, S.K. Singh, S.K. Pradhan, Corrosion-resistant hydrophobic nanostructured Ni-reduced graphene oxide composite coating with improved mechanical properties, J. Mat. Eng. Perform. 27 (2018), 5889-5897.
S. Kumari, A. Panigrahi, S.K. Singh, S.K. Pradhan, Enhanced corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of nanostructured graphene-polymer composite coating on copper by electrophoretic deposition, J. Coat. Technol. Res. 15 (2018) 583-592.
U. Balaji, S.K. Pradhan, Titanium anodisation designed for surface colouration – systemization of parametric interaction using response surface methodology, Mater. Des. 139 (2018) 409-418.
B. Pani, S. Swain, S.K. Pradhan, U.P. Singh, Enhancement of structural and opt- electronic properties of vacuum processed CuZn2SnS4 thin films by thiourea treatment, J. Alloy Compd. 708 (2017) 181-186.
M. Chakravarty, R. Sharma, K. Amit, N. Sharma, S. K. Pradhan, Synthesis and Bio-Compatibility Study of Thermal-CVD Grown Graphene, Int. J. Nanosci. 15 (2016) 15, 1660016.
S. Swain, S.K. Pradhan, M. Jeevitha, P. Acharya, M. Debata, T. Dash, B.B. Nayak, B.K. Mishra, Microwave heat treatment of natural ruby and its characterization, Appl. Phys. A (2016) 122-224.
S.K. Pradhan, M. Jeevitha, S.K. Singh, Plasma cleaning of old Indian coin in H2-Ar atmosphere, Appl. Surf. Sci. 357 (2015) 445-451.
B.Bhoi, B.K. Mishra, R.K. Paramguru, S.K. Pradhan, P.S. Mukherjee, Priyanka Rajput, Sambita Sahoo, Snigdha Priyadarshini, S.K. Das, Green process for the preparation of direct reduced iron. US patent (US8728195).
2 S. Kumari, S.K. Singh, S.K. Pradhan, Modified process for preparation of graphene based metal nanocomposite for corrosion and wear resistance hydrophobic coating (Indian Patent filed No. 201711040191, dated 04-11-2017).
Development of 3D diamond like carbon (DLC) coating for wear resistant parts in an indigenously developed plasma reactor (CSIR, 2016-2017)
Processing of Natural Gemstones (Microwave treatment) (CSIR, 2012-2017)
Transition from amorphous to hard carbon (DLC) to diamond growth (CSIR-BMBF, 2011-2013)
Making and characterization of pure- diamond based windows for optical and radiation applications (BRNS, 2011-2014)
Growth of thick DLC- DLC:N multilayer wear- resistant coating by plasma activated chemical vapor deposition (DST-SERB, 2009-2011)
Growth of switchable superhydrophilic- superhydrophobic TiO2 thin films by sputtering (DST-FASTTRACK, 2008-2011)