Prof. Ajay Kumar Kushwaha
Department : Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
NANOMATERIALS & THIN FILMS: Metal oxides, Metals, Chalcogenides, Graphene & Maxenes
MATERIALS PROPERTIES: Defects, Surface modification, & Opto-electronic Properties
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Green Hydrogen, Water Splitting, HER and OER, Electrodeposition, Electrocatalysis, Sensors, Corrosion
ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Resistive Memories (ReRAM), Photodetectors, Solar Cell, Power Semiconductor Devices
Professional Summary
Head, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore, 03/2023 to Till Date
Associate Professor, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore, 11/2022 to Till Date
Associate Dean, Student Affairs, IIT Indore, 05/2019 to 09/2021
Assistant Professor, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore, 09/2017 to 11/2022
INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore, 07/2016 to 09/2017
Scientist-I, Institute of Materials Engineering and Research (IMRE), ASTAR, Singapore, 02/2014 to 07/2016
Publications
L. Mohapatra and Ajay K Kushwaha, Annealing atmospheres induced structural and morphological transformation of zinc tin hydroxide nanostructures, Ceramics International, 49 (2023)15154, IF: 5.53
A Maurya, S Suman, A Bhardwaj, L Mohapatra, and Ajay K Kushwaha, Substrate Dependent Electrodeposition of Ni–Co Alloy for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Electrocatalysis 14 (1), (2023) 68-77, IF: 3.1
L Mohapatra, M Nagaraju, S Suman, Ajay K. Kushwaha, Enhancement in photocurrent conversion efficiency via recrystallization of zinc tin hydroxide nanostructures, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 928, (2022) 167127, IF: 6.2
Siddhartha Suman, and Ajay K. Kushwaha, Densely packed Ga2O3 nanostructured film via pH-controlled crystal growth and memristive properties, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 313 (2022)123293, IF: 3.3
G.K. Dalapati, Ajay K Kushwaha, M. Sharma, V. Suresh, S. Shannigrahi, S. Zhuk and S. Masudy-Panah, Transparent heat regulating (THR) materials and coatings for energy saving window applications: Impact of materials design, micro-structural, and interface quality on the THR performance , Progress in Materials Science,, 95, 42, (2018) IF 31.5.
V. Jain, P. Modak, S. Patra, A. Ghosh, Origin of Goss texture in grain oriented electrical steel: Role of shear bands, Materialia. 22 (2022) 101398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101398.