Dr. N. Ramesh Babu

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Qualification

  • Ph.D. (Biomaterials-Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2007
  • M.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2001
  • A.M.I.I.M (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata, 1997

Specialization

  • Biomaterials
  • Ceramic Materials

Areas of Academic/Research Interest

  • Biomaterials
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanostructured Processing (Plasma Electrolytic Processing, Microwave Processing, Spark Plasma Sintering)

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • Life Member
    • Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, India
    • Materials Research Society of India, Bangalore, India
    • Powder Metallurgy Association of India, Hyderabad, India
    • The Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata, India
    • Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Trivandrum, India
    • Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, India 

Awards

  • Sudharsan Bhat Memorial Prize for the best Ph.D Thesis in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras(2007)
  • Best poster award for the poster presented at International Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment: Research and Applications (ASTRA-2003), Nov 3-6, 2003, Hyderabad

Sponsored Research Projects

  • Principal Investigator for the project titled Surface Modification of Titanium and Titanium Alloy Bio-medical Implant Materials by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation and Characterization for Biomedical Applications, sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi.  (Co-Investigator- Prof. V. Muthupandi, Dept. of MME, NIT-Trichy ). Cost and duration of the project: Rs. 27,56,000/- for three years. (starting from August 2009)
  • Co-Principal Investigator for the project titled Development and Characterization of One Dimensional  Oxide Nanomaterials for Gas Sensing Applications, sponsored by Naval Research Board of DRDO, New Delhi. (Principal Investigator- Dr.A.Chandra Bose, Dept. of Physics, NIT-Trichy ). Cost and duration of the project: Rs.28,66,000/- for three years (starting from September 2008)
  • Co-Investigator for the project titled Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Engineering Applications sponsored by Nano Mission, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi  (Principal Investigator- Dr.T. Srinivasa Rao, Professor, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Trichy). Cost and duration of the project: Rs.5, 72, 32,000/- (5.72 Crore) for 3 years (starting from March 2009). Click here for more details.

Colloborative Research Projects

  • Colloborative research project entitled Development of Bioactive and Antibacterial Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti and Ti-Alloy Implant Materials by PEO Technique is sanctioned by Networking Resource Centre for Materials (NRC-M), Dept. of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore. Prof. S. Subramanian (IISc), Dr. N. Ramesh Babu and Prof. V. Muthupandi (NIT-Trichy) are the principal investigators of the project. NRC-M offers full financial support to visit IISc up to 3 months in a year and consumables up to Rs.30, 000/- per year. (starting from August 2009, the duration of project is for three years)

Events Organised

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Invited Talks

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Refereed Journals

 

S.No.

Author(s)

Year

Title of Paper

Complete Reference of Journal

1

N. Rameshbabu,       K. Prasad Rao and     T. S. Sampath Kumar

2005

Accelerated microwave processing of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite

Journal of Materials Science, 40, 6319-6323

2

N.Rameshbabu,          T. S. Sampath Kumar, R. Murugan and K. Prasad Rao

2005

Mechanochemical synthesis of nanocrystalline fluorinated hydroxyapatite

International Journal of Nanoscience, 4, 643-649

3

N. Rameshbabu,       T. S. Sampath Kumar, T. G. Prabhakar,       V. S. Sastry,             K. V. G. K. Murty,       K. Prasad Rao

2007

Antibacterial nanosized silver substituted hydroxyapatite: synthesis and characterization

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 80A, 581-591

4

N. Rameshbabu, K. Prasad Rao and        T. S. Sampath Kumar

2004

Effect of Biphasic calcium phosphate blasting on titanium implant materials

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 57, 85-89

5

M. Sunder,                 N. Rameshbabu,       S. P. Victor, K.Ram Kumar and T. S. Sampath Kumar

2005

Biphasic calcium phosphates for antibiotic release

Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs, 19, 213-218

6

N. Rameshbabu, Sushant Manwatkar,  K. Prasad Rao and    T. S. Sampath Kumar

2004

Bioactive coatings on 316L stainless steel implants

Trends  in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, 17, 43-47

7

N. Rameshbabu,       T. S. Sampath Kumar and K. Prasad Rao

2006

Synthesis of nanocrystalline fluorinated hydroxyapatite by microwave processing and its in-vitro dissolution study

Bulletin of Materials Science, 29, 611-615

8

N. Rameshbabu,  and K. Prasad Rao

2009

Microwave synthesis, characterization and in-vitro evaluation of nanostructured biphasic calcium phosphates

Current Applied Physics,  9, S29-S31

9

M Sandhyarani,        A. Prabhakarn,            N Rameshbabu,     Ch. Subrahmanyam

2009

Nanosized non-stoichiometric hydroxyapatite: synthesis, characterization and evaluation as a catalyst for esterification reaction

Current Topics in Catalysis, 8, 81-90

10

N. Rameshbabu,         T. S. Sampath Kumar and K. Prasad Rao

2010

Influence of microwave power, irradiation time and polymeric additions on the synthesis of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite

Materials Research Innovations, 14, 45-50     

11

K. Venkateswarlu, A.ChandraBose, N.Rameshbabu

2010

X-ray peakbroadening studies of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite by Williamson–Hall analysis

Physica B, 405, 4256-4261

12

 

K. Venkateswarlu,      N. Rameshbabu,      A. Chandra Bose, V.Muthupandi and     S. Subramanian

2011

Studies on Development, Bioactivity and Corrosion Behavior of Nanostructured Titania/Hydroxyapatite Composite Layer on Cp Ti

Key Engineering Materials, 471-472, 325-330.

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K. Venkateswarlu,      N. Rameshbabu,      A. Chandra Bose, V.Muthupandi,      S. Subramanian,      Mubarak Ali Davoodbasha and    Thajuddin Nooruddin

2011/12

Fabrication of corrosion resistant, bioactive and antibacterial silver substituted hydroxyapatite/titania composite coating on Cp Ti

Ceramics International (In print, available online)

14

 

K. Venkateswarlu,      N. Rameshbabu,      A. Chandra Bose, S.Suresh,    S. Subramanian

2012

Effect of electrolyte chemistry on the structural, morphological and corrosion characteristics of titania films developed on Ti-6Al-4V implant material by plasma electrolytic oxidation

Key Engineering Materials, 493-494, 436-441.

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K. Venkateswarlu,      N. Rameshbabu,      K.Pavankumar and V.Muthupandi

2012

X-ray peak broadening and in-vitro dissolution studies of thermally stabilized nanocrystalline carbonated hydroxyapatite

Key Engineering Materials, 493-494, 739-745.

16

 

S. Suresh,      N. Rameshbabu,      K.Pavankumar and K. Venkateswarlu

2012

Effect of plasma electrolytic surface treatment on the corrosion characteristics of the Ti-6Al-4V in acidic, industrial and marine environments

Materials Science Forum, p 677-682.

17

 

D. Sreekanth,      N. Rameshbabu,     K. Ramaswamy Choudary and K. Prasad Rao

2012

The role of electrolyte additives on the corrosion behavior of ceramic coatings formed on ZM21 magnesium alloy by plasma electrolytic oxidation

Materials Science Forum p 683-688

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D. Sreekanth,      N. Rameshbabu, 

2012

Development and characterization of MgO/hydroxyapatite composite coating on AZ31 magnesium alloy by plasma electrolytic oxidation coupled with electrophoretic deposition

Materials Letters (In print, available online)

 

Papers in Conferences

 

S.No.

Author(s)

Date  Month Year

Title of Paper

Name and Place of Conference
1.

N. Ramesh Babu, BalaSubramanian, T.R.Ramachandran, S.K.Seshadri

27-28 Sep 2002

Grain refinement and Modification of Hypoeutectic Al-7%Si alloy

Fourth National Symposium of Research Scholars on Metals and Materials, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
2.

N. Ramesh Babu,       K. Prasad Rao and T.S.Sampath Kumar

Dec 2003

Microwave synthesis  of carbonate containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles.

Proceedings of the 2003 INAE Conference on Nanotechnology, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation,  Chandigarh, India          pp. 223-230
3.

N. Ramesh Babu,       K. Prasad Rao and T.S.Sampath Kumar

Dec 2003

Silver substitute hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by microwave processing

International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, Kolkota, India
4.

N. Ramesh Babu,       K. Prasad Rao and T.S.Sampath Kumar

Nov 2003

Surface modification of titanium implants

International Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment: Research & Applications, Hyderabad, India
5.

T. S. Sampath Kumar, N. Ramesh Babu and K. Prasad Rao

Nov 2003

Hydroxyapatite deposition on titanium foils by microwave processing

Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment: Research & Applications, Hyderabad, India pp 736-738
6.

N. Ramesh Babu,      K. Prasad Rao and T.S.Sampath Kumar

Jan

2004

Heat treatment of hydroxyapatite nano ceramics by microwave processing

Proceedings of the  International Heat Treat-2004, Chennai, India pp A7(1-4).

7.

M. Kunal,                  K.Ram Kumar,           N. Ramesh Babu and T.S.Sampath Kumar

16-21 May 2004

Development of multilayer calcium phosphate-chitosan films

Transactions of the 7th World Biomaterials Congress, Sydney, Australia. pp 1275.

8.

N. Ramesh Babu,      T. G. Prabhakar,        K. Prasad Rao and     T. S. Sampath Kumar

Oct  2004

Development of nanosized silver-substituted hydroxyapatite for tissue engineering applications

Materials for Tissues Engineering-Chemistry and Microstucture: The Role for Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
9.

T.S.Sampath Kumar, Manish Dadich,         A. Siddharthan and N.Ramesh Babu

Nov 2004

Surfactants role in microwave synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles.

International Conference on Nano-Materials: Synthesis, Characterisation and Application, Kolkata, India
10.

N. Ramesh Babu,      A. Gupta, M. Harish, K. Prasad Rao and     T. S. Sampath kumar

Dec 2004

Nanocrystalline Ca10 (PO4)6(OH) 1.6F0.4 bioceramic by microwave processing

International Symposium for Research Students on Materials Science & Engineering, Chennai, India
11.

T.S. Sampath Kumar, A. Siddharthan and     N. Ramesh Babu

3-8     July 2005

Nano calcium phosphate ceramics by microwave processing

International Union of Material Research Societies 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2005), Singapore.
12.

N. Ramesh Babu,      Raj Kumar Singh,    K. Prasad Rao and     T. S. Sampath Kumar

Sept 2005

The crystallization of hydroxyapatite in the presence of alginic acid and sodium alginates

National Conference on Ceramics for Medical Applications, Chennai, India
13.

T. S. Sampath Kumar, N. Ramesh Babu  and  A. Siddharthan

Jan  2005

Microwave processing of bioactive materials

Indo-Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Implantable Devices & Tissue Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, India,
14.

N. Ramesh Babu,      T. S. Sampath kumar and K. Prasad Rao

Jan  2005

Nanostructured biphasic calcium phosphates by microwave processing.

Indo-Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Implantable Devices & Tissue Engineering Thiruvananthapuram, India
15.

N.Rameshbabu  (Invited Talk)

2008

Biomaterials: A Nano Approach

National  Conference on Emerging Materials and Technologies India -2020, organized by the Dept. of MME, NIT-Tiruchirapplli.
16.

A.Joseph Berkmans, S.Vivek, N.Kartik, S.Moorthy Ram, N.Rameshbabu

2008

Physico-Chemical Characterization of  Nanocrystalline Substituted Hydroxyapatites

National Conference on Emerging Materials and Technologies India -2020, organized by the Dept. of MME, NIT-Tiruchirapplli.
 

17.

S.Moorthy Ram, S.Vivek, N.Kartik, A.Joseph Berkmans, N.Rameshbabu

2008

In-Vitro Evaluation of Biomaterials

National Conference on Emerging Materials and Technologies India -2020, organized by the Dept. of MME, NIT-Tiruchirapplli
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A.Joseph Berkmans, S.Moorthy Ram,  N.Rameshbabu

23-25 July 2008

Development of bioactive and bioresorbable nanoceramics for biomedical applications

National Conference on Advanced Materials and Characterization, VIT University, vellore
19.

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M. Sandhya Rani,   D.Sreekanth,              N. Rameshbabu,     M. Ashok,                P. Sathish Kumar,    S. Anandan,          T.G. Prabhakar

9-11  Dec 2009

Synthesis and Characterization of Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Nanosized Hydroxyapaptite

International Conference Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India; Organized by Centre for Nanotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
 
20.

M. Harikishore,         R. Srinivasan,              D. Sreekanth,           A. Chandra Bose, N.Rameshbabu, Mubarak Ali,             N. Thajuddin

11-13 Jan 2010

Photocatalytic and antibacterial assessment of nanocrystalline silver doped TiO2

International Conference on Materials for the Millennium, Kochi

Organized by Cochin University of Science and Technology

 

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Contact Address

 

Dr.N.Ramesh Babu
Assistant Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli 620 015
Tamil Nadu, India
Phone :0431 2503464 (office); +91 9944932221(mobile); Fax: +91 431 2500133
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