Publications

110. Vignesh, P., Venkatesh, G., Kumaran, S. Second-Phase Precipitates and Their Influence on Mechanical and Work Hardening Behavior of Mg-Al-Sn Alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2022 (In-press)

109. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan. P, Arun Kumar R, Kumaran.S” Tuning figure of merit in Na doped nanocrystalline PbSnTeSe high entropy alloy via band engineering, Journal of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 138 (2022) 106270.

108. T.T.Saravanan, M.Kamaraj, S.C.Sharma, S. Anoop, Sushant K.Manwatkar, K.V.Ravikanth, A. Venugopal, and S.Kumaran, Influence of characteristics eutectic Free Microstructure on Mechanical and Corrosion Response of Spark plasma sintered Hypereutectic Al-Si alloy. Materials Letters, (2021)131104.

107. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Optimization of microwave processing parameters on powder metallurgical 316L stainless steels. Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2021)

106. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Densification of P/M austenitic (316L) stainless steels processed by rapid microwave hybrid heating method at various conditions. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (2021) 130394.

105. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Microwave sintering response of different grade stainless steels and its influence on metallurgical properties. Powder Metallurgy (2021)

104. Arun Raphel, Vivekanandhan P, Appu Kumar Singh, and S.Kumaran, High entropy stabilization and band engineering driven high figure of merit in nanostructured PbSn0.875TeSeBi0.12 alloy. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 303 (2021) 122531.

103. Arun Raphel, Appu Kumar Singh, Vivekanandhan P and S.Kumaran, Thermoelectric performance of nanostructured PbSnTeSe high entropy thermoelectric alloy synthesized via spark plasma sintering Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter 622 (2021) 413319.

102. Premnath M and S.Kumaran, Reversible Kinetics and Rapid Tunnelling Characteristics of Si-doped Mg-Ti Nanocomposites prepared by Mechanical Alloying Route for Ni-Metal Hybride Batteries Materials Chemistry and Physics 274 (2021) 125129.

101. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao Electrochemical behaviour of various grade P/M stainless steel processed by rapid microwave hybrid sintering (super-solidus) method. Materials Letters 278 (2021) 130394

100. KVV Nagaraj, S.Kumaran, and T. Srinivasa Rao, Electrochemical behaviour of various grade P/M stainless steel processed by rapid microwave hybrid sintering (super-solidus) method., Materials Letters 278 (2021)

99. N. Sriraman, S. Kumaran and Sathiya Narayanan N, Influence of thermomechanical processing on microstructure, mechanical and strain hardening properties of single-phase Mg-4Li-0.5Ca alloy for structural application, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 278 (2020) 8(4)1262–1268.

98. B.V. Ponraj and S.KumaranFacile in-situ dispersion of Y2Ti2O7 during mechanical alloying of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steels. Materials Letters 278 (2020) 128439.

97. T.T.SaravananM.KamarajS.C.SharmaS.KumaranV.S.K.ChakravadhanulaK.V.RavikanthK.Vinoadh Kumarand H.Sreemoolanadhan, On Characteristic Eutectic free Microstructural Evolution in Hypereutectic Al-Si, Processed through Spark Plasma Sintering. Materials Letters, 275(2020)128150.

96. Ananthakumar. K, P. Vivekanandhan and Kumaran. S, Spark plasma assisted diffusion bonding of titanium and stainless steel: Role of pulse current in diffusion kinetics and microstructural evolution, Vacuum, 177 (2020) 109394.

95. Arun Raphel, P. Vivekanandhan and S. Kumaran, High entropy phenomena induced low thermal conductivity in BiSbTe1.5Se1.5 thermoelectric alloy through mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Materials Letters, 269 (2020)127672

94. P. Vivekanandhan, R. Murugasami, Appu Kumar Singh andS. Kumaran, Structural features and thermoelectric properties of spark plasma assisted combustion synthesized Magnesium silicide doped with Aluminium. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 241C(2020) 122407.

93. Murugasami. R, Vivekanandhan P,  Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar, and John Tharagan, Synergistic enhancement in thermoelectric and mechanical properties of n-type SiGe alloys prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Materials Research Bulletin, 118 (2019) 110483.

92. Pandi Selva Durai, C., Arul Mozhi Selvan, V., Singha, T.K. and Kumarn. S. Tensile and Compressive Behaviour of Nano-Yttria-Dispersed W– Ni-Co Heavy Alloys Processed by Liquid Phase Sintering. Transactions Indian Institute of Metals, 72, (2019) 1443–1446.

91. R. Nandhini, M. Kesavamoorthy, S. Muthukumaran and S. Kumaran,  Influence of process variables on the characteristics of friction-stir-welded polyamide 6,6 joints. Material Wissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (Mater. Sci.Engg.Technol.) 50 (2019) 1–10

90. C. Pandi Selva Durai, V. Arul Mozhi Selvan, T.K. Singha and S. Kumaran, Effect of nano-yttria dispersion on the microstructure and mechanical properties of W-Ni-Co alloys, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 59 (4) (2019) 291 – 302.

89. R. Nandhini, R. Dinesh Kumar, S. Muthukumaran, and S. Kumaran, Analysis of Mechanical and Crystalline Characteristics of Polyamide 66 Joints Welded by a Novel Friction Stir Welding. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 44 (2019) 7399–7405 

88. Chandra Sekhar, K., Umamaeshwar Rao, Y., Ravisankar, B.,  Kumaran, S. Effect of milling time on consolidation of al5083 nanocomposite by equal channel angular pressing. Materials Science Forum 969 (2019) 662-668.

87. Nandhini, R.Dinesh Kumar, R.Muthukumaran, S.Kumaran, S. Optimization of welding process parameters in novel friction stir welding of polyamide 66 joints, Materials Science Forum, 969 (2019) pp. 828-833

86. Ravikumar, V.V.Kumaran, S.Tensile and wear behavior of precipitation hardened AA7xxx (Al-12 Zn–3 Mg- 2.5 Cu) alloy. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 26(2) (2019) pp. 161-167

85. Rahulan, N.Gopalan, S.Kumaran, S. Effect of lithium on the mechanical behavior of magnesium. Materials Today: Proceedings,18, (2019) 2573-2580

84. arrajan, S.Kumaran, S.Experimental investigation on microstructural and mechanical properties of quenched AISI 4145 sinter forged steel, Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 26(2), (2019)149-154.

83. Chandrasekhar, K.Ravisankar, B., Kumaran, S.Synthesis of al5083 alloy by high energy ball mill and densification through equal channel angular pressing (ECAPMaterials Science Forum, 969 (2019) pp. 68-72

82. Gudimetla, K., Ramesh Kumar, S., Ravisankar, B., Prasad Prathipati, R., Kumaran, S.Consolidation of commercial pure aluminium particles by hot ECAP, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 330(1) (2018) 012031

81. Venkata Kondaiah, E., Kumaran, S., Sundarrajan, S.Study on densification behavior of sintered AISI 4135 steel through hot upset forging Materials Today: Proceedings, 5 (2) (2018) 6543-6549

80. Sharma, A., Kant Verma, D., Kumaran, S. Effect of post weld heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of Hot Wire GTA welded joints of SA213 T91 steel Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(2) (2018) 8049-8056

79. V.V.Ravikumar and S.Kumaran, Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of precipitation hardened and thermo-mechanical treated high strength Al-12Zn-3Mg-2.5Cu alloy. Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, 65 (2018) 79-86.

78. Kennedy, S.Kumaran, S.   Srinivasa Rao, T., Microstructural Characteristics of Field Assisted Sintered Bulk Nanostructured V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys. Microstructure and mechanical properties of γ-TiAl consolidated by spark plasma sintering Integrated Ferroelectrics, 185(1) (2017) 11-15

77. Pravir Polly, K.Chandra Sekhar, B.Ravisankar, S.Kumaran, “ Densification Of Mechanically Alloyed Al5083 -5wt%  Y2o3 Nano-Composite By Equal Channel Angular Pressing. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 59(2014) 963-967

76. Raphel. A., Kumaran, S.,Kumar, K.V. Varghese, L. Oxidation and Corrosion resistance of AlCoCrFeTiHigh Entropy Alloy Materials Today: Proceedings 4(2) (2017) 195-202

75. PremnathMuthu, KumaranSinnaeruvadi, Facilitation of Quasi-Reversible Effect with Rapid Diffusion Kinetics on Mg0.9-xTi0.1Nix High Energy Ball Milled Powders for Ni-MH Batteries, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, (2019).(Revision submitted)

74. Dhamodharan D, Bhagat Singh P and Kumaran S, Investigation of Grain Boundary Sliding Mediated plasticity and corrosion behavior of cryo-rolled Mg-Li-Ca alloy, Material Science and and Engineering A, (2019).(Minor Revision submitted)

73. N. Sriraman and S. Kumaran, Improved bio-acceptability of thermomechanically processedZM21 magnesium alloy, Material Research Express, (2019) (Accepted).

72. N. Sriraman, BhagatSingh.P and S. Kumaran, Microstructure, Mechanical and Bio-corrosion behaviours of Thermomechanically processed Mg-4Li-1Ca Alloy, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, (2019) (In Press) doi :10.1007/s12666-019-01599-y

71. Ananthakumar.K, Kumaran.S, Experimental investigation and prediction of optimum process for diffusion bonding of commercial pure titanium and SS304L by using field assisted sintering techniques. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 44 (12), 1017-1032 (2019)

70. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P , Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar, John Tharagan, Simultaneous enhancement in thermoelectric performance and mechanical stability of p-type SiGe alloy doped with Boron prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 773 (2019), 752-761.

69. N. Sriraman and S. Kumaran, Studies on Bio-acceptability of Thermo-Mechanically Processed Mg-4Li-0.5Ca Alloy and Its Microstructural Correlation, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 27 (12), 6458-6467 (2018).

68. P. Vivekanandhan, R. Murugasami, S. Kumaran,Microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium silicide prepared via spark plasma assisted combustion synthesisMaterials Letters , 231 (2018), 109–113.

67. Ananthakumar K, S.Kumaran., Experimental investigation and prediction of optimum process parameter for plasma assisted diffusion bonding of commercial pure titanium and austenitic stainless steel, Experimental Techniques (2018) (Accepted and published online).

66. BhagatSingh.P, AmlanKar, S.Kumaran, Satyam Suwas., Effect of aluminum on microstructure, mechanical property and texture evolution of dual phase Mg-8Li alloy in different processing conditions, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 18 (2018) 1332-1344.

65. BhagatSingh.P, Rama KrushnaSabat, S.Kumaran, Satyam Suwas., Effect of aluminium addition on the evolution of microstructure, crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of single phase hexagonal close packed Mg-Li alloys, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance-ASM27 (2018), 864–874.

64. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Spark plasma assisted in-situ phase evolution and densification of nanocrystallibe Mg2Si-SiGe thermoelectric composite: Pulse current effects and densification mechanisms, ScriptaMaterialia, 146 (2018) 344-348.

63. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P , Kumaran.S, Suresh Kumar, John Tharagan, Thermoelectric power factor performance of Si80Ge20 doped with Phosphorousby spark plasma assisted transient liquid Phase sintering, ScriptaMaterialia, 143 (2018) 35-39.

62. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan, KumaranSinnaeruvadi, Shailendra Kumar Verma, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Microstructural Characteristics of Field Assisted Sintered Bulk Nanostructured V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys, Particulate Science and Technology, (2017), 1-8.

61. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Sairam.KVRS, Kumaran.S, Densification and Mechanical properties of nanostructured Mg2Si Thermoelectric material by Spark Plasma Sintering,Powder Technology, 319 (2017) 129-138.

60. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan, Kumaran Sinnaeruvadi, Shailendra Kumar Verma, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Yttria Catalyzed Microstructural Modifications in Oxide Dispersion Strengthened V-4Cr-4Ti Alloys Synthesized by Field Assisted Sintering Technique, Philosophical Magazine, 97 (2017) 1847-1865.

59. PremnathMuthu, KumaranSinnaeruvadi, Structural and Optical Properties Correlation of Nickel Doped Magnesium–Titanium Alloys with Sorption Kinetics Reaction for Hydrogen Storage Application, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 70, (2017), 581 - 587.

58. R. Murugasami, P. Vivekanandhan, S. Kumaran, R. Suresh Kumar, T. John Tharakan, Rapid Alloying and Nanostructuring of Silicon–Germanium Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 70 (2017), 855-860.

57. V. V. Ravikumar, S. Kumaran, Improved strength and ductility of high alloy containing Al–12Zn–3Mg–2.5Cu alloy by combining non-isothermal step rolling and cold rolling, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 24 (2), (2017), 179–185.

56. P. Vivekanandhan, R. Murugasami, S. Kumaran, Rapid in-situ Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Magnesium Silicide thermo-electric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, Materials Letters , 197 (2017), 106–110, 2017.

55. R. Murugasami, P. Vivekanandhan, S. Kumaran, R. Suresh Kumar, T. John Tharakan, Densification and alloying of ball milled Silicon-Germanium powder mixture during spark plasma sintering, Advanced Powder Technology, 28 (2), (2017), 506–513.

54. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan , KumaranSinnaruvadi, Synthesis of Vanadium-Vanadium Carbide in-situ nanocomposites by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering,  Science of Sintering, 48(3) (2016) 325-332.

53. Vinoadh Kumar Krishnan ,KumaranSinnaruvadi, Synthesis of nanostructured vanadium powder by high-energy ball milling: X-ray diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy characterization, Philosophical Magazine letters, 96 (2016), 402-408.

52. Vinoadh Kumar K , Kumaran S, Rapid Synthesis of V-4Cr-4Ti Alloy/Composite by Field Assisted Sintering Technique, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 57 (2016), 1–11.

51. VenkateswariAyyavu, NithiyaChandrasekar, KumaranSinnaeruvadi, Can-degree-crystallinity-ball-milled-mg-2-ni-intermetallic-compound-decide-its electrochemical behaviour, Particulate Science and Technology, 34 (2016)134 – 142.

50. KondaiahGudimetla, Ganesh VarmaJampana, S Ramesh Kumar,BRavisankar, S Kumaran, Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Densification Behavior of Al 5083 Alloy Powder, Materials Science Forum, 830-831 (2015) 63-66.

49. G.Kondaiah, K.ChandraSekhar, B.Chaitanyakrushna, B.Ravisankar, S.Kumaran, Densification of Al 5083 Mechanically Alloyed Powder by Equal Channel Angular Pressing, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 68 (2015) 171–176.

48. G.Kondaiah, K.ChandraSekhar, B.Chaitanyakrushna, B.Ravisankar, S.Kumaran, Characterization of Mechanically Alloyed Al5083 Alloy and Composite and Consolidation by Equal Channel Angular Pressing, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 764-765, (2015) pp 23-27.

47. S.Vigneshwaran, P.Venkatachalam, P. Rajesh, S. Kumaran, B. Ravisankar, “ Densification of machined CP Al chips by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP), International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562 10, (2015) 6006-6010.

46. A. Venkateswari, S. Kumaran, C. Nithya, "Can the Degree of Crystallinity of Ball Milled Mg2Ni Intermetallic Compound Decide its Electrochemical Characteristics?",Journal of Nano Research, 33 (2015), 137-149.

45. VenkateswariAyyavu, KumaranSinnaeruvadi ,Does aluminum and niobium substitution for nickel actually improve the electrochemical performance of Mg2Ni? Materials Express, 5 (2015) 95 – 104.

44. V.S. Balaji and S. Kumaran, Dry sliding wear behaviour of titanium-(TiB+TiC) in-situ composite developed by spark plasma sintering, Tribology Transactions, 58 (2015) 698-703.

43. A. Venkateswari, C. Nithya, S. Kumaran, Electrochemical Behaviourof Mg67Ni(33-x)Nbx (x= 0,1,2 and 4) Alloy Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling , Procedia Materials Science, 5 92014) 679–687.

42. K Vinoadh Kumar, S Kumaran, ArunRafel, Densification mechanism in spark plasma sintering of pure vanadium powder, OPJIT International Journal of Innovation and Research, 2 (2014), 75-79.

41. P. Bhagat Singh, S. Kumaran, Microstrctural Evolution and mechanical properties of α- Mg-Li alloys, OPJIT international Journal of Innovation and Research, 03 (2014) 49-51.

40. A.VenkateswariS.Kumaran, Impact of Amorphous Structure on Mg67Ni(33-x)Nb1Alx alloy synthesized by mechanical alloying for hydrogen storage application, International Journal of Innovation & Research ,03 (2014) 44-48.

39. V.S. Balaji, S. Kumaran, Microstructural Transformation of Titanium-Boron Carbide (B4C) Powder Mixture during Spark Plasma Sintering, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 764-765 (2015) 51-55.

38. V.S Balaji, S Kumaran, Densification and microstructural studies of titanium–boron carbide (B4C) powder mixture during spark plasma sintering, Powder Technology, 264 (2014) 536–540.

37. A.X.AmalRebin, S.Kumaran, Some studies on extruded ZM21-x Scandium magnesium alloy, OPJIT International Journal of Innovation and Research, 3 (2014), 40-43.

36. S. Kennedy, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of milling on Sintering behaviour of γ-TiAl by spark plasma sintering, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 28, (2013) 928-932.

35. A.X.AmalRebin, S.Kumaran, Influence of Scandium on Magnesium and its structure-property correlation ,Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012),132-136.

34. V.S.Balaji, S.Kumaran., Synthesis and Characterization of Ti /(TiB+TiC) Hybrid in-situ Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering., Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 66 (2013), 339-341.

33. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao Tensile behaviour of Al-Si alloy and Al-Si/graphite composites at elevated temperatures, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012), 457-462.

32. M. Thirumurugan, G. M. Thirugnanasambandam, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Microstructural refinement and mechanical properties of direct extruded ZM21 magnesium alloys, Transactions of Nonferrous Materials Society of China, 21 (2011) 2154-2159.

31. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao Influence of graphite and copper in mechanical properties of aluminum silicon alloy, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, 64 (2011), 53-56.

30. M. Thirumurugan, S. AnkaRao, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao Improved ductility in ZM21 magnesium–aluminiummacrocomposite produced by co-extrusion, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 211 (2011) 1637– 1642.

29. M. Thirumurugan, S. Kumaran, Satyam Suwas, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of rolling temperature and reduction in thickness on microstructure and mechanical properties of ZM21 magnesium alloy and its subsequent annealing treatment, Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2011) 8460– 8468.

28. M. Thirumurugan, G. M. Thirugnasambandam, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Microstructural refinement and mechanical properties of Direct extruded ZM21 magnesium alloys, Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 21(2011) 2154−2159.

27. M Thirumurugan, R Madhavan, S Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Satyam Suwas, Study of the microstructure, texture and tensile properties in asextruded AZ91 and ZM21 magnesium alloys, Materials Science Forum, 702-703 (2012), 659-662.

26. M. Thirumurugan, S. AnkaRao, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Improved ductility in ZM21 magnesium–aluminiummacrocomposite produced by co-extrusion, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 211 (2011) 1637– 1642.

25. G. RajaramS. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Fabrication of Al-Si / Graphite Composites and their Structure-Property Correlation, Journal of Composite Materials, 45(26) (2011) 2743–2750.

24. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao Effect of graphite and transition elements (Cu, Ni) on high temperature tensile behaviour of Al–Si Alloys , Materials Chemistry and Physics, 128 (2011) 62–69.

23. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, Satyam Suwas Effect of Strain Rate on Tensile and Compression Behaviour of Al-Si /Graphite Composite, Materials Science and Engineering A528 (20) (2011), 6271-6278.

22. S.Kennedy, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Microwave Sintered Austenitic Stainless Steel, Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 64 (2011) 85-87.

21. G. Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al-Si Alloys, Tribology Transactions, 54 (2011) 115-121.

20. G. Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, High Temperature Tensile and Wear Behaviour of Al-Si Alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2010) 247–253.

19. G. Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, M.Kamaraj , Studies on high temperature wear and its mechanism of Al–Si/graphite composite under dry sliding conditions, Tribology International, 43 (2010) 2152–2158.

18. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, S.B. Chandrasekar , Studies on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Vacuum Sintered Stainless Steels, Transaction of PMAI, 35, (2009) 21-29.

17. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, V. Muthupandi, Effect of Composition and Sintering Atmosphere on Phase Balance of P/M Duplex Stainless Steels, Tansactions of PMAI, 35 (2009), 21-29.

16. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao. K. Sivaprasad, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Particle reinforced AA6061 Composites Produced by Press and Extrusion, Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 62 (6), (2009), 559-566.

15. P. Venkatachalam, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Microstructure and mechanical properties of 2014 Al alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing(ECAP), Int. J. Microstructure and Materials Properties, 5 (1) (2010).

14. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, S. Natarajan, High temperature sliding wear behavior of press-extruded AA6061/fly ash Composite, Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (2010) 1501–1509.

13. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Formation of Nanointermetallic Compounds and their stability during Mechanical Alloying of Ti- 48Al-12Nb-1Cr 9at.%) system, Advanced Materials Research, 67 (2009) 238-288.

12. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of sintering atmosphere on structure and properties of austeno-ferritic stainless steels, Materials Science and Engineering A, 517, (2009), 328-333.

11. T.T. Saravanan, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, Structural Evolution and Magnetic Properties of Mechanically Alloyed Metastable Fe-Ni-Zr-B system,Materials Letters, 6 (2009) 780-782.

10. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Comparison study of fly ash reinforced AA6061 Composites using press-sinter-extrusion and press-extrusion approaches, Powder Metallurgy,53 (2010) 163-168.

9. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Jerome, S.Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Friction Welding of Fly Ash Reinforced AA6061 (P/M) Composite and Wrought Alloy, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, 3(4) (2008)272- 277.

8. R. Mariappan, S. Venu Kumar, P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, Sintered Properties of Duplex Stainless Steels in Nitrogen Atmosphere, Transactionsof PMAI, 34 (2008) 23-27.

7. S. Kumaran, B. Chantaiah, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of Niobium and Aluminium additions in TiAlPrealloyed Powders during High Energy Ball Milling, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 108 (2008) 97-101.

6. S. Kumaran, T. Sasikumar, R. Arockiakumar, T. SrinivasaRao, Nanostructured Titanium Aluminides Prepared By Mechanical Alloying And Subsequent Thermal Treatment, Powder Technology, 185 (2008) 124-130.

5. S. Kumaran, B. Chantaiah, T. SrinivasaRao, Development of Amorphous TiAl-Nb2Al Intermetallic Nanocomposite Powders by Mechanical Alloying, Materials ScienceForum, 561-565 (2007) 1429-1432.

4. M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, B. Ravisankar, T. SrinivasaRao, Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling, Transactions of PMAI, 33, (2007)14-17.

3. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, R. Subramanian, P.C. Angelo, Nanocrysalline and Amorphous Phase formation in the Ti-Al system during High Energy Ball Milling, Powder Metallurgy, 48 (4) (2005) 354-357.

2. S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Structure-Property Correlation of PrecipitationHardened AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 20, July, 2004, UK

1. S. Kumaran, T. Raghu, R. Sundaresan, Characterization of Mechanically Alloyed Atomized Al-Ni-Ce-Zr Alloy System, J.of Metallurgy and Materials Science, 42 (3), (2009) 159 165.

Book Publication

Nivedhitha K. S., Kumaran S., Nithya Chandrasekaran, Synthesis and Electrochemical study on Nanostructured Mg Based Alloy, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2020. (ISBN: 978-620-0-22387-6)

Book Chapter Publication

Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. Srinivasa Rao, and M. Kamaraj, High-Temperature Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al‐Si/Graphite Composites Processed by Stir Casting, Materials Fabrication, Properties, Characterization, and Modeling, Volume 2, 2011, 191-198, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Wiley Publications. Print ISBN:9781118029466 |Online ISBN:9781118062142 |DOI:10.1002/9781118062142

Papers published in Conferences

1. S.Kumaran, T. Raghu, R. Sundaresan Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Composites Al-Ni-Mm-Zr-O-C by Mechanical Alloying, Powder Metallurgy Conference held at Japan, 2000.

2. S. Kumaran, Sajeev Kumar R. Sundaresan Green Behaviour of Warm Compacted Iron Powders, National Conference on Processing of Metals, held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Jan 31 - Feb 01, 2002.

3. G. RamaniKannan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, "High Temperature Mechanical Behaviour of Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr Cast Alloy", Proceeding of the Conference on Light Metals and Composites for Strategic and Societal Needs(LMCSSN-2002) held at Thiruvananthapuram during 22-23 Oct.2002, pp143-148.

4. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, "Age Hardening Behaviour of Vacuum Hot Pressed 2121Al Control alloy and 2124Al/30 v.% SiCp Composite" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

5. G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, "Electrical Conductivity and Microstructural Studies on Sintered Cu-graphite-Zr Composites" presented in the 29th National PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

6. S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Microstructural Development and Phase Evolution of Centrifugal Ball Milled Al-Ni-Zr Powders National Conference on Materials Processing and Failure Analysis held at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, June 19-20, 2003

7. P. Chakravarthy, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Grain refinement and Microstructural studies of Mechanically Alloyed Al-Ni-Zr Powders, Proceedings of 2nd National Conf. on Quality Control in Metallurgical Industries, PSG College of Tech., Coimbatore, pp197-202, 2003.

8. R. Balaji, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of Cold Deformation on Age Hardening Behaviour of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, presented in the International Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components (International Heat Treat 2004), held at Chennai during January, 2004.

9. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Particulate Reinforced Hybrid Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite: Microstructures and Mechanical Properties presented in the 30th National P/M Conference and Annual Technical Meeting held at Kolkata, during January 21-22, 2004.

10. R. Arockiakumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRaoNanomaterials by Mechanical Alloying-Opportunities and Challenges 11th Electrochemist Convention, Madurai,2005.

11. P.Susila, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Synthesis and Characterization of Al-Ni-Zr Powders by Mechanical Alloying National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials, Manufacturing and Design, May, 2006, Salem.

12. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Formation of Nanostructure and its Stability of Mechanically Alloyed High Niobium Containing Ti-Al alloy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

13. S. Suresh kumar, M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Development of TiAl dispersed Aluminium / Aluminium Composites through Powder Metallurgy, Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing, December, 2006, Coimbatore.

14. M. Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling, Int. Conference PM07, 2007, Noida, India .

15. P. Venkatachalam, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Analysis of Stress Distribution in Equal Channel Angular Pressing of CP-Al Using ABAQUS, Int. Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore, 27-29 August 2007 .

16. Kumar PRS, Mariappan R, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Fabrication of AA6061 -Fly Ash Particulate Composite by P/M Techniques and Its Characterization, IUMRS-ICAM-2007, Bangalore, 08-13, October, 2007 .

17. M. Venkatesan, P. Venkatachalam, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Effect of Cold and Cryo Rolling on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al 6012 Alloy, Thiruvananthapuram, 24-26th October, 2007.

18. T.T. Saravanan, G. Lakshmi Narayanan, K. RathinaPriya, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe57Ni21B12Si4 System Synthesized through Mechanical Alloying, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

19. R. Mariappan, S. Venukumar, P R S Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Mechanical Properties of Sintered Austeno-Ferritic Stainless Steel, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

20. P. Venkatachalam, S. Manivannan, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Pure Cu, CP Al and 7075 Al Alloy, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

21. P R S Kumar, R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Preparation of AA6061-Fly Ash Composites by Powder Metallurgy Technique, EMT-INDIA 2020, NITT, 24-25th January, 2008.

22. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Formation of Nanointermetallic Compounds and their stability during Mechanical Alloying of Ti-48Al-12Nb-1Cr system” presented in the International Conf. NADPA 2008, in IIT Roorkee, during 11-13 December 2008.

23. G.Rajaram, M.Thirumurugan, S.Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Preparation of Al-Si/Graphite particulate reinforced composite through Stir Casting Method and their structure property correlataion”, MRSI Conference, during 10-12 February, 2009 at Kolkata. (Got Best Poster Award).

24. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Studies on AA6061-fly ash composites produced by press and extrusion approach”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

25. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, V. Muthupandi, “Influence of particulate content on mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of hot extruded Al-fly ash composites”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

26. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, V. Muthupandi, “Effect of composition and sintering atmosphere on phase balance of P/M duplex stainless steels”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

27. R. Mariappan, S. Kennedy, S.B. Chandrasekhar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Studies on microstructure and mechanical properties of vacuum sintered stainless steels”, presented in the International Conference PM09 during 16-18 February, 2009 held at Goa.

28. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “MechnaicalBehaviour and Wear Studies of Al-Si / Graphite Particulate Reinforced Composites’, Presented in ICMAT-2009, during 28th June-3RD July, 2009, Singapore

29. NareshNalajal, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg based Multicomponent Alloys for Hydrogen Storage Applications through Mechanical Alloying, Presented at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, January, 2010

30. G. Sailaja, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRaoSynthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg-Ti Binary Alloys by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications, Accepted for an International Conference on Nano Materials and Applications, to be held at PSG College of Technology, 2010

31. A.Venkateswari and S. Kumaran“ElectrochemicalBehaviour of Nanostructured Mg-Ni-Nb Alloy Synthesised by Mechanical Alloying” International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2010), Indian Institute of Technology Madras on December 11-13 th, 2012.

32. A.Venkateswari, C.Nithya, S.Kumaran “Effect of Niobium on Mg67Ni33 Alloy Synthesized By Mechanical Alloying For Hydrogen Storage Application”National Symposium for Research Scholars, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on December 11-13th, 2012.

33. A.Venkateswari, S.Kumaran“Effect of Aluminium and niobium on Mg2Ni alloy synthesized by mechanical alloying for hydrogen storage application’’ in Research Scholars day organized by Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Triruvananthapuram.

34. A.Venkateswari, S.Kumaran“Synthesis of Nanostructured Mg2NixNb intermetallic compound by high energy milling & study its electrochemical behaviour” International Conference PM-14, January 23-25, 2014.

35. A. Venkateswari, C.Nithya, S.Kumaran “Electrochemical Behaviour of Mg67Ni33-xNb(x = 0, 1, 2 and 3) Alloy Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling”EnergyProcedia(Communicated).

36. V.S.Balaji., S.Kumaran., Development of Titanium/TiC-TiB hybrid composite by in-situ reaction during Spark plasma sintering. International Conference on Materials for the Future (ICMF-2013) Thrissur. November 2013.

37. K Vinoadh Kumar, S Kumaran, ArunRafel, Densification mechanism of oxide dispersion strengthened martensitic stainless steels by Spark Plasma Sintering, Proceedings of PM14, International conference on powder metallurgy and particulate materials + exhibition and 40th annual technical meeting of PMAI, 2014, Vol.01, pp:47-52.

38. K Vinoadh Kumar, ArunRafel, T.M Manjunath, S Kumaran, Synthesis of nano-structured martensitic ODS stainless steels by P/M route, Proceedings of 13th Research scholars day, IIST Trivandrum, 2014. ‘

39. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis of Bi doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, 53rd National Metallurgists’ Day and 69th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD ATM 2015), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata in association with PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Steel Authority of India, Ranchi, 13th – 16th November 2015, Coimbatore, India.

40. Murugasami.R,Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.SRapid Alloying of nanostructured Silicon-Germanium Thermoelectric alloy doped with Phosphorous using Spark Plasma Sintering, the International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016)organized by International Union of Materials Research Society in association with Materials Research Society of India at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11th – 15th December 2016, Tamil Nadu, India.

41. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Synthesis, Characterization and Thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si doped with Bi Thermoelectric compound by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS 2016) organized Department of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology, Madras, 21th – 23th December 2016, Tamil Nadu, India.

42. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Rapid Alloying and Nanostructuring of Silicon-Germanium Powder Mixture by Spark Plasma Sintering, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 10 -12th March 2017, Tamil Nadu, India.

43. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, 55th National Metallurgists’ Day and 69th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD ATM 2017), organized by The Indian Institute of Metals in association with Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS, Pilani),Goa Campus, 11 November 2017, Goa, India.

44. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.S, Densification Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Doped Mg2Si Thermoelectric compound processed by Spark Plasma Sintering, School on Clean and Renewable Energy Technologies via Chemical Route, organized by The International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (I2CAM) at University of California, Davis, United States and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 27th Nov – 2 nd Dec, 2017, Bangalore, India.

45. Murugasami.R, Vivekanandhan.P, Kumaran.S, Thermoelectric power factor performance of Si80Ge20 doped with Phosphorousby spark plasma assisted transient liquid Phase sintering, First Research Colloquium on Emerging Trends in Engineering ,Science ,Management and Technology,National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 23th – 25th March 2018, Tamil Nadu, India.

46. Vivekanandhan.P, Murugasami.R, Kumaran.SRapid in-situ synthesis of nanocrystallinemagnesium silicide thermo-electric compound by spark plasma sinteringFirst Research Colloquium on Emerging Trends in Engineering ,Science ,Management and Technology,National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 23th – 25th March 2018, Tamil Nadu, India.