Research Papers in International Journals
1. V. P. S. Awana, Rajeev Rawat, Anurag Gupta, M. Isobe, K. P. Singh, Arpita Vajpayee, H. Kishan, E. Takayama-Muromachi and A.V. Narlikar, "Physical property characterization of Fe-tube encapsulated and vacuum annealed bulk MgB2", Solid State Communications 139, 306 (2006).
2. Arpita Vajpayee, Hannu Huhtinen, V. P. S. Awana, Anurag Gupta, Rajeev Rawat, N. P. Lalla, H. Kishan, R. Laiho, I. Felner and A.V. Narlikar, “Effect of nano-diamond additives on enhancement of critical density and related performance of bulk MgB2”, Supercond. Sci. & Tech. 20, S155 (2007).
3. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, S. Balamurugan, E. Takayama-Muromachi, H. Kishan & G. L. Bhalla, “ Effect of PVA doping on flux pinning in bulk MgB2”, Physica C 466, 46 (2007).
4. V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, Rajeev Rawat, Somobrata Acharya, H. Kishan, E. Takayama-Muromachi, A. V. Narlikar and I. Felner, "Role of Carbon in Enhancing the Performance of MgB2 superconductor ", Physica C 467, 67 (2007).
5. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, H. Kishan, A.V. Narlikar, G. L. Bhalla and X. L. Wang, “High field performance on nano-diamond doped MgB2 superconductor”, J. App. Phy. 103, 07C708 (2008).
6. Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana, G.L. Bhalla and H. Kishan, “Superconductivity of the bulk MgB2 + nano-SiC composite system: a high field magnetization study”, Nanotechnology 19, 125708 (2008).
7. V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, H. Kishan, N. P. Lalla, V. Ganesan, A.M. Awasthi and G. L. Bhalla, “Physical property characterization of bulk MgB2 superconductor”, Euro. Phys. J. B 62, 281 (2008).
8. V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, Anuj Kumar, R. S. Meena, Rahul Tripathi, Shiv Kumar, R. K. Kotnala and H. Kishan, “One-step atmospheric pressure synthesis of the ground state Fe based LaFeAsO1-δ”, Letter - J. Sup. & Novel Magnetism 21, 167 (2008).
9. I. Nowik, I. Felner, V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, and H. Kishan, "57Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements of oxygen deficient LaFeAsO", J. Phys. Cond. Matt. Fast Track Commun. 20, 292201 (2008).
10. V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel and H. Kishan, “Superconductivity of various borides and role of Carbon in their high performance”, Supercond. Sci. & Tech. 22, 034015 (2009).
11. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, G. L. Bhalla, P. A. Bhobe, A. K. Nigam And H. Kishan, "Superconducting Properties of Adipic acid doped MgB2 Bulk Superconductor", Supercond. Sci. & Tech. 22, 015016 (2009).
12. V. P. S. Awana, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, H. Kishan, G. A. Alvarez, K. Yamaura, and E. Takayama-Muromachi, “Synthesis of SmFeASO by an easy and versatile route and its physical property characterization”, J. Appl. Phy. 105, 07E316 (2009).
13. R. Lal, Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, A. M. Awasthi and H. Kishan, "Hump structure below Tc in the thermal conductivity of MgB2 superconductor", Physica C 469, 106 (2009).
14. I. A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain, Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kisahn, "Study of fluctuation induced conductivity on nano diamond doped bulk MgB2 superconductor", Int. J. Nano and Biomaterials 2, 240 (2009).
15. Anuj Kumar, Arpita Vajpayee, Shiva Kumar, V.P.S. Awana and H. Kishan, "Revisiting the Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7-d system- CuO2 plane disorder induced flux pinning ", J. Phys. Conf. series 153, 012020 (2009).
16. V. P. S. Awana, Arpita Vajpayee, Anand Pal, Monika Mudgel, R. S. Meena and H. Kishan, "Superconductivity at 14K in SmFe0.9Co0.1AsO", J. Sup. & Novel Magnetism 22, L623 (2009).
17. Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, R. S. Meena, H. Kishan and V. P. S. Awana, " Single step synthesis of Sr4V2O6Fe2As2: The blocking cum redox layer based potential versatile future superconductor ", J. Sup. & Novel Magnetism 22, L619 (2009).
18. R. S. Meena, Arpita Vajpayee, Anand Pal, Monika Mudgel, Israel Nowik, Israel Felner, H. Kishan and V.P.S. Awana, " Synthesis, Electric Transport, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Specific heat and induction of superconductivity in ReFeAsO (Re=La, Pr, Gd & Sm)", The Open Superconductors Journal 1, 14 (2009).
19. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, S. Yu, G. L. Bhalla and H. Kishan, "Effect of Single-Walled Carbon Nano-Tube (CNT) Addition on Superconducting Properties of Bulk MgB2 Superconductor", Physica C 470, S655 (2010).
20. Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana, M. Husain and H. Kishan, "Suppression of Spin Density Wave Character of (Sm/Gd)FeAsO by Substitution of Ru at Fe Site ", Physica C 470, S491 (2010).
21. V.P.S. Awana, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, M. Husain, K. Yamaura, E. Takayama-Muromachi and H. Kishan, "From weak magnetism (Spin Density Wave–SDW) to hidden superconductivity and finally the ferromagnetic phase diagram for SmFe1-xRuxAsO system with x = 0.0 to 0.50", Physica C 470, S424 (2010).
22. V.P.S. Awana, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, H. Kishan, Mushahid Husain, R. Zeng, S. Yu, Y. F. Guo, Y. G. Shi, K. Yamaura and E. Takayama-Muromachi, " Synthesis and physical properties of FeSe1/2Te1/2 superconductor", J. Appl. Phy. 107, 09E128 (2010).
23. V.P.S. Awana, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, R.S. Meena, H. Kishan, Mushahid Husain, K. Yamaura and E. Takayama-Muromachi, " Superconductivity in SmFe1-xCoxAsO (x = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30)", J. Appl. Phy. 107, 09E146 (2010).
24. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser Saleh Alzayed, Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana, H. Kishan, " Enhancement of activation energy in nano diamond doped MgB2 superconductor", Physica C 470, 369 (2010).
25. V.P.S. Awana, R.S. Meena, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, K.V.R. Rao, H. Kishan, "Physical property characterization of single step synthesized NdFeAsO0.80F0.20 bulk 50 K superconductor", Euro. Phys. J. B 79,139 (2011).
26. V.P.S. Awana, Govind, Anand Pal, Bhasker Gahtori, S. D. Kaushik, Arpita Vajpayee, Jagdish Kumar and H. Kishan, "Anomalous heat capacity and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of superconducting FeSe1/2Te1/2", J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E122 (2011).
27. Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, H. Kishan and V. P. S. Awana, "Superconductivity and thermal properties of sulphur doped FeTe with effect of oxygen post annealing", Physica C 471, 77 (2011).
28. Arpita Vajpayee, R. Jha, A. K. Srivastava, H. Kishan, M. Tropeano, C. Ferdeghini and V. P. S. Awana, "The Effect of sintering temperature on superconducting properties of n-SiC added bulk MgB2 superconductor", Supercond. Sci. & Tech. 24, 045013 (2011).
29. Devina Sharma, Jagdish Kumar, Arpita Vajpayee, Ranjan Kumar, P.K. Ahluwalia and V.P.S. Awana, "Comparative experimental and Density Functional Theory (DFT) study of the physical properties of MgB2 and AlB2", J. Sup. & Novel Magnetism 24, 1925 (2011).
30. Jagdish Kumar, Anuj Kumar, Arpita Vajpayee, Bhasker Gahtori, Devina Sharma, P.K. Ahluwalia, S. Auluck, and V.P.S. Awana, "Physical property and electronic structure characterization of bulk superconducting Bi3Ni", Supercond. Sci. & Tech. 24, 085002 (2011).
31. G. Romano, A. Vajpayee, M. Vignolo, V.P.S. Awana and C. Frederghini, "Superconducting performance of ex-situ SiC doped MgB2 monofilamentary tapes", Accepted in J. Sup. & Novel Magnetism 25, 311 (2012).
Research Papers in Indian Journals
1. Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana, Rajeev Rawat, N.P. Lalla, H. Kishan, I. Felner and A.V. Narlikar “Superconductivity of high performance nano diamond doped MgB2”, Indian J. of Cryogenics 32, 11 (2007)
2. Akshay Deshpande, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, Anuj Kumar, V. P. S. Awana, Anurag Gupta, M. A. Ansari, R. B. Saxena, Rajeev Rawat, H. Kishan, G. L. Bhalla and A.V. Narlikar “Intercomparison of the physical properties of YBa2Cu3O7 and MgB2 superconductor”, Indian J. of Cryogenics 32, 32 (2007)
3. R. S. Meena, Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, V. P. S Awana and H. Kishan, "One/Two step easy synthesis routes for obtaining ground state of REFeAsO (RE=Sm, La, Pr) superconductors", Indian J. of Cryogenics 35 A, 555 (2010)
Research Papers Presented in Conferences
1. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kishan, "Physical property characterization of Fe-tube encapsulated and Argon annealed bulk MgB2", presented in national conference titled Recent Advances in Material Sciences at Kurukshetra, India (2006)
2. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, G. L. Bhalla and H. Kishan, “Impact of carbon and its derivative doping on high performance of MgB2 superconductor”, Proceedings of the 53rd Solid State Physics Symposium 53,899 (2008)
3. Anand Pal, Arpita Vajpayee, Monika Mudgel, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kishan, “Synthesis, Structure, Electrical and Thermal properties of SmFeAsO”, Proceedings of the 53rd Solid State Physics Symposium 53, 905 (2008)
4. Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana, S. Yu, G. L. Bhalla and H. Kishan, "Effect of single-walled carbon nano-tube (CNT) addition on superconducting properties of bulk MgB2 superconductor ", presented in International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M2S-IX) at Tokyo, Japan (2009)
5. Arpita Vajpayee, "Superconducting performance of MgB2-nD composite systems", presented in national conference titled Emerging Technologies: Nanotechnology and Cryogenics at Noida, UP (2009)