Publications 

Scientific Papers

Published in international peer reviewed journals:

2025

• A. Pandey, N. Sardana*, Properties of yttrium based MXenes and the effect of its functionalization: A DFT study, FlatChem, Volume 51(2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flatc.2025.100875.

• N. M. Eldabah, A.Pratap, A.. Pandey, N. Sardana, S. S. Sidhu, M. A.H Gepreel, Design Approaches of High-Entropy Alloys Using Artificial Intelligence: A Review, Advanced Engineering Materials, 12(27), (2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402504

• A. Pratap, PA. Hsiung, & N. Sardana*, Tmrf: Trustworthy microstructure recognition framework with deep learning and explainable AI. J. Mater. Res. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-025-01548-0

• G.P. Singh, R. Chatterjee, S.K. Sharma,  K. Sahni, Deepika and N. Sardana* Enhancement of solar cell efficiency through laser assisted surface texturing. Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12572-025-00389-8

• A. Pandey & N. Sardana*, Effect of functionalization on properties of Scandium-based MXenes: A DFT study, Computational Materials Science, 248, 2025, 113598, ISSN 0927-0256,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.113598

2024

• G.P. Singh, B. Fuhrmann, F. Syrowatka, J. Schilling and N. Sardana*, Plasmonic coupling effect of annealed gold nanoarrays, Phys. Scr. 99 115518, 2024, DOI 10.1088/1402-4896/ad7913

• Ayush Pratap, Trung-Kien Vi, You Wei lee, Neha Sardana, Pao-Ann Hsiung & Yung-Chou Kao,  A DT framework integrating human and artificial intelligence for power consumption prediction in CNC machining. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 135, 915–938 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-14477-9 

• Gaurav Pal Singh, Neha Sardana, Vibrational Modes of Metribuzin: A Theoretical and Experimental Comparison, Chemistry select, 04 September 2024 https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202402793

• G.P. Singh, B. Fuhrmann, F. Syrowatka, J. Schilling and N. Sardana*, Tuning the plasmonic response of periodic gold nanodisk arrays for urea sensing, J. Mater. Sci., 59, 6497–6508, 2024

• Tiwari, S.K., Rao, A.U., Kharb, A.S. et al. Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Cr-Ni3Al Alloy Films Synthesized by Magnetron Sputtering. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 8994–9003 (2024).

• Sunil Kumar Tiwari, Akula Umamaheswara Rao, Archana Singh Kharb, Piyush Chandra Verma, Paritosh Dubey; Vipin Chawla, Neha Sardana, Sanjeev Kumar, Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Amit Kumar Chawla, Sputter-deposited zirconium doped nickel-aluminide coatings for high-temperature oxidation-resistant applications, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 42, 053408 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003848

• Sunil Kumar Tiwari, Akula Umamaheswara Rao, Archana Singh Kharb, Vipin Chawla, Neha Sardana, Paritosh Dubey, Piyush Chandra Verma, Sanjeev Kumar Dubey, Devesh Kumar Avasthi & Amit Kumar Chawla, Characterization of sputter-deposited hydrophobic chromium doped nickel alumnide coatings for mechanical and high-temperature oxidation-resistant applications. J Mater Sci 59, 13632–13651 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-10002-1

• Supriya Garg, Prince Jain, Sahil Garg, Bhavya Sharma, Gourab Das, Neha Sardana, Sanjeev Kumar and Arun Kumar Singh, Compact polarization-insensitive microwave metamaterial absorber with hepta-band characteristics, Physica Scripta, Volume 99, Number 7, 2024 DOI 10.1088/1402-4896/ad56de

• Singh, G.P., Samanta, S., Pegu, A. et al. Enhancement of plasmonic response by piezoelectrically deposited gold films. Indian J Phys 98, 2141–2146 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-023-02974-8

• A. B. S. Usmani, S. Rana, A. Arora, K. K. Yadav, H. Sammi, N. Sardana and M. Jha, Electrochemical oxygen generation from VO2 nanoflakes decorated onto graphite sheet, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 976, 173058, 2024

• A. U. Rao, S. K.Tiwari, A. S. Kharb, N. Sardana, V. Chawla, S. Kumar, V. Saxena and A. K. Chawla, Synthesis and characterization of low-friction W-V-N alloy coatings using reactive magnetron sputtering technique for tribological applications, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 42(2) 023408 2024

• G. P. Singh, R. Harsh and N. Sardana*, Tuning of the Plasmonic Response Gold and Aluminum Nanoarrays for Sensing Applications, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP), 62(2), 2024

2023

• S. K. Tiwari, A. U. Rao, A. S. Kharb, V. Chawla, N. Sardana, D. K. Avasthi and A. K. Chawla, Investigation of mechanical and microstructural properties of sputter-deposited Zr-Ni3Al coatings, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 41, 063407, Dec. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003022

• H. Sammi and N. Sardana*, Reusable, flexible, facile, and economical SERS substrates based on rose petal replicas for pesticide detection, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 362, Sept. 2023, 114638, ISSN 0924-4247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114638.

• K. Goyal and N. Sardana*, Effect of doping IVB, VB and VIB elements on structure, stability, elastic and electronic properties of the O and B2 of Ti2AlNb intermetallic: A first principles study, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, vol. 2023, article no. 111362, pp. 1-10, Apr. 2023, ISSN: 0022-3697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111362.

• H. Sammi, M. Mohanta, B. Sharma, and N. Sardana*, Coalescence of Au nanoparticles in silica aerogel under electron beam irradiation" has been finalized for publication in the forthcoming issue of the journal "Current Nanoscience", Vol. 19, No. 6, Apr. 2023. DOI: 10.2174/1573413719666221122123805

• Heena Sammi, Rajesh V. Nair, N. Sardana*, Reusable SERS substrate based on interconnected metal network structure, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 293, 2023, 126894, ISSN 0254-0584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126894.

2022

• A K Chawla, R. Jain, J. Singh, K. H. Mir, T. Garg, A. U. Rao, S. K. Tiwari, A. Chauhan, N. Sardana, V. Chawla and S. Kumar, Sputter Deposited Mn-doped ZnO Thin Film for Resistive Memory Applications, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202203633

• A. Pratap, N. Sardana, S. Utomo, J. Ayeelyan, P. Karthikeyan and P.-A Hsiung, A Synergic Approach of Deep Learning towards Digital Additive Manufacturing: A Review. Algorithms 2022, 15, 466. https://doi.org/10.3390/a15120466

• G.P. Singh and N. Sardana*, Plasmonic response of metallic nanoparticles embedded in glass and a-Si. Bull Mater Sci 45, 241 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02812-3 

• K. Goyal, C. Bera and N. Sardana*, N. Temperature-dependent structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of B2-phase Ti2AlNb for aerospace applications. J Mater Sci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07788-3

• S. Bansal, A. Das, K. Prakash, K. Sharma, G. M. Khanal, N. Sardana, S. Kumar, N. Gupta, A. K. Singh, Bilayer graphene/HgCdTe heterojunction based novel GBn infrared detectors, Micro and Nanostructures, Volume 169, 2022, 207345, ISSN 2773-0123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micrna.2022.207345.

• A. Pratap, B.K. Singh, N. Sardana, Fracture in self-lubricating inserts: A case study, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 66, Part 9, 2022, Pages 3738-3742, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.06.005.

• P. Jain, K. Prakash, N. Sardana, S. Kumar, N. Gupta and A. K. Singh, Design of an ultra-thin hepta-band metamaterial absorber for sensing applications. Opt Quant Electron 54, 569 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-03917-z

• G.P. Singh and N. Sardana*, Smartphone-based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: a Review. Plasmonics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-022-01672-1

• Prince Jain, Krishna Prakash, Gaurav M. Khanal, Neha Sardana, Sanjeev Kumar, Neena Gupta, Arun K. Singh, Quad-band polarization sensitive terahertz metamaterial absorber using Gemini-shaped structure, Results in Optics, Volume 8, 2022, 100254, ISSN 2666-9501, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rio.2022.100254.

• A. Pratap and N. Sardana*, Machine learning-based image processing in materials science and engineering: A review, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.01.200.

2021

• K. Goyal, C. Bera and N. Sardana*, Phase stability, mechanical, thermal, electronic properties, anisotropy, lattice dynamics and APB -energies of Ti2AlX intermetallics in α2, B2, and O phases: A first principle study, Materials Today Communications, Volume 29, 2021, 102864, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102864. 

• S. Samanta, V. R. Battula, N. Sardana and K. Kailasam, Solar driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution using graphitic-carbon nitride/NSGQDs heterostructures, Applied Surface Science, Vol 563, 2021, 150409, ISSN 0169-4332,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150409. 

• K. Goyal and N. Sardana*, Mechanical Properties of the Ti2AlNb Intermetallic: A Review, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s12666-021-02307-5

• P. Jain, A. K. Singh, J. K. Pandey, S. Bansal, N. Sardana, S. Kumar, N. Gupta, A. K. Singh, An Ultrathin Compact Polarization-Sensitive Triple-band Microwave Metamaterial Absorber, Journal of Electronic Materials, Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages1506-1513, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-020-08680-z

• K. Goyal and N. Sardana*, Phase stability and microstructural evolution of Ti2AlNb alloys-a review, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 41, Part 4, 2021, 951-968  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.925.

• H. Sammi, R. V. Nair and N. Sardana*, Recent advances in nanoporous AAO based substrates for surface-enhanced raman scattering, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 41, Part 4, 2021, 843-850 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.09.233.

2020

• A. Kumar, G. Malik, K. Goyal, N. Sardana, R. Chandra, R. S. Mulik, Controllable synthesis of tunable aspect ratios novel h-BN nanorods with an enhanced wetting performance for water repellent applications, Vacuum, 2020, 109927, doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109927S. 

• S. Samanta, S. Kumar, V. R. Battula, A. Jaryal, N. Sardana and K. Kailasam, Quantum dot-sensitized O-linked heptazine polymer photocatalyst for the metal-free visible light hydrogen generation, RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 29633 - 29641 (DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03773G)  

• S. Bansal, K. Prakash, K.Sharma, N. Sardana, S. Kumar, N. Gupta and A.K. Singh, A highly efficient bilayer graphene/ZnO/silicon nanowire based heterojunction photodetector with broadband spectral response, Nanotechnology 31 (40), 405205, 2020,  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab9da8

• GP Singh and N Sardana, Affordable, compact and infection-free BiPAP machine, Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1-7 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41403-020-00134-6

• P. Jain, A. Singh, J. Pandey, S.Garg, S. Bansal, M. Agarwal, S. Kumar, N. Sardana, N. Gupta, A.K. Singh, Ultra-thin Metamaterial Perfect Absorbers for Single/Dual/Multi-band Microwave Applications, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation,   Volume: 14 , Issue: 5, p. 390 - 396 2020 (DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2019.0623 ).

• V. Chawla*, N. Sardana*, H. Kaur, A. Kumar, R. Chandra, S. Mishra, Effect of annealing parameters and activation top layer on the growth of copper oxide nanowires, Applied Surface Science 504, 144369, 2020 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144369).

2019 and before

• S. Bansal, A. Das, P. Jain, K. Prakash, K. Sharma, N. Kumar, N. Sardana, A.K. Singh, Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties of Bilayer Graphene/HgCdTe-Based Single-and Dual-Junction Photodetectors in Long Infrared Regime, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 18, 781-789, 2019 (DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2019.2931814).

• S. Bansal,  K. Sharma, P. Jain,  N. Sardana, S. Kumar,  N. Gupta and A. K. Singh, Bilayer graphene/HgCdTe based very long infrared photodetector with superior external quantum efficiency, responsivity, and detectivity, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 39579-39592 (DOI: 10.1039/C8RA07683A )

• B. Sharma, A. Singh, T. Sarma, A. Pal* and N. Sardana*, Chirality control to multi-stimuli responsive and self-healing supramolecular metallo-hydrogels, New J. Chem., 42, 6427-6432,  2018 (DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00218E). 

• N. Sardana*, V. Talalaev, F. Heyroth, G. Schmidt, C. Bohley, A. Sprafke and J. Schilling, Localized surface plasmon resonance in the IR regime; Optics Express, 24 (1) (2016), 254-261 (DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.000254).

• N. Sardana*, T. Birr, S. Schlenker, C. Reinhardt and J. Schilling; Surface plasmons on ordered and bicontinuous spongy nanoporous gold; New Journal of Physics, 16 (2014) 063053 (DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/6/06305).

• M. Schade, , B. Fuhrmann, C. Bohley, S. Schlenker, N. Sardana, H. S. Leipner and J. Schilling; Regular arrays of Al nanoparticles for plasmonic applications; Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (2013) 084309.

• N. Sardana*, F. Heyroth and J. Schilling*; Propagating surface plasmons on nanoporous gold; Journal of the Optical Society of America B 29 (7) (2012) 1778-1783 (https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.29.001778). 

• M. Mis, N. Sardana, and S. Seetharaman*; The synthesis and characterization of Ni-W-C alloy powders by H2-CH4 reaction with oxides; High Temperature Materials and Processes 27 (4) (2008) 209-222.

Published in international conferences:

• A. Pratap, Pao-Ann Hsuing,  and N. Sardana "Harnessing large language models for materials and manufacturing frameworks, application and innovation”, at IEEE International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control June 27-30, 2025, Taichung, Taiwan.

• A. Pratap and N. Sardana, "Explaining the Identification of Granular Crack with Deep Learning and XAI," 2024 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), New Delhi, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/TENSYMP61132.2024.10752279.

• A. Upadhyay, P. Dinesh and N. Sardana Vacuum Brazing of Tungsten and Fe-Co-Ni Alloy Along with Micro-Structural Evaluation of Joint Interface Using SEM, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Fundamental and Industrial Research on Materials: iConFIRM 2023, 11−14 December, Ropar, India edited by Abhishek Tiwari, Pratik Kumar Ray, Neha Sardana, Rajiv Kumar, Springer Nature, 4 Jul 2024, Pg. 117-123.

• A. Pratap, N. Sardana, S. Utomo, A. John, P. Karthikeyan and P. -A. Hsiung, "Analysis of Defect Associated with Powder Bed Fusion with Deep Learning and Explainable AI," 2023 15th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST), Phuket, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/KST57286.2023.10086905.

• K. Goyal, A. Sharma and N. Sardana, A DFT study of Ti-Doped Al Nanoclusters for hydrogen based transport vehicles, National Online Conference on “Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020” (RDMPMC-2020), 26- 27 August, 2020, AIJR Abstracts, pp 83, 2021.

• P. Jain, K. Prakash, N. Gupta, N. Sardana, S. Kumar and A.K. Singh, Design of an Ultra-thin Hepta-band Metamaterial Absorber for Sensing Applications. Research Square; 2021. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-220996/v1.

• P. Jain, A. K Singh, S. Bansal, K. Prakash, L. Hadda, N. Gupta, A. K Singh, S. Kumar, N. Sardana, Triple Band Polarisation Sensitive Metamaterial Absorber for Terahertz Applications, 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 2020/2/27, 559-562, IEEE.

• S Bansal, P Jain, N Gupta, AK Singh, N Kumar, S Kumar, N Sardana, Bilayer Graphene/HgCdTe Based Self-powered Mid-wave IR nBn Photodetector 2019/10/27, IEEE 14th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 1-4, IEEE

• S Bansal, P Jain, N Gupta, AK Singh, N Kumar, S Kumar, N Sardana, A Highly Efficient Bilayer Graphene-HgCdTe Heterojunction Based Photodetector for Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR), 2018 IEEE 13th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 14.10.2018.

• P. Jain, A. Thourwal, S. Bansal, N. Gupta, S. Kumar, A. K. Singh* and S. Samanta, N. Sardana*, T-Shaped Resonator for X-band Applications, 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Ahmedabad, 11-13 Dec. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-5386-1320-7

• S. Samanta, N. Sardana*, Simulations for Arm Angle Dependent Resonance Frequency of X-shaped Dielectric Resonator Antenna, International Conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics, XLI Hisar, 23-26 Nov. 2017, ISBN number: 978-93-84871-109 pp 147

• J. Schilling*, N. Sardana, F. Heyroth, Y. Kim, Plasmonic nanodisc arrays for Luminescence and Raman enhancement, The 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, S. Korea, 2017, ISSN 2429-1390

• A. Thourwal, A.K. Singh, and N. Sardana*, EM response of graphene oxide, The 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, S. Korea, 2017, ISSN 2429-1390

• P. Jain, A. Thourwal, N. Sardana, S. Kumar, N. Gupta, and A. K. Singh, I-shaped Metamaterial Antenna for X-band Applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Spring (PIERS), St. Petersburg, Russia, 22–25 May, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-5090-6270-6, pp 1-4

• J. Schilling, N. Sardana and F. Heyroth, Propagating surface plasmons, Metamaterials '2012: The Sixth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17 – 22 Sept., 2012) ISBN: 978-952-67611 2-1