Inspired Research Technologies  

Publication-by-publication statement of particular importance

2026–2025 (Most Recent / High Impact)

1. Micro-scale fabrication and aging driven IMC evolution in SAC305/Sn-58Bi composite solder joints (Microelectronics Reliability, 2026)
   Importance: Provides fundamental insight into intermetallic compound (IMC) evolution and aging effects in composite solder joints, directly advancing reliability science of microelectronic interconnects. Innovative microstructural–mechanical correlation for next-generation solder technology.
   
   

2. Influence of insert dimensions on distortion during reverse cladding (Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2026)
   Importance: Introduces process–geometry relationships governing distortion in reverse cladding, offering practical and scientific guidance for distortion control in hybrid manufacturing and dissimilar metal joining.
   
   

3. Recent Progress in Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing (Trans Indian Inst Met, 2025)
   Importance: Authoritative state-of-the-art review establishing fundamental understanding of process–microstructure–property relationships in FSAM. Serves as a key reference for researchers and industry, shaping future research directions.
   
   

4. Friction Stir Powder Additive Manufactured CSZ & PDC reinforced AA7075 (MSEA, 2025)
   Importance: Demonstrates novel ceramic–metal hybrid reinforcement in FSAM, showing innovative composite design with enhanced mechanical performance—advancing the science of solid-state additive composite manufacturing.
   
   

5. Solution Heat Treatment & Corrosion of FSP AA6061/CSZ for Marine Applications (JMEP, 2025)
   Importance: Establishes critical heat-treatment–corrosion relationships for marine-grade friction stir composites, enabling durable lightweight materials for aggressive environments.
   
   

6. Hot Deformation of Ti-900: Experiments + Neural Network + FEM (J Alloys Compd, 2025)
   Importance: Integrates experiments, machine learning, and finite element modeling—representing a methodological breakthrough in coupling AI with deformation science for advanced titanium alloys.
   
   

7. Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Ti-6Al-4V in WAAM using TPO model (Prog Addit Manuf, 2025)
   Importance: Introduces a novel in-situ trapezoidal-parallelogram overlapping (TPO) model, significantly improving thermal–mechanical prediction accuracy in WAAM—important for aerospace component reliability.
   
   

2024

8. Tribology + ML of Ni-coated graphite A206 MMCs (Proc IMechE Part L, 2024)
   Importance: Combines tribological experimentation with machine learning, advancing data-driven materials design and predictive wear modeling.
   
   

9. Reverse Cladding of Stainless Steel to Al-Si via Casting (Indian Foundry Journal, 2024)
   Importance: Demonstrates innovative reverse cladding through casting, expanding low-cost routes for dissimilar metal integration.
   
   

10. High Temperature Deformation of Ti-900 (ASM Materials & Processing Journal, 2024)
    Importance: Provides processing maps and deformation mechanisms essential for thermomechanical processing of emerging titanium alloys.
    
    

2023

11. Reverse Cladding of 304 SS to LM25 via Die-Casting (Materials Letters, 2023)
    Importance: Novel demonstration of reverse cladding using die casting—scientifically and technologically significant for scalable dissimilar metal joining.
    
    

12. Hot Deformation of Ti-900 (Materials Letters, 2023)
    Importance: Establishes foundational deformation mechanisms, forming the experimental basis for later advanced modeling studies.
    
    

13. Surface Alloyed Mild Steel: Residual Stress, Corrosion, Adhesion (JMEP, 2023)
    Importance: Advances understanding of in-mold surface alloying, linking processing to residual stress and corrosion—important for industrial foundry applications.
    
    

2022

14. State-of-the-Art on WAAM of Titanium for Aerospace (JMEP, 2022)
    Importance: Widely useful comprehensive review synthesizing aerospace-relevant WAAM science; foundational reference for titanium additive manufacturing.
    
    

15. Sand Casting of Surface Alloyed Butterfly Valve (Int J Metalcasting, 2022)
    Importance: Demonstrates industrial translation of surface alloying to functional components, bridging lab research and real-world manufacturing.
    
    

2021–2020 (Foundational & Highly Cited Areas)

16. Intermetallic Growth Model in Thin Sn Joints (J Electronic Materials, 2020)
    Importance: Provides a fundamental physical model for IMC growth in micro-solder joints—of high scientific importance for electronics reliability.
    
    

17. Fullerene-based Metal Nanocomposites: Review (J Mater Res, 2021)
    Importance: Comprehensive synthesis of nanocomposite fabrication and applications—important for guiding future nanomaterials research.
    
    

18. SMAT on Corrosion of FSW NiTi (Surf & Coat Tech, 2020)
    Importance: Demonstrates synergistic surface engineering + solid-state welding for functional alloys, advancing corrosion science of shape memory materials.
    
    

19. 50 Years of Solidification Processing of MMCs (JOM, 2020)
    Importance: Landmark historical and forward-looking review—fundamental importance for the metal matrix composite community.
    
    

20. Graphene Reinforced Metal-Matrix Nanocomposites (Compos Part B, 2020)
    Importance: High-impact work establishing structure–property relationships in graphene MMCs—important for next-generation lightweight materials.
    
    

21. FSP of A356 + Graphene Nanoplatelets (MSEA, 2020)
    Importance: Demonstrates scalable graphene MMC synthesis by friction stir processing—technologically innovative and industrially relevant.
    
    

22. 50 Years of Foundry-Produced MMCs (Int J Metalcasting, 2020)
    Importance: Definitive review shaping strategic research directions in foundry-based composites.
    
    

2019–2018

23. Microstructure–Contact Angle–Corrosion in Ductile Iron (Langmuir, 2019)
    Importance: Fundamental wetting and corrosion science linking graphite morphology to surface chemistry.
    
    

24. Functional & Corrosion Behavior of FSW NiTi (J Manuf Processes, 2019)
    Importance: Advances understanding of structure–function relationships in welded shape memory alloys.
    
    

25. Shape Memory & Properties of FSW Nitinol (J Alloys Compd, 2019)
    Importance: Important for biomedical and actuator applications of welded NiTi alloys.
    
    

26. Zn-Matrix Syntactic Foams (MSEA, 2018)
    Importance: Establishes heat-treatment effects in lightweight syntactic foams—important for energy absorption materials.
    
    

27. Intermetallic Content & Shear of SAC Solder (J Electronic Materials, 2018)
    Importance: Fundamental mechanics of micro-scale solder joints—key to microelectronics reliability.
    
    

28. Wear of FSP NAB Alloys in Marine Environment (Tribology Online, 2018)
    Importance: Important applied tribology study for marine materials performance.
    
    

29. High Entropy Alloy via Mechanical Alloying (TMS 2018)
    Importance: Early contribution to HEA processing science, supporting emerging alloy design paradigms.
    
    

30. FSP Al-TiO₂ Nanocomposite (JMEP, 2018)
    Importance: Advances solid-state nanocomposite synthesis and structure–property understanding.
    
    

31. Rolling of Al-SiCp MMCs (2018)
    Importance: Important processing science for deformation behavior of particle-reinforced MMCs.
    
    

2017–2015 (Early Innovative Contributions)

32. In-situ Nano-Pores in PDC MMCs by FSP (Res Rep Metals, 2017)
    Importance: Novel microstructural phenomenon discovery during solid-state processing.
    
    

33. FSP-Derived MMCs: Microstructure & Tensile Properties (Materials & Design, 2017)
    Importance: Establishes reinforcement–property relationships in in-situ MMCs.
    
    

34. Novel In-situ Polymer-Derived Nano-Ceramic MMC (Materials & Design, 2015)
    Importance: Pioneering work introducing polymer-derived ceramic reinforcements via friction stir processing—scientifically innovative.
    
    

35. Tribological Performance of Cu-Based Composite by FSP (Technology Letters, 2014)
    Importance: Early applied study demonstrating friction stir processing as a route to engineer tribological surfaces.
    
    

Overall Assessment (Summary Statement)

Collectively, these publications demonstrate:

• Fundamental breakthroughs in solder joint reliability, titanium alloy deformation, and metal matrix composite science.
  
  

• Methodological innovation, including early adoption of machine learning, neural networks, and advanced modeling in materials processing.
  
  

• Technological impact in friction stir processing, additive manufacturing (WAAM, FSAM), and dissimilar metal joining.
  
  

• Authoritative reviews that have shaped entire sub-fields (MMC processing, WAAM of titanium, nanocomposites).