Publications/Conferences

PUBLICATIONS

Himanshu Rai, Deepa Thakur, Aayush Gadal, Zhijiang Ye, Viswanath Balakrishnan, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Transforming Friction: Unveiling Sliding-Induced Phase Transitions in the CVD-Grown WS2 Monolayers under Single-Asperity Sliding Nanocontacts." Nanoscale (2024). https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR06556A
Himanshu Rai, Deepa Thakur, Aayush Gadal, Zhijiang Ye, Viswanath Balakrishnan, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Nanoscale friction and wear behavior of CVD-grown aged WS2 monolayers: the role of wrinkles and surface chemistry." Nanoscale (2023). https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR01261A
Himanshu Rai, Deepa Thakur, Deepak Kumar, Ashutosh Pitkar, Zhijiang Ye, Viswanath Balakrishnan, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Spatial Variation in Nanoscale Wear Behavior of Chemical Vapor Deposited Monolayer WS2." Applied Surface Science (2022): 154783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154783
Verma, Divya#, Himanshu Rai#, Nitya Nand Gosvami, and Viswanath Balakrishnan. "Frictional Behavior of Alumina-Coated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests: Implications for Micro and Nano Electromechanical Devices." ACS Applied Nano Materials (2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c01702 (#Shared First Author)
Mittal, Prashant, Himanshu Rai, Sangita Kumari, Om P. Khatri, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Efficient friction and wear reduction of Al-Si alloy via tribofilms generated from synergistic interaction of ZDDP and chemically functionalized h-BN additives." Applied Surface Science 595 (2022): 153520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153520
Mittal, Prashant, Himanshu Rai, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Microscopic Tribology of ADC12 Alloy Under Lubricant Containing ZDDP and MoDTC Using In Situ AFM." Tribology Letters 69.2 (2021): 1-10. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-021-01408-y)
Datta, Debottam, Himanshu Rai, Swarnima Singh, Meenakshi Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Nanoscale tribological aspects of chemical mechanical polishing: A review." Applied Surface Science Advances 11 (2022): 100286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2022.100286
Singh, Swarnima, Himanshu Rai, Krishna Kant Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, and Nitya Nand Gosvami. "Improving Tribological Properties of Al alloys via Robust One Step Graphene Coatings using Plasma Spraying." Tribology Letters 71, no. 2 (2023): 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-023-01713-8
Parveen Kumar, Jibin T. Philip, M. F. Wani, Himanshu Rai, Himanshu Vashishtha, Basil Kuriachen, Deepak Kumar, "Study of Tribological Properties of EN8 Steel against Inconel X-750 Alloy under Dry and Lubricated Conditions." Trans Indian Inst Met (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02787-z

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SUMMER SCHOOL

Himanshu Rai, Deepa Thakur, Aayush Gadal, Zhijiang Ye, Viswanath Balakrishnan, Nitya Nand Gosvami, (2022), “Nanoscale friction and wear behavior of CVD-grown aged monolayer WS2”, 11th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (IndiaTrib - 2022, New Delhi) (Oral Presentation).
Divya Verma, Himanshu Rai, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Viswanath Balakrishnan, (2022), "Frictional Behavior of Alumina Coated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forest", 7th World Tribology Congress 2022, Lyon, France (Poster Presentation).
Attended 14th Summer School in Tribology (14th -18th June, 2022) at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IiPM), Gurugram, India.
Himanshu Rai, Deepa Thakur, Deepak Chauhan, Ashutosh Pitkar, Zhijiang Ye, Viswanath Balakrishnan, Nitya Nand Gosvami, (2022), “Nanoscale Wear Behavior of CVD Grown Monolayer WS2”, 23rd International Colloquium Tribology, TAE Stuttgart, Germany (Oral Presentation).
Himanshu Rai, Aditya Singh, Rajendra Singh, Nitya Nand Gosvami, (2021), "Revealing the Nanoscale Wear Behavior of Interior and Edge of CVD Grown Monolayer MoS2 Flake", 2nd Virtual International Tribology Research Symposium (ITRS 2021), SRM Chennai (Oral Presentation).
Himanshu Rai, Nitya Nand Gosvami, (2019), “Nanoscale Tribology of 2D Materials as Lubricant Additives”, 10th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (IndiaTrib 2019), IISc Bangalore (Oral Presentation).
Himanshu Rai, Nitya Nand Gosvami, (2019), “Nanoscale Tribology of 2D Materials as Lubricant Additives” 10th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (IndiaTrib 2019), IISc Bangalore, India (Poster Presentation)