Publications

Publications in Refereed Journals

83. H Rai, D. Thakur, G. Aayush, Z. Ye, V. Balakrishnan, N.N. Gosvami, Unveiling Sliding-Induced Phase Transitions in

the CVD-Grown WS2 Monolayers under Single-Asperity Sliding Nanocontacts, Nanoscale, accepted (2024) 

82. J. Soni, N. N. Gosvami, Recent Advancements in Understanding of Growth and Properties of Antiwear Tribofilms Derived from Zinc Dialkyl Dithiophosphate Additives under Nanoscale Sliding Contacts, Langmuir, accepted (2024)

81. Sourav Sahoo, Zuhaa Khan, Sajid Mannan, Utkarsh Tiwari, Zhijiang Ye, NM Anoop Krishnan, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Superlubricity and Stress-Shielding of Graphene Enables Ultra Scratch-Resistant Glasses, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, accepted (2023).

80. J. Gangareddy, P. Rudra, M. Chirumamilla, S. Ganisetti, S. Kasimuthumaniyan, S. Sahoo, K. Jayanthi, J. Rathod, V. R. Soma, S. Das, N. N. Gosvami, NM Anoop Krishnan, Kj. Pedersen, S. Mondal, S. Ghosh, A. R. Allu, Multi-Functional Applications of H-Glass Embedded with Stable Plasmonic Gold Nanoislands, Small, e2303688-e2303688 (2023)

79. S. Mannan, M. Zaki, S. Bishnoi, D. R. Cassar, J. Jiusti, J. Cesar F. Faria, J. F. S. Christensen, N. N. Gosvami, M. M. Smedskjaer, E. D. Zanotto, NM Anoop Krishnan, Glass hardness: Predicting composition and load effects via symbolic reasoning-informed machine learning, Acta Materialia, 255, 119046 (2023)

78. I. Mandal, S. Mannan, L. Wondraczek, N. N. Gosvami, A. R. Allu, NM Anoop Krishnan, Machine Learning-Assisted Design of Na-Ion-Conducting Glasses, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (30), 14636-14644 (2023).

77. Pritha Patra, J. Kumar, F. Margit, S. R. Keshri, S. Bysakh, K. Biswas, N. N. Gosvami, NM Anoop Krishnan, A. R. Allu, A. Kalyandurg, Effect of Rare Earth (RE3+) Ionic Radii on Transparent Lanthanide-Tellurite Glass-Ceramics: Correlation between ‘Hole-Formalism’and Crystallization, Materials Advances,4, 2667-2682(2023).

76. H Rai, D. Thakur, G. Aayush, Z. Ye, V. Balakrishnan, N.N. Gosvami, Nanoscale friction and wear behavior of CVD-grown aged monolayer WS2: Role of wrinkles and surface chemistry, Nanoscale, 15 (23), 10079-10088 (2023) 

75. S. Singh, H. Rai, K. K. Pandey, A.K. Keshri, N. N. Gosvami, Improving Tribological Properties of Al alloys via Robust One Step Graphene Coatings using Plasma Spraying, Tribology Letters, 71, 2, (2023).  

74. H. Rai, D. Thakur, D. Kumar, A. Pitkar, Z. Ye, V. Balakrishnan, N.N. Gosvami, Spatial variation in nanoscale wear behavior of chemical vapor deposited monolayer WS2, Applied Surface Science, 605, 154783 (2022).

73. M. Zaki, S. Kasimuthumaniyan, S. Sahoo, N.N. Gosvami*, N.M.A. Krishnan*, Interpretable Machine Learning Approach for Identifying the Tip Sharpness in Atomic Force Microscopy, Scripta Materialia 221, 114965 (2022).

72. D. Datta, H. Rai, S. Singh, M. Srivastava, R.K. Sharma, N.N. Gosvami*, Nanoscale tribological aspects of chemical mechanical polishing: A review, Applied Surface Science Advances 11, 100286 (2022).

71. V Kaushik, A Kumar, NN Gosvami, V Gode, S Mhaskar, Y Kamath, Benefit of coconut‐based hair oil via hair porosity quantification, International Journal of Cosmetic Science (accepted, 2022)

70. M. Zaki, S.R. Namireddy, T. Pittie, V. Bihani, S.R. Keshri, V. Venugopal, N. N. Gosvami, N.M. Anoop Krishnan, Natural language processing-guided meta-analysis and structure factor database extraction from glass literature, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X 15, 100103 (2022).

69. S. Peeters, A. Barlini, J. Jain, N.N. Gosvami, M.C. Righi, Adsorption and decomposition of ZDDP on lightweight metallic substrates: Ab initio and experimental insights, Applied Surface Science, 600, 153947 (2022).

68. S. Kasimuthumaniyan,S. Sahoo, Morten M. Smedskjaer, N.M. Anoop Krishnan*, N.N. Gosvami*, Quantifying the Densification and Shear Flow under Indentation Deformation in Borosilicate Glasses. International Journal of Applied Glass Science (accepted, 2022).

67. A. Prasad, J. Jain, N. N. Gosvami*, La containing Mg alloy for enhanced corrosion at elevated temperatures in ethylene glycol media, Corrosion Science, 205, 110446 (2022).

66. D. Verma, H. Rai, N. N. Gosvami*, V. Balakrishnan*, Frictional Behavior of Alumina-Coated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests: Implications for Micro and Nano Electromechanical Devices, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (4), 4812-4822 (2022).

65. P. Mittal, H. Rai, S. Kumari, O. P. Khatri, N.N. 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, 153520, (2022).

64. S. Sahoo, O.P. Khatri, N.M.A. Krishnan, N.N. Gosvami, Graphene oxide tribofilms enhance the scratch resistance of Silica glasses, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (4), 4812-4822 (2022).

63. S. R Keshri, I. Mandal, S. Ganisetti, S. Kasimuthumaniyan, R. Kumar, A. Gaddam, A. Shelke, T. G. Ajithkumar, N. N. Gosvami, N. M. A. Krishnan, A. R. Allu, Elucidating the influence of structure and Ag+-Na+ ion-exchange on crack-resistance and ionic conductivity of Na3Al1. 8Si1. 65P1. 8O12 glass electrolyte, Acta Materialia 227, 117745 (2022).

62. D. Kumar, J. Jain*, N. N. Gosvami*, Macroscale to nanoscale tribology of magnesium-based alloys: A review, Tribology Letters 70 (1), 1-29 (2022).

61. A. Prasad, S. Y. Lee, S.S. Singh, N. N. Gosvami*, J. Jain*, Texture weakening and enhanced recrystallization kinetics in a La containing Mg–Dy alloy, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 277, 125537 (2022).

60. U.R. Ghori, A. Prasad, Y. Lu, Y.L. Chiu, I.P. Jones, S.S. Singh, N. N. Gosvami*, J. Jain*, Outstanding enhancement in critical resolved shear stress of basal slip with precipitation in Mg-10Dy-0.7 La alloy: A micro-pillar compression study, Materials Letters, 308, 131265 (2022).

59. A. Prasad,  J. Jain*, N. N. Gosvami*, Effect of minor La addition on wear behaviour of Mg-10Dy alloy, Wear, 486-487, 204121 (2021).

58. S Kasimuthumaniyan, N.N. Gosvami*, N. M. A. Krishnan*, Towards understanding the scratchability in functional glasses, Ceramics International, 47,15, 20821-20843 (2021).

57. A. Prasad, Y. L. Chiu, I. P. Jones,S. S. Singh, N. N. Gosvami* & J. Jain*, Role of La addition for enhancing the corrosion resistance of Mg–Dy alloy, Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 56, 6, 575-583 (2021) 

56. D. Kumar, N. N. Gosvami*, J. Jain*, Influence of temperature on crystallographic orientation induced anisotropy of microscopic wear in an AZ91 Mg alloy, Tribology International, 163, 107159 (2021).

55. P. Mittal, H. Rai, N. N. Gosvami*, Microscopic tribology of ADC12 alloy under lubricant containing ZDDP and MoDTC using in situ AFM, Tribology Letters, 69 (2), 1-10 (2021).

54. V. Venugopal, S. Sahoo, M. Zaki, M. Agarwal, N. N. Gosvami, N. M. Anoop Krishnan*, Looking through the glass digitally: knowledge discovery from materials science literature using natural language processing, Patterns, in press (2021).

53. D. Kumar, J. Bahori, D. K. Meena, E-W. Huang, Y.-J. Chang, A.-C. Yeh, J. Jain1 S. Neelakantan*, N. N. Gosvami*, “Reversal of favorable microstructure under plastic ploughing vs. interfacial shear induced wear in aged Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.5 high-entropy alloy”, Wear, 468, 203595 (2021).

52. M. Pandey, D. Verma, V. Balakrishnan, N. N. Gosvami*, JP Singh* ,  Frictional anisotropy of Ag nanocolumnar surfaces,  Tribology International, 153, 106674 (2021).

51. D. Kumar, J. Jain, N. N. Gosvami*, Nanometer-Thick Base Oil Tribofilms with Acrylamide Additive as Lubricants for AZ91 Mg Alloy, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 13, 10 (2020).

50. A Prasad, S Si, UR Ghori, G Thirunavukkarasu, YL Chiu, IP Jones, SY Lee, SS Singh, N. N. Gosvami*, J Jain* , Effect of La addition on precipitation hardening in Mg-10Dy alloy, Materialia, 14, December 20, 100898 (2020).

49. D Kumar, NN Gosvami*, J Jain*, Influence of Crystallographic Orientation on Nanoscale Friction and Wear Mechanisms of the AZ91 Alloy, Tribology Letters 68 (3), 1-10 (2020).

48. D. Kumar, J. Jain, N. N. Gosvami*, In-situ study of role of microstructure on antiwear tribofilm formation on AZ91 magnesium alloy under ZDDP containing lubricant, Advanced Engineering Materials, 22, 8 (2020).

47. P. Mittal, Y Maithani, J. P. Singh, N. N. Gosvami*,  In Situ Microscopic Study of Tribology and Growth of ZDDP Antiwear Tribofilms on an Al-Si Alloy, Tribology International, 151, Nov 20, 106419 (2020).

46. D. Kumar, S. Goel, N. N. Gosvami, J. Jain, Towards an improved understanding of plasticity, friction and wear mechanisms in precipitate containing AZ91 Mg alloy. Materialia, 10, 100640 (2020).

45. A. Gokhale, T. Meena, S. Y. Lee, E. W. Huang, N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, J. Jain, Nanowear mechanisms of Mg alloyed with Al and Y at elevated temperatures, Tribology Letters, 68, 1: 1-8 (2020).

44. S. Kasimuthumaniyan, Allu Amarnath Reddy, N. M. Anoop Krishnan*, Nitya Nand Gosvami*, Understanding the role of post-indentation recovery on the hardness of glasses: Case of silica, borate, and borosilicate glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 534, 119955 (2020).

43. Pratik Bhaskar, Yashasvi Maurya, Rajesh Kumar, R Ravinder, Amarnath R Allu, Sumanta Das, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Randall E Youngman, Mikkel S Bødker, Nerea Mascaraque, Morten M Smedskjaer, Mathieu Bauchy, NM Krishnan, Cooling Rate Effects on the Structure of 45S5 Bioglass: Insights from Experiments and Simulations, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 534, 119952 (2020).

42. K. Tian, Z. Li, Y. Liu, N. N. Gosvami, D. L. Goldsby, I. Szlufarska, R.W. Carpick, Linear aging behavior at short timescales in nanoscale contacts, Physical Review Letters, 124, 026801 (2020).

41. N. N. Gosvami*, I. Lahouij, J. Ma, R. W. Carpick, Nanoscale in situ study of ZDDP tribofilm growth at aluminum-based interfaces using atomic force microscopy, Tribology International, 143, 106075 (2020).

40. D. Singh, P. Mittal, N. N. Gosvami*, V. Balakrishnan, Switchable friction across insulator-metal transition in VO2, Advanced Engineering Materials, 21, 11: 1900616 (2019).

39. K. Tian, Z. Li, N. N. Gosvami, D. L. Goldsby, I Szlufarska, R. W. Carpick, The memory distance for interfacial chemical bond-induced friction at the nanoscale, ACS Nano, 3, 7: 7425-7434 (2019). 

38. D. Chauhan, J. Jain and N. N. Gosvami*. Anisotropy in nanoscale friction and wear of precipitate containing AZ91 magnesium alloy. Tribology Letters, 67, 2: 44 (2019). 

37. N. N. Gosvami*, J. Ma, and R. W. Carpick. An in situ method for simultaneous friction measurements and imaging of interfacial tribochemical film growth in lubricated contacts. Tribology Letters 66, 4: 154 (2018). 

36. H. S. Khare, N. N. Gosvami, I. Lahouij, Z. B. Milne, J. B. McClimon, and R. W. Carpick. Nanotribological printing: a nanoscale additive manufacturing method. Nano Letters 18, 11: 6756-6763 (2018). 

35. K. Tian, N. N. Gosvami, D. L. Goldsby, R. W. Carpick, Stick-slip instabilities for interfacial chemical bond-induced friction at the nanoscale, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122, 991-999 (2018). 

34. K. Tian, N. N. Gosvami, D. L. Goldsby, Y. Liu, I Szlufarska, R. W. Carpick, Load and time dependence of interfacial chemical bond-induced friction at the nanoscale, Physical Review Letters, 118, 076103 (2017). 

33. M. D. Krass, N. N. Gosvami, R. W. Carpick, M. H. Mueser, R. Bennewitz, Dynamic shear force microscopy of nanometer-confined hexadecane layers, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28, 134004 (2016). 

32. N. N. Gosvami, S. J. O’Shea, Nanoscale trapping of confined alkane monolayers, Langmuir, 31, 12960-12967 (2015). 

31. P. C. Nalam, N. N. Gosvami, M. Capporizzo, L. Villermin, R. Composto, R. W. Carpick, Micro-rheology of hydrogels using force-modulation atomic force microscopy, Soft Matter, 11, 8165-8178 (2015). 

30. N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, R. W. Carpick, Mechanisms of antiwear tribofilm growth revealed in situ by single-asperity sliding contacts. Science, 1258788 (2015). (This work is highlight by Penn News, NanoWerk.com, ScienceDaily.com, Phys.org, EurekAlert.org, ScienceNews.com, and Green Car Congress). 

29. N. N. Gosvami, P. C. Nalam, A. L. Exarhos, Q. Tam, J. M. Kikkawa, R. W. Carpick, Direct torsional actuation of microcantilevers using magnetic excitation, Applied Physics Letters, 105, 093101 (2014). 

28. F. Orsini, M. Santacroce, A. Cremona, N. N. Gosvami, A. Lascialfari, B. W. Hoogenboom, Atomic force microscopy on plasma membranes from Xenopus laevis oocytes containing human aquaporin 4, Journal of Molecular Recognition, 27, 669 (2014). 

27. R. Bennewitz, F. Hausen, N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology of clean and modified gold surfaces, Journal of Materials Research, 28, 10 (2013). (Invited Feature Paper) 

26. M. Lessel, P. Loskill, F. Hausen, N. N. Gosvami, R. Bennewitz, K. Jacobs, Impact of van der Waals interactions on single asperity friction, Physical Review Letters, 111, 035502 (2013). (This work is highlight by NanoWerk.com, ScienceDaily.com, Phys.org, EurekAlert.org, and ScienceNewsline.com).

25. M. Smith, K. R. J. Lovelock, N. N. Gosvami, T. Welton, S. Perkin, Quantized friction across ionic liquid thin films, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 15317 (2013). 

24. M. Smith, K. R. J. Lovelock, N. N. Gosvami, P. Licence, A. Dolan, T. Welton, S. Perkin, Monolayer to bilayer structural transitions in confined Pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 378 (2013). 

23. S. Hoof, N. N. Gosvami, B. W. Hoogenboom, Enhanced quality factor and force sensitivity by attaching magnetic beads to cantilevers for atomic force microscopy in liquids, Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 114324 (2012). 

22. N. N. Gosvami, E. Parsons, C. Marcovich, M. L. Berkowitz, B. W. Hoogenboom, S. Perkin, Resolving the structure of a model hydrophobic surface: DODAB monolayers on mica, RSC Advances, 2, 4181 (2012).

21. S. Perkin, L. Crowhurst, H. Neidermeyer, T. Welton, A. M. Smith, N. N. Gosvami, Self assembly in the electrical double layer of ionic liquid, Chemical Communications, 47, 6572, (2011). (Selected in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology). 

20. N. N. Gosvami, M. Feldmann, J. Peguiron, M. Moseler, A. Schirmeisen, R. Bennewitz, Ageing of microscopic sliding gold contact at low temperatures, Physical Review Letters, 107, 144303 (2011). (This work is highlighted by NanoWerk.org, Innovations-Report.com, materialsgate.de among others, and is also selected in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology).

19. F. Hausen, N. N. Gosvami, R. Bennewitz, Anion adsorption and atomic friction on Au(111), Electrochimica Acta, 56,10694 (2011). 

18. Labuda, F. Hausen, N. N. Gosvami, P. H. Grutter, R. B. Lennox, R. Bennewitz, Switching atomic friction by electrochemical oxidation, Langmuir, 27, 2561 (2011). 

17. N. N. Gosvami, P. Egberts, R. Bennewitz, Molecular order and disorder in the frictional response of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115, 6942 (2011). 

16. N. N. Gosvami, T. Filleter, P. Egberts, R. Bennewitz, Microscopic friction studies on metal surfaces, Tribology Letters, 39, 19 (2010).

15. P. Steiner, E. Gnecco, T. Filleter, N. N. Gosvami, S. Maier, E. Maier, R. Bennewitz, Atomic friction investigations on ordered superstructures, Tribology Letters, 39, 321 (2010). 

14. R. Bennewitz, K. Brormann, P. Egberts, N. N. Gosvami, F. Hausen, C. Held, Nanotribology- fundamental studies of friction and plasticity, Advanced Engineering Materials, 12, B133 (2010). 

13. S. J. O’Shea, N. N. Gosvami, L. T. W. Lim, W. Hofbauer, Liquid atomic force microscopy: solvation forces, molecular order and squeeze-out, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 49, 08LA01 (2010).(Selected in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology). 

12. W. Hofbauer, R. J. Ho, R. Hairulnizam, N. N. Gosvami, S. J. O’Shea, Crystalline structure and squeeze-out dissipation of liquid solvation layers observed by small-amplitude dynamic AFM, Physical Review B, 80, 134104 (2009). 

11. M. K. Kumar, L. K. Tan, N. N. Gosvami, H. Gao, Conduction-atomic force microscopy study of H2 sensing mechanism in Pd nanoparticles decorated TiO2 nanofilm, Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 044308 (2009). (Selected in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology). 

10. M. K. Kumar, L. K. Tan, N. N. Gosvami, H. Gao, Titania nanofilm with electrical switching effects upon hydrogen/air exposure at room temperature, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 6381 (2009). 

9. N. N. Gosvami, S.K. Sinha, S. J. O’Shea, Squeeze out of branched alkanes on graphite, Physical Review Letters, 100, 076101 (2008). 

8. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, M. P. Srinivasan, S. J. O’Shea, Effect of surrounding medium on resistance of a molecular monolayer junction, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 297(2008). 

7. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, W. Hofbauer, S. J. O’Shea, Solvation and squeeze out of hexadecane on graphite, Journal of Chemical Physics, 26, 214708 (2007). 

6. N. Satyanarayana, N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, M. P. Srinivasan, Friction, adhesion and wear durability of an ultra-thin perfluoropolyether-coated 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxy silane selfassembled monolayer on a Si surface, Philosophical Magazine, 87, 3209 (2007). 

5. S. K. Mohanta, R. K. Soni, N. N. Gosvami, S. Tripathy, Morphological and micro-Raman investigations on Ar+-ion irradiated nanostructured GaAs surface, Applied Surface Science, 253 4531 (2007). 

4. S. K. Mohanta, R. K. Soni, N. N. Gosvami, A. P. Vajpeyi, S. Tripathy, Structural modifications in InP nanostructures prepared by Ar+-ion irradiation, Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 074313 (2007). 

3. H. Gao, N. N. Gosvami, J. Deng, L. S. Tan, M. S. Sander, A general and simple approach to generate dense, uniform, sub-100 nm self-assembled monolayer features on surfaces using porous anodic alumina templates, Langmuir, 22, 8078 (2006). 

2. K. Bhupendra, H. Gong, N. N. Gosvami, R. Akkipeddi, S. J. O’Shea, Nanoscaled electrical homogeneity of Indium Zinc oxide films, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 093111 (2006). 

1. N. N. Gosvami, K. H. A. Lau S. K. Sinha, S. J. O’Shea, Effect of end groups on contact resistance of alkanethiol based metal-molecule-metal junctions using current sensing AFM, Applied Surface Science, 252, 3956 (2006). 

Books

Tribology for Energy, Environment and Society, Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT) 2022, (IndiaTrib-2022), Editors: Sujeet Kumar Sinha, Deepak Kumar, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Prathima Nalam

Book Chapters

N. N. Gosvami and S. J. O'Shea, Conducting atomic force microscopy in liquids, Scanning Probe Microscopy, (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010). (Invited)

Presentations in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops

1. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, FDP Program on Advances in Tribology, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology (SNIST), Hyderabad, 14-19 Dec 2020 (Distinguished Speaker)

2. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale tribochemical reactions and triboprinting via liquid dispersed molecular additives and nanoparticles, Soft Matter Young Investigators e- Meet 2020 (e-SMYIM), IISc Bangalore-IIT Madras, 3-5 December, 2020 (Invited Speaker)

3. N. N. Gosvami, AFM in liquids: friction, wear and tribochemical reactions at the nanoscale, Global Webinar, Nanosurf,10th Nov 2020 (Invited Speaker)

4. N. N. Gosvami, In situ nanoscale study of tribochemical processes under lubricated contacts, IOCL Triboconnect webinar, 26 Oct 2020 (Keynote Speaker)

5. N. N. Gosvami, Tribochemistry and triboprinting via nanoscale sliding mechanical contacts, Bruker webinar 20-21 Oct 2020 (Invited Speaker)

6. N. N. Gosvami, In situ nanotribology of lubricated contacts, Recent Advances in Tribology and Surface Engineering, Saintgits college of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala,14th Oct, 2020 (Keynote Speaker)

7. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, 12th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2020) (Invited Speaker)

8. N. N. Gosvami, Friction and wear at the nanoscale: from tribochemical reaction to phase transformation, Dissipation Mechanisms in Nano/Mesoscale Tribological Systems, Trieste, Italy (2020) (Invited Speaker)

9. N. N. Gosvami, In situ study of antiwear tribofilm growth on lightweight alloys, IndiaTrib-2019, 10th International Conference on Industrial Tribology, 1-4 December 2019, IISc Bangalore (Keynote Speaker)

10. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, 11th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2019) (Invited Speaker).

11. N. N. Gosvami and R. W. Carpick, In situ method for nanoscale tribology of lubricated contacts, International Nanotribology Forum, Goa, India (2018) (Invited Speaker).

12. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, 10th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2018) (Invited Speaker).

13. N. N. Gosvami, Surface characterization in tribology, 9th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2017) (Invited Speaker).

14. N. N. Gosvami, In situ tribochemistry of lubricant additives in nanoscale single-asperity sliding contacts, International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Kolkata, India (2017) (Plenary Speaker).

15. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale processes in tribology. Advances in Surface Engineering, Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

16. N. N. Gosvami, I. Lahouij, J. X. Ma, R. W. Carpick, In situ study of wear and tribochemical reactions on aluminium surfaces under nanoscale sliding contacts, 54th National Metallurgist’s Day & 70th Annual Technical Meeting, IIT Kanpur, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

17. N. N. Gosvami, Recent Development and Challenges in Materials and Manufacturing Process, Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

18. F. Mangolini, K.D. Koshigan, N. N. Gosvami, J.B. McClimon, J. Hilbert, J.A. Bares, D.G. Yablon, J. Fontaine, R.W. Carpick, Fundamental surface-analytical investigations in tribology: The challenges of studying tribological phenomena at sliding interfaces, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Germany (2016).

19. R.W. Carpick, N. N. Gosvami, J. Ma, J.A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A.R. Konicek, D.G. Yablon, Mechanisms of ZDDP antiwear tribofilm growth revealed in situ by nanoscale single-asperity sliding contact, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE 2016 Meeting), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2016).

20. Prathima C. Nalam, N. N. Gosvami, Matthew A. Caporizzo, Russell J. Composto and Robert W. Carpick, Nano-rheology of hydrogels using direct drive force modulation atomic force microscopy, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE 2016 Meeting), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2016).

21. N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, R. W. Carpick, In-situ study of ZDDP antiwear tribofilm growth in nanoscale single-asperity sliding contacts: the role of temperature and stress, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference), Denver, Colorado, USA (2015).

22. I. Lahouij, H.S. Khare, N. N. Gosvami, A. Jackson, Z. Chen, G.D. Cooper, R.W. Carpick, Structural and nanomechanical characterizations of antiwear films fabricated from a novel nano-additive at nanoscale sliding contact, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference), Denver, Colorado, USA (2015).

23. F. Mangolini, K.D. Koshigan, N. N. Gosvami, J.B. McClimon, J.A. Bares, A.R. Konicek, D.G. Yablon, J. Fontaine, R.W. Carpick, Fundamental surface-analytical investigation of shear-induced mechanochemistry, Chemical and Structural Transformations in Materials under Mechanical Load, CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (2015).

24. H.S. Khare, I. Lahouij, N. N. Gosvami, Z. Chen, G.D. Cooper, R.W. Carpick, Nano-Tribological Printing: A novel additive manufacturing method for nanostructures, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (2015).

25. R. W. Carpick*, T. D. B. Jacobs, N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, Atomic-scale tribology elucidated by in situ approaches, International Tribology Conference, Tokyo, Japan (2015) (*Keynote lecture).

26. R. Bennewitz, F.C. Wählisch, J. Hoth, M.-D. Kraß, S.G. Balakrishna, A. Caron, F. Hausen, W. Schmahl, E. Griesshaber, M.H. Müser, N. N. Gosvami, Lubrication and wear from atomic layers to biological coatings, The International Conference on Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction, Istanbul, Turkey (2015).

27. H. Khare, N. N. Gosvami, I. Lahouji, A. Jackson, W. Xu. Z. Chen, G. Cooper, R. W. Carpick, In-situ growth of antiwear tribofilms at a nanoscale lubricated contact from a novel nanomaterial, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE 70th Annual Meeting and Exhibition), Dallas, Texas, USA (2015).

28. K. Tian, N. N. Gosvami, T. Tullis, D. Goldsby, R. W. Carpick, Rock friction for a single-asperity contact, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference), Chicago, Illinois, USA (2014).

29. N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, A. M. Schilowitz, D. G. Yablon, R. W. Carpick, In-situ study of growth mechanisms and kinetics of ZDDP antiwear tribofilms in nanoscale single-asperity contacts, Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference), Chicago, Illinois, USA (2014).

30. N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, A. M. Schilowitz, D. G. Yablon, R. W. Carpick, In-situ study of growth mechanisms and kinetics of ZDDP antiwear tribofilms in nanoscale single-asperity contacts, American Chemical Society 248th National Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA (2014) (Also selected for Sci-Mix poster event).

31. R. W. Carpick*, T. D. B. Jacobs, N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, Atomic-scale processes in tribology elucidated by in situ approaches, 41st Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, Leeds, UK (2014) (*Keynote lecture).

32. N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, A. M. Schilowitz, D. G. Yablon, R.W. Carpick, In-situ study of growth mechanisms and kinetics of ZDDP anti-wear tribofilms in nanoscale single-asperity contacts, Americal Vacuum Society 61st International Symposium and Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2014).

33. K. R. J. Lovelock, A. M. Smith, N. N. Gosvami, L. Crowhurst, H. Neidermeyer, T. Welton, S. Perkin, On the structure and lubrication of ionic liquid thin films at a molecular level, EUCHEM, Celtic Manor, Wales, UK (2012).

34. F. Hausen, A. Labuda, N. N. Gosvami and R. Bennewitz, Electrochemical control of atomic friction, AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition, Nashville, TN,   USA (2011).

35. R. Bennewitz, N. N. Gosvami, F. Hausen, A. Labuda, P. H. Grütter and R. B. Lennox, Atomic friction experiments under electrochemical control, 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (2011).

36. N. N. Gosvami, T. Filleter, P. Egberts and R. Bennewitz, Atomic scale stick-slip friction on metal vs. a monolayer lubricant surface, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft spring meeting, Regensburg, Germany (2010).

37. N. N. Gosvami, T. Filleter, P. Egberts and R. Bennewitz, Microscopic friction on metal surfaces, International workshop on Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques, Karlsruhe, Germany (March 2010).

38. N. N. Gosvami, W. Hofbauer, S. J. O'Shea, AFM of nanoscale confined liquid: the interplay between molecular order, squeeze-out and dissipation, 17th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM17),   Japan (2009).

39. T. Filleter, P. Egberts, C. Held, N. N. Gosvami, R. Bennewitz, Atomic friction on ultrathin films, Friction and Adhesion in Nanomechanical Systems (FANAS), Trieste, Italy (2009).

40. N. N. Gosvami, T. Filleter, A. Labuda, P. Egberts, P. Grütter and R. Bennewitz, Atomic scale friction studies on metal surfaces, 428. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany (2009).

41. W. Hofbauer, H. Rongjian, N. N. Gosvami, and S.J. O’Shea, Crystalline structure of solvation layers at the liquid-solid interface by AFM, ICMAT2009, Singapore.

42. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, S. J. O’Shea, Solvation and squeeze-out mechanism of confined molecular liquids on graphite, 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2007), Singapore.

43. L. Lim, N. N. Gosvami, A. Wee, S. K. Sinha and S. J. O'Shea, Studying properties of confined liquids by AFM, International Nanotribology Forum: The Hoi An Discussions, 26th - 30th March, 2007, Hoi An, Vietnam.

44. W. Hofbauer, N. N. Gosvami, S. J. O’Shea, Dynamic force microscopy of molecular layers in liquid environment, 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2007), Singapore.

45. N. N. Gosvami, Mechanics of confined molecular layers using conducting-atomic force microscopy, Singapore SPM Symposium-SingSPM2007.

46. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, S. J. O’Shea, Conduction AFM in Liquids, 10th International NC-AFM Conference, Antalya, Turkey 2007.

47. W. Hofbauer, N. N. Gosvami, S. J. O'Shea, Dynamic force spectroscopy of liquid solvation layers, 10th International Conference on non-contact AFM, Turkey 2007.

48. N. N. Gosvami, S. J. O'Shea, S. K. Sinha, Conducting AFM studies of hexadecane solvation on graphite, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICN+T, 2006), Basel, Switzerland.

49. C. Troadec, L. Kunardi, N. Gosvami, W. Knoll, N. Chandrasekhar, Charge transport across metal molecule interfaces probed by BEEM, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICN+T, 2006), Basel, Switzerland.

50. N. N. Gosvami, K. H. A. Lau, S. K. Sinha, S. J. O’Shea, Current sensing-AFM studies of thiol SAMs with polar endgroups, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2005), Singapore.

51. S. Nalam, N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, Micro- and macro scale tribological properties of PFPE modified self-assembled monolayers on Si surface, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2005), Singapore.

52. H. Gao, N. N. Gosvami, J. Deng, L. S. Tan, M. S. Sander, S. J. O’Shea, Generation of dense, well-controlled nanopatterns of self-assembled monolayer over large areas on gold surfaces using a simple template-confined approach, 2005 MRS falls meeting, Boston, MA.

53. S. O’Shea, R. Lim, J. Yan, N. N. Gosvami, L. Lim, A. Lau, Atomic force microscopy on adsorbed organics, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-2, 2005), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Invited Lectures

1. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, 11th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2019) (Invited Speaker).

2. N. N. Gosvami and R. W. Carpick, In situ method for nanoscale tribology of lubricated contacts, International Nanotribology Forum, Goa, India (2018) (Invited Speaker).

3. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology, 10th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2018) (Invited Speaker).

4. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale processes in tribology. Advances in Surface Engineering, Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

5. N. N. Gosvami, Surface characterization in tribology, 9th Summer School in Tribology, Indian Oil Corp., Gurugram, India (2017) (Invited Speaker).

6. N. N. Gosvami, In situ tribochemistry of lubricant additives in nanoscale single-asperity sliding contacts, International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Kolkata, India (2017) (Plenary Speaker).

7. N. N. Gosvami, I. Lahouij, J. X. Ma, R. W. Carpick, In situ study of wear and tribochemical reactions on aluminium surfaces under nanoscale sliding contacts, 54th National Metallurgist’s Day & 70th Annual Technical Meeting, IIT Kanpur, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

8. N. N. Gosvami, Recent Development and Challenges in Materials and Manufacturing Process, Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India (2016) (Invited Speaker).

9. N. N. Gosvami, In-situ monitoring of nanoscale processes in tribology, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, May 18, 2015.

10. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale Processes in Tribology: fundamental investigations and industrial applications, Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, May 22, 2015.

11. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale Processes in Tribology: fundamental investigations and industrial applications, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, May 25, 2015.

12. N. N. Gosvami, Nanoscale Processes in Tribology: fundamental investigations and industrial applications, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Institute of Petroleum-Dehradun, India, May 28, 2015.

13. N. N. Gosvami, Surface forces: measurements and implications, University of Pennsylvania, April 15, 2014.

14. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology: a bottom up approach to investigate adhesion, friction and wear, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, December 26, 2013.

15. N. N. Gosvami, Nanotribology: lubrication, friction and wear in single asperity contacts, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, September 26, 2013.

16. N. N. Gosvami, N. N. Gosvami, In-situ growth mechanisms of ZDDP antiwear films in single asperity contacts, Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale, NJ, USA June 24, 2013.

17. Nanotribology using atomic force microscopy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2012. 

18. N. N. Gosvami, N. N. Gosvami, Mechanics at the nanometer scale in molecular liquids, INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrucken, Germany, January 30, 2008.

19. N. N. Gosvami, Solvation forces and contact mechanics at the nanometer scale in molecular liquids, University of Gottingen, Germany, January 31, 2008.

20. N. N. Gosvami, Solvation and squeeze-out mechanisms of confined molecular liquids, CPM Seminar, Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, April 30, 2008.

21. N. N. Gosvami, Solvation and squeeze-out mechanisms of confined molecular liquids, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 20, 2008.