Publications
Peer reviewed Journal Papers
Published Articles:
Abhishek Rastogi, Rajdeep Sarkar and Suresh Neelakantan*: Transitions among martensitic phases during continuous deformation in metastable β Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 964, Article No. 171320, 2023.
M Nagaraj and Suresh Neelakantan*: Correlation of microstructure and bio-tribocorrosion behavior of equal channel angular pressed pure titanium, Materials Today Communications, Vol. 35, Article No. 106078, 2023.
Shrikanth S, Suresh Neelakantan* and Rajesh Prasad: Planes of Isotropic Shear Moduli in Anisotropic Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 181, Article No. 104619, 2023.
M Nagaraj, D. Ravi Kumar, K.S. Suresh and Suresh Neelakantan*: Effect of equal channel angular pressing on the microstructure and tribocorrosion characteristics of 316L stainless steel, Vacuum, Vol. 210, Article No. 111908, 2023.
Abhishek Rastogi and Suresh Neelakantan*: Enhanced thermo-mechanical processing through stress-induced martensitic transformation and its effect on grain refinement in metastable β titanium alloys, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 226, Article No. 115222, 2023.
Shrikanth S, Suresh Neelakantan and Rajesh Prasad: On the determination of the elastic properties of anisotropic materials from indentation measurements, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 38, pp. 350 – 367, 2023.
Ranjeet Kumar, A. Varma, Y. Ravi Kumar, J Jain and Suresh Neelakantan*: Microstructure anomaly upon high temperature exposure and its influence on the mechanical properties of a modified 9Cr-1Mo steel weld, Materials Characterization, Vol. 189, Article No. 111937, 2022.
Ranjeet Kumar, A. Varma, Y. Ravi Kumar, Suresh Neelakantan* and J Jain: Enhancement of mechanical properties through modified post-weld heat treatment processes of T91 and Super304H dissimilar welded joint, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 78, pp. 59-70, 2022.
Vickey Nandal, Bushra Harun, R. Sarvesha, Sudhanshu S. Singh, E-Wen Huang, Yao-Jen Chang, An-Chou Yeh, Jayant Jain and Suresh Neelakantan*: Revealing the Precipitation Sequence with Aging Temperature in a Non-Equiatomic AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 53, pp. 314-321, 2022.
A. Muzaffar, S. Santapuri, R. Prasad and Suresh Neelakantan*: An experimental and analytical investigation on the deformation of inclined metallic fibres for optimized design of fibrous porous materials, Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 62, pp. 427-439, 2022.
Vickey Nandal, K. Hariharan, R. Sarvesha, Sudhanshu S. Singh, E.-Wen Huang, Yao-Jen Chang, An-Chou Yeh, Suresh Neelakantan*, Jayant Jain: Aging temperature role on precipitation hardening in a non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNiTi high-entropy alloy, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 37, pp. 1270-1279, 2021.
Himanshu V, Deepak K, Suresh Neelakantan*, J Jain: Influence of laser powers on nano-scale properties in weld zones of laser welded NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Plates, Philosophical Magazine Letters, Vol. 101, pp. 408-416, 2021.
Khushank S and Suresh Neelakantan*: Computational design of porous stochastic fibre network structure, Materials Today Communications, Vol. 28, Article No. 102649, 2021.
Shrikanth S, Rajesh Prasad and Suresh Neelakantan: Biaxial modulus in fiber-textured materials: coinciding Voigt and Reuss bounds and planes of isotropy, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 129, Article No. 215101, 2021.
D K Namburi, Kirti S, K Y Huang, Suresh Neelakantan*, J H Durrell, D A Cardwell: Improved mechanical properties through recycling of Y-Ba- Cu-O bulk superconductors, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Vol. 41, pp. 3480-3492, 2021.
Deepak K, Jaishri B, Durgesh K M, E-Wen Huang, Y-J Chang, A C Yeh, J Jain, Suresh Neelakantan* and 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, Vols. 468-469, Article No. 203595, 2021.
V. Nandal, R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, E. W. Huang, Y. J. Chang, A. C. Yeh, Suresh Neelakantan* and J. Jain: Influence of pre-deformation on the precipitation characteristics of aged non equiatomic Co1.5CrFeNi1.5 high entropy alloys with Ti and Al additions, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 855, Article No. 157521, 2021.
Ranjeet Kumar, A. Varma, Y. Ravi Kumar, H. Vashishtha, J Jain and Suresh Neelakantan*: Optimization of post-weld heat treatment condition of arc-welded T91 steel tubes, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 188, Article no. 104213, 2020.
Vickey Nandal, R. Sarvesha, Sudhanshu S Singh, E-Wen Huang, Y.J. Chang, An-Chou Yeh, J Jain and Suresh Neelakantan*: Enhanced age hardening effects in FCC based Co1.5CrFeNi1.5 high entropy alloys with varying Ti and Al contents, Materialia, Vol. 13, Article No. 100823, 2020.
Shrikanth S, Kevin M Knowles, Suresh Neelakantan* and Rajesh Prasad: Planes of Isotropic Poisson’s Ratio in Anisotropic Crystalline Solids, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vols. 191-192, pp. 628-645, 2020.
G. L. Katarivas, M. A. Birch, R. A. Brooks, Suresh Neelakantan and A. E. Markaki: Stimulation of Human Osteoblast Differentiation in Magneto-mechanically Actuated Ferromagnetic Fibre Networks, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 8, Article No. 1522, 2019.
M.C. Varley, Suresh Neelakantan, T.W. Clyne, J. Dean, R.A. Brooks and A.E. Markaki: Cell structure, stiffness and permeability of freeze-dried collagen scaffolds in dry and hydrated states, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 33, pp. 166-175, 2016.
Suresh Neelakantan, J.C. Tan and A.E. Markaki: Out-of-plane auxeticity in sintered fibre network mats, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 106, pp. 30-33, 2015.
R. L. Spear, B. Srigengan, Suresh Neelakantan, W. Bosbach, R. A. Brooks and A. E. Markaki: Physical and biological characterisation of ferromagnetic fibre networks: effect of fibrin deposition on shortterm in vitro responses of human osteoblasts, Tissue Engineering-A, Vol. 21, pp. 463-474, 2015.
Suresh Neelakantan, W. Bosbach, J. Woodhouse and A.E. Markaki: Characterisation and deformation response of orthotropic fibre networks with auxetic out-of-plane behaviour, Acta Materialia, Vol. 66, pp. 326-339, 2014.
Suresh Neelakantan, E.I. Galindo-Nava, D.Martin, J. Chao and P.E.J.Rivera: Modelling and design of stress-induced martensite formation in metastable Beta-Ti alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 590, pp. 140-146, 2014.
Suresh Neelakantan, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Design of titanium alloys showing plasticity induced transformation, Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 89-91, pp. 405-410, 2010.
Suresh Neelakantan, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Prediction of the martensite start temperature for titanium alloys as a function of composition, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 60, pp. 611-614, 2009.
Suresh Neelakantan, David San Martin, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Plasticity induced transformation in a metastable Ti-1023 alloy by controlled heat treatments, Material Science and Technology, Vol. 25, pp. 1351- 1358, 2009.
Suresh Neelakantan and U. Ramamurty: Aging response and its effect on the functional properties of Cu-Al-Ni shapememory alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 449, pp. 113-118, 2008.
Suresh Neelakantan and U. Ramamurty: Effect of aging on mechanical behaviour of single crystal Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vols. 454-455, pp. 492-499, 2007.
Suresh Neelakantan and U. Ramamurty: Effect of aging on transformation characteristics of Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys,Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 59, pp. 39-45, 2006.
Suresh Neelakantan and U. Ramamurty: Effect of aging on the damping properties of Cu-Al-
Ni shape memory alloys, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 14, pp. N47-N51, 2005.
Patent
Khushank S, Arunakshi K, Ajay Logani and Suresh Neelakantan: A Splint Device, Indian Patent Application no.: 20221104120, Filed on: 19th July 2022.
Suresh Neelakantan, Sybrand van der Zwaag and P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo: Method for producing a titanium alloy article and an article produced from a titanium alloy, NL Patent number NL2002499 (granted 9th Aug. 2010); Patent holder: Stichting Materials innovation institute (M2i), Delft, NL.
Conference Proceedings
7. Aravi Muzaffar, Rajesh Prasad and Suresh Neelakantan: Effect of fibre inclination angles on the superelastic behaviour of annealed NiTi fibres, Proceedings 30th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, pp. 1101-1106, 2021.
6. Suresh Neelakantan, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Thermodynamic design of ultra-strong Ti alloys undergoing plasticity induced martensitic transformations, Proceedings of The Minerals, Metals and Materials society (TMS) conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 203-210, 2010.
5. Suresh Neelakantan, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Design of highly formable and strong titanium alloys through plasticity induced transformation, Proceedings of TMS conference: Materials processing and properties, New Orleans, USA, Vol. I, pp. 357-362, 2008.
4. Suresh Neelakantan, Maarten Rijs, P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo, David San Martin and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Ductility optimization through plasticity induced martensitictransformation in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al and Ti-5Al-2Sn-4Zr-4Mo-2Cr-1Fe alloys, Proceedings of the 11th World Conference of Titanium: Science and Technology, Kyoto, Japan, The Japan Institute of Metals, pp. 575-578, 2007.
3. P.E.J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo, Paolo Di Napoli, Suresh Neelakantan, and Sybrand van der Zwaag: Phase kinetics modelling of titanium alloys undergoing plasticity induced transformation, Proceedings of the 11th World Conference of Titanium: Science and Technology, Kyoto, Japan, The Japan Institute of Metals, pp. 479-482, 2007.
2. Suresh Neelakantan and U. Ramamurty: Aging Response and its Effect on Mechanical and Functional Properties of Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloys, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems (ISSS-2005), Bangalore, India, pp. SC33-40, 2005
1. C.N. Sai Krishna, K.V. Ramaiah, Suresh Neelakantan. and S.K. Bhaumik: Effects of Thermo-mechanical Cycling on the Functional Properties of Ni-Ti-Cu Shape Memory Alloys, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems (ISSS-2005), Bangalore, India, pp. SC18-24, 2005.
LIST OF PRESENTATIONS (Conferences/Workshops/Summer Schools/Seminars)
Invited
7. Department Seminar, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India. June 2015
6. The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM, Kharagpur Chapter)-Seminar, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT- Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. June 2015
5. Department Seminar, School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering, IIT-Ropar, Rupnagar, India. June 2015
4. Department Seminar, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT-Delhi, Delhi, India. June 2015
3. The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM, Chennai Chapter)-Seminar, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT- Madras, Chennai, India. February 2014
2. Department Seminar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT-Hyderabad, Yeddumailaram, India. February 2014
1. Novel Materials Workshop, Department of Metallurgy, GCE-Salem, India. March 2005
Oral Presentations
10. National Metallurgist Day – Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM '16), I.I.T Kanpur, Kanpur, India, 11-14 November 2016
9. European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT-2013), Sevilla, Spain, 8-13 Sep 2013
8. Advances in Metallic Biomaterials Symposium, 9th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC-2012), Chengdu, China, 1-5 June 2012
7. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS-2010), Seattle, WA, USA, 14-18 Feb 2010
6. European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT-2009), Glasgow, UK, 7-10 Sep 2009
5. M2i conference on Materials to Innovate the Industry (M2i-2008), Hoordwijkhout, The Netherlands, 8-9 December 2008
4. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, USA, 9-13 March 2008
3. European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes , Nuremberg, Germany, 10-13, September 2007
2. International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM-2005), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-8 December 2005
1. International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems (ISSS-2005), Bangalore, India, 28-30 July 2005
Poster presentations
International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials , Berlin, Germany, 25-29 August 2009
Physics @ Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM 2009), Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Jan. 2009
The 11th World Conference on Titanium (Ti-2007), Kyoto, Japan, 3-7 June 2007
Marie Curie Summer School on “Knowledge Based Materials-Polyphase and Composite Materials”, Stockholm (Alvdalen), Sweden, 14-23 August 2006