Publications

Journal Papers

152. N. Singh and S. K. Sinha, Tribological performances of polymeric plain bearings made of epoxy matrix with UHMWPE, MoS2, Kevlar and base oil as fillers, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: J. Engineering Tribology, (2024) 

151. S. K. Sinha, Academic and industrial tribology research in India – Current status, Friction, Vol. 13 (2025) 9441004.

150. S. K. Nayak, J. K. Hirwani, S. K. Sinha and R. K. Pandey, Mechanical and bio-tribological behaviours of UHMWPE based composites for prosthetic hip joint implant application, Tribology International, 199 (2024) 109945.

149. S. K. Sinha, N. Hatano and T. Hirayama, Tribological studies of hybrid composites of epoxy with solid (UHMWPE) and liquid (squalane) lubricant fillers, Tribology Online, 18(7) (2023) 469-481.

148. A. Chatterjee, S. K. Sinha and D. K. Dubey, Effect of sliding velocity on the nanoscale friction behaviour of articular cartilage contact interface: Insights from all-atom molecular dynamics investigation, Molecular Simulation, 2023, 1-17.

147. J. K. Hirwani and S. K. Sinha, Bio-tribological studies of Structalit/UHMWPE composites as an alternative to UHMWPE for hip joint application, Wear 518 (2023) 204630.

146. A. Chanda, S. K. Sinha and N. D. Datla, Fiber alignment and mode-mixity effects on fracture behavior of CNF/epoxy nanocomposite adhesive joints, Composites Part B: Engineering 247 (2022) 110341.

145. N. Singh and S. K. Sinha, Tribological and mechanical analysis of hybrid epoxy based polymer composites with different in situ liquid lubricants (silicone oil, PAO and SN150 base oil), Wear 504 (2022) 204404.

144. A. Chanda, S. K. Sinha and N. D. Datla, Improved damage sensing with randon/aligned carbon nanofiber in bulk epoxy and adhesive joints, Polymer Composites 43 (9) (2022) 6165-6179.

143. J. K. Hirwani, R Nishimura, H Shinmori, T Morita, Y Sawae, SK Sinha, Epoxy (SU-8) polymer composites with Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and Hyaluronic acid fillers for hip prosthetic implant application, Tribology International, 167 (2022) 107399.

142. N. Singh and S. K. Sinha, Effects of soaking in water, base oil, ionic liquid, and grease of an epoxy/UHMWPE/MoS2 composite on mechanical and tribological properties, ASME J of Tribology, 144 (6) (2022

141. N. Singh and S. K. Sinha, Tribological performances of hybrid composites of epoxy, UHMWPE and MoS2 with in situ liquid lubrication against steel and itself, Wear, Vol 486-487 (2021) 204072 (pp1-12).

140. A. Chanda, S. K. Sinha and N. D. Datla, Electrical conductivity of random and aligned nanocomposites: Theoretical models and experimental validation, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, (2021) 106543.

139. A. Chanda, S. K. Sinha and N. D. Datla, The influence of fibre alignment, structure and concentration on mechanical behaviour of carbon nanofibre/epoxy composites: Experimental and numerical studies, Polymer Composites, 42(3) (2021) 1155-1173.

138. A. Chatterjee, D. K. Dubey and S. K. Sinha, Nanoscale friction and adhesion mechanisms in articular cartilage top layer hydrated interfaces: Insights from atomistic simulations, Applied Surface Science, 550 (2021) 149216.

137. J. K. Hirwani and S. K. Sinha, Mechanical and Tribological studies of SU-8 composites filled with UHMWPE and gum acacia under dry and bovine serum albumin lubricated conditions, ASME J. of Tribology, 143(1) (2021) 011701 (15 pages).

136. A. Chatterjee, D. K. Dubey and S. K. Sinha, Effect of loading on adhesion and frictional characteristics of top layer articular cartilage nanoscale contact: A molecular dynamics study, Langmuir, 37(1) (2020) 46-62.

135. N. Singh and S. K. Sinha, Tribological studies of epoxy composites with UHMWPE and MoS2 fillers coated on bearing steel: Dry interface and grease lubrication, ASME J. of Tribology, 142(5) (2020) 051902 (8 pages).

134. K. A. Arshad, J. K. Hirwani, and S. K. Sinha, Effects of UHMWPE filler on the tribological and mechanical properties of biocompatible epoxies, Tribology Transactions 63(2) (2020) 382-392.

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

132. J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha, T. Hirayama and A. Kumar, Tribological analysis of tip-cantilever made of SU-8, talc and PFPE composite, Tribology-Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 14(2) (2020) 92-101.

131. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Efforts towards green friction materials, Tribology International, 136 (2019) 196-206.

130. A. Chanda, S. K. Sinha and N. D. Datla, Tribological studies of epoxy-carbon nanofiber composites-effect of nanofiber alignment using AC electric field, Tribology International, 138 (2019) 450-462.

129. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, A step towards replacing copper in brake-pads by using stainless steel swarf, Wear, 424 (2019) 133-142.

128. V Kumar, S. K. Sinha and A. K. Agarwal, Wear evaluation of engine piston rings coated with dual layer hard and soft coatings, ASME Journal of Tribology, 141(3) (2019) 031301.

127. V Kumar, S. K. Sinha and A. K. Agarwal, Tribological studies of dual-coating (intermediate hard with top epoxy-graphene-base oil composite layers) on tool steel in dry and lubricated conditions, Tribology International, Vol. 127 (2018) 10-23.

126. V Kumar, S. K. Sinha and A. K. Agarwal, Tribological characterisation of epoxy-graphene-liquid filler composite coatings on steel under base oil external lubrication, Tribology – Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 12(3) (2018) 144-156.

125. A. Kumar, S. keerti, J. Jain, S. K. Sinha, S. Tekumalla and M. Gupta, Investigations of wear response of pure Mg and Mg-0.4 Ce-Y2O3/ZnO nanocomposites using a single and repeated scratch tests, Tribology Transactions, 61(5) (2018) 951-959.

124. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Application and comparative study of new optimization method for performance ranking of friction materials, Proc. IMechE, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, Vol. 232 (2) (2018) 143-154.

123. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Stainless steel swarfs for replacement of copper in non-asbestos organic brake-pads, 2017, World Academy of Science, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4 (12).

122. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Studies on friction mechanism of NAO brake-pad containing potassium titanate powder as a theme ingredient, SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing 11 (05-11-01-0006) (2017) 43-56.

121. J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha and A. Kumar, Lubrication mechanism of SU-8/talc/PFPE composite, Tribology Letters, 65 (3) (2017) 84.

120. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Application and comparative study of new optimization method for performance ranking of friction materials, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 2017.

119. V. Mahale, J. Bijwe and S. K. Sinha, Influence of nano-potassium titanate particles on the performance of NAO brake-pads, Wear, 376 (2017) 727-737.

118. V. Kumar, S. K. Sinha and A. K. Agarwal, Tribological studies of epoxy composites with solid and liquid fillers, Tribology International, 105 (2017) 27-36.

117.  J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha and A. Kumar, In situ lubrication of SU-8/Talc composite with base oil (SN150) and perfluoropolyether as fillers, Tribology Letters, 64(1) (2016) 5.

116. J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha and A. Kumar, Friction and wear durability study of epoxy-based polymer (SU-8) composite coatings with talc and graphite as fillers, WEAR. 362-363 (2016) 199-208.

115. J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha and A. Kumar, Effects of carbon fillers on the tribological and mechanical properties of an epoxy polymer (SU-8).  Tribology-Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 10 (1) (2016) 33-44.

114. X. Z. K. Loy and S. K. Sinha, Tribological performances of two ionic liquids (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate) as nanolubricants on polyether-ether-ketone surface. Tribology-Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 10(1) (2016) 1-9.

113. J. Katiyar, S. K. Sinha and A. Kumar, Effect of graphite concentration on the tribological and mechanical properties of filled SU-8 polymer, Tribology Online 11(2), 1 (2016) 152-158.

112. Prabakaran Saravanan, Sujeet K Sinha, Sundaramurthy Jayaraman and Hai M Duong, A Comprehensive Study on the Self-lubrication Mechanisms of SU-8 Composites, Tribology International, 95 (2016) 391-405.

111. V. Kumar, S. K. Sinha and A. K. Agarwal, Tribological studies of epoxy and its composite coatings on steel in dry and lubricated sliding, Tribology-Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 9(3) (2015) 144-153.

110. J. Y. Leong, J. Zhang, S. K. Sinha, A. Holmes, H. Spikes and T. Reddyhoff, Confined liquids on silicon surfaces to lubricate MEMS, Tribology Letters, 59(1) (2015) 1-11.

109. Prabakaran Saravanan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K Sinha, SU-8 composite based “Lube-tape” for a wide range of tribological applications, Micromachines 2014, 5(2) (2014) 263-274.

108. S. Prabakaran, S. Jayaraman, D. H. Minh and S. K. Sinha, The role of functional end groups of perfluoropolyether (Z-dol and Z-03) lubricants in augmenting the tribology of SU-8 composites, Tribology Letters 56(3) (2014) 423-434.

107. Y. Man, B. Liu, K. K. Ng, S. Yu, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Investigation of light contact and lube-surfing state with electrical current, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 50(11) (2014) 3303004.

106. E Ng, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha, C. Lim and Zhang Zheng, Tribological Performances of ZDDP and Ashless Triphenyl Phosphorothionate (TPPT) as Lubricant Additives on Ti-N and Ti-Al-N Coated Steel Surfaces, Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces 8(4) (2014) 209-221.

105. E. Ng, S K Sinha, N Satyanarayana, C Lim and A Narayan, Effect of ZDDP and ashless Triphenyl Phosphorothionate (TPPT) as lubricant additives on tribological performance of Cr-N coatings. Manuscript accepted by Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces 8(3) (2014) 172-178.

104. Yemei Liu, Keldren X. Z. Loy, Christina Lim and S. K. Sinha, Pre-polishing the metal counterface of metal-UHMWPE wear pair with filler filled UHMWPE composites to generate counterface changes to have an effective reduction in pure UHMWPE wear, Tribology Letters, 53(1) (2014) 11-16.

103. Prabakaran Saravanan, Nalam Satyanarayana, Duong Hai Minh and Sujeet K Sinha, An in-situ heating effect study on tribological behavior of SU-8+PFPE composite, WEAR 307 (1-2) (2013) 182-189.

102. Yemei Liu and S. K. Sinha, Mechanical and tribological properties of PEEK particle-filled UHMWPE composites: The role of counterface morphology change in dry sliding wear, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 32 (21) (2013), 1614-1623.

101. E. Rismani, Reuben Yeo, S. K. Sinha, H. Yang and C. S. Bhatia, Developing an (Al, Ti) Nx Cy interlayer to improve the durability of the ta-C coating on magnetic recording heads, Tribology Letters, 50(2) (2013) 233 – 243.

100. Prabakaran Saravanan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Wear Durability Study on Self-lubricating SU-8 composites with perfluoropolyther, multiply-alkylated cyclopentane and base oil as the fillers, Tribology International, 64 (2013) 103-115.

99. Edward Ng and S. K. Sinha, Effects of antiwear additives in the base oil on the tribological performance of Hydrogen-free DLC Coating, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 66(6) (2014) 633-639.

98. Leong Y. Jonathan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, A tribological study of Multiply-Alkylated Cyclopentanes and Perfluoropolyether lubricants for application to Si-MEMS devices, Tribology Letters, 50(2) (2013) 195-206.

97. Yemei Liu and S. K. Sinha, Wear performances and wear mechanism study of bulk UHMWPE composites with nacre and CNT fillers and PFPE overcoat, WEAR, 300 (1-2) (2013) 44-54.

96. Kia Hian Lau, Archit Giridhar, Sekar Harikrishnan, Nalam Satyanarayana and Sujeet K. Sinha, Releasing high aspect ratio SU-8 microstructures using AZ photoresist as a sacrificial layer on metallized Si substrates, Microsystem Technologies, 19(11) (2013) 1863-1871.

95. Xiaosong Tang, Yee Loke, Pin Lu, S. K. Sinha, and S. O'Shea, Friction measurement on free standing plates using atomic force microscopy, Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (2013) 013702-1 – 013702-9.

94. Sandar Myo Myint, Myo Minn, Ren Yaping, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha, Charanjit S. Bhatia, Friction and wear durability studies on the 3D negative fingerprint and honeycomb textured SU-8 surfaces, Tribology International, 60 (2013) 187-197.    

93. L. Dai, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and V. B. C. Tan, Analysis of PFPE lubricating film in NEMS application via molecular dynamics simulation, Tribology International, 60 (2013) 53-57.

92. J. Y. Leong, T. Reddyhoff, S. K. Sinha, A. S. Holmes, H. A. Spikes, Hydrodynamic Friction Reduction in a MAC-Hexadecane Lubricated MEMS Contact, Tribology Letters, 49 (1) (2013) 217-225.

91. Prabakaran Saravanan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Self-lubricating SU-8 Nanocomposites for micromechanical systems applications, Tribology Letters 49(1) (2013) 169-178.

90. Ehsan Rismani, M. Abdul Samad, S. K. Sinha, Reuben Yeo, Hyunsoo Yang, and C. Singh Bhatia, Ultrathin Si/C graded layer to improve tribological properties of Co magnetic films, Applied Physics Letters, 101 (2012) 191601-191601-5.

89.  Myo Minn and S. K. Sinha, The lubrication of poly(etheretherketone) by an aqueous solution of nattokinase, WEAR, 296 (1-2) (2012) 528-535.

88.  Keldren X. Z. Loy and S. K. Sinha, Lubrication of Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) surface by liquid ultrathin films for high wear durability, WEAR, 296 (1-2) (2012) 681-692.

87.  B. Panjwani and S. K. Sinha, Tribology and hydrophobicity of a biocompatible GPTMS/PFPE coating on Ti6Al4V surfaces, J. of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 15 (2012) 103-111.

86. E. Rismani-Yazdi, S.K. Sinha, H. Yang, S. Tripathy, and C. S. Bhatia, Development of a ta-C wear resistant coating with composite interlayer for recording heads of magnetic tape drives, Tribology letters, 46(3) (2012), 221-232.

85. E. Rismani-Yazdi, S. K. Sinha, S Tripathy, H Yang and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of pre-treatment of Si interlayer by energetic C+ ions on the tribo-mechanical properties of amorphous carbon/head substrate, Journal of Applied Physics 111(2012), 084902-1 - 10.

84. H. Yu, G. Zhou, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau, Development of self-aligning two-stage co-delivery microchannel network, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 161, Issue 1 (2012) 769-774.

83. Raju Gupta, B. Panjwani, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan, Ultrathin PFPE film systems fabricated by covalent assembly: an application to tribology, Tribology Letters, 45(2) (2012) 371-378.

82. Myo Minn, Nalam Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Hirofumi Kondo, Microtribological study of PFPE with different functional groups coated on hydrogen terminated Si, Applied Surface Science 258 (2012) 2350– 2355.

81. M. Abdul Samad, S. Xiong, L. Pan, H. Yang, S. K. Sinha, D. B. Bogy and C. S. Bhatia, A novel approach of carbon embedding in magnetic media for future head/disk interface, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 48, (2012) 1807 -1812.

80. R. A. Singh, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Bio-inspired advanced materials for reducing friction and wear in MEMS devices, Advanced Materials Research, 545 (2012) 359-363.

79. Dai Ling, Myo Minn, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Vincent Tan, Identifying the mechanisms of polymer friction through molecular dynamics simulation, Langmuir, 27 (2011) 14861-14867.

78. R. A. Singh, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Surface chemical modification for exceptional wear life of MEMS materials, AIP Advances,1, 042141 (2011).

77. Abdul Samad M. and S. K. Sinha, Mechanical, thermal and tribological characterization of a UHMWPE film reinforced with carbon nanotubes coated on steel, Tribology International, Vol. 44, Issue 12 (2011) 1932-1941.

76. Nam Beng Tay, M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, A tribological study of SU-8 micro-dot patterns printed on Si surface in flat-on-flat reciprocating sliding test, Tribology Letters, Vol 44 (2011) 167-176.

75. R A Singh, L Siyuan, N Satyanarayana, T S Kustandi and S K Sinha, Bio-inspired polymeric patterns with enhanced wear durability for microsystem applications, Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 31 (2011) 1577–1583.

74. M. Abdul Samad, Yang Hyunsoo, S. K. Sinha and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of carbon embedding on the tribological properties of magnetic media surface with and without a perfluropolyether (PFPE) layer, J. Physics D: Appl. Phys., (2011) vol. 44, No. 31, 315301.

73. M. Abdul Samad, E. Rismani, Yang Hyunsoo, S. K. Sinha and C. S. Bhatia, Overcoat free magnetic media for lower magnetic spacing and improved tribological properties for higher areal densities, Tribology Letters, Volume 43, Issue 3 (2011), Page 247-256.

72. Yu Hongbin, Zhou Guangya, S. K. Sinha, Leong Yonghui Jonathan and Chau Fook Siong, Characterization and reduction of MEMS sidewall friction using novel microtribometer localized lubrication method, J. of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 20, Issue 4 (2011) 991-1000.

71. H. Yu, G. Zhou, X. Chew, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau, Nano-tribometer integrated with a nano-photonic displacement-sensing mechanism, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 21 (2011) 065014.

70. M. Abdul Samad and S. K. Sinha, Effects of counterface material and UV radiation on the tribological performance of a UHMWPE/CNT nanocomposite coating on steel substrates, WEAR, 271 (2011) 2759-2765.

69. Y.K. Yew, M. Myo, S.K. Sinha, V.B.C. Tan, Molecular simulation of the frictional behavior of polymer-on-polymer sliding, Langmuir, Vol. 27 (10) (2011) pp 5891–5898.

68. Y. J. Man, B. Liu, S. B. Hu, Y. S. Ma, K. D. Ye, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Characterization of slider-lubricant interaction with tribo-current, Microsystem Technologies, Vol. 17, No. 5-7 (2011) 1003-1007.

67.   Hongbin Yu, Guangya Zhou, Fook Siong Chau and S. K. Sinha, Tunable electromagnetically-actuated liquid-filled lens, Sensors & Actuators  A – Physical, Vol 167, Issue 2 (2011) 602-607.

66.  Hongbin Yu, Guangya Zhou, Fook Siong Chau and S. K. Sinha, Soft lithography replication based on PDMS partial curing, Microsystem Technologies, Volume 17, Number 3 (2011) 443-449.

65. Nam Beng Tay, M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, Polymer jet printing of SU-8 micro-dot patterns on Si surface: Optimization of tribological properties, Tribology Letters, Vol 42 (2011) 215–222.

64. B Panjwani, N Satyanarayana, S K Sinha, Tribological characterization of a biocompatible thin film of UHMWPE on Ti6Al4V and the effects of PFPE as top lubricating layer, J. of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 4 (2011) 953-960.

63. E. Rismani-Yazdi, S. K. Sinha, S Tripathy, H Yang and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of pre-treatment of the surface by energetic C+ ion bombardment on structure and nano-tribological characteristics of ultrathin tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) protective coatings, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Volume 44, Number 11 (2011) 115502.

62. R. Arvind Singh, N. Satyanarayana, T. S. Kustandi and S. K. Sinha., Tribo-functionalizing Si and SU8 materials by surface modification for applications in MEMS/NEMS actuator-based devices, J. of Physics D: Applied Physics Vol. 44 (2011) 015301.

61. M. Abdul Samad and S. K. Sinha, Dry and boundary lubrication performance of a UMWPE/CNTs nanocomposite coating on steel substrates at elevated temperatures, WEAR, 270 (2011) 395–402.

60. Myo Minn, Yanadi S. G. Soentanto, S. K. Sinha, Tribology properties of ultra-thin functionalized polyethylene film chemisorbed on Si with an intermediate benzophenone layer, Tribology Letters, Vol. 41 (2011) 217–226.

59. L. Y. Jonathan, V. Harikumar, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha, Localized lubrication of micromachines: a feasibility study on Si in reciprocating sliding with PFPE as the lubricant, WEAR, 270 (2010) 19-31.

58. H. Yu, G. Zhou, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau., Scanning grating based in‐plane movement sensing, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 20 (2010) 085007.

57. Abdul Samad M. and S. K. Sinha, Nanocomposite UHMWPE-CNT polymer coatings for boundary lubrication on aluminium substrates, Tribology Letters, Vol. 38 (2010) 301-311.

56. Y. Hongbin, Z. Guangya, S. K. Sinha, F. S. Chau and S. Wang, Lens integrated with self-aligned variable aperture using pneumatic actuation method, Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 159, Issue 1 (2010) 105-110.

55. Myo Minn and S. K Sinha, Tribology of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene film on Si substrate with chromium nitride, titanium nitride and diamond like carbon as intermediate layers, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 518, Issue 14 (2010) 3830-3836.

54. Myo Minn and S. K. Sinha, The frictional behavior of UHMWPE films with different surface energies at low normal loads, WEAR, Vol.268 (2010) 1030-1036.

53. T. S. Kustandi, J. H. Choo, H. Y. Low and S. K. Sinha, Texturing of UHMWPE Surface via NIL for Low Friction and Wear Properties, J. of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 43 (2010) 015301.

52. Abdul Samad. M, Nalam Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Effect of Air-plasma pre-treatment of Si substrate on adhesion strength and tribological properties of a UHMWPE film, Journal of Adhesion Science & Technology, Volume 24, Number 15-16 (2010) 2557-2570.

51. Abdul Samad M, Satyanarayana Nalam and S. K. Sinha, Tribology of UHMWPE film on air-plasma treated tool steel and the effect of PFPE overcoat, Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 204, Issue 9-10 (2010) Pages 1330-1338.

50. S. K. Sinha, R. Pang and X. Tang, Application of micro-ball bearing on Si for high rolling life-cycle, Tribology International, 43 (2010) 178-187.

49. Yijun Man, Bo Liu, Yansheng Ma, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Slider-lubricant interaction and corresponding tribo-current, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 45, No. 11 (2009) 5069-5072.

48. N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Highly wear resistant chemisorbed polar-UHMWPE thin film on Si surface for micro-systems application, J. Materials Research, Vol. 24, No. 11 (2009) 3331-3337.

47. Myo Minn and S. K. Sinha, Molecular orientation, crystallinity, and topographical changes in sliding and their frictional effects for UHMPWE film, Tribology Letters, 34 (2) (2009) 133-140.

46. S. K. Sinha, Tingwan Song, Xuefei Wan and Yuejin Tong, Scratch and normal hardness characteristics of polyamide 6/Nano-Clay composite, WEAR, Vol. 266 (2009) 814-821.

45. V. N. Sekhar, T. C. Chai, S. Balakumar, L. Shen, S. K. Sinha, A. A. O. Tay, S. W. Yoon, Influence of thickness on nanomechanical behavior of Black Diamond™ low dielectric thin films for interconnect and packaging applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2009) 74-86.

44. H. M. Leung and S. K. Sinha, Scratch and indentation tests on seashells, Tribology International, Vol. 42 (2009) 40-49.

43. N. Satyanarayana, K. H. Lau and S. K. Sinha, Nano-lubrication of PMMA films on Si for MEMS applications, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93 (2008) 261906.

42. M. Minn, J. Y. Leong and S. K. Sinha, Effects of interfacial energy modification on the tribology of UHMWPE coated Si, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41 (2008)  055307.

41. M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, DLC and UHMWPE as hard/soft composite film on Si for improved tribological performance, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 202 (2008) 3698-3708.

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

39.  S. K. Sinha, Catherine B. Lee, S. C. Lim, Tribological performance of UHMWPE and PFPE coated films on aluminium surface, Tribology Letters, Vol. 29 (3) (2008) 193-199.

38. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, M. P. Srinivasan and S. J. O’Shea, Effect of surrounding media on resistance of a molecular monolayer junction, J. Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112 (1) (2008) 297 -302.

37. N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and L. Shen, Effect of molecular structure on friction and wear of polymer thin films deposited on Si surface, Tribology Letters, Vol. 28 (2007) 71-80.

36. S. R. Puniredd, Y. K. Wai, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan,  Tribological properties of nanoparticle-laden ultrathin films formed by covalent molecular assembly, Langmuir, Vol. 23 (2007) 8299-8303.

35. N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, Wulf Hofbauer, and S. J. O’Shea, Solvation and squeeze out of hexadecane on graphite, J. Chemical Physics, Vol. 126 (2007) 214708. 

34. N. Satyanarayana, K. S. Skandesh Rajan, S. K. Sinha and Lu Shen, Carbon nanotube reinforced polyimide thin-film for high wear durability, Tribology Letters, Vol. 27 (2007) 181-188.

33. N. Satyanarayana, N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan, Friction, adhesion and wear durability of an ultra-thin PFPE-coated 3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxy silane self-assembled monolayer on a Si surface, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 87 (22) (2007) 3209-3227.

32. S. K. Sinha, W. L. M. Chong and S. C. Lim, “Scratching of polymers – Modelling abrasive wear”, WEAR, Vol. 262 (2007) 1038-1047.

31. S. K. Sinha, S. L. Thia and L. C. Lim, “A new tribometer for friction drives”, WEAR, Vol. 262 (2007) 55-63.

30. Myo Minn, S. K Sinha, S.-K Lee and H. Kondo, “High-speed tribology of PFPEs with different functional groups and molecular weights coated on DLC”  Tribology Letters, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2006) 67-76.

29. S. U. Reddy, M. Gupta and S. K. Sinha, “Effect of hybrid metallic and ceramic reinforcements on the properties of pure magnesium”, Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 111 (2006), 79-82.

28. S. Guddati, J. Zhang, S. K. Sinha and S. M. Hsu, Nanotribology: Characterization of patterned lubricant films on magnetic hard disks, Tribology Letters, Vol. 21(3) (2006) 253-261.

27. N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Boon Hong Ong, “Tribology of a novel UHMWPE/PFPE dual-film on Si surface”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 128, Issue 1 (2006) 98-108.

26. N. N. Gosvami, K.  Lau, S. K. Sinha and S. J. O’Shea, “Measurement of contact resistance of alkanethiol based metal-molecule-metal junctions using current sensing AFM in liquid”, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 252 (2006) 3956-3960.

25. S. K. Sinha, S. U. Reddy and M. Gupta, 2006, “Scratch hardness and mechanical property correlation for Mg/SiC and Mg/SiC/Ti metal-matrix composites”, Tribology International, Vol.39(2) (2006) 184-189.

24. S. Ugandhar, M. Gupta and S. K. Sinha, “Enhancing strength and ductility of Mg/SiC composites using recrystallization heat treatment”, Composite Structures, Vol. 72 (2005) 266-272.

23. S. K. Sinha and Desmon Lim, 2006, “Effects of normal load on single-pass scratching of polymers” Wear, Vol. 260 (2006) 751-765.

22. N. Satyanaranan and S. K. Sinha, Tribology of self –assembled monolayers on silicon surfaces, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 38 (18) (2005) pp. 3512-3522.

21. R. B. M. Sani, S. K. Sinha, J. P. Y. Tan and K. Y. Zeng, Wear debris generation mechanism for polymers studied using nano-scratching technique, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 85, No. 19 (2005) pp. 2101-2122.

20. S. U. Reddy, N. Srikanth, M. Gupta and S. K. Sinha, Enhancing the properties of magnesium using SiC particulates in sub-micron length scale,  Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 6, No. 12, (2004) pp. 957-964.

19. S. K. Sinha, M. Kawaguchi and T. Kato, Surface profiles and modulation of ultra-thin perfluoropolyether lubricant in contact sliding, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 37, No. 16 (2004) pp. 2247-2255.

18. B. K. P. Wong, S. K. Sinha, J. P. Y. Tan and K. Y. Zeng, Nano-wear mechanism for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) sliding against a model hard asperity, Tribology Letters, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2004) pp. 613-622.

17. B. J. Briscoe and S. K. Sinha, Scratch resistance and localized damage characteristics of polymer surfaces – a review, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (Materials Science and Engineering Technology), Vol. 34, No. 10 (2003) pp. 989-1002. (Invited paper)

16. S. K. Sinha, J. Choi and T. Kato, Topographical and tribo-chemical studies of contact sliding on ultra-thin perfluoropolyether film, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 39, No. 2 (2003) pp. 875-880.

15. S. K. Sinha, M. Kawaguchi, T. Kato and F. E. Kennedy, Wear durability studies of ultra-thin perfluoropolyether lubricant on magnetic hard disk, Tribology International, Vol. 36, Issue 4-6 (2003) pp. 217-225.

14. B. J. Briscoe and S. K. Sinha, Wear of polymers, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, Vol. 216 (2002) pp. 401-413. (Invited paper)

13.  K. Adachi, S. K. Sinha, U. Cho and K. Kato, “Self-lubrication by formation of graphite films in the sliding of silicon nitride against cast iron”, Tribology Transactions, Vol. 44, No. 1 (2001) pp. 41-46.

12. B. J. Briscoe, E. Pelillo, F. Ragazzi and S. K. Sinha, “Scratch deformation of methanol plasticized poly(methylmethacrylate) surfaces”, Polymer, Vol. 39 No. 11 (1998)  2161-2168.

11. B. J. Briscoe, E. Pelillo and S. K. Sinha, “Characterisation of the scratch deformation mechanism for poly(methylmethacrylate) using surface optical reflectivity”, Polymer International, Vol. 43, (1997) 359-367.

 10. M. J. Adams, I. Aydin, B. J. Briscoe and S. K. Sinha, “A finite element analysis of the squeeze flow of an elasto-viscoplastic paste material”, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 71 (1997) 41-57.

 9. B. J. Briscoe and S. K. Sinha, “Density distribution characteristics of green ceramic compacts using scratch hardness”, Tribology International, Vol. 30, No. 7 (1997) 475-482.

 8. B. J. Briscoe, P. D. Evans, S. K. Biswas and S. K. Sinha, “The hardnesses of poly(methylmethacrylate)”, Tribology International, Vol. 29, No. 2 (1996) 93-104.

7. B. J. Briscoe, E. Pelillo and S. K. Sinha, Scratch hardness and deformation maps for Poly(carbonate) and Poly(ethylene), Polymer Engineering & Science, Vol. 36, No. 24 (1996) 2996-3005.

6. B. J. Briscoe, K. S. Sebastian and S. K. Sinha, “Application of the compliance method to micro-hardness measurements of organic polymers”, Philosophical Magazine A, vol. 74, No. 5 (1996) 1159-1169.

5. M. J. Adams, B. J. Briscoe and S. K. Sinha, “An indentation study of an elasto-viscoplastic material”, Philosophical Magazine A, vol. 74, No. 5 (1996) 1225-1233.

 4. B. J. Briscoe, P. D. Evans, E. Pelillo and S. K. Sinha, “Scratching maps for polymers”, Wear, Vol. 200 (1996)137-147.

 3. S. K. Sinha and S. K. Biswas, “Effect of sliding speed on friction and wear of uni-directional aramid fibre-phenolic resin composite”, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 30 (1995) 2430-2437.

2. B. J. Briscoe, S. K. Biswas, S. S. Panesar and S. K. Sinha,  “The scratch hardness and friction of a soft rigid-plastic solid”, Tribology International, Vol. 26, No. 3 (1993) 183-193.

1. S. K. Sinha and S. K. Biswas, “Friction and wear behaviour of continuous fibre as cast Kevlar-phenolic resin composite”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 27,  (1992) 3085-3091.