Research area
Energy harvesters and storage devices, Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectrics, Sensors, Pressure and Vacuum metrology.
Journal Publications
35. S. Chetana, Halligudra Guddappa, Vikas N. Thakur, Niraj Kumar, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Vinuth Mirle, Manjunath Shetty, "Electrochemical investigation of Fe3O4/TNT/PANI composites for enhanced supercapacitor applications", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 35(595) (03/2024).
34. Chetana S, S. Upadhyay, N C Joshi, N Kumar, K K Chaubey, P. Choudhary, N. Sharma, Vikas N. Thakur*, Photocatalytic and OER Investigation of Novel Supercritical fluid Synthesized nanobiocomposite Silk G/MoS2, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 36 (2024).
*Corresponding author
33. Vikas N. Thakur, Chetana S, Vikash Gajraj, Niraj Kumar, N. C. Joshi, K G Basavakumar, “Chemical vapour deposition synthesized novel LaFe2O3/Al2O3/Fe/CNT heterostructure for enhanced super-capacitive performance”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34 (12/2023), 2314.
32. Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Ajay Kumar, Vinod Singh, Sharmistha Lahiry, Anita Dhaka, and R. S. Dhaka, Complex dielectric and ac impedance spectroscopy of Nb substituted LaV1−xNbxO4, Ceramics International, 50(4) (02/2024), 6735-6744.
31. Chetana S, M A A M Abdah, Vikas N. Thakur, M. S. G Gowda, Priyvart Choudhary, J B Sriramoju, Dinesh Rangappa, Sumira Malik, Sarvesh Rustagi, and Mohammad Khalid, Progress and Prospects of MXene-Based Hybrid Composites for Next-Generation Energy Technology, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170(12) (12/2023), 120530.
30. Vikas N. Thakur, Jeong In Han, Triboelectric nanogenerator for smart traffic monitoring, Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry, 124, 89-101 (06/2023), ISSN: 1226-086X.
29. Chetana S, S. Upadhyay, N. C. Joshi, Niraj Kumar, P. Choudhary, N. Sharma, Vikas N. Thakur*, A facile supercritical fluid synthesis of cobalt sulfide integrated with MXene and PANI/PEDOT nanocomposites as electrode material for supercapacitor applications, FlatChem, 37, 100456 (01/2023), ISSN: 2452-2627.
*Corresponding author
28. Vikas N. Thakur, Ajay Kumar, Aakash Kaushik, Guru Dutt Gupt, R. S. Dhaka, “High temperature dielectric and impedance spectroscopy study of LaCo0.7Nb0.3O3”, Materials Research Bulletin, 158, 112070 (02/2023), ISSN: 0025-5408.
27. Chetana S, Vikas N. Thakur, Niraj Kumar, N C Joshi, Kunal Roy, K G Basava Kumar, Dinesh Rangappa, “Electrochemical Investigation of Supercritical fluid Synthesized Novel nanobiocomposite Silk G/MoS2/PDOT: PSS” Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, 34, 1886, (09/2023) ,ISSN: 1573-482X.
26. Manoj Baloni, R C Sharma, Hemant Singh, Bushra Khan, M. K. Singh, P. C. Sati, Vikas N Thakur, R. K. Kotnala, Ashok Kumar, 169333, (02/2023) “Energy Storage and Magnetoelectric Coupling in Nd Doped BiFeO3–PbTiO3 Solid Solution”, Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 946 (02/2023), 169333, ISSN: 0925-8388.
25. Vikas N. Thakur, Jeong In Han, “Combined triboelectric and piezoelectric effect in ZnO/PVDF hybrid based fiber-structured nanogenerator with PDMS: Carbon black electrodes” Polymers, 14(20), 4414 (10/2022) ISSN: 2073-4360.
24. Vikas N. Thakur, Atul Thakre, Hitesh Borkar, Ashok Kumar, “Effect of irradiation on pyroelectricity in lead-free relaxor ferroelectric ceramic”, Materials Today Communications, 32, 103924 (06/2022), ISSN: 2352-4928.
23. Satyam Kumar*, Vikas N. Thakur*, Ravikant, Rajnish Kurchania, Ram S. Katiyar, Ashok Kumar “Improved Humidity Sensitivity and possible energy harvesters in Lithium modified Potassium Niobium Tantalate oxide”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 288, 126384 (09/2022), ISSN: 0254-0584.
*Equal contribution
22. Niraj Kumar, Vikas N Thakur, M Karthikeyan, Vikash Gajraj, Arijit Sen, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Neeraj Priyadarshi, “Morphological reduction of Fe3O4 by single step hydrothermal synthesis using 1D MnO2 as a template and its supercapacitive behavior”, CrystEngComm, 24, 4611 – 4621 (05/2022), ISSN: 1466-8033.
21. Manoj Baloni, R C Sharma, Hemant Singh, Bushra Khan, M. K. Singh, P. C. Sati, Meera Rawat, Vikas N Thakur, Ashok Kumar, R. K. Kotnala, “Enhanced Multiferroic Properties and Magnetoelectric coupling in Nd modified 0.7BiFeO3–0.3PbTiO3 solid solution”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33, 17161–17173 (07/2022), ISSN: 1573-482X.
20. Manoj Baloni, R C Sharma, H Singh, B Khan, M K Singh, Vikas N Thakur, Ashok Kumar, “Structural modification and evaluation of dielectric, magnetic and ferroelectric properties of Nd- modified BiFeO3 – PbTiO3 multiferroic ceramics, Ferroelectrics, 589, 161-176 (05/2022), ISSN: 0015-0193.
19. Manoj Baloni, R C Sharma, Hemant Singh, M K Singh, Ashok Kumar, P C Sati, B Khan, Vikas N Thakur, “Effect of Nd doping on structural, dielectric, magnetic and ferroelectric properties of 0.8BiFeO3–0.2PbTiO3 solid solution”, Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 905, 164228 (06/2022), ISSN: 0925-8388.
18. Amit Kumar, Sapna Kumari, V. Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Ashok Kumar, P. K. Goyal, Anil Arya, A. L. Sharma, “Synthesis, phase confirmation, and electrical properties of (1-x)KNNS-xBNZSH lead-free ceramics”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33, 6240–6252 (02/2022), ISSN: 1573-482X.
17. Sapna Kumari, Amit Kumar, Aman Kumar, V. Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Ashok Kumar, P. K. Goyal, Anurag Gaur, Anil Arya, A. L. Sharma, “Enhanced Curie temperature and superior temperature stability by site selected doping in BCZT based lead-free ceramics”, Ceramics International, 48(10), 13780-13793, (05/2022), ISSN: 0272-8842.
16. Charanjeet Singh*, Vikas N. Thakur*, Ashok Kumar, “Polarization controlled resistive switching in bulk ferroelectric ceramics: a universal phenomenon”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier, 887 (20), 161345 (12/2021), ISSN: 0925-8388.
*Equal contribution
15. J. kaswan , Vikas N. Thakur, P. Kushwaha; K. K. Maurya, S. Singh, Ashok Kumar and A. K. Shukla, “High temperature impedance spectroscopy study of KTaO3 (001) single crystal” Journal of alloys and compounds, 863, 158317, (05/2021), ISSN: 0925-8388.
14. S Dash, Vikas N. Thakur, A. Kumar, R. N. Mahaling, S. Patel, R. Thomas, B Sahoo, D. K. Pradhan, “Enhancing functional properties of PVDF-HFP/BZT-BCT polymer-ceramic composites by surface hydroxylation of ceramic fillers”, Ceramics International, 47(23), 33563-33576 (12/2021), ISSN: 0272-8842.
13. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Effect of Bismuth substitution on piezoelectric coefficients and temperature and pressure-dependent dielectric and impedance properties of lead zirconate titanate ceramics”, Materials today communications, 26, 101846 (03/2021), ISSN: 2352-4928.
12. Charanjeet Singh, Vikas N. Thakur, Ashok Kumar, “Investigation on Barometric and Hydrostatic Pressure Sensing Properties of Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3]O3 electro-ceramics”, Ceramics International, 47(5), 6982-6987 (03/2021), ISSN: 0272-8842.
11. Vikas N. Thakur, F. Sharipov, Y. Yang, S. Kumar, J. Ram, Omprakash, H. Kumar, R. Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Evaluation of effective area of air piston gauge with limitations in piston-cylinder dimension measurements”, Metrologia, 58(3), 035004 (04/2021), ISSN: 0026-1394.
10. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Process and Insight of Pascal Traceability”, MAPAN- Journal of Metrology Society of India, 36(3), 691-708, (09/2021), ISSN: 0970-3950.
09. Vikas N. Thakur, B. P. Singh, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Giant pressure sensitivity in piezo/ferro-electric ceramics”, RSC Advances, 10 (15), 9140-9145, (03/2020), ISSN: 2046-2069.
08. Vikas N. Thakur, R. Sharma, H. Kumar, Omprakash, D. A. Vijayakumar, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “On long-term stability of an air piston gauge maintained at National Physical Laboratory, India”, Vacuum, 176, 109357 (06/2020), ISSN: 0042-207X.
07. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Realization of Quantum Pascal using Natural Fundamental Physical Constants” MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India, 35(4), 595-599, (12/2020), ISSN: 0970-3950.
06. Vikas N. Thakur, A. Zafer, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Ferroelectric-Dielectric Composite Pressure Sensor”, Sensors & actuators A: Physical, 297, 111536, (10/2019), ISSN: 0924-4247.
05. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Evaluation of Uncertainty in The Effective Area and Distortion Coefficients of Air Piston Gauge using Monte Carlo Method”, MAPAN- Journal of Metrology Society of India, 34(3), 371-377, (09/2019), ISSN: 0970-3950.
04. Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, R. Sharma, H. Kumar, Omprakash, Sanjay Yadav, “Uncertainty evaluation and Phase variation of Ultrasonic Interferometer Manometer: A primary pressure and vacuum standard”, Vacuum, 165, 232-238 (07/2019), ISSN: 0042-207X.
03. Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, A. Zafer, N. D. Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, D. K. Aswal, “Contributions of National Standards on the growth of Barometric Pressure and Vacuum Industries”, MAPAN- Journal of Metrology Society of India, 34(1), 13-17 (03/2019), ISSN: 0970-3950.
02. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, “Establishment of air piston gauge as primary pressure standard at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory India, ACTA IMEKO, 9(5), 329-333 (12/2020), ISSN: 2221- 870X.
01. Ashok Kumar, Vikas N. Thakur, Harish Kumar, “Characterization of spinning rotor gauge-3 using orifice low system and static expansion system, ACTA IMEKO, 9(5), 325-328 (12/2020), ISSN: 2221-870X.
Book/Book Chapters
02. Vikas N. Thakur, Savita Sharma, Hitesh Borkar, “Flexoelectricity in lead-based ceramics: theories and progress” in: Flexoelectricity in Ceramics and their Application, Elsevier (08/2023), pp. 97–126, ISBN: 9780323952705.
01. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Quantum Pascal Realization from Refractometry, in: Handbook of Metrology and Applications, Springer Nature Singapore, Singapore, (08/2023): pp. 363–400., ISBN: 9789819920747.
Patents
02. Niraj Kumar, Vikas Narayan Thakur, Abhishek Joshi, “High performance Si based anode for electrochemical battery, (Granted), Application no.: 202111058136, Patent No. 516146 (02/2024).
01. Sanjeev Kmiothi, Shaik Vaseem Akram, Naveen Joshi, Vikas Narayan Thakur, Abhishek Joshi, “A system of Chlorophyll estimation for crop monitoring system using LoRa, (Filed), Application no.: 202111058137 (2021).
Conferences and Seminars
10. Vikas N. Thakur, Chetana S, Vikash Gajraj, Jagadeesh Babu, Dinesh Rangappa, International virtual conference on Advances in Ceramics & Cement Technologies: Materials & Manufacturing, Department of Ceramic and Cement Technology, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India, 13 – 14 Dec 2021, titled “Synthesis and Supercapacitive Study of CNT-Black TiO2”.
9. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International conference on Advacnes in Functional Materials (AFM), Department of Physics, KIIT, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, 26 – 28 Aug 2020, titled “Effect of Bismuth doping in PZT on pressure and temperature-dependent dielectric and capacitive properties”.
8. Vikas N. Thakur, Sandeep Kumar, Jokhan Ram, Harish Kumar, Omprakash, Rina Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, National conference on advances in metrology (AdMet), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, India, 5 – 6 Jan 2020, titled “Traceability of air piston gauge using SI units”.
7. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International conference on advance materials (ICAM), Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India, 6 – 7 Mar 2019, titled “Development of ferroelectric/piezoelectric pressure sensors in the range of 25 MPa to 200 MPa”.
6. Vikas N. Thakur, Rina Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International conference on advances in metrology (AdMet), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, India, 20 – 22 Feb 2019, titled “Establishment and effective area evaluation of Air Piston Gauge as Primary Pressure Standard and its comparison with Ultrasonic interferometer manometer”.
5. Vikas N. Thakur, Afaqul Zafer, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Western pacific acoustics conference (WESPAC), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, India, 11 – 15 Nov 2018, titled “Pressure and temperature dependent dielectric and impedance properties of piezo-electroceramics for possible applications as hydrostatic pressure transducers”.
4. Vikas N. Thakur, Rakesh Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Western pacific acoustics conference (WESPAC), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, India, 11 – 15 Nov 2018, titled “An investigation on Ultrasonic Interferometer Manometer: an apex level primary pressure standard at NPLI”.
3. Vikas N. Thakur, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 10 – 13 Dec 2017, titled “Analysis of higher order correction factors to the polarizability and refractivity of Helium gas for Fabry Perot cavity-based Pressure Sensors”.
2. Vikas N. Thakur, Hitesh Borkar, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, India, 13 – 17 Nov 2017, titled “Ferroelectric and dielectric properties of free standing micro-ceramic composites”.
1. Vikas N. Thakur, Hitesh Borkar, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Kumar, International conference on crystal ball vision on science & engineering for societal upliftment, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 6 – 8 Aug 2017, titled “Effect of light on Ferroelectric Polarization for multi-state memory elements”.