Publications

1. V. Kumar, S. K. Sharma, Y. Singh, V. K. Malik, V. Grover, P. K. Kulriya, Swift Heavy Ion-Induced Defect Formation and Electronic Structure Evolution in Zr-Doped CeO2(Ce0.8Zr0.2O2), Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 109 (2026) e70310. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.70310 

2. S. Rachamalla, Y. Singh, M. Gupta, S. K. Kedia, R. Kaur, P. K. Kulriya, A.D.P. Rao, Insights into Irradiation-Induced Phase Evolution and Structural Modifications in Zirconolite, Ceramic International, 51 (2025) 60879-60888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.10.282 

3. V. Kumar, Y. Singh, A. Pandey, S. K. Sharma, R. K. Sharma, V. Grover, P. K. Kulriya, Spectroscopic insights into structural and electronic modifications in Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 under low-energy ion irradiation, Journal of Applied Physics, 138 (2025) 135903. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0290646 

4. Y. Singh, X. Su, V. Kumar, H. K. Poswal, K. K. Pandey, P. K. Kulriya, Pressure-induced structural disordering and anomalous pressure-volume behaviour in high-entropy zirconates, available on arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.01834

5. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, T. Vazhappilly, H. K. Poswal, K. K. Pandey, P. K. Kulriya, Structural stability of the robust GdYTi2O7 pyrochlore under high pressure, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (2025) e20444. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20444

6. Y. Singh, A. Kumar, V. Kumar, A. Chattaraj, K. K. Pandey, P. K. Kulriya, Thermally activated damage recovery in ion-irradiated Gd2Ti2-yZryO7 (y=0.4,1.2,1.6) pyrochlore, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108 (2025) e20124. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20124

7. Y. Singh, S. K. Sharma, V. Kumar, P. Rajput, G. Manna, P. K. Kulriya, Investigations of local structure and phase recovery in irradiated Nd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12 (2024) 13525. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC02652G

8. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, S. K. Sharma, T. Vazhappilly, J. Lian, P. K. Kulriya, Investigations of thermal conductivity in nanocrystalline Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 990 (2024) 174249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174249

9. V. Kumar, S. K. Sharma, Y. Singh, S. Kedia, R. C. Meena, V. Gupta, P. K. Kulriya, Quantification of 1.75 MeV Xe⁵⁺-induced defects in zirconia-doped Ceria (Ce0.8Zr0.2O2), Journal of Applied Physics, 134 (2023) 065902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159046

10. A. Kumawat, S. Charan, N. Sharma, P. K. Kulriya, Y. Singh, S. Srivastava, Synthesis of Graphene-Like Nano-Order Thick Graphitic Flakes Through Industrial Waste Carbon and Study of Their Hydrogen Gas Sensing Properties, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48 (2023) 38101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.11.280

11. A. Kumar, V. Grover, Y. Singh, V. Kumar, P. K. Kulriya, Probing the Short Range Orderness of Ion Irradiated Gd2Ti2-yZryO7 Pyrochlore under Electron Stopping Regime, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 564 (2022) 153682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153682

Presentations

Service to the scientific community

1. Session chair assistant, Session 4: Minerals in Extreme Environments: From Earth's Depths to Space, The 3rd International Online Conference on Mineral Science, March 10-12, 2026.

Contributed talks

1. Y. Singh, A. Borisova, P. K. Kulriya, Pressure-induced disordering and structural stability of high entropy zirconates, 15th High Pressure Technology Forum (HP Forum 2026- “30 years of progress in high pressure technologies: past, present and future challenges”) , June 15-19, 2026. (Poster presentation)

2. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, A. Chattaraj, P. K. Kulriya, Monitoring the Recovery of Crystalline Phases in Irradiated Pyrochlores, Advanced Functional Materials & Devices for Sustainable Development (AFMD-2025), Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, March 3-5, 2025. (Oral presentation)

3. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, P. Rajput, P. K. Kulriya, EXAFS study of swift heavy irradiation-induced structural modifications and damage recovery in Nd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore, International Conference on Materials and Thermophysical Properties (ICMTP-2024), University of Rajasthan, November 21-23, 2024. (Oral Presentation)

4. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, K. K. Pandey, P. K. Kulriya, High-pressure behaviour of GdYTi2O7 pyrochlore using synchrotron X-ray diffraction, International Conference on Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development (MESD-2023), organised by the School of Physical Sciences, JNU, October 27-29, 2023. (Oral presentation)

5. Y. Singh, V. Kumar, S. K. Sharma, V. Grover, P. K. Kulriya, Thermal conductivity of nanocrystalline Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore for inert matrix application, 9th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC−2020), BARC, Mumbai, December 7-10, 2022. (Poster presentation)