Corrosion Engineering and Materials Electrochemistry Lab

 

Pragyandipta Mishra, Lakshman Neelakantan, Ilaksh Adlakha, Development of a DFT-driven thermodynamic framework for ferrous alloy electrochemistry in acidic media, Computational Materials Science, 244, 113216, (2024)

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Gunasekaran Manibalan, Yoganandan Govindaraj, Rajendran Rajaram, Rajshree Mallappa Dugani, Gopal Ramalingam, Govindhasamy Murugadoss, Lakshman Neelakantan, Ramaswamy Murugavel, Energy & Fuels, (2024)

 

Sunil Ugadi, Biswaranjan Muduli, Soumith Yeshamoni, Manas Mukherjee, Lakshman Neelakantan, Electroless copper plating of 3D-printed polymer foam: A promising method to fabricate electrodes for denitrification, Materials Letters, 137019, (2024).

 

SP Sethy, S Banthia, HT Padmaganesan, P Das, P Varshney, MJNV Prasad, L Neelakantan, KG Pradeep, S Gollapudi, Effect of inhibitor addition on the corrosion behaviour of a grain boundary relaxed electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni–P alloy, Journal of Materials Science, 1-17, (2024).

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D Venakatachalam, Y Govindraj, M. Prabhakar, A. Ganapathi, M. Sakairi, M. Rohwerder, Lakshman Neelakantan, Smart release of turmeric as a potential corrosion inhibitor from a ph-responsive polymer encapsulated highly ordered mesoporous silica containers, Surfaces and Interfaces, 45, 103883, (2024).

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R Chellappandian, G Jena, L Neelakantan, I Adlakha, Development of Multi-Functional Coating for Ferritic Steels Using Cathodic Plasma Electrolytic Nitriding, JOM, 76, 327-339, (2024).

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S Sudharsan, R Rajendran, S Kumar, P Swaminathan, K Ramanujam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Copper oxide anchored polyaniline modified glassy carbon electrode: A new sensor platform for the Amperometric determination of Chlorpyrifos, Electrochim. Acta, 471, 143305 (2023).

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G Nagasarvari, NM Nair, SD Ranade, Lakshman Neelakantan, P. Swaminathan, PDMS-metal oxide nanocomposites as transparent encapsulants for flexible electronic devices, Flexible and Printed Electronics, 8 (4), 045004 (2023).

 

R Rajendran, S Kumar, S Sudharsan, K Ramanujam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Electrochemical Determination of Paraquat Using Ordered Mesoporous Carbon (CMK-3) Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170 (8), 087514 (2023).

 

R Rajendran, S Kumar, S Sudharsan, PR Rayappan, K Ramanujam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Amperometric Determination of Hydrazine Using Au Nanoparticle Incorporated CMK-3 Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170 (8), 087511 (2023).

 

K Jhansi, N Thomas, Lakshman Neelakantan, P Swaminathan, Controlling the aspect ratio of silver nanowires in the modified polyol process, Materials Letters 344, 134396, (2023).

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P Saravanan, Y Govindaraj, B Khalkho, S Srikanth, V Kumar, Lakshman Neelakantan, Mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of developed high nitrogen high manganese stainless steels, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 54 (5), 615-626, (2023).

 

CC Raj, V Srimurugan, R Sundheep, Lakshman Neelakantan, Enhanced electrochemical capacitance of a surfactant modified hierarchical Co(OH)2/TiO2 nanotube array for supercapacitor applications, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 148, 110286, (2023).

 

M. Srinivas, A. Srinivas Kumar, Lakshman Neelakantan, On the influence of balling milling time on the structure and electrochemical performance of (Sn71Co29)50C50 wt. % anodes for Li-ion battery applications, J. Electrochem. En. Conv. Stor., 20, 0110-10, (2023). 

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KS Reddy, Yoganandan Govindarajan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Hydrogen diffusion kinetics in dual-phase (DP 980) steel: The role of pre-strain and tensile stress, Electrochim. Acta, 439, 141727, (2023).

 

R. Rajaram, Lakshman Neelakantan, Recent advances in estimation of paraquat using various analytical techniques: A review, Results in chemistry, 100703, (2023).

 

KS Reddy, Yoganandan Govindarajan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Influence of microstructure on the hydrogen diffusion behavior in dual-phase steels: an electrochemical permeation study, Journal of Materials Science, 57, 19592-19611, (2023).

 

Faiz  Ali, Lakshman Neelakantan, Parasuraman Swaminathan, Electrochromic Displays via the Room-Temperature Electrochemical Oxidation of Nickel, ACS Omega 7 (43), 39090-39096  (2022).

 

Pragyandipta Mishra, Pranav Kumar; Lakshman Neelakantan, Ilaksh Adlakha, First-principles prediction of electrochemical polarization and mechanical behaviour in Mg based intermetallic, Computational Materials Science, 214, 111667, (2022).

 

Yoganandan Govindarajan, Durgambika Venkatachalam, Manoj Prabhakar, Natarajan Thayee Manikandanath, Jayam Nagabushan Balaraju, Michael Rohwerder, Lakshman Neelakantan, Nano-sized cerium vanadium oxide as corrosion inhibitor: A microstructural and release study, Electrochim. Acta, 425, 140696, (2022).

 

Raghunath Sharma Mukkavilli, Arun Ichangi, Ganesh Babu Thiyagarajan, Florian Vollnhals, Michael Wilhelm, Silke Christiansen, Lakshman Neelakantan, Sanjay Mathur, and Ravi Kumar, Electrospun 1D Ta3N5 -(O) nano fibres as advanced electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolyser, Open Ceramics, 10, 100267, (2022).

 

Rajaram Rajendran, G. Tamilselvi, Ramanujam Kothandaraman, Lakshman Neelakantan, Electrochemical determination of paraquat using gold nanoparticle incorporated multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 169, 047522, (2021).

 

Dyna J, Radhakrishna Pillai, and Lakshman Neelakantan, Role of prestress and binder type on the initiation of stress-corrosion-cracking in pretensioned concrete systems exposed to chlorides, Corrosion, 77, 906-922, (2021).

 

Sripriya Rengaraju, Radhakrishna G PillaiLakshman Neelakantan, Corrosion, 77, 445-459, (2021).

 

K Georgy, Lakshman Neelakantan, K C Hari Kumar, Manas Mukherjee, Influence of Cu, Zn and Si alloying elements on Al-Mg foams produced using Mg blowing agent, Journal of Materials Science,56, 2612–2630, (2021).

 

Srikanth Gollapudi, Wenjun Cai, Supriya Patibanda, Koteswararao V. Rajulapati, Lakshman Neelakantan, Correlating corrosion inhibition to grain size in electrodeposited Ni-18Co, Emergent Materials, 3, 989–997, (2020).

 

Shyama Ranade, Lakshman Neelakantan, Exploring in-situ integration of pongamia oil to improve barrier properties of polyurethane coatings, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137, 49553, (2020).

 

Nitish Kumar, S. Gouse Peera, P. Saravanan, Bhawna Khalkho, Lakshman Neelakantan, Raghuram Chetty, Corrosion characteristics and fuel cell performance of a cost-effective high Mn–Low Ni austenitic stainless steel as an alternative to SS 316L bipolar plate, Int. J Energy Res., 44, 6804-6818, (2020).

 

Arul Kumar Ganapathi, Parasuraman Swaminathan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Anodic aluminium oxide template-assisted synthesis of copper nanowires using a galvanic displacement process for electrochemical denitrification, ACS Appl. Nano. Mater., 2, 5981-5988, (2019).

 

Sripriya Rengaraju, Lakshman Neelakantan, Radhakrishna G Pillai, Investigation on the polarization resistance of steel embedded in highly resistive cementitious systems- An attempt and challenges, Electorchim. Acta, 308, 131-141, (2019).

 

A Srinivas Kumar, M. Srinivas, A. V. Phani Kiran, Lakshman Neelakantan, Structural and electrochemical properties of (SnxCo100-x)50C50 melt spun alloy anodes for Li-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics, 236, 121782-121788, (2019).

 

M. Balakrishnan, Nitesh R Jaladurgam, J. Magesh, R. Narayanan, J.M.C. Mol, Lakshman Neelakantan, Improved corrosion protection of titanium implant material by crystallographic texturing of Sr doped calcium phosphate electrodeposits, Thin Solid Films, 675, 115-121, (2019).

 

Koji Fushimi, Lakshman Neelakantan, Gunther Eggeler, Achim Walter Hassel, On the Electropolishing Mechanism of Nickel Titanium in Methanolic Sulfuric acid − An Electrochemical Impedance Study, Phys. Status Solidi A, 215, 1800011, (2018).

 

C. Clement Raj, Lakshman Neelakantan, Electrochemical Investigation on the Inhibitive Nature of Barrier Layer on the Growth Rate of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays, J. Electrochem. Soc., 165, E521-E526, (2018).

 

Hanuma R, M. Balakrishnan, Sunil BR, Lakshman Neelakantan, Regine WR, Mantrivadi KM, Vanja K, Electrochemical Corrosion Behaviour of Binary Magnesium Alloys, Journal of Materials Science and Surface Engineering, 5, 561-564, (2017).

 

Velusamy Sugirtha, Sakthivel Sivabalan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Jitendra S Sangwai, Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids as an Anti-corrosive Agent for Completion Fluid Design, J. Earth Sciences 28 949-961, (2017).

 

M. Srinivas, A Srinivas Kumar, Bhaskar Majumdar, Lakshman Neelakantan, Enhanced capacity of SnCoC anode by melt spinning and ball milling for Li-ion battery, Materials Today Communications, 13, 53-56, (2017).

 

V. Rajan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Short communication-On the corrosion behavior of Al2Cu by local electrochemical impedance spectroscopy using droplet cell microscopy, J. Solid State Electrochem., 21, 603-609, (2017).

 

V. Rajan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Communication-Local electrochemical study using droplet cell microscopy on a rough surface, J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, C704-C706, (2017).

 

M. Srinivas, Srinivas Kumar Adapaka, Lakshman Neelakantan, Solubility effects of Sn and Ga on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of Al-Mg-Sn-Ga anodes, J. Alloys and Compounds, 683, 647-653, (2016).

 

B. Munirathinam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Role of Crystallographic Texture and Crystallinity on the Electrochemical Behavior of Nanocrystalline Sr Doped Calcium Phosphate Coatings, J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, D336–D343, (2016).

 

B. Munirathinam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Role of crystallinity on the nanomechanical and electrochemical properties of TiO2 nanotubes, J. Electroanal. Chem., 770, 73-83, (2016).

 

B. Munirathinam, R. Narayanan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Electrochemical and semiconducting properties of thin passive film formed on titanium in chloride medium at various pH conditions, Thin Solid Films, 598, 260-270, (2016).

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V. Rajan, Lakshman Neelakantan, Note: Design and fabrication of a simple versatile microelectrochemical cell and its accessories, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 86, 096101, (2015).

 

B. Munirathinam, H. Pydimukkala, N. Ramaswamy, Lakshman Neelakantan, Influence of crystallite size and surface morphology on electrochemical properties of annealed TiO2 nanotubes, Appl. Surf. Sci., 355, 1245–1253, (2015).

 

S. Rajasekar, R. Chetty, Lakshman Neelakantan, Low-nickel austenitic stainless steel as an alternative to 316L bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 40, 12413–12423, (2015).

 

M. Balakrishnan, J. Anburaj, S.S. Mohamed Nazirudeen, Lakshman Neelakantan, R. Narayanan, Influence of Intermetallic Precipitates on Pitting Corrosion of High Mo Superaustenitic Stainless Steel, Trans. Indian Inst. Met., 68, 267–279, (2015).

 

S. Jothi, S. Ravindran, Lakshman Neelakantan, R. Kumar, Corrosion behavior of polymer-derived SiHfCN(O) ceramics in salt and acid environments, Ceram. Int., 41, 10659–10669, (2015).

 

B. Munirathinam, Lakshman Neelakantan, Titania nanotubes from weak organic acid electrolyte: Fabrication, characterization and oxide film properties, Mater. Sci. Eng. C., 49, 567-578, (2015).

 

E. Kassab, A. Marquardt, Lakshman Neelakantan, M. Frotscher, F. Schreiber, T. Gries, S. Jockenhoevel, J. Gomes, G. Eggeler, On the electropolishing of NiTi braided stents – challenges and solutions (Über das Elektropolieren von geflochtenen NiTi-Stents – Herausforderungen und Lösungen), Materwiss. Werksttech., 45, 920–929, (2014).

 

E. Kassab, Lakshman Neelakantan, M. Frotscher, S. Swaminathan, B. Maaß, M. Rohwerder, J. Gomes, G. Eggeler, Effect of ternary element addition on the corrosion behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloys, Mater. Corros., 65, 18–22, (2014).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, J.K. Zglinski, M. Frotscher, G. Eggeler, Design and fabrication of a bending rotation fatigue test rig for in situ electrochemical analysis during fatigue testing of NiTi shape memory alloy wires, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 84, 035102, (2013).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, B. Monchev, M. Frotscher, G. Eggeler, The influence of secondary phase carbide particles on the passivity behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloys, Mater. Corros., 63, 979–984, (2012).

 

M. Frotscher, F. Schreiber, Lakshman Neelakantan, T. Gries, G. Eggeler, Processing and characterization of braided NiTi microstents for medical applications, Materwiss. Werksttech., 42, 1002–1012, (2011).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, A. Pareek, A.W. Hassel, Electro-dissolution of 30Nb–Ti alloys in methanolic sulfuric acid—Optimal conditions for electropolishing, Electrochim. Acta, 56, 6678–6682, (2011).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, B. Schönberger, G. Eggeler, A.W. Hassel, An in situ tensile tester for studying electrochemical repassivation behavior: fabrication and challenges, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 81, 033902, (2010).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, M. Valtiner, G. Eggeler, A.W. Hassel, Surface chemistry and topographical changes of an electropolished NiTi shape memory alloy, Phys. Status Solidi, 207, 807–811, (2010).

 

S. Drensler, Lakshman Neelakantan, C. Somsen, G. Eggeler, A.W. Hassel, Electropolishing of a Nickel–Titanium–Copper Shape Memory Alloy in Methanolic Sulfuric Acid, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 12, C1-C4, (2009).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, S. Swaminathan, M. Spiegel, G. Eggeler, A.W. Hassel, Selective surface oxidation and nitridation of NiTi shape memory alloys by reduction annealing, Corros. Sci., 51 635–641 (2009).

 

A.W. Hassel, Lakshman Neelakantan, A. Zelenkevych, A. Ruh, M. Spiegel, Selective de-alloying of NiTi by oxochloridation, Corros. Sci., 50, 1368–1375, (2008).

 

Lakshman Neelakantan, A.W. Hassel, Rotating disc electrode study of the electropolishing mechanism of NiTi in methanolic sulfuric acid, Electrochim. Acta, 53, 915–919, (2007).