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Academic Positions

  • Present Dec 2018

    Assosciate Professor

    Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee

  • Dec 2018 Dec 2012

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee

  • Oct 2012 Sep 2012

    Research Assistant Professor

    University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

  • Aug 2012 Dec 2011

    Post Doctoral Researcher

    Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

  • Fall 2011 Spring 2008

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. Fall 2011

    Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

    Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida, USA

  • M.Tech.May 2000

    Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India

  • B.E.June 1998

    Metallurgical Engineering

    Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, India

Honors/Awards

  • 2012
    Winner of ASM International Student Paper Contest
    Won 2012 ASM International Student Paper Contest by ASM International (awarded during MS&T 2012, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Oct. 7-11, 2012).
  • 2011
    Winner of TMS Student Best Paper Contest
    Won TMS Student Best Paper Contest 2011 – Graduate Level – 2nd Place (awarded during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Mar. 11-15, 2012).
  • 2011
    Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award
    Awarded Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award 2011-Saphire by Basic Science Division, American Ceramic Society (awarded during MS&T 2011, Columbus, OH, USA, Oct. 16-20, 2011). (ACerS Bulletin, Vol. 91, No. 1, January 2012, p. 8)
  • 2011
    The Best Junior Researcher Award
    Awarded Second prize in The Best Junior Researcher Award in 2011 Nanomaterials Symposium, TMS 2011, San Diego, USA, 27 Feb -3 March, 2011.
  • 2011
    Best Doctoral Graduate
    Awarded “Best Doctoral Graduate” among all departments of College of Engineering, Florida International University, in Fall 2011 Commencement, Dec. 12, 2011.
  • 2011
    Student Board Member in ASM International - Board of Trustees,
    Selected as Student Board Member in ASM International - Board of Trustees, 2010-11. (http://www.asminternational.org/content/docs/Lahiri.pdf)

Funding

S.NO Funding Agency Fund Granted (Rs.) Status Research Area Investigators
1 SRIC, IITR (Faculty Initiation Grant) 10,00,000 2013-2016 Ultra-High Current-Density Field Emission System Indranil Lahiri as PI
2 Naval Research Board, India 24,96,000 2016-2019 2D and 3D Field Emitters Indranil Lahiri as PI
3 Department of Science and Technology (DST), SERB, India 59,09,560 2017-2020 Graphene synthesis on Cu-Ni substrates Indranil Lahiri as PI,K.S. Suresh as Co-PI

Lab Members

    PhD

  • Gurjinder Kaur

    Synthesis of graphene on different materials through CVD technique and their characterization by Raman Spectroscopy and HRTEM; Effect of texture on properties of Graphene.

  • Narasimha Vinod Pulagara

    Narasimha Vinod Pulagara is a PhD student in Dr. Indranil Lahiri's research group (Nanomaterials and Application Laboratory) at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). His current PhD studies are focused on the development of 1D, 2D, and hierarchical nanostructure materials for field emission applications. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor in the school of mechanical engineering at Lovely Professional University, Punjab for four years and five months of teaching experience (July 2011 to Nov. 2015). He taught the Materials Science and Manufacturing Technology subjects to U.G and P.G students. He obtained his post-graduate (2011) from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati). His post-graduate research involved the understanding and characterization of electromagnetic welding.

  • Palash Chandra Maity

    Synthesis graphene on texture nickel copper alloy, nickel oxide nanostructure for supercapacitor and field emission application.

  • Akanksha R. Urade

    Akanksha is a Ph.D. research scholar at Centre of Nanotechnology division in IIT Roorkee. She is working on understanding the role of crystallographic orientation of the metal substrates on chemical vapor deposited graphene. She is passionate researchers about graphene and other 2d materials and want to bring personal impact in the graphene world.

  • Rita Joshi

    Rita Joshi is a research scholar working under the supervision of Dr Indranil Lahiri (Nanomaterials and Application Laboratory) at Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. She joined the lab as a research scholar in July 2019 under a project in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Her current PhD study is based on “Development of graphene based transparent and conductive coating for spacecraft application”. Her Master’s research involved the Synthesis and Characterization of Ni-Zn doped Ferrite Nanoparticles. Apart from her research work, she is also interested in piezoelectric energy harvesters and working in collaboration with other lab mates.

  • Mohini Tiwari

    Mohini Tiwari is a Ph.D student in Dr.Indranil Lahiri research group (Nanomaterials and application laboratory) at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Her work is currently focussed on synthesis of cost-effective nanostructures and their enhanced field emission for vacuum nanoelectronics. She recieved her Master of Technology degree (2018-2020) from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (MNIT Jaipur) where she successfully synthesized nanocomposites for Electromagnetic shielding (EMI Shielding) applications. Her work is published as ‘Effect of bamboo-like carbon nanotubes on morphology, electrical properties, and thermal conductivity of poly(ether-ketone) matrix nanocomposites’ in journal ‘Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials’.

  • siddharth yadav

    Siddharth Yadav is research scholar, pursuing Ph.D. in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Indranil Lahiri. He has completed his M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department from IIT jodhpur. His working experience as a project assistant on the project titled “Novel in situ volume contractible metal halide negative electrodes for high performance lithium ion battery, at Indian institute of technology jodhpur. He also worked as a junior research fellow on the project entitled design and fabrication of indigenous powder fed metal additive manufacturing machine”, at Indian institute of technology jodhpur. He has a teaching experience Teaching Assistant (in M.Tech. at IIT Jodhpur) Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory (Spring Semester 2019) material processing and characterization (autumn semester 2019).

  • Kay Khaing Soe

    Ms. Kay Khaing Soe is a Ph.D student in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology(Roorkee). She pursed her Bachelor degree and Master degree in Faculty of Advanced Materials Engineering at University of Technology (Yatanarpon Cyber City) from Myanmar. Her projects are 'Study on the Casting and Mechanical Properties of Brass' for Bachelor of Engineering and 'Pyrometallurgical Extraction of Tin Metal from Tailing Dump in Mahamyaing Region' for Master of Engineering. She has received ASEAN fully funded sholarship. She is currently working on Corrosion Protective Coating on Magnesium Based Implants.

  • MTech

    BTech

Alumni

    PhD

  • Dr. Vijayesh Kumar

    Synthesis of boron nitride nanostructures and their potential application in composites, piezoelectric cells and bioimaging.

  • Dr. Raj Kumar

    Synthesis and development of nanomaterials for solar cell application.

  • Dr. Pramod Kumar

    Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and thin films; Optical properties of carbon nanomaterials for solar cell application.

  • MTech

  • Gaurav Mittal, Sameer Chouksey

  • Amit Tripathy, Krishna Saini, Vaibhav Jain

  • Kavitha,Mukul Srivastava, Nikhil Mohandas

  • Amlan Baishya,Jagdish Chandra Arya,Rakesh Kumar Meena, Teekaram Madhukar

  • Pratik Rekhate, Vishal Panwar

  • Shubhanshu Singh

    B. Tech.

  • Shikhar Gupta, Siddharth Gupta, Vipul Tiwari

  • Swapnil Parkhe, Rahul Agarwal, Pratibh Vijay Sirowa

  • Himanshu Garg, Gopesh Kumar, Mahendra Kumar Meena

  • Shubham Gupta

  • Hemant Charaya, M. Karthick, Akshay V. Singhal

  • M. Karthick, Apratim Khandelwal

  • Chayan Sengar

  • Arvind Dasgupta, Gaurav Modi, K. Sudheer

  • Akshay V. Singhal, Hemant Charya, Siddharth Jain

  • Lakshman, N. Sashidhar, Ananya Shrivastava

  • Mahak Agarwal, Aditya Mishra

  • Md. Rasheed Alam, Md. Amid

  • K. N. Sashidhar, Lakshman, N. Chakrav

  • Hemlata Borana, Manwar Alisha Anil

  • Nitin Patel, Prithavi Chand

  • Shubham Gandhi, Manuj Dixit

  • Ravish Mehta,Rishabh Jha

  • Deepanjan Majhee, Mayank Gupta

  • Abhimanyu Rawat, Nupur Sanjay Rane

  • Tishant Chandrakar

  • Vivek Bothra

  • Samarth Agarwal, Tishant Chandrakar

  • Pankajesh Kumar, Neeraj Agrawal

  • Raj Maheswari, Ankit Kumar Singh

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High efficiency lithium ion battery anode based on 2- and 3-dimensional carbon nanotube-metal/alloy substrates

W. Choi, C. Kang,I. Lahiri
Patents US Provisional Patent Appl. No. 61567979 (Filed on December 7, 2011)

High efficiency lithium ion battery anode using interface-controlled binder-free carbon nanotubes grown on metal/alloy substrates

W.B. Choi, S.J. Cho,I. Lahiri
Patents US Provisional Patent Appl. No. 61/222,481 (Filed on July 2, 2009)

Graphene Reinforced Ceramic and Metal Matrix Composites

Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Book Chapter W. Choi, J.-W. Lee, CRC Press (Boca Raton, USA) | January 2012 | ISBN: 9781439861875, pp. 263-290.

Graphene and graphene based materials in solar cell application, In “Graphene: Synthesis and applications”

Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Book Chapter W. Choi, J.-W. Lee, CRC Press (Boca Raton, USA) | January 2012 | ISBN: 9781439861875, pp. 291-312.

Microstructural Characterization of Mechanically Alloyed Powder by X-ray Diffraction and Atomic Force Microscopy: A case study with Cu-Cr, In “Advances in Materials Science Research. Vol. 3”

Indranil Lahiri
Book Chapter M.C. Wythers, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (NY, USA) |April 2011 | ISBN: 978-1-61728-998-9, pp. 183-203.

High efficiency lithium ion battery anode based on 2- and 3-dimensional carbon nanotube-metal/alloy substrates,

W. Choi,C. Kang, I. Lahiri,
Patents US Provisional Patent Appl. No. 61567979 (Filed on December 7, 2011).

High efficiency lithium ion battery anode using interface-controlled binder-free carbon nanotubes grown on metal/alloy substrates

W.B. Choi, S.J. Cho, I. Lahiri
PatentsUS Provisional Patent Appl. No. 61/222,481 (Filed on July 2, 2009)

Nickel mediated few-layer graphene growth on glass substrates by pulsed laser deposition,

Pramod kumar, Anirban Mitra Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperResults in Physics, 2019, 14, 102350. (Impact Factor: 3.042).

Strong and transparent PMMA sheet reinforced with amine functionalized BN nanoflakes for UV-shielding application,

Ankita Bisht, Vijayesh Kumar, Palash Chandra Maity, Debrupa Lahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperComposites Part B: Engineering, 2019, 176, 107274. (Impact Factor: 6.864).

Field electron emission from protruded GO and rGO sheets on CuO and Cu nanorods,

G. Kaur RajKumar, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperPhysica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2019, 112, 10-18. (Impact Factor: 3.176).

Copper Nanowire-Carbon Nanotube Hierarchical Structure for Enhanced Field Emission,

Vaibhav Jain, Amit Kumar Tripathi, Krishna Saini, Dinesh Deva, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018, 29(16), 13620-13630. (Impact Factor: 2.019).

Copper Catalyzed Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Tungsten Substrate

Vijayesh Kumar, Palash Chandra Maity, Debrupa Lahiri,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperCrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 2713 - 2719. (Impact Factor: 3.474)

Transfer-Free Graphene Growth on Dielectric Substrates: A Review of the Growth Mechanism

Gurjinder Kaur, K. Kavitha, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperCritical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences (DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2018.1433630). (Impact Factor: 5.556).

Growth of few and multi-layer graphene on different substrates using pulsed nanosecond Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Pramod Kumar, Pawan Kumar Kanaujia, G. Vijaya Prakash, Avijit Dewasi, Anirban Mitra, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Materials Science, 2017, 52 (20), 12295-12306. (Impact Factor: 2.599)

Temperature-time dependent transmittance, sheet resistance and bonding energy of reduced graphene oxide on soda lime glass

Raj Kumar, R. Manoj Kumar, Parthasarathi Bera, S. Ariharan, Debrupa Lahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperApplied Surface Science, 2017, 425, 558-563. (Impact Factor: 3.387)

State of the Art and Future Research Needs for Multiscale Analysis of Li-Ion Cells

K. Shah, N. Balsara, S. Banerjee, M. Chintapalli, A. P. Cocco, W. K. S. Chiu,S. Martha, A. Mistry, P. P. Mukherjee, V. Ramadesigan, C. S. Sharma, V. R. Subramanian, S. Mitra, A. Jain,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJ. Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 2017, 14(2), 020801 (17 pages). (Impact Factor: 0.817)

Strengthening Mechanism in Graphene Nanoplatelets Reinforced Aluminum Composite Fabricated through Spark Plasma Sintering

Bisht, Mukul Srivastava, R. Manoj Kumar, Debrupa Lahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperMaterials Science and Engineering A, 2017, 695, 20-28. (Impact Factor: 3.094)

Phosphorene - The Two-Dimensional Black Phosphorous: Properties, Synthesis and Applications

Apratim Khandelwal, Karthick Mani, Manohar Harsha Karigerasi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperMaterials Science and Engineering B, 2017, 221, 17-34.(Impact Factor: 2.552)

Room Temperature growth and Field Emission Characteristics of CuO Nanostructures

Gurjinder Kaur, Krishna Saini, Amit Kumar Tripathi, Vaibhav Jain, Dinesh Deva, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperVacuum, 2017, 139, 136-142. (Impact Factor:1.530)

Field Emission Response from Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Electrochemically Engineered Copper Foil

Amit Kumar Tripathi, Vaibhav Jain, Krishna Saini, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 187, 39-45.(Impact Factor: 2.101)

Thermally reduced graphene oxide film on soda lime glass as transparent conducting electrode

Raj Kumar, R. Manoj Kumar, Debrupa Lahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperSurface and Coatings Technology, 2017, 309, 931-937. (Impact Factor: 2.589)

Noble Metal Decorated Graphene based Gas Sensors and their Fabrication: A Review

Akshay V. Singhal, Hemant Charaya, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperCritical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 2017, 42 (6), 499-526.(Impact Factor: 5.556)

Emergence of fluorescence in boron nitride nanoflakes and its application in bioimaging,

Vijayesh Kumar, Nikhil Kumar, Partha Roy, Debrupa Lahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperRSC Advances, 2016, 6, 48025 - 48032. (Impact Factor: 3.108)

Atmospheric oxidation effect of silicon-carbon nanotube anode on Li-ion battery performance

Sameer Chouksey, AnjanSil, DebrupaLahiri, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperNanomaterials and Energy, 4 (2), 2015, 153-158.

Quantifying Bonding Strength of CuO Nanotubes with Substrate Using Nano-Scratch Technique.

Krishna Saini, Manoj Kumar R., Debrupa Lahiri,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperNanotechnology, 26, 2015, 305701.(Impact Factor: 3.440)

Carbon nanotube based 3-dimensional hierarchical field emitter structure

Gaurav Mittal, Mamta Khaneja, Krishna Saini, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperRSC Advances, 5, 2015, 21487-21494.(Impact Factor: 3.108)

Recent progress in nanostructured next-generation field emission devices

Gaurav Mittal,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 47, 2014, 323001.

Three-dimensional metal-graphene-nanotube multifunctional hybrid materials

Zheng Yan, Lulu Ma, Yu Zhu,Myung Gwan Hahm, Zheng Liu, Shubin Yang, Changsheng Xiang, Wei Lu, Zhiwei Peng, Zhengzong Sun, Carter Kittrell, Jun Lou, Wonbong Choi, Pulickel M. Ajayan, James M. Tour, Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper ACS Nano, 7(1), 2013, 58-64.

Ultra-high current density multiwall carbon nanotube field emitter structure on three-dimensional micro-channeled copper

Joyce Wong, Zilu Zhou, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper Applied Physics Letters, 101, 2012, 063110 (5 pages).

Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Based Anodes on 3D Current Collector for Li-Ion Batteries

Chiwon Kang,Rangasamy Baskaran, Jun Y. Hwang, Won-Gi Kim, Yang-Kook Sun, Rajarshi Banerjee, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Power Sources, 219, 2012, 364-370.

Ultrathin alumina coated carbon nanotubes as negative electrodes for high capacity and safe Li-ion battery

Seung-Min Oh, Jun Y. Hwang, Chiwon Kang, Hyeongtag Jeon, Rajarshi Banerjee, Yang-Kook Sun, Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 2011, 13621-13626.

Carbon Nanotubes: How strong is their bond with the substrate?

Debrupa Lahiri, Sungho Jin, Arvind Agarwal, Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperACS Nano, 5(2), 2011, 780-787.

An all-graphene based transparent and flexible field emission device

Ved Prakash Verma, Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperCarbon, 49 (5), 2011, 1614-1619.

Application of carbon nanostructures – Energy to electronics

Santanu Das, Chiwon Kang, Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJOM, 63(6), 2011, 70-76.

Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Organized Multilayered Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films

Santanu Das, Raghunandan Seelaboyina, Ved Verma,un Yeon Hwang, Rajarshi Banerjee, Wonbong ChoiIndranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 2011, 7289-7295.

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Jun Huang, Unjeong Kim, Bei Wang,Eunhong Lee, Peter C. Eklund, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11(1), 2011, 262-269.

High capacity and excellent stability of lithium ion battery anode using interface-controlled binder-free multiwall carbon nanotubes grown on copper

Sung-Woo Oh, Jun Y. Hwang, Sungjin Cho, Yang K. Sun, Rajarshi Banerjee, Wonbong Choi,Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperACS Nano, 4(6), 2010, 3440-3446.

Enhanced field emission from multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown on pure copper substrate

Raghunandan Seelaboyina, Jun Y Hwang, Raj Banerjee, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperCarbon, 48 (5), 2010, 1531-1538.

Prospects of oxide materials in Li-ion batteries

Indranil Lahiri
Journal PaperAmerican Ceramic Society Bulletin, 89 (6), 2010, 17-18.

Effect of bending on the resistivity and Raman spectrum of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Jun Huang, Bei Wang,Awnish K. Gupta, Peter C. Eklund, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper Advanced Functional Materials, 20, 2010, 4388-4393.

Large-area graphene on polymer film for flexible and transparent anode in field emission device

Ved Prakash Verma, Santanu Das, Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper Applied Physics Letters, 96 (20), 2010, 203108 (1-3). Also published in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Vol. 21, Issue 22, May 31, 2010.

Carbon Nanotube Embedded Novel 3-Dimensional Alumina Microchannel Cold Cathodes for High Electron Emission

Raghunandan Seelaboyina,Wonbong Choi, Indranil Lahiri
Journal Paper Nanotechnology, 21 (14), 2010, 145206.

Synthesis of graphene and its applications: a review

Journal Paper Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 35, 2010, 52-71. Most-cited article of the journal till 2014

Currrent Teaching

  • Spring 2017

    MTN-530: Nanomaterials and Applications (4th Year Undergrad. And PhD students)

  • Autumn 2017

    MTN-301:Mechanical Working of Metals, MMED (3rdYear Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2016

    MT-207: Electrical and Electronic Materials (2nd Year Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2016

    NTN-501: Nanoscale Materials, Centre of Nanotechnology (M. Tech. and PhD)

  • Autumn 2015

    MT-207: Electrical and Electronic Materials (2nd Year Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2015

    NTN-501: Nanoscale Materials, Centre of Nanotechnology (M. Tech. and PhD)

  • Spring 2015

    NT-604: Physics of Nanomaterials, Centre of Nanotechnology (M. Tech. and PhD)

  • Spring 2015

    MT-402: Mechanical Working of Metals, MMED (4th Year Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2014

    MT-531: Electronic Materials (M. Tech. and Ph.D. students)

  • Spring 2014

    NT-512: Technology of Nanostructure Fabrication, Centre of Nanotechnology (M. Tech. and PhD)

  • Autumn 2013

    MT-201A: Materials Science and Engineering (2nd Year Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2013

    MT-220: Materials Characterization Lab.-II (2nd Year Undergrad.)

  • Autumn 2013

    MT-210: Materials Characterization Lab.-I (2nd Year Undergrad.)

  • Spring 2013

    MT-490: Practical Training, MMED (4th Year Undergrad.)

Innovations

BLO(w) Detector:

In a recent research work, we have devised a novel technique that can detect specific molecules present in the breath of individuals in the early stage of cancers in the cranial and thoracic regions of the body. We have designed a prototype kit based on this technique and applied for its IPR protection (Indian Patent Office - application number 201911030871). We are looking for partners to market this product.

Salient features of this invention are:
  • User friendly
  • Does not require any help from a trained personnel
  • Highly cost effective
  • Individual requires to just blow into the device for 5-7 minutes
  • Results are indicated immediately
  • Patients, tested positive, should contact doctor to undergo rigorous and detailed tests for immediate identification of affected organs