School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Amritendu Roy

Dr. Amritendu Roy

Associate Professor
Designing of Materials for functional and energy applications | Ferroic and multiferroic thinfilms | Piezoelectric generators |Oxide photovoltaics| All-solid-state-batteries| High entropy alloys| Electronic structure calculations|
  • An investigation into the local structure vis-à-vis correlations with functionalities in multicomponent AlCuFeMn-based alloys, UGC-DAE Consortium, (PI), 2022-2025
  • Advanced Recovery of the Battery Materials and REE from Ores and Wastes, AISRF (Round 14) DST (International Cooperation Division), INR 17 lakhs (PI, from IIT Bhubaneswar), 2022-2025
  • Development of Piezoelectric-Ceramic-polymer Flexible Composite Based Energy Harvester for Smart Automobiles, CSIR-HRDG (EMR), INR 25 lakhs, 2021-2024 (PI)
  • Fast Charging High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries with Nanoporous Silicon Anodes SERB, DST, INR 56 lakhs, 2021-2024 (Co-PI)
  • Designing of novel transition metal oxide-based ferroelectric perovskites for visible light photovoltaic application SERB, DST, INR 47.4 lakhs, 2020-2023 (PI)
  • Design and characterization of an AI-Ti-based high entropy alloys, SERB, DST, INR 36.5 lakhs, 2020-2024 (Co-PI)
  • Process Control and Optimization in Jindal Stainless Steel Ltd., Jajpur, Orissa, Jindal Stainless Steel Ltd., Jajpur, Orissa, INR 44.17 lakhs, 2018-2019 (Co-PI)
  • Designing of Novel Multiferroic Transition Metal Oxides for Memory and Energy Applications, SERB, DST, INR 26.1 lakhs, 2015-2018 (PI)
  • Band‐gap Engineering in Transition Metal Oxide Ferroelectrics for Prospective Photovoltaic Applications, IIT Bhubaneswar, INR 10 lakhs, 2014-2016 (PI)

Post-graduate (M.Tech./Ph.D.) Level

(i) Materials Characterization (ML6L001)

(ii) Materials Characterization Lab. (ML6P001)

Undergraduate (B.Tech.) Level

(i) Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (ID2L001)

(ii) Nanoscience and Nanomaterials (ML2L001)

(iii) Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ML2L006)

(iv) Materials Characterization (ML3L006)

(v) Materials Characterization Lab.-I (ML3P001)

(vi) Thermodynamics of Materials (ML2L002)

(vii) Elements of Electroceramics (ML4L002)

(viii) Materials Characterization Lab II (ML4P001)

 

Postdoc
  • Manasi Mulay, Hydrogen Research: Production and storage. Oct. 2023-Sep. 2024
  • Satya Prakash Padhee, SRF, Nov. 2021- Aug. 2022
  • Ipsita Chinya, Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting, Institute Fellow, 2021-2021
  • Satyabati Das, Flexible piezoelectric PMN-PT/MW-CNT based nanocomposite device for energy harvesting, (National PDF scheme) May 2016-May 2017
Ph.D
  • Neelam Mishra, Estimation of Effective Electro-Elastic Properties of Piezoelectric Polymer Nanocomposites using Semi-Analytical and Finite Element Methods (With Dr. Kaushik Das) 2016-2022 (Completed on July 18, 2022)
  • Braj Krishna, “Synthesis and Nanomechanical Characterization of Piezoelectric Nanocomposite Films for Applications in Energy harvesting (with Dr. Kaushik Das) 2015-2022 (Completed on Aug. 04, 2022)
  • Ritukesh Sharma, Microstructure, indentation and corrosion properties of Al-TiB2-AlCuFeMn Medium Entropy alloy reinforced composite, (with Dr. P. S. De) 2016-2022 (Completed on Nov. 25, 2022)
  • Abhishek Kumar, Designing and Development of Piezoelectric-Polymer Composite for Energy Harvesting, (Completed on May 02, 2024)
  • Palash Swarnakar, Phase stability in Multicomponent AlCuFeMn alloy, (with Dr. P. S. De) 2018-Submitted. 2024
  • Siddharth Sradhasagar, Designing and development of solid electrolyte material for Li-ion batteries (with Dr. S. Pati) 2019-Present
  • Daitari Kamila, Characterization of oxide scales on stainless steel (Sponsored Jindal Stainless Steel, Jajpur), 2018-Present
  • Vikas N P, Synthesis and Characterization of perovskite and double-perovskite oxides for solar photovoltaics, 2021-Present
  • Somen Sagar Jena, Si Anode in Li-ion Batteries, 2021- Present (with Dr. S. Pati)
  • Barsha Marandi, Synthesis of battery materials from secondary resources (Sponsored CSIR-IMMT), 2021-Present (with Dr. Kali Sanjay)
  • Archana Hota, 2023- Present
Post-graduate Projects
  • Umakant Patel, Piezoelectric energy harvesting with BCT-BZT based polymer composite, 2023-24
  • RISHABH KUMAR TIWARI, Materials for solid electrolyte in Na-ion batteries, 2023-24
  • PALATHI SIVANANDA NAIK, Synthesis and characterization of Bi2CrMnO6 double-perovskite for solar photovoltaics, 2023-24
  • Yalka Pavan, Synthesis and characterization of NaMnHCF as cathode material for Na-ion bateries, (2022-2023) (with Dr. S. Pati)
  • Omkar S Khuntia, Prediction of band gap of oxide perovskites and double perovskites using machine learning, (2021-2022)
  • Manisha Kar, Designing of perovskite oxides for solar photovoltaic applications (2021-2022)
  • Pagothi Jyothi, Energy harvesting with lead-free piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite, (2021-2022)
  • Satya Swagat Pati, Transition metal oxide nanostructure for prospective photovoltaic applications, 2020
  • Lakhma Soren, AlCuFeMn high entropy alloy coating on magnesium alloy (with Dr. P. S. De), 2020
  • Siddharth Sradhasagar, Synthesis of Transition metal oxide-based solid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries (with Dr. Pati), 2019
  • Palash Swarnakar, Designing of Novel Multiferroic Transition Metal Oxide nanostructures for Memory and Energy Applications, 2018
  • Asutya Kumar Biswal, Synthesis and characterization of polymer matrix piezoelectric composite for energy harvesting, 2017
  • Anshuman Chaupatnaik, Process development and ab-initio study of lithium titanate anode for high power lithium ion battery (with Dr. S. Pati), 2016
Under-graduate Projects
  • Naini Kamal, Ab-initio study on manganese-based transition metal oxide cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, 2024
  • ANIRUDDH PRATAP SINGH, First-principles studies of cathode material in Na ion batteries, 2023
  • MANOJ N MATTUR, First-principles studies for photovoltaic materials – II, 2023
  • POLISETTI JASWANTH, Functionalization of high entropy alloys, 2023
  • PALATHI SIVANANDA NAIK, Synthesis and characterization of Bi2CrMnO6 double-perovskite for solar photovoltaics, 2023
  • RISHABH KUMAR TIWARI, Materials for solid electrolyte in Na-ion batteries, 2023
  • Sougat Purohit, Designing of double-perovskite oxides for solar photovoltaic applications, 2022
  • Krishna Mahato, Piezoelectric energy harvesting, 2022
  • Vinay J Ahir, Estimation of effective properties in piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite for energy harvesting, 2021
  • Rohit, Data-driven exploration for oxide perovskites for solar photovoltaics, 2020
  • Dharmendra Meena, Developing a code for generating and visualizing a reciprocal lattice and first Brillouin zone of a given lattice in real space, 2020
  • Gaurav Vishal, Design and development of piezoelectric module and a characterization unit for harvesting energy from moving tyres, 2019
  • Chintakindi Hrushikesh, Development of nanoporous oxide template, 2018
  1. Conductance Spectroscopy: A Novel Technique for Ultra Selective Chemical Detection, Anuvindh R, Sukanya Mahalik, Amritendu Roy, Akshay K, Sayan Dey, IEEE Sensors Journal (In press, 2024)
  2. Enhancing the electro-elastic properties of a castor-oil-derived polyurethane/barium titanate piezoelectric energy harvesting composite by integration of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Kabir Baidya, Abhishek Kumar, Amritendu Roy, and Kaushik Das (In press, 2024)
  3. n-type AlCuFeMn medium entropy alloy with reduced thermal conductivity: a prospective thermoelectric material, Palash Swarnakar, Partha Sarthi De, Sivaiah Bathula and Amritendu Roy (In press, J Electr. Mater. 2024)
  4. Flexible PVDF-Ba0.97Ca0.03TiO3 polymer-ceramic composite films for energy storage, biosensor,  mechanosensor, and UV-visible light protection, P. Elorika, Sharmistha Anwar, Amritendu Roy and Shahid Anwar, 181, 113116, 2025
  5. Computational Design of an Affordable, Lightweight Solid Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries, Siddharth Sradhasagar, Soobhankar Pati, Amritendu Roy, Phys. Chem. C 128, 37, 15242–15254, 2024.
  6. Piezoelectric Supercapacitors: Current trends and future, Archana Hota, Umakant Patel, Abhishek Kumar, Somdutta Mukherjee, Amritendu Roy, Phys. Scr. 99 112001, 2024
  7. Scalable piezoelectric energy harvesting from PVDF-HFP/BZT-BCT/GO hybrid composite film, Loree Lipsa, Sabyasachi Parida, Sanjay K Behura, Abhisek Choudhary, Amritendu Roy, Phys. Lett. 125, 043902 2024
  8. Improving the energy density and flexibility of PMN-0.3PT based piezoelectric generator by composite designing, Abhishek Kumar, Kaushik Das, Amritendu Roy (Sensors and Actuators: A Physical, 376, 115609, 2024
  9. Phase stability prediction in AlCuFeMn medium-entropy alloys, Palash Swarnakar, M. Ghosh, B. Mahato, Partha Sarthi De, and Amritendu Roy Phys. D: Applied Physics J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 57 365301, 2024.
  10. Castor Oil Based Polyurethane / Barium Titanate Piezoelectric Smart Composite Coatings for Energy Harvesting Applications: Prediction and Experimental Characterization of Electro-elastic Properties, Kabir Baidya, Abhishek Kumar, Amritendu Roy, and Kaushik Das, Polymer Composites 45 (11), 10542-10560, 2024.
  11. Machine learning assisted bandgap prediction of bismuth-based transition metal oxide double perovskites for solar photovoltaic applications, Siddharth Sradhasagar, Omkar Subhasish Khuntia, Srikanta Biswal, Sougat Purohit, Amritendu Roy, Solar Energy, 267, 112209, 2024
  12. A review of polymer-matrix piezoelectric composite coatings for energy-harvesting and smart sensors, Kabir Baidya, Amritendu Roy and Kaushik Das, Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 21 (1), 55-85, 2024
  13. Investigation on 2D-Ti3C2TX loaded PVDF composites for high-performance flexible piezoelectric energy harvester and wearable sensor, Bibekananda Nayak, Sharmistha Anwar, Amritendu Roy, Muhammad Anwar, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5 (12), 7045-7060, 2023
  14. Effective Elasto-electric properties and energy harvesting response in PMN-0.3PT/PDMS flexible piezoelectric composites: a combined experimental-theoretical investigation, Abhishek Kumar, Neelam Mishra, Kaushik Das, Amritendu Roy, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 56 (36), 365503, 2023
  15. Role of Fe3+ doping vis-à-vis secondary phases on the electrical transport of LiTi2(PO4)3 solid electrolyte, Siddharth Sradhasagar, Sagar Mallick, Ashutosh Rath, Soobhankar Pati, Amritendu Roy, Materials Today Communications 35, 10562, 2023
  16. Revisiting lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate piezoceramics for low-frequency mechanical vibration-based energy harvesting, Abhishek Kumar, Partha Sarathi De, Amritendu Roy Alloys Compds., 945, 169298, 2023
  17. Room-temperature surface multiferroicity in Y2NiMnO6 nanorods, Shubhankar Mishra, Amritendu Roy, Aditi Sahoo, Biswarup Satpati, Anirban Roychowdhury, P. K. Mohanty, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, and Dipten Bhattacharya, Rev. B, 105, 235429, 2022
  18. Phase-engineered gallium ferrite: a promising low band-gap, room temperature ferroelectric for photovoltaic applications, Somdutta Mukherjee, Monali Mishra, Palash Swarnakar, Shilpa Sanwlani, Sukalyan Das, Amritendu Roy, Materials Advances, 3, 3980-3988, 2022
  19. Role of Mn-substitution towards the enhanced hydrogen storage performance in FeTi, Satya Prakash Padhee, Amritendu Roy, Soobhankar Pati, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47,9357, 2022
  20. Electro-deoxidation process for producing FeTi from low-grade ilmenite: Tailoring precursor composition for hydrogen storage, Satya Prakash Padhee, Uttam Kumar Chanda, Randhir Singh, Amritendu Roy, Bighnaraj Mishra, Soobhankar Pati, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 7, 1178, 2021
  21. Mechanistic Insights into Efficient Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Ferrotitanium, Satya Prakash Padhee, Amritendu Roy and Soobhankar Pati International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (1), 906-921, 2021
  22. Equimolar AlCuFeMn: A novel oxidation resistant alloy, Ritukesh Sharma, Amritendu Roy, Partha Sarathi De, Intermetallics 135, 107215, 2021
  23. Effect of Calendaring on Rate Performance of Li4Ti5O12 Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Truptimayee Acharya, Anshuman Chaupatnaik, Anil Pathak, Amritendu Roy, Soobhankar Pati, Electroceramics, 45, 85, 2020 
  24. Origin of ferroelectricity in orthorhombic LuFeO3, Ujjal Chowdhury, Sudipta Goswami, Amritendu Roy, Shailendra Rajput, A. K. Mall, R. Gupta, S. D. Kaushik, V. Siruguri, S. Saravanakumar, S. Israel, R. Saravanan, A. Senyshyn, T. Chatterji, J. F. Scott, Ashish Garg, and Dipten Bhattacharya, Phys. Rev. B, 100, 195116, 2019
  1. Microstructure, indentation and first principles study of AlCuFeMn alloy, Amritendu Roy, M Ghosh, H Gourkar, P S De, Materialia 5, 100206, 2019.
  2. Truncated hexagonal bi-pyramidal gallium ferrite nanocrystals: A new self-cleaning material, Monali Mishra, Indrani Mukherjee, Asish Kumar Mall, Arijit Mitra, Sukalyan Dash, Sriparna Chatterjee, Somdutta Mukherjee and Amritendu Roy, J. Mater. Chem. A, 6, 13031, 2018.
  3. Nd and Ru co-doped bismuth titanate polycrystalline thin films with improved ferroelectric properties, Kishor Kumar Sahoo, Shailendra Singh Rajput, Rajeev Gupta, Amritendu Roy and Ashish Garg, Phys. D : Appl. Phys, 51, 55301, 2018.
  4. Electrical and mechanical behavior of PMN-PT/CNT based polymer composite film for energy harvesting, Satyabati Das, Asutya Kumar Biswal, Kalpana Parida, R.N.P. Choudhary, Amritendu Roy, Appl. Surf. Sci., 428, 356, 2018
  5. Identification of phase in-homogeneities in Na-SrSiO3 electrolytes for low temperature SOFCs, Pandey, U. K. Chanda, L. Besra, K. K. Sahu, A. Roy and S. Pati, J. Electroceram., 40, 50, 2018.
  6. Room temperature multiferroism in polycrystalline thin films of gallium ferrite, Monali Mishra, Amritendu Roy, Ashish Garg, Rajeev Gupta and Somdutta Mukherjee, Alloys Compds. 721, 593, 2017
  7. Materials for Nuclear and Fossil Energy Applications, KK Sahu, AK Roy, A Roy, K Das, R Singh, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016, 5247563, 2016.
  8. Effect of isovalent non-magnetic Fe-site doping on the electronic structure and spontaneous polarization of BiFeO3, P Singh, Amritendu Roy, A Garg, R Prasad, Appl. Phys. 117, 18, 184104, 2015.
  9. Optical Anisotropy in Bismuth Titanate: An Experimental and Theoretical Study Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck and Ashish Garg J. Appl. Phys. 115, 133509, 2014
  10. Structure and Properties of Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite: A Brief Review Amritendu Roy, Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Rajendra Prasad, and Ashish Garg Ferroelectrics, 473 (1) 154-170, 2014
  11. Room Temperature Nanoscale Ferroelectricity in Magnetoelectric GaFeO3 Epitaxial Thin Films Somdutta Mukherjee, Amritendu Roy, Rajeev Gupta, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck and Ashish Garg Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 087601, 2013
  12. Engineering Polarization Rotation in Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck and Ashish Garg, Appl. Phys. Lett., 102, 182901, 2013.
  13. Effect of Site-disorder, Off-stoichiometry and Epitaxial Strain on the Optical Properties of Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite Amritendu Roy, Somdutta Mukherjee, Surajit Sarkar, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 24, 435501, 2012
  14. Effect of site disorder on Magnetism and Magneto-structural Coupling in Gallium Ferrite: A First-Principles Study Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck and Ashish Garg, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 043915, 2012.
  15. Multiferroic Memories, Amritendu Roy, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Adv. Condens. Matter Phys., 2012, 926290, 2012
  16. Electronic Structures, Born Effective Charges and Spontaneous Polarization in Multiferroic Gallium Ferrite Amritendu Roy, Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad and Ashish Garg, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 325902, 2011
  17. First-Principles Calculations of Born Effective Charges and Spontaneous Polarization of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck and Ashish Garg, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 165902, 2010.
  18. Feasibility and Kinetics of Nitriding of Pure Titanium and Ti-6Al-4V in the Molten Salt Bath of Potassium Nitrate Amritendu Roy, K. Shivakumar, A. Raghunath, R.C. Sharma, R. Shekhar, Surface Engineering, 28 (6), 458, 2012.
  1. Quench Hardening of 0.4%C Steel by Using Aqueous Electrolyte Plasma as Heat Source, Amritendu Roy, S.J. Parihar, R.C. Sharma, R. Shekhar, Surface Enginnering, 25 (6), 423, 2009
  2. Aqueous Electrolyte Plasma Nitriding: A Feasibility Study, Amritendu Roy, R. K. Tewari, R.C. Sharma, R. Shekhar, Surface Engineering, 23 (4), 243, 2007.

 

  1. A First-Principles Study of Structure-Property Correlation and the Origin of Ferrimagnetism in Gallium Ferrite Amritendu Roy, Ashish Garg, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck, CET 2012, Oct. 26-28, 2012, Beijing, China
  2. Multiferroic SrTiO3/ BiFeO3 Super-lattice: A First-principles Study, Amritendu Roy, Ashish Garg, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck, Nanotech Conference and Expo 2011 June 13-16, Boston, MA, USA
  1. Flexible nano-GFO/PVDF piezoelectric-polymer nano-composite films for mechanical energy harvesting; Monali Mishra, Amritendu Roy, Sukalyan Dash and Somdutta Mukherjee, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 338 (2018) 012026
  2. Fabrication of flexible piezoelectric PMN-PT based composite films for energy harvesting, Satyabati Das, Asutya Kumar Biswal, Amritendu Roy, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 178(1), 012020, 2017
  3. Designing and synthesis of a polymer matrix piezoelectric composite for energy harvesting, Asutya Kumar Biswal, Satyabati Das, Amritendu Roy, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 178 (1), 012002, 2017
  • Siddharth Sradhasagar, Soobhankar Pati, Amritendu Roy, Methods and Techniques of Solid-state Batteries, (Solid State Batteries Volume 1: Emerging Materials and Applications, Ed.: Ram K Gupta), ACS Publications, June, 2022
  • Abhishek Kumar, Somdutta Mukherjee, Amritendu Roy, Solar energy harvesting with ferroelectric materials (Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage, Ed.: Deepam Maurya Abhijit Pramanick Dwight Viehland), Woodhead Publishing, ELSEVIER, Sep. 2020.
Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2012 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  M. Tech Materials and Metallurgical Engineering 2006 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  B. E Metallurgical Engineering 2003 Regional Engineering College (NIT) Durgapur
  • Associate Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar, Oct. 2022- Present
  • Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2014-Oct. 2022
  • Assistant Professor, Thapar University, Patiala, Aug-Dec, 2013
  • Post Doctoral Associate, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, Feb-June, 2013
  • Senior Project Associate, IIT Kanpur, Aug 2012- Jan 2013
  • Graduate Engineer Trainee, Essar Steel Ltd., Hazira, June 2003-Dec. 2004

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