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Dhananjay Kumar

Professor

Dhananjay Kumar
College
College of Engineering

Department
Mechanical Engineering

Contact
McNair Hall 621
P: 336-285-3227
Education
Ph.D.Chemistry / Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M.S.Chemistry / Magadh University
B.S.Chemistry / Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University

Bio

Dr. Dhananjay Kumar is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University (NCAT). He also holds a joint faculty position with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has developed a pulsed laser deposition assisted synthesis method for self-assembly of nanophase materials. This method is generic in nature and has been applied to the self-assembly of magnetic, superconducting, optical, and super-hard nanomaterials. He is actively engaged in professional societies such as MRS, APS, and EMRS.

Research Interests

Thin films, Condensed matters, Nanoscale materials, Alternative Energy

Recent Publications

  • Dhananjay Kumar, Rayn Moxon, Zhigang Xu, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Sheilah Cherono (2023). (Determination and Calculations of Mercury Vapor Concentration and Energy Released from Freshly Condensed Dental Amalgams Having Various Copper Percentages within the Alloy). 28, pp. 1914. Materials.
  • Manosi Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Mark Pfeifer, Valentin Craciun, David Schall, Shyam Aravamudhan, Frank Wise, Dhananjay Kumar (2023). (Electrical and Optical Properties of TiN and TiNO Thin and Ultra-Thin Films). 15, pp. 4733-4742. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
  • Kaushik Sarkar, Madison Jordon, Abebe Kebede, Steve Kriske, Frank Wise, Dhananjay Kumar (2023). (Enhanced Magnetic Cooling through Tailoring the Size-Dependent Magnetocaloric Effect of Iron Nanoparticles Embedded in Titanium Nitride Thin Films). 188, Magnetochemistry.
  • Manso Roy, Kaushik Sarkar, Jacob Som, Mark Pfeifer, Valnetin Craciun, James Schall, Shyam Aravamudhan, Frank Wise, Dhananjay Kumar (2023). (Modulation of structural, electronic, and optical properties of titanium nitride thin films by regulated in-situ oxidation). ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
  • Jacob Som, J Choi, H Zhang, N Mucha, S Fialkova, K Mensha-Darkwa, Jin Suntivich, R Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar (2022). (Effect of substrate-induced lattice strain on the electrochemical properties of pulsed laser deposited nickel oxide thin film). 280, pp. 115711. Materials Science and Engineering B.
  • Dhananjay Kumar (2022). (Effect of Substrate-Induced Lattice Strain on the Electrochemical Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Nickel Oxide Thin Film). 280, pp. 115711. Materials Science & Engineering B.
  • Dhananjay Kumar (2022). (Effect of W and C addition on the microstructure and phase composition of W–ZrC composites prepared by using Zr2Cu alloy and variant). 12, pp. 100305. Open Ceramics.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Kaushik Sarkar, Surabhi Shaji, Suchit Sarin, Jeffrey Shield, Christan Binek (2022). (Large refrigerant capacity in superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles embedded in a thin film matrix). 132, pp. 193906. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Dhananjay Kumar (2022). (Large refrigerant capacity in superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles embedded in a thin film matrix). (19) 132, Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Manosi Roy, Nikhil Mucha, Svitlana Fialkova, Dhananjay Kumar (2021). (Effect of thickness on metal-to-semiconductor transition in 2-dimensional TiN thin films). 11, pp. 045204. AIP advances.
  • Rina Mudanyi, C Cramer, A Elliott, K Unocic, Dhananjay Kumar (2021). (W-ZrC composites prepared by reactive melt infiltration of Zr2Cu alloy into binder jet 3D printed WC preforms). 94, pp. 105411. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials.
  • Muchha Reddy, Jacob Som, Prakash Apte, B. Balasurbramanian,, Jeffrey Shiled, Michael Anderson, Dhananjay Kumar (2020). (Electrical and Optical properties of Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films). (12) 55, pp. 5123-5134. Journal of Materials Science .
  • Muchha Reddy, Jacob Som, Jonghyun Choi, Surabhi Shaji, Ram Gupta, Harry Meyer, Corson Cramer, Amy Elliott, Dhananjay Kumar (2020). (High-Performance Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films for 2 Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation). https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00988, ACS Applied Energy Materials.
  • Surabhi Shaji, Nikhil Mucha, Prakash Giri Giri, Chirstian Binek, Dhananjay Kumar (2020). (Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Fe2Ta thin films). 10, pp. 025110 . AIP Advances .
  • Rina Mudanyi, Corson Cramer, Amy Elliott, Dhananjay Kumar (2020). (W-ZrC Composites Prepared by Reactive Melt Infiltration of Zr2Cu Alloy into Binder Jet 3D Printed WC Preforms). 94, pp. 105411. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials.
  • Surabhi Shaji, Muchha Reddy, A Majumdar, Christian Binek, Abebe Kebede, Dhananjay Kumar (2019). (Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Fe90Ta10 Thin Films). 489, pp. 165446. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
  • Surabhi Shaji, Muchha Reddy, Svitlana Fialkova, Dhananjay Kumar (2019). (Morphological data on soft ferromagnetic Fe90Ta10 thin films). 27, pp. 104714. Data in brief .
  • Manosi Roy, Muchha Reddy, Rahul Ponnam, Panupong Jaipan, Onome Scott-Emuakpr, Sergey Yarmolenko, , Alak Majumdar, Elizabeth Lane (2019). (Quantum interference effects in titanium nitride films at low temperatures). 681, pp. 1-5. Thin Solid Films .
  • Panupong Jaipan, Chandra Nannuri, Muchha Reddy, Mayur Singh, Zhigang Xu, Adeke Moatti, Jay Narayan, Svitlana Fialkova, Ruben Kotoka, Dhananjay Kumar (2018). (Influence of Gold Catalyst on the Growth of Titanium Nitride Nanowires ). (5) 7, pp. 6. Material Focus.
  • Panupong Jaipan, Chandra Nannuri, Nikhil Mucha, Mayur Singh, Zhigang Xu, Adele Moatti, Jay Narayan, Svitlana Fialkova, Ruben Kotoka, Sergey Yarmolenko, Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Christian Binek, Abebe Kebede, Dhananjay Kumar (2018). (Influence of Gold Catalyst on the Growth o Titanium Nitride Nanowires). (5) 7, pp. 720-725. MATERIALS FOCUS.
  • Panupong Jaipan, Chandra Nannuri, Nikhil Mucha, Mayur Singh, Zhigang Xu, Adele Moatti, Jay Narayan, Svitlana Fialkova, Ruben Kotoka, Sergey Yarmolenko, Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Christian Binek, Abebe Kebede, Dhananjay Kumar (2018). (Influence of Gold Catalyst on the Growth o Titanium Nitride Nanowires). (5) 7, pp. 720-725. MATERIALS FOCUS.
  • A Bhaumik, S Nori, R Sachan, S Gupta, D Kumar, A Majumdar, J Narayan (2018). (Room-Temperature ferromagnetism and Etraordinary Hall Effect in nanostructured Q-carbon: implications for potential spintronic devices). 1(2), pp. 807-819. ACS Applied Nano Materials.
  • Zanshe Thompson, Shekh Rahman, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar, Dhananjay Kumar, Narayan Bhattarai (2017). (Fabrication and Characterization of Magnesium Ferrite-Based PCL/Aloe Vera Nanofibers). (8) 10, pp. 937. Materials.
  • Namik Temizer, Sudhakar Nori, Dhananjay Kumar, Jagdish Narayan (2016). (Defect mediated room temperature ferromagnetism and resistance minima study in epitaxial ZnGa0.002Al0.02O transparent conducting oxide films). 49, pp. 345302. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
  • Ruben Kotoka, Nana Kwame Yammoah, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Timothy Moses, Dhananjay Kumar (2016). (Electrochemical corrosion behavior of silver doped tricalcium phosphate). 292, pp. 99-109. Surface & Coatings Technology.
  • Narayan Bhattarai, Mrs Lambeth, Dhananjay Kumar, Cindy Waters, Devdas Pai, Matthew McCullough, Caroline Booth (2016). (Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Learning and Research Experiences through Hands on Experiments on Bio-nanoengineering). 26, pp. 1. age.
  • H Song, D. Maurya, J. Chun, Y. Zhou, M. Song, D. Gray, N. Yamoah, D Kumar, A McDannald, M Jain, S Priya (2016). (Modulated Magneto-Thermal Response of La0.85Sr0.15MnO3 and (Ni0.6Cu0.2Zn0.2) Fe2O4 Composites for Thermal Energy Harvesters). (EHS-2016-0016) DOI 10.1515/ehs-2016-0016, pp. 9. Energy Harvesting and Systems .
  • Man Yang, Zhigang Xu, Salil Desai, Dhananjay Kumar, Jagannathan Sankar (2015). (Fabrication of Micro Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Using Photolithography and Pulsed Laser Deposition). (2) 12, J. Fuel Cell Sci. Technol .
  • S Singamaneni, J Prater, S Nori, D Kumar, B Lee, V Misra, J Narayan (2015). (Ferroelectric and magnetic properties of multiferroic BiFeO3-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3). 117, pp. 17D908. Journal of Applied Physics .
  • E Mitchell, F De Souza, R Gupta, P Khol, D Kumar (2015). (Probing on the hydrothermally synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles for ultra-capacitor applications). 272, pp. 295. Powder Technology .
  • Z Jin, S Nori, Y-F. Lee, F Wu, D Kumar, J Narayan, J Prater, K Kim (2015). (Strain induced room temperature ferromagnetism in epitaxial Magnesium Oxide thin films). 118, pp. 165309. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • S Ghordzoe, R Kotoka, E Craven, Dhananjay Kumar, F Wu, J Narayan, (2014). (Effect of substrate temperature on the microstructural properties of titanium nitride nanowires grown by pulsed laser deposition). 116, pp. 064310. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • E Mitchell, R Gupta, K Mensah-Darkwa, D Kumar, K Ramasamy, B Gupta, P Kahol (2014). (Facile synthesis and morphogenesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for high-performance supercapacitor applications). 38, pp. 4344. New Journal of Chemistry .
  • Sally Ibrahim, Svitlana Fialkova, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Sergey Yarmolenko, Dhananjay Kumar (2014). (Influence of substrate temperature and post annealing on morphology and magnetic properties of pulsed laser deposited Fe 50-Ni 50 films). 1675, pp. mrss14-1675-k13-42. MRS Proceedings.
  • Sally Ibrahim, Svitlana Fialkova, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Sergey Yarmolenko, Dhananjay Kumar (2014). (Influence of substrate temperature and post annealing on morphology and magnetic properties of pulsed laser deposited Fe50-Ni50 films). 1675, pp. 129-136. MRS Proceedings.
  • S. Rao, J Prater, Fan Wub, S Nori, Dhananjay Kumar, J Narayan (2014). (Integration of epitaxial permalloy on Si (100) through domain matching epitaxy paradigm). 18, pp. 1-5. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 18, 1–5 (2014). .
  • Dhananjay Kumar, S Rao, J Prater, F Wu, S Nori, D Kumar, S Liou, J Narayan, (2014). (Positive exchange bias in epitaxial permalloy/MgO integrated with Si (100)). 18, pp. 1-5. Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci..
  • S Rao, J Prater, F Wu, S Nori, D Kumar, L Yue, S Liou, J Narayan (2014). (Positive exchange bias in epitaxial permalloy/MgO integrated with Si (100)). 18, pp. 140. Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science.
  • R Gupta, J Candler, D Kumar, B Gupta, P Kahol (2014). (Probing on growth and characterizations of SnFe2O4 epitaxial thin films on MgAl2O4 substrate). 1, pp. 1. Frontiers in Materials: Thin solid films.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Ram Gupta (2013). (Corrosion Protective Conversion Coatings on Magnesium Disks Using a Hydrothermal Technique). 30, pp. 47. Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
  • K Ramaswamy, H Sim, R Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar, W Buttler, A Gupta (2013). (CoxCu1−xCr2S4 Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Magnetism, and Band Structure Calculations). 25, pp. 4003. Chem. Mater.
  • R Molaei, R Bayati, S Nori, Dhananjay Kumar, J Prater, J Narayan (2013). (Diamagnetic to ferromagnetic switching in VO2 epitaxial thin films by nanosecond excimer laser treatment). 103, Applied Physics Letters.
  • R Gupta, K Mensah-Darkwa, Dhananjay Kumar (2013). (Effect of post heat treatment on corrosion resistance of phytic acid coated magnesium). 29, pp. 180-186. Journal of Materials Science &Technology, .
  • Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Ran Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar (2013). (Enhanced corrosion resistance of phytic acid coated magnesium by stearic acid treatment). 23, pp. 1237. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China.
  • K Mensah-Darkwa, R Gupta, Dhananjay Kumar (2013). (Mechanical and corrosion properties of magnesium-hydroxyapatite (Mg-HA) composite thin films). 29, pp. 788-794. Journal of Materials Science &Technology.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, A Sarin, V Verma, R Venkatraman (2013). (Pulsed laser deposition assisted fabrication and characterization of Fe-Co nanoparticles embedded in TiN thin film matrix). 534, pp. 561-565. Thin Solid Films.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Devdas Pai, Courtney Lambeth, (2013). (Three-pronged approach to enhancing undergraduate nanoscience and nanoengineering education). 5, pp. 1-7. Journal of Nano Education.
  • M Faruque, K Mensah-Darkwa, Z Xu, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (Fabrication, characterization, and mechanism of vertically aligned titanium nanowires). 260, pp. 36-41. Applied Surface Science.
  • Mainul Faruque, Kwadwo M-Darkwa, Zhigang Xu, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (Fabrication, characterization, and mechanism of vertically aligned titanium nitride nanowires). (0) 260, pp. 36-41. Applied Surface Science.
  • Sonja Turner, Narayan Bhattarai, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (From Macromolecule to Nanofiber: Electrospinning Just the Technique for the Job). American Society for Engineering Education.
  • Mainul Faruque, Kwadwo Darkwa, Christa Watson, Jenora Waterman, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (Synthesis, structure and biocompatibility of pulsed laser-deposited TiN nanowires for implant applications). (7) 100A, pp. 1831-1838. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A.
  • M Faruque, K Mensah-Darkwa, Z Xu, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (Synthesis, structure, and biocompatibility of pulsed laser deposited TiN nanowires for implant applications). 100 A, pp. 1831-1838. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A.
  • Matthew Mickens, Zerihun Assefa, Dhananjay Kumar (2012). (Tunable white light-emission of a CaW1- x Mo x O4: Tm3+, Tb3+, Eu3+ phosphor prepared by a Pechini sol–gel method). (1) 63, pp. 153–161. Journal of sol-gel science and technology.
  • Dhananjay Kumar (2011). (Development of Mesoporous Silica Encapsulated Pd-Ni Nanocatalyst for Hydrogen Production, Chapter 9). American Chemical Society.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Devdas Pai, Miss Lambeth, Robin Liles, Narayan Bhattarai (2011). (IMPACTING UNDERGRADUATE NANOSCIENCE AND NANOENGINEER-ING EDUCATION). 23, pp. 1. age.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Devdas Pai, Miss Lambeth, Robin Liles, Narayan Bhattarai (2011). (IMPACTING UNDERGRADUATE NANOSCIENCE AND NANOENGINEER-ING EDUCATION). 23, pp. 1. age.
  • O Polat, J Sinclair, Y Zuev, J Thompson, D Christen, S Cook, Dhananjay Kumar, Y Chen, V Sekvamanickam (2011). (Thickness dependence of magnetic relaxation and E- J characteristics in superconducting (Gd-Y)-Ba-Cu-O films with strong vortex pinning). 84, pp. 024519. Physical Review B.
  • S. Neralla, Dhananjay Kumar, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar (2008). (Mechanical Properties of Ni Embedded Alumina Nanocomposite Thin Films). (28th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites B: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings) pp. 633-638. John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
  • Abebe Kebede, Abebe Kebede, Abebe Kebede, Devdas Pai, Abebe Kebede, David Christen, Abebe Kebede, Dhananjay Kumar (2008). (Structural and flux-pinning properties of laser ablated YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7- $δ$ thin films: Effects of self-assembled CeO 2 nanodots on LaAlO 3 substrates). (23) 468, pp. 2313–2316. Physica C: Superconductivity.
  • Sergey Yarmolenko, S. Neralla, Dhananjay Kumar, Jagannathan Sankar, F. Liu, G. Duscher (2006). (Role of Fe and Ni nanoparticles on mechanical properties of alumina thin films deposited by laser ablation). (Surface Engineering for Manufacturing Applications) 890, pp. 189-194. MRS Proceedings.
  • S. Neralla, Dhananjay Kumar, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar (2004). (Mechanical properties of nanocomposite metal-ceramic thin films). (2) 35, pp. 157-162. Composites Part B-Engineering.
  • Dhananjay Kumar, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar, J. Narayan, H. Zhou, A. Tiwari (2004). (Pulsed laser deposition assisted novel synthesis of self-assembled magnetic nanoparticles). (2) 35, pp. 149-155. Composites Part B-Engineering.
  • Devdas Pai, Salil Desai, Dhananjay Kumar, Juri Filatovs, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar (2003). (Introducing Nanotechnology into Traditional Engineering Curricula). pp. 11-16. 9th International Conference on Engineering Education.
  • Cynthia Waters, Dhananjay Kumar, Sergey Yarmolenko, Zhigang Xu, Jagannathan Sankar (2003). (Synthesis and mechanical properties of TiN-AIN thin film heterostructures). (Mechanical Properties Derived from Nanostructuring Materials) 778, pp. 37-42. MRS Proceedings.
  • Devdas Pai, Salil Desai, Dhananjay Kumar, Juri Filatovs, Sergey Yarmolenko, Jagannathan Sankar (Introducing Nanotechnology into Traditional Engineering Curricula). pp. 11–16. 9th International Conference on Engineering Education.
  • H Taz, T Sakthivel, Nana Yamoah, C Carr, D Kumar, S Seal, R Kalyanaraman, (Transparent ferromagnetic and semiconducting behavior in Fe-Dy-Tb based amorphous oxide films" to Scientific Reports). Scientific Reports.