Chander Shekhar - Post-doc

Chander Shekhar

Full name	Chander Shekhar

Education

Aug’05 to Feb’12     Ph.D.(Materials Engineering) from Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,                                        Bangalore, India

                               Thesis: Studies on thermodynamics and phase equilibria of selected oxide systems

                               Supervisor: Prof. K. T. Jacob.

Aug’02 to Jul’04      M. Tech. (Materials Science) from Department of Physics,Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India

                               Thesis: High performance In₂O₃ based NO_x sensors- studies on bulk and thin films

                               Supervisor: Dr. T. Gnanasekaran (IGCAR, Kalpakkam)

Aug’00 to May’02    M.Sc. (Physics) from Department of Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India

                               Project: Measurement of multilayer thickness using X-ray reflectivity

Work Experience

May’12-present       Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Aug’05-Feb’12         Research student, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Jan’05-Jul’05           Project fellow, National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR), Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Aug’04-Dec’04         Guest lecturer, Department of Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
Aug’02-Jan’03         'Physics lecturer, Sha-Shib Collage of Science and Management, Bhopal, India

Research work(Publications)

Thin film based chemical sensors
12. Shekhar, C.; Gnanasekar, K. I.; Prabhu, E.; Jayaraman, V.; Gnanasekaran, T., In₂O₃ + x BaO (x = 0.5 - 5 at.%) - A Novel Material for Trace Level Detection of NO_x in the Ambient. Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 2011, 155(1), 19-27.
11. Shekhar, C.; Gnanasekar, K. I.; Prabhu, E.; Jayaraman, V.; Gnanasekaran, T.; Santanu, B., Highly Oriented 0.5 at. % Ba Doped In₂O₃ Nanostructured Thin Films for Monitoring Trace Levels of NO_x. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2010, 157(11), J376-J380.
10. Shekhar, C.; Gnanasekar, K. I.; Prabhu, E.; Jayaraman, V.; Gnanasekaran, T., Nanostructured Thin Films of Ba Doped In₂O₃ for Selectively Monitoring Trace Levels of NO_x. Int. J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 7, 1036-1046.

Phase equilibria and thermodynamics
9. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Vinay, M.; Waseda, Y., Thermodynamic Properties of Niobium Oxides. J Chem. & Engg Data 2010, 55(11), 4854-4863.
8. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Waseda, Y., Phase Relations in the System Ta-Rh-O and Thermodynamic Properties of TaRhO₄. Mater. Chem. Phy. 2009, 116(1), 289-293.
7. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Waseda, Y., An Update on the Thermodynamics of Ta₂O₅. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2009, 41(6), 748-753.
6. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Kale, G. M., Phase Equilibria in the System Al₂O₃-CaO-CoO and Gibbs Energy of Formation of Ca₃CoAl₄O₁₀. J. Phase Equilib. Diff. 2009, 30(1), 2-11.
5. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Waseda, Y., Phase Relations in the System (Chromium + Rhodium + Oxygen) and Thermodynamic Properties of CrRhO₃. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2009, 41(1), 56-61.
4. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Li, X.; Kale, G. M., Gibbs Energy of Formation of CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ and Phase Relations in the System CaO-CuO/Cu₂O-TiO₂. Acta Mat. 2008, 56(17), 4798-4803.
3. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Waseda, Y., Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Diagram for the System MoO₂-TiO₂. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2008, 91(2), 563-568.
2. Jacob, K. T.; Shekhar, C.; Waseda, Y., Metal-Spinel-Corundum Three Phase Equilibria in the System Ni-Cr-Al-O at 1373 K. High Temp. Mater. Process. 2007, 26(1), 17-32.

Superhard nano-composite thin films
1. Mishra, S. K.; Shekhar, C.; Rupa, P. K. P.; Pathak, L. C., Effect of Pressure and Substrate Temperature on the Deposition of Nano-Structured Silicon-Carbon-Nitride Superhard Coatings by Magnetron Sputtering. Thin Solid Films 2007, 515(11), 4738-4744.

Conferences Proceedings
• Gnanasekar, K. I.; Shekhar, C.; Prabhu, E.; Jayaraman, V.; Gnanasekaran, T., Nanostructured thin films of Ba doped In2O3 sensors for monitoring trace levels of NOx. In IEEE SENSORS, IEEE: Atlanta Gorgia, USA, 2007; Art. No.: 4388460, 562-565.

Symposia/Workshop
3. Shekhar, C.; Jacob, K. T.; Li, X.; Kale, G. M. Gibbs energy of formation of CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ and phase relations in the system CaO-CuO/Cu2O-TiO₂, In Symposium on materials and metallurgical research, Bangalore, 2010; Bangalore, 2010. Oral Presentation.
2. Shekhar, C.; Jacob, K. T.; Waseda, Y. Metal-spinel-corundum three phase equilibria in the system Ni-Cr-Al-O at 1373 K, In Structure and thermodynamics of emerging materials, Kalpakkam, 2009; Kalpakkam, 2009. Poster Presentation.
1. Shekhar, C.; Jacob, K. T.; Waseda, Y. Thermodynamic properties and phase diagram for the system MoO2-TiO2. , In Symposium on materials and metallurgical research, Bangalore, 2008; Bangalore, 2008.Oral Presentation.