Dr. G. Sivakumar

1. P. Sakthivel, G. Sivakumar, M. Manikandan, Comparative analysis of hot corrosion behavior of NiCoCrAlYTa coatings in the solar salt environment for next-generation thermal energy storage applications, Journal of Energy Storage 165 (2026) 122290  (Impact factor: 9.8)
2. Mahavir Singh, G. Sivakumar, Krishna N. Jonnalagadda, Tensile and thermal properties of freestanding APS-8YSZ coatings at high temperatures, Surface and Coatings Technology, 2026, 133253 (Impact factor: 6.1)
3. Anup Kumar Maurya, G. Sivakumar, Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, M. Kamaraj, Surface topography control in CoCrMo alloy additive manufacturing through laser powder bed fusion process, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 161, 2026, 14-33 (Impact factor: 6.8)
4. Amarnath Pasupathi, Ragunath Madhu, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Subrata Kundu, and Yugeswaran Subramaniam, Scalable Fabrication of Bifunctional HEO Electrodes via Solution Plasma Spraying: Tailoring Thickness and Surface Features for Efficient Water Splitting, Energy & Fuels 2025 39 (50), 23805-23819 (Impact factor: 5.3)
5. P. Manojkumar, B. Kalyani, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, P. Suresh babu, G. Sivakumar, Influence of secondary ceramic additives on the tribological performance of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 composite coating, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 35, 4569–4577, 2026  (Impact factor: 2.0)
6. Prasad, R., Purushotham, N., Preetham Kumar, G.V., Babu, P. Suresh, Sivakumar, G., Rajasekaran, B, The Effect of Detonation Frequency on the Linear Reciprocating Wear Behavior of Detonation Sprayed Ni-20%Cr Coatings at Elevated Temperatures. J. of Materi Eng and Perform., 34, 13204–13217, 2025 (Impact factor: 2.0)
7. Swarna Madugula, G. Sivakumar, Rahul Jude Alroy, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, High Velocity Air fuel-sprayed thick composite coatings for sustainable refurbishment of Engineering components: A viable alternative to hard chrome plating, Surface & Coatings Technology, 512, 2025, 132410 (Impact factor: 6.1)
8. Jaasim Mulla, Fiyanshu Kaka, G. Sivakumar, R.K. Satapathy, Experimental and numerical investigation of the radiation rejection characteristics of plasma-sprayed Alumina/YSZ coatings: A case for multi-layered coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, Available online 4 June 2025, 132305 (Impact factor: 5.4)
9. D. Vijaya Lakshmi, P. Suresh Babu, Nitin P. Wasekar, G. Sivakumar, M.J.N.V. Prasad, Electrochemical corrosion behavior of thin and thick WC-10Co-4Cr coatings deposited by HVAF thermal spray technique, Surface and Coatings Technology, 511, 1 September 2025, 132318
10. Pasupathi, Amarnath, Kandasamy, Praveen, Dharman, Ranjith Kumar, Govindarajan, Sivakumar, Oh, Tae Hwan, Lee, Min Wook , Subramaniam, Yugeswaran, A facile approach to deposit high performance electrocatalyst high entropy oxide coatings using a novel plasma spray route for efficient water splitting in an alkaline medium, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9 (12), 3323-3334 (Impact factor: 4.1)
11. P. Manojkumar, B. Kalyani, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, L. Rama Krishna, G. Sivakumar, Realizing wear-resistant Cr2O3 coatings using finer feedstock: Role of diverse plasma spray torch configurations, Ceramics International, 51 (18), Part B, 2025, 25960-25967 (Impact factor: 5.6)
12. Bhavani Kandala, Praveen Kandasamy, Min Wook Lee, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Unveiling the volcanic ash infiltration resistance of plasma-sprayed next-generation lanthanum cerium tantalum oxide thermal barrier coating at 1250 °C, Corrosion Science, 244, 2025,112619 (Impact factor: 8.3)
13. Majumder, S., Sivakumar, G., Jayaram, V. et al. Oxidation behaviour and thermal cycling response of HVAF and HVA(O)F NiCoCrAlY coatings. J Mater Sci 60, 1574–1597 (2025) (Impact factor: 3.9)
14. Kandasamy Praveen, Heejin Kim, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Min Wook Lee,Cubic fluorite-based lanthanum cerium oxide thermal barrier top-coat fabrication, properties, and performance: Present status and prospects, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 44 (16), 2024, 116804 (Impact factor: 5.7)
15. Sanyal, S., Bhuyan, P., Karthikeyan, R. R. Alroy, G. Siva Kumar, S. Mandal, M. Kamaraj, S. Seshadri & V. S. Sarma, High Temperature Air and Steam Oxidation and Fireside Corrosion Behavior of 304HCu Stainless Steel: Dichotomous Role of Grain Boundary Engineering. High Temperature Corrosion of mater. (2024) (Impact factor: 2.2)
16. Rahul Jude Alroy, M. Kamaraj, G. Sivakumar, Microstructure, property and high-temperature wear performance of Cr3C2-based coatings deposited by conventional and ID-HVAF spray torches: A comparative study, Wear, 552–553, 2024, 205451 (Impact factor: 5.0)
17. Rahul Jude Alroy, Harita Seekala, P. Sudharshan Phani, G. Sivakumar, Role of high-speed nanoindentation mapping to assess the structure-performance correlation of HVAF-sprayed Cr3C2-25NiCr coating, Surface and Coatings Technology, 481, 2024, 130652 (Impact factor: 5.4)
18. Alroy, R.J., Praveen, K., Syed, J., Krishna, L. Rama, Sivakumar, G, An Investigation on Volcanic Ash Infiltration Resistance of Plasma-Sprayed Indigenous Yb2Zr2O7 and Conventional YSZ Coatings at Elevated Temperatures. High Temperature Corrosion of mater. (2024) (Impact factor: 2.2)
19. Praveen Kandasamy, Bhavani Kandala, Min Wook Lee, Govindarajan Sivakumar, Phase stability and initial phase high-temperature corrosion behavior of non-stoichiometric lanthanum cerium oxide thermal barrier coatings, Ceramics International, 50 (9), Part A, 2024, 14458-14468. (Impact factor: 5.2)
20. Purushotham N , Parthasarathi N.L , Suresh Babu P , Sivakumar G , Rajasekaran B, High temperature sliding wear behavior of detonation sprayed Ni-5wt%Al coating, Wear, 530–531, 2023, 205030 (Impact factor: 5.0)
21. Rahul Jude Alroy, M. Kamaraj, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, K. Praveen, P. Suresh Babu, G. Sivakumar, Tailoring microstructural features of Cr3C2-25NiCr coatings through diverse spray variants and understanding the high-temperature erosion behavior, Tribology International 188, 2023, 108810 (Impact factor: 6.2)
22. Purushotham, N., Santhy, K., Suresh Babu, P., Sivakumar G , Rajasekaran B, In Situ High-Temperature X-ray Diffraction Study on Atmospheric Plasma and Detonation Sprayed Ni-5 wt.%Al Coatings. J Therm Spray Tech 32, 2091–2103 (2023). (Impact factor: 3.1)
23. Pasupathi Amarnath, Ragunath Madhu, Kandasamy Praveen, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Subrata Kundu, Yugeswaran Subramaniam, Phase-Pure High-Entropy Spinel Oxide (Ni,Fe,Mn,Cu,Zn)3O4 via Thermal Plasma: A Promising Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 11, 5899–5911 (Impact factor: 6.959)
24. Praveen Kandasamy, Shanmugavelayutham Gurusamy, Srinivasa Rao D, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Thermal cycling performance assessment of double-layered lanthanum titanium aluminate thermal barrier coatings developed using plasma spheroidized powders, Surface and Coatings Technology  465, 2023, 129588 (Impact factor: 5.4)
25. N. Purushotham, N.L. Parthasarathi, P. Suresh Babu, G. Sivakumar, B. Rajasekaran, Effect of thermal expansion on the high temperature wear resistance of Ni-20%Cr detonation spray coating on IN718 substrate, Surface and Coatings Technology 462, 2023, 129490 (Impact factor: 5.4)
26. Rahul Jude Alroy, M. Kamaraj, G. Sivakumar, Influence of processing condition and post-spray heat treatment on the tribological performance of high velocity air-fuel sprayed Cr3C2-25NiCr coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology 463, 2023, 129498 (Impact factor: 5.4)
27. D. Vijaya Lakshmi, P. Suresh Babu, Rahul Jude Alroy, G. Siva Kumar & M. J. N. V. Prasad, Performance Evaluation of Thin Cermet Coatings Produced by HVAF Spray: A New Approach for Hard Chrome Replacement, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-023-01563-9(Impact factor: 3.1)
28. V. Abhijith Vijay, K. Santhy, G. Sivakumar, B. Rajasekaran, Thermal expansion and microstructure evolution of atmospheric plasma sprayed NiCrAlY bond coat using in-situ high temperature X-ray diffraction, Surface and Coatings Technology 452, 15 2023, 129132 (Impact factor: 5.4)
29. Rahul Jude Alroy, Ratnesh Pandey, M. Kamaraj, G. Sivakumar, Role of process parameters on microstructure, mechanical properties and erosion performance of HVAF sprayed Cr3C2-NiCr coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, 449, 128941, 2022. (Impact factor: 5.4)
30. Nadimul Haque Faisal, Anil Prathuru, Rehan Ahmed, Vinooth Rajendran, Mamdud Hossain, Shrikant Joshi, G. Sivakumar, Victoria Kurushina, Sai Katikaneni et al,, Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production:advances, challenges, and opportunities, ChemNanoMat, e202200384, 2022(Impact factor: 3.8)
31. Rahul Jude Alroy, M. Kamaraj, G. Sivakumar, HVAF vs oxygenated HVAF spraying: Fundamental understanding to optimize Cr3C2-NiCr coatings for elevated temperature erosion resistant applications, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 309, 2022, 117735. (Impact factor: 6.3)
32. Vikrant Kala, K. Santhy, G. Sivakumar, B. Rajasekaran, Understanding the initial stage oxidation and microstructural evolution of detonation sprayed NiCoCrAlY bond coat using in-situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction, Corrosion Science, 207, 2022, 110521 (Impact factor: 8.3)
33. Rahul Jude Alroy, K. Praveen, Joydip Joardar, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Sivakumar, Understanding the thermal barrier performance of plasma-sprayed rare-earth zirconate coating against volcanic ash ingestion, Surface and Coatings Technology, 446, 2022, 128745 (Impact factor: 5.4)
34. S.V. Abhinay, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, G. Sivakumar, Effect of coating prepared using CuNiIn mixed with graphite and MoS2 on fretting wear behaviour of Ti6Al4V, Materials Letters, 325, 2022, 132816 (Impact factor: 3.0)
35. N. Purushotham, B. Rajasekaran, N.L. Parthasarathi, K. Praveen, G. Sivakumar, Sliding wear behaviour of Ni-5 %Al coating deposited by detonation spray on IN718, Materials Today: Proceedings, 65(8), 2022, 3741-3747 (Impact factor: 3.2)
36. K. Praveen, Rahul Jude Alroy, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Sivakumar, Hot corrosion behavior of hybrid double-layered LZ/LZC + YSZ thermal barrier coatings made using powder and solution precursor feedstock, Surface and Coatings Technology, 436, 2022, 128260 (Impact factor: 5.4)
37. K. Praveen, G. Shanmugavelayutham, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Sivakumar, Development of lanthanum cerate based thermal barrier coatings with enhanced resistance to ingestion by volcanic ash particles, Corrosion Science 195 (2022) 109948 (Impact factor: 8.3)
38. C.Sundaresan, B.Rajasekaran, S.Varalakshmi, K.Santhy, D. Srinivasa Rao, G.Sivakumar, Comparative hot corrosion performance of APS and Detonation sprayed CoCrAlY, NiCoCrAlY and NiCr coatings on T91 boiler steel, Corrosion Science, 189, 2021, 109556 (Impact factor: 8.3)
39. Ashish Ganvir, Sneha Goel, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Adwait Rajeev Jahagirdar, Stefan Bj¨orklund, Uta Klement, Shrikant Joshi. Tribological performance assessment of Al2O3-YSZ composite coatings deposited by hybrid powder-suspension plasma spraying, Surface & Coatings Technology 409 (2021) 126907 (Impact factor: 5.4)
40. Praveen Kandasamy, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Shamnugavelayutham Gurusamy. Volcanic ash infiltration resistance of new-generation thermal barrier coatings at 1150 °C, Surface and Coatings Technology, 401, 2020, 126226 (Impact factor: 5.4)
41. Satyapal Mahade, Stefan Björklund, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Mikael Olsson, Shrikant Joshi. Novel wear resistant carbide-laden coatings deposited by powder-suspension hybrid plasma spray: Characterization and testing, Surface and Coatings Technology, 399, 2020, 126147 (Impact factor: 5.4)
42. P. Suresh Babu, Y. Madhavi, L. Rama Krishna, G. Sivakumar, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Padmanabham, Thermal Spray Coatings for Erosion–Corrosion Resistant Applications, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 73, 2141–2159, 2020 (Impact factor: 1.6)
43. Goel, S.; Björklund, S.; Curry, N.; Govindarajan, S.; Wiklund, U.; Gaudiuso, C.; Joshi, S. Axial Plasma Spraying of Mixed Suspensions: A Case Study on Processing, Characteristics, and Tribological Behavior of Al2O3-YSZ Coatings. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2020, 10, 5140. (Impact factor: 6.7)
44. Rekha Dom, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Shrikant V. Joshi and Pramod H. Borse, A solar-responsive zinc oxide photoanode for solar-photon-harvester photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells, Nanoscale Advances, 2020 (Impact factor: 4.7)
45. S. Patibanda, V.J. Nagda, J. Kalra, G. Sivakumar, R. Abrahams, K.N. Jonnalagadda, Mechanical behavior of freestanding 8YSZ thin films under tensile and bending loads, Surface & Coatings Technology 393 (2020) 125771 (Impact factor: 5.4)
46. C Sundaresan, B Rajasekaran, G Sivakumar and D S Rao, Hot corrosion behaviour of plasma and d-gun sprayed coatings on t91 steel used in boiler applications, 2020 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 872 012092 (Impact factor: 0.51)
47. Satyapal Mahade Karthik Narayan, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Stefan Björklund, Nicholas Curry and Shrikant Joshi, Exploiting Suspension Plasma Spraying to Deposit Wear-Resistant Carbide Coatings, Materials 2019, 12(15), 2344. (Impact factor: 3.4)
48. K. Praveen, Nalla Sravani, Rahul Jude Alroy, G.Shanmugavelayutham, G. Sivakumar, Hot corrosion behaviour of atmospheric and solution precursor plasma sprayed (La0.9Gd0.1)2Ce2O7 coatings in sulfate and vanadate environments, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39 (14), 2019, 4233-4244 (Impact factor: 5.7)
49. B. Vignesh, W.C. Oliver, G. Siva Kumar, P. Sudharshan Phani, Critical assessment of high speed nanoindentation mapping technique and data deconvolution on thermal barrier coatings, Materials and Design 181 (2019) 108084 (Impact factor: 8.4)
50. L Venkatesh, B Venkataraman, Manish Tak, G Sivakumar, Ravi C Gundakaram, Shrikant V Joshi, I Samajdar, Room temperature and 600° C erosion behaviour of various chromium carbide composite coatings, Wear, 422–423, 2019, 44-53 (Impact factor: 5.0)
51. G Sivakumar, S Banerjee, VS Raja, Shrikant V Joshi, Hot corrosion behavior of plasma sprayed powder-solution precursor hybrid thermal barrier coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, 349, 2018, 452-461. (Impact factor: 5.4)
52. L. Venkatesh, Suresh Babu Pitchuka, G. Sivakumar, Ravi C. Gundakaram, S.V. Joshi, I. Samajdar, Microstructural response of various chromium carbide based coatings to erosion and nano impact testing, Wear, 386–387, (2017) 72–79. (Impact factor: 5.0)
53. Raju Kumar, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Reddy Kunda Siri Kiran Janardhana, Tata Narasinga Rao, Shrikant Vishwanath Joshi, and Srinivasan Anandan, Facile One-Step Route for the Development of in Situ Cocatalyst-Modified Ti3+ Self-Doped TiO2 for Improved Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (41), pp 27642–27653 (Impact factor: 9.5)
54. A. Pathak, G. Sivakumar, D. Prusty, J. Shalini, M. Dutta, S. V. Joshi, Thermal Spray Coatings for Blast Furnace Tuyere Application,  Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 24 (8), pp. 1429-1440, 2015  (Impact factor: 3.1)
55. G. Sivakumar, M. Ramakrishna, Rajiv O. Dusane, Shrikant V. Joshi, Effect of SPPS process parameters on in-flight particle generation and splat formation to achieve pure α-Al2O3 coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 24 (7), pp. 1221-1234, 2015 (Impact factor: 3.1)
56. Ashish Ganvir, Nicholas Curry, and Nicolaie Markocsan, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Characterization of Thermal Barrier Coatings Produced by Various Thermal Spray Techniques Using Solid Powder, Suspension, and Solution Precursor Feedstock Material, Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol., 1–9 (2015) (Impact factor: 2.1)
57. S.V. Joshi and G. Sivakumar, Hybrid processing with powders and solutions: A novel approach to deposit composite coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 24 (7), pp. 1166-1186, 2015 (Impact factor: 3.1)
58. A. Ajay, V.S. Raja, G. Sivakumar, S.V. Joshi, Hot corrosion behavior of solution precursor and atmospheric plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings, Corrosion Science 98 (2015) 271-279. (Impact factor: 8.3)
59. Prashant Nehe, G. Sivakumar, Sudarshan Kumar, Solution Precursor Plasma Spray (SPPS) technique of catalyst coating for hydrogen production in a single channel with cavities plate type methanol based microreformer, Chemical Engineering Journal 277 (2015) 168–175 (Impact factor: 15.1) 
60. G. Sivakumar, R.O. Dusane, and S.V. Joshi, “Understanding the Formation of Vertical cracks in Solution Precursor Plasma Sprayed Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia Coatings”, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 97(11), 3396-3406, 2014 (Impact factor: 3.9)
61. Rekha Dom, G. Siva Kumar, Hyun Gyu Kim, Shrikant V. Joshi, A. Sadananda Chary and Pramod H. Borse, “Design and development of ferrite composite film electrode for photoelectrochemical energy application”, Materials Science Forum Vol. 781 (2014) pp 45-61 (Impact factor: 0.55)
62. A. Lohia, G. Sivakumar, M. Ramakrishna and S.V. Joshi, “Deposition of Nanocomposite Coatings employing a Hybrid APS + SPPS Technique”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 23(7), 1054-1064, 2014 (Impact factor: 3.1)
63. S.V. Joshi, G. Sivakumar, T. Raghuveer and R.O. Dusane, “Hybrid plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings using powder and solution precursor feedstock”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 23(4), 616-624, 2014 (Impact factor: 3.1)
64. Rekha Dom, G. Siva Kumar, Neha Y. Hebalkar, Shrikant V. Joshi and Pramod H. Borse, “Eco-friendly ferrite nanocomposite photoelectrode for improved solar hydrogen generation”, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 15217-15224 (Impact factor: 3.9)
65. G. Sivakumar, Rajiv O. Dusane and Shrikant V. Joshi, A novel approach to process phase pure α-Al2O3 coatings by solution precursor plasma spraying’, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 33 (2013) 2823–2829 (Impact factor: 5.7)
66. Nirmala Sanikommu, G Sivakumar, A S Joshi, N Aruna, D S Rao and G Sundararajan “A Computer –based approach for developing functionally graded and layered coatings with detonation spray coating process”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 72, 477-480, 2013 (Impact factor: 0.6)
67. Rekha Dom, G. Sivakumar, Neha Y. Hebalkar, Shrikant V. Joshi, and Pramod H. Borse, “Deposition of nanostructured photocatalytic zinc ferrite films using solution precursor plasma spraying, Materials Research Bulletin, 47 (3) 562-570, 2012 (Impact factor: 5.4)
68. G. Sivakumar, R.O. Dusane, and S.V. Joshi, “In situ Particle Generation and Splat Formation During Solution Precursor Plasma Spraying of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings”, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 94 (12) 4191–4199, 2011 (Impact factor: 3.9)
69. G.Sundararajan, Naveen M Chavan, G.Sivakumar, P.Sudharshan Phani, “Evaluation of parameters for assessment of inter splat bond strengths in Cold Sprayed coatings”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 19(6), 1255-1266, 2010 (Impact factor: 3.1)
70. G. Sundararajan, G. Sivakumar, D. Sen, D. Srinivasa Rao and G. Ravichandra, “The tribological behaviour of detonation sprayed TiMo(CN) based cermet coatings”, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 28, 71–81, 2010. (Impact factor: 3.6) 
71. S.R. Pulugurtha, D.G. Bhat, M.H. Gordon, J. Shultz, M. Staia, S.V. Joshi, G. Sivakumar, “Mechanical and tribological properties of compositionally graded CrAlN films deposited by AC reactive magnetron sputtering”, Surface & Coatings Technology, 202, 1160–1166, 2007 (Impact factor: 5.4)
72. G. Sundararajan, D. Sen, G. Sivakumar, The tribological behaviour of detonation sprayed coatings: the importance of coating process parameters, Wear, Vol. 258, 2005, P. 377-391. (Impact factor: 5.0)

• Joshi S., Markocsan N., Nylén P., Sivakumar G. (2020) New Generation Ceramic Coatings for High-Temperature Applications by Liquid Feedstock Plasma Spraying. In: Mahajan Y., Roy J. (eds) Handbook of Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Springer, Cham, pp 1-42
• G. Sundararajan, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Sivakumar and S.V. Joshi, “Detonation Spray Coatings”, in Encyclopedia of Tribology, Jane Wang & Wah Chung (Eds.), Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media, 736-742, 2013. 
• G. Sivakumar, and S. V. Joshi. "Composite Coatings Employing a Novel Hybrid Powder and Solution-Based Plasma Spray Technique for Tribological Applications." In M. Roy, & J. Davim (Eds.) Thermal Sprayed Coatings and their Tribological Performances. IGI Global, 2015. 61-87. Web. 19 May. 2015. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-7489-9.ch003
• D. S. Rao, G. Sivakumar, D. Sen, and S.V. Joshi, Detonation Sprayed Coatings and their Tribological Performances. In M. Roy, & J. Davim (Eds.) Thermal Sprayed Coatings and their Tribological Performances, IGI Global, 2015. (pp. 294-327). Hershey, PA: Engineering Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-7489-9.ch010
• G.Sivakumar and S.V.Joshi, “Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying”, in Surface Engineering, D.Srinivasa Rao and S.V.Joshi eds., Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), 2010.
• G. Sundararajan, L. Rama Krishna, N.P. Wasekar, G. Sivakumar and A. Jyothirmayi, “Coatings for Corrosion Resistance”, in Corrosion Science and Technology: Mechanisms, Mitigation and Monitoring, Pubs: Taylor & Francis-UK, Narosa-India, 2008, p. 243-283, ISBN 81-7035-628-8, 978-81-7035-628-8.

1. G. Sivakumar, L. Ramakrishna, D. Srinivasa Rao and G. Padmanabham, “Advanced Materials Processing Technologies for Surface Engineering & Refurbishment of Gas Turbine Components”, Proceedings of ‘Advancements in GT Health Monitoring & Maintenance Technologies’ organised by GTTT(V), INS Eksila, June 2019
2.  “Process parameter studies to achieve phase pure α-Al2O3 coatings during solution precursor plasma spraying”, Proc. ATSC 2014, 2014.
3. “Thermal Spray Coatings for Blast Furnace Tuyere”, Proc. ATSC 2014, 2014.
4. “Correlation Studies Between In-flight Particle Characteristics, Splat Formation and Microstructure of Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed XPT 512 Powder”, Proc. ATSC 2014, 2014.
5. “Effects of Vanadates on High Temperature Degradation Behavior of Solution Precursor Plasma Srayed Thermal Barrier Coatings”, Proc. ATSC 2014, 2014.
6. “Development of Tungsten Coating using Atmospheric Plasma Spraying for First Wall Applications in Fusion TOKAMAK”, Proc. ATSC 2014, 2014.
7.  “Hybrid plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings using powder and solution precursor feedstock”, Proc. ATSC 2012, 2012, 89-90. 
8. Comparison of detonation and plasma sprayed low alloy steel coatings for tribological applications, Proc of 3rd ATSC, 2008. 
9. G. Sundararajan, G. Sivakumar, R. Kavitha, A.R.Phani krishna, Eroison behaviour of Composite Cermet Coatings, Proceedings of ‘Developments in Composites: Advanced, Infrastructural, Natural and Nanocomposites”, 2006, 553-558. 
10. ‘Comparison of detonation and plasma sprayed low alloy steel coatings for possible automotive cylinder bore applications’, Proceedings of NMD/ATM 2005, IIT, Chennai, 2005
11. D.Sivaprahasam, G.Sivakumar, R.Vijay and R. Sundaresan, Mechanically Alloyed Fe-SiC Powder for Detonation Spray Coating’, in “Trends in Mechanical Alloying”, P.R.Soni and T.V. Rajan, Editors, Oxford & IBH Publishing, New Delhi, Kolkata, 2002, pp. 84-95.
12. G.Sundararajan, G.Sivakumar, D.Srinivasa rao, The Interrelationship between Particle Temperature and Velocity, Splat Formation and Deposition Efficiency in Detonation Sprayed Al2O3 Coatings, Thermal Spray 2001: New Surfaces for a New Millennium, (Ed.) C.C. Berndt, K.A. Khor, and E.F. Lugscheider, ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, USA, 2001,p.849-858.
13. G. Sivakumar, L. Rama Krishna, V. Jain, D.S. Rao, G. Sundararajan, and G.M. Reddy, The Influence of the Process Parameters on the Properties of Detonation Sprayed WC-12Co Coatings, Thermal Spray 2001: New Surfaces for a New Millennium, (Ed.) C.C. Berndt, K.A. Khor, and E.F. Lugscheider, ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, USA, 2001, p. 1031-1038.
14. KRC. Somaraju, G.Sivakumar, D.Srinivasa rao, G.Sundararajan, The Influence of Powder characteristics on the properties of Detonation sprayed Cr3C2-25NiCr coatings, Proceedings of the International Thermal Spraying Conference 2000, P.309-316

1. G. Sivakumar and Shrikant V. Joshi, “An Improved hybrid methodology for producing composite, multi-layered and graded coatings by plasma spraying utilizing powder and solution feedstock”, ARCI patent grant. no. 323443 dtd 22nd Oct 2019 and United States Patent Application No. US2013/0095340A1 dt. 18th Apr, 2013.
2. Srinivasan Anandan, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Tata Narasing Rao, Shrikant Vishwanath Joshi, Method of producing high performance visible-light-active photocatalytic materials for self-cleaning applications, ARCI patent appln. no. 2625/DEL/2015
3. Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy, Sivakumar Govindarajan, Shrikant Joshi, Production of Graphene-based Materials by Thermal Spray, ARCI patent grant no. 335723 dtd 22nd  April 2020

Year of Funding

Sponsoring Organization

Title of Project

Amount of grant (Rs. in Millions)

2002

National Hydro Power Corporation

Development of Silt Erosion Wear Resistant Coatings WC-12Co and Al2O3-TiO2 on Guide Vanes Used in Hydel Power Projects

0.50

2003-2008

NMITLI (CSIR)

Nano Material Coatings and Advanced Composites for Tribological Applications in Automotive Industry

21.00

2004

Dresser Land Limited, Ahmedabad

Development of Wear & Corrosion Wear Resistant WC-10Co-4Cr Coatings on Piston

Rods Used in High Pressure Compressors

1.20

2005-2007

ARDB

Development of Ultrafine WC-Co powders for Detonation Spraying

1.00

2006-2007

Ion America, Chennai

Development of cathode coatings for SOFCs

0.70

2012-2013

Thermax Limited, Pune

Development of erosion-corrosion resistant coatings for boiler tubes

2.00

2013-2014

Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur

Development of high temperature coatings for copper tuyeres

2.29

2013

VSSC, Trivandrum

Assessment of thermal cyclic life for alumina bricks

0.64

2014-2017

DST-EPSRC

Improvements in gas turbine performance via novel plasma spray coatings offering protection against ingested species

15.80

2014-2017

DAE-IPR

Development of Tungsten Coating Technology for First Wall Application in ITER like tokamak

4.40

2014-2018

BRNS

Simulation studies on solution plasma spraying of ceramic materials

2.275

2014-2015

INDIAN NAVY, KOCHI SHIPYARD

Development of Protective Coatings for Components of Pegasus Engines

10.90

2015-2019

ARDB

Performance of coatings under fretting wear conditions

3.866

2018-2022

HAL

Development of TBC coating using EBPVD technique and air plasma processes on high pressure turbine rotor blades

17.00

2019-2022

ARDB

Residual stress and structural characterisation of thermal barrier coating systems using spectroscopic techniques

1.07

2021-2022

Applied Materials, Mumbai/USA

Corrosion resistant coatings for semiconductor applications

1.57

2018-2022

DST

Development of Surface Engineered Solutions for diverse components used in high performance power generation systems and other high temperature applications under “National Centre for Development of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes  for Clean Coal Technologies  for Power Applications”

82.60  

2021-2022

DRDL

Low thermal conductivity TBCs for Air breathing engines

4.962

2023-2025

DST-AMT

Design and Development of Surface Engineered Solutions to Enhance the Corrosion Resistance of the Solar Energy Storage Container

2.92

2024-2026

DRDL

Development and supply of low thermal conductivity ceramic coatings for combustor panels (PHASE –II)

16.2

2025-2028

DST-TDP

Validating Low Thermal Conductivity Ceramic Materials as Elevated Temperature Thermal Barrier Coating meant for Gas Turbine Applications

10.1

2024-2027

DST-AMT

Development of hard chrome replacement coating through thinner carbide coatings on industrial shafts using HVAF technology

9.9

214.8 Millions