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Biography

Dr. Shubhendra Shivam Maurya is currently working as a Research Associate-I at ARCI Hyderabad under the guidance of G. Sivakumar, Head, Centre for Engineered Coatings (CEC). He obtained his Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Patna under the supervision of Anup Kumar Keshri. His doctoral research focused on plasma-sprayed graphene nanoplatelet (GNP)-reinforced cermet coatings, emphasizing in-situ graphene exfoliation for enhanced mechanical, tribological, and corrosion performance.

His research interests include surface engineering, thermal spray coatings, thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), nanocarbon-reinforced composite coatings, exfoliation of 2D materials, and functional coatings for extreme environments. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and contributed to sponsored research projects from DRDO and CPRI, focusing on high-performance coating solutions for energy and industrial applications.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Advanced Thermal Spray Processing and Feedstock (Powder) Design
  • Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) and High-Temperature Protective Systems
  • Exfoliation of 2D Materials
  • Nanocarbon-Reinforced Metal, Cermet and Ceramic Coatings
  • Degradation Mechanisms: Wear, Erosion, Electrochemical Corrosion, and Hot Corrosion
  • Functional Coating Systems for Biomedical Implants and EMI Shielding Applications

Highest Qualification

PhD

List of Publications

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Neha Kumari, Abhishek Kumar Grain, and Anup Kumar Keshri. “High-Temperature Tribological Performance of Nanodiamond-Reinforced Titanium Coatings Fabricated via Shrouded Plasma Spray." Materials Today Communications 49 (2025): 113923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.113923

 

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, and Anup Kumar Keshri. “Plasma sprayed Cr3C2-NiCr coating with in-situ exfoliated graphene for enhanced corrosion resistance." Diamond and Related Materials 158 (2025): 112606.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2025.112606

 

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, and Anup Kumar Keshri. "In-situ exfoliated few-layer graphene during plasma spraying: A pathway to hot corrosion-resistant Cr3C2-NiCr coatings." Diamond and Related Materials (2025): 112448.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2025.112448

 

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, Ishee Prasad Kar, Santosh Kumar, Swati Sharma, Navneet K Singh, Krishna Kant Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, “Enhancement in the hot corrosion resistance of plasma-sprayed NiAl coating through nanodiamond reinforcement.” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (2025):56, 5, 1773-1785. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-025-07735-2

 

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, Krishna Kant Pandey, and Anup Kumar Keshri. "Graphene nanoplatelets for reinforced cermet coatings with improved mechanical and tribological properties." ACS Applied Nano Materials 7, no. 16 (2024): 18811-18823. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c02324

 

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, Rahul Kumar, Aminul Islam, and Anup Kumar Keshri. "High-temperature wear behavior of nanodiamond reinforced nickel-aluminum composite coatings." Wear 542 (2024): 205280 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2024.205280

     

  • Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Krishna Kant Pandey, Swati Sharma, Sudha Kumari, Kamlesh Kumar Mirche, Deepak Kumar, Shailesh Mani Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, “Microstructural, mechanical and tribological behavior of nanodiamonds reinforced plasma sprayed nickel-aluminum coating” Diamond and Related Materials 133 (2023): 109714https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2023.109714

     

  • Kushwaha, Shalini, Shipra Bajpai, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Anup Kumar Keshri, and Kantesh Balani. “Effect of Bimodality and Phase Transformation on the Toughening of Al₂O₃–ZrO₂–CNT Based Thermal Barrier Coatings.” Surfaces and Interfaces (2026): 108900 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2026.108900

     

  • Nag, Anushri, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Manish Kumar Bhadu, Pranab Kumar Nanda, Mohseen Azad Kadarbhai, Rajesh Shyam Pais, and Anup Kumar Keshri. “Long-term Mechanical and Microstructural Evolution of Thermal Spray Coatings for Sink Roll Applications.” Materials Chemistry and Physics (2026): 132357.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2026.132357

 

  • Abhishek Kumar Grain, Navneet K. Singh, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Krishna Kant Pandey, Subir Kumar Ghosh, and Anup Kumar Keshri. "Enhancing high-temperature wear resistance of plasma-sprayed NiCrBSi coatings with nanodiamond reinforcement." Diamond and Related Materials (2024) 150 : 111748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2024.111748

 

  • Aakash M Nair, Rahul Kumar, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Atirek Gaur, Anup Kumar Keshri, Swati Sharma, “Plasma sprayed Titanium- Nanodiamond composite coatings with enhanced mechanical properties”, Materials Today Communications, 41 (2024) :110238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.110238

 

  • M Prashanth, Narendra Babu, Sudha Kumari, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Anup Kumar Keshri, Sumanth Govindarajan, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Ayan Bhowmik. " An Assessment of Coating Thickness on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of IN625 Coating on Ni-Based Superalloy Substrate Deposited by High Velocity Air Fuel Technique." Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (2024) 33 : 2495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-024-01840-1

 

  • Krishna Kant Pandey, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, Suraj Prasad, Amit Kudva, Shailesh Mani Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, “Plasma-Sprayed Alumina Coating Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets: Wear Performance in Adverse Environment” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 77 (2024): 2011 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-024-03282-3

 

  • Abhishek Kumar Grain, OS Asiq Rahman, Sudha Kumari, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, K. Vijay Kumar, Aminul Islam, Subir Kumar Ghosh, and Anup Kumar Keshri. "Plasma-Sprayed Nanodiamond-Reinforced NiCrBSi Composite Coating for Improved Wear and Corrosion Resistance." Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (2024): Volume 33, pages 1055-1074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-024-01729-z

 

  • Krishna Kant Pandey, Aminul Islam, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Bala Praveen Chakkravarthy Raghupathy, MV Sivakumaran, N Kavitha, Anup Kumar Keshri, " Hybrid reinforcement of 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional carbon nanofillers for improving the efficiency of alumina membranes." Surfaces and Interfaces 40 (2023): 103084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103084

 

  • Deepak Kumar, Krishna Kant Pandey, Sudha Kumari, Aakash M Nair, Kamlesh Kumar Mirche, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Shailesh Mani Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, " Effect of nanodiamond concentration on the electrochemical behavior of plasma sprayed titanium-nanodiamond nanocomposite coatings." Diamond and Related Materials 130 (2022): 109419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2022.109419

 

  • Sudha Kumari, Aminul Islam, Kamlesh Kumar Mirche, P Sai Kiran, Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Deepak Kumar, Shailesh Mani Pandey, Anup Kumar Keshri, " Plasma sprayed graphene reinforced titanium nitride composite coating: an effective solution for mitigating the corrosion attack." Surface and Coatings Technology 445 (2022): 128704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128704

 

Patents

Shubhendra Shivam Maurya, Abhishek Kumar Grain, Anup Kumar Keshri. “Tailoring Wettability in Cr3C2NiCr-GNP Coating via Atmospheric Plasma Spray” (Submitted)

Major Projects / Technologies Developed

  • Worked on the development of barrier layer coatings of refractory metals/metal carbides on intricate graphite assemblies for single crystal growth. (Sponsored by DRDO)
  • Worked on the development of high-temperature wear, erosion, and corrosion-resistant graphene nanoplatelet-reinforced plasma-sprayed Cr3C2-NiCr composite coatings for thermal power plant applications. (Sponsored by CPRI)
  • Working on the validation of low thermal conductivity ceramic materials as high-temperature thermal barrier coatings for gas turbine applications

Awards & Honours

Senior Research Fellow (IIT Patna)

Junior Research Fellow (IIT Patna)

GATE (AIR-399)