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Biography

Dibyendu Chakravarty is working in International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) as Scientist-F at the Center for Advanced Powder Metallurgy. He has a work experience of 22 years. He did his bachelors and masters from Calcutta University and IT-BHU in 2001 and 2003, respectively in Ceramic Technology. He joined ARCI in 2003 as a scientist. He did his PhD from Materials Engineering department, IISc Bangalore in 2013 under the guidance of Prof Atul Chokshi. After that he received the prestigious Indo US Science and Technology Fellowship for a year in 2014 and went on to work with Prof. P.M.Ajayan at Rice University, USA. Over the years, he has been working on synthesis and consolidation of nanomaterials using novel techniques. His field of research includes spark plasma sintering for consolidation of metals, ceramics, alloys, composites, FGMs etc, production of nanopowders using RF Induction Plasma technique, ceramic cutting tools, biomaterials and graphene based materials for various structural and functional applications. He has been working on the fabrication of tungsten based materials for niche applications and has developed and supplied components to end users on the same. He has a patent and also a technology transfer on this work. His recent interests include rare earth materials extraction using a state-of-the art technology for use in permanent magnets. He has forty-eight publications in peer reviewed international journals with an average impact factor of 4.2 and h-index of 25, total citations of above 1625 and four Indian patents to his credit. He has one on-going PhD student. He has successfully completed six sponsored projects and several job orders. He is a member of several professional scientific societies in India and abroad like ACS, IIM, PMAI, MRSI and has recently been inducted as Associate Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences. He acts as a reviewer for many international materials science journals

Research Areas of Interest

Synthesis and consolidation of nanomaterials, spark plasma sintering, biomaterials, rare earth materials, FGMs, ceramics

Highest Qualification

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering

Other Qualifications

B.Tech, M.Tech

List of Publications

  1. Dibyendu Chakravarty, S. Roy, P.K. Das, “DC resistivity of alumina and zirconia sintered with TiC,” Bulletin of Materials Science. 28[3], 227-231, 2005. I.F.: 0.87
  2. N.V Rama Rao, R.Gopalan, M. Manivel Raja, V.Chandrasekharan, D.Chakravarty, R.Sundaresan, R.Ranganathan, K.Hono, “Structural and magnetic studies on spark plasma sintered SmCo5/Fe bulk nanocomposite magnets,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 312, 252-257, 2007. I.F: 2.35
  3. Dibyendu Chakravarty, Prakash Singh, Sindhu Singh, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash,
    “Electrical conduction behavior of high dielectric constant perovskite oxide LaxCa1−3x/2Cu3Ti4O12 ,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 438, 253-257, 2007. I.F.: 3.0
  4. D.Roy, D.Chakravarty, R.Mitra, I.Manna, “Effect of sintering on microstructure and mechanical properties of nano-TiO2 dispersed Al65Cu20Ti15 amorphous/nanocrystalline matrix composite,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 460,320-325, 2008. I.F.: 3.0
  5. Dibyendu Chakravarty, S. Bysakh, K.Muraleedharan, Tata N Rao, R. Sundaresan, “Spark Plasma Sintering of Magnesia-Doped Alumina with High Hardness and Fracture Toughness,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 91[1], 203-208, 2008. I.F.: 2.78
  6. Dibyendu Chakravarty, H.Ramesh, Tata N.Rao, “High strength porous alumina by spark plasma sintering,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 29, 1361-1369, 2009. I.F.: 2.93
  7. R.Mazumder, D.Chakravarty, D.Bhattyacharya, A.Sen, “Spark plasma sintering of BiFeO3,” Materials Research Bulletin. 44, 555-559, 2009. I.F.: 2.44
  8. Dibyendu Chakravarty, G. Sundararajan, “Effect of Applied Stress on IR transmission of Spark Plasma-Sintered Alumina,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 93[4],951-953, 2010. I.F.: 2.78
  9. A.Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu Chakravarty, B.Basu, “Spark Plasma Sintered WC-ZrO2-Co Multi Phase Nanocomposites with High Fracture Toughness and Strength,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 93[6], 1754-1763, 2010. I.F.: 2.78
  10. K.Rajeswari, U.S.Hareesh, Dibyendu Chakravarty, R.Subasri, Roy Johnson, “Comparative evaluation of SPS, MW and TTS on the density and microstructure evaluation of stabilized ZrO2 ceramics,” Science of Sintering. 42, 259-67, 2010. I.F.: 0.78
  11. Amit S Sharma, K.Biswas, B.Basu, Dibyendu Chakravarty, “Spark Plasma Sintering of nanocrystalline Cu and Cu-10 wt % Pb,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 42[7], 2072-84, 2011. I.F.: 1.75
  12. Dibyendu Chakravarty, B. V. Sarada, S.B. Chandrasekhar, K.Saravanan, T.N.Rao, “A novel method of fabricating porous silicon,” Materials Science and Engineering A. 528 (25-26), 7831-34, 2011. I.F.: 3.1
  13. Dibyendu Chakravarty, Hina Gokhale, G. Sundararajan, “Optimizing mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered ZTA using neural network and genetic algorithm,” Materials Science and Engineering A. 529, 492-96, 2011. I.F.: 3.1
  14. B.Suresh, K.Rajeswari, Dibyendu Chakravarty, D.Das, R.Johnson, “Effect of nano grain size on the ionic conductivity of spark plasma sintered 8YSZ electrolyte,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37 (1), 511-517, 2012. I.F.: 3.58
  15. S.Shalini, P.Sandhyarani, Y.S.Rao, D.Chakravarty, R. Subasri, “Wet chemical synthesis and characterization of Na+ conducting sodium dysprosium silicates,” Ceramics International. 38 (1), 295-300, 2012. I.F.: 3.0
  16. M.J.Anjali, P.Biswas, D. Chakravarty, U.S.Hareesh, Y.S.Rao, R.Johnson, “Low temperature in-situ reaction sintering of zircon-alumina composites through SPS,” Science of Sintering. 44, 323-330, 2012. I.F.: 0.78
  17. Dibyendu Chakravarty, G. Sundararajan, “Microstructure, mechanical properties and machining performance of spark plasma sintered Al2O3-ZrO2-TiCN nanocomposites,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 33, 2597-2607, 2013. I.F.: 2.93
  18. 18. R.Papitha, M. Buchi Suresh, D. Chakravarty, A Swarnakar, D.Das, R. Johnson, “Eutectoid decomposition of aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5) ceramics under spark plasma sintering (SPS) and conventional (CRH) thermal treatments,” Ceramics International. 40, 659-66, 2014. I.F.: 3.0

    19. Dibyendu Chakravarty, Atul Chokshi, “Direct Characterizing of Densification Mechanisms during Spark Plasma Sintering,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97[3], 765-71, 2014. I.F.: 2.78

    20. S. Varam, PVSL Narayana, MD Prasad, D. Chakravarty, K.V. Rajulapati, Bhanu Sankara Rao, “Strain rate sensitivity of bulk multiphase nanocrystalline Al-W-based alloy,” Phil. Mag. Letter, 94[9], 582-91, 2014. I.F.: 1.32

    21. P.Saravanan, V.T.P Vinod, M.Cernek, D. Chakravarty, P.Ghoshal, S.V.Kamat, “Exchange coupled rare earth free Mn-Al/Fe nanocomposite magnets by SPS,” Materials Letters, 137, 369-72, 2014. I.F.: 2.57

    22. P.Saravanan, V.T.P Vinod, M.Cernek, A. Selvapriya, D. Chakravarty, S.V.Kamat, “Processing of Mn-Al nanostructured magnets by SPS and subsequent rapid thermal annealing,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 374, 427-32, 2015. I.F.: 2.35

    23. Dibyendu Chakravarty, Atul Chokshi, “Influence of Yttria and Zirconia Additions on Spark Plasma Sintering of Alumina Composites,” Journal of Materials Research, 30[8], 1148-56, 2015. I.F.: 1.56

    24. Dibyendu Chakravarty, C.S.Tiwary, L.D.Machado, G.Brunetto, S.Vinod, R.M.Yadav, D.S.Galvao, S.V.Joshi, G.Sundararajan, P.M.Ajayan, “Zirconia nanoparticle reinforced, morphology engineered graphene based foam,” Advanced Materials, 27, 4534-43, 2015. I.F.: 18.96

    25. Mohan Nuthalapati, S.K.Karak, Dibyendu Chakravarty, A. Basu, “Development of nano-Y2O3 dispersed Zr alloys by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering,”
    Mater Sc and Engg. A, 650, 145-153, 2016. I.F.: 3.1

    26. P. Barick, Dibyendu Chakravarty, B.P. Saha, R. Mitra, S.V.Joshi, “Effect of pressure and temperature on densification, microstructure and mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered silicon carbide processed with β-silicon carbide nanopowder and sintering additives,” Ceramics International, 42[3], 3836-48, 2016. I.F.: 3.0

    27. P.Sahani, S.K.Karak, B.Mishra, Dibyendu Chakravarty, D. Chaira, “Effect of Al addition on SiC-B4C cermet prepared by pressureless sintering and spark plasma sintering methods,” Inter Journal of Refract Met and Hard Mater, 57, 31-41, 2016. I.F.: 2.4

    28. P.Sahani, S.K.Karak, B.Mishra, Dibyendu Chakravarty, D. Chaira, “A comparative study on SiC-B4C-Si cermet prepared by pressureless sintering and spark plasma sintering methods,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 47[6], 3065-76, 2016. I.F.: 1.75 

    29. Rishu Kumar, Kushal Singh, Dibyendu Chakravarty, Anirban Chowdhury, “Attaining neat-theoretical densification in nanograined pyrochlore La2Zr2O7 (LZ) ceramic at 1150°C by spark plasma sintering,” Scripta Materialia, 117, 37-40, 2016. I.F.: 3.4

    30. Dibyendu Chakravarty, C.S.Tiwary, C.Woellner, S.Radhakrishnan, S. Vinod, P.A.S. Autreto, S.Bhowmick, S. Asif, S.A Mani, D. S. Galvao, P.M.Ajayan, “3D Porous Graphene by Low-Temperature Plasma Welding for Bone Implants,” Advanced Materials, 28[40], 8959-67, 2016. I.F.: 19.80

    31. P.Biswas, Dibyendu Chakravarty, M.B.Suresh, R.Johnson, M.Krishna Mohan, “Fabrication of graphite contamination free polycrystalline transparent MgAl2O4 spinel by SPS using platinum foil,” Ceram. Int. 42[15], 17920-23, 2016. I.F.: 3.0 

    32. Mohan Nuthalapati, S.K.Karak, J. Dutta Majumdar, Dibyendu Chakravarty, A. Basu, “Corrosion behavior and high temperature oxidation kinetics of nano-TiO2/Y2O3 dispersed zirconium alloy,” J. Alloys Comp. 689, 908-17, 2016. I.F.: 3.0

    33. Mohan Nuthalapati, S. K. Karak, D. Chakravarty, A. Basu, “Comparative Study on Microscopic, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Conventional and Spark Plasma Sintered Nano-TiO2-Dispersed Zirconium-Based Alloys,” Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal., 6, 527–540, 2017. I.F.: 1.08

    34. P. Sai Karthik, S.B. Chandrasekhar, D. Chakravarty, P.V.V. Srinivas, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, T.N. Rao, “Propellant grade ultrafine aluminum powder by RF induction plasma,” Adv. Powder Technol., 29, 804-812, 2018. I.F.: 4.2

    35. C. Gautam, Dibyendu Chakravarty, A. Gautam, C.S.Tiwary, C.F.Woellner, V.K.Mishra, N. Ahmad, S. Ozden, S. Jose, S. Birader, R.Vajtai, R. Trivedi, D.S Galvao, P.M Ajayan, “Synthesis and 3D interconnected nanostructures h-BN-Based biocomposites by low-temperature plasma sintering: bone regeneration applications,” ACS Omega, 3, 6013-6021, 2018. I.F.: 2.87

    36. A.K.Mallik, M. Das, S. Das, D. Chakravarty, “Spark plasma sintering of Ti-diamond composites,” Ceram. Int., 45, 11281-86, 2019. I.F.: 3.83

    37. H. Jain, Y. Shadangi, V. Shivam, D. Chakravarty, N.K.Mukhopadhyay, D. Kumar, “Phase evolution and mechanical properties of non-equiatomic Fe-Mn-Ni-Cr-Al-Si-C high entropy steel,” J. Alloys Comp. 834, 155013-23, 2020. I.F.: 4.65

    38. Rahul B Mane, R. Vijay, Bharat B. Panigrahi, D. Chakravarty, “High temperature decomposition kinetics of Ti3GeC2 MAX phase,” Mater. Lett. 282, 128853, 2021. I.F.: 3.0

    39. D. Spandana, H. Desai, D. Chakravarty, R. Vijay, K. Hembram, “Fabrication of a biodegradable Fe-Mn-Si alloy by field assisted sintering,” Adv. Powder Technol. 31[12], 4577-84, 2020. I.F.: 4.2

    40. D. Chakravarty, N. Laxman, R. Jayasree, R.B. Mane, S. Mathiazhagan, P.V.V Srinivas, R. Das, M. Nagini, M. Eizadjou, L. Venkatesh, N. Ravi, D.R. Mahapatra, R. Vijay, S.P. Ringer, C.S. Tiwary, “Ultrahigh transverse rupture strength in tungsten-based nanocomposites with minimal lattice misfit and dual microstructure,” Int. J. Ref. Met. Hard Mater. 95, 105454, 2021. I.F.: 3.4

    41. R. Jayasree, R.B. Mane, R. Vijay, D. Chakravarty, “Effect of process control agents on mechanically alloyed Al0.3CoCrFeNi,” Mater. Lett. 292, 129618, 2021. I.F.: 3.0

    42. R.B. Mane, R.K.Sahoo, B.S.K Reddy, R. Vijay, P.H.Borse, B.B.Panigrahi, D. Chakravarty, “Doping-induced coloration in titania,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 104, 2932-36, 2021. I.F.: 3.78
    43. H. Jain, Y. Shadangi, D. Chakravarty, A. K. Dubey, N.K.Mukhopadhyay, “High entropy steel processed through mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering: Alloying behavior, thermal stability and mechanical properties,” Mater. Sci. Engg. A 856, 144029, 2022. I.F.: 5.23
    44. H. Jain, Y. Shadangi, D. Chakravarty, A. K. Dubey, K. Chatterjee, N.K.Mukhopadhyay, “Low density Fe40Mn10Ni15Al15Si10C1 high entropy steel processed by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering: Phase evolution, microstructure and mechanical properties,” Mater. Sci. Engg. A. 869, 144776, 2023. I.F.: 5.23
    45. R. Jayasree, K. Raghava, M. Sadhasivam, P.V.V. Srinivas, R. Vijay, K.G. Pradeep, T.N. Rao, D. Chakravarty, “Bi-layered metal-ceramic component for dental implants by spark plasma sintering,” Mater. Lett. 344, 134403, 2023. I.F.: 3.4
    46. S. Basu, A.C.Arohi, A. Mahato, D. Chakravarty, I.Sen, S.Roy, “Understanding the individual role of composition and SPS temperature on the microstructure and hardness of alumina-zirconia composites,” Mater. Metall. Trans. A, 55[8], 2661-80, 2024. I.F.: 2.8 
    47. H. Jain, Y. Shadangi, D. Chakravarty, A. K. Dubey, N.K.Mukhopadhyay, “Structure and property of Fe40Mn20Cr20Ti10Al10 HEA fabricated by MA and SPS,” J. Mater. Sci. 60[3], 1705-25, 2025. I.F.: 4.0
    48. R. Jayasree, S.N.Sahoo, M.Roy, D. Chakravarty, “Spark plasma sintered Ti6Al4V-YSZ functionally graded composites: in vitro cytocompatibilty, corrosion and tribo-mechanical properties,” Ceramics Int. accepted in press. I.F.: 5.6

Patents

 

  1. Novel ceramic materials having improved mechanical properties, a process for its preparation and a process for making cutting tools of such materials, IN200503396-11
  2. An improved method of preparing porous silicon compacts, patent number 304349, granted on 12-12-2018
  3. Method of fabricating tungsten based composite sheets by spark plasma sintering techniques for making components, application no 201911014933 date 13-4-2019 
  4. Bilayered dental implant and process for the preparation thereof, application no 202341014475 dated 3rd March 2023

Awards & Honours

Associate Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences

Affiliation to Professional Societies

ACS, IIM, MRSI, PMAI