BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS and SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES

R.S. Chaughule and R.V. Ramanujan (eds.), Nanoparticles, American Scientific Publishers, USA, 413 pages, ISBN 1-58883-180-9 (2010).

R.V. Ramanujan, Magnetic particles for biomedical applications, Chapter 17, Biomedical Materials, Invited Book Chapter for a textbook, Springer, New York (2009).

A.K. Srivastava and R.V. Ramanujan, Invited Encyclopedia Chapter, Self assembly of magnetic nanomaterials, Magnetic Nanostructures, H.S. Nalwa (ed.), p. 641, American Scientific Publishers, USA, ISBN 1-58883-145-0 (2009).

K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao, Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, IoM (East Asia), ISBN 978-981-08-1556-1 (2008).

R.V. Ramanujan, Editor, Special Issue, ※Phase transformations in magnetic materials§, Metall. Mater. Trans. A., 38, 716 (2007).

R.V. Ramanujan, C.K. Tan and H. Rumpel, Invited Book Chapter, Magnetic resonance imaging in nanotechnology: nanomagnetic probes for bioimaging, Looking into Living Things through MRI, R.S. Chaughule and S.S. Ranade (eds.), Prism Publications, (2006).

K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao, W. Zhou. L. Yu, Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 5, IoM (East Asia) (2006).

K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao, Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 3, IoM (East Asia) (2004).

R.V. Ramanujan, Phase transformations in gamma-based titanium aluminides, Invited Commissioned Monograph, Inter. Mater. Rev., vol. 45, 217-242 (2000).

S. Banerjee and R.V. Ramanujan, Advances in Physical Metallurgy, 562 pages, Gordon and Breach, New York (1996).

S. Banerjee and R.V. Ramanujan, Guest Editors, Special Issue of Trans. IIM, vol. 48, 139-274 (1995).

Selected Journal Publications

X.C. Zhong, P.F. Tang. Z.W.Liu, D.C. Zeng, Z.G. Zheng, H.Y. Yu, W.Q. Qiu, H. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, Large magnetocaloric effect and refrigerant capacity in Gd-Co-Ni metallic glasses, J. Appl. Phys., 111, 07A919 (2012).

P.K. Deheri, S. Shukla and R.V. Ramanujan, The reaction mechanism of formation of chemically synthesized Nd2Fe14B hard magnetic nanoparticles, J. Solid State Chem., 186, 224 (2012).

A. Banerjee, P. Chaddah, S. Dash, K. Kumar, A Lakhani, X. Chen and R.V. Ramanujan, History dependent metastability of the coexisting phases in a magnetic shape memory alloy, Phys. Rev. B., 84, 214420 (2011).

Z.W. Liu, C. Chen, Z.G. Zheng, B.H. Tan, D.C. Zeng and R.V. Ramanujan, Phase transitions and hard magnetic properties for rapidly solidified MnAl alloys doped with C,B and rare earth elements, J. Mater. Sci., 47, 2333-2338 (2012).

A. Lakhani, S. Dash, A. Banerjee, P. Chaddah, X. Chen and R.V. Ramanujan, Tuning the austenite and martensite phase fraction in ferromagnetic shape memory alloy ribbons of Ni₄₅Co₅Mn₃₈Sn₁₂, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 242503 (2011).

G. Zhu, N.T. Nguyen, R.V. Ramanujan and X. Huang, Deformation of a ferrofluid droplet in a uniform magnetic field, Langmuir, 27, 14834-14841 (2011).

J.Y. Law, V. Franco and R.V. Ramanujan, Direct magnetocaloric measurements of Fe-B-Cr-X (X = La, Ce) amorphous ribbons, J. Appl. Phys., 110, 023907 (2011).

A. K. Nayak, R. Sahoo, K.G. Suresh, A.K. Nigam, X. Chen and R.V. Ramanujan, Anisotropy induced large exchange bias behavior in ball milled Ni-Co-Mn-Sb alloys, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 232502 (2011).

D. Ang, P.R. Preiser and R.V. Ramanujan, In vitro studies of magnetically enhanced transfection in COS-7 cells, Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 31,1445-1457 (2011).

A. Banerjee, S. Dash, A Lakhani, P. Chaddah, X. Chen and R.V. Ramanujan, Relating field induced functionality to the kinetics of coexisting phases in magnetic shape memory alloys, Solid State Comm., 151, 971-975 (2011).

S. Kayal, D. Bandyopadhyay, T. Mandal and R.V. Ramanujan, Flow of magnetic nanoparticles in magnetic drug targeting, RSC Advances, 1, 238- 246 (2011).

J. Liao, M.J. Tan, R. V. Ramanujan, S. Shukla, Carbon nanotube evolution in aluminum matrix during composite fabrication process, Mater. Sci. Forum, 690, 294-297 (2011).

S. Shukla, A. Banas and R. V. Ramanujan, Atomistic mechanism of cyclic phase transitions in Fe₈₅Nd₁₀B₅ magnetic nanocomposites, Intermetallics, 19, 1265-1273 (2011).

J.Y. Law, V. Franco and R.V. Ramanujan, Influence of La and Ce additions on the magnetocaloric effect of Fe-B-Cr based amorphous alloys, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 192503 (2011).

S. Shukla, A. Banas and R. V. Ramanujan, Evidence of anti free volume creation during deformation induced nanocrystallization of Nd-Fe-B metallic glass, Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 5, 169-171 (2011). Cover page.

D. Ang, Q. V. Nguyen, S. Kayal, R. S. Rawat, P.R. Preiser and R.V. Ramanujan, Insights into the mechanism of magnetic particle assisted gene delivery, Acta Biomater., 7, 1319- 1326 (2011).

V. Swaminathan, S. Pramana, T. White, L. Chen, R. Chukka and R.V. Ramanujan, Microwave synthesis of noncentrosymmetric BaTiO₃ truncated nanocubes for charge storage applications, Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2, 3037-3042 (2010).

P.K.Deheri, V. Swaminathan, S.D.Bhame, Z.W. Liu and R.V.Ramanujan, Sol-gel based chemical synthesis of Nd₂Fe₁₄B hard magnetic nanoparticles, Chem. Mater., 22, 6509-6517 (2010).

Z.Y. Pan, R.S. Rawat, J.J. Lin, S. Mahmood, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee, S.V. Springham, T.L. Tan, Oriented growth of CoPt nanoparticles by pulsed laser deposition, Appl. Phys. A., 101, 609-613 (2010).

J.Y. Law, R.V. Ramanujan and V. Franco, Tunable Curie temperatures in Gd alloyed Fe-B-Cr magnetocaloric materials, J. Alloys Compounds, 508, 14-19 (2010).

R. Snyder, V.Q. Nguyen and R.V. Ramanujan, The energetics of magnetoelastic actuators is analogous to phase transformations in materials, Acta Mater., 58, 5620-5630 (2010).

S. Purushotham and R.V. Ramanujan, Modeling the performance of magnetic nanoparticles in multimodal cancer therapy, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 114701 (2010). Selected for the 14/6/2009 issue of Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. Tech.  This journal, published by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society, covers a focused area of frontier research. Research Highlight of J. Appl. Phys. 2^nd most downloaded article in July and August 2010 and 3^rd most downloaded article in June 2010.

S. Thomas, J. Mathew, P. Radhakrishnan, V.P.N. Nampoori, A.K. George, S.H. Alharthi, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, Metglas thin film magnetostrictive transducers for use in long period fibre grating sensors, Sensors Actuators A, in press (2010).

A.K. Srivastava, M. Menon, S. Madhavi and R.V. Ramanujan, Synthesis of Co/Co₃O₄ nanocomposite particles relevant to magnetic field processing, J.Nanosci. Nanotech., 10, 6580-6585 (2010).

S. Kayal and R.V. Ramanujan, Anti cancer drug loaded Iron-Gold Core-Shell Nanoparticles (Fe@Au) for magnetic drug targeting, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 10, 5527-5539 (2010).

Z.W. Liu, Y. Liu, D.C. Zeng, R.V. Ramanujan and C.K. Ong, Rigid and flexible Fe-Zr-N magnetic thin films for microwave absorbers, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 09A505-1 - 09A505-3 (2010).

R. Snyder, V.Q. Nguyen and R.V. Ramanujan, Design parameters for magneto-elastic soft actuators, Smart Mater. Structures, 19, 055017 (2010).

S. Kayal and R.V. Ramanujan, Doxorubicin loaded PVA coated iron oxide nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery, Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 30, 484-490  (2010). 7th hottest paper in April-June 2010.

S. Purushotham and R.V. Ramanujan, Thermoresponsive magnetic composite nanomaterials for multimodal cancer therapy, Acta Biomater., 6, 502-510 (2010). One of the top 25 ※hottest§ articles in the academic year Oct. 2009-Sep. 2010. Acta Student Award for Best Paper (2011).

S. Karamat, R.S. Rawat, P. Lee, T.L. Tan, R.V. Ramanujan, W. Zhou, Structural,compositional and magnetic characterization of bulk V₂O₅ doped ZnO system, Appl. Surf. Sci., 256, 2309-2314 (2010).

S.D. Bhame, V. Swaminathan, P.K.Deheri and R.V.Ramanujan, Exchange coupled hard magnetic Nd₂Fe₁₄B nanoparticles by novel autocombustion- reduction diffusion synthesis, Adv Sci Lett., 3, 174-179 (2010).

V.Q. Nguyen and R.V. Ramanujan, Novel coiling behavior in magnet-polymer composites, Macromolecular Chem. Phys., 211, 618每626  (2010). Cover page

A.K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi and R.V. Ramanujan, Directed magnetic field induced assembly of high magnetic moment cobalt nanowires, Appl. Phys. A, 98, 821-830 (2010).

Z.Y. Pan, R.S. Rawat, R. Verma, J.J. Lin, H. Yan, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee, S.V. Springham, T.L. Tan, Miniature plasma focus as a novel device for synthesis of soft magnetic FeCo thin films, Phys. Lett. A, 374, 1043-1048 (2010).

Z.Y. Pan, R.S. Rawat, J.J. Lin, R. Verma, M.V. Roshan, P. Lee, S.V. Springham, T.L. Tan, T. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, Magnetic CoPt nanoparticles deposition using plasma focus device, J. Plasma Fusion Res., 8, 504 每 507 (2009).

S. Thomas, S.H. Alharthi, I. Alomari, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, Influence of substrate topography on the growth and magnetic properties of obliquely deposited amorphous nanocolumns of Fe每Ni, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 42, 215005 (2009).

A.K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi and R. V. Ramanujan, A novel method to synthesize cobalt oxide (Co₃O₄) nanowires from cobalt (Co) nanobowls, Phys. Status Solidi A, 207, 963-966 (2009).

Z.W. Liu, D.C. Zeng, R.V. Ramanujan, X.C. Zhong and H.A. Davies, Exchange interaction in rapidly solidified RE 每 (Fe/Co)- B hard magnetic alloys, J. Appl. Phys., 105, 07A736-07A736-3 (2009).

S. Purushotham, P.E.J. Chang, S. Purushotham, H. Rumpel, I.H.C. Kee, R.T.H. Ng, P.K.H. Chow, C.K. Tan and R.V. Ramanujan, Thermoresponsive core-shell magnetic nanoparticles for combined modalities of cancer therapy, Nanotechnology, 20, 305101 (2009). This paper was highlighted in http://nanotechweb.org. Downloaded more than 250 times within 21 days of publication.

Z.W. Liu, Y. Liu, P.K. Deheri and R.V.Ramanujan, Improving permanent magnetic properties of rapidly solidified nanophase RE-TM-B Alloys by compositional modification, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 321, 2290-2295 (2009).

S. Thomas, S.H. Alharthi, Y. Liu, L. Wang, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, Surface evolution of amorphous nano columns of Fe-Ni grown by oblique angle deposition, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 063110 (2009). Selected for the 23/2/2009 issue of Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. Tech.  This journal, published by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society, covers a focused area of frontier research.

S. Thomas, H. Thomas, D.K. Avasthi, A. Tripathi, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, Swift heavy ion induced surface modification for tailoring coercivity in Fe-Ni based amorphous thin films, J. Appl. Phys., 033910 (2009).

Z. Y. Pan, J. J. Lin, T. Zhang, S. Karamat, T. L. Tan, P. Lee, S. V. Springham, R. V. Ramanujan, R. S. Rawat, Lowering of L10 phase transition temperature of FePt thin films by single shot H+ ion exposure using plasma focus device, Thin Solid Films, 517, 2753-2757 (2009).

Q. Yan, A. Purkayastha, A. P. Singh, H. Li, A. Li, R. V. Ramanujan, G. Ramanath, High-coercivity FePt nanoparticle assemblies embedded in silica thin films, Nanotechnology, 20, 025609 (2009). This work was highlighted by Institute of Physics (U.K.) on their website http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/37s278

S. Thomas, S.H. Alharthi, I. Alomari, D. Sakthikumar, Y. Yoshida, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, Random anisotropy in nanocrystalline Fe-Ni thin films and tailoring the coercivity by thermal annealing, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 41 155009 (2008).

Z.W. Liu, R.V. Ramanujan and H.A. Davies, Improved thermal stability of hard magnetic properties in rapidly solidified RE-TM-B alloys, J. Mater. Res., 23, 10 (2008).

S. Karamat, S. Mahmood, J. J. Lin, Z.Y. Pan, P. Lee, T.L. Tan, S.V. Springham, R.V. Ramanujan and R.S. Rawat, Structural, optical and magnetic properties of (ZnO)_1−x(MnO₂)_x thin film deposited at room temperature, Appl. Surf. Sci., 254, 7285-7289 (2008).

H. Thomas, S. Thomas, R.V. Ramanujan and M.R. Anantharaman, On the crystallization kinetics and microstructural transformations of Fe₄₀Ni₃₈B₁₈Mo₄ alloys, J. Mater. Sci., 43, 635-640 (2008).

A. Purkayastha, Q. Yan, M.S. Raghuveer, D.D. Gandhi, H.F. Li, Z. W. Liu, R.V. Ramanujan, T. Borca-Tasciuc, G. Ramanath, Biomolecule-directed synthesis of branched bismuth telluride-sulfide core-shell nanorods, Adv. Mater., 20, 2679-2683 (2008). Work on ※nanosculpture§ of branched core-shell thermoelectric architectures was featured in several leading Science portals.

P.L. Ong, S. Mahmood, T. Zhang, J.J. Lin, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee and R.S. Rawat, Synthesis of FeCo nanoparticles by pulsed laser deposition in a diffusion cloud chamber, Appl. Surf. Sci., 254, 1909-1914 (2008).

Z.W. Liu, S.G. Yang, R.V. Ramanujan and C.K. Ong, Confirmation of room temperature ferromagnetism for Mn-doped ZnO micro-tetrapod powders, Mater. Lett., 62, 1255-1258 (2008).

J. Chang,＃ R.V. Ramanujan and C.K. Tan, Novel therapeutics in hepatocellular carcinoma-targeted hyperthermia treatment and drug release using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, J. Hepatology, 43, S103 254, Suppl. 1 (2007).

J.J. Lin, T. Zhang, P. Lee, S.V. Springham, T.L. Tan, R.S. Rawat, T. White, R.V. Ramanujan and J. Guo, Magnetic trapping induced low temperature phase transition from f.c.c. to f.c.t. in pulsed laser deposition of FePt:Al₂O₃ nanocomposite thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 063120 (2007).

A.K. Srivastava, R.S. Singh, K.E. Sampson, V.P. Singh and R.V. Ramanujan, Templated assembly of magnetic cobalt nanowire arrays, Metall. Mater. Trans.A., 38, 717-724 (2007).

A.K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi, T. J. White and R. V. Ramanujan, Cobalt ferrite nanobowl arrays: curved magnetic nanostructures, J. Mater. Res., 22, 1250 -1254 (2007).

H.F. Li and R. V. Ramanujan, Coarsening of the nanolamellar structure in a soft magnetic alloy, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, 6, 177-185 (2007).

R.V. Ramanujan, S. Purushotham and M.H. Chia, Processing and characterization of activated carbon coated magnetic particles for biomedical applications, Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 27, 659-664 (2007).

J.J. Lin, S. Mahmood, T. Zhang, S.M. Hassan, T. White, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee and R.S. Rawat, Synthesis of Fe₃O₄ nanostructures by backward plume deposition and influence of ambient gas pressure on their morphology, J. Phys. D.: Appl. Phys., 40, 2548-2554 (2007).

K.L. Ang, S. Venkatraman and R.V. Ramanujan, Magnetic PNIPA hydrogels for hyperthermia applications in cancer therapy, Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 27, 347-351 (2007).

D. Ang, C.C. Wong and R.V. Ramanujan, The effect of aspect ratio scaling on hydrostatic stress in passivated interconnects, Thin Solid Films, 515, 3246-3252 (2007).

C.K. Tan, ＃., K.H.P. Chow and R.V. Ramanujan, Targeted dual therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma using magnetic carriers, Hepatology, 44, 500A-500A 838, Suppl. 1 (2006).

R.V. Ramanujan and Y. Zhang, Quantitative transmission electron microscopy analysis of the nanocrystallization kinetics of soft magnetic alloys, Phys. Rev. B., 74, 224408-1, 224408-7 (2006). This paper was selected by American Inst. of Physics and American Phys. Soc. for the Virtual J. of Nanoscale Sci. Tech., Dec. 26, 2006.

R.V. Ramanujan, Artificial hip joints based on titanium alloys, Metals Mater. Proc., 18, 463-471 (2006).

R.S. Rawat, T. Zhang, K.S. Thomas Gan, P. Lee and R.V. Ramanujan, Nano-structured Fe thin film deposition using plasma focus device, Appl. Surf. Sci., 253, 1611-1615 (2006).

R.V. Ramanujan and S.W. Du, Nanocrystalline structures obtained by the crystallization of an amorphous Fe₄₀Ni₃₈B₁₈Mo₄ soft magnetic alloy, J. Alloys Compounds, 425, 251-260 (2006).

Y. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, The effect of copper alloying additions on the crystallization of an amorphous Fe-Si-B alloy, J. Mater. Sci., 41, 5292-5301 (2006).

H.F. Li and R. V. Ramanujan, Nanolamellar structure obtained by simple crystallization of an amorphous cobalt based magnetic alloy, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, 5, 295-300 (2006).

R.V. Ramanujan and Y. Zhang, Solid state dendrite formation in an amorphous magnetic Fe_77.5Si_13.5B₉ alloy observed by in-situ hot stage transmission electron microscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 182506 (2006).

H.F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, In situ hot stage transmission electron microscopy observations of nanocrystal formation in a Co₆₅Si₁₅B₁₄Fe₄Ni₂ amorphous magnetic alloy, Thin Solid Films, 514, 316-322 (2006).

R.V. Ramanujan and L.L. Lao, The mechanical behavior of smart magnet每hydrogel composites, Smart Mater. Sruct. 15, 952-956 (2006).

T. Zhang, K. S. T. Gan, P. Lee, R. V. Ramanujan, and R. S. Rawat, Characteristics of FeCo nano-particles synthesized using plasma focus, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 2212-2219 (2006).

T. Hysen, S. Deepa, S. Saravanan, R.V. Ramanujan, D.K. Avasthi, P.A. Joy, S.D. Kulkarni and M.R. Anantharaman, Effect of thermal annealing on Fe₄₀ Ni₃₈B₁₈Mo₄ films-modified Herezer model for magnetic evolution, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 39, 1993-2000 (2006).

D. Ang and R. V. Ramanujan, Hydrostatic Stress and Hydrostatic Stress Gradients in Passivated Copper Interconnects, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, 423, 157-165 (2006).

H.F. Li, D.E. Laughlin and R. V. Ramanujan, Nanocrystallization of an Fe_44.5Co_44.5Zr₇B₄ amorphous magnetic alloy, Phil. Mag., 86, 1355- 1372 (2006).

Y. Zhang and R. V. Ramanujan, Microstructural observation of the crystallization of amorphous Fe-Si-B based magnetic alloys, Thin Solid Films, 505, 97-102 (2006).

A. K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi, T. J. White, R. V. Ramanujan, The processing and characterization of magnetic nanobowls, Thin Solid Films, 505, 93-96 (2006).

Y. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, Characterization of the effect of alloying additions on the crystallization of an amorphous Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 alloy, Intermetallics, 14, 710-714 (2006).

Happy, S.R. Mohanty, P. Lee, T.L. Tan, S.V. Springham, A. Patran, R.V. Ramanujan, and R.S. Rawat, Effect of deposition parameters on morphology and size of FeCo nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation deposition, Appl. Surf. Sci., 252, 2806-2816 (2006).

Y. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, A study of the crystallization behavior of an amorphous Fe_77.5Si_13.5B₉ alloy, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, A416, 161-168 (2006).

H.F. Li and R. V. Ramanujan, Synthesis of Fe-Co based nanomagnetic materials, Invited Paper, Trans. Ind. Int. Met., 58, 965-970 (2005).

Y. Zhang and R.V. Ramanujan, The effect of niobium alloying additions on the crystallization of a Fe-Si-B alloy, J. Alloys Compounds, 403, 197- 205 (2005).

A.K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi, T. J. White and R. V. Ramanujan, Template assisted assembly of cobalt nanobowl arrays, J. Mater. Chem., 15, 4424 每 4428 (2005).

S.W. Du and R. V. Ramanujan, Crystallization and Magnetic Properties of Fe40Ni38B18Mo4 Amorphous Alloy, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 351, 3105-3113 (2005).

H. F. Li and R. V. Ramanujan, In-situ TEM observations of the coarsening of a nanolamellar structure in a cobalt based magnetic alloy, J. Mater. Sci., 40, 1901-1907 (2005).

S.W. Du and R.V. Ramanujan, Mechanical alloying of Fe-Ni based nanostructured magnetic materials, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 292, 286-298 (2005).

R.V. Ramanujan and Y.Y. Yeow, Synthesis and characterization of polymer coated metallic magnetic materials: , Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 25, 39-41 (2005).

H.F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, Mechanical Alloying of FeCo Nanocrystalline Magnetic Powders, J. Electronic Mater., 33, 1289-1297 (2004). Special Issue.

G. Sharma, R.V. Ramanujan, T.R.G. Kutty and N. Prabhu, Indentation creep studies of iron aluminide intermetallics alloy, Intermetallics, 13, 47-53 (2005).

G. Sharma, P.K. Limaye, R.V. Ramanujan, M. Sundaraman, N. Prabhu, Dry sliding wear studies of an Fe₃Al ordered intermetallics alloy, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, 386, 408-414 (2004).

L.L. Lao and R.V. Ramanujan, Magnetic and hydrogel composite materials for hyperthermia applications, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Medicine, 15, 1061-1064 (2004).

S.W. Du and R.V. Ramanujan, Nanocrystallization Behavior of Soft Magnetic Alloy, Metastable Nanocrystalline Mater., 23, 207-210 (2004). Special Issue.

H.F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, Microstructural evolution and nanocrystalline formation kinetics in FeCo based alloys during mechanical alloying, Metastable Nanocrystalline Mater. 23, 187-190 (2004). Special Issue.

R.V. Ramanujan and W.T. Chong, The synthesis and characterization of polymer coated iron oxide microspheres, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. medicine,15, 901-908 (2004).

H. F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, The precipitation sequence obtained during crystallization of an amorphous Co₆₅Si₁₅B₁₄Fe₄Ni₂ magnetic alloy, Intermetallics, 12, 803-807 (2004).

S.W. Du and R.V. Ramanujan, Characterization of Fe₄₀Ni₃₈B₁₈Mo₄ nanomagnetic alloy, Mater. Sci. Engg. A. 375-377, 1040-1043 (2004).

H.F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, Crystallization behavior of the cobalt based metallic glass Co₆₅Si₁₅B₁₄Fe₄Ni₂, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, 375-377, 1087-1091 (2004).

N.C. Tansil and R.V. Ramanujan, Chemical Synthesis of FeCo Nanocrystals for Massive Data Storage Applications, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, 56, 509-512 (2003).

S. Li, T. H. Yip, R.V. Ramanujan and M.H. Liang, In-Situ TEM Studies of the Mechanisms of Crack Nucleation and Propagation in Fully Lamellar Microstructure, Mater. Sci. Tech., 19, 902-906 (2003).

R. V. Ramanujan, Discrete lattice plane broken bond interfacial energy calculations and the use of the dividing surface concept, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, A359, 350-355 (2003).

R.V. Ramanujan, Nanostructured electronic and magnetic materials, Sadhana, 28, 81-96 (2003). Invited paper.

R.V. Ramanujan, On the massive transformation in gamma-based titanium aluminides, J. Mater. Sci. 37, 2203-2214 (2002).

R.V. Ramanujan, The role of refractory metals in the development of structural intermetallic compounds, Mineral Proc. Extr. Met. Rev. 22, 615-631 (2001). Invited paper.

G.P. Tiwari and R.V. Ramanujan, M.R. Gonal, R. Prasad, P. Raj and B. Badguzar, Structural relaxation in metallic glasses, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, 304-306, 499-504 (2001). Special Issue.

G.P. Tiwari and R.V. Ramanujan, The relationship between the electron to atom ratio and some physical properties of metallic systems, J. Mater. Sci. 36, 271-283 (2001). Review article.

R,.V. Ramanujan, Recovery and recrystallization in Fe₃Al base alloys, J. Mater. Sci. 35, 2379-2392 (2000).

G. Sharma, R.V. Ramanujan, T.R.G. Kutty and G.P. Tiwari, Hot hardness and indentation creep of a Fe-28Al-3Cr alloy, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, A278, 106-112 (2000).

G. Sharma, R.V. Ramanujan and G.P. Tiwari, Instability mechanisms in lamellar Microstructures, Acta Mater., 48, 875-889 (2000).

R.V. Ramanujan, The stability of high temperature structural materials, Metals, Mater. Processes, 11, 293-304 (1999). Invited paper.

G. Sharma, R.V. Ramanujan and G.P. Tiwari, Interphase precipitation in titanium aluminides, Mater. Sci. Engg. A, A269, 21-25 (1999).

L. Kumar, R. V. Ramanujan, R. Tewari, P. Mukhopadhyay and S. Banerjee, Active eutectoid decomposition in a Zr-3 wt.%Fe alloy, Scripta Mater., 40, 723-728 (1999).

R.V. Ramanujan and P. Mukhopadhyay, Alloy Design of Intermetallics, Trans. Indian Inst. Met., 50, 645-652 (1997). Invited Paper.

P.J. Maziasz, R.V. Ramanujan and C.T. Liu, Effects of boron and tungsten alloying additions on the formation and stability of lamellar structures in two phase TiAl, Intermetallics, 5, 83-95 (1997).

R.V. Ramanujan and P.J. Maziasz, The mechanism of formation of the fine duplex microstructure in Ti-48Al-2Mn-2Nb alloys, Metal. Mater. Trans., 27A, 1661-1673 (1996). Invited paper.

R.V. Ramanujan, P.J. Maziasz and C.T. Liu, The thermal stability of the microstructure of gamma-based titanium aluminides, Acta Metal. Mater., 44, 2611-2642 (1996).

R.V. Ramanujan, The effect of heat treatment variables on the phase transformations at 1420^oC in Ti-48Al and Ti-48Al-2Mn-2Nb alloys, Acta Metal. Mater., 43, 4439-4451 (1995).

R.V. Ramanujan, Equilibrium crystal shapes and their application to nucleation in solids, Mater. Sci. Engg., B32, 125-135 (1995).

X.D. Zhang, R.V. Ramanujan, T.A. Dean and M.H. Loretto, Hot work processing, microstructure and mechanical properties of two phase gamma-titanium aluminides, Mater. Sci. Engg., A185, 17-24 (1994).

R.V. Ramanujan, Y. Bi, Q. Xu and J.S. Abell, Banded structures in directionally solidified Ti-52Al alloys, Scripta Mater., 30, 719-724 (1994).

R.V. Ramanujan, The coarsening of lamellae in Ti-48Al-2Mn-2Nb, Acta Metal. Mater., 42, 2775-2781 (1994).

R.V. Ramanujan, The transformation between the gamma and alpha phases in binary and ternary phases in binary and ternary gamma-based titanium aluminides, Acta Metal. Mater., 42, 2313-2322 (1994).

R.V. Ramanujan, J.K. Lee, H.I. Aaronson and R.W. Hyland Jr., A discrete lattice plane analysis of the composition profile and surface energy of binary hcp alloys with application to Al-Ag, Acta Metal. Mater., 40, 3433-3442 (1992).

R.V. Ramanujan, J.K. Lee, H.I. Aaronson, A discrete lattice plane analysis of the interfacial energy of coherent fcc:hcp interfaces and its application to the nucleation of gamma in Al-Ag alloys, Acta Metal. Mater., 40, 3421-3432 (1992).

R.V. Ramanujan, J.K. Lee, F.K. LeGoues and H.I. Aaronson, A discrete lattice plane analysis of coherent {0001}hcp // {111} fcc, <1120> hcp // <110> fcc interfaces, Acta Metal. 37, 3051-3059 (1989).

R.V. Ramanujan, H.I. Aaronson and P.H. Leo, The role of boundary conditions in modeling the elastic fields around a misfitting precipitate, Met. Trans. A, 20A, 1277-1279 (1989).

M. Berkenpas, J. Barnard, R.V. Ramanujan and H.I. Aaronson, A critique of the role of activation energies for nucleation, growth and overall transformation kinetics, Scripta Mater., 20, 323-328 (1986).

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

A.K. Srivastava, S. Madhavi and R.V. Ramanujan, Chemical synthesis of curved magnetic nanostructures, European Powder Metallurgy Conference, Denmark (2009).

S. Purushotham, P.E.J. Chang, H. Rumpel, I.H.C. Kee, R.T.H. Ng, P.K.H. Chow, C.K. Tan and R.V. Ramanujan, Thermosensitive polymer-magnetic nanoparticles for multi-modal cancer therapy, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conf. on Materials for Processing, Properties and Performance, M.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, J.Zhao and C.P. Ooi (eds.) (2008).

V.Q. Nguyen and R.V. Ramanujan, Magnet-polymer composite material for intelligent shape changing structures, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conf. on Materials for Processing, Properties and Performance, M.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, J.Zhao and C.P. Ooi (eds.) (2008).

R.V. Ramanujan, Z.W. Liu, S. Viswanathan, P.K. Deheri, S. Shukla, Nd₂Fe₁₄B based magnetic nanocomposites synthesized by electrodeposition, microemulsion and melt spinning techniques, Intermag 2008, Intl. Magnetics Conf., p. 1066, Madrid, Spain (2008).

R.V. Ramanujan and Z.W. Liu, Invited Talk, Exchange coupled magnetic nanomaterials, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 6, K.A. Khor, C. Wei, R.V. Ramanujan (eds.), Beijing, China, p.1174 (2007).

R.V. Ramanujan and A. K. Srivastava, The synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanowires formed in nanoporous templates, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 5, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, p. 72-73 (2006).

A. K. Srivastava and R.V. Ramanujan, Chemical synthesis and characterization of cobalt based curved magnetic nanostructure arrays, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 5, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, 70-71 (2006).

S. Purushotham and R.V. Ramanujan, Coated magnetic nanoparticles for combined drug targeting, hyperthermia and triggered drug release applications, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 5, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, 74-75 (2006).

S. Kayal and R.V. Ramanujan, Preparation and characterization of PVA coated iron oxide nanoparticle carriers for magnetic drug targeting, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 5, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, 76-77 (2006).

H.F. Li and R.V. Ramanujan, Mechanical alloying of Co-Si-B based amorphous magnetic alloys, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 3, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, p. 415-424 (2004).

S.W. Du and R.V. Ramanujan, Nanostructured Fe₄₀Ni₃₈B₁₈Mo₄ alloys produced by mechanical alloying and melt spinning, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 3, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), Singapore, p. 425-433 (2004).

D. Ang and R.V. Ramanujan, The effect of linewidth scaling on hydrostatic stress in passivated interconnects, Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, vol. 3, K.A. Khor, R.V. Ramanujan, C.P. Ooi and J.H. Zhao (eds.), p. 450-460 (2004).

Happy, R.S. Rawat, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee, A. Patran, T.L. Tan, S.V. Springham and S. Lee, Synthesis of FeCo Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Deposition, 30^th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, imperial College, London, July 2004.

K.S. Thomas Gan, R.S. Rawat, R.V. Ramanujan, P. Lee, A. Patran, S.V. Springham, T.L. Tan and S. Lee, Deposition of nano-phase FeCo thin films using plasma focus device, 30^th EPS Confrernce on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Imperial College, London, July 2004.

R.V. Ramanujan and L.L. Lao, Magnetic Particles for Hyperthermia treatment of Cancer, Proc. First. Intl. Bioengg. Conf., F.K. Fuss, S.L. Chia, S.S. Venkatraman, S.M. Krishnan and B. Schmidt (eds.), Singapore, p.69 (2004).

R.V. Ramanujan, Clinical Applicatons of Magnetic Carriers, Proc. First Intl. Bioengg. Conf., F.K. Fuss, S.L. Chia, S.S. Venkatraman, S.M. Krishnan and B. Schmidt (eds.), Singapore, p. 174 (2004).

R.V. Ramanujan, F. Tanny, S.W. Du and H.F. Li, Structural characterization of nanomagnetic materials, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Singapore, K.A. Khor, S.Y. Zhang, P. Hing, F. Boey (eds.), p. 565 (2003).

R.V. Ramanujan, F. Tanny and S.W. Du, Characterization of iron based nanomagnetic materials, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Singapore, K.A. Khor, S.Y. Zhang, P. Hing, F. Boey (eds.), p. 542 (2003).

R.V. Ramanujan, Reducing stress induced diffusive voiding in interconnects, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Materials and Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), MRS, Singapore (2001).

R.V. Ramanujan and G. Sharma, Materials ageing and stability of lamellar structures, Proc. Intl. Symp. On Materials Ageing and Life Management, B. Raj et al (eds.), Allied Publishers (2000).

J. Krishnan and R.V. Ramanujan, Materials for the new millennium, ASM Conf.-AMP 2000, India (2000).

R.V. Ramanujan and G.P. Tiwari, The influence of alloying elements on the phase transformations in TiAl based alloys, Recent Advances in Metallurgical Processes, D.H. Sastry et al (eds.), New Age Intl. Publ., New Delhi (1997). Invited Paper.

R.V. Ramanujan, Forging of intermetallics, Proc. Conf. on New Developments in Forging, ASM Intl. (India Chapter), 1996. Invited Paper.

R.V. Ramanujan, The macrostructure and microstructure of titanium aluminides, Advances in Physical Metallurgy, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Advances in Physical metallurgy (ICPM-94), S. Banerjee and R.V. Ramanujan (eds.), Gordon and Breach, New York, 232 (1996).

R.V. Ramanujan, Diffusional and composition invariant phase transformations in gamma-based titanium aluminides, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials (PTM＊94), W.C. Johnson, J.M. Howe, D.E. Laughlin and W.A. Soffa (eds.), TMS, Warrendale, PA, 881 (1994).

R.V. Ramanujan, X.D. Zhang, I.P. Jones, J.M. Young and J.W. Sears, The chemistry and structure of plasma melted gamma-based titanium aluminides, Titanium 92, Science and Technology, Proc. Seventh World Conf. on Titanium, F.H. Froes and I. Caplan (eds.), TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 1309 (1993).

X.D. Zhang, R.V. Ramanujan, T.A. Dean, R. Dewes, M.H. Jacobs and M.H. Loretto, The influence of forging on the microstructure of plasma melted gamma-based titanium aluminides, Titanium 92, Science and Technology, Proc. Seventh World Conf. on Titanium, F.H. Froes and I. Caplan (eds.), TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 1107 (1993).

R.V. Ramanujan, Phase transformations between the gamma and alpha phases in binary Ti-Al alloys, Processing and Properties of Materials, MCE Publns., M.H. Loretto and C.J. Beevers (eds.), Birmingham, U.K. (1992).

X.D. Zhang, R.V. Ramanujan, T.A. Dean and M.H. Lorretto, The influence of heat treatment on the microstructure of gamma-based TiAl alloys, Processing and Properties of Materials, MCE Publns., M. H. Loretto and C.J. Beevers (eds.), Birmingham, 637 (1992).

Y.G. Li, R.V. Ramanujan and M.H. Loretto, Effect of chromium and molybdenum additions on the microstructure of Ti-48Al, Processing and Properties of Materials, MCE Publns., M.H. Loretto and C.J. Beevers (eds.), Birmingham, 601 (1992).

J.M.Young, R.V. Ramanujan, M.A. Ashworth, G. Itoh and T.T. Cheng, Processing of gamma-based titanium aluminides, Processing and Properties of Materials, MCE Publns., M.H. Loretto and C.J. Beevers (eds.), Birmingham, 1225 (1992).