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CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

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Scientists ▸ Dr. Amarnath R. Allu
Dr. Amarnath R. Allu

Dr. Amarnath R. Allu

Senior Scientist

Energy Materials & Devices Division


Contact Information:

Phone: +91-033-23223370
Fax: +91-033-24730957 
E-mail:aareddy@cgcri.res.in 

Dr. Amarnath R. Allu

Joined CSIR-CGCRI on 26th April, 2016

Professional Career

Institution Position Period
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India Project Assistant Oct 2008 – Nov 2010
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal Project Assistant 3Feb 2011 – Jun 2011
CSIC-Campus de Cantoblanco, Spain Visiting scholar Sep 2013 – Dec 2013
Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Visiting scholar Apr 2014 – July 2014
University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Post-doc Jan 2015 – Nov 2015
Budapest Neutron Centre, Budapest, Hungary Visiting scholar Feb 2015 – Feb 2015
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India Scientist Apr 2016- Apr 2020
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India Senior Scientist Apr 2020-till date

Education

Degree Discipline University; Year
M.Sc. Physics Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Ph.D Materials Science and Engineering University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Research Interest

  • Development and production of new functional glasses and glass-ceramics for photonic, optics and energy applications
  • Development of glasses suitable for the stable embedded metal nano-particles

Notable Research Contribution

  • Development of NASICON type phosphate based glasses for ultra wideband optical sources.
  • Development of pyroxene and melilite based silicate glass and glass-ceramic materials for their applications to use as a sealant material in solid oxide fuel cells.
  • A bilayer glass-ceramic sealant was developed.
  • SERB Early Career Research Award (2019)
  • R .L. Thakur memorial award -2018 for the Young Scientist by the Indian Ceramic Society.
  • Participation in student speech contest as a representative from Portugal, ECERS XIII, Limoges, France June 23-27, 2013
  • JECS trust – Frontier of research Award – 2012
  • Graduate fellowship from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology-2012.
  • An article titled “Bi-layer glass-ceramic sealant for solid oxide fuel cells”, published in Journal of European ceramic society, has been recognized as a key Scientific Article contributing to the excellence in Energy research by Renewable Energy Global Innovations

ORCID:  0000-0003-0450-0929

Google Scholar

Summary: Total 60 

Selected Papers:

  1.  Correlation of structure and ionic-conductivity in phosphate glass using MAS-NMR and impedance spectroscopy: Influence of sodium salt. Indrajeet Mandal, et al., Physical Review Materials 6 (2022) 115403
  2. Elucidating the influence of structure and Ag+-Na+ ion-exchange on crackresistance and ionic conductivity of Na3Al1.8Si1.65P1.8O12 glass electrolyte. Shweta R. Keshri etal., Acta Materialia 227 (2022) 117745
  3. Role of Sodium-Ion Dynamics and Characteristic Length Scales in Ion Conductivity in Aluminophosphate Glasses Containing Na2SO4. Indrajeet Mandal, et al., Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126, 6, (2022) 3276–3288.
  4. Tunable femtosecond nonlinear absorption and optical limiting thresholds of La2O3 –B2O3 glasses by controlling the borate structural units. G. Jagannath, et al., Scripta Materialia 211 (2022) 114530
  5. Ionic Conductivity of Na3Al2P3O12 Glass Electrolytes-Role of Charge Compensators. Shweta R. Keshri, et al., Inorganic Chemistry 60 (2021) 12893−12905

Book Chapter: Total 1
G. Vijaya Prakash, S. Surendra Babu and A. R. Allu (2011).
Optical Amplifiers from Rare-Earth Co-Doped Glass Waveguides,
Advances in Optical Amplifiers, Paul Urquhart (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-186-2, InTech.

…full list

Sponsor: JECS trust – Frontier of research -2012 (No: 201242-2) 

Role: PI  

Period:  1year (1-06-2013 to 31-05-2014)

Title: Self-healing glass/glass-ceramic seals for solid oxide fuel cells               

Value: 14,000 Euros (=10 Lakhs Rupees) 

 

Sponsor: DST-SERB (No: ECR/2 018/000292)   

Role: PI

Period:  3 years (15-03-2019 to 14-03-2022)

Title: Novel glass-based solid electrolytes with high conductivity for room-temperature echargeable Na- ion batteries            

Value: 35 Lakhs

  • Jagannath G, Research Associate (CSIR)

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