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Dr. Shail Upadhyay

Associate Professor
Department of Physics, IIT (BHU)
Phone No(s): 9889446217
Email: supadhyay.app@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Experimental Materials Science , Electroceramics
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Educational  Qualifications :

Examination/Degree Board/Institution
Ph.D. (Materials Science a.nd Technology) IIT (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
M.Tech. (Materials Science and Technology) IIT (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
M.Sc. (Solid State Physics) BHU, Varanasi
B.Sc. (Physics Hons.) MMV, BHU, Varanasi
I.Sc. Allahabad Board, U.P.
High School Allahabad Board, U.P.

 

Dissertations/ Thesis Title:

  • Ph.D. Thesis – “Synthesis, structure and electrical behaviour of lanthanum, nickel and chromium doped perovskite barium stannate.”
  • M. Tech. Dissertation –“ A detailed investigations of dielectric relaxor like behavior of the system Sr1-xLaxTi1-xCoxO3
  • M.Sc. Dissertation – “Isotropic Plastic Transition in Hard Ellipsoid.

 

Positions held :  

Position Organization   Period
Associate Professor Dept. of Physics,
IIT (B.H.U)		 1st Sept. 2015 to Till date
Assistant Professor Dept. of Physics,
IIT (B.H.U)		 14th March 2008 to 31st August 2015
Lecturer Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nagpur 1st August 2006 to 13th March 2008
Research Scientist Nagpur University 4th August 2003 to 31st May 2006
Research Scientist Bhavnagar University, Gujarat 4th Dec. 2000 to 31st July 2003
 Research Associate S.L.I.E.T, Longowal, Punjab 13th Sept. 1999 to31st Nov.    2000

 

Life Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Indian Society for ferromagnetic Fluid Research (ISFFR)
  • Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
  • Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
  • Thermo-physical Society of India
  • Indian thermal analysis society (ITAS)

 

Previous Courses Taken:

Title Level
AP-7111: Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques  Ph.D.
AP-7101: Classical and Quantum Physics  Ph.D.
PHY-524: Advanced Condensed Matter Physics and material Science Ph.D.
AP-221: Quantum Physics  UG (IDD Part-II)
PHY-503: Advanced Experimental Physics Ph.D.
H-101/102: Human Values  UG (B.Tech. Part-I)

 

Courses (presently teaching in Odd & Even Semester, 2022-23 session):

EP- 421: Advanced Materials and Characterization Techniques IDD Part-V
PHY-221: Condensed Matter Physics  UG (IDD Part-II)
PHY-406: Condensed Matter Physics  MSc. I Year
PHY-321: Physics of Materials UG (IDD Part-III and B.Tech. Part-IV)
PHY-301: Atomic and Molecular Physics UG (IDD Part-III
PHY-502: Atomic and Molecular Physics M.Sc. II Year)
PHY-101: Physics (Classical, Quantum and Relativistic Mechanics) UG (B.Tech./IDD Part-I)

 

Research Interest :

Experimental condensed matter physics and Materials Science and technology, Study of AC, DC conduction behaviour and dielectric properties of  perovskite and layered perovskite oxides for their multifunctional application. Electrical characterization of oxide electrolytes for Solid oxide fuel cells.

Publications : 

  1. Gurudeo Nirala, Tarun Katheriya, Dharmendra Yadav, Shukdev Pandey, and Shail Upadhyay. “Effect of Nb doping on epsilon negative behaviour of Sr2MnO4.” J Mater Sci (2022) 57:15862–15875.
  2. Harish Verma, Shail Upadhyay, and Sanjeev Verma. “Nanomaterials For Environmental Air Pollution Control: A Review.” IJCRT Volume 10, Issue 8 August 2022.
  3. Gurudeo Nirala, Dharmendra Yadav, Tarun Katheriya, Shail Upadhyay. “Temperature dependent negative permittivity in solid solutions Sr2Mn1-xSnxO4 (x = 0, 0.3, 0.5).” Journal of the European Ceramic Society Volume 42, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 453-461.
  4. Dharmendra Yadav, Gurudeo Nirala, Sushma Yadav, Upendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, Satyam Kumar. “Study of structural, microstructure, impedance, and DC conductivity of Gd-doped SrCeO3 ceramics.” Applied Physics A volume 127, Article number: 964 (2021).
  5. Dharmendra Yadav, Gurudeo Nirala, Upendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay. “Investigation on structural and optical properties of system Sr2Ce1-xNaxO4 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.10).” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics volume 32, 8064–8080 (2021).
  6. Upendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, Parvez Ahmad Alvi. “Study of reaction mechanism, structural, optical and oxygen vacancy-controlled luminescence properties of Eu-modified Sr2SnO4 Ruddlesden popper oxide.” Physica B: Condensed Matter Volume 604, 1 March 2021, 412708.
  7. Gurudeo Nirala, Dharmendra Yadav, Shail Upadhyay. “Thermally activated polaron tunnelling conduction mechanism in Sr2MnO4 synthesized by quenching in ambient atmosphere.” 2021 Phys. Scr. 96 04581.
  8. Kumar, Upendra, and Shail Upadhyay. "Sr2SnO4 Ruddlesden Popper Oxide: Future Material for Renewable Energy Applications." Green Energy: Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Smart Cities (2020): 221-250.
  9. Vijaykumar, Vishnu, Gurudeo Nirala, Dharmendra Yadav, Upendra Kumar, and Shail Upadhyay. "Sucrose‐nitrate auto combustion synthesis of Ce0. 85Ln0. 10Sr0. 05O2‐δ (Ln= La and Gd) electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells." International Journal of Energy Research 44, no. 6 (2020): 4652-4663.
  10. Kumar, Upendra, Shail Upadhyay, and Parvez Ahmad Alvi. "Study of reaction mechanism, structural, optical and oxygen vacancy-controlled luminescence properties of Eu-modified Sr2SnO4 Ruddlesden popper oxide." Physica B: Condensed Matter (2020): 412708.
  11. Kumar, Upendra, Dharmendra Yadav, and Shail Upadhyay. "Investigation of structural, optical, and magnetic properties of Nd‐doped Sr2SnO4 Ruddlesden Popper oxide." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 103, no. 10 (2020): 5743-5757.
  12. Kumar, Upendra, Kumar Ankur, Dharmendra Yadav, and Shail Upadhyay. "Synthesis and characterization of Ruddlesden-Popper system (Ba1− xSrx)2SnO4." Materials Characterization 162 (2020): 110198.
  13. Nirala, Gurudeo, Dharmendra Yadav, and Shail Upadhyay. "Ruddlesden-Popper phase A2BO4 oxides: Recent studies on structure, electrical, dielectric, and optical properties." Journal of Advanced Ceramics (2020): 1-21.
  14. Kumar, Upendra,  and   Shail Upadhyay.   "Structural, microstructure, optical, and dielectric properties of Sr1.99M0.01SnO4 (M: La, Nd, Eu) Ruddlesden–Popper oxide." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2020): 1-10.
  15. Yadav, Dharmendra, Upendra Kumar, Gurudeo Nirala, and Shail Upadhyay. "Electrical Conduction and Relaxation in Perovskite Oxide SrCe0. 98Na0. 02O3 Synthesized by Solid‐State Route." In Macromolecular Symposia, vol. 388, no. 1, p. 1900020. 2019.
  16. Yadav, Dharmendra, Upendra Kumar, and Shail Upadhyay. "Study of structural, electrical, and photoluminescent properties of SrCeO3 and Sr2CeO4." Journal of Advanced Ceramics 8, no. 3 (2019): 377-388.
  17. Yadav, Dharmendra, Upendra Kumar, Gurudeo Nirala, Ashish Kumar Mall, and Shail Upadhyay. "Effect of acceptor Na1+ doping on the properties of perovskite SrCeO3." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30, no. 16 (2019): 15772-15785.
  18. Kumar, Upendra, and Shail Upadhyay. "Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Ruddlesden - Popper Oxide Ba2SnO4." Journal of Electronic Materials 48, no. 8 (2019): 5279-5293.
  19. Jaiswal, Nandini, Khagesh Tanwar, Rathod Suman, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "A brief review on ceria based solid electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 781 (2019): 984-1005.
  20. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Synthesis and Characterization of Ce0.85La0.15O1.925 Nanorods (Li,Na)2CO3 Nanocomposites as a Solid Electrolyte for LT-SOFCs." Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 72, no. 8 (2019): 2029-2034.
  21. Kumar, Upendra, and Shail Upadhyay. "Investigation of structural, optical and electrical properties of Sr2SnO4, Sr1.99Eu0.01SnO4 and Sr2Sn0.99Eu0.01O4 Ruddlesden-Popper oxide." Materials Research Express 6, no. 5 (2019): 055805.
  22. Madheshiya, Abhishek, Chandkiram Gautam, and Shail Upadhyay. "Preparation, optical and electrical properties of bismuth substituted lead titanate borosilicate glass and glass ceramics." Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 502 (2018): 118-127.
  23. Kumar, Upendra, and Shail Upadhyay. "Studies on dielectric and electrical properties of Ruddlesden-Popper oxide Sr2SnO4." Materials Letters 227 (2018): 100-103.
  24. Kumar, Upendra, Dharmendra Yadav, Anukul K. Thakur, Kamal K. Srivastav, and Shail Upadhyay. "Investigation on phase formation of Sr2SnO4 and effect of La-doping on its structural and optical properties." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 135, no. 4 (2019): 1987-1999.
  25. Ansaree, Md Jawed, Upendra Kumar, and Shail Upadhyay. "Structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of particulate composites of relaxor (BaTi 0.85 Sn0.15O3) and ferrite (NiFe2O4) synthesized by gel-combustion method." Journal of Electroceramics 40, no. 3 (2018): 257-269.
  26. Kumar, Upendra, Md Jawed Ansaree, Atul Kumar Verma, Shail Upadhyay, and Govind Gupta. "Oxygen vacancy induced electrical conduction and room temperature ferromagnetism in system BaSn1− xNi xO3 (0⩽ x⩽ 0.20)." Materials Research Express 4, no. 11 (2017): 116304.
  27. Kumar, Upendra, Jawed Ansaree, and Shail Upadhyay. "Structural and optical characterizations of BaSnO3 nanopowder synthesized by aqueous sol-gel method." (2017).
  28. Ansaree, Md     Jawed, Upendra Kumar, and Shail Upadhyay.  "Solid-state  synthesis   of    nano-sized Ba(Ti1− xSnx)O3 powders and dielectric properties of corresponding ceramics." Applied Physics A 123, no. 6 (2017): 432
  29. Ansaree, Md Jawed, and Shail Upadhyay. "Study of phase evolution and dielectric properties of Sn-doped barium titanate." Emerging Materials Research 6, no. 1 (2017): 21-28.
  30. Ansaree, Md Jawed, and Shail Upadhyay. "High temperature electrical characterization of nano-crystalline BaTiO3 synthesized using Ba(NO3)2 and TiO2." Integrated Ferroelectrics 176, no. 1 (2016): 184-201.
  31. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "High electrical conductivity of nanocomposites based on Ce0. 82Sm0. 16Sr0. 02O1. 90 and (Li/Na) 2CO3 for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells." Ceramics International 42, no. 7 (2016): 9004-9010.
  32. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Ca2+ and Sr2+ co-doped ceria/carbonates nanocomposites for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells: Composite effect." Ceramics International 41, no. 10 (2015): 15162-15169.
  33. Ansaree, Md Jawed, and Shail Upadhyay. "Electrical characterization of porous La-doped BaSnO3 using impedance spectroscopy." Ionics 21, no. 10 (2015): 2825-2838.
  34. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash, and Shail Upadhyay. "Ceria (La3+, Sr2+)/Carbonates Nanocomposite Electrolytes with High Electrical Conductivity for Low‐Temperature SOFC s." International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 12, no. 5 (2015): 1080-1087.
  35. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay,   Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Enhanced ionic conductivity in La3+ and Sr2+ co-doped ceria: carbonate nanocomposite." Ionics 21, no. 8 (2015): 2277-2283.
  36. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Ionic conduction in Mg2+ and Sr2+ co-doped ceria/carbonates nanocomposite electrolytes." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 40, no. 8 (2015): 3313-3320.
  37. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Preparation and characterization of Ce0.85La0.15− xSrxO{2−(0.075+ x/2)} solid electrolytes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells." Ionics 21, no. 2 (2015): 497-505.
  38. Ansaree, Jawed, and Shail Upadhyay. "Thermal analysis of formation of nano-crystalline BaTiO3 using Ba (NO3)2 and TiO2." Processing and Application of Ceramics 9, no. 4 (2015): 181-185.
  39. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Sm3+ and Sr2+ co-doped ceria prepared by citrate–nitrate auto-combustion method." International journal of Hydrogen energy 39, no. 1 (2014): 543-551.
  40. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Sm3+ and Sr2+ co-doped ceria prepared by citrate–nitrate auto-combustion method." International journal of Hydrogen energy 39, no. 1 (2014): 543-551.
  41. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Ceria co-doped with calcium (Ca) and strontium (Sr): a potential candidate as a solid electrolyte for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells." Ionics 20, no. 1 (2014): 45-54.
  42. Jaiswal, Nandini, Devendra Kumar, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Effect of Mg and Sr co-doping on the electrical properties of ceria-based electrolyte materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells." Journal of alloys and compounds 577 (2013): 456-462.
  43. Upadhyay Shail. "High temperature impedance spectroscopy of barium stannate, BaSnO3." Bulletin of Materials Science 36, no. 6 (2013): 1019-1036.
  44. Jaiswal, Nandini, Shail Upadhyay, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Ionic conductivity investigation in lanthanum (La) and strontium (Sr) co-doped ceria system." Journal of power sources 222 (2013): 230-236
  45. Upadhyay Shail. "Comparative Humidity-Sensitive Behaviour of Undoped and Acceptor-doped Barium Stannates." Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society 70, no. 1 (2011): 11-16.
  46. Sakharkar, Pramod Kumar, and Shail Upadhyay. "SOLID STATE GAS SENSOR FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." EVERYMAN S SCIENCE (2009): 23.
  47. Upadhyay Shail. "Humidity‐sensitive characteristic of Ba0. 99La0. 01SnO3." physica status solidi (a) 205, no. 5 (2008): 1113-1119.
  48. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Synthesis, structure and electrical behaviour of nickel-doped barium stannate." Journal of alloys and compounds 432, no. 1-2 (2007): 258-264.
  49. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Dielectric relaxation and variable-range-hopping conduction in BaSn 1− x Cr x O 3 system." Journal of electroceramics 18, no. 1-2 (2007): 45-55.
  50. Upadhyay Shail, and P. Kavitha. "Lanthanum doped barium stannate for humidity sensor." Materials Letters 61, no. 8-9 (2007): 1912-1915.
  51. Singh, Kamal, Tanveer Quazi, Shail Upadhyay, and Pramod Sakharkar. "Development of low permittivity material using fly ash." (2005).
  52. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Synthesis, structure and electrical behaviour of lanthanum-doped barium stannate." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 37, no. 10 (2004): 1483
  53. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Solubility of lanthanum, nickel and chromium in barium stannate." Materials Letters 49, no. 5 (2001): 251-255.
  54. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Dielectric relaxation and conduction in the system Ba 1-x LaxSn1-xCrxO3." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 12, no. 3 (2001): 165-172.
  55. Upadhyay Shail., D. Kumar, and O. Parkash. "Dielectric behaviour of valence compensated system Ba1-x Lax Sn1-x NixO3." British ceramic transactions 99, no. 5 (2000): 225-228.
  56. Upadhyay Shail., D. Kumar, and O. Parkash. "Dielectric behaviour of valence compensated system Ba1-x Lax Sn1-x NixO3." British ceramic transactions 99, no. 5 (2000): 225-228.
  57. Upadhyay Shail, Ashok Kumar Sahu, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "Probing electrical conduction behavior of BaSnO3." Journal of Applied Physics 84, no. 2 (1998): 828-832.
  58. Kumar, Devendra, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Tape casting and its characterization for Sr0. 65La0. 35Ti0. 65Co0. 35O3." Materials Letters 32, no. 2-3 (1997): 151-153.
  59. Upadhyay Shail, Om Parkash, and Devendra Kumar. "Preparation and characterization of barium stannate BaSnO3." Journal of materials science letters 16, no. 16 (1997): 1330-1332.
  60. Kumar, Devendra, Shail Upadhyay, and Om Parkash. "Tape casting and its characterization for Sr0. 65La0. 35Ti0. 65Co0. 35O3." Materials Letters 32, no. 2-3 (1997): 151-153.
  61. Upadhyay Shail, Devendra Kumar, and Om Parkash. "A Detailed Investigation of the Relaxor like Dielectric Behaviour of the Sr1-xLaxTi1-xCoxO3 System." Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society 56, no. 4 (1997): 96-102.
  62. Upadhyay Shail, Devendra Kumar, and O. M. Parkash. "Effect of composition on dielectric and electrical properties of the Sr1− xLaxTi1− x CoxO3 system." Bulletin of Materials Science 19, no. 3 (1996): 513-525.

Supervision (M.Tech. Project / Dissertation & Ph.D. Thesis) :

  • IMD/IDD (3rd year: 6th Sem & 4th Year: 7th Sem) Project: 08 (completed), 01 (ongoing)

  • IMD /IDD (Final Year) Dissertation / Master Thesis: 07 (completed), 01 (on going)

  • M.Sc. (Final Year) Dissertation: 03 (completed), 01 (ongoing)

  • Ph.D.: 05 (completed); 6 (ongoing)