Research Publications

1)    NK James, D van den Ende, U Lafont, S van der Zwaag, WA Groen, Piezoelectric and mechanical properties of structued PZT-epoxy composites,  Journal of Materials Research 28 (04), 635-64, 2013.

2)     NK James, U Lafont, S van der Zwaag, WA Groen, Piezoelectric and mechanical properties of fatigue resistant, self-healing PZT-ionomer composites, Journal of Smart Materials and structures 23(5), 055001, 2014.

3)  Nijesh K. James, S. Rajesh, K. P. Murali, K. Stanly Jacob and R. Ratheesh, Preparation and microwave characterization of BaWO₄ filled polytetrafluoroethylene laminates for microwave substrate applications, Journal of Material Science: Materials in electronics 21(2), 1255-61, 2010.

4)  Nijesh K James and R. Ratheesh, Microwave dielectric properties of low temperature sinterable BaCe₂(MoO₄)₄ ceramics, Journal of American Ceramic Society 93(4), 931-33, 2010.

5)  Nijesh K. James, K. P. Murali, K. Stanly Jacob and R. Ratheesh, Ba(Mg_1/3Ta_2/3)O₃ filled PTFE composites for microwave substrate applications, Materials chemistry and physics122(2), 507-11, 2010.

6)   K. P. Murali, S. Rajesh, K. J. Nijesh and R. Ratheesh, Effect of particle size on the microwave dielectric properties of Alumina-filled PTFE substrate, Int.J. Appl. Ceram.Technol 7(4), 475-81, 2010

7)    A. Surjith, N. K. James and R. Ratheesh, Synthesis and microwave dielectric properties of Al₂W_3-xMo_xO₁₂ (x=0-3), Journal of Alloys and Compounds 509(41),9992-95, 2011.

8)   N.K. James, PS Simna and R. Ratheesh, Ba(Zn_1/3Ta_2/3)O₃ filled PTFE  composites for microwave substrate applications, International Journal of Materials and structural Integrity 7 (1), 22-30, 2013.

Conference Presentations

1. Euromat 2013, Sevilla, Spain: Oral presentation: Development of flexible ionomer – PZT composites and their piezoelectric and mechanical properties.
2. International Symposium on applications of Ferroelectrics 2012, Portugal: Oral presentation: Piezoelectric and mechanical properties of structured PZT-epoxy composites
3. Electroceramics XIII 2012, Netherlands, Poster presentation: Piezoelectric and mechanical properties of structured PZT-epoxy composites
4. International Conference on Advanced Functional materials, India: Poster (Third Prize): CaTiO3 filled PTFE laminates with temperature stable dielectric properties for microwave substrate applications.