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Last Updated: April 28, 2007
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Arun M. Umarji
Professor

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E-mail: umarji@mrc.iisc.ernet.in

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Brief Biodata:

Following his Ph. D.. from IIT, Madras in 1980, Prof. Umarji held post doctoral positions at IIT Madras, Argonne National Laboratory, USA and at TIFR in Mumbai. He has been a faculty member of the Materials Research Centre since 1987. He was a visiting faculty member (1997-98) at the Ceramics and Materials Eng. Department,Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ- USA.

Research:
  • Low Expansion Ceramics in Inorganic Network compounds
  • Thermochemical and Thermoelectric Studies Transition Metal intermetallics
  • Relaxor Ferroelectrics
  • Semiconducting Metal-oxide Thin films for gas sensing and electronic applications
  • Microstereolithogaphy for net shape nanostructures
  • Rare earth based pigments for surface coating applications
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Publications:
  1. Dilatometric approach for the determination of the solid state reaction-onset of the lead based relaxor ferroelectric system, V.V. Bhat M.V. Radhika Rao and A. M. Umarji, Mater. Res. Bull., 38 (2003) 1081.
  2. Synthesis and structure of aluminum substituted MoSi2, T. Dasgupta, A.K. Bhattacharya and A. M. Umarji, Solid State Commun. 126 (2003) 573 - 578
  3. Tuning the multiferroic properties of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 by cation substitution. V. V. Bhat, K. V. Ramanujachary, S.E. Lofland and A. M. Umarji, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 280, (2004) 221 -236
  4. Role of Crystal Structure in the Bulk Thermal Expansion of Ln2W3O12 (Ln = La, Nd, Dy, Y, Er, Yb) Sumithra. S and A. M. Umarji, Solid State Sci. 6, (2004)1313-1319
  5. Hygroscopicity and bulk thermal expansion in Y2W3O12 , S. Sumitra and A. M. Umarji, Mater. Res. Bull, 40 (2005) 167 - 176.
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