Research Area

• Corrosion characteristics of engg. materials & coatings
• Smart coatings for corrosion protection
• Micro and mechano electrochemistry
• Titania nanotubes and properties
• Metallic bipolar plates for PEMFC
• High temperature oxidation and hot corrosion

Experience

• 2022 - till date

  Professor

• 2017 - 2022

  Associate Professor

• 2012 - 2017

  Assistant Professor

About

Since the last 7 years, our group at Corrosion Engineering and Materials Electrochemistry laboratory has been involved in innovative and ground-breaking research in the fields of electrochemistry, surface modification, and corrosion. In this group, the focus is as much on the fundamentals of the electrochemical processes as on the real-world applications. A variety of materials ranging from metals and alloys to polymer composites are dealt with at both micro- and nano- scale so as to enhance the in-depth knowledge of phenomena studied

Selected Journal Publications

• Munirathinam B. and Neelakantan L, Role of crystallographic texture and crystallinity on the electrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline Sr doped calcium phosphate coatings, J. Electrochem. Soc.163 (2016) D336-D343.
• Munirathinam B. and Neelakantan L, Role of crystallinity on the nanomechanical and electrochemical properties of TiO nanotubes, J. 2 Electroanal. Chem. 770 (2016) 73-83.
• Srinivas M., Srinivas Kumar Adapaka and Lakshman Neelakanthan, Solubility effects of Sn and Ga on the microstructure and corrosion behaviour of Al-Mg-Sn-Ga anodes, J. Alloy. Compd. 683 (2016) 647-653.

Recognitions