Siva Sankar Rapaka

Knowledgeable about research areas and study procedures. Enthusiastic about setting up and carrying out a wide array of studies. Diligent, industrious, and efficient in handling minute details with methodical approaches to gain insights into the research field.

• Thermoelectrics
• Flexible Thermoelectrics
• Thin film deposition and characterization
• Energy Harvesting
• Nanocomposites
• Electrical Transport properties measurement
• Heat Transfer
• Thermal Simulations and Thermal Models

• Evaluation of substrate temperature role on the structural, morphological, optical, and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Cu2Se thin films, Mater. Sci. Eng. B., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MSEB.2023.117142
• Optimizing thermoelectric power factor in magnetron sputtered Cu2Se thin films by varying substrate temperature and synergy of Cu/Se ratio, Ceram. Int., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CERAMINT.2024.02.068
• Enhanced thermoelectric power factor in the Cu2Se system by the incorporation of GO/MWCNT, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2022.414620
• The effect of sputtering power on structural, mechanical, and electrical properties of Copper Selenide Thermoelectric thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.127879
• Transport studies of two-step synthesized Cu2Se-Graphene nanocomposites, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2023.415044
• Evaluation of structural and mechanical properties of CrAlN single layer coating deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126873
• Role of nickel in structural and mechanical properties of nc-WNNi sputtered nanocomposite coatings, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2022.115893

• International webinar on Frontiers in Materials for Technological Applications (FIMTA)
• International Virtual Conference, Advances in Functional Materials (AFM)
• International virtual conference on Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology (FMT)
• National e-Workshop on Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights, 2021
• CHEMCON 2021 International conference, 2021
• International Conference on Frontiers in Materials for Technological Applications (FIMTA) -2022
• 39th Annual Convention of Orissa Physical Society & National Seminar on Functional Materials for Emerging Technology (FMET – 2023)
• National Conference on Recent Advancements in Iron & Steel Industries and Emerging Areas (RAISE-2023)
• World Conference on Thermoelectrics and Materials (WCT – 2023), 2023
• International Union of Materials Research Society, International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA)