Akula Umamaheswara Rao

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Project Research Scientist
  2026 - Present
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Fellow
  2024 - 2026
• University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Junior Research Fellow
  2021 - 2024

Education

• Lovely Professional University MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (DESIGN)
  2016 - 2018
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
  2012 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (32)

• Plasma gas composition as a tool for tailoring microstructure and mechanical performance in VN thin films
  Materials Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.MATLET.2025.140024
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• Exploring the Role of Metal Oxide Heterostructures for Next-Generation Gas Sensors: A Focus on NH3, H2S and NO2 gases
  Chemical Physics Impact 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.CHPHI.2025.100986
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• Exploring the role of substrate temperature in tailoring the gas sensing performance of sputter-deposited WO3 films
  Physica Scripta 2025 DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/adf6ef
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• Impact of working pressure on the crystallinity and mechanical properties of vanadium nitride coatings deposited in helium/nitrogen reactive plasma
  Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 2025 DOI: 10.1116/6.0004513
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• Comparative Study on Tribological Performance of Laser Textured GCr15, SS 316L, and SS 304 under Dry and Lubricated Sliding with Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanoparticles
  Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11665-025-11280-9
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• Effect of Ni Enrichment on the Microstructure, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of Hydrophobic Ni3Al Alloy Coatings
  Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11665-024-10437-2
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• Harnessing innovative sputtering approaches to enhance VN coatings with superior mechanical and self-lubricating properties
  Journal of Materials Science 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10853-025-10896-5
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• Synthesis and characterization of low-friction W-V-N alloy coatings using reactive magnetron sputtering technique for tribological applications
  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films 2024 DOI: 10.1116/6.0003192
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• Potential for multi-application advancements from doping zirconium (Zr) for improved optical, electrical, and resistive memory properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films
  Physica Scripta 2024 DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/AD69DC
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• Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Cr-Ni3Al Alloy Films Synthesized by Magnetron Sputtering
  Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11665-023-08894-2
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