Kantesh Balani

Email: kbalani[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-6194

Professor, Department of MSE

Research Interest

Surface Engineering and Coatings
Nanomechanics and Nanotribology of Bio/Nano Composites
Synthesis and Characterization of Antibacterial (Ag/ ZnO) Based Polymeric and Ceramic Biocomposites
Spark plasma sintering/ Plasma Spraying/ Electrostatic Spraying of Biocomposites
Energy Materials
Ultra High Temperature TaC / ZrB2/ SiC/ CNT Based Ceramics
Physical Metallurgy of Mg-Li-Al Based Aerospace Alloys
Computational Modelling of Interfaces

Education

Bikramjit Basu and Kantesh Balani, "Advanced Structural Ceramics", John Wiley and Sons Inc., Aug. 2011, ISBN 9780470497111. (Book).
K. Herkendell, V.R. Shukla, A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, "Domination of Volumetric Toughening by Silver Nanoparticles over Interfacial strengthening of Carbon Nanotubes in Bactericidal Hydroxyapatite Biocomposite". Materials Science and Engineering C., Vol. 34 (1) (2014) pp. 455-467.
Md A.F. Afzal, S. Kalmodia, P. Kesarwani, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, "Bactericidal effect of silver reinforced carbon-nanotube and hydroxyapatite composites". Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 27 (8) (2013)pp 967-978.
V. Kumar, A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, Kantesh Balani, "Serrated Yielding During Nanoindentation of Thermomechanically rocessed Novel Mg- i-7Al- Sn and Mg- i- 5Al-3Sn- Zn Alloys". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,Vol.46 (2013) 145304 (8pp).
S. Kalmodia, S. Goenka, T. Laha, D. Lahiri, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, "Microstructure, mechanical properties, and in vitro biocompatibility of spark plasma sintered hydroxyapatite-aluminum oxide-carbon nanotube composite".Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 30, (2010) 1162-1169.

Kantesh Balani received P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship 2013 towards excellent publication record, teaching skills, and performing administrative duties at IIT Kanpur.
Kantesh Balani was given "2012 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Young Leader Professional Development Award" during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting Mar. 11-15, 2012 at Orlando, FL, USA.
Kantesh Balani was awarded Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award2011by Elsevier for exceptional research efforts involving materials for biological applications on Nov. 29, 2011, Boston, USA.
Kantesh Balani was bestowed with INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Young Engineer Award 2010on Dec. 10th 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.
Kantesh Balani was chosen for National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2010, which was presented on Dec. 4th 2010, Jaipur, India.
Kantesh Balani received "Young Metallurgist of the Year" award 2010 instituted by Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India, on Nov. 14th 2010 during National Metallurgist Day celebration, Bangalore, India.

Office

Department of MSE
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-6194 (O)

Email: kbalani[AT]iitk.ac.in