R. Das, Editorial member
Centre for Advanced Composite Materials
University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Email: r.das@auckland.ac.nz




Publications


Chai, M. W., Bickerton, S., Bhattacharyya, D., & Das, R. (2012). Influence of natural fibre reinforcements on the flammability of bio-derived composite materials. Composites Part B: Engineering, 43(7), 2867-2874.

Cleary, P. W., Prakash, M., Das, R., & Ha, J. (2012). Modelling of metal forging using SPH. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36(8), 3836-3855.

Das, R., Adhikary, K., & Ray, S. (2008). Comparison of electrical, optical, and structural properties of RF-sputtered ZnO thin films deposited under different gas ambients. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 47(3 PART 1), 1501-1506.

Das, R., Adhikary, K., & Ray, S. (2007). The role of oxygen and hydrogen partial pressures on structural and optical properties of ITO films deposited by reactive rf-magnetron sputtering. Applied Surface Science, 253(14), 6068-6073.

Das, R., Basak, S., & Maity, A. B. (2011). Sol-gel synthesized aligned ZnO nanorods growth: Studies on structural and optoelectronic properties. Paper presented at the 2011 International Conference on Nanoscience, Technology and Societal Implications, NSTSI11,

Das, R., Bhattacharjee, K. S., & Rao, S. (2012). Welding heat transfer analysis using element free galerkin method

Das, R., & Cleary, P. W. (2013). A mesh-free approach for fracture modelling of gravity dams under earthquake. International Journal of Fracture, 179(1-2), 9-33.

Das, R., & Cleary, P. W. (2010). Application of SPH for modelling heat transfer and residual stress generation in arc welding

Das, R., & Cleary, P. W. (2010). Effect of rock shapes on brittle fracture using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 53(1), 47-60.

Das, R., Jana, T., & Ray, S. (2005). Degradation studies of transparent conducting oxide: A substrate for microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 86(2), 207-216.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2012). Characteristics of the design surface of damage tolerance parameters and their relation to shape optimisation. International Journal of Fatigue,

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2009). Damage tolerance based design optimisation of a fuel flow vent hole in an aircraft structure. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 38(3), 245-265.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2009). Designing cutouts for optimum residual strength in plane structural elements. International Journal of Fracture, 156(2), 129-153.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2009). Development of a 3D biological method for fatigue life based optimisation and its application to structural shape design. International Journal of Fatigue, 31(2), 309-321.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2005). Developments in the residual strength based shape optimisation. Paper presented at the 4th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2005, 705-710.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2009). Fatigue life enhancement of structures using shape optimisation. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 52(3), 165-179.

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2011). Residual strength optimisation of a vent hole in an aircraft component using a heuristic method

Das, R., & Jones, R. (2011). Topology optimisation of a bulkhead component used in aircrafts using an evolutionary algorithm. Paper presented at the Procedia Engineering, , 10 2867-2872.

Das, R., Jones, R., & Chandra, S. (2007). Damage tolerance based shape design of a stringer cutout using evolutionary structural optimisation. Engineering Failure Analysis, 14(1), 118-137.

Das, R., Jones, R., & Peng, D. (2005). Optimal shape design with fatigue life as design constraint using a 3D biological method. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11, , 3 2242-2247.

Das, R., Jones, R., & Peng, D. (2006). Optimisation of damage tolerant structures using a 3D biological algorithm. Engineering Failure Analysis, 13(3 SPEC. ISS.), 362-379.

Das, R., Jones, R., & Xie, Y. M. (2005). Design of structures for optimal static strength using ESO. Engineering Failure Analysis, 12(1), 61-80.

Das, R., Jones, R., & Xie, Y. -. (2011). Optimal topology design of industrial structures using an evolutionary algorithm. Optimization and Engineering, 12(4), 681-717.

Das, R., & Kumar, R. (2008). Compositional effect on optical characteristics of solution grown (cd 1-x sn x )S thin films. Journal of Materials Science, 43(17), 5972-5976.

Das, R., & Kumar, R. (2010). Effect of annealing and composition on crystal structure, surface morphology and optical absorption of chemically deposited cd 1-xSnxS films. Crystal Research and Technology, 45(7), 725-731.

Das, R., & Kumar, R. (2013). Structural, photoluminescence and optical properties of chemically deposited (Cd1-xBix)S thin films as a function of dopant concentration. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 24(2), 697-703.

Das, R., & Lu, H. (2003). Thermal fatigue life estimation based on CASE failure criterion with measured solder layer strain. Paper presented at the Advances in Damage Mechanics, 489-498.

Das, R., & Rajesh Kumar. (2012). Preparation of nanocrystalline PbS thin films and effect of sn doping and annealing on their structural and optical properties. Materials Research Bulletin, 47(2), 239-246.

Das, R., & Ray, S. (2012). Transparent conducting zinc oxide as anti-reflection coating deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. Indian Journal of Physics, 86(1), 23-29.

Das, R., & Ray, S. (2005). Use of multilayer oxide films prepared by RF-magnetron sputtering as transparent IR-reflector. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers, 44(3), 1367-1371.

Das, R., & Ray, S. (2003). Zinc oxide - A transparent, conducting IR-reflector prepared by rf-magnetron sputtering. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36(2), 152-155.

Das, R., & Sahu, P. K. (2010). Synthesis, microstructure study and optical characterization of chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline CdSe thin films. Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 12(6), 1406-1413.

Das, R., Versalko, D., & Ari-Gur, J. (2011). Evaluating the use of elastomers in improving blast resistance of fibre-metal composites. Paper presented at the ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials,

Das, R., Zhang, Y., Schaubs, P., & Cleary, P. W. (2010). Simulating rock fracture due to magma intrusion using a mesh-free method. Paper presented at the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2010, 421-426.

Das, R. K., Aijaz, A., Sharma, M. K., Lama, P., & Bharadwaj, P. K. (2012). Direct crystallographic observation of catalytic reactions inside the pores of a flexible coordination polymer. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(22), 6866-6872.

Das, R. K., Ghatak, T., Samanta, R. C., & Bera, J. K. (2011). A fluoro-bridged dinuclear nickel(II) compound from tetrafluoroborate precursor: Making sense of a serendipitous reaction. Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry, 50(9-10), 1350-1355.

Das, R. K., Saha, B., Rahaman, S. M. W., & Bera, J. K. (2010). Bimetallic catalysis involving dipalladium(I) and diruthenium(I) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 16(48), 14459-14468.

Das, R. K., Samanta, A., Ha, H. -., & Chang, Y. -. (2011). Solid phase synthesis of ultra-photostable cyanine NIR dye library. RSC Advances, 1(4), 573-575.

Das, R. K., Sarkar, M., Wahidur Rahaman, S. M., Doucet, H., & Bera, J. K. (2012). Binuclear copper complexes and their catalytic evaluation. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (10), 1680-1687.

Davey, S., Das, R., Cantwell, W. J., & Kalyanasundaram, S. (2013). Forming studies of carbon fibre composite sheets in dome forming processes. Composite Structures, 97, 310-316.

Elambasseril, J., Ibrahim, R., & Das, R. (2010). Determination of mechanical properties of tin coating using a notched cylindrical stainless steel substrate

Elambasseril, J., Ibrahim, R., & Das, R. (2010). Effect of loading phase angle on interfacial fracture toughness for circumferentially notched tensile specimens. Paper presented at the ICONN 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 376-379.

Elambasseril, J., Ibrahim, R. N., & Das, R. (2011). Evaluation of fracture characteristics of ceramic coatings on stainless steel substrates using circumferentially notched tensile specimens. Composites Part B: Engineering, 42(6), 1596-1602.

Fagan, T., Das, R., Lemiale, V., & Estrin, Y. (2012). Modelling of equal channel angular pressing using a mesh-free method. Journal of Materials Science, 47(11), 4514-4519.

Ghorai, M. K., Halder, S., & Das, R. K. (2010). Domino imino-aldol-aza-michael reaction: One-pot diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of piperidines. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75(21), 7061-7072.

Goutard, M., Das, R., Battley, M., Allen, T., & Norris, S. (2012). Evaluation of the influence of hydro-elasticity in slamming of elastic panels using a coupled FE-FV method. Paper presented at the 4th High Performance Yacht Design Conference 2012, HPYD 2012, 74-84.

Ibrahim, R. N., Das, R., Wu, F. W., & Singh Raman, R. K. (2008). Two-step linear elastic finite element analysis: A new approach for evaluating fracture toughness for CNT specimens. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, 2(4), 319-331.

Islam, S., Ibrahim, R., & Das, R. (2010). On cutting mechanisms during nano machining of metals. Paper presented at the ICONN 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 400-403.

Islam, S., Ibrahim, R., Das, R., & Fagan, T. (2012). Novel approach for modelling of nanomachining using a mesh-less method. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36(11), 5589-5602.

Islam, S., Ibrahim, R. N., & Das, R. (2011). Study of abrasive wear mechanism through nano machining

Karekal, S., Das, R., Mosse, L., & Cleary, P. W. (2011). Application of a mesh-free continuum method for simulation of rock caving processes. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 48(5), 703-711.

Kumar, R., Das, R., Gupta, M., & Ganesan, V. (2013). Compositional effect of antimony on structural, optical, and photoluminescence properties of chemically deposited (Cd1- xSbx)S thin films. Superlattices and Microstructures, 59, 29-37.

Marshall, S. L., & Das, R. (2010). Medium- and fluid-compressibility effects in flows through hot sedimentary aquifers. Paper presented at the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2010, 169-172.

Rao, S., Das, R., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2013). Investigation of bond strength and energy absorption capabilities in recyclable sandwich panels. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 45, 6-13.

Ray, S., Das, R., & Barua, A. K. (2002). Performance of double junction a-si solar cells by using ZnO:Al films with different electrical and optical properties at the n/metal interface. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 74(1-4), 387-392.

Ray, S., Dutta, U., Das, R., & Chatterjee, P. (2007). Modelling of experimentally measured optical characteristics of ITO/TiO2 transparent multi-layer heat shields. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 40(8), 2445-2451.

Ray, S., Jana, T., Das, C., & Das, R. (2003). Effect of TCO coated substrate and P-layer on performance of microcrystalline silicon solar cells. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, , B 1784-1787.

Roy, M. N., Banerjee, A., & Das, R. K. (2009). Conductometric study of some alkali metal halides in (dimethyl sulfoxide + acetonitrile) at T = 298.15 K. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 41(11), 1187-1192.

Roy, M. N., Bhattacharjee, A., & Das, R. K. (2010). Studies on molecular interactions of oxalic acid and its salts in co-aqueous solutions of 1,3-dioxolane by volumetric and viscometric measurements at T = (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 156(2-3), 146-153.

Roy, M. N., Chanda, R., & Das, R. K. (2012). Volumetric, viscometric and acoustic studies of ternary systems of tetrahydrofuran + 1,3-dioxolane with monoalkanoic acids and their corresponding binaries. Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 50(5), 557-578.

Roy, M. N., Chanda, R., Das, R. K., & Ekka, D. (2011). Densities and viscosities of citric acid in aqueous cetrimonium bromide solutions with reference to the manifestation of solvation. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 56(8), 3285-3290.

Roy, M. N., Das, R. K., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2008). Density and viscosity of acrylonitrile + cinnamaldehyde, + anisaldehyde, and + benzaldehyde at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 53(7), 1431-1435.

Roy, M. N., Das, R. K., & Chanda, R. (2012). Molecular interactions of 1,2-dihydroxyethyl-3,4-dihydroxyfuran-2-one in aqueous N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium bromide solutions with reference to manifestation of solvation. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 45(1), 1-8. Roy, M. N., Das, R. K., & Chanda, R. (2010). Study on solution properties of binary mixtures of some industrially important solvents with cyclohexylamine and cyclohexanone at 298.15 K. International Journal of Thermophysics, 31(3), 535-545.

Roy, M. N., Pradhan, P., Das, R. K., Sinha, B., & Guha, P. K. (2008). Ion-pair and triple-ion formation by some tetraalkyammonium iodides in binary mixtures of 1,4-dioxane + tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 53(7), 1417-1420.

Roy, M. N., Sarkar, L., & Das, R. K. (2010). Studies on solution properties of some amino acids in aqueous mixture of catechol. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 31(4), 456-465.

Sadhukhan, N., Sinha, A., Das, R. K., & Bera, J. K. (2010). Multi-site coordination of ferrocenylamido-naphthyridine conjugates [{(5,7-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridin-2-yl)amino}carbonyl]ferrocene and 1,1′-bis[{(5,7-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridin-2-yl)amino}carbonyl]ferrocene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 695(1), 67-73.

Shahmiri, R., Aarts, J. M., Bennani, V., Das, R., & Swain, M. V. (2013). Strain distribution in a kennedy class i implant assisted removable partial denture under various loading conditions. International Journal of Dentistry, 2013

Wu, F. W., Ibrahim, R. N., Das, R., & Raman, R. K. S. (2009). Fracture toughness for CNT specimens from numerically obtained critical CTOD values. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 52(1), 50-54.

Wu, F. W., Ibrahim, R. N., Singh Raman, R. K., & Das, R. (2009). Using thermomechanical conditioning cycles to improve fracture toughness of low carbon steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 40(5), 1118-1125.