Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory

Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Telangana, INDIA

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Publications

2021

  1. K Banerjee, Saket Asthana,"Role of polar nanoregions in the enhancement of the recoverable energy storage density and electrostrictive coefficient in the lead free Na0. 25K0. 25Bi0. 5TiO3",Materials Letters 304, 130577.
  2. Abhinav Kumar, Saket Asthana,"Investigation on energy storage properties and thermally stable dielectric constant for high temperature electronic device applications in the holmium substituted Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3",Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32 (15), 20225-20239.
  3. Venkata Seshaiah Katta, M Velpandian, Vishnuvardhan Reddy Chappidi, Md Soif Ahmed, Abhinav Kumar, Saket Asthana, Praveen Meduri, Sai Santosh Kumar Raav,,"Er3+ Doped Titania Photoanode for Enhanced Performance of Photo-electrochemical Water Splitting Devices",Materials Letters, 130297.
  4. C Goutham, KVA Kumar, SSK Raavi, C Subrahmanyam,Saket Asthana,"Enhanced electrical and photocatalytic activities in Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 through structural modulation by using anatase and rutile phases of TiO2",Journal of Materiomics.
  5. TD Rao, S Vadnala, B Sattibabu,Saket Asthana,"Observation of normal and reverse magnetocaloric effect in Ho and Sc co-substituted BiFeO 3",Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32 (4), 4372-4379.
  6. S Misra, SI Andronenko, P Padia, S Vadnala,Saket Asthana,"EPR and magnetization studies of the manganites La0.7-xEuxSr0.3MnO3 (x = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7) and La0.3Nd0.4Sr0.3MnO3 at different temperatures: Conductivity due to hopping of small polarons", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 519, 167450.
  7. A Kumar,Saket Asthana,"Beneficial modification of the electrical properties of ecofriendly ferroelectric ceramic Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 by substitution of low concentration of Ho+ 3", Materials Today: Proceedings 42, 1065-1069.
  8. T Durga Rao, Arpita Mishra, Bhumireddi Sattibabu, Krishnarjuna Banerjee,Saket Asthana, V Satya Narayana Murthy, J Arout Chelvane, "Structural and magnetic properties of Ba and Sn co-substituted bismuth ferrite", Materials Today: Proceedings 39, 1515-1518.
  9. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi, Venkata Seshaiah Katta, Aparajita Das, Goutham Cilaveni, Supriya Pulipaka, Ganapathy Veerappan, Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy, Praveen Meduri, Saket Asthana, Deepa Melepurath, “Vacancies induced enhancement in neodymium doped titania photoanodes based sensitized solar cells and photo-electrochemical cells” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 220, 110843.

2020

    1. G Cilaveni,Saket AsthanaEnhanced Bipolar Strain and Electrocaloric Response in Gadolinium/Tantalum Co-Substituted Sodium Bismuth Titanate Lead-Free Ceramics, ECS Meeting Abstracts, 3823.
    2. K Chandra Sekhar, Krishnarjun banerjee,Saket Asthana, T Patri, KC Mouli “Observation of diffuse relaxor activity and normal thermal stability in Ho–modified NBT–BT lead free ceramics” Ferroelectrics 568 (1), 161-174.
    3. M pal, A Srinivas,Saket Asthana “Exploration of lead-free magneto-electric 0.85(Na0.41K0.09Bi0.5TiO3) – 0.15(CoFe2O4) particulate composite for sensor application” AIP Conference Proceedings 2269 (1), 030006.
    4. G Bhavani, B Sattibabu, Saket Asthana, “Improved insulating and dielectric properties in Ho and Sc doped BiFeO3” AIP Conference Proceedings 2269 (1), 030011.
    5. K Banerjee,Saket Asthana “The effect of cation-size variance on the relaxor nature and insulating character of the lead free Rb substituted Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3” AIP Conference Proceedings 2269 (1), 030009.
    6. A Srinivas, Munendra Pal, Saket Asthana “Exploration of lead-free magneto-electric 0.85(Na0.41K0.09Bi0.5TiO3)- 0.15(CoFe2O4) particulate composite for sensor application” AAmerican Institute of Physics Conference Series 2269 (1), 030006.
    7. KR Kandula, R Yanamandra, Saket Asthana,T Patri “Observation of electrocaloric effect, thermal energy harvesting and energy storage density capabilities in Eu3+ and Nb5+ co-substituted lead-free Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 ceramics” Current Applied Physics 20 (9), 1066-1072.
    8. K Banerjee,Saket Asthana “The Thermal Stability of Recoverable Energy Storage Density in Novel Eu-substituted Lead Free K0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ferroelectric” 2020 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium.
    9. TD Rao, A Mishra, B Sattibabu, K Banerjee,Saket Asthana VSN Murthy,“Structural and magnetic properties of Ba and Sn co-substituted bismuth ferrite” Materials Today: Proceedings.
    10. K Banerjee,Saket Asthana“Evidence of High Energy Storage Density and Break Down Voltage in the Eco-Friendly Eu-Substituted K0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 Dielectric Ceramics” ECS Meeting Abstracts, 1041.
    11. K Banerjee,Saket Asthana“The effect of A-site cation on ferroelectric properties in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-based materials: Correlation between Burns temperature and remanent polarization”Journal of Applied Physics 127 (14), 144102.
    12. T Karthik, S Rayaprol, V Siruguri,Saket Asthana“Origin of enhanced piezoelectric properties revealed through electric field driven studies in 0.94 (Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3)− 0.06 (Ba0. 85Ca0. 15Ti0. 9Zr0. 1O3) ceramics” Journal of Applied Physics 127.
    13. S Vadnala, NB Srivastava, Saket Asthana, J. Mohanty, S. V. Kamat, “Nature of correlated polaron hopping mechanism in A-site cation disorder Nd0.7−xLaxSr0.3MnO3 (x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3) manganites” Applied Physics A 126 (3), 155.
    14. G Cilaveni, KVA Kumar, SSK Raavi, C Subrahmanyam, Saket Asthana "Control over relaxor, piezo-photocatalytic and energy storage properties in Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 via processing methodologies" Journal of Alloys and Compounds 798, 540-552.
    15. C Goutham, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana "Particle size dependent properties of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 synthesized using hydrothermal technique" AIP Conference Proceedings 2082 (1), 030010.
    16. K Raju, KR Kandula, Saket Asthana, T Patri "Effect of La3+-donor substitution on structural, micro structural, dielectric and ferroelectric characteristics of BLNT-BZT solid solutions" Phase Transitions 92 (1), 1-12.
    17. T Durga Rao, B Sattibabu, Saket Asthana "Predicting High Magneto‐Electric Coupling in Gd Substituted BiFeO3" physica status solidi (b).
    18. K Banerjee, SB Alvi, AK Rengan, Saket Asthana "Investigation on the discharge energy storage density of the Rb substituted Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 relaxor ferroelectric and its suitability for the orthopedic application" Journal of the American Ceramic Society. v N Singh, Saket Asthana "Synthesis of the A and B-site disordered lead free relaxor ferroelectric for higher recoverable energy storage density" Indian institute of technology Hyderabad-2019.
    19. KR Kandula, T Patri, Saket Asthana, "Nd3+ and Nb5+ Co‐Substitution Inducing a Large Electrocaloric Response in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Lead‐Free Ceramics" physica status solidi (b), 1900001.

    2018

    1. T Durga Rao, K Raja Kandula, A Kumar, Saket Asthana, “Improved magnetization and reduced leakage current in Sm and Sc co-substituted BiFeO3” Journal of Applied Physics 123 (24), 244104.
    2. Manish K. Niranjan, P Karuna Kumari, K Banerjee, Saket Asthana, “Randomly arranged cation-ordered nanoregions in lead-free relaxor ferroelectric K1/2Bi1/2TiO3: Prediction from first-principles study”, Journal of Applied Physics 123 (24), 244106.
    3. R Yanamandra, KR Kandula, P Bandi, HSK Reddy, Saket Asthana, T Patri “Enhanced energy storage density in lead free (Na0.5Bi0.48Eu0.02)Ti1-xNbxO3(x=0.00, 0.01 & 0.02) ceramics AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 (1), 050063.
    4. TD Rao, KR Kandula, Saket Asthana, “Evidence of suppressed oxygen vacancies in Sm and Sc co-substituted BiFeO3” AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 (1), 050067.
    5. C Goutham, KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana, “Improved ferroelectric and photoluminescence properties in Pr3+ substituted Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 synthesized using hydrothermal route” AIP Conference Proceedings 1942 (1), 050130.
    6. KR Kandula, K Beanerjee, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana, “A lead free 0.96(Na0.5Bi0.49Nd0.01TiO3) -0.04BaTiO3 piezoceramic for possible optoelectronic device applications” AIP Conference Proceedings 1942 (1), 030011. 2018
    7. KR Kandula, K Banerjee, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana, “Enhanced Electrocaloric Effect and Energy Storage Density of Nd‐Substituted 0.92 NBT‐0.08 BT Lead Free Ceramic” physica status solidi (a) 215 (7), 1700915.
    8. K Banerjee, Saket Asthana, PK Kumari, Manish K. Niranjan “Optimum discharge energy density at room temperature in relaxor K1/2Bi1/2TiO3 for green energy harvesting Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 51 (11), 115501.
    9. KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana Correlation between structural, ferroelectric and luminescence properties through compositional dependence of Nd3+ ion in lead free Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 732, 233-239.
    10. Karthik Thangavelu, D Radhakrishanan, C Narayana, Saket Asthana. “Nature of electric field driven ferroelectric phase transition in lead-free Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3: In-situ temperature dependent ferroelectric hysteresis and Raman scattering studies” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 732, 945-951.
    11. S Vadnala, Saket Asthana, “Magnetocaloric effect and critical field analysis in Eu substituted La0. 7-xEuxSr0. 3MnO3 (x= 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) manganites "Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 446, 68-79.
    12. SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana, KR Kandula “Electric-field induced controllable Photoluminescence in rare-earth doped lead-free piezoelectric ceramics-towards paradigm shift in ceramic photonics"OSI symposium 2018.
    13. KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana “Improved electrical and photoluminescence properties in Nd substitution of 0.94 (Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3)-0.06 BaTiO3 lead free multi-functional ceramics”, Advanced Materials Letters 9 (09), 656-659. KR Kandula, Saket Asthana, SSK Raavi “Multifunctional Nd³⁺ substituted Na₀. ₅Bi₀. ₅TiO₃ as lead-free ceramics with enhanced luminescence, ferroelectric and energy harvesting properties” RSC advances.
    14. KR Kandula, Saket Asthana, SSK "Structural, Electrical and Optical properties of rare earth Nd and Eu substitution in lead free Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 based ferro/piezoelectric ceramics" Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
    15. KR Kandula, Saket Asthana, SSK Raavi “Multifunctional Nd 3+ substituted Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 as lead-free ceramics with enhanced luminescence, ferroelectric and energy harvesting properties” RSC Advances 8 (28), 15282-15289.
    16. SS Kimidi, Saket Asthana “Research Archive of Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (RAIITH)” Informatics Studies 5 (1), 52-60.

    2017

    1. TD Rao, Saket Asthana “Observation of bond enthalpy dependence of insulating character in rare earth substituted BiFeO3” Materials Research Express 4 (12), 126305.
    2. KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana “Enhancement in electrical and optical properties by substitution of lanthanides (Nd3+ and Eu3+) in lead free Na0.5Bi0.5 TiO3 ceramics” Ferroelectrics 518 (1), 23-30.
    3. G Thirupathi, KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana, “The effect on electrical and luminescent properties in nanocrystalline Na0. 5Bi0. 5− x Nd x TiO3”
    4. G Thirupathi, KR Kandula, SSK Raavi, Saket Asthana Materials Research Express 4 (9), 095019.
    5. Karthik Thangavelu, Saket Asthana, “Polarization extension mechanism revealed through dynamic ferroelectric hysteresis and electric field driven structural distortions in lead free Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 ceramic” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 50 (38), 385601. 2017
    6. KG Prasad, Manish K. Niranjan, Saket Asthana, “Electronic structure, vibrational and thermoelectric properties of AgTaO3: A first-principles study” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 696, 1168-1173.
    7. Karthik Thangavelu, Saket Asthana, “Enhanced mechanical and ferroelectric properties through Grain size refinement in site specific substituted lead free Na0.5-xKxBi0.5TiO3 (x = 0 - 0.10) ceramics” Mater. Lett. 190 (2017) 273.
    8. Ganga Prasad K, Manish K. Niranjan, Saket Asthana, “The electrical properties and relaxation behavior of AgNb1/2Ta1/2O3 ceramic” Phyisca B: Condensed Matter 506 (2017) 42.
    9. K Ganga Prasad, Manish K. Niranjan, Saket Asthana, “Electronic structure, vibrational and thermoelectric properties of AgTaO3: A first-principles study” J. Alloys and Comp. 696 (2017) 1168.
    10. V. Madhav Kumar, A. Srinivas, A. Talapatra, Saket Asthana, J. Mohanty, S. V. Kamat, “Effect of deposition temperature on structural, microstructural and magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition” J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28 (2017) 446.


    2016

    1. Subir Roy, Rajlaxmi Maharana, S. Rangaswamy, Sarabjit Singh, Pawan Kumar, T. Karthik, Saket Asthana, V.V. Bhanu Prasad, Samir Kamat, “Structural, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of chemically processed, low temperature sintered piezoelectric BZT-BCT ceramics” Mater. Res. Express. 3 (2016) 035702.
    2. · Sudarshan Vadnala, Prem Pal, Saket Asthana “Investigation of near room temperature magnetocaloric, magnetoresistance and bolometric properties of Nd0.5La0.2Sr0.3MnO3: Ag2O manganites” J Mater Sci: Mater Electron. 27 (2016) 6156.
    3. Ganga Prasad K, Manish K. Niranjan, Saket Asthana, R. Karthikeyan "Raman modes and Born-effective charges in AgNb1/2Ta1/2O3: A density-functional and Raman scattering study" J. Am.Ceram. Soc. 99 (2016) 332.

    2015

    1. Manmohan Sahu, Karthik Thangavelu, Adiraj Srinivas Saket Asthana “Structural and microstructural correlation with ferroelectric and dielectric properties of nanostructured Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ceramics” J Mater Sci: Mater Electron.26 (2015) 9746.
    2. Karthik Thangavelu, Saket Asthana, “Monoclinic Cc-phase stabilization in magnetically diluted lead free Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-Evolution of spin glass like behavior with enhanced ferroelectric and dielectric properties” Mater. Res. Express. 2 (2015) 096301
    3. Karthik Thangavelu, T Durga Rao,Adiraj Srinivas, Saket Asthana, “Effect of local strain fields on the structural, Neel transition temperature and long range ferroelectric ordering in rare earth substituted Bi0.9R0.1FeO3 multiferroic ceramics (where, R = Gd3+, Tb3+, Dy3+)” J Mater Sci: Mater Electron. 26 (2015) 8676
    4. Sudarshan Vadnala, Prem Pal, Saket Asthana, “Influence of A-site cation disorder on structural and magnetocaloric properties of Nd0.7-xLaxSr0.3MnO3 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 & 0.3)” J. Rare Earths 33 (2015)1072
    5. Manish K. Niranjan, K.Ganga Prasad, Saket Asthana, S. Rayaprol, V.Siruguri, “Investigation of structural, vibrational and ferroic properties of AgNbO3 at room temperature using Neutron diffraction, Raman Scattering and Density-functionaltheory” J. Phys. D: Applied Phys. 48 (2015) 215303
    6. T Durga Rao, Saket Asthana, Manish K. Niranjan, “Observation of coexistence of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases in Sc substituted BiFeO3”, J. Alloys and Comp. 642 (2015) 192.
    7. A Srinivas, R.V. Krishnaiah, V.L. Niranjani, S.V. Kamat, T. Karthik and Saket Asthana“Ferroelectric, piezoelectric and mechanical Properties In Lead Free (0.5) Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 – (0.5) (Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3Electroceramics”, Ceramics International, 41 (2015) 1980.
    8. J. Paul Praveen, T. Karthik, A.R. James, E. Chandrakala, Saket Asthana, Dibakar Das, “ Effect of poling process on piezoelectric properties of sol–gel derived BZT–BCT ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 35 (2015) 1785.

    2014

    1. T. Durga Rao and Saket Asthana, “Evidence of improved ferroelectric phase stabilization in Nd and Sc co-substituted BiFeO3” J. Appl. Phys.116 (2014) 164102.
    2. Sudarshan Vadnala, T. Durga Rao , Prem Pal, Saket Asthana, “Study of structural effect on Eu-substituted LSMO manganite for high temperature coefficient of resistance” Phyisca B: Condensed Matter. 448 (2014) 277.
    3. T Durga Rao, Asmitha Kumari, Manish K. Niranjan, Saket Asthana, “Enhancement of magnetic and electrical properties in Sc substituted BiFeO3 multiferroic” Phyisca B: Condensed Matter. 448 (2014) 267.
    4. T Durga Rao, R Ranjith , Saket Asthana, “Enhanced magnetization and improved insulating character in Eu substituted BiFeO3” J. Appl. Phys. 115 (2014) 124110.
    5. Saket Asthana, Kohei Fujiwara and Hidekazu Tanaka, “Electrical switching to probe complex phases in a frustrated manganite” Solid State Commun 187 (2014) 64.
    6. R.V. Krishnaiah, A. Srinivas, S.V. Kamat, T. Karthik, Saket Asthana, “Effect of CoFe2O4 mole percentage on Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric properties of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3/CoFe2O4particulate composites” Ceramics International 40 (2014) 7799.
    7. Karthik Thangavelu, Ranjith Ramadurai, and Saket Asthana, “Evidence for the suppression of intermediate anti-ferroelectric ordering and observation of hardening mechanism in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3ceramics through cobalt substitution”, AIP Advances 4 (2014) 017111.
    8. J. Paul Praveen, Kranti Kumar, A.R. James , T. Karthik , Saket Asthana , Dibakar Das, “Large piezoelectric strain observed in sol-gel derived BZT-BCT ceramics”, Current Applied Physics 14(2014) 396.

    2013

    1. T. Karthik, Saket Asthana, “Evolution of multifunctional behavior in site specific cation substituted Na0.5Bi0.45Gd0.05Ti0.95Mn0.05O3 ceramics”J. Korean Phys Soc.” 62 (2013) 1979.
    2. Manish K. Niranjan, T. Karthik, Saket Asthana, Jaysree Pan, and Umesh V. Waghmare, “Theoretical and experimental investigation of Raman modes, ferroelectric and dielectric properties of relaxor Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3”, J. Appl. Phys. 113 (2013) 194106. (top 25% most downloaded articles published in the Journal of Applied Physics)
    3. T. Durga Rao, T. Karthik, Saket Asthana, “Investigation of structural, magnetic and optical properties of rare earth substituted bismuth ferrite”, J. Rare Earths, 31 ( 2013) 370.
    4. Sudarshan Vadnala, Saket Asthana, Prem Pal, and S. Srinath, “Influence of Nd Substitution by La in Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3 on Structural and Transport Properties for Sensing Applications”, ISRN Materials Science, (2013), Article ID 728195.

    2012

    1. J-F. Letard, Saket Asthana, H.J. Shepherd, P. Guionneau, A. Goeta, N. Suemura, R. Ishikawa and S. Kaizaki “ Photomagnetism of a sym-cis Dithiocyanato Iron(II) complex with a tetradentate N,N’-bis(2-pyridylmethyl) 1,2-ethanediamine ligand” Chem. Eur. J. 18 (2012) 5924 (Cited as “ Hot topicsin Magnetic Materials by Wiley” http://www.wiley-vch.de/util/hottopics/magnetic/).
    2. Manish K. Niranjan and Saket Asthana, “Theoretical investigation of lead free piezoelectric AgNbO3and Ag(K)NbO3 solid solutions” Solid State Commun., 152 (2012) 1707.
    3. A Srinivas, R. V. Krishnaiah, T. Karthik, P. Suresh, Saket Asthana and S.V. Kamat, “Observation of Direct and Indirect Magnetoelectricity in Lead Free –Ferroelectric (Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3) – Magnetostrictive (CoFe2O4) Particulate Composite”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101(2012) 082902.
    4. T. Durga Rao, T. Karthik, Adiraj Srinivas and Saket Asthana “Study of Structural, Magnetic and Electrical properties on Ho – substituted BiFeO3”, Solid State Commun. 152 (2012) 2071.

    2011

    1. M.Clemente-Leon, Eugenio Coronado, M.Lopez-Jorda, Cedric Desplanches, Saket Asthana, H. Wang and J-F Letard, “A hybrid magnet with coexistence of ferromagnetism and photoinduced Fe(III) spin-crossover” Chem. Sci., 2, ( 2011) 1121.
    2. Saket Asthana, “Effect of Cobalt substitution on magnetic and transport properties of Nd0.5Sr0.5Mn1-xCoxO3(x=0.1,0.3 and 0.5)” , Bull. Mater.Sci., 34, (2011) 279.

    2010

    1. Suzanne M. Neville, Céline Etrillard, Saket Asthana and Jean-François Létard, “ Light-Induced stored information in nanoparticles” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. Issue 2 (2010) 282.
    2. Chaitali Biswas, Michael G. B. Drew, Saket Asthana, Cédric Desplanches and Ashutosh Ghosh, “Mono-aqua-bridged dinuclear complexes of Cu(II) containing NNO donor Schiff base ligand: Hydrogen-bond-mediated exchange coupling” J. Molecular Structure 965 (2010) 39.
    3. Sushil K. Misra, Sergey I. Andronenko, Saket Asthana and Dhirendra Bahadur, “ A variable temperature EPR study of the manganites (La1/3Sm2/3)2/3SrxBa0.33-xMnO3,(x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.33): Small polaron hopping conductivity and Griffiths phase” J.Magn. Magn. Mater. 322 (2010) 2902.
    4. G. Dupouy, S. Triki, M. Marchivie, N. Cosquer, Carlos J. Gomez-Garcia, S. Pillet, E-E. Bendeif, C. Lecomte, Saket Asthana, and J-F Letard, “Cyanocarbanion-Based Spin-Crossover Materials: Photocrystallographic and Photomagnetic Studies of a New Iron (II) Neutral Chain”, Inorg. Chem.,49 (20) (2010) 9358.

    2009

    1. R. Pritchard, H. Lazar, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner, Saket Asthana, J-F. Letard and M. A. Halcrow, “Thermal and Light-Induced Spin-Transitions in Iron(II) Complexes of 2,6-Bis(4-halopyrazolyl)pyridines – the Influence of Polymorphism on a Spin-Crossover Compound” , Dalton Trans. issue 33 (2009) 6656.
    2. M. Clemente-León, E. Coronado, M. Carmen Giménez-López, Francisco M. Romero, Saket Asthana, Cédric Desplanches, Jean-François Létard, “Structural, Thermal and Photomagnetic Properties of Spin Crossover [Fe(bpp)2]2+-based Salts bearing [Cr(L)(ox)2]– Anions”, Dalton Trans. issue 38 (2009) 8087.

    2008

    1. Saket Asthana, A.K.Nigam, S.K Malik and D.Bahadur, “Lattice effect on the magnetic and magneto-transport properties of (La1/3Sm2/3)0.67Ba0.33-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.33) compounds”, J. Alloys and Compds. 450 (2008) 136.

    2007

    1. D.Bahadur, Saket Asthana, C. Carbonera, C. Desplanches and J-F. Létard "Magnetic and photomagnetic Studies in Nd0.7Sr0.3CoO3", Solid State Commn.. 142 (2007) 132.
    2. Saket Asthana and D. Bahadur, "Structural, magnetic and magneto transport studies on the (La2/3Sm1/3)0.67Ba0.33-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.33) manganites", J. Phys.D: Applied Phys.40 (2007) 1839.
    3. Saket Asthana and D. Bahadur , Corrigendum on "Structural, magnetic and magneto transport studies on the (La2/3Sm1/3)0.67Ba0.33-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.33) manganites", J. Phys.D: Applied Phys. 40 (2007) 2614.
    4. Saket Asthana, J. Dho and D. Bahadur, “Weak charge order behaviour in phase separated (Ln2/3Sm1/3)2/3Ca1/3MnO3 manganites”, Solid State Commn. 143 (2007) 522.
    5. Saket Asthana, J. Dho and D. Bahadur, “Effects of A-site ionic size variation on the magnetic and transport properties of (PrxSm1-x)2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (0 £ x £ 1)”, phys. stat. sol. (b) 244, (2007) 4542.
    6. Saket Asthana, D. Bahadur and C. M. Srivastava, Erratum to "Small polarons as charge carriers in the transport of (La1/3Sm2/3)0.67Ba0.33-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.33)", Physica B: Condensed Matter . 396 232 ( 2007).

    2006

    1. Saket Asthana, D. Bahadur and C. M. Srivastava, "Small polarons as charge carriers in the transport of (La1/3Sm2/3)0.67Ba0.33-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.33)", Phyisca B: Condensed Matter371 (2006) 241.
    2. Saket Asthana, A.K. Nigam and D. Bahadur, “Magnetic and magneto-transport properties of (LaxSm1-x)2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (x = 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3) manganites” phys. stat. sol. (b) 243 (2006) 1922.

    2005

    1. J. Giri, T. Sriharsha, Saket Asthana, T. K. Gundu Rao, A. K. Nigam, D.Bahadur, "Synthesis of capped nano sized Mn1-xZnxFe2O4, (0≤x≤0.8) by microwave refluxing for bio-medical applications",J.Magn. Magn. Mater. 293 (2005) 55.
    2. Saket Asthana, A.K. Nigam and D. Bahadur, "Effect of Cobalt substitution on magneto-transport properties of Nd0.7Sr0.3Mn1- xCoxO3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0)" J. Appl. Phys. 97 (2005) 10C101.
    3. Saket Asthana, D. Bahadur, A.K. Nigam and S.K. Malik, "Electronic phase separation in (La1/3Sm2/3)2/3A1/3MnO3 (A = Ca, Sr and Ba) compounds" J. Appl. Phys. 97 (2005) 10H711.

    2004

    1. C.M. Srivastava, R.K. Dwivedi, Saket Asthana, A. K. Nigam and D. Bahadur, “Effect of Cr substitution on transport and magnetic ordering in Nd0.50Sr0.50Mn1-xCrxO3(0.001≤x≤ 0.20)", J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 284 (2004) 239.
    2. Saket Asthana, D. Bahadur, A.K. Nigam and S.K. Malik, "Magneto-transport studies on (Pr1/3Sm2/3)2/3A1/3MnO3 (A = Ca, Sr and Ba) compounds", J. Phys: Conden. Matter. 16 (2004) 5297.