Mainak Saha
@samurai.nims.go.jp
Postdoctoral researcher, Nanostructure Analysis Group, Research Centre for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials
National Institute for Materials Science
I have recently completed my PhD in the Dept of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at IIT Madras. My doctoral research was primarily based on understanding the stability of different phases and correlating the same with the mechanical response of Ni-alloyed Fe-Mn-Al-C steels with high specific strength. I have previously, been an undergraduate student of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT Durgapur. I am currently pursuing my postdoctoral research at Nanostructure Analysis group, Research Centre for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (Japan) since October 2023.
EDUCATION
July 2014-July 2018: B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering NIT Durgapur)
July: 2018- July 2023: M.S. + Ph.D (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), IIT Madras
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Metals and Alloys, Materials Chemistry
12
Scopus Publications
176
Scholar Citations
8
Scholar h-index
6
Scholar i10-index
Scopus Publications
- Strain partitioning-induced anisotropy in thermomechanically processed magnesium alloys comprised of earth-abundant elements
Jishnu J. Bhattacharyya, Seth Faberman, Aaron Sullivan, Mainak Saha, Taisuke Sasaki, and Sean R. Agnew
Elsevier BV - Towards Establishing Best Practice in the Analysis of Hydrogen and Deuterium by Atom Probe Tomography
Baptiste Gault, Aparna Saksena, Xavier Sauvage, P. Bagot, L. S. Aota, Jonas Arlt, L. Belkacemi, T. Boll, Yi-Sheng Chen, Luke Daly,et al.
As hydrogen is touted as a key player in the decarbonization of modern society, it is critical to enable quantitative hydrogen (H) analysis at high spatial resolution and, if possible, at the atomic scale. H has a known deleterious impact on the mechanical properties (strength, ductility, toughness) of most materials that can hinder their use as part of the infrastructure of a hydrogen-based economy. Enabling H mapping including local hydrogen concentration analyses at specific microstructural features is essential for understanding the multiple ways that H affect the properties of materials including embrittlement mechanisms and their synergies. In addition, spatial mapping and quantification of hydrogen isotopes is essential to accurately predict tritium inventory of future fusion power plants thus ensuring their safe and efficient operation. Atom probe tomography (APT) has the intrinsic capability to detect H and deuterium (D), and in principle the capacity for performing quantitative mapping of H within a material's microstructure. Yet, the accuracy and precision of H analysis by APT remain affected by complex field evaporation behavior and the influence of residual hydrogen from the ultrahigh vacuum chamber that can obscure the signal of H from within the material. The present article reports a summary of discussions at a focused workshop held at the Max-Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in April 2024. The workshop was organized to pave the way to establishing best practices in reporting APT data for the analysis of H. We first summarize the key aspects of the intricacies of H analysis by APT and then propose a path for better reporting of the relevant data to support interpretation of APT-based H analysis in materials. - Advancing the hydrogen tolerance of ultrastrong aluminum alloys via nanoprecipitate modification
Yafei Wang, Jianwei Tang, Hiro Fujihara, Nozomu Adachi, Yoshikazu Todaka, Yuantao Xu, Mainak Saha, Taisuke Sasaki, Kazuyuki Shimizu, Kyosuke Hirayama,et al.
Elsevier BV - Microstructure evolution and phase analysis of Sm<inf>60</inf>Ni<inf>40</inf> alloy
G. Vijayaragavan, D. Prabhu, M.B. Ponnuchamy, K.R.S. Preethi Meher, Ravi Gautam, Mainak Saha, R. Gopalan, and K.G. Pradeep
Elsevier BV - 3D printing of nanoceramics for biomedical applications
Mainak Saha and Manab Mallik
Elsevier - Revealing the Localization of NiAl-Type Nano-Scale B2 Precipitates Within the BCC Phase of Ni Alloyed Low-Density FeMnAlC Steel
Mainak Saha, M. B. Ponnuchamy, M. Sadhasivam, Chinmoy Mahata, G. Vijayaragavan, Karanam Gururaj, K. Suresh, N. Chandrasekaran, D. Prabhu, Krushna Kumbhar,et al.
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - On the correlative microscopy analyses of nano-twinned domains in 2 mol% zirconia alloyed yttrium tantalate thermal barrier material
K. Gururaj, Mainak Saha, Sumit Kumar Maurya, Rajat Nama, A. Alankar, M.B. Ponnuchamy, and K.G. Pradeep
Elsevier BV - Metal-based conducive nano-inks: synthesis and characterization techniques
Mainak Saha and Manab Mallik
Elsevier - ɤ-TiAl alloy: revisiting tensile creep deformation behaviour and creep life at 832 °C
Mainak Saha
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACT Creep deformation in single-phase ɤ-TiAl alloys manufactured using different processing techniques has been an extensively studied topic owing to the high specific strength and excellent creep properties of these alloys at temperatures between 760 and 1000°C. In addition, these lightweight and creep-resistant alloys are being presently considered as replacements to the comparatively heavier Ni-based superalloys for application in the low-pressure turbine blades of the next-generation gas turbine engines. However, there is limited information on the tensile creep deformation behaviour and creep life of ɤ-TiAl alloys at 832°C where these alloys have been reported not to exhibit steady-state creep. To this end, the present work revisits the work on understanding the tensile creep deformation behaviour of wrought single-phase ɤ-TiAl alloy by Saha [1] and is aimed to develop an understanding of the tensile creep deformation behaviour at 832°C and the influence of creep activation energy on the creep life of wrought single-phase ɤ-TiAl alloy for stress levels of 69.4 and 103.4 MPa at 832°C using Monkman–Grant [2] approach. - Additive manufacturing of ceramics and cermets: present status and future perspectives
Mainak Saha and Manab Mallik
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - A brief discussion on the tensile creep deformation behaviour of wrought single-phase γ-TiAl
Mainak Saha
Elsevier BV
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Strain partitioning-induced anisotropy in thermomechanically processed magnesium alloys comprised of earth-abundant elements
JJ Bhattacharyya, S Faberman, A Sullivan, M Saha, T Sasaki, SR Agnew
Scripta Materialia 262, 116659 2025 - Towards exploring the possibility of strengthening an additively manufactured SUS316L steel through tuning of the local chemistry at cell boundaries
M Saha, T Sasaki
Creation of materials by superthermal fields 2025 - Towards establishing best practice in the analysis of hydrogen and deuterium by atom probe tomography
B Gault, A Saksena, X Sauvage, P Bagot, LS Aota, J Arlt, LT Belkacemi, ...
Microscopy and microanalysis 30 (6), 1205-1220 2024 - Ordered B2 phase in a disordered FCC matrix: Current state of research on the development of low-density B2-strengthened Fe-Mn-Al-Ni-C steels
M Saha
2024 - Identification of hydrogen trapping site in pearlitic steel by atom probe tomography
ZH Li, M Saha, R Ueji, Y Kimura, A Shibata, T Ohkubo, K Hono, T Sasaki
ALC24, The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS) 2024 - Advancing the hydrogen tolerance of ultrastrong aluminum alloys via nanoprecipitate modification
Y Wang, J Tang, H Fujihara, N Adachi, Y Todaka, Y Xu, M Saha, T Sasaki, ...
Corrosion Science 240, 112471 2024 - On the Hydrogen trapping tendencies of different microstructural features in a deformed pearlitic steel using Cryogenic Atom Probe Tomography
M Saha, R Ueji, A Shibata, T Sasaki
Japan Institute of Metals Autumn Meeting 2024 2024 - Combinatorial Alloy Design: Renaissance in the Accelerated Development of High-Entropy Alloys
M Sadhasivam, SP Kumar, M Saha, C Mahata, KG Pradeep
Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering 9 (3), 611-620 2024 - Microstructures and properties of precipitation strengthened high-entropy alloys processed by SLM
PH Chou, H Xie, TN Palleda, M Saha, T Sasaki, K Kakehi, Y Toda, ...
32nd IMRC, MRS, Cancun, Mexico 2024 - Theoretical prediction and experimental evaluation of spin Hall conductivity of Ir2MnAl Heusler alloy
AK Patel, N Kenji, Y Wang, M Saha, T Sasaki, R Toyama, M Hayashi, ...
SMS 2024, IIT Bombay 2024 - Formation of Disordered Nano-particles and their influence on the Elevated Temperature Deformation of High Entropy Superalloys
WC Hsu, JL Lee, TW Chen, M Saha, T Saito, T Sasaki, H Murakami, ...
NANO KOREA 2024 2024 - On The Microstructural Evolution And The Mechanical Response Of Ni Alloyed Femnalc Steel A Correlative Microscopy Study
M Saha
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of 2024 - 3 Additive manufacturing of compositionally complex alloys: trends, challenges, and future perspectives
M Saha
3D Printing Technologies: Digital Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence 2024 - Metal-based conducive nano-inks: A review of synthesis and characterisation techniques
M Saha, M Mallik
Mainak Saha, Manab Mallik, Metal-based conducive nano-inks: synthesis and 2023 - Additive manufacturing of High Entropy Alloys: Trends, challenges and future perspectives
M Saha
Saha M, Additive Manufacturing of High Entropy Alloys: Trends, Challenges 2023 - On the electronic properties of graphene-based nanocomposites
M Saha
Available at SSRN 4588253 2023 - On the three-dimensional atomic scale characterisation towards understanding the sequence of nano-scale B2 phase evolution in Ni-alloyed Fe-Mn-Al-C low-density steel
M Saha, M Sadhasivam, MB Ponnuchamy, KG Pradeep
NIMS Award Symposium 2023 2023 - On the thermal stability of phases and the associated mechanical response of Ni-alloyed Fe-Mn-Al-C low-density steel: A correlative Microscopy study
M Saha
Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2023 - On the pressureless sintering of ZrB2-20 vol% MoSi2 composites
M Saha
2023 - On the three-dimensional atomic scale characterization of nano-scale B2 phase in Ni-alloyed Fe-Mn-Al-C low-density steel
Mainak Saha, M. Sadhasivam, M.B. Ponnuchamy, Karanam Gururaj, Vivek Kashyap ...
MetSA National Symposium, AMALGAM, Department of Metallurgical and Materials 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Additive manufacturing of ceramics and cermets: present status and future perspectives
M Saha, M Mallik
Sādhanā 46 (3), 162 2021
Citations: 32 - Towards establishing best practice in the analysis of hydrogen and deuterium by atom probe tomography
B Gault, A Saksena, X Sauvage, P Bagot, LS Aota, J Arlt, LT Belkacemi, ...
Microscopy and microanalysis 30 (6), 1205-1220 2024
Citations: 14 - On the correlative microscopy analyses of nano-twinned domains in 2 mol% zirconia alloyed yttrium tantalate thermal barrier material
K Gururaj, M Saha, SK Maurya, R Nama, A Alankar, MB Ponnuchamy, ...
Scripta Materialia 212, 114584 2022
Citations: 13 - New frontiers in characterising ZrB-MoSi ultra-high temperature ceramics
M Saha
arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.11162 2022
Citations: 12 - Carbon-based nanocomposites: Processing, electronic properties and applications
M Mallik, M Saha
Carbon nanomaterial electronics: devices and applications, 97-122 2021
Citations: 11 - Revealing the localization of NiAl-type nano-scale B2 precipitates within the BCC phase of Ni alloyed low-density FeMnAlC steel
M Saha, MB Ponnuchamy, M Sadhasivam, C Mahata, G Vijayaragavan, ...
JOM 74 (8), 3181-3190 2022
Citations: 10 - Fly ash composites: A review
M Saha
arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.11167 2022
Citations: 9 - Grain boundary segregation in steels: Towards engineering the design of internal interfaces
M Saha
arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.12971 2022
Citations: 9 - A brief discussion on the tensile creep deformation behaviour of wrought single-phase γ-TiAl
M Saha
Materials Today: Proceedings 46, 3187-3192 2021
Citations: 8 - ɤ-TiAl alloy: revisiting tensile creep deformation behaviour and creep life at 832 C
M Saha
Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 8 (sup3), 1317-1327 2022
Citations: 7 - 3D printing of nanoceramics: Present status and future perspectives
M Saha
arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.06948 2022
Citations: 7 - Deciphering the role of AlO formed during isothermal oxidation in a dual-phase AlCoCrFeNi Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy
M Saha
arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09222 2021
Citations: 7 - On the advanced microstructural characterisation of additively manufactured alumina-zirconia based eutectic ceramics: Overview and outlook
M Saha
2023
Citations: 6 - Metal-based conducive nano-inks: synthesis and characterization techniques
M Saha, M Mallik
Smart Multifunctional Nano-Inks, 27-52 2023
Citations: 6 - An Insight Into Cyclic Oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 Vol.% MoSi2 Based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite
M Saha, S Pramanik, R Banik, P Maurya, S Singh, SV Raj, DP Madhur, ...
Modern Manufacturing Systems, 149-163 2022
Citations: 6 - Densification and characterization of pressureless sintered ZrB2-20 vol.% MoSi2 ultra high temperature ceramic composites
M Mallik, M Saha, S Santra, TS Ananya, S Kumari, D Behura
Transactions of the Powder Metallurgy Association of India 47, 77-82 2022
Citations: 4 - An Insight Into Cyclic Oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 Vol.% MoSi2 Based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite
M Saha, S Pramanik, R Banik, P Maurya, S Singh, SV Raj, DP Madhur, ...
Modern Manufacturing Systems, 149-163 2022
Citations: Oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 Vol.% MoSi2 Based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite - An Insight Into Cyclic Oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 Vol.% MoSi2 Based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite
M Saha, S Pramanik, R Banik, P Maurya, S Singh, SV Raj, DP Madhur, ...
Modern Manufacturing Systems, 149-163 2022
Citations: Oxidation behavior of ZrB2-20 Vol.% MoSi2 Based Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite - Additive manufacturing and characterisation of biomedical materials
M Saha, M Mallik
Advanced Materials for Biomechanical Applications, 29-57 2022
Citations: 3 - A brief discussion on High-entropy alloys vs Compositionally Complex alloys
M Saha
Engineering Archive 2021
Citations: 3