Faculty
Dr. Soni
Assistant Professor
Alliance School of Sciences
Dr. Soni completed PhD in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad in the year 2021. During her PhD she worked on the development of protective optical coatings for potential applications in transparent heat mirrors, architectural windows, automobile windshield etc. Her primary research focuses on thin film growth through Physical Vapour Deposition techniques and assessing the mechanical behaviour of bulk and thin films using nanoindentation. During her research journey that spans around 9 years till date, she also contributed in the development of nanocomoposite, multilayers, metallic, metal alloy and ceramic-based coatings for numerous applications like solar thermal, aerospace, radio frequency windows, thermoelectric etc.
Her current research interest includes exploring potential thin films that could be easily integrated to touch screen display and MEMS/NEMS-based devices. She believes that imparting the knowledge of physics to the students is crucial, as it lays the foundation of tomorrow’s technology.
- Martin Birkett, Abdul Wasy Zia, Dinesh Kumar Devarajan, Soni, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis, Thomas J. Joyce, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Angel Serrano-Aroca, Multi-functional bioactive silver- and copper- doped diamond-like carbon coatings for medical implants, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol 167, Pg 54-68 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2023.06.037
- Abhishek Pandey, Soni, S. Paswan, S.K. Mishra, Mechanical, structural and oxidation behavior of ultra-high-temperature ceramic Ti–B–Si hard composite, Materials Science& Engineering A, Vol. 861, Article 144378 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.144378
- Komal Singh, Soni, Sharmistha Anwar, Paritosh Dubey, Suman K. Mishra, Influence of Temperatures on Structure, Thermoelectric, and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline SnSe Thin Films Deposited by Thermal Evaporation, Materials today Communications, Vol. 32, Article 103880 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103880
- Bose, Soni, K. Singh, P. Dubey, S.K. Mishra, Study of dry sliding wear and corrosion behaviour of nanocomposite Al-Si-N coated steel, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 441, Article 128543 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128543
- Soni, Mohammed Junaid Shekh, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Mishra, Strain rate sensitivity behaviour of the thin films of Al, Al-Si and nanocomposite Al-Si-N: A comparative study, Materials Characterization, Vol. 169, Article 110589 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110589
- Soni, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Mishra, The effect of Si content on structural, mechanical and optical behaviour of magnetron sputtered Al–Si–N nanocomposite thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 831, Article 154686 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154686
- Soni, S.K. Mishra, S.K. Sharma, Influence of Nitrogen partial pressure on optical properties of magnetron sputtered Al-Si-N Thin films, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 682, 1-9 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.05.006
- Soni, Swati Kumari, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Mishra, Effect of deposition pressure, nitrogen content and substrate temperature on optical and mechanical behaviour of nanocomposite Al-Si-N hard coatings for solar thermal applications, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 27, 6729-6736 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3730-y
- K. Mishra, Swati Kumari, Soni, Development of hard and optically transparent Al-Si-N nanocomposite coatings, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 49, 345-348 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.5954
- K. Mishra, Rakesh Kumar, Soni, M. Sreemany, L.C. Pathak, Ultrathin to Nano ThicknessTiN Coatings: Processing, Structural, Mechanical Behaviour, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 24, 5013-5021 (2015), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1754-01
- Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi (2017-2020).
- Tuning the optical properties of magnetron sputtered Al-Si-N Coating through deposition parameters, Soni, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Mishra, International Conference on Advanced Materials, Pune University, Pune, India (2017).
- Effect of silicon content on mechanical behavior of Al-Si-N thin films, Soni, S.K. Sharma, S.K. Mishra, National meeting of Indian Ceramic Society and Refractory Materials, Jamshedpur, India (2019)
