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  • 1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For Mossbauer studies of chalcogenide glasses that elucidate coordination, cluster formation, and incipient phase separation

Overview

Punit Boolchand is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States and focuses on research within the field of Materials Science, with a specialization in Materials Chemistry. Their work spans across subfields including Ceramics and Composites, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Phase-change materials and chalcogenides, Glass properties and applications, and Material Dynamics and Properties. Additional research interests include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys, Magnetic Properties of Alloys, and Magnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites.

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Ce/Cr and Ce/Co modified ferrite catalysts for high temperature water-gas shift reaction at elevated pressures (2021), published in Journal of Catalysis
  • Emerging role of local and extended range molecular structures on functionalities of topological phases of (Na 2O)x(P2O5)100-x glasses using Raman scattering and modulated DSC (2020), published in International Journal of Applied Glass Science
  • Unusual Role of P-P Bonds on Melt Dynamics and Topological Phases of the Equimolar GexPxSe100-2x Glass System (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Glass transition, topology, and elastic models of Se-based glasses (2023), published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Progress, Challenges, and Rewards in Probing Melt Dynamics, Configurational Entropy Change, and Topological Phases of Group V- and Group IV-Based Multicomponent Sulfide Glasses (2020), published in physica status solidi (b)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Boolchand include Aaron Welton, Badriah S. Almutairi, S. Chakravarty, Ralph Chbeir, and Kapila Gunasekera.

Regular publication venues where this scientist's work appears are:

  • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • physica status solidi (b)
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Catalysis

Punit Boolchand was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1995 with a citation noting contributions to Mossbauer studies of chalcogenide glasses, particularly in elucidating coordination, cluster formation, and incipient phase separation.

Best Publications

  • Surface characterization studies of TiO2 supported manganese oxide catalysts for low temperature SCR of NO with NH3

    Padmanabha Reddy Ettireddy;Neeraja Ettireddy;Sergey Mamedov;Punit Boolchand

  • Direct Evidence for Stiffness Threshold in Chalcogenide Glasses

    Xingwei Feng;W. J. Bresser;P. Boolchand

  • DISCOVERY OF THE INTERMEDIATE PHASE IN CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES

    P. Boolchand;D. G. Georgiev;B. Goodman

  • Mobile silver ions and glass formation in solid electrolytes

    P. Boolchand;W. J. Bresser

  • Dual Chemical Role of Ag as an Additive in Chalcogenide Glasses

    M. Mitkova;Yu Wang;P. Boolchand

  • Rigidity percolation and molecular clustering in network glasses.

    W. Bresser;P. Boolchand;P. Suranyi

  • Novel manganese oxide confined interweaved titania nanotubes for the low-temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by NH3

    Dimitrios K. Pappas;Thirupathi Boningari;Punit Boolchand;Panagiotis G. Smirniotis

  • Broken chemical order and phase separation in GexSe1−x glasses

    P. Boolchand;J. Grothaus;J.C. Phillips

  • Rigidity transitions and molecular structure of As x Se 1¿x glasses

    D. G. Georgiev;P. Boolchand;M. Micoulaut

  • Rigidity transitions in binary Ge–Se glasses and the intermediate phase

    P. Boolchand;X. Feng;W.J. Bresser

  • Microscopic origin of the glass forming tendency in chalcohalides and constraint theory

    M. Mitkova;P. Boolchand

  • Stiffness transitions in Si x Se 1 − x glasses from Raman scattering and temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry

    D. Selvanathan;W. J. Bresser;P. Boolchand

  • Self-organization and the physics of glassy networks

    P. Boolchand;G. Lucovsky;J. C. Phillips;Michael Thorpe

  • Molecular phase separation and cluster size in GeSe 2 glass

    W. J. Bresser;P. Boolchand;P. Suranyi;J. G. Hernandez

  • Role of network connectivity on the elastic, plastic and thermal behavior of covalent glasses

    Xingwei Feng;W.J. Bresser;Min Zhang;B. Goodman

  • Pressure Raman effects and internal stress in network glasses

    Fei Wang;Sergey Mamedov;P. Boolchand;B. Goodman

  • INTRINSICALLY BROKEN CHALCOGEN CHEMICAL ORDER IN STOICHIOMETRIC GLASSES

    W.J. Bresser;P. Boolchand;P. Suranyi;J.P. de Neufville

  • Structural Ordering of Evaporated Amorphous Chalcogenide Alloy Films: Role of Thermal Annealing

    P. Boolchand;R.N. Enzweiler;M. Tenhover

  • Onset of Rigidity in Steps in Chalcogenide Glasses

    P. Boolchand;D. Selvanathan;Y. Wang;D. G. Georgiev

  • Molecular Structure of Melt-Quenched GeSe2 and GeS2 Glasses Compared

    P. Boolchand;J. Grothaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Bauchy
Mathieu Bauchy University of California, Los Angeles
Pratim Biswas
Pratim Biswas University of Miami
Panagiotis G. Smirniotis
Panagiotis G. Smirniotis University of Cincinnati
Xiaohua Wu
Xiaohua Wu University of Geneva
David J. Lockwood
David J. Lockwood National Research Council Canada
Donglu Shi
Donglu Shi University of Cincinnati
James C. Phillips
James C. Phillips Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gerald Lucovsky
Gerald Lucovsky North Carolina State University
Warren D. Huff
Warren D. Huff University of Cincinnati
Michael J. Heben
Michael J. Heben University of Toledo

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