List of Recent Publications (2005 onwards)

1. Madhumathi K, T.S.Sampath Kumar, Sanjeed MT, Muhammed SA, Nazrudeen S, et al. (2014) Silver
and Gadolinium Ions Co-substituted Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles as Bimodal Contrast Agent for
Medical Imaging. Bioceram Dev Appl 4:079. doi: 10.4172/2090-5025.1000079
2. R.Jayasree and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Acrylic cement formulations modified with calcium deficient
apatite nanoparticles for orthopaedic applications, Journal of Composite Materials
DOI: 10.1177/0021998314558097
3. T.S.Sampath Kumar, K Madhumathi, Rajkamal Balu, S Zaheatha, A Rajathi Malar and S Alamelu Bai,
Enhanced protein delivery by multi-ion containing eggshell derived apatitic-alginate composite
nanocarriers, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 123(2014) 542-548
4. Namitha Varadarajan, Rajkamal Balu, Deepti Rana, Murugan Ramalingam, T.S.Sampath Kumar,
Accelerated Sonochemical Synthesis of Calcium Deficient Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles: Structural
and Morphological Evolution, Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 4(2014)295-299

Journal - Best Paper Award for 2014

5. B. Ratna Sunil, C. Ganapathy, T.S.Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Processing and mechanical
behavior of lamellar structured degradable magnesium- hydroxyapatite implants, J. Mech. Behav.
Biomed. Mater. 40(2014)178-89
6. Madhumathi.K and T.S.SampathKumar, Regenerative potential and antibacterial activity of
tetracycline loaded apatitic nanocarriers for the treatment of periodontitis,
Biomedical Materials, 9(2014),035002
7. B. Ratna Sunil, T.S. Sampathkumar, Uday Chakkingal, V. Nandakumar and Mukesh Doble, Nanohydroxyapatite reinforced AZ31 magnesium alloy by friction stir processing: a solid state processing
for biodegradable metal matrix composites, J. Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 25(2014)
975-988
8. Vivekanand Kattimani, Srinivas Chakravarthi, Narasimha Reddy Kanumuru, Vummidisetti V Subbarao,
A Sidharthan, TS Sampat Kumar, L Krishna Prasad, Eggshell Derived Hydroxyapatite as Bone Graft
Substitute in the Healing of Maxillary Cystic Bone Defects: A Preliminary Report, J. Inter. Oral
Health 6(2014) in press
9. Deepti Rana, T. S. Sampath Kumar, and Murugan Ramalingam, Cell-Laden Hydrogels for Tissue
Engineering, J. Biomater. Tissue Eng. 4 (2014) 128

10. Namitha Varadarajan, Rajkamal Balu, Deepti Rana, Murugan Ramalingam, and T. S. Sampath kumar ,
Accelerated Sonochemical Synthesis of Calcium Deficient Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles:
Structural and Morphological Evolution, J. Biomater. Tissue Eng. 4, 295-299 (2014)
11. B. Ratna Sunil, K. Krishna Kumar, P. Jojibabu, T. S. Sampath Kumar, Uday Chakkingal, Effect of
Processing Route and Working Temperature on Microstructure Evolution of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy
During Equal Channel Angular Pressing, Procedia Materials Science, 5 (2014) 841846
12. G. Keerthi Soujanya, T. Hanas, V. Yogeshwar Chakrapani, B. Ratna Sunil, T. S. Sampath Kumar,
Electrospun Nanofibrous Polymer Coated Magnesium Alloy for Biodegradable Implant Applications,
Procedia Materials Science, 5 (2014) 817823

13. B. Ratna Sunil, T.S. Sampathkumar, Uday Chakkingal, V. Nandakumar and Mukesh Doble, Friction stir
processing of magnesiumnanohydroxyapatite composites with controlled in vitro degradation
behaviour, Materials Science and Engineering C, 39(2014)315-324
14. Mitun Das, KaushikBhattachary, StanleyA.Dittrick, ChitraMandal, VamsiKrishnaBalla,
T.S.SampathKumar, AmitBandyopadhyay,, Indranil Manna, In situ synthesized TiBTiN
reinforcedTi6Al4Valloy composite coatings:Microstructure,tribological and in-vitro biocompatibility,
J. Mech. B e h a v . B i o m e d. Ma t. 2 9 ( 2 0 1 4 ) 2 5 9 2 7 1
15. B. Ratna Sunil , Arun Anil Kumar, T. S. Sampath Kumar, Uday Chakkingal; Role of biomineralization
on the degradation of fine grained AZ31 magnesium alloy processed by groove pressing, Material

Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 16071615

16. P. Jojibabu, B. Ratna Sunil, T. S. Sampath Kumar, Uday Chakkingal, V.Nandakumar, Mukesh Doble,
Wettability and in-vitro bioactivity studies on titanium rods processed by equal channel angular
pressing, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 4(2013) 299-304
17. Madhumathi.K and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Effect of Structure and Composition on Ibuprofen Drug
Delivery by Calcium Phosphate Nanocarriers, Key Engineering Materials, 529-530 (2013) 495-500
18. Mitun Das, Vamsi Krishna Balla , T. S. Sampath Kumar and Indranil Manna, Fabrication of Biomedical
Implants using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS), Trans. Indian Ceramic Soc. 72(2013)169174
19. B. Ratna Sunil, T. S. Sampath Kumar and Uday Chakkingal, Bioactive grain refined magnesium by
friction stir processing, Materials Science Forum V710 (2012) 264-269
20. Sumit Goenka, Rajkamal Balu and T.S. Sampath Kumar, Effects of nanocrystalline calcium deficient
hydroxyapatite incorporation in glass ionomer cements, J.Mech.Behav.Biomed. Mat. 7(2012) 69-76

21. Falix Lawrence, Satyabrata Mishra, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S.K.

Seshadri and T.S. Sampath Kumar, Degradation in Thermal Properties and Morphology of
Polyetheretherketone-Alumina Composites Exposed to Gamma Radiation, J MATER ENG PERFORM
(2012) 21(2012) 12661274

22. Falix Lawrence, C. Mallika, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Natarajan, D. Ponraju, S. K. Seshadri, T. S.

Sampath Kumar, Radiation degradation in the mechanical properties of Polyetheretherketone
alumina composites, J NUCL MATER 420 (2012) 338-341
23. Rajkamal Balu, T. S. Sampath Kumar, Murugan Ramalingam, and Seeram Ramakrishna
Electrospun polycaprolactone/poly(1,4-butylene adipate-co-polycaprolactam) blends: potential
biodegradable scaffold for bone tissue regeneration, J. Biomat. Tissue Engn., 1 (2011) 40-48

Journal - Best Paper Award for 2011

24. Sunita Prem Victor, TS Sampath Kumar , CDHA Ceramic Microspheres for Periodontitis Treatment:
Synthesis, Characterization, and Doxycycline Release Profile, The Indonesian J. Dental Res. ,
2 (2011) 98-104
25. D.Baskar, Rajkamal Balu and T.S.Sampath Kumar , Mineralization of pristine chitosan film through
biomimetic process, Int. J. Biological Macromol., 49 (2011) 385-9
26. A. Thirugnanam, T.S. Sampath Kumar, Uday Chakkingal, Tailoring the bioactivity of commercially pure
titanium by grain refinement using groove pressing, Mat. Sci. Engg. C 30 (2010) 203208

27. N. Rameshbabu, T.S.Sampath Kumar and K. Prasad Rao, Influence of microwave power, irradiation time
and polymeric additions on synthesis of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite, Mater. Res. Innovations
14 (2010) 45-50
28. A. Siddharthan 1, T.S. Sampath Kumar, S.K. Seshadri, In situ composite coating of titania
hydroxyapatite on commercially pure titanium y microwave processing, Surf. Coat.Tech. 204 (2009)
1755-1763
29. A. Siddharthan 1, T.S. Sampath Kumar, S.K. Seshadri, Synthesis and characterization of
nanocrystalline apatites from eggshells at dfferent Ca/P ratios
Biomed. Mater. 4 (2009) 04501 Online at stacks.iop.org/BMM/4/000000
30. D. Baskar, T.S. Sampath Kumar, Effect of deacetylation time on the preparation, properties and
swelling behavior of chitosan films, Carbo. Poly. 78 (2009) 767772
31. Sunita Prem Victor and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Tailoring Calcium-Deficient Hydroxyapatite
Nanocarriers for Enhanced Release of Antibiotics, J. Biomed. Nanotech.4 (2008) 203-209
32. Sunita Prem Victor and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Processing and properties of injectable porous apatitic
cements, J. Jap. Ceramic Soc. 16 (2008) 105-107.
33. J. Venugopal, Sharon Low, Aw Tar Choon, T. S. Sampath Kumar, S Ramakrishna, Mineralization of
osteoblasts with electrospun collagen/hydroxyapatite nanofibers,
J Mater Sci: Mater Med. 19 (2007) 2039 -46

34. #J Venugopal, P Vadgama, T S SampathKumar and S Ramakrishna, Biocomposite nanofibres and

osteoblasts for bone tissue engineering, Nanotech. 18 (2007) (8pp) (on line Feb., 07)

Cited as one out four most-accessed articles for 2007 & cited in Nanowerk Spotlight &
Nanomaterials News.

35. N. Rameshbabu, T.S. Sampath Kumar, T.G. Prabhakar, V.S. Sastry, K.V.G.K. Murty, K. Prasad Rao,
Antibacterial nanosized silver substituted hydroxyapatite: synthesis and characterization
J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 80A (2007) 581591
36. A.Siddharthan, T.S.Sampath Kumar and S.K.Seshadri, Bioceramics coating on Ti-6Al-4V alloy by
microwave processing, Surf. Engg. 23(2007) 401405

Cited in the Surface Engineering journal pamphlet

37. Sunita Prem Victor &T. S. Sampath Kumar, BCP ceramic microspheres as drug delivery carriers
synthesis, characterisation and doxycycline release, J. Mat. Sci.: Mat. Med. 19(2008) 283-90
38. D. Siva Rama Krishna, A.Siddharthan, S.K.Seshadri and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Nanocrystalline
hydroxyapatite from eggshell waste by microwave processing and its sintering studies J. Mat.
Sci.: Mat. Med. 18(2007) 1735-1743
39. *Casey K Chan, TS Sampath Kumar, Susan Liao, Ramalingam Murugan, Michelle Ngiam, Seeram

Ramakrishnan, Biomimetic nanocomposites for bone graft applications, Nanomedicine 1 (2006)

177-188

40. A. Siddharthan, S. K. Seshadri and T. S. Sampath Kumar , Influence of microwave power on

nanosized hydroxyapatite particles, Scripta Materialia 55 (2006) 175-178
41. N Rameshbabu, T S Sampath Kumar and K Prasad Rao, Synthesis of nanocrystalline fluorinated
hydroxyapatite by microwave processing and its in vitro dissolution study, Bull. Mater. Sci., 29
( 2006) 611615

42. A. Siddharthan, T.S. Sampath Kumar and S.K. Seshadri, Effect of magnetic field on biomimetic
coating of hydroxyapatite on titanium, Trends. Biomat. & Artificial Organs 20(2006) 12-15
43. R. Murugan, T. S. Sampath Kumar and S. Ramakrishna, Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Restoration from
Biological Apatite, Trends.Biomat. & Artificial Organs 20(2006) 35-39
44. Sunita Prem Victor and T S Sampath Kumar, Synthesis and Doxycycline Release Profiles from CDHA
Microspheres, Trends. Biomat. & Artificial Organs 20(2006) 44-48
45. R. Venkataraman, T.S.Sampathkumar, R. Krishnamurthy, Evaluation of Adhesive Strength of Thin
Plasma Sprayed Oxide Coatings by a Crosshatch Testing Method, J. Test. Eval. 34(2006) 5
46. N. Ramesh Babu, K. Prasad Rao and T.S.Sampath Kumar, Accelerated microwave processing of
nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite, J. Mat. Sci. 40 (2005)6319-6323
47. N. Ramesh Babu, T. S. Sampath Kumar, R. Murugan and K.Prasad Rao, Mechanochemical synthesis of
nanocrystalline fluorinated hydroxyapatite, Int. J. NanoSci 4(2005)643-649

48. R. Murugan,T. S. Sampath Kumar, F. Yang And S. Ramakrishna, Hydroxyl Carbonate -apatite
Hybrid Bone Composites Using Carbohydrate Polymer, J. Comp. Mat.39(2005) 1159-67

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