Bala Vaidhyanathan

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Bala Vaidhyanathan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bala Vaidhyanathan has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bala Vaidhyanathan's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (36 papers), Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications (25 papers) and Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (24 papers). Bala Vaidhyanathan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (36 papers), Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications (25 papers) and Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (24 papers). Bala Vaidhyanathan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Bala Vaidhyanathan's co-authors include K. J. Rao, Jon Binner, Munia Ganguli, P. A. Ramakrishnan, A. Paul, Sina Saremi‐Yarahmadi, K. G. Upul Wijayantha, Peter M. Brown, Andrew Heaton and Asif Ali Tahir and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Chemistry of Materials and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Bala Vaidhyanathan

88 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Synthesis of Inorganic Solids Using Microwaves

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bala Vaidhyanathan	1.8k	1.2k	954	876	736	93	3.3k
Dongsheng Yan	2.6k 1.4×	981 0.8×	931 1.0×	759 0.9×	194 0.3×	134	3.6k
Claudia Fasel	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	894 0.9×	923 1.1×	176 0.2×	78	3.1k
Yuji Iwamoto	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	130 0.2×	198	4.1k
Gabriela Mera	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	888 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	204 0.3×	37	3.6k
Emanuel Ionescu	2.7k 1.5×	2.5k 2.1×	997 1.0×	1.7k 1.9×	214 0.3×	171	4.8k
Mehdi Mazaheri	1.4k 0.8×	849 0.7×	554 0.6×	724 0.8×	151 0.2×	49	2.2k
Tetsuo Uchikoshi	2.5k 1.4×	711 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	634 0.7×	210 0.3×	310	4.4k
Mohammad Reza Loghman‐Estarki	2.2k 1.2×	474 0.4×	933 1.0×	495 0.6×	138 0.2×	100	2.9k
Hector F. Garcés	2.7k 1.5×	613 0.5×	2.4k 2.5×	447 0.5×	164 0.2×	52	4.2k
Ken Hirota	2.1k 1.1×	726 0.6×	705 0.7×	797 0.9×	80 0.1×	199	2.9k

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Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2025). Enabling accessible additive manufacturing of alumina ceramics through formulation design. Materials & Design. 258. 114601–114601.

Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2025). Formulation-driven additive manufacturing of 3YSZ advanced ceramics via digital light processing. Open Ceramics. 22. 100785–100785.

Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2025). Additive manufacturing and characterisation of silicon carbide components fabricated using material extrusion-based fused filament fabrication. Ceramics International. 51(26). 50779–50786.

Goulas, Athanasios, Tom Whittaker, Ian M. Reaney, et al.. (2024). A low-loss and medium dielectric permittivity SrTiO3/HIPS composite for rapid prototyping of next-generation microwave devices. Additive manufacturing. 92. 104390–104390. 4 indexed citations

Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2024). Rapid manufacture of sodium polyaluminate electrolyte ceramics for solid state batteries via direct ink writing. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 44(8). 5041–5047. 2 indexed citations

Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2024). Performance of Mg stabilised Na-β’’-alumina solid electrolytes prepared by direct ink writing. Open Ceramics. 20. 100674–100674.

Goulas, Athanasios, et al.. (2024). Digital light processing of sodium-beta-alumina ceramic electrolytes. Applied Materials Today. 39. 102276–102276. 2 indexed citations

Vaidhyanathan, Bala, et al.. (2024). Additive Manufacturing of Smart Footwear Components for Healthcare Applications. Micromachines. 16(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations

Goulas, Athanasios, Tom Whittaker, Ian M. Reaney, et al.. (2023). Multi-material additive manufacture and microwave-assisted sintering of a metal/ceramic metamaterial antenna structure. Applied Materials Today. 33. 101878–101878. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, J. W., et al.. (2020). Rapid microwave-assisted bulk production of high-quality reduced graphene oxide for lithium ion batteries. Materialia. 13. 100833–100833. 57 indexed citations

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Vaidhyanathan, Bala, et al.. (2019). Field assisted processing of 3D printed ceramics. 1 indexed citations

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Binner, Jon, et al.. (2015). Synthesis and Static Oxidation Testing of Doped HfB2 Powders. 1 indexed citations

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Vaidhyanathan, Bala, et al.. (2013). Conventional and microwave-assisted processing of Cu-loaded ICAs for electronic interconnect applications. Journal of Materials Science. 48(20). 7204–7214. 8 indexed citations

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Binner, Jon, et al.. (2013). Microwave heated chemical vapour infiltration of SiC powder impregnated SiC fibre preforms. Advances in Applied Ceramics Structural Functional and Bioceramics. 112(4). 235–241. 7 indexed citations

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Paul, A., Saranya Venugopal, Jon Binner, et al.. (2012). UHTC–carbon fibre composites: Preparation, oxyacetylene torch testing and characterisation. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 33(2). 423–432. 201 indexed citations

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Binner, Jon, et al.. (2011). Characterisation of Submicron-Grain Sized Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia Electrolyte for SOFCs. 1(2). 1 indexed citations

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Binner, Jon, Bala Vaidhyanathan, Jianxin Wang, Duncan M. Price, & M. Reading. (2007). Evidence for Non-Thermal Microwave Effects Using Single and Multimode Hybrid Conventional/Microwave Systems. Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy. 42(2). 47–63. 19 indexed citations

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Binner, Jon, Georgios Dimitrakis, Duncan M. Price, M. Reading, & Bala Vaidhyanathan. (2006). Hysteresis in the β–α phase transition in silver iodide. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 84(2). 409–412. 22 indexed citations

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Vaidhyanathan, Bala & Jon Binner. (2004). Densification of Nanostructured YSZ Green Compacts. Key engineering materials. 264-268. 2339–2342. 3 indexed citations

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Vaidhyanathan, Bala & K. J. Rao. (1996). Rapid microwave assisted synthesis of hydroxyapatite. Bulletin of Materials Science. 19(6). 1163–1165. 40 indexed citations

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