LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (2009-2010) 1. Enhancement of ferromagnetism in Pd nanoparticle by swift heavy ion irradiation, P. K. Kulriya, B. R. Mehta, D. K. Avasthi, D. C. Agarwal, P. Thakur, N. B. Brookes, A. K. Chawla, and R. Chandra, Applied Physicis Letters 96, (2010) 1 2. Swift heavy ion induced structural modifications in zircon and scheelite phases of ThGeO 4 , M. K. Patel, D. K. Avasthi, P.K. Kulriya, S. Kailas, J.C. Pivin, A. K. Tyagi, V. Vijayakumar, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 268(2010) 42-48 3. 200 MeV silver ion irradiation induced structural modification in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−y thin films at 89 K: An in situ x-ray diffraction study, R. Biswal, J. John, P. Mallick, B. N. Dash, P. K. Kulriya, D. K. Avasthi, D. Kanjilal, D. Behera,T. Mohanty, P. Raychaudhuri, and N. C. Mishra, J. Appl. Phys. 106 (2009) 053912 4. Hydrogen induced lattice expansion and crystallinity degradation in palladium nanoparticles: Effect of hydrogen concentration, pressure, and temperature, Manika Khanuja, B. R. Mehta, Pragya Agar, P. K. Kulriya, and D. K. Avasthi, J. Appl. Phys. 106(2009) 093515. 5. Swift heavy ion induced structural changes in CdS thin films possessing different microstructures: A comparative study, V . V. Ison, A. Ranga Rao, V. Dutta, P. K. Kulriya, D. K. Avasthi, and S. K. Tripathi, J. Appl. Phys. 106 (2009) 023508 6. Structural evolution of TiO 2 nanocrystalline thin films by thermal annealing and swift heavy ion irradiation, H. Rath, P. Dash, T. Som, P. V. Satyam,U. P. Singh, P. K. Kulriya, D. Kanjilal,D. K. Avasthi, and N. C. Mishra, J. Appl. Phys. 105 (2009), 074311 7. Poly(Vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene)/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: The Effect of Swift Heavy Ion, Vimal K. Tiwari, Pawan K. Kulriya, Devesh K. Avasthi and Pralay Maiti, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113 (2009)11632–11641 8. Swift heavy ion induced phase transition in CdTe films deposited by spray pyrolysis in presence of electric field, V.V. Ison, A. Ranga Rao, V. Dutta, P.K. Kulriya, D.K. Avasthi, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 267(2009)2480-2483 9. Structural and chemical modification of polymer composite by proton irradiation, by proton irradiation, S.Shah,A Qureshi N.L.Singh, P.K. Kulriya, K.P. Singh, D.K.Avasthi, Surface and Coatings Technology 203 (2009)2595-2599 10. Ge nanocrystals embedded in a Ge Ox matrix formed by thermally annealing of Ge oxide films, K.Vijayarangamuthu, S.Rath, D.Kabiraj, D.K.Avasthi, P.K.Kulriya, V.N.Singh, B.R.Mehta, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 27 (2009)731733 11. Role of structural modification on the electrical properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate) irradiated with 90-MeV carbon ion beam, A. Srivastava, V. Singh, P. Kulriya, S. Vyas, P. Sen, S.K. Bandopadhay, T.V. Singh, Polymer Engineering & Science 48 (2008)1052-1056 12. Nanoparticle-Induced Biodegradation of Poly(ε-caprolactone), Narendra K. Singh1, Rathindra M. Banik, Pawan K. Kulriya, Devesh K. Avasthi, Sudip Malik, and Pralay Maiti, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 1(2009)52–56 13. Radiation-Resistant Behavior of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites, Vimal K. Tiwari, Pawan K. Kulriya, Devesh K. Avasthi, and Pralay Maiti, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 1(2) (2009)311-318. 14. Study of optical band gap, carbonaceous clusters and structuring in CR-39 and PET polymers irradiated by 100 MeV O 7+ ions, R.C. Ramola, Subhash Chandra, Ambika Negi,