Kajal K Mallick PhD
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research areas and expertise lie in the field of science, technology, processing and application of engineering materials
with suitable approaches to economic benefit.
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Tissue Engineering of Hard and Soft Tissues
Bioinspired Development of Structures and Materials
Material Processing Technology and Characterisation Techniques: Novel synthesis methodologies to
fabricate a range of single/multicomponent nanocrystalline ceramic and/or composites with high commercial
impact. The application areas are wide ranging such as optical/RF/microwave communications, biomedical,
electronics, catalysts or supports as well as nanotechnology. The synthesis methods include:
• Sol gel (aqueous and non-aqueous)
• Self propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS)
• Supercritical scCO2 fluid processing
• Microwave processing
• Freeze and gel casting
Knowledge based Materials Development
• Cellular/foamed materials
• Superconductors
• Functional, Technical and Electroceramics
• Biomedical materials
• Photonic materials
• NTE materials
• Computational materials science
Glass Strengthening: Concerned with the development and application of several methods of strengthening
container glasses in order to improve the pristine strength and profitability of commercially available container
and related glass compositions. These include
• Surface precipitation of low solubility particles, vapour treatment, ion exchange, CVD and combination
treatments.
Ion-conducting Materials: Research and development of a number of industrially viable ion conducting lithium
based fluoride, oxyfluoride, fluorophosphate and flurosulphate glass and glass ceramic systems including
alumina and zirconia based ceramics
• Understanding of the kinetic and structural theories of glass formation, transport (conduction
mechanisms) and electrochemical properties
High Strength Nitrogen Steels: Study of nitridation by inducing fine scale precipitation of carbides and
carbonitrides in proprietary grades of high nitrogen stainless steels to impart high levels of strengthening and
corrosion resistance were achieved for this class
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITION
Member, Editorial Board of Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics
Symposium Organiser and Session Chair, Materials Science and Technology 2010 Conference, Houston, Texas, USA,
October 17 - 21, 2010
Symposium Organiser and Session Chair, Materials Science and Technology 2009 Conference, Pittsburgh, USA, October
25 - 29, 2009
Special Session Organiser, 7th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR09), University of Warwick,
UK, September 8 -10, 2009
Session Chair, 7th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR09), University of Warwick, UK,
September 8 -10, 2009
Member, TMS Biomatetials Committee
Member, Institute of of Materials, Minerals and Mining Integrated Manufacturing Process Committee
Grant Proposal Expert Reviewer for Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, COST and European Framework
Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
Medical Forum Facilitator for Sandvik, Sweden for InterACT'09, Brackley, UK
Member, Warwick Institute of Health
Invited Member, EPSRC Network for the Sustainable Use of Materials in Electrical and Electronic Products
(SUMEEPnet)
Member, UK Biomaterials Partnership
Warwick University Representative for EPSRC Chemical Database Services (CDS), Daresbury Laboratory, Oxford
Technical Reviewer, Leading international journals and conferences including Journal of Non-crystalline solids, Journal
of the European Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society, Journal of Materials Science, Material Chemistry and
Physics, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Materials, Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and
Bioceramics, Acta Materialia, American Chemical Society Publications.
MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED/PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Member, American Ceramic Society
Member, Institute of Physics
Member, ACerS Basic Science Division, ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division, ACerS Glass and Optical Materials
Division, ACerS Electronics Division, ACerS Ceramic Educational Council, ACerS Ceramic Manufacturing Council
Member, European Ceramic Society
Member, European Society of Biomaterials
Member, UK Society for Biomaterials
AWARDS
Recipient of prestigious US based International Partners in Glass Research (IPGR) Fellowship with partners being UK,
US, Canadian and Australian glass industry
University of Sheffield Bursary for postgraduate study
Commonwealth Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Invited lectures
Kajal K Mallick, “Trends and Technology”, Sandvik InterACT’09, Brawn GP, Brackley, UK, 6 October (2009)
Kajal K Mallick, “New Horizons in the Fabrication of Porous Bioscsaffols for Hard Tissue Engineering”, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, 23 September (2009)
K K Mallick, “Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering”, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Sengen,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN, 2 June (2008)
K K Mallick, “Porous Bioglass for Bone Tissue Engineering”, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Sengen,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN, 3 June (2008)
K K Mallick, “Freeze Casting of Porous Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering”, NGK Insulators, Nagoya, JAPAN,
29 May (2008)
K K Mallick, “Defining the Challenge of the Sustainable Use of Materials in Electrical and Electronic Products”, New
EPSRC Network Workshop with Intellect, London, 23 June (2005)
K K Mallick, Bone Replacement Technologies, Bone Symposium, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, 25 May (2005)
K K Mallick, “Building up Biomaterials and Future Trends in Medical Implants”, Biomaterials Partnership, Cheshire,
20 March (2003)
Articls published in international journals (refereed)
Kajal K Mallick, “Freeze casting of Bioglass and bioceramics”, Special Issue on Ceramic Processing Science, Journal
of the American Ceramic Society , Special Issue, 92 [1] pp S85-S94 2009
Kajal K Mallick, “Processing and Characterization of Porous Biodegradable Polymer Based Scaffolds for Bone Tissue
Engineering” Biomedical Materials, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2009 (in press)
Kajal K Mallick, “Processing of Porous Bone Scaffolds by Freeze Casting”, Preparation completed and Journal in one of
the conference recommended journals, 2009
Kajal K Mallick, “Development, synthesis and characterisation of porous biomaterial scaffolds for bone tissue
engineering”, Ceramic Transactions Proceedings, American Ceramic Society, Accepted July 2008
Kajal K Mallick, P Shepherd, R G Green, “Dielectric properties of M-type barium hexaferrite prepared by coprecipitation”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 27(4) (2007) pp 2045-2052
Kajal K Mallick, Philip Shepherd and Roger J. Green, “Magnetic properties of cobalt substituted M-type barium
hexaferrite prepared by co-precipitation”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 312 (2) (2007) pp 418-429
Philip Shepherd, Kajal K Mallick, Roger J. Green, “Dielectric properties of cobalt substituted M-type barium
hexaferrite prepared by co-precipitation”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 18 (5) (2007) pp 527534
Philip Shepherd, Kajal K Mallick, Roger J. Green, “Magnetic and structural properties of M-type barium hexaferrite
prepared by co-precipitation”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 311 (2) (2007) pp 683-692
K K Mallick, “Synthesis and Rietvald structure refinement of K-Zn priderite single crystals”, Materials Letters, 60 (15)
(2006) pp 1800-1804
K K Mallick and D Holland, “Strengthening of container glasses by ion exchange dip coating, Journal of NonCrystalline Solids, 351(30-32) (2005) pp 2524-2536
M Rajendran, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Structure, oxygen stoichiometry and electrical conductivity of
LnPrO3+y (Ln = Y and Lanthanide) oxides”, Materials Science and Engineering B-Solid State Materials for Advanced
Technology, 58(3) (1999) pp 215-220
M. Rajendran, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Combustion synthesis, powder characteristics and crystal structure
of phases in Ce-Pr-O system”, Journal of Materials Science, 33(20) (1998) pp 5001-5006
M G Krishna, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Substrate strain induced crystallographic texture in sputtered
vanadium metal films”, Journal of Materials Research, 13(11) (1998) pp 3221-3226
M Rajendran, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Preparation and characterisation of LnPrO3+y (Ln = Y and
Lanthanide) - A series of mixed lanthanide oxides”, Materials Letters, 37(1-2) (1998) pp 10-16
M Rajendran, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Structure and oxygen stoichiometry of phases in La-Pr-O system”,
Materials Science and Engineering B-Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, 52 (2,3) (1998) pp 162-168
D Pyke, K K Mallick, R Reynolds and A K Bhattacharya, “Surface and bulk phases in substituted cobalt oxide spinels”,
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 8(4) (1998) pp 1095
M G Krishna, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “Modulation of crystallinity in sputtered vanadium metal thin films
grown on ion-exchanged glasses”, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 16(21) (1997) pp 1705-1708
R G Biswas, A Hartridge, K K Mallick and A K Bhattacharya, “ Preparation, structure and electrical conductivity of Pr1xLaxO2-δ (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.2)”, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 16(13) (1997) pp 1089-1091
A K Bhattacharya, S F Forster, D R Pyke, K K Mallick and R Reynolds, “Surface segregation and phase separation in
bismuth-tin pyrochlores”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 7(5) (1997) 837
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge and K K Mallick, “The role of lattice water in determining solid state reactivity of
crystalline alumina”, Journal of Materials Science, 32(5) (1997) pp 1113-1116
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge, K K Mallick, C K Majumdar, D Das and S N Chintalpodi, “An X-ray diffraction and
mossbauer study of monocrystalline Fe2O3-Cr2O3 solid solutions”, Journal of Materials Science, 32(3) (1997) pp 557560
A K Bhattacharya, K K Mallick and A Hartridge “Phase transition in BiVO4”, Materials Letters, 30(1) (1997) pp 7-13
A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas and K K Mallick, “Single crystal KxZn xTi8-xO16 priderites: Growth and
characterisation”, Journal of Materials Science, 31(24) (1996) pp 6463-6468
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge and K K Mallick, “An X-ray diffraction and NMR study into the mechanism of zircon
formation using aqueous sols”, Journal of Materials Science, 31(22) (1996) pp 5873-5876
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge, K K Mallick and D Taylor, “Inorganic sol gel synthesis of zirconium titanate fibres”,
Journal of Materials Science, 31(21) (1996) pp 5583-5586
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge and K K Mallick, “Inorganic aluminium precursors in the synthesis of mullite - an
investigation”, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 31(20) (1996) pp 5551-5554
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge, K K Mallick and J L Woodhead, “Low temperature synthesis and characterisation of
ceria based oxide ion conductors”, Journal of Materials Science, 31(19) (1996) pp 5005-5007
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge, K K Mallick and D Taylor, “A novel aqueous route for the synthesis of mullite fibres”,
Journal of Materials Science Letters, 15(19) (1996) pp 1654-1656
A K Bhattacharya, A Hartridge, K K Mallick, C R Werrett and J L Woodhead, “Low temperature decomposition of
hydrated transition metal chlorides on hydrous gel substrates”, Journal of Materials Science, 31(17) (1996) pp 44794482
A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, A Hartridge and K K Mallick, “ Structural and electrical characterization of Er2xPrxTi2O7 (0 < x < 0.4) pyrochlores”, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry, 33(7) (1996) pp 659A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, A Hartridge and K K Mallick, “Electrical characterisation of spherical Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln =
La, Nd, Dy) prepared via a low tepmperature sol gel route”, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry
33(5) (1996) 441
A K Bhattacharya, K K Mallick, A Hartridge and J L Woodhead, “Sol gel preparation and thermal stability of
crystalline zirconium titanate microspheres”, Journal of Materials Science 31(1) (1996) pp 267-271
A K Bhattacharya, K K Mallick, A Hartridge and J L Woodhead, “Preparation and characterisation of Ln2Zr2O7
micospheres by an inorganic sol gel route”, Journal of Materials Science 29(23) (1995) pp 6076-6078
A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, K K Mallick, A Hartridge and J L Woodhead, “Structural and electrical properties of
ceria based ion conductors prepared at low temperature”, British Ceramic Proceedings, 52 (1994) 257
A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, K K Mallick and P A Thomas, “Structural and electrical characterisation of a new
bismuth vanadium oxide”, British Ceramic Proceedings, 52 (1994) 251
A K Bhattacharya, K K Mallick and P A Thomas, “Low-temperature synthesis of a bismuth vanadium oxide
isomorphous with γ-Bi4V2O11”, Solid State Communication 91(1994) pp 357-360
A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, K K Mallick, A Hartridge and J L Woodhead, “Low temperature synthesis and
characterisation of crystalline zirconium titanate powder”, Materials Letters 18(5-6) (1994) pp 247-250
A K Bhattacharrya, S Chand, K K Mallick and R S Talayan, “Catalytic oxidative coupling of methane to higher
hydrocarbon on metal oxides”, Applied Catalysis A-General, 85(2) (1992) pp 135-145
A K Bhattacharrya, A J Breach, S Chand, S Ghorai A Hartridge, J Keary and K K Mallick, “Selective oxidation of
methane to syngas on supported palladium catalyst”, Applied Catalysis A General 80(1) (1992) L1-L5
J O Isard and K K Mallick, “Analysis of the lithium ion conductivity in aluminium metaphosphate glasses”, Solid State
Ionics 21 (1) (1986) pp 7-18
J O Isard and K K Mallick and M Jagla, “Lithium ion conductivity in oxyfluoride glasses”, Solid State Ionics 83 (9&10)
(1983) pp 623-627
Book series
Kajal K Mallick, Development, Synthesis and Characterisation of Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,
Ceramic Transactions Book Series, American Ceramic Society, Volume 206 (2009)
Kajal K Mallick, “Freeze Casting of Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering” Ceramic Transactions
Book Series, American Ceramic Society (in press) (2009)
Patent
Kajal K Mallick, James O Meredith “Implants for Tissue Engineering” Patent No: WO2007125323, November (2007)
Publihed international conference papers (refereed)
Kajal K Mallick, “Processing and Characterization of Porous Biodegradable Polymer Based Scaffolds for Bone Tissue
Engineering” (Invited) Materials Science and Technology 2009 Conference, Pittsburgh, USA, October 25 – 29 (2009)
Kajal K Mallick, “Processing of Porous Bone Scaffolds by Freeze Casting” (Invited) 7th International Conference on
Manufacturing Research (ICMR09), University of Warwick, UK, September 8 -10 (2009)
Kajal K Mallick, “Freeze Casting of Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering” (Invited) 8th Pacific
Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PACRIM 8), Vancouver, Canada, May 31 - June 5 (2009)
Kajal K Mallick, “Development, Synthesis and Characterisation of Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue
Engineering” (Invited) Materials Science and Technology 2008 Conference, Pittsburgh, USA, October 5 – 9 (2008)
K K Mallick “Fabrication of porous biomaterial scaffolds for bone tissue engineering”, 10th International Conference
on Ceramic Processing Science (ICCPS-10), Inuyama International Sightseeing Center, Inuyama, Aichi, JAPAN, May
25-28 (2008)
K K Mallick “Inorganic sol gel processing, sintering behaviour and characterisation of aluminium titanate ceramics”,
10th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science (ICCPS-10), Inuyama International Sightseeing Center,
Inuyama, Aichi, JAPAN, May 25-28 (2008)
Kajal K Mallick, Philip Shepherd, I Harrison, “Dielectric characterisation of M and W-type barium hexaferrite prepared
by multiple sintering techniques”, Proceedings of the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Materials
Science and Technology 2007 Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan, USA 16-19 September (2007)
K K Mallick, P Purnell, “Super-critical carbon dioxide treatment of biomedical implants “, First International
Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Materials Engineering, The Royal Society, London, 1214 June (2006)
K K Mallick, A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, A Hartridge and J L Woodhead, “Structural and electrical properties of
ceria based ion conductors prepared at low temperature”, British Ceramic Proceedings, 52 (1994) 257
K K Mallick, A K Bhattacharya, R G Biswas, A Hartridge and P A Thomas, “Structural and electrical characterisation
of a new bismuth vanadium oxide”, British Ceramic Proceedings, 52 (1994) 251
K K Mallick and D Holland, “Strengthening of container glasses”, presented at the Symposium of Society of Glass
Technology, Harrogate (1986)
K K Mallick and J O Isard, “Ion conductivity in oxyfluoride glasses”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference
on Solid State Ionics, Grenoble, France, 4-8 July (1983)
Attendance/Participation in Workshops, Society Conferences and Seminars
“Charge Transport in Non-metallic Solids”, Institute of Physics, Conference Organised by the Dielectrics Group of the
Institute of Physics, London, UK, 2 April (2008)
“Sustainable Use of Materials for Electronic and Electrical Products”. SUMEEPnet Scientific and Technical Conference,
Loughborough University, Loughborough, 19 March (2008)
International Sustainable Materials, Polymers and Composites Conference, International Manufacturing Centre,
Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, 11-12 September (2007)
One-Day Research Meeting on Advanced Ceramics (1DRAC MEETING), Department of Materials, Imperial College,
London, 15th November (2007)