
Our Publications
The FAST research group currently has two connected 500 sqft lab spaces in the East Engineering Building of Virginia Commonwealth University. The 1st lab space is fitted with two water lines, a compressed air line, and multiple 220V 1-phase and 3-phase circuits/outlets and contains the MSETF-1 flow loop.

1. N. Williams, A. Duong, M. Patel, K. Snyder, and R. Barua, “The First Layer: Single-Track Insights into DED-Processed Cu-Ni Thermoelectric Alloys”, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processes (In Press)
5. J. P. Nunez, V. Sharma, J. V. Rojas, R. Barua, and R. L. Hadimani, “Effect of x-ray irradiation on magnetocaloric materials,(MnNiSi) 1-x (Fe2Ge)x and LaFe13-x-yMnxSiyHz”. Materials Research Express, 11(9), 096102, 2024
15. T. Hartnett, V. Sharma**, S. Garg, R. Barua, and P. Balachandran*, “Accelerated design of MTX multicaloric alloys with targeted magnetostructural properties through interpretable machine learning”, Acta Mater. 231, 117891 (2022)
21. B. Lejeune, R. Barua, R. Ott, E. Simsek, M. J. Kramer and L.H. Lewis*, “Towards additive manufacturing of magnetocaloric working materials”, Materialia 16, 101071 (2021)
25. X. Zhang, B. Lejeune, R. Barua, R.W. McCallum, and L.H. Lewis*, “Estimating the in-operando stabilities of AlFe2B2-Based compounds for magnetic refrigeration”, J. Alloys and Comp. 823, 153693 (2020)
27. C. S. Hunt**, R. Barua and E.E. Carpenter*, “Influence of A-Site cation size-disorder on the magnetocaloric response of La0.6CaxSr0.4-xMnO3 nanoparticles”, AIP Advances 10(1), 015228 (2020)
29. B. Lejeune, R. Barua, M. J. Kramer and L.H. Lewis*, “Lattice-driven magnetic transitions in AlT2B2 compounds”, J. Magn. And Mag. Matl., 481, 262, 2019
2. A. Duong, I. Smith, O. Bishop, K. Snyder and R. Barua, “Process-structure-property correlations in additively manufactured Alnico alloys”, JOM (In Press)
20. T. Q. Harnett, V. Sharma**, R. Barua and P. Balachandran*, “Density Functional Theory Study of Chemical Pressure in MTX-like Compounds”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118(21), 212408 (2021)
24. Y. Cao, Y. Yuan, V. I. Zverev, R. Barua, R. L. Hadimani and Hao Fu*. "Phase transition and magnetocaloric effect in particulate Fe-Rh alloys." J. of Mat. Sci. 55 (27), 13363 (2020)
28. Y. Min J. Runjun, Z. Wang, J. Liu, R. Barua and M. Zhang*, “Enhancement in interfacial exchange coupling of composite ferrites by the introduction of ultrasonic into chemical co-precipitation,” J. Alloys and Comp. 820, 153429 (2020)