Dr Tutu Sebastian
BE, MSc (Eng), PhD
Research Associate (CCL)
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 6009
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: t.sebastian@sheffield.ac.uk
Tutu Sebastian obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Ceramics and Cement Technology from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India in 2006. He moved to the University of Sheffield in the same year to pursue his MSc (Eng) in Ceramic Science, followed by undertaking a PhD in Electroceramics, which is completed in 2011.
Research interests
- Bi(Me)O3 – PbTiO3 based ceramics for high temperature piezoelectric applications.
- Titanium and Chromium carbide coating on graphite nano-particles using molten salt synthesis.
Current research
- Developing high TC multilayer actuators from Bi(Me)O3 – PbTiO3 ceramics.
Key publications
- T. Sebastian, I. Sterianou, I. M. Reaney, T Leist, W. Jo and J. Rödel, Piezoelectric activity of (1-x)[0.35 Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3-0.3BiFeO3-0.35BiScO3] - xPbTiO3 ceramics as a function of temperature, Journal of Electroceramics, (in review).
- T. Sebastian, I. Sterianou, D.C. Sinclair, A.J. Bell, D.A. Hall and I. M. Reaney, High temperature piezoelectric ceramics in the Bi(Mg1/2Ti1/2)O3-BiFeO3-BiScO3-PbTiO3 system, Journal of Electroceramics, Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 130-134 (2010).