List of International peer reviewed journal publication

1. Sagar, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, P. Suresh Babu, N. Selvaraj, S.B. Chandrasekhar, L. Rama Krishna, K. Murugan. High–Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Slurry–Based Silicide Coating on TZM Alloy. Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater 135 (2026) 107543.
2. K Murugan, N. Chandramani, K Gopika, S.B Chandrasekhar. High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Fe2Al5 Surface Modified Mild Steel. Research in Materials Science (2025) 1:1, 2563515, https://doi.org/10.1080/30654327.2025.2563515 .
3. R. Harichandran, D. Vijaya Lakshmi, K. Murugan, G. Siva Kumar. Comparative analysis of high-temperature erosive wear behaviour of Inconel 718 superalloys manufactured by additive manufacturing, J. Mater. Eng. Perform (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-025-12354-4.
4. H. Kuruva, V. B. Khavala, B.R. Mishra, K. Murugan, T.Thomas, B. S. Murty, Solar-photocatalytic treatment of industrial wastewater using mechanically doped CNS-TiO2 and synergistic TiO2 incorporation: A promising cost-effective approach for industrial wastewater treatment. Materials Research Bulletin 177 (2024) 112825.
5.  H. Kuruva, V. B. Khavala, B.R. Mishra, K. Murugan, T.Thomas, B. S. Murty, Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency and durability: Ag-modified CNS–TiO2 thin films for sustainable industrial wastewater treatment. Optical Materials 150 (2024) 115180. 
6.  H. Kuruva, V. B. Khavala, B.R. Mishra, K. Murugan, T.Thomas, B. S. Murty, Photocatalytic degradation of multi-organo-sulfur industrial wastewater using TiO2 produced from modified sulfate process. Journal of Water Process Engineering 53 (2023) 103805.
7. H.K. Adigilli, K. Murugan, P.V.V. Srinivas, D. Nazeer Basha, A.Karati, A.K. Pandey, J Joardar (2022) Spark plasma sintering behavior and structural stability of 2D-WS2 nanosheets, Ceramics International, 48 (2022) 24151-25158.
8. R. Patra, K. R. C. Soma Raju, K. Murugan, R.Subasri (2022) Effect of heating rate on asperities pattern formed in sol-gel derived nanocomposite hydrophobic coatings, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 103 (2022) 50-61. 
9. A.K.Othayoth, B. Srinivas, K.Murugan, K.Muralidharan. Poly (methyl methacrylate) polyphosphate blend with tunable refractive indices for optical applications. Optical materials 104 (2020)109841.
10. V. Krishna, R. Padmapreetha, S.B. Chandrasekhar, K. Murugan, R. Johnson Oxidation Resistant TiO2–SiO2 Coatings on Mild Steel by Sol–Gel, Surface and Coating Technology, 379 (2019) 125041.
11. D. Sivaprahasam, S. B. Chandrasekhar, K. Murugan, K. V. P. Prabhakar (2019): Microstructure and mechanical properties of M62 high-speed steel powder consolidated by high-temperature gas extrusion, Materials Research Innovations, DOI: 10.1080/14328917.2019.1580889. 
12. S. Pendse, K.C.S. Reddy, C. Narendra, K. Murugan, S. Sakthivel. Dual-functional broadband antireflective and hydrophobic films for solar and optical applications. Solar Energy 163 (2018) 425-433. 
13. A. Pareek, P. Paik, J. Joardar, K. Murugan, P. H. Borse. Fabrication of conducting polymer modified CdS photoanodes for photoelectrochemical cell. Thin Solid Films 661 (2018) 84–91.
14. M. Gririraj, K. Murugan., N. K. Sahu, K. Hembram. High performance multi-layer varistor (MLV) from doped ZnO nanopowders by water based tape casting: Rheology, sintering, microstructure and properties. Ceramics International 44 (2018) 7837–7843
15. I. Nagaraj, K Murugan, N. Ramanuj, B. Pratyay, R. Kothapalli. TiO2/poly (thiourethane-urethane)-urea Nanocomposites: Anticorrosion Material with NIR-Reflectivity and High Refreactive Index. Polymer 119 (2017) 142-151. 
16. K. Murugan, J. Joardar, A.S. Gandhi, B.S.Murty, P.H.Borse. Photo-induced monomer/dimmer kinetics in methylene blue degradation over doped and phase controlled nano-TiO2 film. RSC Adv. 6, (2016) 43563–43573. 
17. S. Pavithra, N. Rajender, M. V. Reddy, K. Murugan, K. I. Suresh Effect of Graphene Oxide (GO) Size and Structure on Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Hybrid GO-Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Nanocomposites. Polym. Compos-2015. DOI 10.1002/pc.23646.
18. K. Murugan, R. Subasri, T.N. Rao, A.S. Gandhi, B.S. Murty, Synthesis, characterization and demonstration of self-cleaning TiO2 coatings on glass and glazed ceramic tiles. Prog. Org. Coat. 76 (2013) 1756– 1760. 
19. S. Mahendra Kumar, K. Murugan, S.B. Chandrasekhar, Neha Hebalkar, M. Krishna, B.S. Satyanarayna, G. Madras, Synthesis and characterization of nano silicon and titanium nitride powders using atmospheric microwave plasma technique, J. Chem. Sci. 124 (2012) 557–563.
20. K. Murugan, Tata N. Rao, G.V.N. Rao, A. S. Gandhi, B.S. Murty. Effect of dehydration rate on non-hydrolytic TiO2 thin film processing: Structure, Optical and Photocatalytic Performance Studies. Materials Chemistry and Physics 129 (2011) 810 – 815. 
21. V. Udhayabanu, K. R. Ravi, K. Murugan, D. Sivaprahasam and B.S. Murty, Development of Ni-Al2O3 in-situ Nanocomposite by Reactive Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering, Metallurgical and materials transaction A. 42 A (7) (2011) 2085–2093.
22. K. Murugan, S.B. Chandrasekhar, J. Joardar, Nanostructured α/β-tungsten by reduction of WO3 under microwave plasma, Int. Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 29 (2011) 128–133. 
23. K. Murugan, T. N. Rao, K. Radha, Hina Gokhale, Microwave Plasma Process Optimization to Produce Nano Titania through Design of Experiments, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 26 (2011) 1-10. 
24. K. Murugan, Tata N. Rao, Ashutosh S. Gandhi, B.S. Murty, Effect of aggregation of methylene blue dye on TiO2 surface in self-cleaning studies. Catalysis Communications 11 (2010) 518–521. 
25. R. Subasri, M. Tripathi, K. Murugan, J. Revathi, G.V.N. Rao, T.N. Rao, Investigations on the photocatalytic activity of sol–gel derived plain and Fe3+/Nb5+-doped titania coatings on glass substrates. Materials Chemistry and Physics 124 (2010) 63–68.
26. J. Revathi, K. Murugan, Neha Hebalkar, T. N. Rao, Synthesis and surface chemistry of nano silver particles. Polyhedron 28 (2009) 2522-2530.