Badri Narayanan
Dr. Badri Narayanan joined the faculty of University of Louisville in August 2018, where he is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining UofL, he held appointments at Argonne National Laboratory as Assistant Materials Scientist (2016-2018), and postdoctoral associate (2014-2016). His research group (Predictive Materials Modeling Laboratory) is interested in gaining accurate molecular-level understanding of structure-property-processing relationships in functional materials, and reactive interfaces relevant for energy applications. The overarching theme of his research is to utilize such knowledge to computationally design next-generation materials, as well as identify routes to synthesize them. He has co-authored more than 50 journal articles, including those in prestigious venues, such as Nature, Science, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Nature Energy, and Nature Communications. His research work has been highlighted by various media agencies, including Chicago Tribune, Phys.Org, American Vacuum Society News, DOE Office of Science Highlights, NERSC Science News, and InsideHPC. He is the recipient of the Early Career High Impact Science Achievement Award from the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2017), and K. K. Malik Graduate Excellence Award from Indian Institute of Science (2008).
Education
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Colorado School of Mines, 2013
Publications
Journal Articles
- Narayanan, B. (2011). A reactive force field for lithium–aluminum silicates with applications to eucryptite phases. Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng.
- Narayanan, B. (2016). Pressure-induced phase transformation in β-eucryptite: An X-ray diffraction and density functional theory study. Scripta Materialia
- Narayanan, B. (2014). Atomistic origin of superior performance of ionic liquid electrolytes for Al-ion batteries. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
- Narayanan, B. (2014). Tunable MoS2 bandgap in MoS2-graphene heterostructures. Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Narayanan, B. (2016). Describing the Diverse Geometries of Gold From Nanoclusters to Bulk − a First-Principles Based Hybrid Bond Order Potential. J. Phys. Chem. C
- Narayanan, B. (2010). Elastic constants of β -eucryptite studied by density functional theory. Phys. Rev. B
- Narayanan, B. (2014). Self-Assembly of Collagen on Flat Surfaces: The Interplay of Collagen–Collagen and Collagen–Substrate Interactions. Langmuir
- Narayanan, B. (2016). Nanoscale origin and evolution of kinetically induced defects in carbon spheres. Carbon
- Narayanan, B., Redfern, P., C., Assary, R., S. & Curtiss, L., A. (2019). Accurate quantum chemical energies for 133000 organic molecules. Chemical Science
- Chan, H., Cherukara, M., J., Narayanan, B., Loeffler, T., D., Benmore, C., Gray, S., K. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2019). Machine learning coarse grained models for water. Nature Communications, 10, 379
- Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., J., Sen, F., G., Sasikumar, K., Gray, S., K., Chan, M., K., Sankaranarayanan, S., K., Cherukara, M., J., Sen, F., G., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2019). Machine Learning Classical Interatomic Potentials for Molecular Dynamics from First-Principles Training Data. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 123(12), 6941-6957
- Chan, H., Sasikumar, K., Srinivasan, S., Cherukara, M., Narayanan, B. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2019). Machine learning a bond order potential model to study thermal transport in WSe2 nanostructures. NANOSCALE, 11(21), 10381-10392
- Patra, T., Chan, H., Podsiadlo, P., Shevchenko, E., Sankaranarayanan, S., Narayanan, B., Patra, T., K., Shevchenko, E., V. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2019). Ligand dynamics control structure, elasticity, and high-pressure behavior of nanoparticle superlattices. NANOSCALE, 11(22), 10655-10666
- Sasikumar, K., Chan, H., Narayanan, B. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2019). Machine Learning Applied to a Variable Charge Atomistic Model for Cu/Hf Binary Alloy Oxide Heterostructures. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 31(9), 3089-3102
- Zhang, H., Zuo, F., Li, F., Chan, H., Wu, Q., Zhang, Z., Narayanan, B., Ramadoss, K., Chakraborty, I., Saha, G., Kamath, G., Roy, K., Zhou, H., Chubykin, A., A., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Choi, J., H. & Ramanathan, S. (2019). Perovskite nickelates as bio-electronic interfaces. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 10
- Asadi, M., Sayahpour, B., Abbasi, P., Ngo, A., T., Karis, K., Jokisaari, J., R., Liu, C., Narayanan, B., Gerard, M., Yasaei, P., Hu, X., Mukherjee, A., Lau, K., C., Assary, R., S., Khalili-Araghi, F., Klie, R., F., Curtiss, L., A. & Salehi-Khojin, A. (2018). A lithium-oxygen battery with a long cycle life in an air-like atmosphere. NATURE, 555(7697), 502-+
- Berman, D., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., J., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Erdemir, A., Zinovev, A. & Sumant, A., V. (2018). Operando tribochemical formation of onion-like-carbon leads to macroscale superlubricity. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 9
- Liu, H., Dong, Y., Cherukara, M., J., Sasikumar, K., Narayanan, B., Cai, Z., Lai, B., Stan, L., Hong, S., Chan, Maria K. Y., ., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Zhou, H. & Fong, D., D. (2018). Quantitative Observation of Threshold Defect Behavior in Memristive Devices with Operando X-ray Microscopy. ACS NANO, 12(5), 4938-4945
- Loeffler, T., D., Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., J., Gray, S. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2018). Configurational-Bias Monte Carlo Back-Mapping Algorithm for Efficient and Rapid Conversion of Coarse-Grained Water Structures into Atomistic Models. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 122(28), 7102-7110
- Pang, Q., Shyamsunder, A., Narayanan, B., Kwok, C., Y., Curtiss, L., A. & Nazar, L., F. (2018). Tuning the electrolyte network structure to invoke quasi-solid state sulfur conversion and suppress lithium dendrite formation in Li--S batteries. Nature Energy, 3(9), 783
- Zhang, Z., Schwanz, D., Narayanan, B., Kotiuga, M., Dura, J., A., Cherukara, M., Zhou, H., Freeland, J., W., Li, J., Sutarto, R., He, F., Wu, C., Zhu, J., Sun, Y., Ramadoss, K., Nonnenmann, S., S., Yu, N., Comin, R., Rabe, K., M., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Ramanathan, S. (2018). Perovskite nickelates as electric-field sensors in salt water. NATURE, 553(7686), 68-+
- Cheng, L., Redfern, P., Lau, K., C., Assary, R., S., Narayanan, B. & Curtiss, L., A. (2017). Computational Studies of Solubilities of LiO2 and Li2O2 in Aprotic Solvents. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 164(11), E3696-E3701
- Cherukara, M., J., Narayanan, B., Chan, H. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2017). Silicene growth through island migration and coalescence. NANOSCALE, 9(29), 10186-10192
- Cherukara, M., J., Sasikumar, K., Cha, W., Narayanan, B., Leake, S., J., Dufresne, E., M., Peterka, T., McNulty, I., Wen, H., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Harder, R., J. (2017). Ultrafast Three-Dimensional X-ray Imaging of Deformation Modes in ZnO Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS, 17(2), 1102-1108
- Fang, Y., Jiang, Y., Cherukara, M., J., Shi, F., Koehler, K., Freyermuth, G., Isheim, D., Narayanan, B., Nicholls, A., W., Seidman, D., N., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Tian, B. (2017). Alloy-assisted deposition of three-dimensional arrays of atomic gold catalyst for crystal growth studies. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8
- Li, Y., Li, H., Pickard, F., C., Narayanan, B., Sen, F., G., Chan, Maria K. Y., ., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Brooks, B., R. & Roux, B. (2017). Machine Learning Force Field Parameters from Ab lnitio Data. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION, 13(9), 4492-4503
- Narayanan, B., Chan, H., Kinaci, A., Sen, F., G., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2017). Machine learnt bond order potential to model metal-organic (Co-C) heterostructures. NANOSCALE, 9(46), 18229-18239
- Sasikumar, K., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., Kinaci, A., Sen, F., G., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2017). Evolutionary Optimization of a Charge Transfer Ionic Potential Model for Ta/Ta-Oxide Heterointerfaces. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 29(8), 3603-3614
- Shin, M., Wu, H., Narayanan, B., See, K., A., Assary, R., S., Zhu, L., Haasch, R., T., Zhang, S., Zhang, Z., Curtiss, L., A. & Gewirth, A., A. (2017). Effect of the Hydrofluoroether Cosolvent Structure in Acetonitrile-Based Solvate Electrolytes on the Li+ Solvation Structure and Li-S Battery Performance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 9(45), 39357-39370
- Siegel, G., Ciobanu, C., V., Narayanan, B., Snure, M. & Badescu, S., C. (2017). Heterogeneous Pyrolysis: A Route for Epitaxial Growth of hBN Atomic Layers on Copper Using Separate Boron and Nitrogen Precursors. NANO LETTERS, 17(4), 2404-2413
- Sun, Y., Zuo, X., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Peng, S., Narayanan, B. & Kamath, G. (2017). Quantitative 3D evolution of colloidal nanoparticle oxidation in solution. SCIENCE, 356(6335), 302-304
- Wang, Y., Chan, H., Narayanan, B., McBride, S., P., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Lin, X. & Jaeger, H., M. (2017). Thermomechanical Response of Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Membranes. ACS NANO, 11(8), 8026-8033
- Zuo, F., Panda, P., Kotiuga, M., Li, J., Kang, M., Mazzoli, C., Zhou, H., Barbour, A., Wilkins, S., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., Zhang, Z., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Comin, R., Rabe, K., M., Roy, K. & Ramanathan, S. (2017). Habituation based synaptic plasticity and organismic learning in a quantum perovskite. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8
- Berman, D., Deshmukh, S., A., Narayanan, B., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., ., Yan, Z., Balandin, A., A., Zinovev, A., Rosenmann, D. & Sumant, A., V. (2016). Metal-induced rapid transformation of diamond into single and multilayer graphene on wafer scale. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7
- Chen, Y., Manna, S., Narayanan, B., Wang, Z., Reimanis, I., E. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2016). Pressure-induced phase transformation in beta-eucryptite: An X-ray diffraction and density functional theory study. SCRIPTA MATERIALIA, 122, 64-67
- Cherukara, M., J., Narayanan, B., Kinaci, A., Sasikumar, K., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Ab Initio-Based Bond Order Potential to Investigate Low Thermal Conductivity of Stanene Nanostructures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 7(19), 3752-3759
- Das, S., Bera, M., K., Tong, S., Narayanan, B., Kamath, G., Mane, A., Paulikas, A., P., Antonio, M., R., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Roelofs, A., K. (2016). A Self-Limiting Electro-Ablation Technique for the Top-Down Synthesis of Large-Area Monolayer Flakes of 2D Materials. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6
- Deshrnukh, S., A., Narayanan, B., Kamath, G., Pol, V., G., Wen, J., Miller, D., J. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Nanoscale origin and evolution of kinetically induced defects in carbon spheres. CARBON, 96, 647-660
- Erdemir, A., Ramirez, G., Eryilmaz, O., L., Narayanan, B., Liao, Y., Kamath, G. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Carbon-based tribofilms from lubricating oils. NATURE, 536(7614), 67-+
- Kinaci, A., Narayanan, B., Sen, F., G., Davis, M., J., Gray, S., K., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Chan, Maria K. Y., . (2016). Unraveling the Planar-Globular Transition in Gold Nanoclusters through Evolutionary Search. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6
- Narayanan, B., Deshmukh, S., A., Shrestha, L., K., Ariga, K., Pol, V., G. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Cavitation and radicals drive the sonochemical synthesis of functional polymer spheres. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 109(4)
- Narayanan, B., Kinaci, A., Sen, F., G., Davis, M., J., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Describing the Diverse Geometries of Gold from Nanoclusters to Bulk-A First-Principles-Based Hybrid Bond-Order Potential. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 120(25), 13787-13800
- Narayanan, B., Sasikumar, K., Mei, Z., Kinaci, A., Sen, F., G., Davis, M., J., Gray, S., K., Chan, Maria K. Y., . & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2016). Development of a Modified Embedded Atom Force Field for Zirconium Nitride Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 120(31), 17475-17483
- Ulvestad, A., Sasikumar, K., Kim, J., W., Harder, R., Maxey, E., Clark, J., N., Narayanan, B., Deshmukh, S., A., Ferrier, N., Mulvaney, P., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Shpyrko, O., G. (2016). In Situ 3D Imaging of Catalysis Induced Strain in Gold Nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 7(15), 3008-3013
- Narayanan, B., Deshmukh, S., A., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . & Ramanathan, S. (2015). Strong correlations between structural order and passive state at water-copper oxide interfaces. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 179, 386-393
- Ebnonnasir, A., Narayanan, B., Kodambaka, S. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2014). Tunable MoS2 bandgap in MoS2-graphene heterostructures. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 105(3)
- Kamath, G., Narayanan, B. & Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., . (2014). Atomistic origin of superior performance of ionic liquid electrolytes for Al-ion batteries. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 16(38), 20387-20391
- Narayanan, B., Gilmer, G., H., Tao, J., De Yoreo, James J., . & Ciobanu, C., V. (2014). Self-Assembly of Collagen on Flat Surfaces: The Interplay of Collagen-Collagen and Collagen-Substrate Interactions. LANGMUIR, 30(5), 1343-1350
- Narayanan, B., Reimanis, I., E. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2013). Atomic-scale mechanism for pressure-induced amorphization of beta-eucryptite. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 114(8)
- Narayanan, B., Reimanis, I., E., Huang, H. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2013). Radiation effects and tolerance mechanism in beta-eucryptite. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 113(3)
- Narayanan, B., Weeks, S., L., Jariwala, B., N., Macco, B., Weber, J., Rathi, S., J., van de Sanden, Mauritius C. M., ., Sutter, P., Agarwal, S. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2013). Carbon monoxide-induced reduction and healing of graphene oxide. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, 31(4)
- Narayanan, B., Zhao, Y. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2012). Migration mechanism for atomic hydrogen in porous carbon materials. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 100(20)
- Narayanan, B., van Duin, Adri C. T., ., Kappes, B., B., Reimanis, I., E. & Ciobanu, C., V. (2012). A reactive force field for lithium-aluminum silicates with applications to eucryptite phases. MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 20(1)
- Narayanan, B., Reimanis, I., E., Fuller, Edwin R., Jr., . & Ciobanu, C., V. (2010). Elastic constants of beta-eucryptite studied by density functional theory. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 81(10)
- Ahmadiparidari, A., Warburton, R., E., Majidi, L., Asadi, M., Chamaani, A., Jokisaari, J., R., Rastegar, S., Hemmat, Z., Sayahpour, B., Assary, R., S., Narayanan, B., Abbasi, P., Redfern, P., C., Ngo, A., Vörös, M., Greeley, J., Klie, R., Curtiss, L., A. & Salehi-Khojin, A. (2019). A Long-Cycle-Life Lithium-CO Battery with Carbon Neutrality. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 31(40), e1902518
- Chan, H., Cherukara, M., J., Narayanan, B., Loeffler, T., D., Benmore, C., Gray, S., K. & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2019). Machine learning coarse grained models for water. Nature communications, 10(1), 379
- Chan, H., Sasikumar, K., Srinivasan, S., Cherukara, M., Narayanan, B. & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2019). Machine learning a bond order potential model to study thermal transport in WSe nanostructures. Nanoscale, 11(21), 10381-10392
- Dandu, N., Ward, L., Assary, R., S., Redfern, P., C., Narayanan, B., Foster, I., T. & Curtiss, L., A. (2020). Quantum-Chemically Informed Machine Learning: Prediction of Energies of Organic Molecules with 10 to 14 Non-hydrogen Atoms. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 124(28), 5804-5811
- Fthenakis, Z., G., Jaishi, M., Narayanan, B., Andriotis, A., N. & Menon, M. (2021). High temperature stability, metallic character and bonding of the SiBN planar structure. Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
- Loeffler, T., D., Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., J., Gray, S. & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2018). Configurational-Bias Monte Carlo Back-Mapping Algorithm for Efficient and Rapid Conversion of Coarse-Grained Water Structures into Atomistic Models. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 122(28), 7102-7110
- Narayanan, B., Redfern, P., C., Assary, R., S. & Curtiss, L., A. (2019). Accurate quantum chemical energies for 133 000 organic molecules. Chemical science, 10(31), 7449-7455
- Narayanan, B. (2012). Migration mechanism for atomic hydrogen in porous carbon materials. Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Narayanan, B. (2013). Atomic-scale mechanism for pressure-induced amorphization of β-eucryptite. J. Appl. Phys.
- Narayanan, B. (2013). Carbon monoxide-induced reduction and healing of graphene oxide. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A
- Patra, T., K., Chan, H., Podsiadlo, P., Shevchenko, E., V., Sankaranarayanan, S. & Narayanan, B. (2019). Ligand dynamics control structure, elasticity, and high-pressure behavior of nanoparticle superlattices. Nanoscale, 11(22), 10655-10666
- Patra, T., K., Zhang, F., Schulman, D., S., Chan, H., Cherukara, M., J., Terrones, M., Das, S., Narayanan, B. & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2018). Defect Dynamics in 2-D MoS Probed by Using Machine Learning, Atomistic Simulations, and High-Resolution Microscopy. ACS nano, 12(8), 8006-8016
- Sun, Y., Kotiuga, M., Lim, D., Narayanan, B., Cherukara, M., Zhang, Z., Dong, Y., Kou, R., Sun, C., J., Lu, Q., Waluyo, I., Hunt, A., Tanaka, H., Hattori, A., N., Gamage, S., Abate, Y., Pol, V., G., Zhou, H., Sankaranarayanan, S., Yildiz, B., Rabe, K., M. & Ramanathan, S. (2018). Strongly correlated perovskite lithium ion shuttles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(39), 9672-9677
- Yang, H., C., Xie, Y., Chan, H., Narayanan, B., Chen, L., Waldman, R., Z., Sankaranarayanan, S., Elam, J., W. & Darling, S., B. (2018). Crude-Oil-Repellent Membranes by Atomic Layer Deposition: Oxide Interface Engineering. ACS nano, 12(8), 8678-8685
- Zhang, H., T., Park, T., J., Zaluzhnyy, I., A., Wang, Q., Wadekar, S., N., Manna, S., Andrawis, R., Sprau, P., O., Sun, Y., Zhang, Z., Huang, C., Zhou, H., Zhang, Z., Narayanan, B., Srinivasan, G., Hua, N., Nazaretski, E., Huang, X., Yan, H., Ge, M., Chu, Y., S., Cherukara, M., J., Holt, M., V., Krishnamurthy, M., Shpyrko, O., G., Sankaranarayanan, S., Frano, A., Roy, K. & Ramanathan, S. (2020). Perovskite neural trees. Nature communications, 11(1), 2245
- Zhang, H., T., Zuo, F., Li, F., Chan, H., Wu, Q., Zhang, Z., Narayanan, B., Ramadoss, K., Chakraborty, I., Saha, G., Kamath, G., Roy, K., Zhou, H., Chubykin, A., A., Sankaranarayanan, S., Choi, J., H. & Ramanathan, S. (2019). Perovskite nickelates as bio-electronic interfaces. Nature communications, 10(1), 1651
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