Dr Charchit Kumar
- Affiliate (School of Engineering)
email:
Charchit.Kumar@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Engineering, James Watt South Building, University of Glasgow
Publications
2025
Babu, Aswathy, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, O’Hara, Christopher, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Boal, Connell, Goswami, Amit, Stylios, George K., Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2025)
Direct 3D-printed triboactive polymer layers on stretchable conductive fabric for high-performance T-TENGs.
Nano Energy, 142(A),
111218.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111218)
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Banerjee, Sourav, Shee, Chirantan, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Mukherjee, Rudra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-3599, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Stylios, George K., Ali, S. Wazed and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2025)
Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-treated multifunctional textile triboelectric nanogenerator: a scalable and cost-effective solution for self-powered electronics, energy harvesting and physiological movement monitoring.
Nano Energy, 139,
110990.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110990)
Sonker, Amit Kumar, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Tideland, Hannah, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Westman, Gunnar
(2025)
Bendable substrates of cellulose nanocrystals for triboelectric nanogenerators.
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(19),
pp. 9868-9877.
(doi: 10.1021/acsanm.5c01087)
(PMID:40400700)
(PMCID:PMC12090183)
Aazem, Irthasa, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Walden, Ryan, Babu, Aswathy, Goswami, Amit, Hinder, Steven J., Khandelwal, Gaurav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-4494, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088, McGranaghan, Gerard and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2025)
Electroactive phase dependent triboelectric nanogenerator performance of PVDF–TiO2 composites.
Energy Advances,
(doi: 10.1039/D4YA00525B)
(Early Online Publication)
2024
Kumar Aliyana, Akshaya, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Stylios, George K.
(2024)
Investigating superior performance by configuring bimetallic electrodes on fabric triboelectric nanogenerators (F-TENGs) for IoT enabled touch sensor applications.
Nano Energy, 130,
110125.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110125)
Menezes, Pedro Duarte, Hunter, Alysha, Dickson, Thomas, Hecht, Soren, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Busek, Mathias, Krauss, Stefan and Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X
(2024)
Scalable, transparent and micro: 3D printed rapid tooling for injection moulded microfluidics.
Advanced Engineering Materials, 26(20),
2400276.
(doi: 10.1002/adem.202400276)
Baburaj, Aiswarya, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Naveen Kumar, S. K., Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Stylios, George K
(2024)
High-performance biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerators based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and zinc oxide hybrid composites.
Nano Energy, 128(Part B),
109943.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109943)
Abusrewil, Sumaya, Scott, J. Alun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-7035, Alqahtani, Saeed S., Butcher, Mark C., Tiba, Mohammad, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088, Ramage, Gordon
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0932-3514 and Mclean, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4942-7075
(2024)
The effect of chitosan incorporation on physico-mechanical and biological characteristics of a calcium silicate filling material.
Dentistry Journal, 12(4),
100.
(doi: 10.3390/dj12040100)
2023
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, ul-Islam, Shahid-, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Aswathy, Babu, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Stylios, George, Pillai, Suresh C. and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Wearable nanocomposite textile-based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators: Progress and perspectives.
Nano Energy, 118(B),
108962.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108962)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Laughtland, Kaspar, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Mechanics of Sliding Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Sustainable Energy Harvesting.
17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Glasgow University Union, University of Glasgow, UK, 30 August 2023 - 01 September 2023.
Gokhool, Shravan, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506 and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Reflections on boosting wearable triboelectric nanogenerator performance via interface optimisation.
Results in Engineering, 17,
100808.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100808)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Perris, Jack, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Min, Guanbo, Xu, Yang
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-5134, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Multiscale in-situ quantification of the role of surface roughness and contact area using a novel Mica-PVS triboelectric nanogenerator.
Nano Energy, 107,
108122.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108122)
Perris, Jack, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Xu, Yang
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-5134, Tassieri, Manlio
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-0385, Kartal, Mehmet E., Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
3D printing and rapid replication of advanced numerically generated rough surface topographies in numerous polymers.
Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(1),
2200832.
(doi: 10.1002/adem.202200832)
2022
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Khandelwal, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-4494, Karagiorgis, Xenofon, Gokhool, Shravan, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Min, Guanbo and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2022)
High-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on commercial textiles: electrospun nylon 66 nanofibers on silk and PVDF on polyester.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(39),
pp. 44591-44603.
(doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c13092)
(PMID:36150147)
(PMCID:PMC9542703)
Walden, Ryan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2022)
Opportunities and challenges in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based sustainable energy generation technologies: a mini-review.
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 9,
100237.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100237)
2021
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Speck, Thomas and Le, Vincent
(2021)
Local contact formation during sliding on soft adhesive surfaces with complex microstructuring.
Tribology International, 163,
107180.
(doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107180)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Speck, Thomas and Le Houerou, Vincent
(2021)
Effect of Normal Load on Friction Characteristics of Bio-inspired Elastomeric Surfaces.
10th International Conference on Tribology (Balkantrib '20), 20-22 May 2022.
2020
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Favier, Damien, Speck, Thomas and Le Houérou, Vincent
(2020)
In situ investigation of adhesion mechanisms on complex microstructured biological surfaces.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(20),
2000969.
(doi: 10.1002/admi.202000969)
2019
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Palacios, Alejandro, Surapaneni, Venkata A., Bold, Georg, Thielen, Marc, Licht, Erik, Higham, Timothy E., Speck, Thomas and Le Houérou, Vincent
(2019)
Replicating the complexity of natural surfaces: technique validation and applications for biomimetics, ecology and evolution.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 377(2138),
20180265.
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0265)
(PMID:30967061)
(PMCID:PMC6335282)
2018
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Le Houérou, Vincent, Speck, Thomas and Bohn, Holger F.
(2018)
Straightforward and precise approach to replicate complex hierarchical structures from plant surfaces onto soft matter polymer.
Royal Society Open Science, 5(4),
172132.
(doi: 10.1098/rsos.172132)
(PMID:29765666)
(PMCID:PMC5936931)
Articles
Babu, Aswathy, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, O’Hara, Christopher, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Boal, Connell, Goswami, Amit, Stylios, George K., Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2025)
Direct 3D-printed triboactive polymer layers on stretchable conductive fabric for high-performance T-TENGs.
Nano Energy, 142(A),
111218.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111218)
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Banerjee, Sourav, Shee, Chirantan, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Mukherjee, Rudra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-3599, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Stylios, George K., Ali, S. Wazed and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2025)
Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-treated multifunctional textile triboelectric nanogenerator: a scalable and cost-effective solution for self-powered electronics, energy harvesting and physiological movement monitoring.
Nano Energy, 139,
110990.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110990)
Sonker, Amit Kumar, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Tideland, Hannah, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Katiyar, Nirmal Kumar, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Westman, Gunnar
(2025)
Bendable substrates of cellulose nanocrystals for triboelectric nanogenerators.
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(19),
pp. 9868-9877.
(doi: 10.1021/acsanm.5c01087)
(PMID:40400700)
(PMCID:PMC12090183)
Aazem, Irthasa, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Walden, Ryan, Babu, Aswathy, Goswami, Amit, Hinder, Steven J., Khandelwal, Gaurav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-4494, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088, McGranaghan, Gerard and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2025)
Electroactive phase dependent triboelectric nanogenerator performance of PVDF–TiO2 composites.
Energy Advances,
(doi: 10.1039/D4YA00525B)
(Early Online Publication)
Kumar Aliyana, Akshaya, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Stylios, George K.
(2024)
Investigating superior performance by configuring bimetallic electrodes on fabric triboelectric nanogenerators (F-TENGs) for IoT enabled touch sensor applications.
Nano Energy, 130,
110125.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110125)
Menezes, Pedro Duarte, Hunter, Alysha, Dickson, Thomas, Hecht, Soren, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Busek, Mathias, Krauss, Stefan and Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X
(2024)
Scalable, transparent and micro: 3D printed rapid tooling for injection moulded microfluidics.
Advanced Engineering Materials, 26(20),
2400276.
(doi: 10.1002/adem.202400276)
Baburaj, Aiswarya, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Naveen Kumar, S. K., Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Stylios, George K
(2024)
High-performance biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerators based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and zinc oxide hybrid composites.
Nano Energy, 128(Part B),
109943.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.109943)
Abusrewil, Sumaya, Scott, J. Alun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-7035, Alqahtani, Saeed S., Butcher, Mark C., Tiba, Mohammad, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088, Ramage, Gordon
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0932-3514 and Mclean, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4942-7075
(2024)
The effect of chitosan incorporation on physico-mechanical and biological characteristics of a calcium silicate filling material.
Dentistry Journal, 12(4),
100.
(doi: 10.3390/dj12040100)
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, ul-Islam, Shahid-, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Aswathy, Babu, Aliyana, Akshaya Kumar, Stylios, George, Pillai, Suresh C. and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Wearable nanocomposite textile-based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators: Progress and perspectives.
Nano Energy, 118(B),
108962.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108962)
Gokhool, Shravan, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506 and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Reflections on boosting wearable triboelectric nanogenerator performance via interface optimisation.
Results in Engineering, 17,
100808.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100808)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Perris, Jack, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Min, Guanbo, Xu, Yang
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-5134, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Multiscale in-situ quantification of the role of surface roughness and contact area using a novel Mica-PVS triboelectric nanogenerator.
Nano Energy, 107,
108122.
(doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108122)
Perris, Jack, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Xu, Yang
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-5134, Tassieri, Manlio
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-0385, Kartal, Mehmet E., Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
3D printing and rapid replication of advanced numerically generated rough surface topographies in numerous polymers.
Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(1),
2200832.
(doi: 10.1002/adem.202200832)
Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Khandelwal, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7698-4494, Karagiorgis, Xenofon, Gokhool, Shravan, Kumar, Charchit
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Min, Guanbo and Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2022)
High-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on commercial textiles: electrospun nylon 66 nanofibers on silk and PVDF on polyester.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(39),
pp. 44591-44603.
(doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c13092)
(PMID:36150147)
(PMCID:PMC9542703)
Walden, Ryan, Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Mulvihill, Daniel M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088 and Pillai, Suresh C.
(2022)
Opportunities and challenges in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based sustainable energy generation technologies: a mini-review.
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 9,
100237.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100237)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Speck, Thomas and Le, Vincent
(2021)
Local contact formation during sliding on soft adhesive surfaces with complex microstructuring.
Tribology International, 163,
107180.
(doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107180)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Favier, Damien, Speck, Thomas and Le Houérou, Vincent
(2020)
In situ investigation of adhesion mechanisms on complex microstructured biological surfaces.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(20),
2000969.
(doi: 10.1002/admi.202000969)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Palacios, Alejandro, Surapaneni, Venkata A., Bold, Georg, Thielen, Marc, Licht, Erik, Higham, Timothy E., Speck, Thomas and Le Houérou, Vincent
(2019)
Replicating the complexity of natural surfaces: technique validation and applications for biomimetics, ecology and evolution.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 377(2138),
20180265.
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0265)
(PMID:30967061)
(PMCID:PMC6335282)
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Le Houérou, Vincent, Speck, Thomas and Bohn, Holger F.
(2018)
Straightforward and precise approach to replicate complex hierarchical structures from plant surfaces onto soft matter polymer.
Royal Society Open Science, 5(4),
172132.
(doi: 10.1098/rsos.172132)
(PMID:29765666)
(PMCID:PMC5936931)
Conference or Workshop Item
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Laughtland, Kaspar, Bairagi, Satyaranjan, Gadegaard, Nikolaj
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X and Mulvihill, Daniel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088
(2023)
Mechanics of Sliding Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Sustainable Energy Harvesting.
17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Glasgow University Union, University of Glasgow, UK, 30 August 2023 - 01 September 2023.
Kumar, Charchit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-3506, Speck, Thomas and Le Houerou, Vincent
(2021)
Effect of Normal Load on Friction Characteristics of Bio-inspired Elastomeric Surfaces.
10th International Conference on Tribology (Balkantrib '20), 20-22 May 2022.
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