Dr Charchit Kumar
- Affiliate (School of Engineering)
email:
Charchit.Kumar@gla.systa-s.com
School of Engineering, James Watt South Building, University of Glasgow
Publications
2026
Abusrewil, S. et al. (2026) Chitosan molecular weight influences on endodontic biofilms and material enhancement strategies. Dentistry Journal, 14(4), 192. (doi: 10.3390/dj14040192)
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)
Mulvihill, D. M. et al. (2025) How to test triboelectric nanogenerators: key factors for standardized performance evaluation. Advanced Energy Materials, (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202502920) (Early Online Publication)
Pradhan, A. et al. (2025) The surface-topography challenge: a multi-laboratory benchmark study to advance the characterization of topography. Tribology Letters, 73(3), 110. (doi: 10.1007/s11249-025-02014-y) (PMID:40726540) (PMCID:PMC12296861)
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, 4(5),
pp. 683-698.
(doi: 10.1039/D4YA00525B)
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
Abusrewil, S. et al. (2026) Chitosan molecular weight influences on endodontic biofilms and material enhancement strategies. Dentistry Journal, 14(4), 192. (doi: 10.3390/dj14040192)
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)
Mulvihill, D. M. et al. (2025) How to test triboelectric nanogenerators: key factors for standardized performance evaluation. Advanced Energy Materials, (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202502920) (Early Online Publication)
Pradhan, A. et al. (2025) The surface-topography challenge: a multi-laboratory benchmark study to advance the characterization of topography. Tribology Letters, 73(3), 110. (doi: 10.1007/s11249-025-02014-y) (PMID:40726540) (PMCID:PMC12296861)
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, 4(5),
pp. 683-698.
(doi: 10.1039/D4YA00525B)
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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