Dr. Tan Kar Ban
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia
Biography
Dr. Kar Ban Tan is currently an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He graduated with a first class degree in B.Sc. (Hons)-Industrial Chemistry and then obtained his Ph.D- Materials Chemistry, UPM.
Research Interest
Dr. Tan’s research interests encompass on the synthesis and characterisation of functional electroceramics using a variety of techniques including X-ray powder diffraction, electron microscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy, thermal analysis, ac impedance spectroscopy and physical property measurements.
Publications
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Tan KB, Lee CK, Zainal Z, Miles GC, West AR. Stoichiometry and doping mechanism of the cubic pyrochlore phase in the system Bi 2 O 3–ZnO–Nb 2 O 5. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2005;15(34):3501-6.
