Dr. Rahaman's research interests include:
Nanomaterials and their application in Nanocomposites.
​In relation to this area of his research, he has grown nanomaterials over glass fibre and prepared nanomaterials coated glass fiber reinforced polymer composites for structural application. He is currently working on the preparation of carbon nanotube reinforced carbon fiber-epoxy composites and their fracture properties.

• S. Maitra, A. Rahaman, A. Sarkar and A.Tarafder.; “Zirconia–mullite materials prepared from semi-colloidal route derived precursors” , Ceramics International, Volume 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-206.
• Ariful Rahaman, N.Patra, and Kamal K Kar. (2008) “Self Catalyzing Behavior of kanthal Wire for Growing Carbon Nanotubes”, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 16(1): 78 – 87.
• Kamal K. Kar , A. Rahaman, P.Agnihotri, and D. Sathiyamoorthy. (2009) “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes on the Surface of Carbon Fiber/Fabric by Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition and their Characterization”, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 17(3): 209 – 229.
• Ariful Rahaman, Kamal K Kar and D. Chaudhary (2010) “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes on Nickel-Silica Catalyst Coated E-Glass Fiber/Fabric and its Nanocomposites”, International Journal of Plastic Technology 13(1): 1 – 15.
• Ariful Rahaman and Kamal K Kar. (2010) “Growth of carbon nanotubes on E-glass fibers/fabric using iron catalyst”, Journal of Surface Engineering (Accepted) 

• Ph.D. in Materials Science Programme, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, India (2010)
• M.Tech. in Ceramic Engineering, Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University, India (2004)
• B.Tech. in Ceramic Technology, College of Ceramic Technology, Calcutta University, India (2002)​