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Faculty

Chemical Engineering

Responsibilities
  • Chairman, Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI Center)
Contact
  •  rabibrata@che.iitkgp.ac.in
  •  +91-3222-283912

Website

  • Faculty Excellence, IIT KGP
  • Kishore Memorial Award (2016)
  • MRSI Medal (2014)
  • SERB - STAR

We at the Instability and Soft Patterning Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur are looking at issues related to nano scale patterning and ordering of polymer systems, by controlling the self organization and evolution of unstable ultra thin films in various settings. The broad areas interest includes Dewetting, Polymer blends, Soft lithography, Evaporation induced patterning, E-field instability, Colloidal assembly, Liquid Crystal thin films, Spin coating, Nano particles in thin films, Opto-electronic device applications, Super Hydrophobic surfaces etc.
 
We have a state of art laboratory with facilities like AFM, Optical Microscope, Spin and Dip coaters, Ellipsometer, Goniometer and UV Ozone Chamber. We are funded by DST - Nano Mission, DST - Solar Energy Research Initiative as well as Samsung Electronics, Korea under its GRO program. We also have several international colaborations with universities at Akron, Freiburg etc. and also with several other groups at IIT Kharagpur. 

Please check out the lab website for details. https://sites.google.com/site/rmresearchgroup/


Feature Size Modulation in Dewetting of Nanoparticle-Containing Ultrathin Polymer Films by Das A., Mukherjee R. Macromolecules 54 2242-2255 (2021)

Evaporative Drying of Sodium Chloride Solution Droplet on a Thermally Controlled Substrate by Basu N., Mukherjee R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 124 1266-1274 (2020)

Nanoparticle Induced Morphology Modulation in Spin Coated PS/PMMA Blend Thin Films by Das A., Dey A.B., Chattopadhyay S., De G., Sanyal M.K., Mukherjee R. Langmuir 36 15270-15282 (2020)

Improved Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation, Differentiation, Epithelial Transition, and Restrained Senescence on Hierarchically Patterned Porous Honey Silk Fibroin Scaffolds by Mukhopadhyay A., Das A., Mukherjee S., Rajput M., Gope A., Chaudhary A., Choudhury K., Barui A., Chatterjee J., Mukherjee R. ACS Applied Bio Materials 4 4328-4344 (2021)

Polymer Thin-Film Dewetting-Mediated Growth of Wettability-Controlled Titania Nanorod Arrays for Highly Responsive, Water-Stable Self-powered UV Photodetectors by Chakrabarty P., Ghorai A. , Ray S. K., Mukherjee R. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2 2895-2905 (2020)

Colloidal Transfer Printing Mediated Fabrication of Zinc Oxide Nanorods for Self Cleaning Applications by Banik M., Chakrabarty P. , Das A. , Ray S. K., Mukherjee R. Advanced Materials Interfaces 6 1900063- (2019)



Principal Investigator

Route to Manipulating Structure and Kinetics in Polymer Blends Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Morphology and Phase Formation In Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Thin Films Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Surface Nano Imaging Various users from Institute and Outside agencies

Development of Nano Patterned Perovskite Solar Cells (SGBSI-2015) IIT KHARAGPUR


Co-Principal Investigator

Centre of excellence for training and research in Microfluidics IIT KHARAGPUR

Towards Improved Design For Battery Electrode Particles Through Analogue Systems Mimicking Instability-induced Degradation of Solid-electrolyte Interphases Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Development of Advanced Elastomeric Composites from Eco-friendly and Renewable Sources Exploring Green Technology Apex Committee of SPARC

Development of Thermally Actuated Shape Memory Elastomers for Smart Sensing and Actuator Applications with Self Healing Capability Apex Committee of SPARC


Ph.D. Students

Sumita Sahoo
Area of Research: Coffee Stain Problem

Chinmoy Bag
Area of Research: Oleophobic Surface

Sushree Ritu Ritanjali
Area of Research: Nano Particle containing thin films

Anurup Mukhopadhyay
Area of Research: Bio-material fabric for healing applications

Hemant Kumar
Area of Research: Solar photovoltaics

Rohit Agarwal
Area of Research: Drop Evaporation

Ayan Gope
Area of Research: Cell Bio-matrix Interaction in Healing

Sneha Mukherjee
Area of Research: Polymer Thin Films

Ipsita Sahoo
Area of Research: Liquid Crystal Thin Films

Anu M G
Area of Research: Hydrophobic Polymer Thin films