The broad, essentially interdisciplinary research area of the group will focus on developing smart polymeric materials and elaborating new material properties with an eventual goal to understand stem cell-material interactions for biomedical applications. As a part of this research goal, the work will initially be directed towards developing stimuli responsive and self-healing polymers. Specifically, we shall look to harness the ubiquitous metal-ligand interactions present in marine biology- these interactions play a key role in the development of their hard and tough protective shells-to design stiff and tough synthetic elastomers.
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Synergistic strategy of freeze-thaw process with prestretching and metal ion cross-linking to access bio-tissue inspired mechanically robust hydrogels with anisotropic hierarchy by Pandit S., Ghosh A. , Kumar S. , Pradhan D. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces - (Accepted/In-Press)
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Dynamic Metal-Coordinated Adhesive and Self-Healable Antifreezing Hydrogels for Strain Sensing, Flexible Supercapacitors, and EMI Shielding Applications by Ghosh A., Kumar S. , Singh P. P., Nandi S. , Mandal M. , Pradhan D. , Khatua B. B., Das R. K. ACS Omega 9 33204-33223 (2024)
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Mechanically Strong, Antiswelling and Antifreezing PVA PSS Hydrogels for Strain Sensing and Flexible Energy Storage Devices by Maity P., Dutta A. , Pradhan D. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Polymer Materials - (Accepted/In-Press)
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Hierarchically Oriented Anisotropic Nanoscale Hydrogels with Enhanced Strength and Conductivity via Metal Ligand Interactions and Salt-Soaking Strategy for Sensing and Energy-Storage Applications by Ghosh A., Pandit S. , Kumar S. , Sardar P. , Roy A. , Pradhan D. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Nano Materials - (2026)
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Mechanically Robust, Stimuli-Responsive, Multi-Functional Luminescent Hydrogels Through Strategic Exfoliation of Nano-Clay and Dynamic Lanthanide Ion Complexation by Pandit S., Ghosh A. , Ghanta S. , Ghosh P. , Mandal M. , Roy A. , Das R. K. Small 21 06607- (2025)
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Highly Stretchable Amino Acid-Based Antifreezing Hydrogels for Applications in Human Motion Sensors and Flexible Energy Storage Devices by Maity P., Dutta A. , Panda P. , Pradhan D. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7 13037-13051 (2025)
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Anisotropic Anti-Swelling Hydrogels with Hydrophobic Association and Metal Ligand Cross-Links for Applications in Underwater Strain Sensing and Anisotropic Actuation by Panda P., Maity P. , Dutta A. , Das R. K. Langmuir 41 13301-13314 (2025)
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Competitive (Spatiotemporal) Techniques to Fabricate (Ultra)stiff Polymer Hydrogels and Their Potential Applications by Dutta A., Pandit S. , Panda P. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7 3466-3497 (2025)
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Molecular engineering of backbone rotation in an energy-dissipative hydrogel for combining ultra-high stiffness and toughness by Dutta A., Maity P. , Das R. K., Zussman E. Materials Horizons 12 4901-4914 (2025)
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Human Muscle Inspired Anisotropic and Dynamic Metal Ion-Coordinated Mechanically Robust, Stretchable and Swelling-Resistant Hydrogels for Underwater Motion Sensing and Flexible Supercapacitor Application by Ghosh A., Pandit S. , Kumar S. , Pradhan D. , Das R. K. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 62743-62761 (2024)
Co-Principal Investigator
- New polyimides and development of membranes based on them for hydrogen recovery in synthesis and decomposition of ammonia processes Department of Science and Technology (DST)
- New polyimides and development of membranes based on them for hydrogen recovery in synthesis and decomposition of ammonia processes Department of Science and Technology
Ph. D. Students
Ajay Kumar
Area of Research: Energy Materials
Pintu Maity
Area of Research: Polymer hydrogels
Sangita Pandit
Area of Research: Stimuli responsive hydrogels
Sanjit Bera
Area of Research: Functional polymer gels
Swati Mondal
Area of Research: Polymer hydrogels