Responsibilities

  • Head, Rubber Technology Centre

Research Areas

 
The research activities of my group are as follows:
  • Tailor-made functional polymers and  elastomers via controlled polymerization and “Click” reactions.
    Smart self-healing, self-cleaning, super-hydrophobic, Shape-memory polymer materials
    Block, graft, brush-like, multi-armed star copolymers, bio-active functional polymers  and their composites based on polystyrene, polyacrylates and polyurethanes.
    Stimuli-responsive polymers, polyzwitterionic gels for bio-applications.
    Green & sustainable materials and process ((Ionic liquid as additive & solvent. synthesis of polymers / bio-elastomers from bio-feedstock, like glycopolymer, polymyrcene etc.)
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Principal Investigator

  • Design and Development of Autonomic Repairing and Mechano-responsive Smart Elastomers Defence R and D Organization (HQ) Armament Research Board
  • Designing Mechanochromic Smart Polymer Materials for Real-Time Stress and Damage Detection IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Designing Superhydrophobic Surface by using Specialty Polymer Emulsion ASIAN PAINTS LTD. MUMBAI
  • Development of crumb rubber and its functionalization INDIAN TYRE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
  • Encapsulation of Biocides BERGER PAINTS INDIA LIMITED
  • Multicompartment Micelles in designing Electronically Conductive, Self-healable Superhydrophobic Surface via Dynamic Covalent and Non-covalent Interactions Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Multicompartment Micelles in designing Electronically Conductive, Self-healable Superhydrophobic Surface via Dynamic Covalent and Non covalent Interactions Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Ph. D. Students

Aby Alex

Area of Research: Analysis and evaluation of properties on nano-structured polymer and its composites

Atif Ansari

Area of Research: Modification and processing of elastomers

Dhruba Prasad Ghorai

Area of Research:

Durga Jana

Area of Research: Emulsion Polymerization of Functional Monomers

Payel Maity

Area of Research: Polymer metal oxide composite; preparation and characterization

Saikat Banerjee

Area of Research: Modification and processing of Specialty Elastomers

Shubham Verma

Area of Research: New polymers; design, properties and applications

Soumalya Ash

Area of Research: Sustainability in elastomers

Soumyajit Das

Area of Research: Functional polymer composites

Souvik Bag

Area of Research: Synthesis of Functional polymers and its application

Subhendu Pramanik

Area of Research: Designing a New Class of Functional Elastomer

Suman Pradhan

Area of Research: Synthesis and characterization of functional polymers

Swadhin Chakraborty

Area of Research: Synthesis of new functional polymers and its applications