Patents
Viney Ghai, Shantnu Chawla and Prabhat K. Agnihotri “Synthesis of vertically aligned multilayer graphene sheets on different substrates using edible or non-edible oils.” Application No.: 202011014217.
Viney Ghai, Harpreet Singh and Prabhat K. Agnihotri, "A textured nanocomposite coating composition for absorption of electromagnetic waves" Application No.: 201911002233
Prabhat K. Agnihotri, Yugam Singla, Karanvir Singh Prihar, Purbarun Dhar and Sarit K Das, “Carbon nanotube enabled superhydrophobic surfaces and a method of fabricating the same”, Indian Patent No. 349338, Issued on 15-Oct-2020.
K. K. Kar, P. Agnihotri and S. Dasgupta, “Nickel coated carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites and method for the preparation thereof”, Indian Patent No. 249343, Issued on 18-Oct-2011.
K. K. Kar, P. Agnihotri and S. Dasgupta, “A method for preparation of nanoparticle coated carbon fiber”, Indian Patent No. 250274, Issued on 21-Dec-2011.
K. K. Kar, P. Kumar, N. G. R. Iyenger and P. Agnihotri, “Carbon nanotube and nanoparticle coated carbon fiber reinforced polymer hybrid nanocomposite with improved thermomechanical properties and a process for preparation thereof”, Indian Patent No. 258293, Issued on 27-Dec-2013.
K. K. Kar, P. Agnihotri and S. Dasgupta, “CNT coated long fiber and process and preparation thereof”, Indian Patent No. 260562, Issued on 08-May-2014.
Journal articles
Agrawal, V., Singla, E. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2023. Exploiting Self-Healing Characteristics of Poly (methyl methacrylate) in Gel Electrolyte for Application in Electrochromic Devices. ACS Applied Engineering Materials.
Agrawal, V., Singla, E. & Agnihotri, P.K., 2022. Modulation of optical properties of electrochromic device. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron.
Baranwal, A. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2022. Harnessing fiber induced anisotropy in design and fabrication of soft actuator with simultaneous bending and twisting actuations. Composites Science and Technology.
Chauhan, A., Bedi, H.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2022. Enhancing aging resistance of glass fiber/epoxy composites using carbon nanotubes. Materials Chemistry and Physics, p.126740.
Baranwal, A. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2022. J integral and local strain energy density approach to characterize the cracks in anisotropic hyperelastic skin type composite materials. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, p.103253.
Yadav, N., Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2022. Efficacy of carbon nanotubes and polydimethylsiloxane interlayer in augmenting the impact strength of glass fiber/epoxy composites. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, p.14644207221074637.
Bhinder, J., Verma, S.K. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2021. Qualifying carbon nanotubes reinforced polyurethane foam as helmet inner liner through in-situ, static and low velocity impact testing. Material Science and Engineering B, (accepted on 08/10/21).
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2021. Understanding the effect of processing temperature and carbon nanotube addition on the viscoelastic response of polyurethane foams. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, p.51644.
Baranwal, A., Agnihotri, P.K. and McGarry, J.P., 2020. The influence of fibre alignment on the fracture toughness of anisotropic soft tissue. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 239, p.107289.
Baranwal, A. and Agnihotri, P., 2020. Augmenting bending stroke of soft dielectric unimorph actuator using carbon nanotubes. Smart Materials and Structures.
Ghai, V., Bedi, H.S., Bhinder, J., Chauhan, A., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2020. Catalytic-free growth of VACNTs for energy harvesting. Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, pp.1-6.
Ghai, V., Sharma, K., Sanger, J., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2020. Ultrafast microwave-assisted synthesis of various zinc oxide nanostructures. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS), 27(2), pp.365-372
Viney Ghai, Kingshuk Chatterjee and Prabhat K. Agnihotri. Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Coated Aluminium Foil as Flexible Supercapacitor electrode for High Power Applications. Carbon Letters, DOI:10.1007/s42823-020-00176-4.
Surana, I., Bedi, H.S., Bhinder, J., Ghai, V., Chauhan, A. and Agnihotri, P., 2020. Compression and fracture behavior of leather particulate reinforced polymer composites. Materials Research Express.
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2020. Effect of carbon nanotube doping on the energy dissipation and rate dependent deformation behavior of polyurethane foams. Journal of Cellular Plastics, p.0021955X20917280.
Bedi HS, Billing BK, Agnihotri PK. Interphase engineering in carbon fiber/epoxy composites: Rate sensitivity of interfacial shear strength and interfacial fracture toughness. Polymer Composites, 2020;1–13
Bains, D., Singh, G., Bhinder, J., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, N., 2020. Ionic Liquid Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Based Hydrophobic Coatings for Robust Antibacterial Applications. ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Ghai, V., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Near perfect thin film flexible broadband optical absorber with high thermal/electrical conductivity. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, p.48855.
Ghai, V., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Dandelion-Like Carbon Nanotubes for Near-Perfect Black Surfaces. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(12), pp.7951-7956.
Tiwari, M., Billing, B.K., Bedi, H.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Quantification of carbon nanotube dispersion and its correlation with mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, p.48879.
Ghai, V., Bhinder, J., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, H., 2020. Effect of texturing and vertex angle on silicon based multilayer absorber. Vacuum, 171, p.108992.
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Synthesis and characterization of poly-urethane foam doped with different nano-fillers. Materials Today: Proceedings, 18, pp.1479-1488.
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P., 2019. FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL INFILTRATED POLYURETHANE FOAMS FOR ENERGY ABSORPTION APPLICATIONS. Nanoscience and Technology: An International Journal, 10(2).
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Poly (vinyl alcohol) foams reinforced with carbon nanotubes for stapedial annular ligament applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, p.48736.
Ghai, V., Baranwal, A., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Design and Fabrication of a Multifunctional Flexible Absorber (Flexorb) in the UV–Vis–NIR Wavelength Range. Advanced Materials Technologies, 4(11), p.1900513.
Bedi, H.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Designing the interphase in carbon fiber polymer composites using carbon nanotubes. Procedia Structural Integrity, 14, pp.168-175.
Ghai, V., Singh, H. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Ultra-black superhydrophobic multilayer broadband optical absorber. MRS Advances, 4(3-4), pp.163-168.
Bedi, H.S.S., Billing, B.K. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2019. Interfacial shear strength of carbon nanotubes based hybrid composites: effect of loading rate. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 13(48), pp.571-576.
Bhinder, J. and Agnihotri, P., 2019. Processing and characterization of functionalized carbon nanotube foams. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 26(1), pp.42-47.
Khan, S., Bedi, H.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2018. Augmenting mode-II fracture toughness of carbon fiber/epoxy composites through carbon nanotube grafting. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 204, pp.211-220.
Agnihotri, P.K., Ghai, V. and Singh, H., 2018. Optically Graded Ultra Dark Absorber for Visible and Near-infrared Wavelength Range. Scientific reports, 8(1), pp.1-6.
Bedi, H.S., Tiwari, M. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2018. Quantitative determination of size and properties of interphases in carbon nanotube-based multiscale composites. Carbon, 132, pp.181-190.
Bedi, H.S., Padhee, S.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2018. Effect of carbon nanotube grafting on the wettability and average mechanical properties of carbon fiber/polymer multiscale composites. Polymer Composites, 39(S2), pp.E1184-E1195.
Billing, B.K., Dhar, P., Singh, N. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2018. Augmenting static and dynamic mechanical strength of carbon nanotube/epoxy soft nanocomposites via modulation of purification and functionalization routes. Soft matter, 14(2), pp.291-300.
Billing, B.K., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, N., 2018. Development of pyrene-stacked carbon nanotube-based hybrid: measurement of NO 3− ions using fluorescence spectroscopy. Analyst, 143(14), pp.3343-3352.
Bhinder, J., Saikia, M., Malik, V. and Agnihotri, P., 2018. Deformation Behavior of Polyurethane (PU) Foam At Different Strain Rates on Doping with Solid Waste Generated in Leather Industries. Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics, 6(4), pp.300-309.
Harikrishnan, A.R., Dhar, P., Agnihotri, P.K., Gedupudi, S. and Das, S.K., 2018. Correlating contact line capillarity and dynamic contact angle hysteresis in surfactant-nanoparticle based complex fluids. Physics of Fluids, 30(4), p.042006.
Mayank, Kaur Billing, B., Agnihotri, P.K., Kaur, N., Singh, N. and Jang, D.O., 2018. Ionic liquid-coated carbon nanotubes as efficient metal-free catalysts for the synthesis of chromene derivatives. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(3), pp.3714-3722.
Sharma, A., Mishra, R., Jain, S., Padhee, S.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2018. Deformation behavior of single and multi-layered materials under impact loading. Thin-Walled Structures, 126, pp.193-204.
Harikrishnan, A.R., Dhar, P., Agnihotri, P.K., Gedupudi, S. and Das, S.K., 2017. Wettability of complex fluids and surfactant capped nanoparticle-induced quasi-universal wetting behavior. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(24), pp.6081-6095.
Harikrishnan, A.R., Dhar, P., Agnihotri, P.K., Gedupudi, S. and Das, S.K., 2017. Effects of interplay of nanoparticles, surfactants and base fluid on the surface tension of nanocolloids. The European Physical Journal E, 40(5), p.53.
Billing, B.K., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, N., 2017. Fabrication of branched nanostructures for CNT@ Ag nano-hybrids: application in CO 2 gas detection. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(17), pp.4226-4235.
Billing, B.K., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, N., 2016. Imine‐Linked Electrochemical Sensor for Selective Detection of HSO4− Ions in Aqueous Media. ChemistrySelect, 1(18), pp.5967-5973.
Bedi, H.S., Padhee, S.S. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2016, July. On the nature of interface of carbon nanotube coated carbon fibers with different polymers. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 139, No. 1, p. 012014). IOP Publishing.
Singh, N., Billing, B.K., Singh, J. and Agnihotri, P.K., 2016. Thiourea based dipodal receptor development for electrochemical detection of Br− ion in an aqueous medium. Electroanalysis, 28(4), pp.718-723.
Billing, B.K., Singh, J., Agnihotri, P.K. and Singh, N., 2015. Development of electrochemical sensor for selective recognition of PO43− ions using organic nanoparticles of dipodal receptor in aqueous medium. Electrochimica Acta, 182, pp.1112-1117.
Agnihotri, P.K. and Van der Giessen, E., 2015. On the rate sensitivity in discrete dislocation plasticity. Mechanics of Materials, 90, pp.37-46.
Agnihotri, P.K., Kar, K.K. and Basu, S., 2012. Cohesive zone model of carbon nanotube-coated carbon fiber/polyester composites. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20(3), p.035014.
Agnihotri, P., Basu, S. and Kar, K.K., 2011. Effect of carbon nanotube length and density on the properties of carbon nanotube-coated carbon fiber/polyester composites. Carbon, 49(9), pp.3098-3106.
Agnihotri, P.K. and Basu, S., 2010. Single-walled nanotubes as kirchhoff elasticas. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2(04), pp.719-743.
Kar, K.K., Rahaman, A., Agnihotri, P. and Sathiyamoorthy, D., 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), pp.209-229.
Projects
Development of Efficient Battery Thermal Management System for Two and Three Wheeler EV application through design of innovative Packaging Materials (with ARAI). (DHI, PI, Amount: INR 170.24 L (IIT Ropar - 85 L))
Development of CNT reinforced multiscale composites with improved electrical conductivity. (PI, ARDB, Amount: INR 25.9 L).
Development and evaluation of multiscale CNT/polymer composites. (PI, ISRO, Amount: INR 29 L).
Investigations into the correlations between porosity, mechanical properties and performance of supercapacitors based on vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays. (PI, DST, Amount: INR 42 L).
An Investigation on the properties of Interface/Interphase in Carbon Nanotube based Composites. (PI, IIT Ropar, Amount: INR 59 L).
Development of a Multiscale Numerical Approach to Investigate the Origin of Indentation Size Effect. (PI, DST, Amount: INR 23 L).
Design, Synthesis and Development of Chemosensors for Explosive Materials, Ware-fare Chemicals and Organophosphates. (Co-PI, DRDO, Amount: INR 44 L)