Tough Hydrogels
Polymer & Nano-composites for H2 energy
Dynamic Polymeric Materials
Flexible Rechargeable battery/ supercapacitor
RAFT, Living Polymerization
Natural and Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Wearable Electronics and sensors
Soft Actuator/ Robotics
Superhydrophobic/ aerophobic polymer surface
Polyrotaxane gels
Piezoelectric material synthesis
Stop-flow lithography
1. Development of nanoparticle reinforced multi network hydrogels with high swellability and mechanical strength using step-growth networking approach: EMR/2016/00646 (RGIPT, SERB)
2. Design of membraneless electrolyzer for sea water electrolysis: NTPC NETRA (9100000216-151-1001) (RGIPT, NTPC Ltd.)
3. Development of electrodes and modular compact membrane less electrolyzer set up for sustainable H2 production from sea/tap/ground water: DST/TMD-EWO/AHFC- 2021/2021/111 (RGIPT, DST)
4. SWASTHA - Smart Wearable Advanced nanoSensing Technologies in Healthcare ASICs: NANOSPNDITY90024xHOC001/11604 (IITG, DoMEITy)
Coordination with Industry Sponsored Projects from Innocules Pvt. Ltd., HAL, ONGC etc. (2017-2019)
5. Self-Assembly of Shape-Defined Micro-Hydrogels: Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: NSF/2106158 (CU Boulder, NSF)
● Instrumentation: NMR | XPS | GPC | UV-Vis, FTIR, Raman, DLS | SAXS | FESEM | Microscopy | Tensile machines, DMA | Glove Box | Electrochemical workstation | 3D Printer | Photolithography
● Software and Tools: Chem Draw | Origin | Gaussian 09 | LAMMPS | Microsoft Office Package | ImageJ | SciFinder | Different instrument control software
● Design Tools: AutoCAD | COMSOL | Photoshop | Adobe Illustrator | Arduino | LATEX
● Operating System: Windows XP, 2007-10 | DOS | Linux
● Design and Execution of Experimental Setup for Research
● Mentoring undergrads and grad students for research projects
● Scientific literature search, project design, data processing, documentation in form of scientific reports, research articles, communications