Functional Nanocomposite Laboratory (fun NanoCom Lab)
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Key Research Areas:
Key Research Areas:
Polymer Nanocomposites
Bioinspired Nanocomposites
Structural Design and Interface Engineering
Structure-Property Relationships
Functional Materials for Sustainable Flexible Packaging
Hybrid Hydrogels for Smart Agriculture and Sensing
Waste-to-Wealth : extraction of nanocellulose, cellulose fibers, cellulose nanocrystals, activated carbons, other essential green compounds from biomass.
Hybrid Materials for Energy (Fuel cells), Environmental (pollutant removal, protective gears), and Biomedical Applications
Instrument Facilities
Universal Testing Machine (Zwick Roell, Germany)
Ultrasonic Probe Sonicator (BioLogics Inc., USA)
High-Speed Centrifuge 5804 R (Eppendorf, Germany)
Hydraulic press and sample cutter ASTM D638 Type V
Electrochemical workstation (Kanopy, CHI 660E)
Rotary Evaporator (Medica)
Ultra-centrifuge (Eppendorf, Germany)
Freeze-Dryer/Lyophilizer (Labconco, USA)
Multi-Position Hot Plate Stirrer
Flat Hot Plate
Ultrasonic Bath and Ultra-Taurrax
Dual Syringe Pumps, Peristaltic Pumps
B.O.D Cooling Incubator
Hot air oven
Vacuum Oven
Rotational Viscometer
Central Instrument Facilities
Powder XRD (PANalytical Empyrean)
FESEM (Zeiss)
Dynamic Light Scattering (Beckman Coulter Delso Nano C)
Thermogravimetric Analyzer (Parkin Elmer)
High Resolution Raman Microspectrometer
Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Elemental Analyser (CHNSO)
Atomic Force Microscopy
BET Surface Area Measurement
Rheometer (MCR 302 e, MCR 102) More
Current Projects
METAL-ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS INCORPORATED ON A PAPER SCAFFOLD FOR THE DETECTION OF HEAVY METAL IONS IN WATER, SERB-POWER, Govt. of India, 2023 - 2026, Status: on-going.
Development of Environmentally Friendly Controlled-release P-fertilizer and Its Evaluation with Plant Growth Promoting Microbes on Soybean Productivity and Soil Microbial Health, DBT, Govt. of . India, 2023-2026, Status: on-going.
Fabrication of Mechanically Robust Bio-inspired Bouligand Cellulose Nanocrystals-based Nanocomposites via Self-assembly and Their Engineering Applications, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, 2019 - 2022, Status: Completed.
Bioinspired Mechanically Robust Functional Nanocomposites via Self-Assembly, IISER Bhopal Seed Grant, 2018 - 2020, Status: Completed.
Collaborators
Collaborators
Prof. Pralay Maity, School of Materials Science, IIT BHU, India.
Prof. Kamal K. Kar, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Programme, IIT Kanpur, India.
Prof. Nikhil K. Singha, Rubber Technology Center, IIT Kharagpur, India.
Dr Mahaveer P Sharma, Principal Scientist (Agri. Microbiology), ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore, India.
Dr. Subhasis Das, Fellow, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division, TERI, India.
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