News
Jun, 2024 Our work on the porous polysulfides materials for oil spill remediation accepted in ACS Appl. Eng. Mater.
May, 2024 The second patent from our group has been granted for an invention on multi-arm star multi-stimuli responsive polymers for drug delivery applications. Congratulations to the team.
May, 2024 Dillip and Anwesh joined the group as Research Intern. Welcome!
May, 2024 Our first collaborative work on the recyclable Ag-Pd nanocatalyst iron-mediated synthesis of intelligent materials for toxic metal and dye removal accepted in ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. Read more...
May, 2024 Ankit and Sudipta joined the group as Project-JRFs. Welcome!
May, 2024 Sandipan joined the group to pursue M.Sc. thesis. Welcome!
Mar, 2024 The first patent from our group has been granted for an invention on stimuli-responsive polymer for engineering and biomedical applications. Congratulations to the team.
Mar, 2024 Our first work on the nanoscale zerovalent iron-mediated synthesis of smart, functional polymers accepted in Macromol. Rapid Commun. Read more...
Feb, 2024 SB joined the Editorial Board of Materials Today Communications, elsevier as a Section Editor, Read more...
Feb, 2024 SB group received the eighth project funded. The work proposes the development of self-healing coating materials for aerospace applications and is funded by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India (3 years).
Dec, 2023 Swarup joined the group to pursue Ph.D. Welcome!
Dec, 2023 Onkarnath joined the group to pursue Ph.D. Welcome!
Dec, 2023 Mahendra joined the group to pursue Ph.D. Welcome!
Oct, 2023 SB group received the seventh project funded. The work proposes the development of smart biomaterials for tissue engineering applications and is funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (3 years).
Oct, 2023 Our work on the nanoscale zerovalent iron-mediated synthesis of smart, functional polymers accepted in Macromol. Rapid Commun. Read more...
Sep, 2023 Our work on multi-stimuli responsive boronic acid-containing polymer for sugar sensing was accepted in Eur. Polym. J. Read more...
Aug, 2023 Nishikanta joined the group to pursue Ph.D. Welcome!
Aug, 2023 Amul joined the group to pursue Ph.D. Welcome!
Aug, 2023 Swarup joined the group to pursue M.Sc. Thesis. Welcome!
Jul, 2023 SB has been selected for the prestigious Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal for the year 2024. Congratulations SB! For more detail see [link]
Jul, 2023 We bid goodbye to Debasish, Srinath, and Sayan. Thank you for your contribution and we wish you continued success in your future endeavors.
Jul, 2023 Our work on "Self-healing Sealant for Solar Cells" is highlighted in EQ International. Read more...
Jul, 2023 Our work on "Self-healing Sealant for Solar Cells" is highlighted in MERCOM clean energy insights. Read more...
Jul, 2023 Our work on "Self-healing Sealant for Solar Cells" is highlighted in Times of India. Read more...
Jul, 2023 Our work on "Self-healing Sealant for Solar Cells" is highlighted in EnergyPortal.eu. Read more...
Jul, 2023 Our work on "Self-healing Sealant for Solar Cells" is highlighted in energetica INDIA. Read more...
Jul, 2023 Our work on multi-arm star multi-stimuli responsive molecular material for controlled drug release accepted in JACS Au. Read more...
Jun, 2023 Our work on affordable self-heating coating material for photovoltaics accepted in Eur. Polym. J. Read more...
Jun, 2023 Sayan joined the group as a Summer Intern. Welcome!
May, 2023 Shrinath joined the group as a Summer Intern. Welcome!
May, 2023 Swarup joined the group as a Summer Intern. Welcome!
May, 2023 Debasish joined the group as a Summer Intern. Welcome!
Feb, 2023 SB group received sixth project funded. The work proposes the development of well-defined block copolymers for application in functional coatings and funded by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India under "under India-Belarus joint call" Scheme (2 years).
Feb, 2023 SB group member Bhanendra received 1st prize in Poster Competition at 2nd International Conference on Hodiernal Aspect of Science and Technology. Congratulations!
Feb, 2023 Amul joined the group as a Project Assistant in a DSIR-funded project. Welcome!
Feb, 2023 Nishikanta joined the group as a JRF in a SERB-funded project. Welcome!
Nov, 2022 Priyank joined the group as a Project Assistant in a DSIR-funded project. Welcome!
Nov, 2022 SB group received fifth project funded. The work proposes the use of Multi-arm Star Smart Polymers towards New Class of 19F MRI Contrast Agent for Selective Imaging and funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India under "Core Research Grant" Scheme (3 years).
Nov, 2022 SB selected as one of the "Next Generation of Polymer Researchers" by Wiley-Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics Journal.
Oct, 2022 Our work on phosphorus-containing smart, multifunctional polymers towards materials with tunable wettability accepted in Eur. Polym. J. Read more...
Oct, 2022 SB group received fourth project funded. The work proposes to develop a Common Research and technology Development Hub (CRTDH) in New Materials/Chemical Process Sector and funded by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India (5 years).
Jul, 2022 Subrata joined the group for pursuing Ph.D. Welcome!
Jun, 2022 Happy to share the news that SB group member Devendra has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 10-Jun-2022. Congratulations to Devendra!
Jun, 2022 Happy to share the news that SB group member Shashikant has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 07-Jun-2022. Congratulations to Shashikant!
Jun, 2022 Our work on precision macromolecular engineering by a combination of ionic liquid-mediated cationic polymerization and recyclable alloy nanoparticle-mediated photoRDRP accepted in Eur. Polym. J. Read more...
Apr, 2022 We bid goodbye to Anvay. Thank you for your contribution and we wish you continued success in your future endeavors.
Mar, 2022 Our work on multifunctional porous materials for CO2 capture accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Mar, 2022 Our work on amino acid-derived ABCBA-type antifouling biohybrid accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Feb, 2022 SB group received third project funded. The work proposes the Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Functional Materials and is funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India under "Accelerate Vigyan" Scheme.
Feb, 2022 Our work on enhancement of electrochemical performances of Li-S Batteries accepted in Mater. Lett. Read more...
Feb, 2022 SB joined the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Chemistry as an Associate Editor (Polymer Chemistry Section) Read more...
Dec, 2021 Our work on functional mesoporous carbon nanospheres for CO2 capture accepted in Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Read more...
Dec, 2021 Our work on ionic liquid-mediated synthesis of amphiphilic diblock copolymers in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Nov, 2021 Our work on N-rich mesoporous carbon nanospheres for CO2 capture accepted in Mater. Adv. Read more...
Sep, 2021 SB group member Arif moved to University of Mississippi, USA to start his new position as Post-doctoral Research Associate, in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.
Aug, 2021 Our work on ultrafast photoRDRP towards multi-stimuli responsive polymer accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Jul, 2021 Anvay joined the group to for pursuing MSc Thesis. Welcome!
Jul, 2021 Our work on smart antifouling biohybrid with multi-stimuli responsivity accepted in Biomacromolecules. Read more...
Jun, 2021 Happy to share the news that Arif has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 21-Jun-2021. Congratulations to Arif!
Apr, 2021 Our work on functional polyacrylates with dual-stimuli responsive capability and tunable hydrophobiocity accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Apr, 2021 Our work on Multi-stimuli responsive and self-healing biohybrids accepted in Macromol. Rapid Commun. Read more...
Apr, 2021 We bid goodbye to Anand. Thank you for your contribution and we wish you continued success in your future endeavors.
Mar, 2021 SB group published a review on "Well-defined Fluorinated Copolymers: Current Status and Future Perspectives" in Acc. Mater. Res. Read more...
Nov, 2020 SB group received Accelerate Vigyan-VRITIKA project from by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India to host 5 Research Interns who shall be working on "Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Functional Materials". Congratulations!
Jul, 2020 Anand joined the group to for pursuing MSc Thesis. Welcome!
May, 2020 The group published a review on "Macromolecular engineering approach for the preparation of new architectures from fluorinated olefins and their applications" in Prog. Polym. Sci. Read more...
May, 2020 SB has been selcted as one of the prestigious "Outstanding Reviewer for Royal Society of Chemistry-Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Journal in 2019". Congratulations SB! For more detail see [link]
Feb, 2020 Subrata joined the group for pursuing Ph.D. Welcome!
Sep, 2019 Our work on recyclable catalyst mediated ambient temperature synthesis of well-defined poly(methyl methacrylate) accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Sep 2019 Devendra joined the group for pursuing Ph.D. Welcome!
Jun, 2019 Subrata joined the group as a JRF in SERB-ECRA project. Welcome!
May, 2019 Our book chapter on "Fluoropolymer-Based Tunable Materials for Emerging Applications" in "Reuse and Recycling of Materials Solid Waste Management and Water Treatment"-River Publishers is published.
Mar, 2019 Our work on self-healing fluoropolymer accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Mar, 2019 SB group member Arif received ACS Langmuir Best Poster Award. Congratulations!
Mar, 2019 Dec, 2016 SB received the prestigious Early Career Research Award in Chemical Science Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India for the year 2019. Congrats SB!
Jan, 2019 SB has been selcted as one of the prestigious "Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators 2020". Congratulations SB! For more detail see [link]
Sep, 2018 SB group member Shashikant received 2nd prize in Poster Competition. Congratulations!
Sep, 2018 Our work on emulsion polymerization of vinylidene fluoride accepted in Chem. Commun. Read more...
Jul, 2018 Arif joined the group for pursuing Ph.D. Welcome!
Jun, 2018 Our work on RAFT-synthesis of fluorinated copolymer accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Apr, 2018 Our work on synthesis of a sequence defined alternating copolymer accepted in Eur. Polym. J. Read more...
Jan, 2018 Our work on synthesis of a specialty polymer, poly(trifluoroethylene), mediated by an innovative persistent radical accepted in Polym. Chem. Read more...
Jan, 2018 Great News! Our work on organometallic-mediated radical polymerization of vinyledene difluoride (VDF) accepted in Angewandte Chemie. Read more...
Dec, 2017 Shashsikant joined the group for pursuing Ph.D. Welcome!
Nov, 2017 SB joined the Chemistry faculty of IIT Bhilai to establish his research group.
Dec, 2016 SB received the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship Award in Chemical Science Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India for the year 2016-2017. Congrats SB!