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Dr. Ashesh Garai

  • Assistant Professor

  • Department of Chemistry

  • M.Sc., Ph.D.

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  • Research interest
    polymer synthesis including nanostructured polymer, polymer gelation, polymer crystallization, polymer-surfactant supramolecular structure formation, polymer-clay nanocomposites, polymer-CNT nanocomposites, polymer-metal particle nanocomposites, rheological properties of polymer-gel system and biomaterial (DNA/RNA). morphological, structural, thermodynamical, mechanical, rheological, conductivity and I-V analysis.
    Nanometer scale polymer/protein films preparation, cross-linking the films to use as membrane.
    Many metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis in ambient and biological condition. Protein purification, stable MOFs dispersion synthesis condition.

  • Title of the Thesis
    Polyaniline Gel Nanocomposites.

  • Project
    Conducting Polymer Wire-Preparation and Application (UGC Minor PSW-111/15-16 ERO)

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  • ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-5493

                 

  • Scopus
    14421215700

                 

  • Research guidance
    NA

                 

  • Research publications
    24

                 

  •  Fellowships/Awards/Honours/Achievements
    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE): 2004
    National Eligibility Test (NET): 2004
    Junior Research Fellow (2004)
    Senior Research Fellow (2006)
    NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) Post-Doctoral Fellow (2009 – 2011)
    European Research Council (ERC, United Kingdom) Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (2011 – 2012)
    University of Southampton, United Kingdom (2012 – 2014)      

  • Patent:
    Free Standing Polymer Membranes and Their Separation Property (Application No- 2010-004476, Patent No- 5397772) Ashesh Garai, Sadaki Samitsu, Xinsheng Peng and Izumi Ichinose.

                 

 

    • Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposites of Sulfonic Acid Doped Thermoreversible Polyaniline Gel: Physical and Mechanical Properties Ashesh Garai, Biplab K. Kuila, and Arun K. Nandi Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 5410-5418.

    • Synthesis, Optical, and Electrical Characterization of Organically Soluble Silver Nanoparticles and Their Poly (3-hexylthiophene) Nanocomposites: Enhanced Luminescence Property in the Nanocomposite Thin Films Biplab K. Kuila, Ashesh Garai, and Arun K. Nandi Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 5443-5452.

    • Rheology of (±)-Camphor-10-Sulfonic Acid Doped Polyaniline-m-Cresol Conducting Gel Nanocomposites Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 2008, 46, 28–40.

    • Morphology, Structure, Rheology, and Thermodynamics of Piezoelectric Poly (vinylidene fluoride)-Ethylene Carbonate Thermoreversible Gel D. Dasgupta, S. Manna, A. Garai, A. Dawn, C. Rochas, J. M. Guenet, and A. K. Nandi Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 779-787.

    • Rheology of Polyaniline-Dinonylnaphthalene Disulfonic Acid (DNNDSA) Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposites in the Sol State: Shear Thinning versus Pseudo-Solid Behavior Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2008, 8, 1842-1851.

    • Tuning of different polyaniline nanostructures from a coacervate gel/sol template Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Synthetic Metals, 2009, 159, 757-60.

    • Multifunctional Hydrophilic Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Graft Copolymer with Supertoughness and Supergluing Properties Sanjoy Samanta, Dhruba P. Chatterjee, Swarup Manna, Amit Mandal, Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (8), 3112-20.

    • Physical and electronic properties in multiwalled carbon nanotube-poly(3-dodecylthiophene) nanocomposites Ashesh Garai, Biplab K. Kuila, Subhasis Samai, Somnath Roy, Pratap Mukherjee, Arun K. Nandi Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2009, 47, 1412-1425.

    • Two-Component Thermoreversible Hydrogels of Melamine and Gallic Acid Abhijit Saha, Bappaditya Roy, Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Langmuir, 2009, 25, 8457-8461.

    • Multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline thermoreversible gel composites Ashesh Garai, Arun K. Nandi Synthetic Metals, 2009, 159, 1710–1716.

    • Organogels from Self-assembling New Dendritic Peptides: Morphology, Rheology and Structural Investigations Goutam Palui, Ashesh Garai, Jayanta Nanda, Arun Kumar Nandi and Arindam Banerjee Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010, 114 (3), 1249–1256.

    • Nanocomposites of Silver Nanoparticle and Dinonylnaphthalene Disulfonic Acid Doped Thermoreversible Polyaniline Gel Ashesh Garai, Shreyam Chatterjee and Arun K. Nandi Polymer Engineering and Science, 2010, 50 (3), 446-454.

    • Rheological and Fluorescence Investigation of Interaction between Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide and Methylcellulose in Presence of Hydrophobic Salts Aijaz Ahmad Dar, Ashesh Garai, Akhil Ranjan Das and Soumen Ghosh J. phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114 (15), 5083–5091.

    • Viscoelastic and Conductivity Properties of Thermoreversible  Polyaniline-DNNSA Gel in m-Cresol Ashesh Garai, Shreyam Chatterjee and Arun K. Nandi Synthetic Metals, 2010, 160(15-16), 1733–1739.

    • Mechanism of polypyrrole and silver nanorod formation in lauric acid–cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide coacervate gel template: Physical and conductivity properties Shreyam Chatterjee, Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Synthetic Metals, 2011, 161(1-2), 62-71.

    • Optical and electronic properties of polyaniline sulfonic acid–ribonucleic acid–gold nanobiocomposites Parimal Routh, Ashesh Garai and Arun K. Nandi Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 13670–13682 (Highlighted in Nature India).

    • Metal-organic framework growth at functional interfaces: thin films and composites for diverse applications Darren Bradshaw, Ashesh Garai and Jia Huo Chemical Society Reviews, 2012, 41, 2344–2381.

    • MOF-polymer composite microcapsules derived from Pickering emulsions Jia Huo, Marco Marcello, Ashesh Garai and Darren Bradshaw Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 2717–2722.

    • Biomineral-inspired growth of metal–organic frameworks in gelatin hydrogel matrices Ashesh Garai, William Shepherd, Jia Huo and Darren Bradshaw J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1 (30), 3678 – 3684.

    • A versatile, industrially relevant, aqueous room temperature synthesis of HKUST-1 with high space-time yield Jia Huo, Mark Brightwell, Samir El Hankari, Ashesh Garai, and Darren Bradshaw J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1 (48), 15220 - 15223.

    • Immunity and treatment possibilities of COVID-19 infected patients, Ashesh Garai, J. Adv. Sc. Res, 2020, 11(3), 7-9.

    • Buffer capacity of blood for interpretation on COVID-19 patients, Ashesh Garai, Tapas Gorai, Chemistry & Biology Interface, 2020, 10(5), 121-127.

    • Improvement of personal protection for covid-19 infection Ashesh Garai, Tapas Gorai, IRJMETS, 2020, 2(6), 162-165.

    • Improvement of personal protection for covid-19 infection Ashesh Garai, Tapas Gorai, IRJMETS, 2020, 2(6), 162-165.

 

Seminar

  • Poster presented at “POLYMER 2006” on February 10-12, 2006 (India) (National).

  • Poster presented at “MACRO- 2006” on December 17-20, 2006 (India) (International).

  • Oral presentation on “An Overview of Polymer Composites (POLYMER QUEST 2007)” Organized by Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India) (National).
  • Oral and poster presentation at “20th MRS-Japan Academic Symposium” on December 20-22, 2010 (Japan) (International, Invited).
  • Poster presented at “MOF- 2012” on September 16-19, 2012 (Edinburgh, UK) (International).
  • Poster presented at “MC11” on July 8-11, 2013 (Warwick, UK) (International).
  • Poster presented at “Recent Trends in Macromolecular Chemistry (RTMC 2018)” on January 10, 2018 (City College, Kolkata) (International).
  • Poster presented at “Elements of periodic table in the chemical avenues of biological world)” on December 17, 2019 (South Calcutta Girls’ College, Kolkata) (International).
  • Poster presented at “Innovation, Expansion, Impacts and Challenges in Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICBS-2020)” on January 8-9, 2020 (Surendranath College, Kolkata) (International).
  • Poster presented at “Recent development and future challenges in chemical science” (RDFCS 2020) on February 26, 2020 (Behala College, Kolkata) (National).

Webinar 

  • Participated in the International Webinar on “Current overview and future aspects of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic” organized by Bankura University, Bankura, on 17th and 20th June 2020.

  • Participated in the International Webinar on “Prevention and control of vector borne diseases AMIDST COVID-19” organized by Surendranath College, Kolkata, on 24th June 2020.
  • Oral and paper presentation in the International Webinar on “Effective scientific and technological approach in combating COVID-19 across the World” organized by Dept of Zoology (Hiralal Mazumder Memorial College for Women), Kolkata, on 25 - 27th June 2020.
  • Participated in the National Webinar on “COVID-19 Pandemic: Defining New Normal” organized by Rammohan College, Kolkata, on 4th July 2020.
  • Participated in the National Webinar on “Life with COVID: a step towards personal management” organized by Rammohan College, Kolkata, on 3rd August 2020.
  • Participated in the “Four day National Webinar on Discipline specific elective (DSE) topics of UG Chemistry (Hons), CBCS Syllabus, University of Calcutta” organized by Dept. of Chemistry & IQAC Maulana Azad College and Asutosh College, Kolkata, on 4-7th August 2020.
  • Participated in the International Webinar on “Chemistry and recent developments in medical field” organized by Surendranath Evening College, Kolkata, on 23rd August 2020.

Workshop 

  • “Workshop on UG Chemistry Honours practical on semester-3 under CBCS, University of Calcutta” on July 29, 2019 by Dept. of Chemistry, Asutosh College.

  • “Awareness workshop - NIRF INDIA RANKINGS -2021 for higher educational Institution” on January 18-19, 2021 by IAE and CETED.

 

Book:

Polymer Chemistry (Beginner to researcher) – Ashesh Garai (ISBN-978-81-948683-4-7)

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