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Ramkrishna Sarkar
Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Interest
Polymer synthesis, Dynamic covalent polymeric network, Reusable polymeric (coating) materials, Recycling and upcycling of polymers, Bio-sourced reusable polymers, Light-driven (green) catalysis in water
Office
Faculty building 435,
Department of Chemistry
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016, India
Specialization
Polymer synthesis, Dynamic covalent polymeric network, Reusable polymeric (coating) materials, Recycling of polymers, Self-assembly and microphase separation of amphiphilic polymers, Polymeric nanostructure at sub-10 nm, Studies of polymer chain conformation in solution, Single chain polymeric nanoparticle
Teaching Area
Basic organic Chemistry
Spectroscopic characterization of organic molecules
Selected Publications
Sarkar, R.; Gowd, E. B.; Ramakrishnan, S., De-symmetrizing periodically grafted amphiphilic copolymers: design, synthesis and generation of Janus folded chains Polymer Chemistry 2019, 10, 1730-1740. (appeared as cover page)
Sarkar, R.; Gowd, E. B.; Ramakrishnan, S.: “Precise control of grafting density in periodically grafted amphiphilic copolymers: an alternate strategy to fine-tune the lamellar spacing in the sub-10 nm regime.” Polymer Chemistry 2020, 11, 4143-4154 (Appeared as a hot article).
Sarkar, R.; Mishra, K.; Harshita; Das, P. K; Ramakrishnan, S.: “Probing polymer chain folding in solution by second harmonic generation (SHG)” Langmuir, 2021, 37, 12457−12465
Sarkar, R.; Majumdar, S.; Sijbesma, R. P.; Heuts, J. P. A.; Palmans A.R.A Acylsemicarbazide-based transparent, high modulus and malleable polymeric network with dynamic covalent and non-covalent interactions, Under review
Professional Experience
M.Sc.: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
Research Associate: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
Post-doc: Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe), Netherlands
Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur