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Research Projects

 
  1. Developing a relationship between Melt Flow Index (MFI) and Molecular weight (Mw) of PP and PE blends both recycled and virgin (for benchmark)
  2. Using recycled PP and glass fiber for underground water meter vault application
  3. Using recycled HDPE and used casting sand for low cost and light weight landscaping blocks
  4. Using recycled PP and glass fiber for storm water drain cover applications
  5. Processing of PET and natural fiber composites
  6. Pressing of grocery bags and natural fiber composites
  7. Processing of post-consumer and postindustrial nylon 6 and glass fiber composites
  1. Development of composite materials with enhanced mechanical properties from waste plastics and chemically treated hemp fibers
  2. Chemical recycling and upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from waste drinking bottles
  3. Development of novel fully-recyclable polymer materials
  1. Spectrometric analysis of contaminations and additives in recycled plastics with quantitative chemometrics models
  2. Nanostructure and nanomechanical property analysis with atomic force microscope
  3. Monitoring volatile compounds and odors of recycled plastics
  4. Crystallization kinetics of polymers and composites
  1. Converting bio-renewable lignocellulose and protein biomass into new materials
  2. Recycling of post-consumer polymers into new materials
  3. Analysis of processing/structures/properties/applications of the polymers and composites
  1. Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into monomers and functional materials using the sustainable catalysts
  2. Development of new catalysts for chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
  3. Simultaneous depolymerization and polymerization of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in a high-pressure reactor
  4. Synthesis of polymer adsorbents for recovery of value-added products from waste stream and removal of contaminants 
  5. Synthesis of complex and functional polymers via living radical polymerization
  6. Recycling of surgical face masks as a pandemic waste  
  1. Compounding, formulation, and surface modification of polymers
  2. Polymerization (solution, suspension, and emulsion)
  3. Micro/nano-emulsions based on organic/inorganic additives
  4. Nanocomposite ion-exchange composite synthesis
  5. Mechanical recycling processes of waste plastics
  6. Biopolymer-based blends and composites
  7. Utilization of waste-derived fillers in polymer compounding
  8. Structure-property relationship
 
  1. Electronic and molecular structures of gold compounds
  2. Optical properties of gold compounds
  3. Development of gold catalyst for the breakdown of small organohalides
  4. Photo-activation of gold-based catalysts
  1. Semiconductor Plasmonics, Optics, Photonics and enhanced Light Matter Interactions.
  2. Nanophotonics and nonlinear optics
  3. Energy Harvesting Devices
  4. Finite element modeling with applications Computational Electrodynamics.
  5. Heat Transfer and fluid dynamics.
  6. Fundamental problems in physics and engineering. 

  1. Fabrication and characterization of perovskite thin films and planar solar cells.
  2. Optimizing RF/DC sputtering, thermal evaporation, spin coating, and chemical bath deposition techniques for planar perovskite solar cells.
  3. Crystallography analysis of thin films, morphology and structural characterization, surface composition, and oxidation state analysis.
  4. Optical properties, absorbance, reflectance, and transmittance profiling.
  5. Bandgap, carrier lifetime, mobility, and resistivity studies.
  6. Pyroelectric energy harvesting of lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) and designed renewable energy systems.
  7. Tunable bioinspired spatially-varying photonic crystals (SVPCs), multi-photon lithography, and CWA sensors.
  8. Designed and implemented photonic gas sensors inspired by nature with expertise in structural and optical characterization.
  9. Numerical analysis: Solving linear and nonlinear equations, curve-fitting, numerical differentiation, and integration, simulation of optical properties (absorbance, reflectance, transmittance) for thin films by using Transfer Matrix Method (TMM), Device modeling and simulation by SCAPS and SETFOS.
  10. Research interests: Flexible solar cells, Energy-harvesting materials and devices, Nano-mechanical energy harvesting, and Photonic sensors.