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    Dr Souvik De

    Physical Chemistry
    Assistant Professor
    Ph D   University of Muenster (WWU) Muenster, Germany
    1. Oct. 2020 – Till date Assistant Professor, Assam Energy Institute, Sivasagar, Assam (Centre of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology)
    2. Jan. 2018 - Sept. 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur, MP, India
    3. Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
    4. May 2012 - May 2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Institut Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, France
    • Polyelectrolyte complexes and multilayers; Functional coatings & thin films; Structural energy and power
    1. S. De, A. Patel, J. Lutkenhaus, “Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polymers and Anisotropic Nanomaterials using Spray-based Approach” Journal of Materials Research, 2020, 35, 1163 (As corresponding author)
    2. S. De, C Purcell, J. Murley, P. Flouda, S Shah, M. J. Green, J. Lutkenhaus, “Spray-on Reduced Graphene Oxide-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Supercapacitors for Flexible Energy and Power” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018, 5, 1801237
    3. S. De, J. Lutkenhaus, “Corrosion Behaviour of Eco-Friendly Airbrushed Reduced Graphene Oxide-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Coatings” Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 506
    4. S. De, A. Ostendorf, C. Cramer, M. Schoenhoff, "Ion Conduction and Its Activation in Hydrated Solid Polyelectrolyte Complexes” Polymers, 2017, 9, 550
    5. S. De, M. I. Nandasiri, H. T. Schaef, B. P. McGrail, S. K. Nune, J. Lutkenhaus, “Water-Based Assembly of Polymer-Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Functional Coatings” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2017, 4, 1600905 (Featured as front cover and Most Accessed 01/2017 - 12/2017)
    6. S. De, C. Cramer, M. Schoenhoff, “Humidity Dependence of the Ionic Conductivity of Polyelectrolyte Complexes” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 8936
    7. C. Cramer, S. De, M. Schoenhoff, “Time-Humidity-Superposition Principle in Electrical Conductivity Spectra of Ion-Conducting Polymers” Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107, 028301
    8. S. De, A. Dua, “Conformational Transitions of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvents” Condensed Matter, 2009, 1-21, arXiv:0909.3627 [cond-mat.stat-mech]
    2008-2011

    Received Ph.D. fellowship from International Graduate School of Chemistry, funded by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government (One of the 16 selected candidates out of more than 200 applications)
    2008 CSIR fellowship, Government of India
    2003-2006 Received Bachelor’s degree fellowship from National Scholarship, India
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