Nikhil K. Singha
Head
Rubber Technology Centre
India
Biography
He is a professor at Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of technology Kharagpur. His research areas comprises Tailor-made polymers via Controlled Radical Polymerization Block (AB & ABA) & graft copolymers Smart and self-healing polymeric materials Tailor-made polymer nanocomposites Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) Polyurethane Tailor-made modification on elastomers He got MRSI Medal by Material Research Society of India (MRSI) (2013). He also got Fifth Polymer Foundation Award by Professor Sukumar Maiti Polymer Award Foundation (2012). He has numbers of publications in reputed international journals.
Research Interest
1.Block graft copolymers electro-active & bio-active polymers 2.Tailor-made specialty polymers via controlled / living radical polymerization 3.Smart self-healing and self-cleaning and shape memory Polymeric materials 4.Tailor-made Modification of polymers and Elastomers 5.Tailor-made polymer nanocomposites 6.Ionic Liquid in polymer synthesis 7.Polyurethane synthesis