Multifunctional soft-nano interfaces for energy, environment, and healthcare

Kunal Mondal, Michael D. Dickey, Ashutosh Sharma, Jan Genzer

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Abstract

I would like to help with the country's emerging problems in healthcare, agriculture and security sectors to benefit a broad spectrum of society while using minimal resources. Multifunctional nanointerfaces can be used to develop sensor and detection devices such as biosensors, explosives trace detectors, mechanical-stress sensors, wastewater management and energy storage owing to their nanoscopic surface properties. During my doctoral study in Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, I have performed research on synthesis of various nanostructured materials and their application towards electrochemical biosensing, waste water treatment, Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. I have used electrospun carbon nanofibers and nanocomposites with metal and metal-oxide nanophase to fabricate sensors for enzymatic detection of cholesterol, breast cancer, food toxin and soil nutrient. Catalytic and photocatalytic properties of those nanostructures were used to degrade industrial and agricultural wastes. The pseudo capacitance of carbon nanomaterials was integrated with metal oxides to store electrochemical energy in supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries. At present in my postdoctoral research here at NC State University, I am focusing on flexible electronics such as soft stretchable transistors, strain and pressure sensors. I have used microfluidic and 3D printing approaches to pattern liquid metal alloy on soft elastomers to create stretchable conducting electrodes. I am also working with Eastman Chemical Company, USA on automotive coating formation and impact resistive coating on glass windshields.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducation Division 2017 - Core Programming Area at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting
PublisherAIChE
Pages176-177
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781510857933
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventEducation Division 2017 - Core Programming Area at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, United States
Duration: Oct 29 2017Nov 3 2017

Publication series

NameEducation Division 2017 - Core Programming Area at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting
Volume2017-October

Conference

ConferenceEducation Division 2017 - Core Programming Area at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMinneapolis
Period10/29/1711/3/17

Keywords

  • Chemical engineering' materials engineering
  • Flexible electronics
  • Materials physics
  • Microfluidics
  • Nao-interface
  • Soft-nano fabrication

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