Biplab Kumar Kuila

Biplab Kumar Kuila
Assistant Professor, Center for Applied
Chemistry
Central University of Jharkhand
Brambe, Ranchi-835205, Jharkhand
[email protected]
Profile
Biplab Kumar Kuila obtained his B.Sc and M.Sc (Chemistry)
from Calcutta University and his Ph.D (on polymer science)
from Jadavpur University, Calcutta (Research work carried
out at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science).
He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Liming Dai’s
group at University of Dayton, USA and as an Alexander von
Humboldt Fellow in Prof. Manfred Stamm’s group at Leibniz
Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany. After
postdoctoral work he has joined as Assistant Professor
in Center for Applied Chemistry, Central University of
Jharkhand in 2011.
Research Description
Our research mainly focuses on two major areas.
(a) Block copolymer/their supramolecules
One research area is on the self-assembly study of block
copolymer or their supramolecules with small molecule
in bulk and thin film for preparation of functional
nanostructured materials having wide range of potential
applications. Some of the systems and strategies include
Bio-inspired block copolymer (DNA-block copolymers)
and their supramolecular assembly for nanofabrication
and bio-sensing applications
Block copolymer supramolecular assembly with
organometallic compounds for fabrication of magnetic
nanomaterials/or their arrays
Nanoporous membranes from block copolymer startegies
for waste water purification
Reproducible Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
(SERS) active substrates using block copolymer template
Block copolymer strategies for photovoltaic devices with
structure close to ideal solar cell
(b) Macromolecules and their hybrid materials for
optoelectronic applications
Another important area of research focuses on design
and synthesis of conjugated block copolymers and their
hybrid materials with controlled and well defined optical
and electronic properties for different electronic and
optoelectronic device applications like photovoltaics,
FET, LED etc
Complete List of Publications as a
Ramanujan Fellow
1.
“Multilayer polymer thin film for fabrication of
ordered multifunctional polymer nanocomposites”,
Kuila, B. K., Formanek, P., & Stamm, M. 2013,
Nanoscale, Volume 5, Page 10849.
2.“A Synergistic Coassembly of Block Copolymer and
Fluorescent Probe in Thin Film for Fine-Tuning the
134 RAMANUJAN FELLOWS
Block Copolymer Morphology and Luminescence
Property of the Probe Molecule”, Kuila, B. K.,
Chakraborty, C., & Malik, S. 2013, Macromolecules
Volume 46, Page 484