Alumni

Maya Sharma

Maya Sharma

PhD (2016)

Email: maya.sharma89@gmail.com 
Faculty Advisors: Prof. Giridhar Madras, Chemical Engineering, Prof. Suryasarathi Bose, Materials Engineering
Associated Departments: Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering
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Education
• M.Tech (Int.), (2013), Nanotechnology, University of Rajasthan, India.

Theses Title (Year)
Blend of polymers and nanostructures that kills bacteria in drinking water

Publications
• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Process induced electroactive β-polymorph in PVDF: effect on dielectric and ferroelectric properties,Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (28), 14792-14799, 2014.

• M Sharma, MP Singh, C Srivastava, G Madras, S Bose, Poly (vinylidene fluoride)-based flexible and lightweight materials for attenuating microwave radiations, ACS applied materials & interfaces 6 (23), 21151-21160, 2014.

• M Sharma, K Sharma, S Bose, Segmental relaxations and crystallization-induced phase separation in PVDF/PMMA blends in the presence of surface-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117 (28), 8589-8602, 2013.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Cooperativity and structural relaxations in PVDF/PMMA blends in the presence of MWNTs: an assessment through SAXS and dielectric spectroscopy, Macromolecules 47 (4), 1392-1402, 2014.

• M Sharma, S Sharma, J Abraham, S Thomas, G Madras, S Bose, Flexible EMI shielding materials derived by melt blending PVDF and ionic liquid modified MWNTs, Materials Research Express 1 (3), 035003, 2014.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Contrasting Effects of Graphene Oxide and Poly (ethylenimine) on the Polymorphism in Poly (vinylidene fluoride), Crystal Growth & Design 15 (7), 3345-3355, 2015.

• K Sharma, M Sharma, A Chandra, S Bose, Concentration Fluctuations and Segmental Dynamics in Weakly Dynamic Asymmetric Blends in the Presence of Surface‐Functionalized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 214 (23), 2651-2669, 2013.

• PKS Mural, M Sharma, A Shukla, S Bhadra, B Padmanabhan, G Madras, Porous membranes designed from bi-phasic polymeric blends containing silver decorated reduced graphene oxide synthesized via a facile one-pot approach, RSC Advances 5 (41), 32441-32451, 2015.

• SB Prasanna Kumar S Mural, Maya Sharma, Giridhar Madras, A critical review on in situ reduction of graphene oxide during preparation of conducting polymeric nanocomposites, RSC Advances 5, 32078-32087, 2015.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Unique nanoporous antibacterial membranes derived through crystallization induced phase separation in PVDF/PMMA blends, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (11), 5991-6003, 2015.

• V Bhingardive, M Sharma, S Suwas, G Madras, S Bose, Polyvinylidene fluoride based lightweight and corrosion resistant electromagnetic shielding materials, RSC Advances 5 (45), 35909-35916, 2015.

• A Srivastava, M Sharma, N Tyagi, SL Kothari, Diameter dependent electronic properties of zigzag single wall BX (X= N, P, As) nanotubes: ab-initio study, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 9 (10), 1693-1699, 2012.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Anomalous structural relaxations in PVDF rich blends with PMMA in the presence of surface functionalized CNTs, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (42), 23421-23430, 2014.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Size dependent structural relaxations and dielectric properties induced by surface functionalized MWNTs in poly (vinylidene fluoride)/poly (methyl methacrylate) blends, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (6), 2693-2704, 2014.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Shear induced crystallization in different polymorphic forms of PVDF induced by surface functionalized MWNTs in PVDF/PMMA blends, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (31), 16492-16501, 2014.

• M Sharma, V Srinivas, G Madras, S Bose, Outstanding dielectric constant and piezoelectric coefficient in electrospun nanofiber mats of PVDF containing silver decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes: assessing through piezoresponse force microscopy, RSC Advances 6 (8), 6251-6258,2016.

• SB Maya Sharma, Giridhar Madras, Unusual Fragility and Cooperativity in Glass-Forming and Crystalline PVDF/PMMA Blends in the Presence of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes, Macromolecules, 2015.

• M Sharma, S Ranganatha, AK Kalyani, R Ranjan, G Madras, S Bose, Zirconia doped barium titanate induced electroactive β polymorph in PVDF-HFP: high energy density and dielectric properties, Materials Research Express 1 (4), 045301, 2014.

• A Gebrekrstos, M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, New Physical Insights into Shear History Dependent Polymorphism in Poly (vinylidene fluoride), Crystal Growth & Design 16 (5), 2937-2944, 2016.

• M Sharma, N Padmavathy, S Remanan, G Madras, S Bose, Facile one-pot scalable strategy to engineer biocidal silver nanocluster assembly on thiolated PVDF membranes for water purification, RSC Advances 6 (45), 38972-38983, 2016.

• S Bose, M Sharma, A Bharati, P Moldenaers, R Cardinaels, A strategy to achieve enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding at ultra-low concentration of multiwall carbon nanotubes in PαMSAN/PMMA blends in the presence of a random copolymer PS-r-PMMA, RSC Advances 6 (32), 26959-26966, 2016.

• SB Amanuel Gebrekrstos, Maya Sharma, Giridhar Madras, Critical insights into the effect of shear, shear history and the concentration of a diluent on the polymorphism in PVDF, Crystal Growth and Design, 2017.

• SB Maya Sharma, Sanjay Remanan, Giridhar Madras, Crystallization Induced Phase Separation: Unique Tool to Design Microfiltration Membranes with High Flux and Sustainable Antibacterial Surface, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, PVDF membranes containing hybrid nanoparticles for adsorbing cationic dyes: physical insights and mechanism, Materials Research Express 3 (7), 075303, 2016.

• M Sharma, G Madras, S Bose, Critical insights into the effect of shear on in situ reduction of graphene oxide in PVDF: assessing by rheo-dielectric measurements, Materials Research Express 3 (6), 065301, 2016.