The broad area of research for JCLABS is particle technology. The size range of interest is from nano to micro and a variety of application areas including nanofluid, solid lubricant, polymer additives and viral growth are addressed. We understand how particles behave and believe that similar principles can be applied to solve a range of problems. Our application areas spans from large scale industrial operations such as cleaning of spent sulfuric acids to making branched zinc oxide nanostructures for solar cells. A few prominant areas on which we are currently working are:
- Synthesis of copper nanostructures:Synthesis and stabilization of very small (sub 10 nm) oxidation resistant copper nanopowder. Colloidal superlattices. Large scale and continuous synthesis.
Copper Nanofluids: Synthesis and modeling.
Oxide nanomaterials. Copper oxide and silicon dioxide nanoparticles are being produced in large scale using conventional chemical engineering processes.
Modeling and simulation of particulate systems: Population Balance Modeling, Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation and Discrete Element Method.
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Gram-scale green synthesis of copper nanowire powder for nanofluid applications Maji N. C., Chakraborty J. By ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 12376-12388 (2019)
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Role of dye-induced corrosion in determining the efficiency of ZnO-based DSSC: the case of ZnO nanoforest in N719 Ghosh S., Sartape R. , Chakraborty J. By Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 1-19 (2020)
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A structured review of baculovirus infection process: integration of mathematical models and biomolecular information on cell virus interaction Saxena A., Byram P. K., Singh S. K., Chakraborty J. , Murhammer D. , Giri L. By Journal of General Virology 99 1151-1171 (2018)
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Engineering of Submicron Particles: Fundamental Concepts and Models Chakraborty J. By 0-204 (2019)
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Inverse Problem in Population Balances: Determination of Aggregation Kernel by Weighted Residuals Chakraborty J., Kumar J. , Singh M. , Mahoney A. , Ramkrishna D. By Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 54 10530-10538 (2015)
Principal Investigator
- Coarsegrained CFD-DEM-PBM simulations of industrial granulating beds
- Process Design for Production of di-isobutylene
- Zonal Refinement Strategy to Expedite DEM Simulation of Fine Powder Flow
- Zonal Refinement Strategy to Expedite DEM Simulation of Fine Powder Flow
Co-Principal Investigator
- Assessment of the Spirit Accounting Systems at various
FL Manufactories and CS Bottling plants of West Bengal The Excise Commissioner, West Bengal
- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA), Emergency Plan and Disaster Management Plan for Dhenkanal Steel Plant RUNGTA MINES LIMITED
Ph. D. Students
Akanksha Rajput
Area of Research: Modeling of particulate systems
Anant Paswan
Area of Research: Computational catalysis
Ankita Sharma
Area of Research: Particulate system modeling
Archita Karar
Area of Research: Mathematical Modelling and Simulations
Arghya Singha Mahapatra
Area of Research: Discrete Element Method Simulation
Mahto Lokeshwar Raghu
Area of Research: DEM Simulation
Milan Kumar Mandal
Area of Research: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Niharika Mehra
Area of Research: Mathematical Modelling and Simulations
Prakhar Verma
Area of Research: Computational and experimental study on energy materials
Shekhar Kumar
Area of Research: Nanomaterial production and application
Shreyasi Mallick
Area of Research: Population Balance Modeling