Sravendra Rana

Education

• B.Sc. (Ch. Charan Singh University), Meerut
• M.Sc. (Ch. Charan Singh University), Meerut
• Ph.D. (Konkuk University Seoul), South Korea

Area of Specialization

Self-healing composites/coatings, functionalization of carbon nanomaterials (CNT/graphene/C) and their polymer composites, heterogeneous catalysis, electrospinning.

Research & Publications

*Research Projects *

• Development of self-healing polymer nanocomposites based on functionalized nanofillers, Funding Agency: SERB-DST- India; Budget: 54.89 Lakhs INR (2017-2020)
• Self-healing graphene/polymer nanocomposites for structural applications,Funding Agency: Swiss National Foundation (SNF); Budget: 12,000 US$ (2018-2019)

Publications

• L. Guadagno, L. Vertuccio, C. Naddeo, G. Barra, A. Sorrentino, W. H. Binder, P. Michael, S. Rana, Self-healing epoxy nanocomposites via reversible hydrogen bonding, Composites Part B, Vol. 157, 1-13 (2019) (IF: 4.92)
• Sandeep, S. R. V. Prasanna, M. Karakoti, C. Tewari, B. S. Bhushan, A. Srivastava, N. G. Sahoo, S. Rana (Corres. author), Dispersion and stability study of carbon nanotubes in pH and temperature responsive polymeric matrix: Experiment and dispersion-corrected DFT study, Materials Today Communications, Vol. 17, 187-193 (2018) (IF: 1.86)
• M.S. Goyat, S. Rana, S. Halder, P.K. Ghosh, Facile fabrication of epoxy-TiO2 nanocomposites: A critical analysis of TiO2 impact on mechanical properties and toughening mechanisms, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol 40, 861-873 (2018) (IF: 6.0)
• V. D. Punetha, S. Rana, H. J. Yoo, A. Chaurasia, N. G. Sahoo and J. W. Cho, Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for advanced polymer nanocomposites: A comparison study between CNT and graphene, Progress in Polymer Science, Vol. 67, pp. 1-47 (2017) (IF: 26.3)