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Dasmahapatra Ashok Kumar

Dasmahapatra Ashok Kumar

Professor

mail akdm@iitg.ac.in

call +91 361 258 2273

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Academic Identity

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Journals
28
Conferences
2
Book/Book Chapter
0
Review/Others
49

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Total Citations
1390
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21
i10-index
38
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science Areas of Interest

Complex fluids, Phase transition in polymers (Nucleation, crystallization, collapse transition, etc.), Structure-property relations, Molecular simulations, Biological physics

school Educational Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Chermical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (2009)
  • Diploma in Management, IGNOU, 2002
  • B.Tech (Chemical Engineering), University of Calcutta, India (1998)
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, University of Calcutta., India. (1995)

work_history Experience

1999-2003
Senior Process Engineer: Oswal Chemicals and Fertilizers' Limited, Paradeep, Orissa
March, 2009 - July, 2009
Senior Lecturer: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
July, 2009 - July, 2015
Assistant Professor: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
July, 2015 – September, 2019
Associate Professor: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
2019 - Present.
Professor: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati

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explore Research

  1. Complex Fluids
  2. Phase transition in polymeric system
  3. Self assembly in block copolymer
  4. Structure Property relation
  5. Biophysics (Computational Biology)
  6. Disaggregation of Alzheimer's Amyloid-ß fibril
  7. Graphene based nano materials
  8. Solar cells
  9. Conductive Hydrogels for sensing and Energy Harvesting


verified Professional Bodies

  • Life associate member of Indian Institute Chemical Engineers (IIChE).
  • Life member of Society of Polymer Science India (SPS).
  • Member of the American Physical Society (APS), USA.

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2026
Development of poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-polystyrene sulfonate/delaminated titanium carbide MXene/α-manganese dioxide for advanced supercapacitor applications. G Nandy, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Energy Storage 146, 120118, 2026
2026
Polyaniline/acetylene black/manganese dioxide nanocomposites for supercapacitor electrode. S Mandal, B Kaibarta, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Materials Science, 1-20, 2026
2025
Conductive PANI-PVA hydrogel: A promising adsorbent for anionic dye removal in wastewater treatment. LS Devi, R Paily, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Polymer Research 32 (8), 265, 2025
2025
Benzene-1, 2, 4, 5-tetracarboxylic acid and graphene oxide-modified polyaniline composite for energy storage applications. I Hussain, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Polymer Research 32 (12), 470, 2025
2024
Carbon-based hierarchical mesoporous polyaniline/montmorillonite nanocomposites for high energy density supercapacitors. B Kaibarta, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Energy Storage 83, 110703, 2024
2024
Electrochemical active ions sensitive and thermal responses of triboelectric generators. S Palsaniya, BL Jat, AK Dasmahapatra, RC Palsaniya - IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics 3 (9), 426-433, 2024
2023
Hierarchical polyaniline/copper cobalt ferrite nanocomposites for high performance supercapacitor electrode. S Mandal, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Energy Storage 74, 109402, 2023
2023
Destabilization of Aβ fibrils by omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a molecular dynamics study. S Gupta, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 41 (2), 581-598, 2023
2023
Enhanced stability of a disaggregated Aβ fibril on removal of ligand inhibits refibrillation: An all atom Molecular Dynamics simulation study. S Gupta, AK Dasmahapatra - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 240, 124481, 2023
2021
Hierarchical PANI-RGO-ZnO ternary nanocomposites for symmetric tandem supercapacitor. S Palsaniya, HB Nemade, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 154, 110081, 2021
2021
Effect of aging on the microstructure and physical properties of Poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel. S Mandal, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Polymer Research 28 (7), 269, 2021
2021
Destabilization of the Alzheimer’s amyloid-β peptide by a proline-rich β-sheet breaker peptide: a molecular dynamics simulation study. PK Kanchi, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Molecular Modeling 27 (12), 356, 2021
2021
Destabilization of the Alzheimer’s amyloid-β protofibrils by THC: A molecular dynamics simulation study. PK Kanchi, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 105, 107889, 2021
2020
Hierarchical Nylon-6/reduced graphene oxide/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced dielectric properties for energy storage applications. S Palsaniya, HB Nemade, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Energy Storage 32, 101821, 2020
2020
Self-organized spreading of droplets to fluid toroids. S Kumar, A Ghosh, J Chaudhuri, S Timung, AK Dasmahapatra, ... - Journal of colloid and interface science 578, 738-748, 2020
2019
Polyproline chains destabilize the Alzheimer’s amyloid-β protofibrils: A molecular dynamics simulation study. PK Kanchi, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 93, 107456, 2019
2019
Heterostructured layer growth of polyaniline by vacuum thermal evaporation and fabrication of thin-film capacitors. S Palsaniya, HB Nemade, AK Dasmahapatra - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (45), 27959-27968, 2019
2017
Effect of composition asymmetry on the phase separation and crystallization in double crystalline binary polymer blends: A dynamic Monte Carlo simulation study. AK Dasmahapatra - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121 (23), 5853-5866, 2017
2016
Prediction of oil-water flow patterns, radial distribution of volume fraction, pressure and velocity during separated flows in horizontal pipe. AB Desamala, V Vijayan, A Dasari, AK Dasmahapatra, TK and Mandal - Journal of Hydrodynamics 28 (4), 658, 2016
2016
Multi-scale molecular dynamics study of cholera pentamer binding toa GM1-phospholipid membrane. A Sridhar, A Kumar, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 68, 236, 2016
2016
Phase Separation and Crystallization in Double Crystalline Symmetric Binary Polymer Blends. AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Polymer Research 23 (3), 56, 2016
2015
Coarse-grain Molecular Dynamics Study of Fullerene Transport across a Cell Membrane. S Akshay, B Srikanth, A Kumar, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Chemical Physics 143, 024907, 2015
2014
Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow Characteristics in Horizontal Pipeline – A Comprehensive CFD Study. AB Desamala, AK Dasmahapatra, TK Mandal - International Journal of Chemical, Nuclear, Metallurgical and Materials …, 2014
2014
Correlations for prediction of pressure gradient of liquid-liquid flow through a circular horizontal pipe. A Dasari, AB Desamala, UK Ghosh, AK Dasmahapatra, TK Mandal - ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering 136 (6), 071302, 2014
2014
Effect of Block Asymmetry on the Crystallization of Double Crystalline Diblock Copolymers. C Kundu, AK Dasmahapatra - Journal of Chemical Physics 141 (4), 044902, 2014
2014
Conformational Transition of H-shaped Branched Polymers. AK Dasmahapatra, VM Sanka - Journal of Chemical Physics 140 (9), 094904, 2014
2009
Polymer crystallization in the presence of “sticky” additives. AK Dasmahapatra, H Nanavati, G Kumaraswamy - The Journal of chemical physics 131 (7), 2009
2007
Pathway to copolymer collapse in dilute solution: Uniform versus random distribution of comonomers. AK Dasmahapatra, H Nanavati, G Kumaraswamy - The Journal of chemical physics 127 (23), 2007

workspace_premium Patents

  • Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra, Harshal B. Nemade and Shatrudhan Palsaniya, “PA6/RGO/PANI Ternary Nanocomposites and Fabrication of Symmetric Supercapacitors for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications”, Indian patent no.: 455624, Granted on September 29, 2023.
  • Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra, Harshal B. Nemade and Shatrudhan Palsaniya, “Ternary Composites Comprising Hierarchical Nanostructures and System Thereof”, Indian patent no.: 482884, Granted on December 14, 2023.
  • Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra, Roy Paily and Leimapokpam Sophia Devi, "Platinum Embedded Conducting Polyaniline/Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel for Enhanced Glucose Biomolecule Detection”, Indian patent no.: 572176, Granted on 16.10.2025.
  • Leimapokpam Sophia Devi, Thomas T. Daniel, Roy Paily and Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra, "PANI-PVA conductive hydrogel based chemiresistive gas sensor”, Patent filed on 11.12.2024 (No.: 202431098003).
  • Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra and Prathyumnan Thiruchelvam, “Supramolecular Self-Assembled, Conductive, Mechanically Flexible MXene Cross-Linked Polypyrrole Hydrogel for Wearable Energy Storage Applications”, Patent filed on 18.08.2025 (No.: 202531078324).

emoji_events Awards & Recognitions

  • Best poster presentation award in National Science day 2006, 2007 and 2008, at NCL, Pune.
  • Best poster presentation award in Research Scholars Symposium 2007 at IIT Bombay
  • Travel fellowship from DST, New Delhi to present a research paper at STATPHYS 23, at Genova, Italy during July 09-13, 2007
  • Travel fellowship from CSIR, New Delhi to present a research paper at Macro2008, at Taipei, Taiwan during June 29-July 04, 2008
  • Awarded CSIR-GATE Junior Research Fellowship to peruse graduate studies (direct Ph. D.), 2003-2008.
  • Awarded National Scholarship (MHRD, Govt. of India) for the period of 1995-1998.
  • Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy and Hemant Nanavati, invited lecture on “Effect of Copolymer Microstructure on Single Chain Collapse” at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, November, 2008.

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Current Students

  • Priya Kumari
  • Leimapokpam Sophia Devi
  • Suvendu Mandal
  • Imran Hussain
  • Banalata Kaibarta
  • Prateek Kumar Singh
  • Gourab Nandy
  • SADIKA CHOUDHURY
  • T. PRATHYUMNAN
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