Journal Publications

  1. Dynamic self-stiffening in liquid crystal elastomers, Aditya Agrawal, Alin C. Chipara, Yousif Shamoo, Prabir K. Patra, Brent J. Carey, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Walter G. Chapman, and Rafael Verduzco, Nature Communications, 2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms2772
  2. Structural and band alignment properties of Al2O3 on epitaxial Ge grown on (100), (110), and (111) A GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy, M. K. Hudait, Y. Zhu,D. Maurya, S. Priya, P. K. Patra, A. W. K. Ma, A. Aphale, and I. Macwan, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 113, 134311 (2013)
  3. Foam-Like Behavior in Compliant, Continuously Reinforced Nanocomposites , Brent J. Carey, Prabir K. Patra, Myung Gwan Hahm, and Pulickel M. Ajayan , Advanced Functional Materials, Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013; DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201201999
  4. Graphene Oxide as a Quencher for Fluorescent Assay of Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Shanghao Li, Ashish N. Aphale, Isaac G. Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, Walter G. Gonzalez, Jaroslava Miksovska, and Roger M. Leblanc, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (accepted) DOI: 10.1021/am302704a, 2012
  5. Water Tribology on Graphene, Hartmann E. N guessan, Aisha Leh, Paris Cox, Prashant Bahadur, Rafael Tadmor, Prabir Patra, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan & Priyanka Wasnik, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2012 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2247| www.nature.com/naturecommunications
  6. UV Resonance Raman Characterization of Diphenylalanine-Graphene Nanotubes, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Jennifer Cheng, Shrinivas Bhosale, Ashish Aphale, Isaac Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, and Ishita Mukerji, Spectroscopy , Volume 27, Number 11, November 2012
  7. Intermediate Frequency AC signal Analysis for Bionanosensor, Vishal Desai, SriSowmya Sanisetty, Benjamin Steber, Eva Sapi, Bouzid Aliane, Saion Sinha and Prabir Patra, Journal of Nanotechnology DOI:10.1155/2011/617196, 2011.
  8. Observation of Dynamic Strain Hardening in Polymer Nanocomposites, Brent J. Carey, Prabir K. Patra, Lijie Ci, Glaura G. Silva, Pulickel M. Ajayan, ACS Nano, ACS Nano, 2011, 5 (4), pp 2715 - 2722 , Mar 16, 2011.
  9. Calcium carbonate and ammonium polyphosphate-based flame retardant composition for polypropylene, Deodhar, S., Shanmuganathan, K., Fan, Q., Wilkie, C. A., Costache, M. C., Dembsey, N. A. and Patra, P. K., Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 120(3), 1866-1873, 2011.
  10. Nanostructured Surfaces for Enhanced Protein Detection towards Clinical Diagnostics, Vindhya Kunduru, Manish Bothara, Jason Grosch, Sukalyan Sengupta, Prabir K. Patra, and Shalini Prasad, Nanomedicine: NBM (Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine), 6(5) 642-650, 2010
  11. Ionically Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte-Based Carbon Nanotube Fibers, S. Razdan, P. Patra, S. Kar, L. Ci, R. Vajtai, A. Kukovecz, I. Kiricsi, Z. Konya, P. M. Ajayan, Chemistry of Materials, 21(14), 3062-3071, 2009
  12. In situ Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticle Embedded Free Standing Multifunctional PDMS Films, Anubha Goyal, Ashavani Kumar, Prabir K. Patra, Shaily Mahendra, Salomeh Tabatabaei, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, George John, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 30, 1116-1122, 2009
  13. Kinetics of proliferation, migration and attachment of growth factor induced polymer nano-scaffold, M.Chen, P.K.Patra, M.L.Lovett, D.Kaplan and S.Bhowmick, J. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 3(4) 269-279, 2009
  14. Ethylene-Octene Copolymer-Nanosilica Nanocomposites: Effects of Epoxy Resin Functionalized Nanosilica on Morphology, Mechanical, Dynamic Mechanical and Thermal Properties, C.S.Reddy, P.K.Patra and C.K.Das, Macromolecular Symposia, 277, 1, 119-129, 2009
  15. Conducting Polymer and Conducting Composite Strain Sensors on Textiles, Paul Calvert, Deepak Duggal, Prabir Patra and Amit Sawhney, Molecular Crystal and Liquid Crystal, 484, 657-668, 2008
  16. Flame Retardant Mechanism in nanocomposite fabric, Khadiravan Shanmuganathan,Q.Fan Nick Dembssey and P.K.Patra) Polymer Engineering and Science, 48, 4, 662-675, 2008
  17. The melt electronspinning of polycaproctone (PCL) ultrafine fibers, S.C. Ugbolue, C. Subramanian, S.B. Warner, P.K. Patra, Mat. Res. Soc.Symp. Proc, 1134, BB08-18, 2008.
  18. Role of Nanofiber Diameter in Adhesion and Proliferation of NIH 3T3 Fibroblasts Cells on Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffold, M. Chen, P. K. Patra, S. B. Warner and S. Bhowmick, Tissue Engineering, 13(3), 579-587, 2007
  19. Flame Retardancy and Microstructure of Nylon 6/ Layered Silicate Nanocomposites, K. Shanmuganathan, S. Deodhar, S. Razdan, Q. Fan, S. B. Warner, P. D. Calvert, N.Dembsey and P. K. Patra, J.Appl.Polym.Sci, 104 (3), 1540-1550, 2007( featured in the cover page of the journal)
  20. Inkjet printing of insoluble biopolymer and polymer complexes, P.Calvert, L. Skander, S.Iyenger, P.Patra, PMSE preprints, 48(2), 1023-1024 (2007)
  21. Inkjet Printing of Piezoresistive Sensors, A.Sawhney, A.Aggrawal, P.K.Patra, P.D.Calvert, T.Lo, C.C.Chen, AATCC Review, 7(6), 42-46, 2007
  22. Influence of polyborosiloxane on the flame retardancy of polyethylene terephthalate-clay nanocomposite, Prabir K. Patra, Yue Huo, Qinguo Fan, and Nicholas Dembsey, PMSE preprints, 96, 528-530, 2007
  23. In-situ Polymerized Nylon 6/MWNT Nanocomposite Fibers, S. Mehtre, P.K.Patra, Y.K.Kim and S.B. Warner, Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, Vol 11, 3, 35-41, 2007
  24. V Resistant Nano structured polymer coating, P. Katangur, P. K. Patra, S. B. Warner, Polymer Degradation and Stability 91, 2437-2442, 2006.
  25. Structural colors by ionic self- assembly, P.Calvert. M.Shah, P. Patra, PMSE Preprints, 94, 757-758 (2006)
  26. Piezoresistive Sensors on Textiles by Inkjet Printing and Electroless Plating, A.Sawhney, A.Aggrawal, P.K.Patra and P.D.Calvert, Mat. Res. Soc.Symp. Proc, 920, 103-111, 2006
  27. Fire Retardancy and Morphology of Nylon 6-Clay Nanocomposite Compositions, K. Shanmuganatha, S. Deodhar, S. Razdan, Q. Fan, S. Warner, Y. Kim, P. Calvert, N.Dembsey and P. K. Patra, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc, Vol. 887, 2006.
  28. In-situ polymerization of Nylon 6/CNT Nanocomposite Fiber, (in press), S.Mehtre, P. K. Patra, Y. Kim and S. B. Warner, Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, 2006.
  29. Optimization of Electrospinning Process Parameters for Tissue Engineering Scaffold, M. Chen, S. Bhowmick, P. K. Patra and S. B. Warner, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, Vol. 1, No. 2 189-214, 2006.
  30. Charge Consequence in Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, V. E. Kalayci, P. K. Patra, S. Ugbolue, Y. K. Kim and S. B. Warner, Polymer 46, 7191-7200, 2005.
  31. Spherulitic Morphology and Thermal Stability of PP/ZnO Nanocomposites, Sandeep Razdan, Prabir Patra, Yong Kim, and Steve Warner Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 788, 297-302 2004.
  32. Flame Retardancy of Laponite- and Montmorillonite-Based Nylon 6 Nanocomposites, Gunes Inan, Prabir K. Patra, Yong K. Kim, and Steven B. Warner, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 788, 289-295 2004.
  33. Fundamental Investigations on Electrospun Fibers, V.E.Kalayci, P. K. Patra, Y. K. Kim, S. Ugbolue and S. B. Warner; J. Adv. Mater, 36 (4) 43-47, 2004.
  34. Solution electrospinning of Nylon6/Ferrite Nanofibers, Autumn Dhanote, Samuel C. Ugbolue, Steven B. Warner, Prabir K. Patra, Phaneshwar Katangur, and Shamal K. Mhetre, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 788, 153-158 2003.
  35. Nano-Structured Polymer Coating for Ultraviolet Protection, Phaneshwar Katangur, Steven B. Warner, Prabir K. Patra, Yong K. Kim, Shamal K. Mhetre, and Autumn Dhanote Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.788, 589-594 2003.
  36. Nanocomposites With Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Shamal K. Mhetre, Yong. K. Kim, Steven. B. Warner, Prabir. K. Patra, Phaneshwar. Katangur, and Autumn. Dhanote Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 788, 197-202 2003.
  37. Ultraviolet Radiation Resistant Polymeric Nano-coatings, P. Katanguar, S.B. Warner, P. K. Patra, PMSE Preprints, 89, 723 2003.
  38. In-situ Polymerized Fire Resistant Nylon 6/Clay Nanocomposites, G. Inan, P. K. Patra, S.B. Warner, PMSE Preprints, 69,726 2003.
  39. Morphology and Thermal Stability of PP nanocomposites, S. Razdan, P. K. Patra, S.Warner, PMSE Preprints, 69, 722 2003.
  40. Studies on PET/Glass filled LCP blends, N. G. Sahoo, S. Gupta, C. K. Das, P. K. Patra, and W. Millns, Polymer-Plastics Technology & Engineering 42 (3) 471-483, 2003.
  41. Nanofibers from melt electrospinning, H. Khurana, P. K. Patra, S. Warner, Polymer Preprints 44 (2), 67 2003.
  42. Nanocomposite Fibers, P. K. Patra, Y. K. Kim, A. F. Lewis and S. B. Warner; Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 740, 441-446, 2002.
  43. Application of DSC and DTG techniques to determine the blend ratio of reactive chlorine containing elastomer vulcanisates, A.R. Tripathy, P. K. Patra, J. K. Sinha and M. S. Banerjee; J. Appl. Polym. Sci, Vol. 83, 937-948, 2002.
  44. S. Gupta, S. Raychowdury, J. K. Misra, C. K. Das, P. K. Patra, A. R. Tripathy, W. Millns and M.S. Banerjee., Material letters 46 (2-3) 125-130, 2000.
  45. Mishra J. K., Das C. K., Patra, P. K., Banerjee M. S., Millns, W., International Journal of Polymeric materials 46 (1-2), 331-346 2000.
  46. Specialty Polymer blends of Polyurethane and Cholosulphonated Polyethylene (S.Cure), Khatua, B. B., Das, C. K., Patra, P. K., Banerjee, M. S., Millins, W., Int. J. Polym. Mater., 46(1-2), 347-360, 2000.
  47. Studies on the influence of cure system on the shrinkability of Polyolefins and Bromobutyl Blends, P. K. Patra and C. K. Das, J. Elastomer and Plastics, Vol. 30, pp. 230-244, 1998.
  48. Effect of cure systems on the shrinkability of polyolefin-EPDM blends, P. K. Patra and C. K. Das, J. Appl Polym Sci, Vol. 68, 597-603, 1998.
  49. Heat Shrinkable and Flame Resistant Composite Blend based on Polyolefins and Silicone rubber, P. K. Patra and C. K. Das, J. Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 16, No. 12, pp. 1111-1128, 1997.
  50. The shrinkability and flame retardancy of polyolefins and chlorinated polyethylene (CM) Blends, P. K. Patra and C. K. Das, J. Polym. Eng., Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 231-244, 1997.
  51. Blends of polyolefins and chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSM) with reference to their shrinkability and flame retardancy, P. K. Patra and C. K. Das, Intern. J. Polymeric Mater., Vol. 35, pp. 103-118, 1997.

book chapters

  1. The melt electronspinning of polycaproctone (PCL) ultrafine fibers, S.C. Ugbolue, C. Subramanian, S.B. Warner, P.K. Patra, in Polymer-based smart material - processes, properties and application. Eds. Z. Cheng, Q. Zhang, S. Bauer, D.A. Wrobleski.
  2. Nanocomposite fibers from in-situ polymerization of ε- caprolactam with carbon nanotubes, Y. K. Kim and P. K. Patra, published in chapter 29 of the book entitled "Handbook of nanofibers and nanotechnology in textiles," Woodhead publishing, edited by Brown and Stevens.