Conjugated Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Properties and Multifaceted Applications

Dr. Mayank Pandey is an Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Sciences Kristu Jayanti (Deemed To Be University), Bangalore, India. He completed his Ph.D. in materials science from VIT University, Vellore, India, on the topic “Preparation and characterization of polymer electrolyte for electrochemical device applications. He then went on to complete his postdoctoral studies in electrical and thermal degradation of graphene-based polymer composite for electronic device applications from CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Bangalore, India. He is an experienced material physicist with an experimental background in synthesizing graphene quantum dot- (GQDs) based polymer nanocomposites. His research areas also include fabrication of polymer blends and composite electrolytes, organic semiconductor/organic solar cells, and their impedance spectroscopy analysis. Besides investigating the structural, optical, and electronic properties of GQDs based materials, he has also contributed towards the development of new approaches in the field of nanocarbon derivatives.

Dr. Kalim Deshmukh, is a senior researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with a wide variety of nanomaterials and polymeric materials, especially polymer blends, nanocomposites, and nanohybrids for various applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and property investigations of novel polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers, including various nanomaterials including carbon-based materials such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives and MXenes for energy storage, energy harvesting, gas sensing, EMI shielding and high-k dielectric applications. He has over 200 publications to his credit (h-index = 59;>;13000 citations, Google Scholar) with renowned international publications such as the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the American Chemical Society (ACS), Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis, etc. Besides, he has edited or co-edited over 50 books for Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-VCH, Wiley Scrivener, RSC, and ACS publications.