PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Applied Sciences
 
Department: CHEMISTRY
Phone: +91-7894752357
 

About Me

Dr. Srikanta Moharana currently works as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management; Bolangir Campus, Odisha, India. He has completed his M.Sc (Chemistry) from National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He has received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University. He has developed expertise in the areas of materials, graphene, nano materials, carbon nanotubes, ceramics, Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Ceramic Polymer Nanocomposites (FCPNs) for electrical and electronic applications. He has guiding 2 M.Sc students (continuing). He has presented his research work in many national and international conferences. Dr. Moharana has published more than 26 research papers in journal of international repute and many more counting. He has awarded Prof. GB Behera Best PhD thesis award under the banner of Orissa chemical society. He has applied for one research project to DST-SERB, which are under review. He has strong experience in the field of nanomaterial and nanocomposite synthesis based on polymer and energy storage devices, believed to produce outcomes which definitely purposeful from industrial point of view, as well as from laboratory scale to large scale implementation in the field of miniaturization of nano-scale industry and fabrication of flexible thin film capacitors for advanced energy storage. Dr. Srikanta Moharana has authored three book chapters. He is a life member of Orissa Chemical Society.

 
 
Research Fields

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymer Nanocomposites

Teaching

  • BS.c
  • M.Sc

Expertise

  • Smart and functional materials
  • Polymer-Ceramic-Graphene
  • MWCNTs
  • Nanocomposites
  • polybenzoxazine
  • Modeling the electrical response of polymer-matrix composite materials
  • Nanostructured material and structure property relationships.

Interests

  • Material (Polymer) Science

 
   

Research Fields

Dr. Srikanta Moharana was born on 02nd July 1990 and grown up in Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India. He has received his B.Sc. Degree with 1st class (Honours) in Chemistry in 2010 from Swami Vivekananda Memorial (S.V.M) College, Jagatsinghpur under Utkal University, Odisha. He has been awarded M.Sc. Degree with 1st Class in 2012 from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. After that he joined School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University for his M. Phil. Degree (2013) in Physical Chemistry. He joined as a Junior Research Fellow in BSR fellowship scheme (funded by University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi), School of chemistry, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India to pursue his doctoral research in 2014. During his doctoral studies, he has published twenty six (26) research papers in various international journals like Chemical Physics Letter, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Physica Status Solidi A, Polymer Bulletin, Polymer Plastic Technology & Engineering, Journal of Electronic Materials, etc and counting. He has presented his research work in many national and international conferences. His research interest includes Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Ceramic Polymer Nanocomposites (FCPNs) for electrical and electronic applications.