Transparent Conducting Polymers: ITO (Indium doped tin oxide) is the workhorse for electronic applications where optical transparency and electronic conductance are key (solar cells, LEDs, etc). Graphene based transparent polymers are gaining significant attention too. We are developing polymeric materials (not ITO or graphene based) that show excellent electronic conductance as well as are optically transparent. Our materials are significantly cheaper and more robust than the contemporary materials used.
Composite Catalysts
We are developing polymer embedded catalysts that respond to external stimuli - mostly mechanical strain and polarity driven catalytic activities. And then there is the question about catalytic networks - can catalysts talk to other catalysts?
Nanofabrication of composite systems
We are exploiting our in-situ reduction strategy to generate new device fabrication techniques which cater to micro and nanometer scale fabrication technologies.