Specialty Polymers

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on green energy production, storage using 2D materials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polyurethanes, conducting polymers & composites, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published around 250 peer-reviewed articles, made over 320 national/international/ regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, and edited/wrote several books/chapters for leading publishers such as the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, CRC, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. He has published many research articles related to energy materials in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications, Solar Energy, Scientific Reports, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Chemistry of Materials, to name a few. He has received about two and a half million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member for several journals.

• 1. Specialty Polymers: An Introduction. 2. Materials and Chemistries of Polymers. 3. Natural Resources for Polyurethanes Industries. 4. Recent advances in edible polymers. 5. Chicken Fat: A Promising and Sustainable Raw Material for Polyurethane Industries. 6. Self-healing polymers 7. Emerging Applications of Photocurable Polymers. 8. Hyperbranched polymer and their emerging applications. 9. Advanced Polymers for Defense Applications. 10. Polymers for Additive Manufacturing. 11. Emerging Applications of Polymers For Automobile Industries. 12. Polymeric Nanocomposites for Toxic Waste Removal.13. Polymeric Adsorbents for Toxic Waste Removal.14.Smart polymers for food and water quality control and safety.15.Polymers and their Nanocomposites for Corrosion Protection.16.Polymers for smart coatings. 17. Polymers for smart sensors.18. Polymers for Textile Industry. 19.Polymers for adhesives and sealants. 20.Polymers for foams and their emerging applications. 21.Polymers for high-performance flame-retardant materials. 22.Emerging applications of polymer in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. 23.Specialty Polymers for Biomedical Applications. 24.Advanced polymers for biomedical applications. 25.Recent advancements in polymers for biomedical applications.26. Advanced Polymers for Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction. 27. Emerging applications of polymers for supercapacitors.28. A Facile Approach to Recycling Used Face Masks for High-Performance Energy Storage Devices.29.Polymers in Display Devices.30.Smart Polymers in Flexible Devices.