Research Area
Polymer Chemistry and Functional Materials
Research Interests
As a polymer chemistry research group, our motto is to design and synthesize new functional polymers for targeted applications. We endeavour through the development and adaptation of synthetic methodology, along with extensive physical characterization, to achieve our research objectives.
2016 - 2017 : JSPS fellow, Nagoya University, Japan. Conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Eiji Yashima in the field of Foldamers
2015 - 2016 : VBL researcher, Nagoya University, Japan. Conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Eiji Yashima in the field of Foldamers
2014 - 2015 : Project Manager in (EURO-SEQUENCES) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France.
2012 - 2014 : Post-Doctoral Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France. Conducting Research under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Francois Lutz in the field of sequence-controlled polymers
2008 - 2012 : Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
2005 - 2008 : M.S., Chemical Science Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
2001 - 2005 : BSc (Chemistry Hons) Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Calcutta University
JSPS Fellowship, 2017
Nihar Sahu, Mohammad Umer Lone, Chandrakanta Guchhait, V Suriyaa, Sovik Dey Sarkar, Raj Kumar Roy and Bimalendu Adhikari. Ferrocene: an Exciting Building Block for Designing Supramolecular Assemblies. , 2024.
Deepak, Arjun Singh Bisht and Raj Kumar Roy. Polymer Containing Multiple Secondary Structures—A Competition between Helical Induction and C-T Complexation. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 224(24):2300212, 2023.
Ankita Kumari, Ipsita Pani, Mohammad Umer Lone, Aditi Aggarwal, Santanu Kumar Pal and Raj Kumar Roy. Architectural Effect on Self-Assembly and Biorecognition of Randomly Grafted Linear and Branched Polymers at Liquid Crystal–Water Interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15(26):31233–31242, 2023.
Arjun Singh Bisht, Prabir Maity and Raj Kumar Roy. Comparison of Thermoresponsive Behavior between Polyproline and Periodically Grafted Polyproline toward Hofmeister Ions: An Explanation of Its Conformational Origin. Macromolecules 56(11):3922–3930, 2023.
Mohammad Umer Lone, Nihar Sahu, Raj Kumar Roy and Bimalendu Adhikari. Introduction of Ferrocene as a Facilitator for the Construction of Supramolecular Polymers. Chemistry–A European Journal 29(1):e202202711, 2023.
Deepak, Zinnia Mallick, Utsa Sarkar, Dipankar Mandal and Raj Kumar Roy. Synergetic H-bonding and CT interaction-mediated self-assembled structure results in a room-temperature ferroelectric material exhibiting electric field-induced dipole switching and piezo-and pyroelectric energy conversion. Chemistry of Materials 35(8):3316–3328, 2023.
Subhendu Samanta, Dibyendu Mallick and Raj Kumar Roy. Folding of aromatic polyamides into a rare intrachain $\beta$-sheet type structure and further reinforcement of the secondary structure through host–guest interactions. Polymer Chemistry 13(22):3284–3293, 2022.
Raj Kumar Roy and others. Effect of intramolecular H-bonding and $\pi$stacking on the folding of periodicallygrafted amphiphilic polyamides. IISERM, 2021.
Asha Ramesh. ROMP of Norbornene Derivatives-A Possible Route for the Preparations of Helical Polymers by Post-Polymerization Modifications. IISERM, 2019.
Abdelaziz Al Ouahabi, Raj Kumar Roy and Jean-François Lutz. Synthesis of Non-natural Polymers with Controlled Primary Structures. , 2016.
Laurence Charles, Chloé Laure, Jean-François Lutz and Raj Kumar Roy. Tandem mass spectrometry sequencing in the negative ion mode to read binary information encoded in sequence-defined poly (alkoxyamine amide) s. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 30(1):22–28, 2016.
Raj Kumar Roy. Functionalized Hyperbranched Polymers And Nonionenes. 2016.
Raj Kumar Roy, Anna Meszynska, Chloé Laure, Laurence Charles, Claire Verchin and Jean-Francois Lutz. Design and synthesis of digitally encoded polymers that can be decoded and erased. Nature communications 6(1):7237, 2015.
Raj Kumar Roy, Chloé Laure, Diane Fischer-Krauser, Laurence Charles and Jean-François Lutz. Convergent synthesis of digitally-encoded poly (alkoxyamine amide) s. Chemical Communications 51(86):15677–15680, 2015.
Laurence Charles, Chloé Laure, Jean-François Lutz and Raj Kumar Roy. MS/MS sequencing of digitally encoded poly (alkoxyamine amide) s. Macromolecules 48(13):4319–4328, 2015.
Raj Kumar Roy and Jean-Francois Lutz. Compartmentalization of single polymer chains by stepwise intramolecular cross-linking of sequence-controlled macromolecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society 136(37):12888–12891, 2014.
Raj Kumar Roy and S Ramakrishnan. Single-step synthesis of internally functionalizable hyperbranched polyethers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 51(19):4125–4135, 2013.
Raj Kumar Roy, Bhoje E Gowd and S Ramakrishnan. Periodically grafted amphiphilic copolymers: nonionic analogues of ionenes. Macromolecules 45(7):3063–3069, 2012.
E Bhoje Gowd, S Ramakrishnan and RK Roy. Periodically grafted Amphiphilic Copolymers: Nonionic analogues of Ionenes. , 2012.
Raj Kumar Roy and S Ramakrishnan. Control of molecular weight and polydispersity of hyperbranched polymers using a reactive B3 core: a single-step route to orthogonally functionalizable hyperbranched polymers. Macromolecules 44(21):8398–8406, 2011.
Raj Kumar Roy and S Ramakrishnan. Thiol-ene clickable hyperscaffolds bearing peripheral allyl groups. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 49(8):1735–1744, 2011.
RK Roy and S Sarkar. CHANGES IN MYOSIN LIGHT-CHAINS AND TROPOMYOSIN SUBUNITS AND THEIR MESSENGER-RNAS DURING CHICKEN PECTORALIS-MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT. In JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 91(2). 1981, A370–A370.
RK Roy and S Sarkar. TRANSCRIPTION, PROCESSING AND RELEASE OF RNA BY ISOLATED-NUCLEI OF THE EMBRYONIC CHICK SKELETAL-MUSCLES. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 22(1). 1980, 63–63.
RK Roy, SRETER FA and SATYAPRIYA SARKAR. TROPOMYOSIN SUBUNITS AND MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS OF AVIAN AND MAMMALIAN MUSCLES. DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION DURING DEVELOPMENT. , 1978.
RK ROY and S SARKAR. INVITRO SYNTHESIS AND ASSEMBLY OF ACTIN-TROPOMYOSIN-TROPONIN COMPLEX. In JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 70(2). 1976, A68–A68.
RK Roy and S Sarkar. INVITRO SYNTHESIS AND ASSEMBLY OF TROPONIN-TROPOMYOSIN COMPLEX FROM EMBRYONIC CHICK MUSCLE POLYSOMES. In JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 67(2). 1975, A373–A373.
Raj Kumar Roy, Anna Meszynska, Chloé Laure, Laurence Charles, Claire Verchin and others. Plus de livres pour la communauté AMU avec le partenariat PUP/Openedition (29/11/2019). Evolution 35:086.