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Centre of Excellence (CoE) on “Sustainable Polymer Industry through Research Innovation & Training (SPIRIT)” at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 1. Brief Note on The Project work: The Center of Excellence (CoE-SPIRIT) at CSIR- NCL was established with the purpose of (a) undertaking cutting edge fundamental research to support technology development programs that are aligned with the national agenda, (b) providing research and scientific services to the polymer and petrochemicals industry, and (c) offering focused training programs for industry personnel, as well as opportunities to enable industry personnel to spend some time at CSIR-NCL and for CSIR-NCL scientists to visit industry. 2. Advantages of Project Work: a. Under the Research & Scientific Services Program (RSSP) of the CoE- SPIRIT, fundamental research was carried out on development of new polymer grades for industry, DFT simulations of polymerization catalysts, development of novel catalysts for specialty polymers including metastable ultra-high mol. wt. polyethylene, novel bio-based and biodegradable star telechelic poly lactic acid (PLA) b. Under the Learning & Sharing Program (LSP) of CoE-SPIRIT, numerous advanced training programs in polymer sciences and affiliated areas have been conducted wherein training has been provided to to more than 500 UG/PG students and industrial participants from more than thirty academic institutions and more than twenty industries. 3. Agreements made with following for technology transfer/ commercialization of the technology: NIL 4. Publications on the Project: 22 (Please see annexure-1) 5. Details of Patents granted for the project: 3 (Please see annexure-1) 6. Equipment/ Machines available at CoE: a. High-temp. Gel Permeation Chromatography (HT-GPC): Malvern Viscotek make (USA) b. High-shear Capillary Rheometer: from Gottfert (Germany) c. Advanced Rotational Rheometer: ARES G2 from TA Instruments (USA) d. Glove Box Workstation for polymerization catalyst preparation: from Mbraun (Germany)
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Centre of Excellence (CoE)
on “Sustainable Polymer Industry through Research Innovation &
Training (SPIRIT)”
at
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
1. Brief Note on The Project work: The Center of Excellence (CoE-SPIRIT) at CSIR-NCL was established with the purpose of (a) undertaking cutting edge fundamental research to support technology development programs that are aligned with the national agenda, (b) providing research and scientific services to the polymer and petrochemicals industry, and (c) offering focused training programs for industry personnel, as well as opportunities to enable industry personnel to spend some time at CSIR-NCL and for CSIR-NCL scientists to visit industry.
2. Advantages of Project Work:
a. Under the Research & Scientific Services Program (RSSP) of the CoE-SPIRIT, fundamental research was carried out on development of new polymer grades for industry, DFT simulations of polymerization catalysts, development of novel catalysts for specialty polymers including metastable ultra-high mol. wt. polyethylene, novel bio-based and biodegradable star telechelic poly lactic acid (PLA)
b. Under the Learning & Sharing Program (LSP) of CoE-SPIRIT, numerous advanced training programs in polymer sciences and affiliated areas have been conducted wherein training has been provided to to more than 500 UG/PG students and industrial participants from more than thirty academic institutions and more than twenty industries.
3. Agreements made with following for technology transfer/ commercialization of
the technology: NIL
4. Publications on the Project: 22 (Please see annexure-1)
5. Details of Patents granted for the project: 3 (Please see annexure-1)
6. Equipment/ Machines available at CoE: a. High-temp. Gel Permeation Chromatography (HT-GPC): Malvern Viscotek
make (USA) b. High-shear Capillary Rheometer: from Gottfert (Germany) c. Advanced Rotational Rheometer: ARES G2 from TA Instruments (USA) d. Glove Box Workstation for polymerization catalyst preparation: from
Mbraun (Germany)
7. Contact details for further information: Dr. H V. Pol, Scientist,
PSE Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune Email: [email protected]
Annexure 1: Publications from CoE-SPIRIT 2011-2015
1. B. Rajput, U. Chander, K. Arole, F. Stempfle, S. Menon, S. Mecking and S. Chikkali, Green Chemistry, 2014, 16, pp. 3810-3818.
2. J. Kumawat, V. Gupta and K. Vanka, Chem. Cat. Chem., 2015, 8, pp. 1809-1818. 3. S. Thete and H. Pol, J. Macrol. Sci., Part B Phy, 2016, 55, pp. 984-1006. 4. V. Koshti, N. Mote, R. Gonnade and S. Chikkali, Organometallics, 2015, 34, pp. 4802 - 4805 5. S. Gaikwad, S. Deshmukh, R. Gonnade, P. Rajamohanan and S. Chikkali, ACS MacroLetters, 2015, 4, pp.
933 - 937 6. S. Pandey and S. Chikkali, Chem. Cat. Chem., 2015, 7, pp. 3468 - 3471 7. A. Kulkarni, A. Lele, S. Sivaram, P. Rajamohanan, S. Velankar, and A. Chatterji,
Macromolecules, 2015, 48 (18), pp 6580–6588. 8. D. Marathe, D. Rokade, L Azad, K. Jadhav, S. Mahajan, Z. Ahmad, S. Gupta, S. Kulkarni, V. Juvekar, and
A. Lele, Intl. Polym. Proc. 2015, 31, pp. 166-178. 9. K. Chikhalikar, S. Banik, L. Azad, K. Jadhav, S. Mahajan, Z. Ahmad, S. Kulkarni, S. Gupta, P. Doshi, H. Pol,
and A. Lele, Polym. Eng. Sci., 2015, 55, pp. 1977-1987. 10. K. Chikhalikar, A. Deshpande, H. Pol, D. Dhoble, S. Jha, K. Jadhav, S. Mahajan, Z. Ahmad, S. Kulkarni, S.
Gupta, and A. Lele, Polym. Eng. Sci., 2015, 55, pp. 1463-1474. 11. H. Pol, K. Chikhalikar, A. Deshpande, D. Dhoble, S. Jha, K. Jadhav, S. Mahajan, Z. Ahmad, S. Kulkarni, S.
Gupta, and A. Lele, SPE Plastics Research Online, 2014, published online, DOI: 10.2417/spepro.005634. 12. J. Kumawat, V. Gupta and K. Vanka, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 5063-5076. 13. J. Kumawat, V. Gupta and K. Vanka, Organometal., 2014, 33, 4357-4367. 14. H. Pol, S. Banik, LB Azad, S. Thete, P. Doshi, and A. Lele, Nonisothermal analysis of extrusion film
casting process using molecular constitutive equations, Rheo. Acta, 2014, 53(1), 85-101. 15. S. Gaikwad, S. Deshmukh, and S. H. Chikkali, Pd-Phosphinesulfonate Bravely Battles the “Vinyl halide
Insertion Polymerization” Barricade. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014, 52, 1-6. 16. V. Koshti, S. Gaikwad, and S. H. Chikkali, Contemporary avenues in catalytic P-H bond addition
reaction: A case study of hydrophosphination. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 265, 52-73. 17. H. Pol, S. Thete, P. Doshi, and A. Lele, Necking in extrusion film casting: The role of macromolecular
architecture; J. Rheol., 2013, 57(2), 559-583 18. S. Chakraborty, C. Choudhury, and S. Roy, Morphology and Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube in
Polycarbonate Carbon Nanotube Composite From Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation; Macromolecules, 2013, 46 (9), 3631–3638.
19. C. Choudhury, A. Kumar, and S. Roy, Characterization of Conformation and Interaction of Gene Delivery Vector Polyethylenimine with Phospholipid Bilayer at Different Protonation State, Biomacromolecles, 2013, 14(10), 3759-3768.
20. S. Pahari and S. Roy, Evidence and characterization of dynamic heterogeneity in binary mixtures of phosphoric acid and benzimidazole, J. Chem. Phys., 2013, 139, 154701-154712.
21. MK Nandi, A. Banerjee, and S. Maitra Bhattacharyya; Non-monotonic size dependence of diffusion and levitation effect: A mode-coupling theory analysis; Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013, 138, 124505 - 124512
22. J. Jose and N. Sengupta; Molecular dynamics simulation studies of the structural response of an isolated Ab1–42 monomer localized in the vicinity of the hydrophilic TiO2 surface; European Biophysics Journal, 2013, 42, 487-494.
Patents filed/granted CoE-SPIRIT
1. World Patent: K. Chikhalikar, A. Lele, H. Pol, K. Jadhav, S. Mahajan, and Z. Ahmad, WO 2013/102938 A1; Filing date: Jan-07-2013
2. World Patent: S. Chikkali and B. Rajput, WO 2014/181358 A2; Filing date: May-09-2014 3. Patent disclosure: A. Lele, A. Kulkarni, and S. Sivaram, Disclosure number- 2014-INV-0025; Disclosure
date- 3/4/2014; CSIR No-2014-NF-0144; Record Number 2014030640173; Title: Property Modifier for Biodegradable Polylactic acid, Method for producing star telechelic Polylactic acid Ionomer.
Glimpses of training Programs/workshops held under CoE-SPIRIT @ CSIR-NCL from 2011-2015.
Training Program on SEC/GPC
Training Program on DLS: Nano to Micro
Training Program on XRD
Training Program on Rheology of Polymer Melts
Training Program on GC
Publicity of CoE-SPIRIT @ PlastIndia 2015.
