Dr. Arun Torris

Technical Officer

J-105, PAML Building

Polymer Science and Engineering Division

Phone (Off.): 020-2590-3035 / 3114

Email: t.arun@ncl.res.in

Research Interests:

Education:

PhD Chemistry, CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Savitribai Phule Pune University (2020)

M.Sc Polymer Chemistry, St. Michael's College, University of Kerala (2005)

 Publications:

38. Venkata Ramamohan Ramachandrula, Ramamohan Reddy Kasa and Arun Torris, Micro Computed Tomography Study of Clogging in Long-used Strip and Cylindrical Drip Emitters, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Just Accepted (2022).

37. Maria Kurian, Meena Ghosh, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, P P Priyanka, Arun Torris and Sreekumar Kurungot, Influence of Ice-templating on Oxygen Redution Catalytica Activity of Metal-free Heteroatom-doped Mesoporous Carbon Derived from Polypyrrole for Zinc-air Batteries, Energy Technology, Just Accepted (2022), DOI: 10.1002/ente.202200840

36. Narugopal Manna, Santosh Singh, Maria Kurian, Arun Torris and Sreekumar Kurungot, Air-Cathode Interface-Engineered Electrocatalyst for Solid-State Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (7), 8756 - 8768 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c01266.

35. Sahel Fajal, Writakshi Mandal, Samraj Mollick, Yogeshwer More, Arun Torris, Satyam Saurabh, Mandar Shirolkar and Sujit Ghosh, Trap Inlaid Cationic Hybrid Composite Material for Efficient Segregation of Toxic Chemicals from Water, Angewandte Chemie, 61 (32), e202203385 (2022), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203385.

34. Sagar Dadasaheb, Srinath Gudur, Vishwanath Nagallapati, Amit Choudhary, Arun Torris and Gopinath Muvvala, A Study on Anisotropy in Wire Arc Additively Manufactured Inconel 625 Multi-layered Wall and its Correlation with Molten Pool Thermal History, Material Science and Engineering: A, 840, 142865 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2022.142685.

33. Amol Ichake, Samadhan Nagane, Uday Jadhav, Arun Torris, Etienne Grau, Henri Cramail and Prakash Wadgaonkar, Synthesis and Characterization of Partially Bio-Based Aromatic (Co)polycarbonates Containing Biphenylene Units and Pendant Pentadecyl Chains, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 223 (13), 2100449 (2022), DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100449.

32. Thripuranthaka M, Vikash Chaturvedi, Pravin Dwivedi, Arun Torris and Manjusha Shelke, 3D X-ray Microtomography Investigations on the Bimodal Porosity and High Sulfur Impregnation in 3D Carbon Foam for Li-S Battery Application, Journal of Physics Energy, 4 (1), 014003 (2022), DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ac4c34.

31. Shunottara Jogdand, Prachiti Bedadur, Arun Torris, Ravi Agrawal, Ulhas Kharul and R. Nandini Devi, Addressing Challenges in Sealing of Scalable Multifiber Module for Oxygen Enrichment using LSCF Membranes, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 19 (3), 1561 - 1571 (2021), DOI: 10.1111/ijac.13967.

30. Arun Torris, Sanoop Nair, Raji Mol K P, Poulomi Sengupta and Manohar Badiger, Mechanical and Microstructural Studies in a Polysaccharide - acrylate Double Network Hydrogel, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 124, 104839 (2021), DOI:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104839.

29. Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Arun Torris, Maira Kurian, Megha Mathew, Meena Ghosh, Ajay Khairnar, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, Sulfonated Polyvinyl alcohol Ionomer Membrane Favoring Smooth Electrodeposition of Zinc for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Metal Batteries, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5 (21), 5557 - 5564 (2021), DOI: 10.1039/D1SE00865J.

28. Neeraj Rawat, Arun Torris, Suresh Bhat, Kakasahed Mahadik and Sharvil Patil, Resveratol Loaded Cubic Phase Nanoparticles With Enhanced Oral Bioavailability, BioNanoScience, 11, 1108 - 1118 (2021), DOI:10.1007/s12668-021-00892-9.

27. Shunottara Jogdand, Prachiti Bedadur, Arun Torris, Ulhas Kharul, Satyam Naidu and Nandini Devi, Tuning The Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Using Ceramic Hollow Fiber Catalytic Modules, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (9), 1655 - 1665 (2021), DOI:10.1039/D1RE00076D.

26. Farsa Ram, Bipul Biswas, Arun Torris, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Elastic Piezoelectric Aerogels from Isotropic and Directionally Ice-templated Cellulose Nanocrystals: Comparison of Structure and Energy Harvesting, Cellulose, 28, 6323 - 6337 (2021), DOI:10.1007/s10570-021-03896-6.

25. Narugopal Manna, Santosh Singh, Geeta Kharabe, Arun Torris and Sreekumar Kurungot, Zinc-Air Battery Catalyzed by Co3O4 Nanorod-Supported N-doped Entangled Graphene for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4 (5), 4570 - 4580 (2021), DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00210.

24. Farsa Ram, Karthika Suresh, Arun Torris, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Highly Compressible Ceramic/Polymer Aerogel-based Piezoelectric Nanogenerators With Enhanced Mechanical Energy Harvesting Property, Ceramics International, 47 (11), 15750 - 15758 (2021), DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.02.147.

23. Gokul Patil, Arun Torris, P R Suresha, Sachin Jadhav, Manohar Badiger and Vandana Ghormade, Design and Synthesis of a New Topical Agent for Halting Blood Loss Rapidly: A Multimodal Chitosan-Gelatin Xerogel Composite Loaded with Silica Nanoparticles and Calcium, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 198, 111454 (2021), DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111454.

22. Ruchika Jain, Sathish Abraham, Rohini Karad, Harshal Najan, Sneha Vaswani and Arun Torris, Micro-computed Tomographic Analysis of the Marginal Adaptation of a Calcium Silicate-based Cement to Radicular Dentin After Removal of Three Different Intracanal Medicaments - An In Vitro Study, Journal of Conservative Dentistry, 23 (6), 598 - 603 (2020), DOI: 10.4103/JCD.JCD_561_20.

21. Somasundaram Vivek, Karuppusamy Kanthavel, Arun Torris and Vijayananth Kavimani, Effect of Bio-filler on Hybrid Sisal-Banana-Kenaf-Flax Based Epoxy Composites: A Statistical Correlation on Flexural Strength, Journal of Bionic Engineering, 17, 1263 - 1271 (2020), DOI: 10.1007/s42235-020-0083-7.

20. Parameswaran Turanelloormana, Sudheshna Sharmah, Arun Torris, Santoshkumar Bhat and Sreekuttan Unni, Insight in to Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanohorns Reinforced Sulfonated Poly(ether ketone) electrolyte for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, ChemElectroChem, 7 (17), 3632 - 3636 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/celc.202000866.

19. Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Meena Ghosh, Maria Kurian, Arun Torris, Swati Dilwale, Manohar Badiger, Martin Winter, Jijeesh Ravi Nair and Sreekumar Kurungot, An In Situ Cross-Linked Nonaqueous Polymer Electrolyte for Zinc-Metal Polymer Batteries and Hybrid Supercapacitors, Small, 16 (35), 2002528 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002528.

18. Tushar Ambone, Arun Torris and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Polylactic acid using Nanocellulose, Polymer Engineering and Science, 60 (8), 1842 - 1855 (2020), DOI: 10.1002/pen.25421.

17. Ashok Noothanakanti, Manisha Walunj, Arun Torris, Manohar Badiger and Seergazhi Srivatsan, Self-Assemblies of Nucleolipid Supramolecular Synthons Show Unique Solf-sorting and Co-operative Assembling Process, Nanoscale, 11 (24), 11956 - 11966 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/C9NR01863H.

16. Arun Torris and Manohar Badiger, Polysaccharide Hydrogel Incorporated Carbon Nanofiber Microelectrode for Designing Neural Interfaces, Journal of Bionic Engineering, 16 (4), 696 - 710 (2019), DOI: 10.1007/s42235-019-0056-x.

15. Suvendu Karak, Kaushik Dey, Arun Torris, Arjun Halder, Saibal Bera, Fayis K. P. and Rahul Banerjee, Inducing Disorder in Order: Hierarchically Porous Covalent Organic Framework Nanostructures for Rapid Removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (18), 7572 - 7581 (2019), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02706.

14. Runali Patil, Michael Repka, Arun Torris, Suresh Bhat and Sharvil Patil, Mapping Fusogenicity of Ciprofloxacin loaded Liposomes with Bacterial Cells, AAPS PharmSciTech, 20 (5), 180 (2019), DOI: 10.1208/s12249-019-1381-4.

13. Yogesh Marathe, Arun Torris A. T., Ramesh C. and Manohar Badiger, Borassus Powder-reinforced Poly(lactic acid) Composites with Improved Crystallization and Mechanical Properties, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136, 47440 (2019), DOI: 10.1002/app.47440.

12. Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Meena Ghosh, Arun Torris A. T., Nikhil Chandran,  Sanoop Nair, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, Water-in-acid Gel Polymer Electrolyte Realized Through a Phosphoric acid-enriched Polyelectrolyte Matrix Towards Solid-state Supercapacitors, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (10), 12630 - 12640 (2018), DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01175.

11. Mayur Patil, Vishal Patil, Aditya Sapre, Tushar Ambone, Arun Torris A. T., Parshuram Shukla and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Tuning Controlled Release Behaviour of Starch Granules using Nanofibrillated Cellulose Derived from Waste Sugarcane Bagasse, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (7), 9208 - 9217 (2018), DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01545.

10. Ashwini Deshpande, Arun Torris A. T., Swagata Pahari, Manohar Badiger, Pattuparambil Rajamohanan, Prakash Wadgaonkar, Sudip Roy and Claudio Tonnelli, Mechanism of the Formation of Microphase Separated Water Clusters in a Water - Mediated Physical Network of Perfluoropolyether Tetraol, Soft Matter, 14, 2339 - 2345 (2018), DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02181J.

9. Sadiya Anjum, Pramod Gaurave, Manohar Badiger, Arun Torris A. T. Neha Tiwari and Bhuvanesh Gupta, Design and Development of Trivalent Aluminium Ions Induced Self-healing Polyacrylic Acid Novel Hydrogels, Polymer, 126, 196 - 205 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.08.045.

8. Sachin Patil, Arun Torris and Prakash Wadgaonkar, Healable Network Polymers Bearing Flexible Poly(lauryl methacrylate) Chains via Thermo-reversible Furan-Maleimide Diels-Alder Reaction, Journal of Polymer Sciecne Part A Polymer Chemistry, 55 (16), 2700 - 2712 (2017), DOI: 10.1002/pola.28677.

7. Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris A. T., Sanoop Nair, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, An All-solid-state-supercapacitor Possessing a Non-aqueous Gel Polymer Electrolyte Prepared Using a UV-assisted In situ Polymerization Strategy, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (8), 8461 - 8476 (2017), DOI:10.1039/C7TA01514C.

6. Anumon Divakaran, Lal Azad, Sachin Surwase, Arun Torris A. T. and Manohar Badiger,Mechanically Tunable Curcumin Incorporated Polyurethane Hydrogels as Potential Biomaterials, Chemistry of Materials, 28 (7), 2120 - 2130 (2016), DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04964.

5. Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris A. T., Sajna Veeliyath, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, High Performance Flexible Solid-state Supercapacitor with Extended Nano Regime Interface Through In situ Polymer Electrolyte Generation, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (2), 1233 - 1241 (2016), DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b09677.

4. Anumon Divakaran, Arun Torris A. T., Ashish Lele and Manohar Badiger, Porous Poly(ethylene glycol)–polyurethane Hydrogels as Potential Biomaterials, Polymer International, 64 (3), 397 - 404 (2014), DOI:10.1002/pi.4802.

3. Nivika Gupta, Arun Torris A. T., Prakash Wadgaonkar, Rajamohanan P. R, Guylaine Ducouret, Dominique Hourdet, Costantino Creton and Manohar Badiger, Synthesis and Characterization of PEPO grafted Carboxymethyl Guar and Carboxymethyl Tamarind as New Thermo-associating Polymers, Carbohydrate Polymers, 117, 331 - 338 (2014), DOI:10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.09.073.

2. Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris A. T., Siddheshwar Bhange, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, Electrodeposited Polyethylenedioxythiophene with Infiltrated Gel Electrolyte Interface: a Close Contest of an All-solid-state Supercapacitor with its Liquid-state Counterpart, Nanoscale, 6, 5944 - 5952 (2014), DOI:10.1039/C4NR00659C.

1. Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris A. T., Siddheshwar Bhange, Sreekuttan Unni, Manohar Badiger and Sreekumar Kurungot, Design of a High Performance Thin All-Solid-State Supercapacitor Mimicking the Active Interface of Its Liquid-State Counterpart, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5 (24), 13397 - 13404 (2013), DOI:10.1021/am404320e.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Arun Torris A. T., Soumya Columbus, Saaj U. S., Manitha Nair and Kalliyana Krishnan, Evaluation of Biomaterials Using Micro‐Computerized Tomography, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1050, 68 (2008); DOI: 10.1063/1.2999995

2. Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Meena Ghosh, Maria Kurian, Swati Dilwale, Arun Torris, Manohar V. Badiger, Jijeesh Ravi Nair, Martin Winter and Sreekumar Kurungot, Zinc-Ion Conducting Nonaqueous Polymer Electrolyte for Zinc-Metal Batteries Through UV-Light Induced Cross-Linking Polymerization, ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02, A04: Electrolytes, Interfaces and Interphases (2020); DOI: 10.1149/MA2020-02425mtgabs

Patents:

4. Sreekumar Kurungot, Manohar Badiger, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Meena Ghosh, Arun Torris, An Assembly with Negatively Charged Ionomer Membrane for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Metal Battery, Provisional Indian Patent Application 202111040210 (2021)

3. Sreekumar Kurungot, Manohar Badiger, Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, An Electrolyte Composition and a Process for the Preparation Thereof, Indian Patent, IN 346319 B (2020).

2. Sreekumar Kurungot, Manohar Badiger, Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris, All-solid-state-supercapacitor and a Process for the Fabrication Thereof, US Patent, US 9905371 B2, (2018).

1. Sreekumar Kurungot, Manohar Badiger, Bihag Anothumakkool, Arun Torris, All-solid-state-supercapacitor and a Process for the Fabrication Thereof, PCT Int. Appl. WO 2014/170912, (2014).

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