Novel Self–Assembled Supramolecular Pi conjugated Polymers
Pi conjugated polymers for Energy Harvesting and Energy Storage
Polymers for application in sensors
Enantioselective Separation using Polymers
Hybrid materials for Additive Manufacturing
Professional Experience
2007- Current- Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
2003-2007 Scientist National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST, CSIR) – Thiruvananthapuram, India
2002-2003 Polymer Scientist, GE Plastics, John F. Welch Tech.Centre, GE India Private Ltd., Bangalore, India
Selected Publications
Shrikant B. Nikam, Asha SK*. Enantioselective Separation Using Chiral Amino Acid Functionalized Polyfluorene Coated on Mesoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membranes. Analytical Chemistry 2020, 92, 6850−6857. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04699.
Moumita Roy, Pattuparambil R. Rajamohanan, Sapna Ravindranathan,* and Asha S. K* Self-Assembly of Bispentadecylphenol Substituted Perylenediimide with PS‑b‑P4VP for Structure−Property Insight into the Core of Core−Shell Micelles. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2020, 2, 805−816 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b01099.
Sarabjot Kaur Makkad and S. K. Asha* Designed Amphiphilic Polystyrene as Surfactant for Oligo(p‑phenylenevinylene)-Incorporated PS Nanobeads and Visual Detection of Bilirubin in Human Blood Serum. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 1230−1239 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00222.
Sharma, Sandeep; Soni, Roby; K. Sreekumar*; S. K. Asha* Rylene Diimide Based Alternate and Random Copolymers for Flexible Supercapacitor Electrode Materials with Exceptional Stability and High Power Density. J Phys Chem C, 2019, 123 (4), 2084–2093; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11229.
Sarabjot Kaur Makkad and S. K. Asha* Surface Functionalized Fluorescent PS Nanobead Based Dual-Distinct Solid State Sensor for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds. Analytical Chemistry 2018, 90, 7431-7441. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00936.
Shekhar Shinde, A. V. Raaghesh, K. S. Narayan and S. K. Asha*, Supramolecular Complexes of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block (and random)-poly[3-(2-(6-carboxyhexyl)methyl)thiophene] Copolymers with Perylene bisimide. J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem., 2018, 56, 1574–1583.
Sharma, Sandeep; Soni, Roby; K. Sreekumar*; S. K. Asha*Naphthalene Diimide Copolymers by Direct Arylation Polycondensation as Highly Stable Supercapacitor Electrode Materials. Macromolecules, 2018, 51 (3), pp 954–965; DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02425.
Sarabjot Kaur Makkad and S. K. Asha*Conjugated Chromophore Incorporated Polystyrene Nanobeads as Single Optical Agent for Three-Channel Fluorescent Probe in Bioimaging Application. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng, 2017, 3, 1788–1798. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00259.
B. Saibal,Rekha Narayan,S. Chithiravel and S. K. Asha* Improved Charge Carrier Mobility in Liquid Crystalline Supramolecular Crosslinked Polymer Complexes of Ditopic Rylenebisimides and P4VP.J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 951- 959. DOI: 10.1002/pola.28449. (Highlighted as cover page)
