Research Interests
Polymer Composites, Environmental friendly natural fibre based composites; Epoxy Based Conductive Composites, Process Optimization and Control, Process optimization and Control of Multiple Effect Evaporators, Molecular Simulation of Polymers, Design of Performance Polymeric Coatings, Coatings, Development of performance Easy-Clean, Oleophobic and Sacrificial Coatings, Synthesis of Novel Industrially Important Adhesives, Development of speciality Pressure Sensitive Adhesives for Industrial Applications
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PUBLICATIONS LIST (Publications in peer-reviewed journals)
1. Rupam Gogoi, Sushanta K Sethi, Atul Kumar Maurya and Gaurav Manik, A molecular dynamics assisted insight on the enhancement of interfacial adhesion of carbon fiber with polypropylene matrix via a combination of surface functionalization and defect laden carbon nanotube coating, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (Impact Factor: 5.518), Accepted, 2023.
2. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rajesh Mahadeva, Shashikant Patole, Gaurav Manik, “An Investigation into Performance Properties of Sustainable Polypropylene Composites Reinforced with Basalt Fiber and Fly Ash”, Polymer Composites (Impact Factor-3.531), 2023.
3. Sachin Kadian, Narendra Chaulagain, Kai Cui, N Joshi, Kaji Alam, Karthik Shankar and Gaurav Manik, Probe sonication-assisted rapid synthesis of highly fluorescent sulfur quantum dots, Nanotechnology (Impact Factor: 3.953), Accepted, 2023.
4. Sushanta K. Sethi, Sachin Kadian, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Layer-by-layer fabrication of self-cleaning superhydrophobic surface made from Carboxymethylcellulose and ZnO quantum dots: A combined experimental and computational study, Surfaces and Interfaces (Impact Factor-6.137), Accepted, 2023
5. Anubhav Goel, Rajesh Mahadeva, Shashikant Patole and Gaurav Manik, Dynamic modeling and controller design for a parabolic trough solar collector, IEEE Access (Impact Factor: 4.34), 2023
6. Rajesh Mahadeva, Shashikant Patole, Anubhav Goel and Gaurav Manik, A Novel AGPSO3 based ANN Prediction Approach: Application to the RO Desalination Plant
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, (Impact Factor: 2.807), Accepted, 2023.
7. Atul Kumar and Gaurav Manik, “Advances towards development of industrially relevant short natural fiber reinforced and hybridized polypropylene composites for various industrial applications: A Review", Vol 30, Issue 1, Page 101, Journal of Polymer Research (Impact Factor: 3.061), 2022.
8. Atul Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Development and characterization of a recycled nylon fiber reinforced and nano-fly ash hybridized high impact performance polypropylene composite for sustainability, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (Impact Factor: 3.027), 2022; https://doi.org/10.1177/08927057221147825
9. Rhiya Paul, Manjinder Singh, V J. Vidhya, Gaurav Manik, Sushanta Sahoo, Bio-based pressure sensitive adhesives derived from cardanol, vanillin and sebacic acid for removable non-structural applications, 62, 1, pp 423-434, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (Impact Factor: 4.326), 2022.
10. Ankita Dhiman, Aastha Gupta, Sushanta Kumar Sethi, Gaurav Manik and Garima Agarwal, Encapsulation of Wax in Complete Silica Microcapsules, Journal of Materials Research (Impact Factor: 2.95), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00865-y
11. Anubhav Goel and Gaurav Manik, “Techno-economic optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector using multi-objective genetic algorithm”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (Impact Factor: 4.63), Vol 37, 101539, 2022.
12. Anubhav Goel and Gaurav Manik, Analysis and optimization of parabolic trough solar collector to improve its optical performance, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conservation (Impact Factor: 2.238), 145(3), 031009, 2022.
13. Sushanta K. Sethi, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, How can the geometry of a rough surface affect its wettability? -A coarse-grained simulation analysis, Vol 172, pp 107062, Progress in Organic Coatings (Impact Factor: 6.206), 2022.
14. Rupam Gogoi, Atul K. Maurya and Gaurav Manik, A Review On Recent Development In Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyolefin Composites” Composites Part C: Open, Vol 8, August 2022, 100279, 2022.
15. Manisha Chatterjee, Prathul Nath, Sachin Kadian, Anshul Kumar, Vishal Kumar, Partha Roy, Gaurav Manik and Soumitra Satapathi, Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Dopamine with Boron and Sulphur co-doped Graphene Quantum Dots, Scientific Reports (Impact Factor: 4.38), 12, 9061, 2022
16. Narendra Chaulagain, Kazi Alam, Sachin Kadian, Navneet Kumar, John Garcia, Gaurav Manik, Karthik Shankar, Synergistic Enhancement of the Photoelectrochemical Performance of TiO2 Nanorod Arrays Through Embedded Plasmon and Surface Carbon Nitride Co-Sensitization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (Impact Factor: 10.383), 14, 21, 2022
17. Tushar Kanti Maiti, Jitendra Singh, Subrata Kumar Maiti, Jagannath Majhi, Arihant Ahuja, Manjinder Singh, Anasuya Bandyopadhyay, Gaurav Manik, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental studies of the perfluorosulfonic acid-based composite membranes containing sulfonated graphene oxide for fuel cell applications, European Polymer Journal (Impact factor: 5.546), Vol 174, 111345, July 2022.
18. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Development and characterization of surface functionalized hierarchical carbon fiber reinforced hybrid polypropylene composites, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Material, Accepted 2022. (Impact Factor: 3.330)
19. Rajesh Mahadeva, Mahendra Kumar, Shashikant Patole and Gaurav Manik, Employing artificial neural network for accurate modeling, simulation and performance analysis of an RO-based desalination process, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems. 35, 100735, 2022. (Impact Factor: 4.028)
20. Rajesh Mahadeva, Mahendra Kumar, Shashikant Patole and Gaurav Manik, Desalination Plant Performance Prediction Model Using Grey Wolf Optimizer based ANN Approach, IEEE Access Vol. 10, 34550-34561, 2022. (Impact Factor: 4.34)
21. Rajesh Mahadeva, Mahendra Kumar, Shashikant Patole and Gaurav Manik, An optimized PSO-ANN model for improved prediction of water treatment desalination plant performance”, Water Supply, 22 (3), 2874-2882, 2022. (Impact Factor: 1.275)
22. Sushanta K. Sethi, Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, “A review of recent progress in molecular dynamics and coarse-grain simulations assisted understanding of wettability”, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2022. (Impact Factor: 9.18)
23. Anubhav Goel, Om Prakash Verma and Gaurav Manik, “Designing a robust analytical model of a parabolic trough solar collector through in-depth analysis of convective heat transfers”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2022. (Impact Factor: 2.807)
24. Ashish Kalkal, Sachin Kadian, Sumit Kumar, Prosenjit Sen, Saurabh Kumar, P. Gopinath, Gaurav Manik, Ti3C2-MXene decorated with nanostructured silver as a dual-energy acceptor for the fluorometric Neuron Specific Enolase detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 195 (2022) 113620. The work was highlighted in Atlas of Science on March 24, 2022. (Impact Factor: 10.618)
25. Atul Kumar, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Recycling and Reinforcement Potential for the fly ash and sisal fiber reinforced hybrid polypropylene composite, Polymer Composites. 2022, 43, 1060–1077. (Impact Factor: 3.171)
26. Anubhav Goyal, Om Prakash Verma and Gaurav Manik, “Combinatorial and geometric optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 39, 284–305, 2022. (Impact Factor: 3.309)
27. Arun Yadav, Chandravati, Sushanta Sethi, Bailiang Xue, Yuanyuan Xia, Ke Li, Gaurav Manik, Xinping Li, Micro-designed Nanocellulose Based Flexible Antibacterial Aerogel Architectures Impregnated with Bioactive Cinnamomum cassia, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021, 13 (4), 4874-4885. (Impact Factor: 10.383)
28. Ramesh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, Sachin Kadian, Priya Shrivastava, Gaurav Manik and Monojit Bag, Tunable Ionic Conductivity and Photoluminescence in Quasi-2D CH3NH3PbBr3 Thin Film Incorporating Sulphur Doped Graphene Quantum Dots, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 22733-22742. (Impact Factor: 3.676)
29. Manjinder Singh, Sushanta K Sethi and Gaurav Manik, Pressure-sensitive adhesives based on acrylated epoxidized linseed oil: A computational approach, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 103031, Vol. 112, 2021. (Impact Factor: 3.189)
30. Ashish Kalkal, Sachin Kadian, Rangadhan Pradhan, P. Gopinath, Gaurav Manik, Photoluminescent Graphene Quantum dots for optical and electrochemical biosensors: An insight, Materials Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2, 5513 – 5541, 2021; (Impact Factor: 3.18)
31. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, Gaurav Manik, A combined theoretical and experimental investigation of the valorization of mechanical and thermal properties of the fly ash reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites, Journal of Materials Science, 56, 16976–16998, 2021. (Impact Factor: 4.682)
32. Uday Shankar, Sushanta K. Sethi, Bhanu P. Singh, Ashok Kumar, Gaurav Manik and Anasuya Bandyopadhyay, Optically Transparent and Lightweight Nanocomposite Substrate of Poly(methyl methacrylate)-co-Acrylonitrile/MWCNT for Optoelectronic Applications: An Experimental and Theoretical insight, Journal of Materials Science, 56, 17040–17061, 2021. (Impact Factor: 4. 682)
33. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, Gaurav Manik,, Mechano-chemically activated fly-ash and sisal fiber reinforced PP hybrid composite with enhanced mechanical properties, Cellulose, 28, 8493–8508, 2021. (Impact Factor: 5.044)
34. Sachin Kadian, Naveen Kumar Tailor, Narendra Chaulagain, Karthik Shankar, Soumitra Satapathi, Gaurav Manik, Effect of sulfur‑doped graphene quantum dots incorporation on morphological, optical and electron transport properties of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite thin films, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32, 17406–17417, 2021. (Impact Factor: 2.478)
35. Rajesh Mahadeva, Mahindra Kumar, Shashikant Patole, Gaurav Manik, Modeling, simulation and optimization of the membrane performance of seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant using neural network and fuzzy based soft computing techniques, Desalination and Water Treatment. 229 (July), 17-30, 2021. (Impact Factor: 1.254)
36. Rupam Gogoi, Sushanta K. Sethi and Gaurav Manik, Surface functionalization and CNT coating induced improved interfacial interactions of carbon fiber with polypropylene matrix: A molecular dynamics study, Applied Surface Science, 539, 148162, 2021. (Impact Factor: 7.392)
37. Sushanta K. Sethi and Gaurav Manik, A combined theoretical and experimental investigation on the wettability of PVAc-g-PDMS/MWCNT based easy clean coating, Progress in Organic coatings, Vol. 151, 106092, Feb 2021. (Impact Factor: 6. 206)
38. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Development of thermally conductive and high specific strength polypropylene composites for thermal management applications in automotive, Polymer Composites, 42, 1945–1960, 2021. (Impact Factor: 3.171)
39. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, Gaurav Manik, Study of the moisture mitigation and toughening effect by fly-ash particles on sisal fiber-reinforced polymer composites, Journal of Polymer and Environment, 29, 2321–2336, 2021. (Impact Factor: 3.667)
40. Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, Recent advancements in synthesis and property control of graphene quantum dots for biomedical and optoelectronic applications, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, a journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 5, 627-658, 2021. (Impact Factor: 8.683)
41. Rajesh Mahadeva, Romil Mehta, Amit Bhattacharya, Gaurav Manik, An experimental and computational investigation of poly(piperizinamide) thin film composite membrane for salts separation from water using Artificial Neural Network, Desalination and Water Treatment. 224 (June), 106-121, 2021. (Impact Factor: 1.254)
42. Sachin Kadian, Gaurav Manik, Neeladrisingha Das and Partha Roy, Targeted bioimaging and sensing of folate receptor positive cancer cells using folic acid-conjugated sulfur doped graphene quantum dots, Microchimica Acta, 187 (458), 2020. Announced as an Outstanding Article by the Journal. (Impact Factor: 6.408)
43. Sushanta K. Sethi, Anubhav Goel and Gaurav Manik, A multi-scale modeling and simulation study to investigate the effect of roughness of a surface on its self-clean performance, Molecular System Design and Engineering by Royal Society of Chemistry, 5, 1277-1289, 2020. Announced as a Hot Access/Outstanding Article by the Journal. (Impact Factor: 4.920)
44. Sushanta K Sethi, Lokesh Soni, Uday Shankar and Gaurav Manik, Fabrication and Analysis of ZnO Quantum Dots Based Easy Clean Coating: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Investigation, Chemistry Select, 5, 8942–895, 2020. (Impact Factor: 2.307)
45. Sachin Kadian, Gaurav Manik, Poonam Nehra, Rishi Pal Chauhan, Neeladrisingha Das and Partha Roy, Synthesis, characterization and investigation of synergistic antibacterial activity and cell viability of silver-sulfur doped graphene quantum dots (Ag@S-GQDs) nanocomposite, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Issue 15, 8, 3028, 2020, Featured in a themed collection of top 50 most popular articles published in 2020. (Impact Factor: 7.571)
46. Sachin Kadian, Gaurav Manik, Ashish Kalkal, Manjinder Singh, Rishi Pal Chauhan, Sulfur doped Graphene Quantum Dots as a Potential Sensitive Fluorescent Probe for the Detection of Quercetin, Food Chemistry, Vol. 317, 126457, 2020. (Impact Factor: 9.231)
47. Sushanta K. Sethi, Lokesh Soni, Uday Shankar, Rishi Pal Chauhan, Gaurav Manik, A molecular dynamics simulation study to investigate poly(vinyl acetate)-poly(dimethyl siloxane) based easy-clean coating: An insight into the surface behavior and substrate interaction, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1202, 127342, 2020. (Impact Factor: 3.196)
48. Ashish Kalkal, Rangadhar Pradhan, Sachin Kadian, Gaurav Manik, Packirisamy, Gopinath, Biofunctionalized graphene quantum dots based fluorescent biosensor towards efficient detection of small cell lung cancer, ACS Applied Biomaterials, 3, 8, 4922–4932, 2020.
49. Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, A highly sensitive and selective real‑time detection of picric acid in aqueous medium using blue fluorescent sulphur doped graphene quantum dots, Luminescence, 35, 763–772, 2020. Featured as the Top-cited article in the year 2020-21. (Impact Factor: 2.613)
50. Om Prakash Verma, Gaurav Manik, Sushanta Sethi, A comprehensive review of renewable energy source on energy optimization of black liquor in MSE using steady and dynamic state modeling, simulation and control, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 100, 90-109, Feb. 2019. (Impact Factor: 16.799)
51. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushant K Sahoo, Ashok Kumar, Sushanta K Sethi, Gaurav Manik, Bio-sourced electrically conductive epoxidized linseed oil based composites filled with polyaniline and carbon nanotubes, Composites B: Engineering, Vol. 172, 76-82, 2019. (Impact Factor: 11.322)
52. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, High specific strength hybrid polypropylene composites using carbon fibre and hollow glass microspheres: Development, characterization and comparison with empirical models, Composites B: Engineering, Vol. 173, 106875, 2019. (Impact Factor: 11.322)
53. Sachin Kadian, Gaurav Manik, Ashish Kalkal, Manjinder Singh, Rishi Pal Chauhan, Effect of sulfur doping on fluorescence and quantum yield of graphene quantum dots: An experimental and theoretical investigation, Nanotechnology, Vol. 30, 43, 435704, 2019. (Impact Factor 3.404)
54. Sushant K. Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, Synthesis and characterization of low viscous and highly acrylated epoxidized methyl ester based green adhesives derived from linseed oil, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Vol. 89, 174-177, 2019. (Impact Factor: 2.501)
55. Sushanta K Sethi, Gaurav Manik, Fabrication and characterization of non-fluoro based transparent easy clean coating formulations optimized from molecular dynamics simulation, Progress in Organic Coatings, Vol. 136, 2019. (Impact Factor: 4.469)
56. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik, Anubhav Goel, Nirajan Dhakal, A review of the Artificial Neural Network based modelling and simulation approaches applied to optimize Reverse Osmosis Desalination techniques, Desalination and water treatment, 156, 245–256, 2019. (Impact Factor: 1.254)
57. Garima Agarwal, SK Samal, Sushanta Kumar Sethi, Gaurav Manik and Rahul Agarwal, Microgel/silica hybrid colloids: Bioinspired synthesis and controlled release application, Polymer, 121599, 2019. (Impact Factor: 4.231)
58. Rupam Gogoi, Nityanshu Kumar, Shubham Mireja, Gaurav Manik, Sham S. Ravindranath, Shishir Sinha, Effect of Hollow Glass Microspheres on the morphology, rheology, and crystallinity of short bamboo fiber-reinforced hybrid polypropylene composite, Journal of Materials, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2019. (Impact factor: 4.682)
59. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushant K. Sahoo, Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Carbon nanotubes and polyaniline filled hybrid epoxy composites: Assessing the viscoelastic behavior and mechanical properties, Polymer Composites, Vol. 40, Issue S2, E1143-E1150, March 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.171)
60. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushant K. Sahoo, Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Electrically conductive green composites based on epoxidized linseed oil and polyaniline: An insight into electrical, thermal and mechanical properties, Composites B: Engineering, Vol. 136, 149-157, 2018. (Impact Factor: 11.322)
61. Sushanta K Sethi, Lokesh Soni, Gaurav Manik, Component compatibility study of poly(dimethyl siloxane) with poly(vinyl acetate) of varying hydrolysis content: An atomistic and mesoscale simulation approach, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 272, 73-83, 2018. (Impact Factor: 6.633)
62. Sushanta K Sethi and Gaurav Manik, Recent progress in super hydrophobic/hydrophilic self-cleaning surfaces for various industrial applications: A review, Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 57(18), 1932-1952, 2018. (Impact Factor: 1.973)
63. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik, Om Prakash Verma, Shishir Sinha, Modelling and simulation of Desalination Process using Artificial Neural Network: A review, Desalination and water treatment, 122, 351-364, 2018. (Impact Factor: 1.254)
64. Sushant K. Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, A renewable approach to synthesize highly toughened bio-epoxy from castor oil derivative-epoxy methyl ricinoleate and cured with bio-renewable phenalkamine, ACS Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 33, 11323-11334, 2018. (Impact Factor: 4.326)
65. Sushant K. Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, Influence of epoxidized linseed oil and sisal fibers on structure–property relationship of epoxy biocomposite, Polymer Composites, 39, S4, E2595-E2605, 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.171)
66. Sushanta Kumar Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, Development of toughened bio-based epoxy with epoxidized linseed oil as reactive diluent and cured with biorenewable crosslinker, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 29 (1), 565-574, 2018, Amongst top 20 most downloaded articles published between July 2016 and June 2018, in the 12-months post online publication. (Impact Factor: 3.348)
67. Sushant K. Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal, Gaurav Manik, Development of completely bio-based epoxy networks derived from epoxidized linseed and castor oil cured with citric acid, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 29 (7), 2080-2090, 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.348)
68. Sushant K. Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal, Gaurav Manik, Influence of Epoxidized Linseed Oil and Sisal Fiberson Structure–Property Relationship of Epoxy Biocomposite, Polymer Composites, Vol. 39, Issue S4, E2595-E2605, Dec. 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.171)
69. Om Prakash Verma, Gaurav Manik, Suryakant, Vinay Kumar Jain, Deepak Kumar Jain, Haoxiang Wang, Minimization of energy consumption in multiple stage evaporator using Genetic Algorithm, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Vol. 20, 130-140, Dec. 2018. (Impact Factor: 4.923)
70. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, Simulation and control of a complex nonlinear dynamic behavior of multi-stage evaporator using PID and Fuzzy-PID controllers, Journal of Computational Science, 25, 238-251, 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.817)
71. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, Modeling, simulation and control of the dynamics of a Heptads’ effect evaporator system used in the Kraft recovery processes, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, SAGE, Vol. 40, Issue 7, 2018. (Impact Factor: 2.146)
72. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq Haji Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, Minimization of energy consumption in multi-stage evaporator system of Kraft recovery process using Interior-Point Method, Energy, Vol.129, 148-157, 2017. (Impact Factor: 8.857)
73. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushant K. Sahoo, Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Study on effect of carbon nanotube on the properties of electrically conductive epoxy/polyaniline adhesives, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28(19), 14240-14251, 2017. (Impact Factor: 2.220)
74. Nityanshu Kumar, Shubham Mireja, Vinay Khandelwal, Arun B and Gaurav Manik, Light-weight and high-strength hollow glass microspheres and bamboo fiber based hybrid polyproylene composite: A strength analysis and morphological study, Composites B: Engineering, 109, 277-285, 2017. (Impact Factor: 7.634)
75. Om Prakash Verma, Gaurav Manik and Toufiq Haji Mohammed, Energy Management in Multi-stage evaporator through a steady and dynamic state analysis, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 34, 2570–2583, 2017. (Impact Factor: 2.690)
76. Pratik S. Kasbe, Nityanshu Kumar and Gaurav Manik, A molecular simulation analysis of influence of lignosulphonate addition on properties of modified 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate/acrylic acid based pressure sensitive adhesive, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 78, 45-54, 2017. (Impact Factor: 2.671)
77. Om Prakash Verma, Suryakant, Gaurav Manik, Solution of SNLAE model of backward feed multiple effect evaporator system using genetic algorithm approach, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer Nature, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 63-78, 2017. (Impact Factor: 1.020)
78. Nityanshu Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Molecular dynamics simulations of polyvinyl acetate-perfluorooctane based anti-stain coatings, Polymer, 100, 194-205, 2016. (Impact Factor: 4.432)
79. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, Optimization of steam economy and consumption of heptad’s effect evaporator system in Kraft recovery process, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer Nature, 9(1), 111-130, Published online 25 May 2016. (Impact Factor: 1.020)
80. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, Modeling the Dynamics of Heptads’ Effect Evaporator System in the Kraft Recovery Processes. International Journal of Control Theory and its Application, 9(11), 2016. (ESCI, Impact Factor: 0.21)
81. Gaurav Manik and Byravan Arun, “Glass Bubbles in Engineering Polymers: Impact Analysis on Thermal and Mechanical properties”, Modern Plastics and Polymers (National), Vol 2, pp 88-90, Feb 2012.
82. Gaurav Manik and Byravan Arun, “Glass Bubbles in Engineering Polymers: High powered impact on performance”, Modern Plastics and Polymers (National), Vol 6, no 10, pp 68-70, 2011.
83. Gaurav Manik and Byravan Arun, “Fluropolymer based polymer processing additives: Exploring compatibility with engineering polymers”, Modern Plastics and Polymers (National), Vol 7, No 2, pp 80-84, July 2011.
PUBLICATIONS AS PATENTS/PATENT APPLICATIONS
1. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, “Surface functionalized hierarchical carbon fiber reinforced composites hybrid polypropylene composites and the method of preparation”, Patent Application No. 202111050223, Filed on 2/11/2021, Published on 26/11/2021, Patent No. 400382 GRANTED 29/06/2022
2. Gaurav Manik and Manjinder Singh, “A solvent-free method to synthesize bio-based pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) for various applications”, Patent Application No. 202211058465 filed on 13/10/2022.
3. Gaurav Manik and Atul K. Maurya, “A basalt fiber and fly ash reinforced hybrid polypropylene composites and method of preparation”, Patent Application No. 202211035355, Filing Date: 20/June/2022, Published on the IPO website vide The Patent Office Journal No. 28/2022 Dated 15/07/2022, Granted July 2022.
4. Gaurav Manik, Sachin Kumar and Atul K. Maurya, “A fly ash reinforced waste plastics brick for the construction purpose and its method of preparation”, 202211074970 dated 23/12/2022.
5. Gaurav Manik, Nityanshu Kumar, Shubham Mireja and Alok Kumar Yadav, A sealant composition, Patent Application No. 201721028537, PCT application no. PCT/IB2018/056034, Patent Filed 12 August 2017, Publication Date: 11 Feb 2019, Patent No. 352393, GRANTED 26/Nov/2020
6. Gaurav Manik, Nityanshu Kumar, Shubham Mireja and Alok Kumar Yadav, A process of preparing a sealant composition, Patent App. No. 201721028538, PCT application no. PCT/IB2018/056036, Patent Filed 12 Aug 2017, Publication Date: 14 Feb 2019, Patent No. 352006, GRANTED 23/Nov/2020
7. Gaurav Manik, Ruchi Pandey, Rachita P, Prabha H, G. Satyanarayan, “Coating compositions and multi-layered films for easy-to-clean surfaces”, Local filing No. 5316/CHE/2012, Filed Dec 2012, PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/US2013/073897, US App. No. US 14/653,496, Filed Dec 9, 2013, Published 3rd Dec 2015, GRANTED 13 Feb 2018.
8. Gaurav Manik, Aniket H., Jitendra S. Rathore, Suresh Iyer, “Linerless Sheeting Article”, Patent Application Number PCT/IN2013/000534, Publication No. US8622555 B2, Filed Sept 2013, Publication June 2016; GRANTED Patent, Patent No. 9890290 B2; Patent Number: WO2015029049-A1; CN105492556-A; US2016168424-A1; EP3039093-A1; JP2016536416-W
9. Vivek Krishnan, Gaurav Manik, Gajendra Rao, “A security label construction with special switching features”, US GRANTED Patent, Patent No. US8622555 B2, Application no. 12/872637, Filed 31 August 2010, Published 01/03/2012, GRANTED 7 JAN 2014.
10. Gaurav Manik, Purushotham Adoni, Sujatha Narayan and Dhritisundar B., “Device and method of producing illuminated graphics”, Patent application Number 2421/CHE/2009, Filed 16 Oct 2009, Published April 2011.
PUBLICATIONS AS BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Gaurav Manik, Susheel Kalia, Sushanta Sahoo, Tarun K Sharma, Om Prakash Verma, as Editors of book titled: Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering) - Select Proceedings of CAMSE-2021”, 2022.
2. Meghanshu Vashishta, Gaurav Manik, Om Prakash Verma and Bhuvnesh Bhardwaj, as Editors of the book titled: “Recent innovations in Mechanical Engineering-Select Proceedings of ICRITDME 2020” and Series Title “Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering”, Springer Singapore Publisher, 2022.
3. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, “Thermal behaviour of elastomer blends and composites”, Book title “Elastomer blends and composites: Principles, Characterizations, Advances and Applications”, Edited by Dr. Sanjay M. R, Dr. Jyotishkumar P, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin, Dr. Togay Ozbakkaloglu, published by Elsevier, 2022.
4. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, “Viscoelastic behaviour of elastomer blends and composites”, Book title “Elastomer blends and composites: Principles, Characterizations, Advances and Applications”, Edited by Dr. Sanjay M. R, Dr. Jyotishkumar P, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin, Dr. Togay Ozbakkaloglu, published by Elsevier, 2022.
5. Sushanta K. Sethi, Rupam Gogoi, Gaurav Manik, Plastics in self-cleaning applications, in Encyclopedia of Materials: Polymers and Plastics, Edited by Chow Wen Shyang, In press, Elsevier, 2022.
6. Manjinder Singh, Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, Polymers in adhesive applications, in Encyclopedia of Materials: Polymers and Plastics, Edited by Chow Wen Shyang, Elsevier, 2022.
7. Manjinder Singh and Gaurav Manik, Bio-based adhesives from plant oils, Encyclopedia of Green Materials, Springer Nature Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4921-9_128-1
8. Sachin Kadian, Manjinder Singh and Gaurav Manik, Current advancements in Nanomaterials and Carbon nanotubes, Bentham Science Publishing, Under Press, 2022.
9. Atul K. Maurya, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Polymer-Based Nanocomposites for Removal of Pollutants from Different Environment Using Catalytic Degradation, Engineering Materials, Ahmed Esmail Shalan et al. (Eds): Advances in Nanocomposite Materials for Environmental and Energy Harvesting, Springer Nature Publications, 2022.
10. Gaurav Manik, Susheel Kalia, Sushanta Sahoo, Tarun K Sharma, Om Prakash Verma, as Editors of book titled: “Advances in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of CAMSE-2020”, Series title: “Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering”, Under Editing for publication in Springer’s proceedings, 2021.
11. Anubhav Goel and Gaurav Manik, “Solar thermal system - an insight into parabolic trough solar collector and its modelling", Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar and Nashwa Ahmad Kamal, as Series Editor, Elsevier in the book titled “Advances in Non-linear Dynamics and Chaos (ANDC); Renewable Energy systems: Modelling, control and optimization”, Elsevier, Chapter 14, pp 309-333, 2021.
12. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, “Polymer-based nanocomposites for removal of pollutants from different environments using catalytic degradation”, Submitted to Advances in Nanocomposites for Environment and Energy harvesting applications” Edited by Dr. Ahmed Esmail Shalan, Prof. Dr. Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouff and Prof. Dr. Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez, Springer Nature Publisher, under publication.
13. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik, Om Prakash Verma, Anubhav Goel and Sanjeev Kumar, “Modelling and Simulation of Reverse Osmosis system using PSO-ANN Prediction Technique in Springer’s book on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Soft Computing: Theory and Applications (SoCTA)”, vol.1053, pp 1209-1219, 11 Feb. 2020.
14. Anubhav Goel, Gaurav Manik and Rajesh Mahadeva, “A Review of Parabolic Trough Collector and Its Modeling”, in Springer’s book on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Soft Computing: Theory and Applications (SoCTA)”, vol.1053, pp 803-813, 11 Feb. 2020.
15. Smitarani Pati, Drishti Yadav, Gaurav Manik, Rajesh Singla, Om Prakash Verma, “Generalized Mathematical Modeling of MEE for Calculation of Steam Efficiency and Steam Consumption”, in Springer’s book on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Soft Computing: Theory and Applications (SoCTA)”, vol.1053, pp 1303-1320, 11 Feb. 2020.
16. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, “Mechanical properties of wood polymer composites” as a chapter (under preparation) for book titled “Wood polymer composites-Recent Advancements and Applications”, Edited by Dr. Sanjay M. R, Dr. Jyotish Kumar P, Dr. Mohit Hemath Kumar Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil. Suchart Siengchin, under publication in the book series Composites Science and Technology by Springer Nature Publication, 2020.
17. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushant K. Sahoo, Ashok Kumar and Gaurav Manik, “Sisal Fibers Reinforced Epoxidized Nonedible Oils Based Epoxy Green Composites and Its Potential Applications”, in Green Composites, Springer, Singapore, pp 73-102, 2019.
18. Sushanta K. Sethi, Gaurav Manik, Sushanta K. Sahoo, Chapter 1: Fundamental of Superhydrophobic surfaces, Book Name: Superhydrophobic polymer coatings; Fundamental, Design, Fabrication and Applications, Editors: Sushanta K. Samal, Smita Mohanty and Sanjay Kumar Nayak, Publisher: Elsevier, Published: August 21, 2019.
19. Gaurav Manik and Sushanta K. Sahoo, Editors of book titled “Current and Future Developments in Nanomaterials and Carbon Nanotubes: Vol. 2 Application of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage and Electronics”, Bentham Science Publishers Pvt. Ltd, proposal accepted and under editing for Bentham Science Books.
20. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, “Mathematical Modeling of Multistage Evaporator System (MSE) in Kraft Recovery Process”, in Springer’s book on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Edited by. Pant, M., Deep, K., Bansal, J.C., Nagar, A., Das, K.N. Proceedings of the Fifth International conference on Soft Computing and Problem Solving (SoCProS-2015), Publication Feb, 2016.
21. Gaurav Manik, “Protecting Ideas-Intellectual Property Rights”, in the book titled “Entrepreneurship: Learning and Implementation”, Published by the Centre for Education Growth and Research (CAGR), pp. 402-418, 2015
22. Om Prakash Verma, SonuVerma and Gaurav Manik, “Analysis of Hybrid Temperature Control for Non-linear Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor, in Springer’s book on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing and Problem Solving, K. N Das, 336, Springer, Published Feb 2015.
PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/PAPER PRESENTATIONS
1. Sachin Kumar and Gaurav Manik, “Value added utilization of fly ash from thermal power plants and metal manufacturing industries”, International Conference on Convergence of Interdisciplinary Science, February 25 and 26, 2023.
2. Atul Kumar Maurya, Sachin Kumar, Manjinder Singh and Gaurav Manik, Polyamide fiber reinforced polymeric composites: A Short Review, 3rd International Congress on Advances in System and Mechanical Engineering (CAMSE-2022), National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. 14-16 July 2022; Materials Today: Proceedings, Oct 2022.
3. Anubhav Goel, Om Prakash Verma, and Gaurav Manik “Analytical modeling of parabolic trough solar collector”, In proceedings titled Soft Computing: Theories and Applications under series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, SPRINGER. 6th International conference on Soft-computing: Theories and applications (SoCTA-2021), Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota, Rajasthan, December 17 – 19, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0707-4_34
4. Anubhav Goel, Om Prakash Verma, and Gaurav Manik “Flow rate optimization of a
parabolic trough solar collector using multi-objective genetic algorithm”, In proceedings
titled Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering under series Lecture Notes in
Mechanical Engineering, SPRINGER. 2nd Congress on Advances in Mechanical and
Systems Engineering (CAMSE-2021), Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology,
Jalandhar, Punjab, July 17 – 19, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0707-4_34
5. Manjinder Singh and Gaurav Manik, Pressure-sensitive adhesives derived from bio-sourced materials, 3rd International Congress on Advances in System and Mechanical Engineering (CAMSE-2022), National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. 14-16 July 2022;
6. Anubhav Goel, Om Prakash Verma and Gaurav Manik, Inspection of dynamic modelling and control of a parabolic trough solar collector, 3rd International Congress on Advances in System and Mechanical Engineering (CAMSE-2022), National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. 14-16 July 2022; Materials Today: Proceedings, Oct 2022.
7. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, and Gaurav Manik. “Sisal fiber/fly ash reinforced hybrid polypropylene composite: An investigation into the thermal, rheological and crystallographic properties”. 2nd International Congress on Advances in System and Mechanical Engineering (CAMSE-2021), National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. 17-19 July 2021.
8. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, and Gaurav Manik. “Effect of nano fly ash hybridization on thermomechanical and thermal degradation properties of sisal fiber reinforced polypropylene composite”, International Online Conference on Nano Materials (ICN 2021), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. 9-11 April 2021.
9. Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, Das, N., Nehra. P., et al., One-step synthesis of biocompatible sulfur-doped graphene quantum dots decorated silver nanoparticles for synergistic antibacterial activity, presented in International Online Conference on Nano Materials (ICN 2021) 9-11th April 2021, at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
10. R. Mahadeva, M. Kumar, S.P. Patole, G. Manik, “Employing Artificial Neural Network for accurate modeling, simulation and performance analysis of an RO-based desalination process”, 12th Inter. Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC’21)”, USA (Due to Covid-19 Online), 18-21 Oct. 2021.
11. Sachin Kadian, Chaulagain, N., Rajashekhar, H., Vrushabendrakumar, D., Gaurav Manik, and Shankar, K., “An ultrasensitive fluorescent paper based acidic gas sensing platform” presented in International virtual Conference “IEEE Sensors 2021” held during Oct 31 - Nov 4th, 2021.
12. Manjinder Singh, Gaurav Manik, A computational approach towards the development of pressure-sensitive adhesives based on acrylated epoxidized methyl ester, presented in Second International Virtual Conference on Recent Trends in Clean Technologies for Sustainable Environment (CTSE-2021) during 06-07 May 2021, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India.
13. Atul Kumar Maurya, Rupam Gogoi, and Gaurav Manik, “Study of the effect of multiple recycling on the mechanical properties of Sisal Fiber and Fly ash Reinforced hybrid Composites”. Fifth International Conference on Reuse and Recycling of Materials (ICRM-2020), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, December 2020.
14. Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, “Effect of Heteroatom Doping on Fluorescence Quantum Yield of Graphene Quantum Dots for Optical Sensing Probe” presented in SPECTRUM 2020, 3rd International Students’ Conference on Current Advancements in Science & Technology, held on 9-11th October, 2020 organized by Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India, in association with Society of Physics Students’ Chapter, American Institute of Physics. (Best paper award)
15. Sachin Kadian and Gaurav Manik, “Selective sensing of a highly mutagenic nitro-explosive compound picric acid to safeguard the environment, wildlife and civilians” presented in National Conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT-2020), 13-15th March, 2020, organised by Department of Physics, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. (Best Paper Award)
16. Atul K. Maurya and Gaurav Manik, “Study of effect of multiple recycling on the mechanical properties of Sisal Fiber and Fly ash Reinforced hybrid Composites” in Fifth International Online Conference on Reuse and Recycling of Materials and their products (ICRM – 2020), at Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India, 11-13 December 2020.
17. Smitarani Pati, Gaurav Manik, Rajesh Singla and Om Prakash Verma, “Energy optimization of nonlinear optimization models of Multiple Stage Evaporator using GA and PSO”, CTSE-2019, being held in SSN College of Engineering, Chennai from September 26–27, 2019.
18. Rajesh Mahadeva, Romil Mehta, Gaurav Manik and Amit Bhattacharya, “An experimental and computational investigation of poly (piperizinamide) thin film composite membrane for the separation of monovalent and bivalent salts from water using artificial neural network” at 4th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, Perth Australia, 1-4th December 2019.
19. Rupam Gogoi, Sushanta K. Sethi and Gaurav Manik, “Study of the effects of CNT growth over carbon fibre on interfacial properties using Molecular Dynamics simulations”, 30th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Seville, Spain, 8-12th September, 2019.
20. Rupam Gogoi, Shubham Mireja, Sushanta K. Sethi and Gaurav Manik “Natural fibre based hybrid polypropylene composites: an insight into thermal properties” in 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22), Melbourne, Australia, 11-16th August, 2019.
21. Sushanta K. Sethi, Manjinder Singh and Gaurav Manik, “Impact of carbon nanotube on PVAc-g-PDMS based transparent self-clean coating: A molecular simulation approach”, 30th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Seville, Spain, 8-12th September, 2019.
22. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik, Anubhav Goel, Poster Presentation at Indo-German Joint Scientific Workshop on Membranes for Water and Energy, at CSIR-Central Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, sponsored by Indo-German Science & Technology Center, 18-20th February, 2019.
23. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik, Anubhav Goel and Sanjeev Kumar, Modelling of reverse osmosis desalination process using PSO-ANN prediction technique, 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing: Theory and Applications, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Dec 21-23, 2018.
24. Rajesh Mahadeva, Gaurav Manik and Anubhav Goel, A review of the artificial neural network based modeling and simulation approaches applied to reverse osmosis desalination techniques, in International Conference on Desalination (InDACON-2018), held at Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Tiruchirapalli, 20-21st April, 2018.
25. Smitarani Pati, Drishti Yadav, Gaurav Manik, Rajesh Singla and Om Prakash Verma, Generalized Mathematical modeling of MEE for calculation of steam efficiency and steam consumption, 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing: Theory and Applications, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Dec 21-23, 2018.
26. Anubhav Goel, Gaurav Manik and Rajesh Mahadeva, A review of parabolic trough collector and its modeling, 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing: Theory and Applications, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Dec 21-23, 2018
27. Varun Sharma, Suneel Dutt, Afzal Sikander, Gaurav Manik and Om Prakash Verma, Industrial simulation of PID & modified-MPID controllers for Interconnecting coupled system, 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing: Theory and Applications, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Dec 21-23, 2018.
28. Sushanta K Sethi, Lokesh Soni and Gaurav Manik, “Computational approach towards the development of pressure – sensitive adhesives based on acrylated epoxidized linseed oil, under submission to COMPFLU, IIT Roorkee, December, 2018.
29. Manjinder Singh#, Sushanta Kumar Sethi and Gaurav Manik, A molecular simulation approach for the development of pressure–sensitive adhesives based on acrylated epoxidized linseed oil, COMPFLU, IIT Roorkee, 6-9th December, 2018.
30. Sushanta K Sethi, Lokesh Soni, Gaurav Manik, Blend compatibility studies using atomistic and mesoscale molecular dynamics simulations, 5th International Conference on Material Science, Metals and Manufacturing, Singapore, 12-13th March, 2018.
31. Sushanta K Sethi, Lokesh Soni, Gaurav Manik, Exploring surface characteristics and substrate interfacial adhesion of PDMS-b-PVAc and PDMS-b-PVOH block copolymer, ACS on Campus, IIT Roorkee, 7th February, 2018.
32. Rajesh Mahadeva, Om Prakash Verma and Gaurav Manik, 3rd International Conference on Recent advances in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, 15-16 Feb 2018.
33. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushanta K Sahoo, Gaurav Manik, Development of electrically conductive novel hybrid epoxy composites containing polyaniline and carbon nanotubes, ACS on Campus, IIT Roorkee, 7th February, 2018.
34. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Morphology and crystallinity study of novel olypropylene hybrid composites, ACS on Campus, IIT Roorkee, 7th February, 2018.
35. Sushanta K Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, Synthesis and characterization of low viscous and highly acrylated epoxidized methyl ester based green oligomers derived from linseed oil, ACS on Campus, IIT Roorkee, 7th February, 2018.
36. Rupam Gogoi and Gaurav Manik, Morphology and crystallinity study of novel polypropylene hybrid composites, Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17), IIT Guwahati, January 8-12, 2018.
37. Sushanta K Sethi and Gaurav Manik, Study of self-cleaning and blend compatibility of PDMS-PVAc system using molecular dynamics simulations, Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17), IIT Guwahati, January 8-12, 2018.
38. Sushanta K Sethi, Nityanshu Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Effect of chain length and branching on properties predicted by Molecular Dynamics simulations, MACRO-2017, held at Tiruvanthapuram, January 8-12, 2017.
39. Sushanta K Sethi, Nityanshu Kumar and Gaurav Manik, Molecular Dynamics simulations of hydrolyzed PVAc-PFO based anti-stain self-clean coatings, in MACRO-2017, held at Tiruvanthapuram, January 8-12, 2017.
40. Vinay Khandelwal, Sushanta Sahoo and Gaurav Manik, Development and characterization of renewable resource based bio-epoxy/PANI conducting composite-A greener material for future generation, Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM-2017), held at Bangalore, 11-13th February 2017.
41. Sushanta Sahoo, Vinay Khandelwal and Gaurav Manik, Synthesis of bio-based epoxy network based on non-edible plant oils cured with bio-based curing agent: an eco-friendly material for coating application, Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM-2017), held at Bangalore, 11-13th February 2017.
42. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, “Modeling the Dynamics of Heptads’ Effect Evaporator System in the Kraft Recovery Processes,” Shannon 100: 3rd International Conference on Computing Sciences (ICCS16), held at LPU, Jalandhar, Punjab, 8-9 April 2016.
43. Om Prakash Verma, Toufiq. H. Mohammed, Shubham Mangal and Gaurav Manik, “Mathematical Modeling of Multistage Evaporator System (MSE) in Kraft Recovery Process”, in Proceedings of the Fifth International conference on Soft Computing and Problem Solving (SoCProS-2015), held atSaharanpur Campus of IIT Roorkee, Dec-18-20, 2015.
44. Om Prakash Verma, SonuVerma and Gaurav Manik, “Analysis of Hybrid Temperature Control for Non-linear Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor”, Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing and Problem Solving (SoCProS-2014), Dec 2014 & Proceedings in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, SCOPUS, 336, pp103, 2015.
45. Vivek Pandey, Meeta Trivedi and Gaurav Manik, Molecular simulation of “Green” pressure sensitive adhesives, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Materials and Applications, IIT Roorkee Saharanpur Campus, page 32, April 5-6, 2014.
46. Yash Singhvi, I.V. N. Tejasvini and Gaurav Manik, “Molecular simulations of anti-stain polymeric coatings”, SETCOR International Conference on Smart Materials and Surfaces (SMS-14), SETCOR, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28th August 2014.
47. Yash Singhvi and Gaurav Manik, “Molecular simulations of industrially relevant polyvinyl acetate based coatings”, International Conference on Polymers: Vision and Innovations, organized by Asian Polymer Association (APA)-2014, Delhi, February 20th, 2014.
48. Vivek Pandey, Meeta Trivedi, Gaurav Manik, “Synthesis of industrially important pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) using naturally sourced raw materials”, presented/published in Proceedings of CHEMCON-13, 66th Annual Session of Institute of Chemical Engineers, at UICT, Mumbai, 27th December 2013.
49. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of PET/PBT”, presented/ published in Proceedings at 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-06) jointly organized by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (IndACM) at IIT Guwahati, India during 8-10, December 2006.
50. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Conformational Analysis of Polybutylene Terepthalate and PolybutleneIsopthalate Chains in Melt and Isolated Conditions”, presented/Published in Proceedings at 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2005), at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Delhi, December, 2005,
51. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Performance Polyesters and Polyisopthalates”, presented/ published in Proceedings at 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2005), at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Delhi, December, 2005.
52. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polycarbonate Systems”, presented/Published in Proceedings at International Conference on Polymers for Advanced Technologies, MACRO-2004, Thiruvanthapuram, 2004.
53. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Analysis of Poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) Melt”, at the International Conference - American Physical Society (APS) Annual Meeting, USA (2008). Abstract selected and published; did not participate.
54. Gaurav Manik, Upendra Natarajan and Hemant Nanavati, “Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polycarbonate Systems”, presented/Published in Proceedings at 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON-2004, Delhi, Dec-27-30, 2004.
55. Gaurav Manik and Goutam Deo, “Chemical Characterization of Supported Rhenium Oxide Catalysts”, in 56th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2003), at Bhubaneshwar, 19-22nd December, 2003.
56. Gaurav Manik, B. Mitra and Goutam Deo, “Chemical Characterization of Supported Rhenium Oxide Catalyst Using LPG Oxidation Reaction”, in National Conference on Catalysis held at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, January, 2000.
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