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Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
AJIT SINGH
Polymers & Functional Materials Division
E-mail : ajit.chem2006@gmail.com
Contact No. : 9493219065
: 00914027193991
Date of Birth : 01-July-1985
PhD : From June 2008
Status : Thesis submitted
Researcher Id : A-8632-2011
: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-8632-2011
Research topic : Synthesis and characterization of processable polyaniline for
electrostatic discharge and supercapacitor applications.
Publications:
1. A process for the preparation of processable polyaniline base
Srinivasan Palaniappan, Singh Ajit
Preparing Manuscript for the US Patent
2. Functionalized acetylene black as a dopant for polyaniline: A hybrid material for
supercapacitor
Singh Ajit, Srinivasan Palaniappan, S. Gopukumar
Synthetic Metals (Accepted)
3. A process for the preparation of polyaniline
Srinivasan Palaniappan, Singh Ajit
Indian Patent 2102DEL2013
4. One-pot direct synthesis of fluorescent polyaniline-porphyrin macro-spheres from
porphyrin
Singh Ajit, Srinivasan Palaniappan, P. Uday kumar, P. Madhusudanachary
Journal of Polymer Science: A Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 50, 884-889.
5. Preperation of processible polyaniline-formate salt via emulsifier free inverted
emulsion polymerization and it’s antistatic application
Srinivasan Palaniappan, Singh Ajit
Synthetic Metals, 2011, 161, 1029-1033.

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6. Didecyl ester of 4-sulfophthalic acid as plast dopant and emulsifier in the chemical
polymerization of aniline to polyaniline salt
Srinivasan Palaniappan, Singh Ajit
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2010, 118, 2704-2711.
Symposium & Workshop Participated:
1. 3rd
FAPS and MACRO – 2013, International symposium organized by Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore.
2. 1ST
International Conference on TAP SUN: The Sustainable Future Indo-German
Nachkontakt Association (IGNA-2011) Hyderabad Organized by CSIR-IICT
Hyderabad.
3. MACRO-2010, Organized by Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi and Society for Polymer Science, India, New Delhi.
4. 12th
CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry & 4th
CRSI-RSC-10 Symposium in
Chemistry organized by IICT & NIPER Hyderabad.
5. Workshop on Advanced Characterization Technique – MR09 organized by
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay.
6. National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars – MR09 organized by
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay.
Summary of the work carried out during PhD:
1. Synthesis of surfactants.
2. Synthesis of polyaniline with desired properties such as solubility, fluorescence.
3. Application of above polyanilines coated polystyrene beads for the removal of
Hg2+.
4. Preparation of polyaniline blends film with PVA and PMMA.
5. Application of above blends for corrosion protection, electrostatic discharge.
6. Synthesis of carbon from polyaniline.
7. Coating of polyaniline and carbon by doctor blade coating technique.
8. Application of above polyaniline and carbon coated substrate as an electrode
material for supercapacitor.

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Experimental Skills:
Surfactant synthesis, Polymer synthesis (via emulsion, aqueous, interfacial &
electrochemical polymerization methods), Functionalization, morphologically
(nanospheres, nanofibers, nanorods etc.) controlled polymer synthesis, Polymer film
preparation (via solution & melt process), Carbon synthesis, Electrochemical deposition
and their characterization using modern instrumental techniques, Functional group
identification, Solvent Extraction, Gravimetry, Titration etc.
Instrumental Skills:
: CHNS Analysis, TGA-DTA, Rheometer.
: FT-IR, UV-VIS, Fluorescence, AAS, GC-MS
: Four probe conductivity, Cyclic voltammeter, Charge-Discharge study, Electrochemical
Impedance spectroscopy, Corrosion study.
M.Sc. Projects:
1. January - May 2008
Under the guidance of Dr. V. K. Gupta, Prof. Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee, India.
Synthesis of carbon slurry from fuel, oil based industrial generated waste material of
electric generator, and it’s use as an adsorbent material for the removal of heavy metal
ions Cr(VI) and Cu(II) from waste water. Carbon slurry and it’s metal ion removal
capacity has been studied by:
 FT-IR
 TGA
 SEM
 Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)
2. May - July 2007
Under the guidance of Dr. Kaushik Ghosh, Assit. Prof. Indian Institute of
Technology, Roorkee, India.
Synthesis of Molybdenum-Acetylacetonate-Pyridine based complexes and their
application for the catalytic transformation of aldehyde to alcohol. Catalyst and it’s
catalytic transformation activity has been studied by:
 Thermal properties using TG-DTA.
 FT-IR
 Organic probe (GC, GC-MS).

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Educational
Qualifications
Discipline Passing
Year
Board/Institute CGPA/%
Postgraduate Chemistry 2008
Indian Institute of
Technology Roorkee
7.44
Undergraduate
Chemistry (Hons),
Physics, Maths
2006
Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi
64.83%
12th
Not applicable 2001 U.P. Board 65.60%
10th
Not applicable 1999 U.P. Board 64.66%
Software & Database Experience:
SciFinder Scholar, Web of Science, Reaxy, Beilstein Web, MS Office-10, Origin.
Academic Achievements:
 Qualified in CSIR-JRF (DEC-2007), conducted by council of scientific and
industrial research NEW DELHI.
 Qualified in Graduate Aptitude test in Chemistry (GATE-2007) AIR-417, Score-
378, conducted by IIT Kanpur, India.
 Secured 144 rank in Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. program in IITs (JAM-2006) and
got admission in IIT Roorkee, India.
Extra Curricular Activities:
 Worked as a registration committee head for the national symposium (National
symposium on polymer coating NSPC-2012) at IICT Hyderabad.
 Worked in Cognizance-07 as a publicity member for Department of Chemistry, IIT
Roorkee.
 Taken part in various seminars and symposiums organized by various national
chemical societies of India during M.Sc.