Dr. Kartick K. Samanta

• National Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award for the year of 2009 from IIT-Kharagpur (Kartick K. Samanta, Prateek Sabharwal, Mr. Rohit Lohani, Prof. Ashwini K. Agrawal and Dr. Manjeet Jassal) for the revolutionary work in the field of “atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma reaction technology for functionalization of textile substrates”.

• 1st prize in TRYST (All India Intercollege Technical Festival) on “A new approach to antistatic finishing of textile using atmospheric pressure cold plasma treatment”, February 5th, 2007, IIT-Delhi, India.

• 1st prize in “Bhavna Soni” award for creativity and innovation in textile on “Eco-friendly approach to antistatic finishing of textile materials” Year 2005- 2006, from the Department of Textile Technology, IIT-Delhi, India.

•  1st prize on “Design and development of atmospheric pressure uniform glow discharge plasma reactor and its application in textile modification” National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Textile, Fibre and Apparel Engg.”, March 18-19th , 2006, West Bengal, India.

• 2nd prize on “Surface modification of textile using atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma” National Textile Seminar: “Industry Institute Interface”, February 17-18th, 2006, Delhi, India

• 1st prize in TRYST (All India Intercollege Technical Festival) on “Indigenous design of atmospheric pressure glow discharge cold plasma reactor for continuous treatment of textile”, February 5th, 2006, IIT-Delhi, India.

Patent:

Design of atmospheric pressure plasma reactor for continuous treatment of textile and other organic substrates; Ashwini K. Agrawal, Manjeet Jassal, Kartick Samanta, Prateek Sabharwal, and Rohit Lohani, 2009, in process

Research publications:

• .Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Antistatic Effect of Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Cold Plasma Treatment on Textile Substrates”, Fibers and Polymers, 11 (3) (2010) 431-437.

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization of 1,3- butadiene for hydrophobic finishing of textile substrates” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 208 (2010) 012098.

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Improvement in Water and Oil Absorbancy of the Textile Substrate by Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma Treatment”, Surface and Coating Technology, 203 (2009) 1336–1342

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Formation of nano-sized channels on polymeric substrates using atmospheric pressure glow discharge cold plasma”, Nanotrends: A Journal of Nanotechnology and its Applications, 4 (1), (2008) 71-75.

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Atmospheric   pressure glow discharge plasma and its applications in textile”, Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research, 31(1) March (2006) 83-98.

Oral/Poster Presentation and Publication in Conference Proceeding   

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Nano-scale surface engineering of textile substrates using atmospheric pressure cold plasma”, National Seminar on Non-conventional application of textile, December 11, 2010, CIRCOT, Mumbai, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Durable Hydrophilic Polymeric Surfaces by Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma Treatment”, International Congress ‘Polymer Science & Technology: Vision & Scenario’ (APA-2009), December 17-20, 2009, New Delhi, India.

• Samanta, K. K., Sabharwal P., Lohani R., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Environment friendly approach of textile functionalization using atmospheric pressure plasma reaction technology” 24th National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2009), December 8-11th, 2009, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur-177005, Himachal Pradesh, India. 

• Dambarudhar Parida, Kartick Kumar Samanta, Manjeet Jassal and Ashwini K. Agrawal, “Plasma modification of cellulosic substrates using non gaseous precursors”, 24th National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2009), December 8-11th, 2009, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur-177005, Himachal Pradesh, India, PP-S-16. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Functionalization of Textile Substrates Using Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma”, 4th International Conference on the Frontiers of Plasma Physics and Technology, April 6-10, 2009. Kathmandu, Nepal. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Functionalization of Polymeric Substrates Using Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma”, Recent Advances in Polymeric Materials, MACRO 2009, March 9-11th, 2009, IIT-Madras, India.

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization of Acrylonitrile on Polymeric Substrates”, International Conference -25th Annual Meeting of Polymer Processing Society (PPS-25), March 1-5th, 2009, Goa, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization of 1,3 Butadiene for hydrophobic finishing of textile substrates” 23rd National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2008), December 10 -13th, 2008, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC), Mumbai -400085, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Hydrophobic finishing of cellulosic substrates by tetrafluro ethane plasma at atmospheric pressure”, International Conference on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, November 11-13th, 2008, IIT-Delhi, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Antistatic finishing of textile using atmospheric pressure cold plasma treatment” 22nd National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2007), December 6 -10th, 2007, Gandhinagar -382 428, Gujarat, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Surface modification of polymeric substrates using atmospheric pressure cold plasma treatment”, Polymer for Advance Technologies, MACRO 2006, December 17-20th, 2006, Pune, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., “Improvement in surface properties of the natural fibres by plasma treatment”, International Conference on Natural Fibres: Vision 2020, December 8-9th, 2006, New Delhi, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “A new approach to antistatic finishing of textile using atmospheric pressure cold plasma treatment”, International Conference on Technical Textile, November 11-12th, 2006,  IIT-Delhi, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Improvement in water and oil absorbancy of textile materials by atmospheric pressure glow discharge cold plasma treatment” International Conference on “Advances in Fibrous Material, Nonwoven and Technical Textile, August 7-9th, 2006, Coimbatore, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Formation of nano-sized channels on  polymeric substrates using atmospheric pressure glow discharge cold plasma” International Conference on “Nano Technology – Material and Method”, June  23-25th , 2006, Coimbatore, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K., “Surface modification of nylon fabric using atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma” National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Textile, Fibre and Apparel Engg.”, March 18-19th , 2006, West Bengal, India. 

• Samanta, K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal, A. K. “Surface modification of textile using atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma” National Textile Seminar: “Industry Institute Interface”, February 17-18th, 2006, Delhi, India. 

• Samanta,  K. K., Jassal, M., & Agrawal,  A. K., “Design and development of atmospheric pressure uniform glow discharge plasma reactor and its application in textile modification” National Conference on “Functional Textiles and Apparels”, January 20-21st , 2006,Coimbatore, India.

Contact details:

Address: Chemical and Bio-chemical Processing Division, Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019 

E-mail: kartick.samanta@smita-iitd.com