Manjusri Misra

Research Interests

• Bio-Based New Materials
• Green Nanotechnology
• Polymer Nanotechnology
• Nanostructured Materials & Devices
• Nano Particles & Applications
• Pyrolysis of Biomass and Characterization of Biocarbon for Composite Applications
• Surface treatment of micro and nanofibers and fiber-matrix adhesion
• Nanobiocomposites from carbon nanotubes, alumina nanowhisker, silver nanoparticles and cellulose nanofibers
• Self-cleaning/ultrahydrophobic nanocoatings, adhesives, paints
• Electrospinning processing
• 3D Printing of Biobased Materials
• Nanobio materials & tissue engineering
• Bio-based polymers (Polylactides-PLA, Polyhydroxyalkanoates-PHAs, Cellulose plastics, Soy protein plastics, Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles-DDGS plastics, lignin plastics, poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-Sorona™ Polymer), their blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Biocomposites from flax, hemp, kenaf, jute, sisal, henequen, cellulose, bamboo, corn stalk, soy stalk, wheat straw, talc and fly ash
• Functionalized plant oils
• Biobased Polyesters and their Composites
• Biobased Epoxies and their Composites
• Reactive extrusion processing
• Extrusion and injection molding of biocomposites
• Multilayer injection molding
• Biocomposite sheet molding compounds
• Biocomposite powder processing (BioSMC)
• Microwave processing of biocomposites
• Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) of biocomposites
• Novel materials derived from starch and chitosan