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Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Dibakar Bhattacharyya

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Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
11254
World Ranking
10251
National Ranking
2845

Overview

Dibakar Bhattacharyya is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with notable contributions in Water Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Bhattacharyya has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Bhattacharyya include:

  • Removal of polystyrene nanoplastic beads using gravity-driven membrane filtration: Mechanisms and effects of water matrices (2022), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Thermo-responsive adsorption-desorption of perfluoroorganics from water using PNIPAm hydrogels and pore functionalized membranes (2020), Journal of Membrane Science
  • Rapid removal of PFOA and PFOS via modified industrial solid waste: Mechanisms and influences of water matrices (2021), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Enhanced permselective separation of per-fluorooctanoic acid in graphene oxide membranes by a simple PEI modification (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Positively charged nanofiltration membrane synthesis, transport models, and lanthanides separation (2020), Journal of Membrane Science

Frequent collaborators in Bhattacharyya's research include:

  • Hongyi Wan
  • Rollie Mills
  • Zhi Xu
  • Fumohan Fang
  • Ke Shi

Best Publications

  • Large-area graphene-based nanofiltration membranes by shear alignment of discotic nematic liquid crystals of graphene oxide.

    Abozar Akbari;Phillip Sheath;Samuel T. Martin;Dhanraj B. Shinde

  • Green Synthesis of Fe and Fe/Pd Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Membranes for Reductive Degradation of Chlorinated Organics.

    V. Smuleac;R. Varma;S. Sikdar;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Pervaporation of alcohol–water and dimethylformamide–water mixtures using hydrophilic zeolite NaA membranes: mechanisms and experimental results

    D Shah;K Kissick;A Ghorpade;R Hannah

  • Performance of solvent-resistant membranes for non-aqueous systems: solvent permeation results and modeling

    D Bhanushali;S Kloos;C Kurth;D Bhattacharyya

  • Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots Covalently Functionalized PVDF Membrane with Significantly-Enhanced Bactericidal and Antibiofouling Performances.

    Zhiping Zeng;Dingshan Yu;Ziming He;Jing Liu

  • Novel poly-glutamic acid functionalized microfiltration membranes for sorption of heavy metals at high capacity

    D Bhattacharyya;J.A Hestekin;P Brushaber;L Cullen

  • Solute transport in solvent-resistant nanofiltration membranes for non-aqueous systems: experimental results and the role of solute–solvent coupling

    D. Bhanushali;S. Kloos;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Reactive nanostructured membranes for water purification.

    Scott R. Lewis;Saurav Datta;Minghui Gui;Eric L. Coker

  • Role of Ni/Fe Nanoparticle Composition on the Degradation of Trichloroethylene from Water

    Yit-Hong Tee;Eric Grulke;Dibakar Bhattacharyya

  • Fe/Pd Nanoparticle Immobilization in Microfiltration Membrane Pores: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in the Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Jian Xu and;Dibakar Bhattacharyya

  • Carbon Nanotube Sol−Gel Composite Materials

    Vasilis G. Gavalas;Rodney Andrews;Dibakar Bhattacharyya;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Separation of organic pollutants by reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes: Mathematical models and experimental verification

    M. E. Williams;J. A. Hestekin;C. N. Smothers;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Synthesis of Nanoscale Bimetallic Particles in Polyelectrolyte Membrane Matrix for Reductive Transformation of Halogenated Organic Compounds

    Jian Xu;Alan Dozier;Dibakar Bhattacharyya

  • Reductive dehalogenation of trichloroethylene using zero-valent iron

    J. Gotpagar;E. Grulke;T. Tsang;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Membrane-based Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Environmental Remediation: Synthesis and Reactive Properties

    Jian Xu;Dibakar Bhattacharyya

  • Polycysteine and Other Polyamino Acid Functionalized Microfiltration Membranes for Heavy Metal Capture

    Stephen M. C. Ritchie;Kyle E. Kissick;Leonidas G. Bachas;Subhas K. Sikdar

  • Surface Modification of Silica- and Cellulose-Based Microfiltration Membranes with Functional Polyamino Acids for Heavy Metal Sorption

    S. M. C. Ritchie;L. G. Bachas;T. Olin;S. K. Sikdar

  • Catalytic biofunctional membranes containing site-specifically immobilized enzyme arrays: a review

    D.Allan Butterfield;Dibakar Bhattacharyya;Sylvia Daunert;Leonidas Bachas

  • Separation of Toxic Heavy Metals by Sulfide Precipitation

    D. Bhattacharyya;A. B. Jumawan;R. B. Grieves

  • Aqueous-phase synthesis of PAA in PVDF membrane pores for nanoparticle synthesis and dichlorobiphenyl degradation

    V. Smuleac;L. Bachas;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloroethylene with Zero-Valent Iron: Surface Profiling Microscopy and Rate Enhancement Studies

    J. Gotpagar;S. Lyuksyutov;R. Cohn;E. Grulke

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonidas G. Bachas
Leonidas G. Bachas University of Miami
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky
Eric A. Grulke
Eric A. Grulke University of Kentucky
Sylvia Daunert
Sylvia Daunert University of Miami
Rajender S. Varma
Rajender S. Varma Environmental Protection Agency
Avindra Nath
Avindra Nath National Institutes of Health
Bernhard Hennig
Bernhard Hennig University of Kentucky
J. Zach Hilt
J. Zach Hilt University of Kentucky
Rodney Andrews
Rodney Andrews University of Kentucky
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan
Timothy Thatt Yang Tan Nanyang Technological University

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