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Nikhil K. Singha publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikhil K. Singha sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 203 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Nikhil K. Singha D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikhil K. Singha sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nikhil K. Singha is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in India and focuses their research on materials science and chemistry. Their work contributes significantly to the fields of polymers and plastics, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, surfaces, coatings, and films, as well as biomedical engineering.

The main domains covered in Singha's research include advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, polymer composites and self-healing, polymer surface interaction studies, polymer nanocomposites and properties, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, silicone and siloxane chemistry, and synthetic organic chemistry methods.

Singha has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • European Polymer Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Macromolecules

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Singha include:

  • "Ultrasonics in polymer science: applications and challenges," 2023, Progress in Materials Science
  • "Dual-Responsive Self-Healable Carboxylated Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber Based on Dynamic Diels-Alder 'Click Chemistry' and Disulfide Metathesis Reaction," 2021, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • "Stimuli-Responsive Zwitterionic Core-Shell Microgels for Antifouling Surface Coatings," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Biobased Thermoplastic Elastomer Based on an SMS Triblock Copolymer Prepared via RAFT Polymerization in Aqueous Medium," 2021, Macromolecules
  • "Ag NPs incorporated self-healable thermoresponsive hydrogel using precise structural 'Interlocking' complex of polyelectrolyte BCPs: A potential new wound healing material," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors including:

  • Prantik Mondal (16 joint publications)
  • Sagar Kumar Raut (11 joint publications)
  • Shrabana Sarkar (10 joint publications)
  • Koushik Bhattacharya (10 joint publications)
  • Uddhab Kalita (9 joint publications)

Overall, Nikhil K. Singha's research spans the synthesis, characterization, and application of polymers and related materials with attention to their structural, responsive, and biomedical properties.

Best Publications

  • PROGRESS IN PREPARATION, PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OF POLYANILINE

    Sambhu Bhadra;Sambhu Bhadra;Dipak Khastgir;Nikhil K. Singha;Joong Hee Lee

  • Effect of foam density on the properties of water blown rigid polyurethane foam

    M. Thirumal;Dipak Khastgir;Nikhil K. Singha;B. S. Manjunath

  • Electrochemical synthesis of polyaniline and its comparison with chemically synthesized polyaniline

    Sambhu Bhadra;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir

  • Halogen-free flame retardant PUF: Effect of melamine compounds on mechanical, thermal and flame retardant properties

    M. Thirumal;Dipak Khastgir;G.B. Nando;Y.P. Naik

  • Effect of Expandable Graphite on the Properties of Intumescent Flame-Retardant Polyurethane Foam

    M. Thirumal;Dipak Khastgir;Nikhil K Singha;B. S. Manjunath

  • Fabrication of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Silver Nanoparticles Decorated Conductive Cotton Fabric for High Performing Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Antibacterial Application

    Sabyasachi Ghosh;Sayan Ganguly;Poushali Das;Tushar Kanti Das

  • “Click Chemistry” in Tailor-Made Polymethacrylates Bearing Reactive Furfuryl Functionality: A New Class of Self-Healing Polymeric Material

    A. Amalin Kavitha;Nikhil K. Singha

  • Polyaniline by new miniemulsion polymerization and the effect of reducing agent on conductivity

    Sambhu Bhadra;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir

  • Smart “All Acrylate” ABA Triblock Copolymer Bearing Reactive Functionality via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): Demonstration of a “Click Reaction” in Thermoreversible Property

    A. Amalin Kavitha;Nikhil K. Singha

  • Halogen-free flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foams: Effect of alumina trihydrate and triphenylphosphate on the properties of polyurethane foams

    M. Thirumal;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir;B. S. Manjunath

  • An approach to prepare mechanically robust full IPN strengthened conductive cotton fabric for high strain tolerant electromagnetic interference shielding

    Sabyasachi Ghosh;Sanjay Remanan;Subhadip Mondal;Sayan Ganguly

  • Improvement of conductivity of electrochemically synthesized polyaniline

    Sambhu Bhadra;Santanu Chattopadhyay;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir

  • Side-Chain Peptide-Synthetic Polymer Conjugates via Tandem "Ester-Amide/Thiol-Ene" Post-Polymerization Modification of Poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) Obtained Using ATRP

    Nikhil K. Singha;Matthew I. Gibson;Matthew I. Gibson;Bishnu P. Koiry;Maarten Danial

  • Hydrogenation of diene elastomers, their properties and applications : A critical review

    N. K. Singha;S. Bhattacharjee;S. Sivaram

  • Dielectric properties and EMI shielding efficiency of polyaniline and ethylene 1-octene based semi-conducting composites

    Sambhu Bhadra;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir

  • Effect of different reaction parameters on the conductivity and dielectric properties of polyaniline synthesized electrochemically and modeling of conductivity against reaction parameters through regression analysis

    Sambhu Bhadra;Nikhil K. Singha;Santanu Chattopadhyay;Dipak Khastgir

  • Effect of aromatic substitution in aniline on the properties of polyaniline

    Sambhu Bhadra;Nikhil K. Singha;Dipak Khastgir

  • Ultra-light weight, water durable and flexible highly electrical conductive polyurethane foam for superior electromagnetic interference shielding materials

    Sabyasachi Ghosh;Sayan Ganguly;Sanjay Remanan;Subhadip Mondal

  • A tailor‐made polymethacrylate bearing a reactive diene in reversible diels–alder reaction

    A. Amalin Kavitha;Nikhil K. Singha

  • Effect of a Nanoclay on the Mechanical, Thermal and Flame Retardant Properties of Rigid Polyurethane Foam

    M. Thirumal;Dipak Khastgir;Nikhil K Singha;B. S. Manjunath

  • Ultrasonics in Polymer Science; Applications and Challenges

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Frequent Co-Authors

Dipak Khastgir
Dipak Khastgir Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Anil K. Bhowmick
Anil K. Bhowmick University of Houston
Brigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Jimmy W. Mays
Jimmy W. Mays University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Andrij Pich
Andrij Pich RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dieter Jehnichen
Dieter Jehnichen Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Mahitosh Mandal
Mahitosh Mandal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Harm-Anton Klok
Harm-Anton Klok École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Amit Das
Amit Das Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.

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