Gaurav Kumar

About

I am pursuing a doctoral degree in collaboration with the National Center for Flexible Electronics and Material Science Programme at IIT Kanpur. My doctoral research focuses on developing bio-based conductive soft materials for monitoring physiological temperatures utilizing iontronics and iono-electronics approaches. As a materials science student, my research primarily focuses on developing soft materials capable of sensing the physiological temperature of the human body. My research interests include understanding ionic and electronic transport mechanisms in ionic and conjugated polymer gels, the fabrication of highly flexible bio-based polymer gels, and real-time simulation of human skin temperature.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Doctoral Student
  2018 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Research Trainee
  2016 - 2016
• DRDO Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment Research Trainee
  2015 - 2015

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur M.Tech-PhD
  2018 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee B.Tech
  2013 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (4)

• Fabrication and frequency-dependent study of alginate-based Ca ion-conductive flexible IPN organohydrogel for epidermal iontronic temperature sensor
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.165331
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• Probing the ionic activation enthalpies in anionic polysaccharide xerogel-based single ion conductor for temperature sensing
  Carbohydrate Polymers 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122258
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• Zener-like electrical transport in polyaniline–graphene oxide nanocomposites
  RSC Advances 2020 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07267e
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• A mechanistic approach for the modulation of band gap of nanopolyaniline using various heterogeneous carbon nanostructures
  Polymer Bulletin 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s00289-019-02927-4
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