Rituparna Duarah

About

Dr. Rituparna Duarah is a Scientist in the Coal, Energy and Materials Sciences Division at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, India. She earned her Master’s degree in Chemistry in 2014 and completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from Tezpur University in 2019, followed by postdoctoral research at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2020-2023). Her research focuses on polymer synthesis, polymer processing, and the development of hyperbranched polymer nanocomposites. Dr. Duarah’s work includes the development of biomedical devices (self-expandable stents, self-tightening sutures, and wound dressings); colorimetric sensores, 2D nanozymes, thin, flexible sensors; and photocatalytic degradation of harmful organic pollutants.

Employment

• CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Trinity College Dublin Postdoctoral Researcher
  2020 - 2023
• North East Institute of Science and Technology Research Associate
  2019 - 2020

Education

• Tezpur University PhD
  2014 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Smart-Sandwich: A Thin Flexible Sensing Device Based on an Agarose–Chitosan–Agarose (ACA) Triple-Layer Biofilm for Onsite Monitoring of Escherichia coli
  ACS Sensors 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c00038
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• Development of Biodegradable High‐Alumina Clay‐Modified Poly (Butylene Adipate‐Co‐Terephthalate) Composites for Sustainable Packaging Applications
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2025 DOI: 10.1002/app.56680
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• Tuning the properties of soy protein isolate-based adhesive using various sustainable additives
  International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.139521
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• Highly sensitive and rapid colorimetric detection of As3+ in water using label-free silica-coated gold nanoparticles
  Microchemical Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2025.113596
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• Development of nystatin‐based antifungal, biodegradable polymer composite materials for food packaging via melt processing approach
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2023 DOI: 10.1002/app.54663
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• Fluorescent graphitic carbon nitride and graphene oxide quantum dots as efficient nanozymes: Colorimetric detection of fluoride ion in water by graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots
  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104803
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• Multifaceted bioinspired hyperbranched polyurethane nanocomposite as a non-contact triggered self-healing material
  Express Polymer Letters 2020 DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2020.44
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• Sustainable Polymeric Nanocomposites for Multifaceted Advanced Applications
  Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9804-0_16
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• Hyperbranched polyurethane/reduced carbon dot-zinc oxide nanocomposite-mediated solar-assisted photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminant: An approach towards environmental remediation
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.03.248
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• Hyperbranched Polyurethane/Palladium-Reduced Carbon Dot Nanocomposite: An Efficient and Reusable Mesoporous Catalyst for Visible-Light-Driven C–C Coupling Reactions
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01805
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