KETAKI SAMANTA

About

Dr. Samanta is a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Oxford, joined October, 2025. Earlier she was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2022-2025) at Dept. of Materials Engineering, IISC Bangalore. She received her Ph.D from School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS); degree awarded (on 11/05/2022) by Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. She has developed broad research skills during her doctoral and postdoctoral study in organic chemistry and interdisciplinary fields such as (1) Organic Synthesis, (2) Polymer Nanocomposites, (3) Polymer Synthesis, (4) Polymer Processing, (5) Electrochemistry, (6) Metal Oxide based Supercapacitors, (7) Sustainable Materials, (8) Physical chemistry, (9) Conducting polymer nanocomposites, (10) Amplification of Emission in Donor-Acceptor Aggregates, (11) Polymers Recycling and Up-cycling through Vitrimer Chemistry, and (12) Synthesis of Bioplastics.

Employment

• University of Oxford Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher
  2025 - Present
• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Research Associate

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (26)

• One Molecule, Two Roles: Vitrimer-Enabled Polypropylene for High-Performance, Recyclable MWCNT Nanocomposites
  Small 2026 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511103
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• Beyond durability: the transformative journey of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites through advanced interfacial engineering, self-healing, and vitrimer-enabled recycling
  Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s42114-025-01544-2
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• Dynamic Polymer Networks: Key to Recyclable Polyolefins
  ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00534
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• Closed loop recycling of functional carbon fiber epoxy laminates
  Communications Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-00937-6
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• Dynamic Cross-Linker Facilitates a Closed-Loop Circular Economy in Upcycled Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
  ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c00007
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• The conformational preference of dynamic crosslinker modulates the ‘closed-loop’ circular economy in polypropylene vitrimer
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.158696
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• From ocean to opportunity: Upcycling fishing net waste into high-performance, reprocessable nylons
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.168195
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• Graphene Oxide Pre-Installed with a Covalent Adaptable Network Resulted in a “Nacre-Like” and “Self-Healable” Multi-Layered Interface in Carbon Fiber Laminates
  Small Methods 2025 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202402032
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• Recycling reinvented: Converting PET bottle waste into 3D printable PCR polypropylene vitrimers for a sustainable future
  Chemical Engineering Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.162432
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• Vitrimer-Enabled Circularity: Upcycling Mixed Polyolefin Waste from Milk Packets into High-Value 3D Printing Feedstock
  Research Square 2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7413380/v1
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