Dr Mainak Majumder - Researcher Profile

Biography

Mainak works in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Related Links:

• Laboratory website for Nanoscale Science and Engineering laboratory (NSEL)

Keywords

Graphene-based Materials, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nanofluidics, Carbon nanotubes

Qualifications

PHD IN MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Institution: University of Kentucky

Year awarded: 2007

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN CERAMIC ENGINEERING

Institution: Institute of Technology

Year awarded: 2001

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Calcutta University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Book Chapters

Majumder, M., Ajayan, P., 2010, Carbon nanotube membranes: A new frontier in membrane science, in Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering, eds Enrico Drioli and Lidietta Giorno, Elsevier, Italy, pp. 291-310.

Journal Articles

Majumder, M., Sheath, P.A., Mardel, J., Harvey, T.G., Thornton, A.W., Gonzago, A.N., Kennedy, D., Madsen, I., Taylor, J., Turner, D.R., Hill, M.R., 2012, Aqueous molecular sieving and strong gas adsorption in highly porous MOFs with a facile synthesis, Chemistry Of Materials [P], vol 24, issue 24, American Chemical Society, Washinghton DC USA, pp. 4647-4652.

Lobo, D.E., Fu, J., Gengenbach, T.R., Majumder, M., 2012, Localized deoxygenation and direct patterning of graphene oxide films by focused ion beams, Langmuir [P], vol 28, issue 41, American Chemical Society, Wasinghton DC USA, pp. 14815-14821.

Majumder, M., Rendall, C., Eukel, A., Wang, J.Y.L., Bahabtu, N., Pint, C.L., Liu, T., Orbaek, A.W., Mirri, F., Nam, J., Barron, A.R., Hauge, R.H., Schmidt, H.K., Pasquali, M., 2012, Overcoming the "Coffee-Stain" effect by compositional marangoni-flow-assisted drop-drying, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 116, issue 22, American Chemical Society, Washinghton DC USA, pp. 6536-6542.

Singh, R.R.K., Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Gullapalli, H., Lobo, D.E., Sumandasa, M., Kumar, A., Tkacz, R., Choudhary, L.K., Ajayan, P.M., Majumder, M., 2012, Protecting copper from electrochemical degradation by graphene coating, Carbon [P], vol 50, issue 11, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 4040-4045.

Majumder, M., Corry, B., 2011, Anomalous decline of water transport in covalently modified carbon nanotube membranes, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, issue 27, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 7683-7685.

Green, M., Young, C., Parra-Vasquez, A., Majumder, M., Juloori, V., Bahabtu, N., Pint, C., Schmidt, J., Kesselman, E., Hauge, R., Cohen, Y., Talmon, Y., Pasquali, M., 2011, Direct imaging of carbon nanotubes spontaneously filled with solvent, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, issue 4, Royal Society Chemistry, UK, pp. 1228-1230.

Gao, W., Majumder, M., Alemany, L., Narayanan, T., Ibarra, M., Pradham, B., Ajayan, P., 2011, Engineered graphite oxide materials for application in water purification, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces [P], vol 3, issue 6, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 1821-1826.

Wu, j., Majumder, M., Gerstandt, K., Zhan, X., Hinds, B., 2011, Highly efficient electroosmotic flow through functionalized carbon nanotube membranes, Nanoscale [P], vol 3, issue 8, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 3321-3328.

Majumder, M., Chopra, N., Hinds, B., 2011, Mass transport through carbon nanotube membranes in three different regimes: ionic diffusion and gas and liquid flow, Acs Nano [P], vol 5, issue 5, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 3867-3877.

Majumder, M., Rendall, C., Li, M., Behabtu, N., Eukel, J.A., Hauge, R., Schmidt, H., Pasquali, M., 2010, Insights into the physics of spray coating of SWNT films, Chemical Engineering Sciences [P], vol 65, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science, England, pp. 2000-2008.

Majumder, M., Stinchcomb, A., Hinds, B., 2010, Towards mimicking natural protein channels with aligned carbon nanotube membranes for active drug delivery, Life Sciences [P], vol 86, issue 15-16, Elsevier, England, pp. 563-568.

Majumder, M., Keis, K., Zhan, X., Meadows, C., Cole, J., Hinds, B., 2008, Enhanced electrostatic modulation of ionic diffusion through carbon nanotube membranes by diazonium grafting chemistry, Journal of Membranes Science [P], vol 316, issue 1 and 2, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 89-96.

Majumder, M., Zhan, X., Andrews, R., Hinds, B., 2007, Voltage gated carbon nanotube membranes, Langmuir [P], vol 23, issue 16, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 8624-8631.

Chopra, N., Majumder, M., Hinds, B., 2005, Bifunctional carbon nano tubes by side wall protection, Advanced Functional Materials [P], vol 15, issue 5, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 858-864.

Majumder, M., Chopra, N., Hinds, B., 2005, Effect of tip functionalization on transport through vertically oriented carbon nanotube membranes, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 127, issue 25, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 9062-9070.

Majumder, M., Chopra, N., Andrews, R., Hinds, B., 2005, Nanoscale hydrodynamics: Enhanced flow in carbon nanotubes, Nature [P], vol 438, issue 7064, Nature Publishing Group, England, p. 44.

Majumder, M., Mukhopadhyay, S., Parkash, O., Kumar, D., 2004, Sintering and crystallisation behaviour of chemically prepared cordierite for application in electronic packaging, Ceramics International [P], vol 30, issue 6, Elsevier, England, pp. 1067-1070.

Conference Proceedings

Tiwari, A., Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Singh, R.R.K., Majumder, M., 2012, CVD graphene on metals for remarkable corrosion resistance, Corrosion & Prevention 2012, 11 November 2012 to 14 November 2012, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc, Kerrimuir Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Chen, S., Duan, W., Collins, F.G., Zhao, X.L., Majumder, M., 2012, Effects of packing geometry upon the aggregration morphology of sodium cholate on the surface of carbon nanotubes, Proceedings of the 6th International Composites Conference (ACUN-6): Composites & Nanocomposites in Civil, Offshore and Mining Infrastructure, 14 November 2012 to 16 November 2012, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 387-392.

Sheath, P., Majumder, M., 2011, A comparative review of graphene oxide and titanium dioxide as photocatalysts, Proceedings of CHEMECA 2011 - Engineering a Better World, 18 September 2011 to 21 September 2011, Engineers Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-10.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Cyclodextrin nanoparticles for drug delivery.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Boyd, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Exploring the surfactant-like properties of graphene/graphene-oxide for thermal engineering of emulsions.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Sridhar, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Graphene based materials for water purification.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Liu, Z (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Improving mechanical properties of ordinary portland cement utilising carbon nanotubes: fabrication, characterization and modelling.

Supervisors:

Duan, W (Main), Collins, F (Associate), Majumder, M (Associate), Zhao, X (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Induced flows thruogh carbon nanotubes.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating the possibility of a novel pump using graphene.

Supervisors:

Neild, A (Main), Majumder, M (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

MOF-derived carbon materials for energy storage application.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Manufacturing `Fish-Gill' Biomimetic Structures by Microstereolithography.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nano-engineered graphene based materials for supercapacitor electrodes.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Singh, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Novel Microscopy Methods for Cell and Cancer Biology.

Supervisors:

Fu, J (Main), Majumder, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Producing Nano-structured Graphene for Li-Based Batteries via Powder Technology Techniques.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Balakrishnan, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Towards a high-throughput process for fabrication of vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes and it characterization.

Supervisors:

Majumder, M (Main), Czaszejko, T (Associate).