Publications | Sagar Pal, PhD

Macromolecules, 57, 17, 8445-8458, 2024

Kalipada Manna, Anirban Dolai, Sanjib Ghosh, Subha Samanta, Shaon Dey, Sagar Pal*

“Photoinduced Ultrafast Shape-Changing Self-Assembled Arylazopyrazole-Based Polymeric Micelles”.

Langmuir, 40, 31, 16208-16225, 2024

Koushik Singha, Gitanjalee Kumari, Sheeja Jagadevan, Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Sagar Pal*

“In-situ Synthesis of Exfoliated Ni(OH)₂ Nanosheets and AgNPs-embedded Functionalized Polyindole-based Trinary Hybrid Microspheres: A Z-Scheme Photocatalyst for the Sunlight Driven Degradation of Organic Pollutant with Enhanced Antibacterial Efficacy ”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 141(39), e55991, 2024

Kalipada Manna, Arpita Roy, Shaon Dey, Abhay Kumar, Sagar Pal*

“Concentration-drivn Morphology Change of a Self-aggregate Derived from Amino-acid inspired Fluorescence-Active Copolymer for Sustained Release of Hydrophobic Drug”.

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 61, 493-502, 2024

Dipankar Das, Shaon Dey, Sagar Pal*

“Cytocompatible hydrogel derived from dextrin and Poly(N-Vinyl acetamide) toward controlled antimicrobial release”.

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 61, 349–375, 2024

Kalipada Manna, Arpita Roy, Shaon Dey, Sanjib Ghosh, Padmapani Pradhan, Sagar Pal*

“A Review on the Culmination of Rational Development of Stimuli-responsive Polymeric Micelles as Vehicles for Site-Specific Hydrophobic Therapeutics”.

[Published as Front Cover of Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol 61, Issue 6, 2024]

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 4588-4614, 2024

Shaon Dey, Kalipada Manna, Padmapani Pradhan, Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Arpita Roy, Sagar Pal*

“Review of polymeric nanocomposites for photocatalytic wastewater treatment”.

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63, 3539-3553, 2024

Shaon Dey, Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Ruth Daniel, Sheeja Jagadevan, Sagar Pal*

“Adsorption of toxic Cd(II) on an antibacterial biopolymeric gel toward fabrication of a gel electrolyte-based supercapacitor device”.

Polymer, 291, 126581, 2024

Kalipada Manna, Shaon Dey, Anirban Phukan, Sourav Kumar Dey, Sagar Pal*

“Alginic acid-based pH and thermo responsive reversible switched polymeric micelle via RAFT polymerization”.

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, 17406-17422, 2023.

Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Soni Kumari, Sheeja Jagadevan, Sagar Pal*

"In-situ synthesis of nanostructured composites of NiFe layered double hydroxide and polyaniline for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and remediation of biological contaminants".

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, 3348-3358, 2023.

Dipankar Das, Arpita Roy, Sagar Pal*

"A polysaccharide-based pH-sensitive hybrid hydrogel as a sustained release matrix for antimicrobial drugs."

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 1227-1244, 2023.

Shaon Dey, Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Ruth Daniel, Sheeja Jagadevan, Sagar Pal*

“Facile synthesis of carbon dot deposited γ-FeOOH nanosheet/polypyrrole composite: a robust photocatalyst for degradation of antibiotics under sunlight irradiation with enhanced antibacterial activity”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 306, 120576, 2023.

Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Shaon Dey, Sagar Pal*

“Chemical modification of β-cyclodextrin towards hydrogel formation”.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 6, 2338-2385, 2022.

Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Sagar Pal*

“Recent advances in various stimuli-responsive hydrogels: from synthetic designs to emerging healthcare applications”.

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4, 6132-6147, 2022.

Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Soni Kumari, Sheeja Jagadevan, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Simultaneous in situ exfoliation of titanate and Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides with a copolymer for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants”.

ACS Applied Bio Materials, 5, 3530-3543, 2022.

Arpita Roy, Preetam Guha Ray, Anirbandeep Bose, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“pH-responsive copolymeric network gel using methacrylated β-cyclodextrin for controlled codelivery of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs”.

Polymer Chemistry, 13, 3865-3869, 2022.

Shaon Dey, Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Sagar Pal*

“The UCST phase transition of a dextran based copolymer in aqueous media with tunable thermoresponsive behavior”.

Materials Today Communications, 32, 103810, 2022.

Shaon Dey, Abhay Shankar Patra, Priyapratim Patra, Biswajit Saha, A. K. Mukherjee, Sagar Pal*

“Macromolecular selective flocculant derived from functionalized starch towards beneficiation of low-quality iron ore: Atomistic simulations and experimental studies”.

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4, 4432-4444, 2022.

Kalipada Manna, Priyapratim Patra, Arpita Roy, Rakesh Kumar Roy, Krishna Chaitanya Sunka, Santanu Dhara, Niladri Patra, Sagar Pal*

“Amino acid inspired alginate-based pH sensitive polymeric micelles via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization”.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 17065-17080, 2022.

Arpita Roy, Kalipada Manna, Preetam Guha Ray, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Cyclodextrin based ultra-high stretchable, flexible, electro and pressure responsive adhesive transparent hydrogel as motion sensor”.

Polymer Chemistry, 13, 1394-1400, 2022.

Puja Das Karmakar, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of an amphiphilic copolymer using biopolymer-dextran via a combination of ROP and RAFT techniques”.

Biomacromolecules, 22, 5256-5269, 2021.

Arpita Roy, Preetam Guha Ray, Kalipada Manna, Chiranjib Banerjee, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Poly(N‑vinyl imidazole) cross-linked β‑cyclodextrin hydrogel for rapid hemostasis in severe renal arterial hemorrhagic model”. .

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3, 5386-5396, 2021.

Puja Das Karmakar, Aniruddha Pal, Subhadip Bodhak, Sagar Pal*

“Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer-mediated amphiphilic copolymeric composite as a nanocarrier for drug delivery application”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 183, 718-726, 2021.

Puja Das Karmakar, Sagar Pal*

“Dextran based amphiphilic self-assembled biopolymeric macromolecule synthesised via RAFT polymerization as indomethacin carrier”.

Polymer, 225, 123791, 2021.

Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Koushik Singha, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“In-situ deposited CdS NPs on pH induced fully exfoliated layered titanate-biopolymeric composite and its photocatalytic activity”.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 32, 2169-2175, 2021.

Priyapratim Patra, Abhay Shankar Patra, Asim Kumar Mukherjee, Sagar Pal*

“Development of a highly efficient selective flocculant based on functionalized β‐cyclodextrin toward beneficiation of low‐quality iron ore”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 138 (19), 50381, 2021.

Puja Das Karmakar, Aparna Shukla, Pralay Maiti, Soumit Chatterjee, Sagar Pal*

“RAFT mediated bioconjugated amphiphilic graft-block copolymer using dextran, poly (NIPAAm) and poly (vinyl acetate)”.

Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 98, 100066, 2021.

Shaon Dey, Priyapratim Patra, Sagar Pal*

“Functionalized polysaccharide-based flocculants for solid liquid separation of wastewater”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 164, 3676-3686, 2020.

Lipi Midya, Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Raghunath Das, Arjun Maity, Sagar Pal*

“Crosslinked chitosan embedded TiO2 NPs and carbon dots-based nanocomposite: An excellent photocatalyst under sunlight irradiation”.

ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3, 3285-3293, 2020.

Arpita Roy, Subhendu Samanta, Koushik Singha, Pritiprasanna Maity, Nimmy Kumari, Animesh Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Development of a thermoresponsive polymeric composite film using crosslinked β-cyclodextrin embedded with carbon quantum dots as transdermal drug carrier”.

Polymer Chemistry, 11, 2630-2634, 2020.

Priyapratim Patra, Niladri Patra, Sagar Pal*

“Opposite swelling characteristics through changing the connectivity in a biopolymeric hydrogel based on glycogen and glycine”.

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 586, Article 124229, 2020.

Abhay Shankar Patra1, Priyapratim Patra1, Sautrick Chowdhury, A. K. Mukherjee, Sagar Pal*

“Cationically functionalized amylopectin as an efficient flocculant for treatment of coal suspension”.

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 57, 1697-1703, 2019.

Priyapratim Patra, Saundray Raj Soni, Venkata Sundeep Seesala, Santanu Dhara, Animesh Ghosh, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of a novel copolymer using glycogen and poly(lactide) as a carrier of dual drugs- ornidazole and ofloxacin”.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7, 9416-9421, 2019.

Lipi Midya, Avinash Chettri, Sagar Pal*

“Development of a novel nanocomposite using polypyrrole grafted chitosan-decorated CDs with improved photocatalytic activity under solar light illumination”.

European Polymer Journal, 114, 255-264, 2019.

Priyapratim Patra, Venkata Sundeep Seesala, Saundray Raj Soni, Rakesh Kumar Roy, Santanu Dhara, Animesh Ghosh, Niladri Patra, Sagar Pal*

“Biopolymeric pH-responsive fluorescent gel for in-vitro and in-vivo colon specific delivery of metronidazole and ciprofloxacin”.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 369, 398-407, 2019.

Lipi Midya, Abhay Shankar Patra, Chiranjib Banerjee, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Novel nanocomposite derived from ZnO/CdS QDs embedded crosslinked chitosan: an efficient photocatalyst and effective antibacterial agent”.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3, 385-393, 2019.

Arpita Roy, Priti Prasanna Maity, Anirbandeep Bose, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“β-Cyclodextrin based pH and thermo-responsive biopolymeric hydrogel as a dual drug carrier”.

[Published as Inside Front Cover of Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Issue 3, 01 March, 2019]

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 542, 187-197, 2019.

Lipi Midya, Raghunath Das, Madhumita Bhaumik, Tanumoy Sarkar, Arjun Maity, Sagar Pal*

“Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 125, 35-40, 2019.

Suprotim Das, Priyapratim Patra, Koushik Singha, Pinakpani Biswas, Supriya Sarkar, Sagar Pal*

“Graft copolymeric flocculant using functionalized starch towards treatment of blast furnace effluent”.

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 56, 2354–2363, 2018.

Puja Das Karmakar, Venkata Sundeep Seesala, Aniruddha Pal, Santanu Dhara, Soumit Chatterjee, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of RAFT mediated amphiphilic graft copolymeric micelle using dextran and poly (oleic acid) towards oral delivery of nifedipine”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 119, 954-961, 2018.

Aniruddha Pal, Abanindra Nath Sarkar, Puja Das Karmakar, Sagar Pal*

“Amphiphilic graft copolymeric micelle using dextrin and poly (N-vinyl caprolactam) via RAFT polymerization: Development and application”.

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 524, 122-128, 2018.

Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of triblock copolymeric micelle based on poly (ethylene glycol) and poly (vinyl acetate) through reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization”.

Polymer, 140, 122-130, 2018.

Priyapratim Patra, Venkata Sundeep Seesala, Dipankar Das, Asit Baran Panda, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Biopolymeric nanogel derived from functionalized glycogen towards targeted delivery of 5-fluorouracil”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135 (10), 45939, 2018.

Arpita Roy, Priti Prasanna Maity, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Biocompatible, stimuli responsive hydrogel of chemically crosslinked β-cyclodextrin as amoxicillin carrier”.

Polymer, 133, 184-194, 2017.

Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Effect of Fe3O4 NPs on micellization and release behavior of CBABC-type pentablock copolymer”.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (42), 36583–36595, 2017.

Barun Mandal, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Saundray Raj Soni, Animesh Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“In situ silver nanowire deposited cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose: a potential transdermal anticancer drug carrier”.

Polymer, 127, 150-158, 2017.

Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly (acrylamide)-block-poly (lactide) amphiphilic copolymer through ATRP, ROP and click chemistry: Characterization, micellization and pH-triggered sustained release behaviour”.

Polymer, 120, 9-19, 2017.

Barun Mandal, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Nanocomposite hydrogel derived from poly (methacrylic acid) / carboxymethyl cellulose/AuNPs: A potential transdermal drugs carrier”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 171, 27-38, 2017.

Dipankar Das, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Paulomi Ghosh, Priyapratim Patra, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Biocompatible nanogel derived from functionalized dextrin for targeted delivery of doxorubicin hydrochloride to MG 63 cancer cells”.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5, 1881-1891, 2017.

Amit Kumar Sarkar, Arka Saha, Lipi Midya, Chiranjib Banerjee, Narayan R. Mandre, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Crosslinked biopolymer stabilized exfoliated titanate nano sheet supported AgNPs: a green sustainable ternary nanocomposite hydrogel for catalytic and antimicrobial activity”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 160, 1-8, 2017.

Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Amphiphilic copolymer derived from tamarind gum and poly (methyl methacrylate) via ATRP towards selective removal of toxic dyes”.

JBioresource Technology, 225, 367-376, 2017.

Abhay Shankar Patra, Soumitra Ghorai, Debabrata Sarkar, Raghunath Das, Supriyo Sarkar, Sagar Pal*

“Anionically functionalized guar gum embedded with silica nanoparticles: an efficient nanocomposite adsorbent for rapid adsorptive removal of toxic cationic dyes and metal ions”.

Polymer, 107, 282-291, 2016.

Dipankar Das, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Priyapratim Patra, Paulomi Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Biocompatible amphiphilic microgel derived from dextrin and poly(methyl methacrylate) for dual drugs carrier”.

ChemistrySelect, 1, 6115–6126, 2016.

Lipi Midya, Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Development of crosslinked chitosan/Au nanocomposite, its characterization and application towards solar light driven photocatalytic degradation of toxic organic compounds".

Polymer Chemistry, 7, 5426–5435, 2016.

Priyapratim Patra, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Dipankar Das, Santanu Dhara, Asit Baran Panda,Sagar Pal*

“Stimuli-responsive, biocompatible hydrogel derived from glycogen and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for colon targeted delivery of ornidazole and 5-amino salicylic acid”.

Polymer Chemistry, 7, 2965–2975, 2016.

Dipankar Das, Priyapratim Patra, Paulomi Ghosh, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Dextrin and poly (lactide) based biocompatible and biodegradable nanogel for cancer targeted delivery of doxorubicin”.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4, 1679-1688, 2016.

Amit Kumar Sarkar, Arka Saha, Abhrojyoti Tarafder, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Efficient removal of toxic dyes via simultaneous adsorption and solar light driven photodegradation using recyclable functionalized amylopectin−TiO2−Au nanocomposite”.

CRSC Advances, 6, 19605–19611, 2016.

Barun Mandal, Dipankar Das, Arun Prabhu Rameshbabu, Santanu Dhara, Sagar Pal*

“Biodegradable, biocompatible transdermal device derived from carboxymethyl cellulose and multi-walled carbon nanotube for sustained release of diclofenac sodium”.

ARSC Advances, 6, 9352–9359, 2016.

Dipankar Das, Sudipta Mukherjee, Aniruddha Pal, Raghunath Das, Santi Gopal Sahu, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable copolymer derived from dextrin and poly(vinyl acetate) via atom transfer radical polymerization”.

RSC Advances, 6, 2958-2965, 2016.

Aniruddha Pal, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of copolymer derived from tamarind kernel polysaccharide (TKP) and poly(methacrylic acid) via SI-ATRP with enhanced pH triggered dye removal”.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 301, 127-136, 2016.

Abhay Shankar Patra, Soumitra Ghorai, Shankhamala Ghosh, Barun Mandal, Sagar Pal*

“Selective removal of toxic anionic dyes from aqueous media using a novel nanocomposite derived from cationically modified guar gum and silica nanoparticles”.

Chemical Communications, 51, 16057-16060, 2015.

Amit Kumar Sarkar, Arka Saha, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“pH Triggered superior selective adsorption and separation of both the cationic and anionic dyes and photocatalytic activity on fully exfoliated titanate layer –natural polymer based nanocomposite”.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, 14338-14351, 2015.

Dipankar Das, Paulomi Ghosh, Chanchal Haldar, Animesh Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Stimulus-responsive, biodegradable, biocompatible, covalently crosslinked hydrogel based on dextrin and poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide) for in-vitro/in-vivo controlled drug release”.

Bioresource Technology, 191, 291-299, 2015.

Sagar Pal**, Abhay Shankar Patra, Soumitra Ghorai, Amit Kumar Sarkar, Vivekananda Mahato, Supriyo Sarkar, R. P. Singh.

“Efficient and rapid adsorption characteristics of templating modified guar gum and silica nanocomposite towards removal of toxic reactive blue and Congo red dyes”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 77, 207-213, 2015.

Raghunath Das, Sagar Pal*

“Modified hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose: efficient matrix for controlled release of 5-amino salicylic acid”.

RSC Advances, 5, 27481-27490, 2015.

Raghunath Das, Dipankar Das, Paulomi Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Asit B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Development and application of a nanocomposite derived from crosslinked HPMC and Au nanoparticles for colon targeted drug delivery”.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, pp. 4791-4803, 2015.

Dipankar Das, Paulomi Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Dextrin and poly (acrylic acid) based biodegradable, non-cytotoxic, chemically crosslinked hydrogel for sustained release of ornidazole and ciprofloxacin".

European Polymer Journal, 66, 33-46, 2015.

Aniruddha Pal, Dipankar Das, Amit Kumar Sarkar, Soumitra Ghorai, Raghunath Das, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis of glycogen and poly (acrylic acid)-based graft copolymers via ATRP and its application for selective removal of Pb2+ ions from aqueous solution”.

Cellulose, 22, 313-327, 2015.

Raghunath Das, Dipankar Das, Paulomi Ghosh, Animesh Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Novel pH responsive graft copolymer based on HPMC and poly (acrylamide) synthesized by microwave irradiation: application in controlled release of ornidazole”.

Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology, 1, 84-95, 2015.

Sagar Pal*, Abhay Shankar Patra, Soumitra Ghorai, Amit Kumar Sarkar, Raghunath Das, Supriyo Sarkar.

“Modified guar gum/SiO2: development and application of a novel hybrid nanocomposite as flocculant for the treatment of wastewaters”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 72, 356-363, 2015.

Amit Kumar Sarkar, Soumitra Ghorai, Abhay Shankar Patra, Brijesh K. Mishra, N. R. Mandre, Sagar Pal*

“Flocculation properties of modified amylopectin for the treatment of synthetic effluent and industrial wastewaters”.

RSC Advances, 5, 25014-25050, 2015.

Dipankar Das, Sagar Pal*

Modified biopolymer-dextrin based crosslinked hydrogels: application in controlled drug delivery”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 72, 171-178, 2015.

Dipankar Das, Sagar Pal*

“Deswelling and gel characteristics of modified dextrin based crosslinked hydrogel: application in controlled release of ciprofloxacin”.

Bioresource Technology, 170, 578-582, 2014.

Soumitra Ghorai, Amit Kumar Sarkar, Sagar Pal*

“Rapid adsorptive removal of toxic Pb2+ ion from aqueous solution using recyclable, biodegradable nanocomposite derived from templated partially hydrolyzed xanthan gum and nanosilica”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 111, 108-115, 2014.

Amit Kumar Sarkar, Aniruddha Pal, Soumitra Ghorai, N. R. Mandre, Sagar Pal*

“Efficient removal of malachite green dye using biodegradable graft copolymer derived from amylopectin and poly (acrylic acid)”.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3, 4766-4777, 2014.

Soumitra Ghorai, Asish Sarkar, Mohammad Raoufi, Asit Baran Panda, Holger Schönherr, Sagar Pal*

“Enhanced removal of methylene blue and methyl violet dyes from aqueous solution using a nanocomposite of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide grafted xanthan gum and nanosilica”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131 (7), 40039, 2014.

Dipankar Das, Raghunath Das, Jayanta Mandal, Animesh Ghosh, Sagar Pal*

“Dextrin cross linked with poly (lactic acid): a novel hydrogel for controlled drug release application”.

RSC Advances, 3, 25340-25350, 2013.

Dipankar Das, Raghunath Das, Paulomi Ghosh, Santanu Dhara, Asit Baran Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Dextrin cross linked with poly (HEMA): a novel hydrogel for colon specific delivery of ornidazole”.

Bioresource Technology, 144, pp. 485-491, 2013.

Soumitra Ghorai, Amit Sarkar, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Effective removal of Congo red dye from aqueous solution using modified xanthan gum/silica hybrid nanocomposite as adsorbent”.

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52, 9731-9740, 2013.

Soumitra Ghorai, Asish Sarkar, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Evaluation of the flocculation characteristics of polyacrylamide grafted xanthan gum/silica hybrid nanocomposite”.

Chemical Engineering Journal, 229, 144-152, 2013.

Raghunath Das, Soumitra Ghorai, Sagar Pal*

“Flocculation characteristics of polyacrylamide grafted hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose: An efficient biodegradable flocculant”.

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 110, 236-241, 2013.

Raghunath Das, Sagar Pal*

“Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose grafted with polyacrylamide: application in controlled release of 5-amino salicylic acid”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 58, 296-300, 2013

Ghosh, Sagar Pal*

“Modified tamarind kernel polysaccharide: A novel matrix for controlled release of aspirin”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 95, 753-759, 2013.

Amit Sarkar, N. R. Mandre, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Amylopectin grafted with poly (acrylic acid): Development and application of a high performance flocculant”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 91, 294-299, 2013.

R. P. Singh, Sagar Pal*, V. Rana, S. Ghorai.

“Amphoteric amylopectin: a novel polymeric flocculant”.

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51 (48), 15546-15556, 2012.

Sagar Pal* ,S. Ghorai, C. Das, S. Samrat, A. B. Panda.

“Carboxymethyl tamarind-graft-poly (acrylamide)/silica: A novel nanocomposite for adsorption of methylene blue dye”.

Bioresource Technology, 119, 181-190, 2012.

S. Ghorai, A. Sinhamahapatra, A. Sarkar, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Novel biodegradable nanocomposite based on XG-g-PAM/SiO2: application of an efficient adsorbent for Pb 2+ ions from aqueous solution”.

Polymer Bulletin, 69, 545-560, 2012.

Sagar Pal*, A. Pal.

“Synthesis and characterizing a novel polymeric flocculant based on amylopectin-graft-polyacrylamide-graft-polyacrylic acid [(AP-g-PAM)-g-PAA]”.

Cellulose, 19, 933-945, 2012.

R. Das, A. B. Panda, Sagar Pal*

“Synthesis, characterization of a novel polymeric hydrogel based on hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose grafted with polyacrylamide”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 49, 1152-1159, 2011.

Sagar Pal*, M. Gorain, A. Giri, A. Bandyopadhyay, A. B. Panda.

“In-situ silica incorporated carboxymethyl tamarind kernel polysaccharide: Development and application of a novel hybrid nanocomposite”.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 192, 1580-1588, 2011.

Sagar Pal*, S. Ghorai, M. K. Dash, S. Ghosh, G. Udayabhanu.

“Flocculation properties of polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl guar gum (CM-g-PAM) synthesized by conventional and microwave assisted method”.

Bioresource Technology, 102, 2137–2139, 2011.

Sandipta Ghosh, U. Jha, Sagar Pal*

“High performance polymeric flocculant based on hydrolyzed polyacrylamide grafted tamarind kernel polysaccharide (Hyd. TKP-g-PAM)”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 47, 623-631, 2010.

Sagar Pal*, T. Nasim, A. Patra, S. Ghosh, A. B. Panda.

“Microwave assisted synthesis of polyacrylamide grafted dextrin (Dxt-g-PAM): Development and application of a novel polymeric flocculant”.

Bioresource Technology, 101, 9638-9644, 2010.

Sandipta Ghosh, G. Sen, U. Jha, Sagar Pal*

“Novel biodegradable polymeric flocculant based on polyacrylamide grafted tamarind kernel polysaccharide”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 115, 63-71, 2010.

Gautam Sen, R. P. Singh, Sagar Pal*

“Microwave initiated synthesis of polyacrylamide grafted sodium alginate: Synthesis and characterization”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 45, 518-523, 2009.

Sagar Pal*, Sandipta Ghosh, Gautam Sen, U. Jha, R. P. Singh.

“Cationic tamarind kernel polysaccharide (Cat TKP): A novel polymeric flocculant for the treatment of textile industry wastewater”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 114, 2798 – 2805, 2009.

Gautam Sen, Sagar Pal*

“A novel polymeric biomaterial based on carboxymethyl starch and its application in controlled drug release”.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 45, 48 – 55, 2009.

Gautam Sen, Sagar Pal*

“Microwave initiated synthesis of polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethylstarch (CMS-g-PAM): Application as a novel matrix for sustained drug release”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 77, 822 – 831, 2009.

Gautam Sen, Ranvijay Kumar, S. Ghosh, Sagar Pal*

“A novel polymeric flocculant based on polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethylstarch”.

Macromolecular Symposia, 277, 100-111, 2009.

Gautam Sen, Sagar Pal*

“Polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl tamarind (CMT-g-PAM): Development and application of a novel polymeric flocculant”.

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 81, 525-547, 2009.

Ram P. Singh, Sagar Pal, S. Krishnamoorthy, S. K. Ali, P. Adhikary.

“High technology materials based on modified polysaccharides”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 111, 2630-2636, 2009.

Sagar Pal*

“Carboxymethyl guar (CMG): synthesis and its macromolecular characterization”.

Polymer Engineering and Science, 48, 1892 - 1896, 2008.

Witold Brostow, Haley E. Hagg Lobland, Sagar Pal*, R.P. Singh.

“Flocculation of Iron and Manganese Ore-containing suspensions”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 74, 590-596, 2008.

Sagar Pal*, G. Sen, N. C. Karmakar, D. Mal and R. P. Singh.

“Synthesis, characterization and application of cationic polysaccharides as flocculants in relation to coal fine suspension”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 110, 392-400, 2008.

Sagar Pal, G. Sen, S. Mishra, R. K. Dey, U. Jha.

“Carboxymethyl tamarind: synthesis, characterization and its application as novel drug delivery agent”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 108, 2674-2681, 2008.

Sagar Pal*, D. Mal, R. P. Singh.

“Characterization of cationic starch: an efficient flocculating agent”.

Materials Letters, 61, 4381–4384, 2007.

Witold Brostow, Sagar Pal*, Ram P. Singh.

“A model of flocculation”.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 105, 3240–3245, 2007.

Sagar Pal, D. Mal, R. P. Singh.

“Synthesis and characterization of cationic guar gum: A high performance flocculating agent”.

Macromolecular Symposia, 242, 227-234, 2006.

R. P. Singh, Sagar Pal*, D. Mal.

“A high performance flocculating agent and viscosifiers based on cationic guar gum”.

Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochemical Engg. Aspects, 289, 193-199, 2006.

Sagar Pal, D. Mal, R. P. Singh.

“Synthesis, characterization and flocculation characteristics of cationic glycogen: A novel polymeric flocculant”.

Carbohydrate Polymers, 59 (4), 417-423, 2005.

S Pal, D. Mal, R. P. Singh.

“Cationic starch: an effective flocculating agent”.