Mr. Soumayajit Sarkar

Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: sarkars@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 827-7000, ext. 411
Fax: (804) 828-3846

Address

601 West Main Street, Room 411
P.O. Box 843028
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028

Current degree sought: Ph.D. Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
B.E. Electronics Engineering, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India , 2001

Advanced polymer coatings for miniature sensors like surface acoustic wave sensors and QCM
Preparation of nano-structured materials and nano-composite polymeric particles using Electrospray technique
AC electrospinning technique for nanoscale particles and coatings
Studying stability of AC electrospun fibers with respect to voltage and frequency
Develop composite polymeric fibers, films and particles by doping with metal and magnetic nanoparticles
AC driven potentials for the development of nanoscale hollow fiber structures incorporating photopolymerization reactions into the fiber spinning process
Studying commercial applications of nanoscale polymeric particles, films and fibers in filtration, optics, sensing, drug delivery and medicine

Using AC electrospray to produce advanced nano-structures and nanofibers and studying there stability
Using AC electrospray to produce nano-composite materials for filters and drug delivery applications
Using AC electrospray to produce polymer films, coatings and nanoscale particles for chemical sensing applications
Development of chemical and biological miniature sensors

“Deposition of Polymer Coatings onto SAW Resonators using AC Electrospray” Soumayajit Sarkar, Natalia Levit and Gary Tepper. to be submitted in Sensors and Actuators: B