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Dr. Manas Kumar Bera
INSPIRE Faculty Fellow
Polymers & Functional Materials Department,
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)
Hyderabad - 500 007, Telangana, India
Email: mkb.bera@yahoo.com / manas.497@csiriict.in
Research Theme:
Development of novel polymer / organic-inorganic materials for electronic & electrochemical devices & displays, energy & environmental related applications
Our Latest Publications
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Fully Bio-based Self-Healing and Recyclable Covalent Adaptable Networks Prepared via Catalyst-Free Aza-Michael Reaction
SS Kashyap, K Borah, SS Joshi, S Sarmah, MK Bera*, P Basak*, R Narayan*
ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, , 6, 7, 3894-3908
Impact Factor: 5.0 ( * Corresponding author )
MK Bera*, S Sarmah, D Santra, M Higuchi*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2024, 501, 215573
Impact Factor: 20.6 ( * Corresponding author )
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Dual Redox-Responsive Os/Ru-Based Alternated Heterobimetallic Supramolecular Polymer as a Multicolor Electrochromic Material for Camouflage Devices
S Sarmah, SS Kashyap, MK Bera*
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2023, 5, 3, 1738-1749
Impact Factor: 4.7 ( * Corresponding author )
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Development of hydrophobic polyurethane film from structurally modified castor oil and its anticorrosive performance
S Mohanty, K Borah, SS Kashyap, S Sarmah, MK Bera*, P Basak*, R Narayan*
Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2023, 34, 1, 351-362
Impact Factor: 3.4 ( * Corresponding author )
MK Bera*, S Mohanty, SS Kashyap, S Sarmah
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2022, 454, 214353
Impact Factor: 20.6 ( * Corresponding author )
Research Areas & Interests
Synthetic Polymer Chemistry
• Conjugated Homopolymers & Copolymers (via Suzuki,
Stille Coupling, etc.)
• Homo & Block Copolymers (via ATRP, RAPT
Polymerization etc.)
• Metallo-supramolecular Polymers (Homometallic &
Heterometallic)
• Organometallic Polymers
• Coordination Polymers & 2D Coordination Nanosheets
• Polyurethanes, Polyamides, Polyesters, & Synthetic
Resins
• Vitrimers
• Covalent Adaptable Networks
Electrochromism, Functional Martials & Device Fabrication
• Electrochromic Materials & Electrochromic
Device Fabrication (Rigid, Flexible, Stretchable)
• NIR Electrochromism
• Electrochromic Supercapacitor & Battery
• Electro-Fluorochromic Devices
• PLED / OLED Devices
• Solar Cell Devices
• Smart Windows
• e-Displays
• Multifunctional Coatings
• Electrochemical Characterization of Coatings





