Biography
Arnob is currently a Staff Scientist supporting a variety of materials chemistry & materials physics efforts. Currently, Arnob serves as a Principal Investigator on a Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Lab-Wide project on next-generation energy storage using colossal permittivity materials with (anti)ferroelectric functionalities. Additionally, Arnob supports efforts on nanoparticle synthesis with triboelectric character, developing polymer nanocomposites for integration with two-photon printed micro-scale junctions for neuromorphic computing, characterization of microwave kinetic inductance detectors for cosmological applications, understanding two-level systems in Nb/NbOx, physico-chemical characterization of organic electrolytes for thermal batteries, and formulation of In/Sn nanocrystal inks for metal-based optical additive manufacturing. His background is primarily in organic electronics, polymer synthesis and characterization, physical chemistry, and carbon nanostructures. From 2016-2020, Arnob was the co-founder of Hex Labs, a chemistry and materials science start-up focused on magnetic polymers, graphene supercapacitors, and spintronics. Hex Labs' research was supported in partnership with Global Good (now transitioned to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Ventures). Hex granted Global Good a non-exclusive license for commercial products utilizing our novel polymeric nanostructures to be made available to the World Bank's list of middle and low-income countries.
Research Interests
- Polymer nanocomposites
- Electronic and optical properties in soft condensed matter
- Dielectric/negative capacitance materials
- Flexible electronics
- Sol-gel chemistry
- Solar desalination
- Carbon capture
- Microfluidic biophysical modeling
Education
- MS, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, 2023
- BS, Molecular Engineering (Individually Designed Major in Engineering), Stanford University, 2022
Publications
2019 1 publication
Das, A. “Preparation of Zigzag/Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Blends for Electrostatically Mediated Graphene Nanosheet Deagglomeration”, U.S. Provisional Patent 626442518 (2019).
2017 1 publication
Das, A. “Preparation of Intrinsically Ferromagnetic Mesoscopic Doped Conjugated Polymer Rings”, U.S. Provisional Patent 61459344 (2017).
2016 1 publication
Das, A. “Poly-(amino acid) Derived Nanoparticle Networks for Free Radical Quenching”, U.S. Provisional Patent 60732559 (2016).
Other 2 publications
- Provisional Patents
- (See 3rd International Conference on Polymer Science and Engineering for above: Arnob Das, Polym Sci, 3:3, doi: 10.4172/2471-9935-C1-003)
Awards
2023 James W. Lyons Award for Exceptional Service, Stanford University
2019 Hex Labs named “50 World-Changing Startups to Watch in 2019”, Inc. Magazine
2017 Research Science Institute Scholar @MIT, Center for Excellence in Education
2015-2018 4x International Grand Award Winner, Regeneron/Intel International Science & Engineering Fair