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

MS, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, 2023

BS, Molecular Engineering (Individually Designed Major in Engineering), Stanford University, 2022

Provisional Patents

Das, A. “Preparation of Zigzag/Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Blends for Electrostatically Mediated Graphene Nanosheet Deagglomeration”, U.S. Provisional Patent 626442518 (2019).

Das, A. “Preparation of Intrinsically Ferromagnetic Mesoscopic Doped Conjugated Polymer Rings”, U.S. Provisional Patent 61459344 (2017).

(See 3^rd International Conference on Polymer Science and Engineering for above: Arnob Das, Polym Sci, 3:3, doi: 10.4172/2471-9935-C1-003)

Das, A. “Poly-(amino acid) Derived Nanoparticle Networks for Free Radical Quenching”, U.S. Provisional Patent 60732559 (2016).

• 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