Arnob Das

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