Name:Prof.

Sunita Rattan
Designation : Head of the Institution &
Addl. Director AIAS,
Amity University Sector 125, Noida
Mob. No.: 9810833703
Email: srattan@amity.edu

AREA OF INTEREST

Radiation Induced Graft Copolymerization .

Swift Heavy Ions Induced Grafting.
Stimulus Responsive Track Etched Membranes through Polymeric Films
Nanocomposites
Smart Hydrogels.
Chemiresistive Sensors
Polymer /Fly Ash composites.

PUBLICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:

1) Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation as a Tool for Homogeneous Dispersion of Nanographite

Platelets within the Polymer Matrices: Towards Tailoring the Properties of
PEDOT:PSS/Nanographite Nanocomposites , Prachi Singhal, Sunita Rattan,
Journal of Physical Chemistry B , ACS, May 2016
2) Polymer Nanocomposites Using Click Chemistry: Novel Materials For Hydrogen
Peroxide Vapor Sensors , Mazumdar, P., Rattan, S., Mukherjee, M,
RSC Advances 5 (85) , pp. 69573, 2015
3) Development and Characterization of Fly Ash/Crumb Rubber Reinforced Natural Rubber
Composite , Arti Maan, UK Niyogi, AK Singh, DS Mehra, Sunita Rattan
Asian Journal of Chemistry 15(4) · April 2016
4) Synthesis Of Conductive Polyurethane/Graphite Composites For Electromagnetic
Interference Shielding , Puri, P., Mehta, R., Rattan, S
Journal of Electronic Materials, 44(11) · November 2015 (Springer)
5) Synergistic Effects Of Clay And GNPs On Electrical And Mechanical Properties Of
PU/GNP/OMMT Ternary Composite Puri, P., Mehta, R., Rattan, S
Journal of Optoelectronics And Advanced Materials 17(3):477-483 · March 2015
6) Studies on Effect of a Silane Coupling Agent (TESPT) on the Properties of Fly Ash-
Natural Rubber Composite Arti Maan ,UK Niyogi , AK Singh , DS Mehra , Sunita
Rattan
Journal of Polymer Materials 32(1):47-52 · January 2015
7) Development And Characterization Of Fly Ash Reinforced Natural Rubber Composite,
Arti Maan · UK Niyogi · AK Singh · DS Mehra · Sunita Rattan
 Journal Of Polymer Materials 31(4):397-408 · October 2014
8) Synthesis And Mechanical Properties Of Polyurethane/Clay Nanocomposites
Journal Of Optoelectronics And Advanced Materials , Puri, P., Mehta, R., Rattan, S,
16(10):1126-1130 · September 2014
9) Modification of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy thiophene)/poly(4-styrene sulphonate) (PEDOT:
PSS)/nanographite nanocomposite through ion beam technique Rattan, S., Singhal, P.,
Avasthi, D.K., Tripathi, A.
Advanced Materials Letters 5 (12) , 2014 pp. 712
10) Synthesis of PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene))/poly(4-styrene
sulfonate))/ ngps (nanographitic platelets) nanocomposites as chemiresistive sensors for
detection of nitroaromatics , Rattan, S., Singhal, P., Verma, A.L.Polymer Engineering
and Science 53 (10) , pp. 2045, 2013 (Wiley Interscience)
11) Modification of PMMA/graphite nanocomposites through ion beam techniqueSinghal, P.,
Rattan, S., Avasthi, D.K., Tripathi, A.Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 168 (7-8) ,
pp. 512, 2013 (Taylor & Francis)
12) Stimuli-responsive membranes through graftcopolymerization of acrylic acid (aac) onto
polycarbonate track etched (PCTE) membrane ,Rattan, S., Sehgal, T.Advanced
Materials Letters 4 (6) , 2013 pp. 418
13) Comparative Studies of Copper Oxide with Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles in
Conventional Thermal Fluids for Its Enhanced Efficiency as Coolant,
Proceedings of The National Academy Of Sciences, Section A 83(2) · June 2013
(Springer)
14) Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Membranes through Graft Copolymerization of N-
Isopropylacrylamide onto Polycarbonate Track Etched Membranes for Biomedical
Applications, Procedia , December 2012 (Elsevier)
15) Stimuli-responsive membranes through peroxidation radiation-induced grafting of 2-
hydroxyethyl methacrylate (2-HEMA) onto isotactic polypropylene film (IPP)Rattan, S.,
Sehgal, T.Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 293 (1) , 2012 pp. 107
(Elsevier)
16) Graft-copolymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone onto isotactic polypropylene film by
gamma radiation using peroxidation methodSehga, T., Rattan, S.
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 48 (11) ,2010 pp. 823 (Springer)
17) Modification of isotactic polypropylene film by radiation-induced graft
copolymerizationSehgal, T., Rattan, S.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 286 (1) , 2010 pp. 71 (Elsevier)
18) Gamma-radiation-induced grafting of binary mixture of methacrylic acid and 4-vinyl
pyridine onto Teflon-FEP film as an effective polar membrane for separation
processesKaur, I., Rattan, S., Chauhan, S., Gupta, N.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions
with Materials and Atoms 268 (10) , 2010 pp. 1642 (Elsevier)
19) Synthesis, characterization and swelling characteristics of graft copolymerized isotactic
polypropylene filmSehgal, T., Rattan, S.
International Journal of Polymer Science 2010
20) Tailoring of teflon-FEP film through graft-copolymerization with polar monomers for
desalination processes: Effect of swift heavy ion irradiationKaur, I., Rattan, S.,
Chauhan, S., Gupta, N.2009
 Polymers and Polymer Composites 17 (9) , pp. 581
21) Effect of γ-ray irradiation on morphology and electrical properties of poly(vinyl
chloride)/graphite compositesSrivastava, N.K., Rattan, S., Mehra, R.M.
Polymer Engineering and Science 49 (6) , 2009 pp. 1136 (Wiley Interscience)
22) Radiation induced graft copolymerization of vinyl monomers and their binary mixture
onto rayon fibreRattan, S., Maitra, J., Misra, B.N., Kaur, I.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science 108 (5) , 2008 pp. 3104
23) Graft Copolymerization Of Acrylic Acid Onto Isotactic Polypropylene Film By
Radiochemical Method .
J. Polym. Mater.12 (1995)
24) Preparation And Characterization Of Mixed Anhydrides of O-Acylaryl Carbohydroximic
Acids. Collect.Czech.Chem..Commun.Vol.58 (1993)
25) Effect Of L-Threonine,5-Hydroxytrptophane And 5-Hydroxytryptamine On The Ceric
Ion Initiated Grafting Of Methyl Acrylate Onto Cellulose.
J. of Applied Polymer Science Vol.49 (1993) (Wiley Inter Science)
27) Gamma Radiation Induced Graft Copolymerization Of Vinyl Monomers Onto Rayon.
J. Of Fibre And Textile Res.Vol.17 (1992)
28) Preparation ,Characterization And Stereochemistry Of Mixed Anhydrides Of O-
Alkylbenzohydroximic Acid.
Collect.Czech.Chem..Commun.Vol.57 (1992)

Papers Published in Conferences Proceedings:

1. P. Mazumdar, P. Singhal, R. K. Diwan, S. Rattan, “Poly(4-vinylpyridine)/nanographite

Nanocomposites as Organic Vapour Sensors” AIP Conf. Proc. 1724, 2016, 020068 (AIP) 2016
2. Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal ,“γ-Radiation Induced Graft Copolymrization of Acrylic
Acid (AAc) onto Teflon-FEP films” in proceedings of National Conference on Recent
Trends in Synthesis and Applications of Advanced materials (RTSAAM-2011) held at
Maharaja Agarsen Institute of Technology, New Delhi jointly with Delhi Technical
University (DTU) during 5th -6th December, 2011.
3. Sunita Rattan , Prachi Singhal & Manasi SInghi ; Synthesis and Characterisation of
Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)(PMMA) Graphite Nano composites”, in Proceedings of
Recent Trends in Synthesis and Applications of Advanced Materials, RTSAAM-2011,
held at Maharaja Agarsen Institute of Technology , New Delhi joinly with Delhi
Technical University during 5th -6th December, 2011 pg-112.
4. Teena Sehgal & Sunita Rattan “Preparation of pH and thermoresponsive Stimuli-
Responsive Hydrogels by Binary Graft Coplymerization of Acrylic Acid (AAc) and N-
Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) onto preirradiated Isotactic Polypropylene Film (IPP)” ;
National Conference on Recent Trends in Material and Devices (RTMD-2011) held at
Amity University, Noida during 19th -20th May 2011.
5. Teena Sehgal & Sunita Rattan,“Stimuli- Responsive Hydrogels by Radiation-Induced
Graft Copolymerization of N-Vinyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NVP) onto Isotactic Polypropylene
Film (IPP)” ; National Conference on Recent Trends in Material and Devices held
(RTMD-2010) at Amity University, Noida during 20th -22th May 2010.
6. Sunita Rattan & Teena Sehgal , Graft Copolymerization of Hydrophilic Monomer Onto
Isotactic Polypropylene Films” in the Proceedings of National Conference on Revolution
 in Chemistry organized by Institute of Technology and Management in the Department of
Applied Sciences and Humanities, Gurgaon, held on 19th December, 2008.

Invited Talks

1 Sunita Rattan , Radiation Induced Graft Copolymerization of 4 – Vinyl Pyridine,

Acrylonitrile (AN) and Their Binary Mixture onto Rayon- International Conference on
“Advances in Polymer Science & Technology” January 28-31,2008 held at IIT, New
Delhi
2 Sunita Rattan, Smart Polymeric Membranes through Radiation Grafting of N-
isopropylacrylamide and Acrylic Acid onto Track Etched Membranes, at Frontiers in
Polymer Science, National Seminar 18-19th Nov;2011 held in H.P University , Shimla
under DST .
3 Gamma Radiation grafting of the TEMs as a versatile tool for the formation of Stimulus
responsive membranes held at International Conference "Chemical Constellation
Cheminar-2012 [CCC-2012] in September 10-12, 2012 at Dr B R Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (Punjab) India.
4 Synthesis of Polymer Graphite Nanocomposites using Swift Heavy Ions for Sensor
Applications ,International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials & Devices held on
15-17th Oct, 2013
5 Polymer/NGPs Nanocomposite: Sensor Application , International Conference on Recent
Trends in Materials & Devices held on 15-17th Dec, 2015
6 Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation of Polymer/Nanographite Composites for Homogeneous
Dispersion of the Nanofiller, Inter University Accelerator Centre , 29th Dec, 2015
7 Polymer/NGPs Nanocomposite: Sensor Application ,National Workshop On Innovative
Research On Material Science & Engineering (IRMSE -2016) 17th to 22nd April , 2016 ,
Rohilkhand University Bareilly U.P
8 Novel Methods for Synthesis of Polymer/NGPs Nanocomposites: Sensor Applications ,
International Conference On Frontier Chemistry And Life Sciences
2-4 May, 2016 , Kaohsiung Medical University , Taiwan

Papers presented in Conferences : (Last Five Years)

1 Sunita Rattan , Modification Of Fluorinated Films By Swift Heavy Ions (SHI) Induced
Graft Copolymerization- International Conference POLYCHAR 16- World Forum on
Advanced Materials, scheduled to be held from 17 to 21 Feb,s 2008 at the World Unity
Convention Centre, Lucknow
2 Nitika Gupta , Inderjeet Kaur ,Sunita Rattan ,Development of Teflon-FEP based Cation
Exchange Membranesthrough Graft-copolymerization-presented in International
Conference on “Advances in Polymer Science & Technology” January 28-31,2008 held
at IIT, New Delhi
3 Sunita Rattan , Modification of Track Etched Fluorinated Films by Radiation induced
Graft Copolymerization-National workshop on Accelerator based Research on Polymer
Science August 25, 2008 Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 110067
4 Sunita Rattan , D.K Avasthi , Ambuj Tripathi , Grafting of Track Etched Fluorinated
Films by gamma radiation. Presented in Indo-French Conference on 'Nanostructuring by
ion beams' held in Bhubaneswar from 26th Feb to 1st March 2009, sponsored by Indo
French Centre for Advanced Research (IFCPAR), Delhi.
5 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal ,Graft Copolymerization of Hydrophilic Monomer onto
polypropylene film Presented in 25th Annual International Meeting of Polymer
Processing Society, held at Goa, India 1-5th March ,2009.
6 Sunita Rattan & Teena Sehgal ,“Development of Mechanically Strong Hydrogels
through Radiation Induced Grafting of Hydrophilic Monomers onto Hydrophobic
Polymeic Films”; in Proceedings of National Conference on Synthesis and
Characterization of Smart Materials held at Department of Physics , Bareilly College ,
Bareilly (U.P) sponsored by BRNS Mumbai (Best Paper Award)
7 Sunita Rattan ,Teena Sehgal , Radiation Induced Graft Copolmerization of Tedlar
Membranes for Removal of Heavy Ions.’’ in the International congress on Recent
Advance in Environmental Science and technology (RAEST-2009) held at Banaras
Hindu University during 2-4 November 2009
8 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal , Radiation Induced Grafting of N-vinylpyrrolidone
(NVP) onto Isotactic Polypropylene Film: Synthesis and Characterization:Polymer
Congress APA 2009: Polymer Science and Technology: Vision & Scenario December
17-20, 2009, New Delhi, India held at IIT Delhi.
9 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal , Graft copolymer of 4-VP onto IPP films National
Conference on Accelerators and Low Level Radiation Safety (NCALLRS) held during
18–20 November, 2009 at IUAC, New Delhi.
10 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal , Stimuli- Responsive Hydrogels by Radiation-Induced
Graft Copolymerization APM in the International Conference On Advancements In
Polymeric Materials held at CIPET Bhubaneswar during 20-22 Feb 2010
11 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal “Stimuli-Responsive Membranes by Radiation-induced
Grafting of 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (2-HEMA) onto Isotactic polypropylene film
(IPP): Surface morphology” in the International Conference on Polymer Science &
Engineering (PSE-2010) held at University Institute of Chemical engineering and
technology (UICET), Punjab University, Chandigarh, (IIT - ASIAN POLYMER
ASSOCIATION) during 26h -27th November 2010
12 Sunita Rattan , Teena Sehgal Track Etched membranes as Smart membranes in the
International conference SHIMEC 2010 in Inter University Accelerator Centre 6-9 Oct
2010.
13 Teena Sehgal,Suniat Rattan, “Modification of Isotactic polypropylene films (IPP) Via:
SHI-Ar8+ ions by Grafting of Hydroxy ethylmethacrylate (HEMA)” in the National
Conference on Recent trends in exotic Material held at Sharda University, Greater Noida
during 26th -28th August 2010.
14 Teena Sehgal & Sunita Rattan ,Smart Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric membranes
Through Graft Copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide onto Poly Carbonate Track
Etched membranes for Biomedical Applications Innovation in Polymer Science and
Technology, held on 28 Nov-1 Dec, 2011, in Bali, INDONESIA.(Best Poster Award)
15 Sunita Rattan,Prachi Sehgal,”Synthesis and Characterisation of PEDOT/PSS-Graphite
Nanocomposites” at National Conference on Recent Advances in Polymer
Nanocomposites (NCPN-2011) organized by Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi.
 16 Sunita Rattan, Prachi Sehgal “ Nanocomposites Fabricated by Spin Coating and Casting
Method: A Comparision” at National Seminar on Applications of Nanomaterials for
Environment and Tech. Development (ANETD-2011) held at KIIT Group of Colleges,
Gurgaon.
17 Sunita Rattan, Prachi Sehgal , Manasi Singhi , “Synthesis of PMMA Nanocomposites
using Functionalized Nanographite by In- Situ Technique” in National Seminar on
“Frontiers in Polymer Science” held on 18-19 November, 2011 at H.P. University,
Shimla.
18 Sunita Rattan, Prachi Sehgal , Manasi Singhi “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly
(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Graphite Nanocomposite” in National Conference
Recent Trends in Synthesis and Applications of Advanced Materials (RTSAAM 2011)
held on 5-6 December, 2011 at Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Delhi.
19 Sunita Rattan, Prachi Sehgal “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (3, 4-
Ethylenedioxythiophene) Poly (4-Styrene Sulphonate) / Functionalized Nanoographite
Composite” in International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (ICNANO
2011) held on 18-21 December, 2011 at University of Delhi, Delhi.
20 Sunita Rattan, Prachi Sehgal “Modification of PMMA/ Graphite Nanocomposites
through Ion Beam Technique “ in SHIMEC 2012 held on 8-11 October, 2012 at
International University Accelerator Centre, Delhi.

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

1. Engineering Chemistry”-
First Edition-2001,
Second Edition 2002,
Third Edition 2004,
Fourth Edition 2006,
Fifth Edition 2008,
Sixth Edition 2010
Published by S.K Kataria and Sons
2. “Experiments in Applied Chemistry”-
First Edition- 2002,
Second Edition -2003/4 ,
Fourth Edition 2011
Published by S.K Kataria and Sons
3. “Environmental Studies” –
4. First Edition-2008 ,
Second Edition 2009
Published by S.K Kataria and Sons
5. Engineering Chemistry
Published by S.K Kataria and Sons, First Edition 2012

MEMBERSHIP :

1) Member of Indian Science Congress

2) Member of Institute of Engineers UK
3) Member of Asian Polymer Association