Assistant Professor
Center for Materials & Manufacturing Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Physics
135 McCall Hall (MSCX), Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082
Phone: (334) 808-6758
aghosh@troy.edu

Office Hours (CST):
M/W/F                              
9:00 am - 11:00 am                

    


Teaching Load (Spring 2022):

CHM 1142: General Chemistry I : Lecture: M W F - 11:00am;
Textbook: Theodore E. Brown et al., "Chemistry: The Central Science, 14th edition" Pearson.
CHM 1143: General Chemistry II : Lecture: M W F - 1:00pm;
Textbook: Theodore E. Brown et al., "Chemistry: The Central Science, 14th edition" Pearson.


Areas of Research

Plastic recycling and sustainable materials: Thermomechanical and chemical recycling of post-consumer plastics into new materials; Biopolymers, biomaterials and biocomposites; Biominerals and hybrid materials; Polymer structure-property relationships .


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Selected Publications
  1. A Ghosh "Recycled polyethylene/polycarbonate blends compatibilized with oxidized polyethylene/CaCO3", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, DOI: 10.1002/app.51919 (2021)
  2. A Ghosh "Performance modifying techniques for recycled thermoplastics", Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 175, 105887 (2021)
  3. A Ghosh, K Kim, K Rajan, CC Bowland, RN Gurram, RW Montgomery, A Manesh, N Labbé, AK Naskar "Butanol-based organosolv lignin and reactive modification of poly(ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate)", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (44): 20300 – 20308 (2019)
  4. A Ghosh, L Ma, C Gao "Zeolite molecular sieve 5A acts as a reinforcing filler, altering the morphological, mechanical and thermal properties of chitosan", Journal of Materials Science, 48:3926-3935 (2013)
  5. A Ghosh, SR Collie "Keratinous materials as novel absorbent systems for toxic pollutants article", Defence Science Journal, 64 (3): 61-73 (2014)