Dr Naba Dutta
Contact Details
Tel: +61 8 8302 3546
Fax: +61 8 8302 3683
Email: naba.dutta@unisa.edu.au
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Section Leader: Structured Polymeric Materials
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) BTech Calcutta, India PhD IIT, India
Background
Naba Dutta did his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology, India and a post-doctoral fellowship in CNRS, France, investigating "The dynamics polymer-filler interactions by solid state NMR". He worked at Monash University as a Research Fellow for a project on Warpage Control in Injection Molding with Moldflow Pty Ltd as an Industry Partner. Naba took up the position of Research Fellow at the Ian Wark Research Institute in 1997.
Research Interests
Viscoelasticity - modelling and simulation, polymer blends, alloys and composites, filler-rubber interaction; thermal analysis, solid state NMR, adhesion and fracture, polymer processing, surface modification, degradation and stabilisation of polymers.
Current Projects
Design and development of multifunctional polymeric materials for lubricants
New petrol gelling agents
Development of strategic automotive products with improved surface finishes
Composite
Visco-elastic behaviour of polymers
Significant Publications
A Roy Choudhury, P.P. De, N.K.Dutta, N.Roy Choudhury, B.Haidar and A.Vidal, "Fourier transform infra- red and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic study of mechanism of cross-linking between chlorosulfonated polyethylene and epoxidized natural rubber blend", Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 66, 230, (1993).
N. K. Dutta, N. Roy Choudhury, B. Haidar, A. Vidal, J. B. Donnet, L. Delmotte and J. M. Chezeau, "High resolution solid state NMR investigation of the filler-rubber interaction: Part I- High speed 1H magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy in carbon black filled styrene butadiene rubber", Polymer, 35, 4923,1994.
N. R. Choudhury and N. Dutta, "Thermoplastic elastomeric natural rubber polypropylene blends with reference to interaction between components", Advances in Polymer Blends and Alloys Technology, Vol 5, M.A. Khoudic and K. M. Finlayson, (Eds.) Technomic Publishing Company Inc., Lancaster, PA, 1994.
N. K. Dutta, A. K. Bhowmick and N. Roy Choudhury, "Thermoplastic Elastomers" (INVITED CHAPTER), Handbook of Thermoplastics, p. 349, Olagoke Olabisi, Ed. Marcel Dekker, New York,1996.
N. Dutta and G. H. Edward, "Generic relaxation spectra of solid polymers. Part I: Development of spectral distribution model and its application to stress relaxation of polypropylene", Journal of Applied Polymer Science 66, 1101 (1997).
Recent Conference Publications
"Viscoelastic behaviour of filled and unfilled EPDM elastomer". J. Matisons, M. Ginic-Markovic, M. Dimopoulos, N. Roy Choudhury, N. K. Dutta, 26th Annual NATAS conference , Sept.13-15, 1998, Sheraton Cleveland city centre, Cleveland, OH.
"Thermorheological complexity of highly filled EPDM elastomer", J.Matisons, M. Ginic-Markovic, M. Dimopoulos, N. Roy Choudhury, N. K. Dutta, 216th ACS National Meeting Co-sponsor Polymer Chemistry Divn.Physical Chemistry, August 23-27, 1998, Boston.
"Strength and Failure of Elastomeric Composite"(Invited Talk), N. Roy Choudhury, N. K. Dutta, and J. G. Matisons, 1st ACUN International Composite Meeting: Composites – Innovations and Structural Applications, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 23-25 February, 1999.
Effect of elastomer-filler interaction on the dynamics of molecular chain segment: A high resolution solid state NMR approach, Naba K. Dutta; N. Roy Choudhury, J. Matisons, A. Vidal, J. B. Donnet, L. Delmotte and J. M. Cheazeau, Proc. IUPAC World Polymer Congress, 37th International Symposium on Macromolecules. Gold Coast, Australia, 12-17 July 1998, P-71
Prediction of viscoelastic behaviour of thermorheologically complex polymeric materials, Naba K. Dutta, N. Roy Choudhury, Jani Matisons, G. H. Edward. Proc. SPE’s 57th Annual Technical Conference, May 2- 6, 1999, New York Hilton and Tower, New York,
NY.