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Research Activities
Olefin polymerization Catalyst; Inorganic Cluster for various organic transformation;
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Research & Educational Qualifications:
- Senior Scientist (March 2018 onwards), Membrane Science and Separation Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar
- DST-Young Scientist (October 2015- March 2018), Polyolefin Laboratory, PSE Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune- 411008. SERB Project YSS/2015/001052 (In the association with Dr. S. Sivaram and Dr. Samir Chikkali) Title: Structural and conformational effects of ligands in transition metal complexes for polymerization of ethylene to ultra-high molecular weight poly(ethylene)s in dis-entangled state
- Research Associate (April 2014- October 2015), SSB project, Polyolefin Laboratory, PSE Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune- 411008. Project Leader: Dr. S. Sivaram Title: Design Metal complexes for preparation of Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist (November 2012- December 2013), Texas Tech University Health Science Centre, Texas, USA. Supervisor: Prof. Ted W. Reid Title: (a.) Synthesize Organic Compounds used for the coating of medical devices as contact lens, (b.) Designing of heterogeneous catalyst for Vitamin Synthesis
- Project Fellow (Mar 2010 – May 2010; July2011-August 2011), under UGC-Networking Program for learning Single Crystallography during Ph.D., School of Chemistry, Hyderabad central university. Mentor: Prof. Samar Kumar Das
- Ph.D. Chemistry (2008-2013), Department of Chemistry, M.S. University of Baroda. Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. Anjali Patel Title: Manganese substituted Polyoxometalates and their Functionalization: Synthesis, Characterization and Oxidation of alkenes
- M.Sc. Applied Chemistry (2005-2007), passed with 63%, M. S. University of Baroda. Dissertation mentor: Prof. C. N. Murthy Title: Polymerization of Methyl Meth-Acrylate using ATRP polymerization Technique
Details of Employment
- DST-Young Scientist (October 2015 onwards), SERB Project YSS/2015/001052, in Polyolefin Laboratory, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune.
- Podoctoral Research Scientist (November 2012- November 2013), with Prof. Ted W. Ried, Director of Lubbock Biotechnology Program, Texas tech University Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, El Paso, Texas, USA.
- Senior Research Fellow (Feb 2010 - Feb 2011), DST project mentored by Prof. Anjali Patel, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat.
- Junior Research Fellow (Feb 2008 - Feb 2010), DST project mentored by Prof. Anjali Patel, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat.
- Trainee Officer (July 2007- Feb 2008), Research & Division at Solvay Advance Polymer, Panoli GIDC.
Publications (Peer Reviewed):
- "H-Bonding Assisted Self-Assembly of Anionic and Neutral Ligand on Metal: A Comprehensive Strategy To Mimic Ditopic Ligands in Olefin Polymerization", Nilesh R. Mote, Ketan Patel, Dinesh R. Shinde, Shahaji R. Gaikwad, Vijay S. Koshti, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Samir H. Chikkali. Inorgic. Chemistry., 56, 2017, 12448-12456
- "Secondary Interactions Arrest the Hemiaminal Intermediate To Invert the Modus Operandi of Schiff Base Reaction: A Route to Benzoxazinones", Ketan Patel, Satej S. Deshmukh, Dnyaneshwar Bodkhe, Manoj Mane, Kumar Vanka, Dinesh Shinde, Pattuparambil R. Rajamohanan, Shyamapada Nandi, Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan, Samir H. Chikkali. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82,2017, 4342-4351
- “Manganese (III) Salen Supported onto Hydrous Zirconia: Synthesis, Characterization and Solvent Free Aerobic Oxidation of Styrene”, Ketan Patel, Varsha Brahmkhyri, Anjali Patel, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 45, 2015, 539.
- “Tetranuclear Mn(II) substituted sandwich complex as a recyclable homogeneous catalyst for selective oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde: Effect of reaction parameters and kinetics”, Anjali Patel, Ketan Patel. Inorganica Chimica Acta 419, 2014, 130–134
- “Cs salt of Di-Manganese (II) Substituted Phosphotungstate: One Pot Synthesis, Structural, Spectroscopic Characterization and Solvent free Liquid Phase Oxidation of styrene using different oxidants”, Anjali Patel and Ketan Patel. Polyhedron, 69, 2014, 110-118.
- “Functionalization of Keggin type manganese substituted phosphotungstate by R-(-)-1-cyclohexylethylamine: Synthesis and characterization”, Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 382, 2012, 79-83.
- “Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of non-crystalline organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising Keggin-type managanese(II) substituted phosphotungstate and salen”, Ketan Patel, Pragati Shringarpure and Anjali Patel. Supramolecular Chemistry, 2012, 24, 149-156.
- “Keggin type inorganic–organic hybrid material containing Mn(II) monosubstituted phosphotungstate and S-(+)-sec-butyl amine: Synthesis and characterization”, Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel. Material Research Bulletin, 47, 2012, 425-431.
- “A Manganese(II) Sandwich-Type Phosphotungstate Complex – Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic Activity towards Liquid-Phase Aerobic Epoxidation of Alkenes”, Ketan Patel, Bharat Kumar Tripuramallu and Anjali Patel. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2011, 1871-1875.
- “One-step synthesis of a Keggin-type manganese(II)-substituted phosphotungstate: structural and spectroscopic characterization and non-solvent liquid phase oxidation of styrene”, Ketan Patel, Pragati Shringarpure and Anjali Patel. Trans. Met. Chem. 36, 2011, 171-177.
- “First series transition metal substituted phosphotungstates as catalyst for selective non-solvent liquid phase oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde: A comparative study”, Pragati Shringarpure, Ketan Patel, and Anjali Patel, Journal of Cluster Science,22, 2011, 587-601.
- “Synthesis, structural, and spectral characterization of Keggin-type mono cobalt(II)-substituted phosphotungstate”, Pragati Shringarpure, Bharat Tripuramallu, Ketan Patel, and Anjali Patel, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 64, 2011, 4016-4028.
Patents:
- Heterogeneous catalyst system for producing disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, IN, Application No: 201711035497
- Metal free single step synthesis of substituted benzoxazinones, IN, Application No: 201611002384
- Preparation of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene catalyzed by carboxy/sulfoxy-imine ligated early transition metal complexes in presence of a cocatalyst, IN, Application No: 1845/DEL/2015
- Preparation of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene catalyzed by carboxy/sulfoxy-imine ligated early transition metal complexes in presence of a cocatalyst, JP, Application No: 2017-566766
- Preparation of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene catalyzed by carboxy/sulfoxy-imine ligated early transition metal complexes in presence of a cocatalyst , EP, Application No: 16753482.5
- Preparation of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene catalyzed by carboxy/sulfoxy-imine ligated early transition metal complexes in presence of a cocatalyst, WO, US, Application No: 15/739341
- Preparation of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene catalyzed by carboxy/sulfoxy-imine ligated early transition metal complexes in presence of a cocatalyst , WO , Application No: PCT/IN2016/050192
Book Chapter:
- "Metal Catalyzed Polymerization: Fundamentals to Applications. Chapter 2: Insertion or Ziegler-Natta Polymerization of Olefins: Science and Technology", Samir H. Chikkali, Ketan Patel And Sandeep Netalkar, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group., , 31 - 115 (2017).
Invited talk:
- “Tailoring Polyoxometalates at molecular level: Structural aspect and versatile Catalytic Features”, at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune February 2014.
Oral talk:
- “Strategic Catalyst design for Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene”, National Conference on Recent Trends in Science of Materials, Ketan Patel, December-2015
- “Supramolecular assembly of inorganic–organic hybrid material comprising Keggin-type Mn(II)-substituted phosphotungstate and salen: Synthesis, characterisation and catalytic activity”, Ketan Patel, International Conference on Supramolecular and Nanomaterials- Research and Application at Gujarat University Ahmedabad, February 2012.
Conference Proceedings:
- "A theoretical investigation to evaluate structural and conformational effects of ligands in transition metal complexes useful for the preparation of ultra-high molecular weight poly(ethylene)s", Ketan Patel, K. Vanka, S. Chikkali, S. Sivaram, Proceedings of the International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology MACRO 2017, Pages 1092-1099.
- “Keggin type Mn(II) substituted phosphotungstate as a recyclable catalyst for the oxidation of alcohols with Hydrogen peroxide”, by Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel presented at 13th CRSI ISER-KIIT, Bhubneswar, February 2011.
- “A Keggin type inorganic-organic hybrid material containing Mn(II) monosubstituted phosphotungstate and S-(+)-Sec-butyl amine: Synthesis and Characterization”, by Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel presented International Symposium in Material Education at IISER PUNE, March 2011.
- “Manganese salen Supported onto Zirconia: Synthesis, Characterization and Aerobic Oxidation of alkenes”, Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel presented at 11th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Feb 2009.
- “Non-Solvent liquid phase oxidation of styrene over first transition metal substituted polyoxometalate: A comparative study”, by Pragati Shringarpure, Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel presented at 6th World Congress On Oxidation Catalysis at University of Lille, France, July 2009.
- “Functionalized Keggin type Polyoxometalate: Synthesis and Characterization of a new Organic-Inorganic hybrid material containing Manganese substituted Phosphotungstate and Salen”, by Ketan Patel, Pragati Shringarpure and Anjali Patel presented at International Conference On Polyoxometalate at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, July 2009.
- “Functionalization of Manganese substituted Polyoxometalate with R-(-)-1-Cyclo hexyl ethylamine: Synthesis and Characterization”, by Ketan Patel and Anjali Patel presented at 12th International symposium on Inorganic Ring System, at Holiday Inn Resort, Goa, August 2009.
- “Functionalized Keggin type Polyoxometalate: Synthesis and Characterization of a new Organic-Inorganic hybrid material containing Ruthenium substituted Phosphotungstate and (R)-(-)-Cycohexylethylamin”, by Ketan Patel, Soyeb Pathan and Anjali Patel presented at MTIC at IISC, Banglore, December 2009.
Conferences/Workshop Attended:
- Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, held CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, January 2018.
- RTMST held at CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, November 2017.
- Patent Certificate Course for Enterpreneurs, Scientist and Engineers, held in January 2015, at Venture Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
- National Seminar on Catalysis for Sustainable Development January 2012, held at Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
- National Conference on Chirality (NCC-2011) December 2011, held at Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
- 6th all Gujarat Research Scholar Meet January 2010, held at Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
- National Symposium on Emerging Horizons in Catalysis (CATSYMP-2009), September 2009, held at Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
- Synthesizing Polymers suitable for Adhesive application in membrane (Spiral wound and Hollow Fiber) module.
- Olefin polymerization Catalyst; Inorganic Cluster for various organic transformation;
- Others
