Dr. Manoj K. Malik

Research Publications 

1. “Triethoxyoctylsilane-modified SiO2 nanoparticles based superhydrophobic coating for corrosion resistance of mild steel” Konica Sharma, M. K. Malik, Amrita Hooda, Kailash Pandey, Jaishree Sharma and M. S. Goyat.

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, DOI: 10.1007/s11665-022-07580-z.

2. “Development of corrosion-resistant superhydrophobic coating on brass using modified silica nanoparticles” Konica Sharma, M. K. Malik, Amit Chawla, Subhankar Das, Dharamvir Singh Ahlawat and M. S. Goyat.

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s10971-022-06018-1.

3. “A method for estimating interfacial tension of liquid crystal embedded in polymer matrix forming PDLC” R. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, DOI: 10.1002/app.41137 (2014).

4. “Phenazines and thiazine: Green synthesis, photophysical properties and dichroic behaviour in nematic host”
5. S. Choudhary, M. K. Malik, S. R. Patil, K. H. Prabhu, R. R. Deshmukh and N. Sekar.

Canadian Chemical Transactions, Vol. 2 (2014) 365‐380.

5. “Investigation of Liquid Crystal Dispersion and Dielectric Relaxation Behaviour in PolymerDispersed Liquid Crystal Composite Films” S. Parab, M. K. Malik, P. G. Bhatia and R. R. Deshmukh Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 199 (2014) 287‐293.

6. “Electro‐optics of homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystals stabilized by a polymer network”
   1. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol. 6 (2014) 1833‐1835.

7. “Investigation of dielectric properties of poly(metyl methacrylate)‐E7 composite films”
8. S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol. 6 (2014) 1836‐1839.

8. “Photopolymerization kinetics and electro‐optical properties in mixtures of dichroic dye doped nematic liquid crystal and photocurable polymer” Rajendra Deshmukh and Manoj Malik.

Liquid Crystals, Vol. 40 (2013) 1050‐1059.

9. “Thermodynamic and bias field characterization of a quickly operating antiferroelectric liquid crystal”
10. S. Parab, M. K. Malik, R. Dabrowski and R. R. Deshmukh. Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 183 (2013) 20‐25.

10. “Effect of dichroic dye on phase separation kinetics and electro‐optical characteristics of polymer dispersed liquid crystals” R. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik.

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 74 (2013) 215‐224.

11. “Dichroic dye induced nonlinearity in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal materials for Display Devices”

Rajendra Deshmukh, Manoj Malik and Sanmesh Parab.

Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 584 (2012) 79‐83.

12. “Effect of nematic liquid crystals on optical properties of solvent induced phase separated PDLC composite films”
    1. Malik, P. G. Bhatia and R. R. Deshmukh,

Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 5, (2012) 3440‐3452.

*Figure published on cover page of Journal (Oct 2012 Issue).

13. “Dielectric relaxation and electro‐optical switching behaviour of nematic liquid crystal dispersed in poly(methyl methacrylate)” S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh. Journal of Non‐Crystalline Solids, Vol. 358 (2012) 2713‐2722.

14. “Effect of host polymer matrices on electro‐optical and dielectric behaviour of polymer dispersed liquid crystal system” R. Deshmukh, S. S. Parab and M. K. Malik.

Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 584 (2012) 531‐535.

15. “Effects of the composition and nematic‐isotropic phase transition on the electro‐optical responses of unaligned polymer‐dispersed liquid crystals. I.

Composites of poly (methyl methacrylate) and E8” R. R. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 108 (2008) 3063‐3072.

16. “Effect of temperature on the optical and electro‐optical properties of poly(methyl methacrylate)/E7 polymer‐dispersed liquid crystal composites” R. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik.

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 109 (2008) 627‐637.

Conferences

 “Host matrix dependent improvement in electro-optical responses of polymer dispersed liquid crystal composites.”

1. K. Malik, P. G. Bhatia and R. R. Deshmukh

National Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, held at School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, during March 28-29, 2019.

“Preparation and Characterization of Amino Acid and Dye Embedded Nano-pore sized Sol-gel Glasses.”

Vedpraksh Yadav, Dilip Achlawat, Nahid Sayyed, L. V. Jathar, M. K. Malik and M. J. Kulkarni

National Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, held at School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, during March 28-29, 2019.

“Significant improvement in PDLC electro-optics by modifying host polymer matrix”

1. Malik, P. G. Bhatia and R. R. Deshmukh

National Conference on Advances in Material Sciences & IOT for Smart Environmental Monitoring and Sustainability, held at School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, during March 20-21, 2018.

“Electro‐optics of homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystals stabilized by a polymer network” 

1. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

International Conference on Materials and Characterization Techniques, held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, during 10‐12 March, 2014.

“Investigation of dielectric properties in poly(methyl methacrylate)/E7 composite films” 

1. S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

International Conference on Materials and Characterization Techniques, held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, during 10‐12 March, 2014.

“Guest‐host effects in dichroic dye‐doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal films” M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

National conference on Research Trends on Smart Materials, held at Guru Nanak

College of ASC, Mumbai, during 03‐04 January, 2014.

“Effect of doping of dichroic azo dye in nematic liquid crystal and photo‐curable polymer”

1. K. Jain, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

National conference on Research Trends on Smart Materials, held at Guru Nanak College of ASC, Mumbai, during 03‐04 January, 2014.

“Dielectric properties of Poly(methyl methacrylate‐co‐butyl acrytale)/Liquid Crystal‐E44 composite films” 

1. S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

National conference on Research Trends on Smart Materials, held at Guru Nanak

College of ASC, Mumbai, during 03‐04 January, 2014.

“Dichroic Dye Induced Nonlinearity in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials for Display Devices” 

1. R. Deshmukh, M. K. Malik and S. S. Parab

International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials (ICRAM) held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India during 20‐22 February 2012.

“Effect of Host Polymer Matrices on Electro Optical and Dielectric Behaviour of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal System” 

1. R. Deshmukh, S. S. Parab and M. K. Malik

International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials (ICRAM) held at Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India during 20‐22 February 2012.

“Opto‐Electronic Switching Properties of Dichroic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Composite Films” 

1. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

18^th National Conference on Liquid Crystals held at North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 15‐17 November 2011.

“Effect of Composition on the Dielectric Properties of Polymer‐LC Composite Films” 

1. S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

18^th National Conference on Liquid Crystals held at North Eastern Regional

Institute of Science and Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, India 15‐17 November 2011.

“Dielectric relaxation and electro‐optical properties of PMMA/E44 composite films” 

1. S. Parab, M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

17^th National conference on Liquid Crystals held at Veer Narmad University, Surat, India 15‐17 November, 2010.

“Electro‐optical properties of Guest‐Host PDLC film containing azo dye”

1. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

17^th National conference on Liquid Crystals held at Veer Narmad University, Surat, India, 15‐17 November, 2010.

“Morphological and electro‐optical behaviour of UV‐cure Dichroic polymer dispersed Crystal films” M. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

XXX Annual Conference of EMSI on Electron Microscopy & Allied fields, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India during January 17‐19, 2009.

“Tailoring host polymer matrix for optimizing electro‐optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal composite films”

1. R. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik

42nd World Polymer Congress (Macro 2008) held at Taipei, Taiwan, June 29 – July 4, 2008.

“Composition Dependent light transmission of PMMA/E44 polymer dispersed liquid crystal composite films” 

1. Deshmukh and M. K. Malik

National Conference on Advanced Materials, Devices and Technologies (NCAMDT‐2008), held at Sri Venkatshwara University, Tirupati, India 20‐22 February, 2008.

“Morphological studies of PMMA/E7 PDLC composites formed by SIPS technique” 

1. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

29^th Annual Conference on Electron Microscopy, held at University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 24‐26 November, 2007.

“Studies in Electro‐optical properties of PMMA / E7 PDLC composite cells”

1. K. Malik and R. R. Deshmukh

International Conference on Liquid Crystals, held at University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 5‐8 December, 2006.

• Successfully completed NPTEL online exam for the course “Fiber Optics” with 69 % score.

• Science Judge for Honors Program at R. D. & S. H. National College, Mumbai University on March 7^th, 2017.

• SNDT University representative for 5^th Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan and Expo during May 11^th – May 14^th 2017 at Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra.

• Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai, India for the year 2005-06 for Master’s Thesis.

• UGC‐SAP Fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC), India for PhD.

• M/S. ICON Analytical Best Research Paper for Oral Presentation at the National conference on Electron Microscopy and 29th annual meeting of Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), held during November 26‐28, 2007 at University of Delhi, India.

• Shri G. M. Abhyankar Research Award in ICT, Mumbai for the year 2007‐2008.

• Delivered a Special Lecture on “Liquid Crystals” arranged by Science Association of N. G. Acharya & D. K. Marathe College, Mumbai on January 15^th, 2009.

• Best Research Paper for Poster Presentation in the workshop organized by UGCCAS in Physico‐Chemical aspects of Textile Fibres, Dyes and Polymers at ICT, Mumbai on 15^th Oct, 2010.

• Delivered a Special Lecture on “Liquid Crystals: The fourth state of matter” arranged by Science Association of Royal College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai on December 10^th, 2011.

• 2^nd Best Research Paper for Poster Presentation at National conference on Research Trends on Smart Materials, held at Guru Nanak College of ASC, Mumbai, during 03‐04 January, 2014.

• Shri G. M. Abhyankar Research Award in ICT, Mumbai for the year 2014‐2015.