Dr Damyanti Sharma
Qualifications:
BSc (PCM), Agra University, India
MSc (Physical Chemistry), BR Ambedkar University, India
PhD Chemistry(2003), Aligarh Muslim University, India
Research interests:
- Physico-chemical studies in ionic micellar systems; especially the occurrence of clouding and viscoelasticity in ionic surfactants and the mechanism involved.
- Biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles: their arrangement into 2D and 3D using different liquid crystalline phases of biological surfactants (lipids) for different applications.
- Designing new drug delivery systems using polymers.
Affiliations:
Research Associate at the Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by Aligarh Muslim University.
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.
Memberships:
- Life member of the Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, India.
- Member of the Indian Council of Chemists, India
- Member of Australian Nanotechnology Network.
- Member of Australian Research Network for Advanced Materials.
5 key publications:
- Sanjeev Kumar, Damyanti Sharma and Kabir-ud-Din “Cloud Point Phenomenon in Anionic Surfactant + Quaternary Bromide Systems and Its variation with Additives”, Langmuir 16, 6821-6824, 2000.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Damyanti Sharma, Ziya A. Khan and Kabir-ud-Din “Occurrence of Cloud Points in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate - Tetra-n-butylammonium Bromide System”, Langmuir 17, 5813-5816, 2001.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Damyanti Sharma, Ziya A. Khan and Kabir-ud-Din “Salt -Induced Cloud Point in Anionic surfactant Solutions: Role of the Headgroup and Additives”, Langmuir, 18, 4205-4209, 2002.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Damyanti Sharma and Kabir-ud-Din “Temperature - [Salt] Compensation for Clouding in Ionic Micellar Systems Containing Anionic Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and Symmetrical Quaternary Bromides”, Langmuir 19, 3539-3541, 2003.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Damyanti Sharma, and Kabir-ud-Din “Role of Partitioning Site in Producing Viscoelasticity in Micellar Solutions”, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 8, 247-252, 2005.
email address: damyanti@uow.edu.au
phone number : 61 2 4221 4872
Office number: 41A.175
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Dr Damyanti Sharma
Image 1: Polarizing microscope image of beautiful lamellar phases formed by egg lecithin. 20x
Image 2: TEM image showing attachment of silver nanoparticles to lecithin vesicles, scale bar- 500 nm
Image 3: TEM image of gold nanoparticle chains formed in lecithin/water system,
scale bar- 100 nm
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