Faculty

Archana Samanta

PhD (IIT Delhi)

Dr. Archana Samanta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering at IIT Delhi. She earned her PhD in Fiber Science and Technology from IIT Delhi in 2017. Prior to joining IIT Delhi, Dr. Samanta was a Post-doctoral researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2020-2022) and worked on sustainable textile fibers at Chalmers University of Technology (2018-2020). She has an outstanding academic record, having been the batch topper in both her B.Tech and Master's programs, and received the Dr. Pushpa Bajaj Gold Medal along with a perfect CGPA during her PhD at IIT Delhi. Her research primarily focuses on sustainable composites and fiber-based materials for functional applications. Dr. Samanta has published extensively in top-tier SCI journals, contributed to book chapters, and holds multiple patents. She also serves on the editorial boards of international journals and is actively engaged in various scientific societies.

 

SPECIALIZATION

  • Fiber Design and Engineering 
  • Bio-based Polymer Composites 
  • Advanced Smart Functional Membranes and Materials 
  • Textile Waste Valorization and Recycling

 

RESEARCH  AREAS

  • Materials for Energy Harvesting 
  • Sustainable Packaging Innovations 
  • Conductive and Thermoregulatory Composite Materials 
  • Membranes for Water Filtration 
  • Bio-scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

 

For prospective students (Postdocs, PhDs): Motivated candidates interested in advancing and exploring the research domain mentioned above are invited to send their CV to archana@iitd.ac.in.

GreenTech Materials Research Group – Lab link

 

GreenTech Materials Research Group 2025

 

EXPERIENCE

  • February 2020 – June 2022: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of applied Physics, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
  • June 2018 – February 2020: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • November 2017 - May 2018: Research Engineer at Saint Gobain Research India.

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Bhandari, A., & Samanta, A. (2026). Engineered thermoregulatory filament fabrication from recycled polyester sources. Cleaner Materials, 21, 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clema.2026.100435
  • Mathew, B. T., Singh, G., Husain, S., & Samanta, A. (2026). Waste-derived fibrous separators and carbon electrodes for sustainable, high-performance symmetric supercapacitors. Materials Today Chemistry, 56, 103852. doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2026.103852
  • Mathew, B. T., & Samanta, A. (2025). Upcycling of textile waste into high-tenacity antimicrobial cellulosic fibres. Cellulose. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-025-06759-6
  • Tom Mathew B, Romain Bordes, Samanta A. (2025). Waste-Derived High-Strength Cellulosic Fibres with Reversible Thermal Energy Storage Properties. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03335
  • Agarwal U, Kumar A, Song Z, Sychugov I, Srivastava, R.K.,Berglund L.A, Samanta, A., Transparent and Multifunctional Biocomposites for Sustainable Packaging ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025 7 (1), 106-113.
  • Samanta, A., Nechyporchuk, O, Bordes, R. Wet spinning of strong cellulosic fibres with incorporation of phase change material capsules stabilized by cellulose nanocrystals. Carbohydrate polymers 2023.
  • Samanta P, Samanta A, Maddalena L, Carosio F, Gao Y, Montanari C, Nero M, Willhammar T, Berglund LA, Li Y. Coloration and Fire Retardancy of Transparent Wood Composites by Metal Ions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023 Dec 20;15(50):58850-58860.
  • Samanta, A., Höglund, M., Samanta, P., Popov, S., Sychugov, I., Maddalena, L., Carosio, F., Berglund, L.A. Charge Regulated Diffusion of Silica Nanoparticles into Wood for Flame Retardant Transparent Wood 2022 Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2100354.
  • Huang J, Zhou J, Jungstedt E, Samanta A, Linnros J, Berglund LA, Sychugov I. Large-Area Transparent Quantum Dot Glass for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics. ACS Photonics 2022, 9, 7, 2499–2509.
  • Samanta, A., Chen, H., Samanta, P., Popov, S., Sychugov, I., Berglund, L.A. Reversible dual-stimuli-responsive chromic transparent wood biocomposites for smart window applications 2021 ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (2), pp. 3270-3277.
  • Pang J, Baitenov A, Montanari C, Samanta A, Berglund L, Popov S, Zozoulenko I. Light Propagation in Transparent Wood: Efficient Ray-Tracing Simulation and Retrieving an Effective Refractive Index of Wood Scaffold. Advanced Photonics Research .2021,2, 2100135-42.
  • Samanta, P., Samanta, A., Montanari, C., Li, Y., Maddalena, L., Carosio, F., Berglund, L.A. Fire-retardant and transparent wood biocomposite based on commercial thermoset 2022 Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 156, art. no. 106863.
  • Yadav, A., Ghosh, S., Samanta, A., Pal, J., Srivastava, R.K. Emulsion templated scaffolds of poly(ϵ-caprolactone)-a review 2022 Chemical Communications, 58 (10), pp. 1468-1480.
  • Zhou, J., Huang, J., Chen, H., Samanta, A., Linnros, J., Yang, Z., Sychugov, I. Low-Cost Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots with Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency 2021 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (37), pp. 8909-8916.
  • Samanta, A., Bordes, R. On the effect of particle surface chemistry in film stratification and morphology regulation 2020 Soft Matter, 16 (27), pp. 6371-6378.
  • Samanta, A., Bordes, R. Conductive textiles prepared by spray coating of water-based graphene dispersions 2020 RSC Advances, 10 (4), pp. 2396-2403.
  • Wu, D., Samanta, A., Srivastava, R.K., Hakkarainen, M. Nano-graphene oxide functionalized bioactive poly(lactic acid) and poly(ε-caprolactone) nanofibrous scaffolds 2018 Materials, 11 (4), art. no. 566, .
  • Samanta, A., Takkar, S., Kulshreshtha, R., Nandan, B., Srivastava, R.K. Hydroxyapatite stabilized pickering emulsions of poly(ε-caprolactone) and their composite electrospun scaffolds 2017 Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 533, pp. 224-230.
  • Samanta, A., Takkar, S., Kulshreshtha, R., Nandan, B., Srivastava, R.K. Facile Fabrication of Composite Electrospun Nanofibrous Matrices of Poly(ϵ-caprolactone)-Silica Based Pickering Emulsion 2017 Langmuir, 33 (32), pp. 8062-8069.
  • Wu, D., Samanta, A., Srivastava, R.K., Hakkarainen, M. Starch-Derived Nanographene Oxide Paves the Way for Electrospinnable and Bioactive Starch Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering 2017 Biomacromolecules, 18 (5), pp. 1582-1591.
  • Samanta, A., Takkar, S., Kulshreshtha, R., Nandan, B., Srivastava, R.K. Electrospun composite matrices of poly(ε-caprolactone)-montmorillonite made using tenside free Pickering emulsions 2016 Materials Science and Engineering C, 69, pp. 685-691.
  • Sharma, E., Samanta, A., Pal, J., Bahga, S.S., Nandan, B., Srivastava, R.K. High Internal Phase Emulsion Ring-Opening Polymerization of Pentadecanolide: Strategy to Obtain Porous Scaffolds in a Single Step 2016 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 217 (15), pp. 1752-1758.
  • Samanta, A., Nandan, B., Srivastava, R.K. Morphology of electrospun fibers derived from High Internal Phase Emulsions 2016 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 471, pp. 29-36.

 

PATENTS:

  • Bhandari A., Samanta A, Functional Fibre Composite, and a Method Thereof. Application No. 202611089471, Date of filing: 26/07/2026.
  • Jangra S, Samanta A .Eco-Friendly ZnO–MoS₂ Nanostructured Hybrid Electrodes on Biomass-Derived Carbon for Advanced Supercapacitor Devices. Date of filing: 04/05/2026.
  • Parveen S, Samanta A,Circular-Economy Conversion of Agro-Residues into Activated Carbon/Co-MOF Composites for efficient and Affordable Supercapacitor Devices Patent application no. , Date of filing: 05/03/2026.
  • Mathew B T., Singh G.,  Samanta A, Regenerated cellulose-based fibrous membrane separators and regenerated cellulose, Indian Patent application no. 202611004483, Date of filing: 16/01/2026.
  • Mathew B T., Goyal P.,  Samanta A,Bio-Waste Derived Sustainable And Economical Composite Cellulosic@Uio-66 Membranes For Efficient Dye Removal, Indian Patent application no. 202511087858, Date of filing: 16/09/2025.
  • Bhandari A., Samanta A, Development of Thermoregulatory Polyester Filaments from Textile Waste, Indian Patent application no. 202511035601, Date of filing: 11/04/2025.
  • Singh G., Mathew B T., Samanta A, Methods for developing carbonized cellulose films and fabricating electrodes for supercapacitors, Indian Patent application no. 202511011083.
  • Mathew B T., Samanta A, "A method for producing high-strength sustainable Cellulose fibres from agricultural residue and textile waste", Indian Patent Application No. 202411088419, Date of filing: 15/11/2024.
  •  Agarwal U, Kumar A, Samanta A, "Natural Fiber-based composites for food packaging and method of fabrication thereof", Indian Patent Application No. 202311041003, Date of filing: 16/06/2023.
  • Srivastava R K., Bhanu N, Shweta, Pal J, Yadav A.K.L, Samanta A, Gurave P, "A process for producing crosslinked polymeric matrices", Indian Patent No. 399845, Grant date: 23/06/2022.
  • Srivastava R K. Nandan B, Bahga S.S, Samanta A, Sharma E, Pal J, "Single step process of making 3D porous construct based on aliphatic polyesters", Indian Patent No. 347028, Grant date: 17/09/2020.

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  • Ghosh, K., Singh, C. J., Venkatesan, H., & Samanta, A. (2026). Nanobased textile dyeing and printing in interior design and home furnishings. In Nanotechnology in Textile Dyeing and Printing (pp. 195–224). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-33435-1.00014-0
  • Ghosh, K., Singh, C. J., Srivastava, M., Behera, S., Kaushik, S. S., Samanta, A., & Venkatesan, H. (2026). Biopolymers in portable electronics applications and case study. In Biopolymer-based Composites for Energy Generation and Storage (pp. 141–194). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-31522-0.00002-6
  • Mathew, B. T., Kumar, A., & Samanta, A. (2025). Potential Application of Recycled Waste in Technical Textiles. In Nanotechnology‐Assisted Recycling of Textile Waste (pp. 351–377). Wiley.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394175017.ch12
  • Mathew, B. T., Bhandari, A., & Samanta, A. (2025). Application of nanotechnology with sensors in textiles. In Advances in Technical Textile Applications with Sensors (Hard ISBN: 9781779645937). Apple Academic Press.
  •  Mathew, B. T., Bhandari, A., & Samanta, A. (2026). Recent Developments and Advancements in Textiles‐based Smart Components. In Technical Textiles and Smart Textiles (pp. 391–420). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527852703.ch14
  • Menon, K. N., Mathew, B. T., & Samanta, A. (2026). Bioplastics and Biodegradable  Nanomaterials: Impact of Life Cycle. In Engineering Materials (pp. 231–256). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4216-1_12
  • Samanta, A.; Samanta P, Nandan B; Electrospun Nanofibrous Technology for Clean Water Production. Nanostructure Science and Technology (NST), pp 37-74,2023.
  • Samanta, A.; Nandan, B. Chapter- Characterization of electrospun fibers. Electrospun Nanofibrous Technology for Clean Water Production. Springer publications, 2023.
  • Samanta, A.; Srivastava, R. K.; Nano-Composite Fibers via Green Electrospinning Chapter 2, Nanotechnology in Textiles: Advances and Developments in Polymer Nanocomposites; Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore 2019.
  • Samanta, A.; Srivastava, R. K.; Electrospun Fibrous Matrices of Soy Protein and their Applications Soy Protein: Properties, Health Effects and Research Advances, pp. 183-199,2017.
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