Name: Sujit Kumar Shah

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, Biratnagar

Email: sujit.shah@mmamc.tu.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar)

h-index: 11

Total citations: 823

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Research Interest/Expertise

Surfactants; Surface Chemistry; Nano particles; Biochar

Teaching

Physical Chemistry; Thermodynamics; Quantum Chemistry; Surface Chemistry

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions

TWAS, Young Scientist Award; Post Doc Fulbright Scholar

PhD: Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2016

Master's Degree: Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, 2006

Bachelor's Degree: Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, Biratnagar, 2002

Professional Affiliations

Life Member of Nepal Chemical Society

Selected Recent Research Projects

1. Principal Investigator on "Chemical Analysis of Heavy Metals in Roadside Particulate Matter Emitted by Vehicle Exhaust in Dharan-Biratnagar Highway, funded by Research Management Cell, Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, TU.
2. Working as Co-Investigator on "Recovery of Rare Earth Metal Ions from E-Waste using Benign Chiral Functionalized Ionic Liquids." This project is funded by the Research Coordination and Development Council (RCDC), Research Directorate Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, under the Excellence Research Grant (TU-NPAR-079/080-ERG-11).
3. Worked CoI "To study the micellar properties of cationic and anionic surfactants in mixed solvent media of water and organic solvent "funded by TWAS research grant Programme in Basic Sciences, Italy from 03/2018

Selected Recent Publications

1. Wetting Behavior of Cationic and Anionic Surfactants on Hydrophobic Surfaces: Surface Tension and Contact Angle Measurements, DOI: 10.3390/colloids10010008
2. Micellization Behavior of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide with and Without Triton X 100 in Acetonitrile-Water Mixed Solvents at Different Temperatures: A Conductometric Study, DOI: 10.1002/slct.202505085
3. Influence of Methanol and Azo Dye on the Viscosity of Cationic Surfactant Solutions at Varying Temperatures and Their Concentrations, DOI: 10.1002/slct.202504857
4. Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and parathion using gel-like carbon dots under simulated solar irradiation, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.138987
5. Micellization behavior and dye-surfactant interactions in CTAB Triton X-100 mixed systems across methanol water media, DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102597
6. Cetyl pyridinium chloride-amino acid-based ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization, and physicochemical properties by FT-IR, UV visible, density, conductivity, viscosity, surface tension, and contact angle studies, DOI: 10.1016/j.jil.2025.100158
7. Micellization and surface properties of Triton X 100 in aqueous solution of short-chain alcohols, DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102262
8. Effect of 2-Propanol on surface properties and wetting behavior of surfactants on the glass surface, 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42352 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42352
9. Comparative study of organic co-solvents on micellar and surface behavior of ionic surfactants: effects of DMSO, acetonitrile, and 1-propanol, DOI: 10.1515/tsd-2024-2642
10. Comparative study of micellization and surface properties of cationic and anionic surfactants in acetonitrile - water mixed media, DOI: 10.2298/JSC250224075S
11. Recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) From Different Sources of E-Waste and Their Potential Applications: A Focused Review, https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.5207