Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies

Institute for Plasma Research

Gandhinagar

Name             : Purvi Kikani

Qualification : M. Sc. (Physics)

Designation   : Scientific Officer - D

Contact

Phone                : 079 - 23269033

E-mail ID           : purvi@ipr.res.in, purvikikani@yahoo.com

• DST Project on "Plasma Treatment of Brass Valves to improve Rubber to Brass Bonding".

• Plasma processing of materials by PECVD and Plasma Etching.

• Plasma surface modification and characterization of flexible polymers by low pressure and atmospheric plasma.

Publications

• "Modification of Polyester Fabric by Non-thermal Plasma Treatment and Its Effect on Coloration Using Natural Dye Surface" Dave H., Ledwani L., Chandwani N., Kikani P., Desai B., NEMA S. K, Journal of Polymer materials: An International Journal 30 (2013)291.

• "Comparison of low and atmospheric pressure air plasma treatment of polyethylene" P. Kikani, B. Desai, S. Prajapati, P. Arun, N. Chauhan, S. K. Nema, Surface Engineering (ISSN: 02670844), DOI: 10.1179/1743294413Y.0000000111 Published online on 16, FEb 2013.

• "Use of dielectric barrier discharge in air for surface modification of polyester substrate to confer durable wettability and enhance dye uptake with natural dye eco-alizarin" Hemen Dave, Lalita Ledwani, Nisha Chandwani, Purvi Kikani, B. Desai, M. B. Chowdhari, S. K. Nema
  Composite Interfaces, Vol. 19, Issue 3-4, 2012, Page 219-229.

• " Electronic Structure of Carbon freee silicon oxynitride films grown using an organic precursor hexamethyl disilazane"  S. K. Nema, P. Kikani, A. Chainani and P. I. John J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.  35

• " Plasma polymerization using constricted anode plasma source" S.K.Nema, P.M.Raole, S.Mukherjee, P. Kikani and P. I. John, Surface coatings & technologies

• A Indian patent on " An apparatus for conversion of waste polymers into polymeric protective barrier coating" S.K. Nema, P. Kikani and P.I. John, 737/MUM/2002,  (Indian Patent No. 195938)