Publications 

1. Sharma, P. R., Varma, A. J. (2013). Functional Nanoparticles obtained from Cellulose: Engineering the shape and size of 6-carboxycellulose. Chem. Commun. 49, 8818–8820.

2. Sharma, P. R., Varma, A. J. (2013). Functionalized celluloses and their Nanoparticles: morphology, thermal properties, and solubility studies. Carbohydr. Polym. 104, 135–142.

3. Sharma, P. R., Varma, A. J., Rajamohanan, P. R. (2014). Supramolecular transitions in native cellulose I during progressive oxidation reaction leading to quasi-spherical nanoparticles of 6-carboxycellulose. Carbohydr. Polym. 113, 615–623.

4. Sharma, P. R., Varma, A. J. (2014). Thermal stability of cellulose and their nanoparticles: effect of incremental increases in carboxyl and aldehyde groups. Carbohydr. Polym. 114, 339–343.

5. Sharma, P. R., Trimukhe, K. D., Varma, A. J. (2013). Some aspects of cellulose hydrolysis. Trends Carbohyr. Res. 5(2), 7–11.

6. Sharma, P. R., Trimukhe, K. D., Varma, A. J. (2015). Spherical shaped nanoparticles of cellulose and cellulose derivatives. A short review. Trends Carbohydr. Res. 7(3), 1–5.

7. Sharma, P. R., Kamble, S., Sarkar, D., Anand, A., Varma, A. J. (2016). Shape and size engineered cellulosic nanomaterials as broad-spectrum anti-microbial and anti-tuberculosis compounds drugs. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 87, 460–465.

8. Sharma, P. R., Joshi, R., Sharma, S. K., Hsiao, B. S. (2017). A simple approach to prepare carboxycellulose nanofibers from raw biomass. Biomacromolecules 18(8), 2333–2342.

9. Sharma, P. R., Chattopadhyay, A., Sharma, S. K., Hsiao, B. S. (2017). Efficient removal of UO2 2+ from water using carboxycellulose nanofibers prepared by the Nitro-oxidation method. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 56(46), 13885–13893.

10. Geng, L.; Peng, X.; Zhan, C.; Naderi, A.; Sharma, P. R.; Mao, Y.; Hsiao, B. S. (2017). Structure characterization of cellulose nanofiber hydrogel as functions of concentration and ionic strength. Cellulose 24, 5417–5429.

11. Geng, L., Li, L., Mi, H. Y., Chen, B. Y., Sharma, P. R., Ma, H.; Hsiao, B. S., Peng, X. F.; Tairong, K. (2017). Superior impact toughness and excellent storage modulus of Poly(lactic acid) foam reinforced by shish-kebab nanoporous structure. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9(25), 21071–21076.

12. Sharma, P. R; Zheng, B.; Sharma, S. K.; Zhan, C.; Wang, R., Bhatia, S.; Hsiao, B. S. (2018). High aspect ratio carboxcelluose nanofibers extracted using nitro-oxidation method and their nanopaper properties. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1(8), 3960–3980.

13. Sharma, P. R., Chattopadhyay, A., Sharma, S. K., Geng, L.; Amiralian, N.; Martin, D., Hsiao, B. S. (2018). Nanocellulose from spinifex as an effective adsorbent to remove cadmium (II) from water. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 6(3), 3279–3290.

14. Sharma, P. R., Chattopadhyay, A., Chengbo, Z., Sharma, S. K., Hsiao, B. S. (2018). Lead removal from water using carboxycellulose nanofibers prepared by the nitro-oxidation approach. Cellulose 25(3), 1961–1973.

15. Geng, L., Mittal, N.; Zhan, C.; Ansari, F.; Sharma, P. R.; Peng, X.; Hsiao, B. S.; Söderberg, D. L. (2018). Understanding the mechanistic behavior of cellulose nanofibers with different charge density in aqueous suspensions. Macromolecules 514, 1498–1506.

16. Sharma, P. R; Sharma, S. K.; Antoine, R.; Hsiao, B. S. (2019). Efficient removal of arsenic using zinc oxide nanocrystals decorated regenerated microfibrillated cellulose scaffolds. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 7(6), 6140–6151.

17. Chengbo, Z.; Sharma, P. R.; Geng, L.; Sharma, S. K.; Wang, R.; Joshi, R., Hsiao, B. S. (2019). Structural Characterization of Carboxylated Nanofibers extracted from underutilized sources. Sci. China Technol. Sc. 62, 971–981.

18. Sharma, P. R.; Sharma, S. K.; Lindstrom, T.; Hsiao, B. S. (2019). Nanocellulose‐enabled membranes for water purification: Perspectives. Adv. Sust. Systems 4(5), 1900114. (Selected for journal’s cover page). Top Cited paper 2020-21

19. Hui, C.; Sharma, S.; Sharma, P. R.; Heidi, Y.; Johnson, K.; Hsiao, B. S. (2019). Arsenic (III) removal by nanostructured dialdehyde cellulose-cysteine microscale and nanoscale Fibers. ACS Omega 49(26), 22008–22020.

20. Zhan, C.; Li, Yanxiang; Sharma, P. R.; He, Hongrui; Sharma, S.; Wang, R.; Hsiao, B. (2019). A study of TiO2 nanocrystal growth and environmental remediation capability of TiO2/CNC nanocomposites. RSC Adv. 9, 40565–40576.

21. Wang, R.; Rosén, T.; Zhan, C.; Chodankar, S.; Chen, J.; Sharma, P. R.; Sharma, S.; Liu, T.; Hsiao, B. S. (2019). Morphology and flow behavior of cellulose nanofibers dispersed in glycols. Macromolecules 52(15), 5499–5509.

22. Zhan, C.; Sharma, P. R.; He, Hongrui; Sharma, S.; McCauley-Pearl, Alexis; Wang, R.; Hsiao, B. S. (2020). Rice husk nanocellulose as an effective adsorbent for Lanthanum(III) recovery and lead(II) removal. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol. 6, 3080–3090.

23. Gu, K.; Kim, E. J.; Sharma, S. K.; Sharma, P. R.; Bliznakaov, S.; Hsiao, B. S.; Rafailovich, M. R. (2021). Mesoporous carbon aerogel with tunable porosity as the catalyst support for enhanced protonexchange membrane fuel cell performance. Mater. Today Energy 19, 1000560.

24. Wang. L.; Zuo, X.; Raut, A.; Isseroff, R.; Xue, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Sandhu, B.; Schein, T.; Zeliznyak, T.; Sharma, P.; Sharma, S.; Hsiao, B. S.; Rafailovich, M. H. (2019). Operation of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells using natural cellulose fiber membranes. Sust. Energy Fuels 3, 2725-2732.

25. Sharma, S. K.; Sharma, P. R.*; Lin, S.; Chen, H.; Johnson, K.; Wang, R.; Borges, W.; Zhan, C.; Hsiao, B. S. (2020). Reinforcement of natural rubber latex using jute carboxycellulose nanofibers extracted using nitro-oxidation method. Nanomaterials 10 (4), 706.

26. Chen, H., Sharma, S. K., Sharma, P. R., Chi, K., Fung, E., Aubrecht, K., Kerolestwe, N., Chigome, S., Hsiao, B. S. (2021) Nitro-oxidized carboxycellulose nanofibers from moringa plant: effective bioadsorbent for mercury removal. Cellulose 28, 8611–8628.

27. Sharma, P. R.*; Sharma, S. K.; Nolan, M., Li, W., Kundal, L., Hsiao, B. S. (2021) Sequential oxidation on wood and its application in Pb2+ removal from contaminated water. Polysaccharides 2(2), 245–256.

28. Das, R., Lindstrom, T., Sharma, P. R., Chi, K., Hsiao, B. S. (2021) Nanocellulose for sustainable water purification. Chem. Rev. 122(9), 8936-9031.

29. Sharma, S. K.; Sharma, P. R.; Wang, L.; Patel, M.; Raut, A.; Johnson, K. I.; Gu, K.; Bae, C.; Rafailovich, M.; Hsiao, B. S. Plant-based highly proton conductive nanopaper and their PEM fuel cell performance. Sust. Energy Fuels 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2SE00442A.

30. Fung, E.; Johnson, K. I.; Li, W.; Borges, W.; Chi, K.; Sharma, S.K.; Madan, Y.; Sharma, P. R.,* Hsiao, B. S. (2021) Study the use of activated carbon and bone char on the performance of gravity sand-bag water filter. Membranes 88(11), 1-12.

31. Ngo, A.; Brahamhatt, I.; Hsiao, B. S.; Sharma, P. R.* (2021) Nanocellulose-enabled membranes in CO2 gas separation. Trends Carbohydr. Res. 13(4), 19-27.

32. Wang, R.; He, H. R.; Sharma, P. R.; Tian, J.; Söderberg, D. L.; Rosén, T.; Hsiao, B. (2022) Unexpected Gelation Behavior of Cellulose Nanofibers Dispersed in Glycols. Macromolecules ma-2022-010358 submitted on 18 May 2022.

 
Articles in Books


1. Geng, L.; Naderi, A.; Mao, Y.; Zhan, C.; Sharma, P. R.; Peng, X.; Hsiao, B. S. (2017) Rheological properties of jute-based cellulose nanofibers under different ionic conditions in Nano-celluloses, their preparation, properties and applications (Ed(s). Agarwal, U. P.; Atalla, R. H.; Isogai, A.). Ch. 6, 113–142.

2. Sharma, S. K.; Sharma, P. R.; Chen, H.; Johnson, K., Zhan, C.; Hsiao, B. S. (2020) Cellulose supported nanosized zinc oxide: Highly efficient bionanomaterial for removal of arsenic from water in Current status of environmental research on water contaminants (Ed. Ahuja, S.). Ch. 12, 251–267.

3. Sharma, P. R.*; Sharma, S. K.; Borges, W.; Chen, H.; Hsiao, B. S. (2020) Remediation of UO2 2+ from water by nitro-oxidized carboxycellulose nanofibers: performance and mechanism in Current status of environmental research on water contaminants (Ed. Ahuja, S.). Ch. 13, 269-283.

4. Sharma, P. R.; Huang, X.; Yang, M.; Sharma, S. K.; Hsiao, B. S. (2020) Cellulose nanofibers for sustainable separations in Sustainable separation engineering (Ed. Gyorgy Szekely). Accepted Nov. 30, 2020, Wiley.

5. Sharma, P. R.*; Sharma, S. K.; Hsiao, B. S. Hsiao (2021) Nanocellulose in membrane technology for water purification in Separation of water pollutants with nanotechnology (Ed. Ahuja S.) Accepted Jun. 2021, Newman, Cole (Elsevier).

6. Sharma, S. K.; Sharma, P. R.; Johnson, K.; Madan, Y.; Li, S.; Cai, G.; Brahmbhatt, I.; Borges, W.; Hsiao, B. S. (2021) Plant-derived carboxycellulose: Highly efficient bionanomaterials for removal of toxic lead from contaminated water in Separation of water pollutants with nanotechnology (Ed. Ahuja S.) Accepted Jun. 2021, Newman, Cole (Elsevier).

 
Patent's 
 

1. Varma, A. J., Sharma, P. R., Sarkar, D. (2018). Synthesis of nanostructured carboxycellulose from nonwood cellulose. U.S. Pat. 10017583.

2. Hsiao, B. S., Chu, B., Sharma, P. R. (2021). Production of carboxylated nanocelluloses. U.S. Pat. 10894838.

3. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, P. R. (2021). Gaseous Nitro-Oxidation Process (G-NOP) for Upcycling the Biomass Waste Using the NOx Gases. Filed in SUNY-Stony Brook (050-9250) filed on Jun. 28. 2021.

4. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, P. R. (2017). Purified agents derived from raw biomass. U. S. Application (Ser. No. 62/567450).

5. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, P. R., Sharma, S. K., Johnson, K. I. (2018). Nitrogen removal and nitrogen salts recovery using carboxylated cellulose extracted by Nitro-oxidation method”, Filed in SUNY-Stony Brook (050-9016), U.S. Provisional Application (Ser. No. 62/724129) filed Aug. 29, 2018.

6. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, S. K., Sharma, P. R., Johnson, K. I. (2018). Removal of negatively charged impurities using metal-cellulose fiber composite. Filed in SUNY-Stony Brook (050-9037), U.S. Provisional Application (Ser. No. 62/752,465) filed Oct. 30, 2018, PCT/US19/58703.

7. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, S. K., Sharma, P. R., (2018). Cellulose-based substrate derived from biomass to remove arsenic and other toxic impurities. Filed in SUNY-Stony Brook (050-9051), dated Dec. 27, 2018.

8. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, S. K., Sharma, P. R., Johnson, K. I. (2020). Compositions and methods for removal of negatively charged impurities using metal-cellulose fiber composite. US2021380726A1, publication date 2021-12-09.

9. Hsiao, B. S., Sharma, P. R., Sharma, S. K., Johnson, K. I. Method for nitrogen removal and nitrogen salts recovery using carboxylated cellulose extracted by nitro-oxidation. PCT Int. Appl. (2020), WO 2020047122A1, publication date 2020-03-05.
 

 Presentations and Conference Proceedings

 
1. Upcycling plant biomass for water purification and energy storage applications. Global Conference on Biomaterials (Virtual), Nov. 8-9, 2021. (Invited Speaker)

2. Nanocellulose from sorghum stalk: An effective substrate to remove Thallium(I) impurities. ACS Fall 2021 National Meeting & Exposition (Virtual), Division of Environmental Chemistry, Aug. 22-26, 2021.

3. Upcycling biomass waste for water purification. 9th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environment(Virtual).Mar. 29-31, 2021.

4. Nanocellulose from synthesis to application in environmental remediation. ACS Fall 2020 National Meeting & Exposition (Virtual), Division of Environmental Chemistry, April 5-16, 2021.

5. A simple approach to prepare carboxycellulose nanofibers from untreated biomass and its application. 4th Edition of International Conference and Exhibition on Polymer Chemistry, EuroSciCon (Rome), March 28- 30, 2019, Poly. Sci. 2019, Volume 5.

6. Nanocellulose scaffold for water purification. ACS Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (San Diego), Division of Environmental Chemistry, Aug. 27, 2019.

7. Nitro-oxidized carboxycellulose nanofibers. ACS Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (San Diego), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Aug. 28, 2019.​

8. Sustainable synthesis of carboxycellulose nanofibers, with application in water purification. Blavatnik Symposium 2019 (New York). July 15, 2019.

9. Nanocellulose derived bionanomaterials for removal of arsenic from drinking water. International Conference SUSCOM-2019 (Rajasthan), Amity University, Feb. 26-28, 2019.

10. Nanocellulose for the removal of heavy metal ions from water. International Conference on Global Trends & Prospects in Multidisciplinary Research (Rajasthan), Poddar International College, Feb. 4-7, 2019.

11. Study the effect of nitro-oxidized cellulose nanofibers on the growth of fibroblast and dental pulp cells. ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (Orlando), Mar. 31-Apr. 4, 2019.

12. Efficient removal of arsenic from water using regenerated microfibrillated cellulose supported zinc oxide/hydroxide. ACS Fall 2018 National Meeting & Exposition (Boston), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Aug. 19-23, 2018.

13. A novel one-step method to prepare carboxycellulose nanofibers from raw biomass and their applications to remediations for heavy metal ions. TAPPI 2017 PEERS Conference (Virginia), Non-Wood Fiber Production Session, Nov. 6, 2017. (Speaker)

14. A novel one-step method to prepare carboxycellulose nanofibers from raw biomass and their applications to remediation for heavy metal ions. 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition (San Francisco), Division of Cellulose Renewable Material, April 2-6, 2017.

15. One-step approach for the synthesis of carboxycellulose nanofibers from untreated biomass. Rajasthan Science Congress 2017 (Amity University Rajasthan), Oct. 13-15, 2017.

16. A novel one-step method to prepare carboxycellulose nanofibers from raw biomass and their applications to remediations for heavy metal ions. Early Career Research Symposium 2016 (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dec. 13, 2016.

17. Study the polymorphic transition in 6-carboxycellulose and their nanoparticles by using derivative thermogravimetric analysis. RAICS 2015 (MNIT Jaipur), Aug. 21-23, 2015.

18. Controlling the shape and size of functionalized cellulosic nanoparticles. MACRO 2014 (Chiang Mai), July 6-11, 2014.
19. Controlling the shape and size of functionalized cellulosic nanoparticles. International Conference on Challenges in Chemistry and Biology of Carbohydrates (Dehradun), Jan. 2014.

20. Controlling the shape and size of functionalized cellulosic nanoparticles. National Science Day Celebration 2013 (CSIR, NCL Pune), Feb. 26-27, 2013. 21. Functionalization of cellulose via oxidation. International Indo German Symposium (ICT, Mumbai), Oct. 2012.

22. Brahmbhatt I., Sharma S., Sharma P. R., Hsiao P. R. Removal of rare earth metal ions from contaminated water by sustainable carboxycellulose nanofibers derived from agave through the nitro-oxidation process. ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition (Philadelphia), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Mar. 22-26, 2020.

23. Johnson K. I., Borges W., Sharma P. R., Sharma S., Jefferson H. Y., Liu M., Hsiao B. S. Cellulose sulfate nanofibers for ammonium removal and water purification applications. ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition (Philadelphia), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Mar. 22-26, 2020.

24. Li S., Wu S., Cai G., Raut A., Wang L., Sharma S., Sharma P. R., Rafailovich M. Sustainable nanocellulose membranes for PEM fuel cells. ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition (Philadelphia), Division of Environmental Chemistry, Mar. 22-26, 2020.

25. Johnson K. I., Sharma S. K., Sharma P. R., Chang H. Y., Hsiao B. S. Ammonium remediation using nitrooxidized cellulose nanofibers as a slow-release fertilizer. ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (Florida), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Mar. 31- Apr. 4, 2019. (ACS Best Poster Award)

26. Chen H., Sharma S. K., Sharma P. R., Yeh, H., Hsiao, B. S. Efficient removal of Arsenic(II) by novel micro and nano dialdehyde cellulose-cysteine complex extracted from wood pulp cellulose. ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (Florida), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Mar. 31- Apr. 4, 2019.

27. Sharma S., Sharma P. R., Johnson K. I., Hsiao B. S. Bionanomaterials derived from carboxy cellulose nanofibers -Al+3 composite for effective removal of fluoride from water. ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition (Florida), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Mar. 31- Apr. 4, 2019.

28. Sharma S., Sharma P., Chen H., Hsiao B. Highly proton conductive nitro-oxidized cellulose nanopaper for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. ACS Fall 2018 National Meeting & Exposition (Boston), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Aug. 19-23, 2018.

29. Zhan C., He H., Sharma S., Wang R., Sharma P., Hsiao B. Nanosized titanium dioxide embedded in nanocellulose scaffold as photocatalyst for dye degradation and bacterial inactivation. ACS Fall 2018 National Meeting & Exposition (Boston), Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, Aug. 19-23, 2018.

30. Johnson K. I., Borges W., Sharma P. R., Sharma S. K., Chang H. Y. J., Lin J. J., Hsiao B. S. Cellulose sulfate nanofibers for ammonium removal and water purification applications. 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition (San Francisco), Division of Cellulose Renewable Material, April 2-6, 2017.