Dr Aruna Kukrety

Research Interest

• Bio based lubricants
• Lubricants additives
• Polymeric additives for lubes
• Functionalized polymers

Work Experience

Selected Publications

• Synthesis of a novel efficient antioxidant for use in lubes and biodiesel
  R K Singh, A Kukrety , O P Sharma, M K Poddar, N Atray and S S Ray
  Pet. Chem. 2017, 57, 100–105
• Recent progress in the preparation of eco-friendly lubricant and fuel additives through organic transformations of biomaterials
  R K Singh, A Kukrety , A Chouhan, N Atray and S S Ray
  Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, 2017, 14, 44 – 55
• Phosphazene based novel organo-inorganic hybrid salt: Synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation as multifunctional additive in Polyol
  R K Singh, A Kukrety , R C Saxena, A Chouhan, S L Jain and S S Ray
  RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 13390-13397
• Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation of N,N-dimethylacrylamide- C18-alkylacrylate polymers as multifunctional lube oil additives
  R K Singh, S L Jain, A Kukrety, A Kumar, A Chouhan, R C Saxena and S S Ray
  Adv. Polym. Tech. 2017, 1–8
• High-performance multifunctional fuel additives derived from renewable fatty acids and phosphazene
  P K Khatri, M Aila, A Kukrety, P Gupta, R C Saxena, R K Singh and S L Jain
  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 2017, 94, 1111–1119
• Development of a biodegradable / ecofriendly turbine lubricant from a novel polyalkylene glycol ester
  A Kukrety, R K Singh and S S Ray
  Waste Biomass Valor. 2018, 9, 1121–1128
• Tailoring strategies of polyalkylene glycol ester for varied lube applications
  A Kukrety, E Faujdar, R K Singh and S S Ray
  Polym. Bull. 2018, 75, 1931–1947
• Application of triazine-based gemini surfactants as viscosity reducing agents of tar sand derived bituminous crude
  M. Sahai ,  R K Singh , A Kukrety ,  A Kumar ,  S S Ray ,  V K Chhibber and  S Kumar
  Energy Fuels 2018, 32, 3031–3038