Dr. Khanal is Assistant Professor of CDC. He received his PhD degree from East China University of Science and Technology, China. His research areas/interests are polymer nanocomposites, wood plastic composites, flame retardants composites etc.

Email: santoshkhanal2003@yahoo.com

PhD

2012.01-till now            Assistant Professor in Central Department of Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2008.08-2012.01           Teaching Assistant (contract basis) in Central Department of Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2005.04-2008.07            Part Time Lecturer Central Department of Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Selected Publications

1. Santosh Khanal, Yunhua Lu, Li Dang, and Shiai Xu. "Improving the flame retardancy of intumescent flame retardant/high‐density polyethylene composites using surfactant‐modified montmorillonite clay." Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139 (15), 51940, 2022.
2. Santosh Khanal, Yunhua Lu, Dandan Jin, and Shiai Xu. "Effects of layered double hydroxides on the thermal and flame retardant properties of intumescent flame retardant high density polyethylene composites." Fire and Materials， 46(1)，107-116, 2022.
3. Santosh Khanal,, Yunhua Lu, Li Dang, Muhammad Ali, and Shiai Xu Effects of α-zirconium phosphate and zirconium organophosphonate on the thermal, mechanical and flame retardant properties of intumescent flame retardant high density polyethylene composites. RSC Advances, 10(51), 30990-31002, 2020.
4. Santosh Khanal, Yunhua Lu, Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Ali, and Shiai Xu “Synergistic effect of zeolite 4A on thermal, mechanical and flame retardant properties of intumescent flame retardant HDPE composites.” Polymer Testing, 81, 106177, 2020
5. Yunhua Lu, Santosh Khanal, Saad Ahmed, and Shiai Xu, “Mechanical and thermal properties of poly (vinyl chloride) composites filled with carbon microspheres chemically modified by a biopolymer coupling agent.” Composites Science and Technology, 172, 29-35, 2019.
6. Santosh Khanal, Weipeng Zhang, Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Ali, and Shiai Xu (2018). Effects of intumescent flame retardant system consisting of tris (2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate and ammonium polyphosphate on the flame retardant properties of high-density polyethylene composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 112, 444-451, 2018.

The complete list of publications can be found in the following link Link to Google scholar