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Sintu Rongpipi

Scattering
Postdoctoral Staff, Photon Science

Contact

sinturongpipi@lbl.govMailstop: 30R0205510-486-4957
510-486-7745
Location(s): 030-0210P
002-0224

Websites

Responsibilities

  1. Develop chemistry-morphology-function relationships in polymer membranes and other soft materials for renewable energy and water treatment
  2. Mentor high school students, undergraduate, and graduate students in summer research internship programs

Biographical Information

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering Penn State University 2021
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 2013

Research Interests

Ion-conducting polymers, Bio-based materials, bio-inspired materials, synchrotron characterization

Selected Publications

  1. “An insight into microscopy and analytical techniques for morphological, structural, chemical, and thermal characterization of cellulose”, Ishita Chakraborty, Sintu Rongpipi, Rakesh B., Sib Sankar Mal, K.K. Mahato, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Nirmal Mazumder, Microscopy Research and Technique (2022), 1– 26
  2. “Effects of hydrothermal treatments on physicochemical properties and in vitro digestion of starch”, Ishita Chakraborty, Indira Govindaraju, Sintu Rongpipi, Krishna Kishore Mahato, Nirmal Mazumder, Food Biophysics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11483-021-09687-7.
  3. “Resonant X-ray scattering of biological assemblies”, Rongpipi, S.; Del Mundo, J.; Gomez, E.D.; Gomez, E.W., MRS Communications (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00020-4.
  4. “Preferred crystallographic orientation of cellulose in plant primary cell walls“, Ye, D.†; Rongpipi, S.†; Kiemle, S.N.; Barnes, W.J.; Chaves, A.M.; Zhu, C.; Norman, V.A.; Liebman-Peláez, A.; Hexemer, A.; Toney, M.F.; Roberts, A.W.; Anderson, C.T.; Cosgrove, D.J.; Gomez, E.W.; Gomez, E.D., Nature Communications, 2020, 11, Article number: 4720 (†authors contributed equally)
  5. “Progress and opportunities in the characterization of cellulose – an important regulator of cell wall growth and mechanics,” Rongpipi, S.; Ye, D.; Gomez, E.D.; Gomez, E.W., Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, 9, 1894
  6. “Aluminum oxide free-standing thin films to enable nitrogen edge soft X-ray scattering,” Ye, D.; Rongpipi, S.; Litofsky, J.; Lee, Y.; Culp, T.; Yoo, S.H.; Jackson, T.N.; Wang, C.; Gomez, E.W.; Gomez, E.D., MRS Communications, 2019, 9, 224-228
  7. “Resonant soft X-ray scattering reveals cellulose microfibril spacing in plant primary cell walls,” Ye, D.; Kiemle, S.; Rongpipi, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, C.; Cosgrove, D.J.; Gomez, E.W.; Gomez, E.D., Scientific Reports, 2018, 8, 12449
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