Vaishali Pruthi

PHD

Office Hours: by appointment

Building:06.35

Room: 003

KIT Campus West

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
Hertzstraße 16 | 76187 Karlsruhe

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Curriculum Vitae

12/2019- 04/2024

PhD student in the research group of Prof. Patrick Théato

07/2020 - 06/2021

Scientific Assistant, KIT

Research Interests

• Smart Materials • 3D printing • Hydrogels • Photo-responsive polymers

Publications

Azobenzene-Enhanced 3D Printed Complex Hydrogels: Unlocking Light and pH Responsiveness in Polyelectrolyte-Based Networks

Pruthi, V.; Chen, Y.-F. ; Theato, P. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2025 7, 15809-15820. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c03207

Tailoring Polymer Coatings and Grafting Structures for Photoswitchable Ionic Transport in Solid-State Nanochannels

Chen, Y.-F. ; Pruthi, V.; Liu, Y.-C.; Yang, C.-Y. ; Lee, L.-R.; Chang, M.-H.; Chang, C.-C. ; Theato, P.; Chem. Asian J. 2025 20, e202401684. DOI: 10.1002/asia.202401684

Illuminating Biomimetic Nanochannels: Unveiling Macroscopic Anticounterfeiting and Photoswitchable Ion Conductivity via Polymer Tailoring

Shen, Y.; Pruthi, V.; Lee, L.-R.; Liu, Y.-C.; Chang, M.-H.; Theato, P.; ACS Nano 2024 18, 26948-26960. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c08801

3D Printable Polyelectrolyte Complex-Integrated Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels with Customizable Mechanical Strength and pH-Responsiveness

Pruthi, V.; Hirschberg, V.; Theato, P. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2024 2400416. DOI: 10.1002/admt.20240041

Photoresponsive Spiropyran and DEGMA-Based Copolymers with Photo-Switchable Glass Transition Temperatures

Pruthi, V.; Akae, Y.; Theato, P. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023 44, 2300270. DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300270

Sequestration of dyes from artificially prepared textile effluent using RSM-CCD optimized hybrid backbone based adsorbent-kinetic and equilibrium studies

Sukriti; Sharma, J. ; Chaddha, A. S. ; Pruthi, V.; Anand, P. ; Bhatia, J. ; Dr. Kaith, B. S. Environ. Manage. 2017 190, 176-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.065

RSM-CCD optimized adsorbent for the sequestration of carcinogenic rhodamine-B: Kinetics and equilibrium studies

Sharma, J. ; Sukriti; Anand, P. ; Pruthi, V.; Chaddha, A. S. ; Bhatia, J. ; Dr. Kaith, B. S. Mater. Chem. Phys. 2017 196, 270-283. DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.04.042

Surface response methodology–central composite design screening for the fabrication of a Gx-psy-g-polyacrylicacid adsorbent and sequestration of auramine-O dye from a textile effluent

Sukriti; Sharma, J. ; Pruthi, V.; Anand, P. ; Chaddha, A. S. ; Bhatia, J. ; Dr. Kaith, B. S. RSC Adv. 2016 6, 74300-74313. DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12715k