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NOVELTY - Process for synthesis of carbon beads involves preparing a viscous slurry in a non-polar solvent configured to function as a disperse phase, where the viscous slurry is prepared using at least one of a binder, a crosslinker molecule, a radical polymerization initiator and a carbon material and each of the binder and the crosslinker molecule comprises terminal carbon double bond groups and a spacer group, preparing a viscous gel using hydrocolloids, where the viscous gel is configured to function as a continuous phase; passing the disperse phase and the continuous phase into a microfluidic droplet generator to obtain spherical droplets of a predefined size; subjecting the spherical droplets to one of a thermal treatment and UV radiation to obtain spherical particles of carbon beads; and drying the spherical particles of carbon beads to obtain the carbon beads of a predefined dimension. USE - The process is useful for synthesis of carbon beads used in separation, filtration, purification, wires and cables, electrodes, sensor, composite and additive manufacturing and pharmaceutical delivery applications. ADVANTAGE - The process provides the carbon beads of spherical structures with controlled size, morphology, porosity and physico-chemical properties, enables modulation of the viscous slurry for synthesis of the carbon beads with improved physico-chemical properties and enhances ability of the carbon beads to withstand extreme pH and high temperatures. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following: (1) a composition for synthesis of carbon beads comprising a viscous slurry as a disperse phase, where the viscous slurry comprises 0.1-20 wt.% carbon material, 50-99 wt.% binder or crosslinker molecule, where the each of the binder and the crosslinker molecule comprises terminal carbon double bond groups and a spacer group, 1-3 wt.% radical polymerization initiator, where the radical polymerization initiator comprises at least one of benzoyl peroxide, 2,2-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propiophenone, and diphenyl iodonium nitrate and 0.05-5 wt.% viscous gel as a continuous phase, where the viscous gel comprises hydrocolloids; and (2) a microfluidic droplet generator comprising a continuous phase pressure tank configured to hold a viscous gel as a continuous phase, a continuous phase pressure regulator fluidically coupled to continuous phase pressure tank, where the continuous phase pressure regulator is configured to control a flow rate and a pattern of the continuous phase, a metered pressure pump fluidically connected to a slurry reservoir, and the metered pressure pump is configured to control flow of a viscous slurry as a disperse phase loaded into the slurry reservoir, a hydrophilic co-flow focused nozzle fluidically connected to the continuous phase pressure regulator and the slurry reservoir, where the hydrophilic co-flow focused nozzle is configured to allow mixing of the continuous phase and the dispersed phase and a hydrophilic reaction chamber fluidically coupled to the hydrophilic co-flow nozzle, where the hydrophilic reaction chamber is configured to carry hydrophilic reactions for synthesis of spherical shaped particles of carbon beads.