CH121H/C: Materials Science and Engineering                    

Course description 

IIST funded Project
Project Title: POLYMER – NANO COMPOSITES FOR ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS
Duration in months: 54
Name of Investigators:

1. Dr. Honey John [Chemistry ]
2. Dr. Bindu Krishnan, [ Physics]
3. Dr. Pramod Gopinath, [ Physics]

IIST funded Project

• Invited Lecture on “Electrically Conductive Polymers ?” at the National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Vistas in Polymer Science, conducted by Govt. Attingal college, on February 14th 2008.
• Invited Lecture on Conducting Polymers in a Refresher course for college teachers organized by Maharajas Govt.

International Journal Publications

1. T Remyamol, P Gopinath, H John, Core-shell nanostructures of covalently grafted polyaniline multi-walled carbon nanotube hybrids for improved optical limiting, Optics letters 40,( 1), 21-24, (2015)
2. PC Haripadmam, H John, R Philip, P Gopinath, Switching of absorptive nonlinearity from reverse saturation to saturation in polymer-ZnO nanotop composite films, Applied Physics Letters 105 (22), 221102, (2014)

1. Best paper award in 25th Kerala Science Congress 2013, (Chemical Science & Technology stream), 29 Jan to 01 Feb 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, presented by research scholar Ms. Remyamol T.
2. Best paper award in OMTAT 2013 – 2nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin films for Advanced Technology, (2-5 Jan 2013) at Cochin University, presented by M.Tech Project student Ms. Bismi Basheer.

1. Dr. Remyamol T : PhD Awarded in October 2014.
2. Ms. Kavitha M K: Thesis Submitted in November 2014, Thesis title: Tailoring the defects in ZnO and ZnO-graphene hybrids for visible photoconductivity and nonlinear absorption
3. Ms. Haripadmam P C [Co-Supervisor ]: Thesis submitted in January 2015, Thesis title: Polymer nanocomposite films of ZnO and ZnO/MWNT for nonlinear optical applications
4. Mr. Praveen Willson: Area of research: Studies on Polymer nanocomposites based on magnetic nanohybrids for aerogel / magnetic applications

2025

Publication of BooksThomas, S., Joseph, K., Malhotra, S. K., Goda, K., & Sreekala, M. S. (Eds.). (2013). Polymer Composites: Volume1. Wiley-VCH.Thomas, S., Joseph, K., Malhotra, S. K., Goda, K., & Sreekala, M. S. (Eds.). (2013). Polymer Composites: Volume 2. Wiley-VCH.Thomas, S., Joseph, K., Malhotra, S. K., Goda, K., & Sreekala, M. S. (Eds.). (2013). Polymer Composites: Volume 3. Wiley-VCH.Kuruvilla, J., Wilson, R., & Gejo, G. (Eds.). (2019).

1. B. D. S. Deeraj and Kuruvilla Joseph , Technical Poster, Rheological and Visco-elastic Performance Evaluation of SBC Electrospun nanofiber/Epoxy Composites: Experimental data Vs Models,  SPSI MACRO 2018, IISER Pune, December 19-22, 2018.

2. B.D.S.Deeraj and Kuruvilla Joseph Poster presentation entitled "Improved mechanical and rheological properties of microfibrillar composites , Indo-Japan joint symposium, February 2017