Director: Prof. M. T. Ramesan

Associated faculty member: Dr. A. I. Yahya

The center has a special mission to foster innovative interventions in the advanced manufacturing domain by striving to develop advanced polymers, nanomaterials and their nanocomposites at CPST. The works are mainly focusing on the development of such materials through greener routes using bio-based renewable resources. The research activities of the department focus on the following areas: Biopolymer blend nanocomposites, Copolymers nanocomposites, metal nanoparticle-dispersed polymers and their application, conducting polymer nanocomposites: Preparation, characterization and properties, rubber technology, waste materials reutilization,

 Some of the publications based on the above research area is given below:

1. M.T. Ramesan, M. Subburaj, G. Mathew and B.K. Bahuleyan, Utilization of Copper Sulphide Nanoparticles for the Development of Cashew Tree Gum/ Chitin Biopolymer Blend Nanocomposites, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, DOI:10.1177/08927057211046282, September 2021
2. A. Nihmath and M.T. Ramesan, Hydroxyapatite as a Potential Nanofiller in Technologically Useful Chlorinated Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber, Polymer Testing, Volume 91, pp. 106837, 2020
3. K. Suhailath and M.T. Ramesan, Investigations on the Structural, Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Ce Doped TiO₂/Poly (n-butyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 135, pp. 2159-2169, 2019
4. T. Sampreeth, M. A. Al-Maghrabi, B.K. Bahuleyan and M. T. Ramesan, Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal Properties, Conductivity and Sensor Application Study of Polyaniline/ Cerium doped Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites, Journal of Material Science, Volume 53, pp.591-603, 2018
5. P. Jayakrishnan and M.T. Ramesan, Studies on the Effect of Magnetite Nanoparticles on Magnetic, Mechanical, Thermal, Temperature Dependent Electrical Resistivity and DC Conductivity Modeling of Poly (vinyl alcohol-co-acrylic acid)/Fe₃O₄ Nanocomposites, Material Chemistry and Physics, Volume 186, pp. 513-522, 2017
6. Current sensing supercapacitor electrodes based on chitosan/poly-o-toluidine hydrogel composites, M P Sidheekha, Geethu E Rajendran, A K Shabeeba and Yahya A. Ismail, Journal of Materials Research, 36,1914–1926, 2021, (Springer).
7. Large scale preparation of polyaniline/polyvinyl alcohol hybrid films through in-situ chemical polymerization for flexible electrode materials, Anjali C and Yahya A. Ismail, J Adhession Science and Technology, 34 (24), 2685-2702, 2020