Nidhin Divakaran Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Electronic Technology, Electromagnetic spectrum
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Divakaran was a Junior Research Fellow under Dr Prachi Thareja in the Chemical Engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar from January 2015 in the field of Nanocolloids and Comprehensive properties enhancement of graphene oxide reinforced polymer nanocomposites Nidhin Divakaran Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He currently finished his PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry at Chinese Academy of Science Key Laboratory of Functional Nanostructure in Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Fuzhou under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Lixin Wu. He obtained his Masters in Technology (MTech) from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Nidhin Divakaran
The constant urge to boost the versatility of unsaturated polyester (UP) in the burgeoning area of automotive and aircraft industries has shifted the focus on developing high performance UP based nanocomposites with remarkable thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties. The current work traverses through the innovative method to contrive functionalized graphene oxide (f-GO)/UP nanocomposites. Similarly, Graphene oxide, synthesized from graphite using modified Hummers’ method, manifests into f-GO (GO-MAH, GO-NH2, POSS-GO) via surface chemical functionalization. Different loadings of f-GO were assimilated within UP matrix through in-situ polymerization. The comprehensive properties of the nanocomposites enhance, despite addition of f-GO as low as 0.04 wt.%, which its... view more»