Advanced Materials for Battery Separators

Edited by:   Sabu Thomas (Full Professor International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala India), Didier Rouxel (Professor, Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France), Nandakumar Kalarikkal (International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India), Bicy Kottathodi (CSIR-SRF doctoral Fellow, IIUCNN, Mahatma Gandhi University, India), Hanna J Maria (Senior Researcher, International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India)
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780128175071
ISBN 10:   0128175079
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   25 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a remarkably active researcher well-known nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He has published over 1400 research articles in international refereed journals. and has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index is 140 and total citations are more than 94,000. He has supervised 125 PhD theses. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in India. Didier Rouxel is a Professor at the Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France. He has been involved in the spectroscopic analysis of inorganics and is vastly experienced in the analysis of polymer nanocomposite systems by almost all spectroscopic techniques. His major areas of interest include elastic properties of polymeric materials studied by Brillouin spectroscopy, development of polymer nanocomposite materials, development of micro-devices based on electro-active polymers, piezoelectric nanocrystals, microsensor development for surgery, cell excitement in organic medium by piezoelectric polymers. Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal is an Associate Professor at the School of Pure and Applied Physics and Joint Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. His research activities involve applications of nanostructured materials, laser plasma, and phase transitions. He is the recipient of research fellowships and associateships from prestigious government organizations such as the Department of Science and Technology and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of India. He has active collaborations with national and international scientific institutions in India, South Africa, Slovenia, Canada, France, Germany, Malaysia, Australia, and the United States. He has more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He also co-edited nine books of scientific interest and co-authored many book chapters. Ms.BICY K is a CSIR-SRF doctoral Fellow. Her area of interest is fabrication of microporous polymeric separators for Lithium ion batteries. The topic of her research is polymer based nanocomposite membranes for lithium ion battery separator, at IIUCNN, Mahatma Gandhi University .Kottayam. In addition, her research includes the preparation of microporous polymer membranes and nanocomposites by different techniques like Electrospinning, Solution casting, melt mixing etc. and their applications in lithium ion battery separator. Dr. Hanna J Maria is a senior researcher at the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She finished her Ph. D in the year 2015 from Mahatma Gandhi University. Soon after her Ph. D she completed work to improve the adhesion between the fibers and LDPE and evaluate the effect of plasma modification as part of her post-doctoral work at the Centre for Advanced Materials at Qatar University, India. She was also a postdoctoral fellow within the department of Mechanical Engineering at Yamaguchi University, Japan in a project with TOCLAS corporation. She got the Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (DSKPDF) with Prof Sabu Thomas, Professor Mahatma Gandhi University. She has 25 publications, 15 book chapters and 6 co-edited books edited to her credit. Earlier she had obtained her M.Sc. degree in analytical chemistry and later completed her M.Phil. in environmental chemistry. She has experience in working with natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber based composites and nanocomposites and hybridnanocomposites.