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THE ROWAN GROUP

LABORATORY FOR SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS

 

Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan
  Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan  
Education:

B.S. in Textile Technology, Anna University, India

M.S. in Materials and Textiles, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Hometown:

Chennai, India

Semester Entered:

Fall 2006

Research Interests:

Stimuli-Responsive Biomimetic Nanocomposites, Microstructure and Interfacial Properties of Filled Polymeric Systems, and Electrospinning

Other Interests:

Taking Cool Pictures of Nature, Listening to Music, and Visiting Historical Places

Publications and Presentations:
  1. Shanmuganathan, K, Deodhar S, Dembsey N, Kim Y. K, Fan Q, Calvert P. D, Warner S. B, and Patra P. K, "Flame retardancy and char microstructure of nylon-6/layered silicate nanocomposites" J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 104 (2) 1540-1550 (2007).
  2. Shanmuganathan, K, Razdan S, Dembsey N, Kim Y. K, Fan Q, Calvert P. D, Warner S. B, and Patra P. K,  “Fire Retardancy and Morphology of Nylon 6-Clay Nanocomposite Compositions.” Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol 887, Q02-01.1-01.13 (2005).
  3. Shanmuganathan, K, Deodhar S, Dembsey N, Kim Y. K, Fan Q, Calvert P. D, Warner S. B, and Patra P. K, “Flame Retardancy and Microstructure of Nylon 6/layered silicate nanocomposites.” Proceedings of the 20th Annual Technical Conference, American Society for Composites, Philadelphia, (September 2005).
  4. Shanmuganathan, K, Deodhar S, Dembsey N, Kim Y. K, Fan Q, Calvert P. D, Warner S. B, and Patra P. K,  “Nano-engineered Fire Resistant Composite Fibers.” poster presented at 6th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, University Of Massachusetts Amherst, (June 2005).
  5. Shanmuganathan, K, Deodhar S, Dembsey N, Kim Y. K, Fan Q, Calvert P. D, Warner S. B, and Patra P. K, “Structure and Properties of Nylon 6/Montmorillonite Nanocomposite Fibers.” poster presented at Materials Research Society Fall Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts (November 2004).