About the talk
Polymers based materials are exploited heavily in commercial and defense technologies including electronics, automotive, fiber reinforced composites, adhesive, construction and infrastructure applications to name few. Indeed, during the last few years, different kinds of polymers based materials have been developed using diverse techniques for high performance capacitors and automotive applications. A combination of processing versatility, thinner, lighter, versatile functions, space effective, shape-flexible, cost effectiveness and environmental stability makes the polymers useful for these comprehensive applications. By incorporating suitable functionalities into polymers (both natural and synthetic) combined with advanced processing, new materials with outstanding properties can be obtained. However, there are several critical challenges that have to be addressed for their effective utilization. We have worked on several approaches to tune the surface chemistry of both the natural and synthetic polymers. In this talk, I will discuss how the incorporation of functional groups changes the inherent characteristics of fluoropolymers, cellulosic materials and renewable monomers for their efficient applications in high performance capacitors and automotive fields to name a few.