Dr. Revathi Purushothaman

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Industrial Experience

Research

Areas of Research Interest

• Nanomaterials, microporous, mesoporous materials, polymer composites and polymer hybrids
• Materials/coatings for corrosion control
• Materials for microelectronics, Lithium ion batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors
• High temperature and high performance polymers
• Biodegradable polymers/Biopolymers for packaging, drug delivery, wound healing and biomedical applications

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECT:

• DST-SERB project titled “Development of COF/polyimide composites with low dielectric constant for microelectronic applications” for an amount of Rs.23.5 Lakhs

PAPERS PUBLISHED:

• G. Senthilnathan, Revathi Purushothaman*, Effect of monomers in coating efficiency on mild steel and DFT investigations of methacrylate copolymers, “European Chemical Bulletin”, Accepted March 2023
• Revathi Purushothaman*, Hari Shankar. V, Inclusion of covalent triazine framework into fluorinated polyimides to obtain composites with low dielectric constant, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 3rd Feb 2020, DOI: 10.1002/app.49083.
• Revathi Purushothaman*, Hari Shankar. V, Incorporation of COF-LZU-1 into the terpolyimide matrix to obtain COF LZU 1/terpolyimide composites with ultra-low dielectric constant, Polymer Engineering and Science, 59 (4) 814-820, April 2019, DOI:10.1002/pen.25015, 2018
• Revathi Purushothaman*, Amine functionalized SBA‑15/terpolyimide composites with low dielectric constant, Journal of Porous materials, 22, 585-594, 18 Mar’ 2015.
• Revathi Purushothaman*, I.Mohammed Bilal, Development and characterization of homo, co and terpolyimides based on BPDA, BTDA, 6FDA and ODA with low dielectric constant, Journal of Polymer Engineering, 34, 9, 867-873, 21 Aug 2014.
• Revathi Purushothaman*, Muthiapillai Palanichamy, I. Mohammed Bilal, Functionalized KIT-6/Terpolyimide composites with ultra-low dielectric constant, Journal of Applied Polymer Science131,15:7136-45,25th Jan 2014.
• Revathi Purushothaman*, I. Mohammed Bilal, Muthiahpillai Palanichamy, Effect of chemical structure of aromatic dianhydrides on the thermal, mechanical and electrical properties of their terpolyimides with 4,4′-oxydianiline, Journal of Polymer Research,18:1597–1604, 15th Jan 2011, ISSN-1022-9760.

PAPERS PRESENTED

• Revathi Purushothaman, V. Murugesan, I. Mohammed Bilal, Recycling of SMC scrap in DMC-Enhancement of properties, National Seminar on Polymers and Application- Feb5-7, 2004, National Institute of Technical Teacher’s Training & Research, Chandigarh.
• Revathi Purushothaman, B. Sivasankar, I. Mohammed Bilal, M.Palanichamy, Synthesis of CuO/Zeolite-X, its characterization and catalytic activity, International Symposium on chemical education and research- Jan4-7, 2004,Loyola College,Chennai.
• Revathi Purushothaman, I M.Palanichamy, Mohammed Bilal, Synthesis of PGMME, its separation and characterization, International Symposium on chemical education and research- Jan4-7, 2004, Loyola College, Chennai.
• Revathi Purushothaman, I.Mohammed Bilal, M.Palanichamy, Development and characterization of homo, co and terpolyimides based on BPDA, BTDA, 6FDA and ODA with low dielectric constant for microelectronic applications, “Third International Multicomponent Polymer Conference-IMPC2012” , Mahatma Gandhi University, 23-25 March 2012,  Kottayam, Kerala
• Johnson.S, Revathi Purushothaman, Functionalized mesoporous silica/terpolyimide nanocomposites with low dielectric constant, International Conference on Nanomaterials (ICNM-2013), B.S.Abdur Rahman Institute withDeakin University, Australia and Universiti of Teknologi, Mara, Malaysia 5-7’ Dec 2013.
• Revathi Purushothaman, I.Mohammed Bilal Presented a paper entitled “Low dielectric constant 3‑aminopropyltriethoxysilane functionalized SBA‑15/Terpolyimide composites”, in Third International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization  (ICPPC 2014) held between 11-13^th  October 2014,Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India)
• Revathi Purushothaman, I.Mohammed Bilal Presented a paper entitled ” Incorporation of SBA-15 into terpolyimide matrix to reduce dielectric constant of polyimide composites “, in International Conference on Macromolecules: Synthesis, Morphology, Processing, Structure, Properties and Applications (ICM-2016) held on 13-15^th  May 2016,Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India).
• Revathi Purushothaman, Hari Shankar. V “Porous CTF-1/terpolyimide composites with low dielectric constant” in International Conference on Nanomaterials (ICN 2018) held between 11- 13th May 2018, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
• Hari Shankar. V, Revathi Purushothaman, “Effect of MMT and Sio2 on the dielectric constant of polyimide composites for micro-electronic applications” in Two day International Seminar on Sustainable Environment held between 10th -11th December 2018, B.S.A Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai.

BOOK PUBLISHED

• Revathi Purushothaman, “Mesoporous silica/terpolyimide composites with low dielectric constant”, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISSN /ISBN No : 978-3-659-68742-6 (2015)