Advanced Material Systems
Materials & Synthesis
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Conductive Materials
(Conductive Polymer,
Metal Nanomaterials) -
Nanocellulose
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Hydrogels
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Nanocomposite Materials
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Patterning
- Photolithography
- Soft Lithography -
Nano, Microstructures
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Characterization
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Bioplastics
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Optical/Electrochemical Sensors
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Green Electronics
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Sustainable Energy Storage Devices
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Electrochromic Systems
Applications
Processing & Characterization
Control and Enhancement of Material Properties & Performance
1. Synthesis and Development of Functional Green Composites
- Synthesis of conductive polymers
- Optical/Electroactive polymers
- Cellulose-based composite materials
- Organic/Inorganic composite materials
- Development of all-organic nano composite hydrogels
- Development of functional hybrid materials
Conductive polymers Cellulose-based materials Organic/inorganic
composite materials
PEDOT:PSS/agarose
Nanocomposite Hydrogels
PEDOT:PSS/cellulose and AgNW/cellulose composite papers
2. Fabrication of Nano/Microstructures & Patterned Thin Films
- Photo/Soft lithography for micro- and nanoscale structures
- Electrochemical deposition for Au Mesoporous structures on cellulose nanopaper
PEDOT pattern on hydrogel substrates via PEG photolithography
Mesoporous Au film on cellulose nano-paper via electrochemical deposition
AgNWs pattern on TEMPO-oxidized cellulose paper via PEG photolithography
3. Applications
- Bioplastics
- Optical/Electrochemical Sensors
- Green Electronics
- Sustainable Energy Storage Devices
- Electrochromic Systems
A tough and transparent double-crosslinked TEMPO nanocellulose film
Toward millimeter thick nanocellulose/
epoxy laminate composites
Electrochromic device (ECD) constructed with the PEDOT coated TEMPO-CNF/epoxy bioplastics
Pressure-responsive device of two AgNW-microelectrodes on PEG hydrogel
Pressure-responsive sensor device of AgNW/PEG patterns on flexible PET
The light emission test of the LED bulb with PEDOT:PSS/cellulose paper
The LED light bulbs placed on highly transparent AgNW-patterned TEMPO nanopaper
SERS spectra of thiram and tricyclazole swabbed from an apple peel and a snake plant (sansevieria) leaf
Photothermolysis of surface bacteria on the PEDOT:PSS/agarose composite hydrogel
Antibacterial activity of PEDOT:PSS/ agarose nanocomposite hydrogel