Our group has worked on nanocomposite materials for over two decades. Carbon nanomaterials dispersed nanocomposites were studied for mechanical, optical, barrier and electrical properties. Present interest also include composites of carbon nanomaterials in polymer matrices, carbon nanotube fiber composites, ceramic/metal – carbon composites, BN and diamond based composites etc. Composites that embed power elements (structure power) as well as sensors (for continuous monitoring) are of interest. We are also pursuing several ideas for composites and coatings that can be designed vis concepts in synthetic biology and optimized through AI/ML efforts.
Important Publications on "Multifunctional composites"
  1. P. M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler, P. V. Braun, “Nanocomposite science and technology”, John Wiley & Sons, (2006).
  2. V. P Veedu, A. Cao, X. Li, K. Ma, C. Soldano, S. Kar, P. M. Ajayan, M. N Ghasemi-Nejhad, “Multifunctional composites using reinforced laminae with carbon-nanotube forests”, Nature materials, 5(6), 457-462 (2006).
  3. Y. J. Jung, S. Kar, S. Talapatra, C. Soldano, G. Viswanathan, X. Li, Z.Yao, F. S. Ou, A. Avadhanula, R. Vajtai, S. Curran, O. Nalamasu, P. M. Ajayan, "Aligned carbon nanotube− polymer hybrid architectures for diverse flexible electronic applications", Nano letters, 6(3), 413-418 (2006).
  4. P. M. Ajayan, J. M Tour, “Nanotube composites”, Nature, 447(7148), 1066-1068(2007).
  5. A. Kumar, P. K. Vemula, P. M. Ajayan, G. John, “Silver-nanoparticle-embedded antimicrobial paints based on vegetable oil”, Nature materials, 7(3), 236-241 (2008).
  6. L. Ci, J. Suhr, V. Pushparaj, X. Zhang, P. M. Ajayan, "Continuous carbon nanotube reinforced composites", Nano letters, 8(9), 2762-2766 (2008).
  7. I. A Kinloch, J. Suhr, J. Lou, R. J Young, P. M. Ajayan, “Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook”, Science, 362(6414), 547-553 (2018).