Sriram Viswanathan

PREVIOUS INSTITUTION:
Research Associate - Oak Ridge National Lab, Chemical Sciences Divn. (June 2002-Sep 2003)
Ph.D. - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dept. of Chemistry, Aug 2002
DATE JOINED GROUP: October 2003
AREAS OF STUDY: Carbon Nanotubes
EMAIL: viswanathan.22@osu.edu

CURRENT RESEARCH
Currently working on nanocomposites of conducting polymers with single-wall carbon nanotubes for application in Supercapacitors - a collaborative project with Honda Research Institute, Ohio.
 

Relevant Publications
S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Purification and
Characterization of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Obtained from Pulsed
laser Vaporization, (manuscript in preparation).

S. Viswanathan and M. Dadmun, Guidelines to Creating a True Molecular
Composite: Inducing Miscibility in Blends by Optimizing
Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding, Macromolecules, 2002, 35(13), 5049-5060

S. Viswanathan and M. Dadmun, Optimizing Hydrogen-Bonding in Creating
Miscible Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends by Structural Modification
of the Blend Components, Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 3196.

S. Viswanathan and M. Dadmun, Formation of a True Molecular Composite
using Optimal Hydrogen Bonding, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2001, 22(10), 779-82.

S. Viswanathan and M. Dadmun, Polymeric Materials: Science and
Engineering, American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2001,84, 670-671.

S. Viswanathan and M. Dadmun, Guidelines to Creating a True Molecular
Composite: 4. Correlation of Association Model to Hydrogen Bonding
Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends, J. Polym. Sci. Part. B: Polymer Physics,(accepted).

Conference Presentations

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Purification and
Characterization of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Obtained from Pulsed
laser Vaporization, NASA-JSC and NIST sponsored Workshop on Purity and
Dispersion Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Materials, May 27-29, 2003, Gaithersburg, MD.

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Characterization
and Controllable Introduction of Defects in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, NASA- JSC and NIST sponsored Workshop on Purity and Dispersion Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Materials, May 27-29, 2003, Gaithersburg, MD.

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Purification and
Characterization of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Obtained from Pulsed
laser Vaporization, APS National Meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al. Functionalization of
Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Carboxylic Acids, APS National Meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Alignment of SWNT
in Electrospun SWNT-Polymer Composite Fibers, APS National Meeting,
March 2003, Austin, TX.

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Imaging and
Electrical Characterization of Nanotube Networks in SWNT/Polymer Composites, APS National Meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX.

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., Structure and
Properties of Polymer Composites from Infiltrated Aligned Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes, APS National Meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX.

S. Viswanathan, P.F. Britt, D.B. Geohegan et al., HRTEM Study of
Carbon SWNT: Assessing Purity and defects as As-grown Nanotubes undergo
Chemical Processing for use in Polymer Nanocomposites, APS National Meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX.

M. Dadmun, S. Viswanathan, Broadening Miscibility in Liquid
Crystalline Polymer Blends by Optimizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding, American Physical Society National Meeting, March 3-7, 2003, Austin, TX.

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, Formation of Miscible Rod/Coil
Polymer Blends using Optimal Hydrogen Bonding, 221st American Chemical
Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA (April 2001).

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, FT-IR studies of Hydrogen Bonding
in a Blend containing a N-methylated Liquid Crystalline Polyurethane,
American Physical Society National Meeting, Seattle, WA (March 2001).

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, Enhancing Miscibility in Polymer
Composites by Improving Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding, Materials
Research Society National Meeting, Boston, MA (Nov. 2001).

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, Formation of a True Molecular
Composite by Optimizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding, Polymer Physics Gordon Conference, New London, CT, August 2000.

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, True Molecular Composites formed
by Optimal Hydrogen Bonding, International Chemical Congress of Pacific
Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, December 2000.

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, FT-IR and DSC studies on Liquid
Crystalline Polyurethane and N-methylated Liquid Crystalline
Polyurethane Blends, 4th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference,
Hattiesburg, MS (June 2000).

Sriram Viswanathan and Mark Dadmun, FT-IR and DSC studies on liquid
crystalline polyurethane and its blends with copolymers of styrene
and 4-vinyl phenol, 51st Southeast Regional Meeting of American Chemical Society, Knoxville, TN (October 1999).

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