Name                           : Dr. N. Natchimuthu

Designation                 : Professor

Qualification                : M.Tech., Ph.D

Area of Specialization : Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks,Rubber Recycling, Rubber Compounding and Product Development,    Reinforcement of elastomers,Polymer Synthesis, Rubber – Metal Bonding

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• Educational Qualification

   

   

  Degree	Branch/Specialization	Institute/University	Year of Passing
  Ph.D.	Polymer-Leather Composites	CSIR-CLRI (AU)	1994
  M.Tech	Polymer Technology	Cochin University of Science and Technology	1989
  M.Sc.	Applied Chemistry	College of Engineering, Anna University	1987
  B.Sc.	Chemistry	Madurai Kamaraj University	1985

   

   

   

• Projects/Achievements/Awards

   

  RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED

  1.         Coordinator for an AICTE sponsored Project on Modernization of Rubber Moulding Facilities, Project Cost Rs.10.00 Lakhs,  (Project completed)

  2.         Principal Invesigator for a Research Project on Studies on Polymer – Leather Composites and their recycling  sponsored by the Ministry of Environment  and Forests, Government of India – Project cost Rs.3.1 Lakhs  (Project completed)

  3.         Principal Investigator  for a  Research project on Development  and  Evaluation of EPDM  Rubber – Silica system  for Liing Applications sponsored by the DRDL,Government of India, - Project cost Rs.15 Lakhs   (Project  completed)

  4.         Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Senior Research Fellowship award during the January 1990 – January 1994.

  Awarded a Prize for the Best technical paper presentation during the National Seminar “ POLYMERS 94 ” held at IPCL Baroda in Feb 1994 for the paper on “ Vulcanization Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of NBR and NBR- PVC blends filled with chrome leather shavings”.

• Others

   

  Experience as Vice President, R & D  at Green Rubber – A rubber Recycling Company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

   

• Publications

   

  23. Dispersion and vulcanization characteristics of nitrile rubber reinforced with N,N‐dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride treated silica, R Mohammed Saleem and N Natchimuthu, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 138 (26), 50611, (2021)

  22. Decrystallization of cellulose under the influence of elastomer-assisted mechanical and mechanochemical shear, R Lavanya and N Natchimuthu, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol.42, pp.168-175, (2019)

  21. Hydrogels of sodium alginate based copolymers grafted with sodium-2- acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonate and methacrylic acid for controlled drug delivery applications, Clara I and Natchimuthu N., Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol.55(2), pp.168-175, 2018

  20. Complete replacement of carbon black filler in rubber sole with CaO embedded activated carbon derived from tannery solid waste, P. Yuvaraj, J. Raghava Rao, N.Nishad Fathima, N. Natchimuthu and R. Mohan,Journal of Cleaner Production,Vol.170, pp.446-450, (2018)

  19. Shear-induced morphology changes in N,N'-dimethylacetamide/Lithium chloride pretreated Cellulose, Lavanya, R, Clara I and Natchimuthu N., Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.134, No:19, pp:44809, (2017)

  18. Synthesis, characterization and swelling behaviour of hydrogels based on graft copolymerization of Sodium-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulphonate on to gelatin, Clara I and Natchimuthu, N., Journal of Polymer materials, Vol.33,No:4, pp;709-721,(2016)

  17. pH and Temperature responsive hydrogels of poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1- propane sulphonic acid-co-methacrylic acid): Synthesis and swelling characteristics, Clara I, Lavanya R and Natchimuthu N., Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol.53,No: 8, pp:492-499, (2016)

  16. Hydrogels based on Starch-g-poly(sodium-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulphonate-co-methacrylic acid) as controlled drug delivery systems, Clara I, and Natchimuthu N., Starch/Stärke, Vol.68, pp:1-10, (2016).

  15. AFM Studies on Silica Dispersion in EPDM Rubber, N.Natchimuthu, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, ACS, Vol. 83, pp.123-132, (2010)

  14. Natural Rubber – Leather Composites, K.Ravichandran, N.Natchimuthu, Polymeros: Cienca e Tecnologia, Vol.15, No.2, pp:102-108

  13. Vulcanization Characteristics and Mechanical properties of Natural Rubber – Scrap Rubber Compositions filled with Leather Particles, N.Natchimuthu and K.Ravichandran, Polymer International, Vol. 54, pp.553-559, (2005)

  12. Properties of Scrap Rubber-Leather Wastes Composites, N.Natchimuthu and K.Ravichandran, International Seminar on Advances in Polymer Technology, Cochin, India, Dec.13-14, (2002)

  11. Compounding of EPDM Rubber with Silica Fillers, N.Natchimuthu and T.Rajasekaran, International Conference on Rubber and Allied Materials, New Delhi, India, Nov. 28-30, (2002)

  10. Compatibility of Ternary IPNs, N.Natchimuthu and Ganga Radhakrishnan,Advances in Polymer Technology, Cochin, Feb.05-07 (1991)

  09. Modification of Cellulose Nitrate through Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Coatings, N.Natchimuthu and Ganga Radhakrishnan, 1st Asia – Pacific Conference on Coatings, Singapore, May 13 – 15, (1991)

  08. Vulcanization Characteristics of Nitrile Rubber/PVC blends filled with Chrome Shavings, N.Natchimuthu and Ganga Radhakrishnan, International Rubber Conference, Rubbercon’93, Feb. 8 – 10, (1993)

  07. Vulcanization Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Nitrile-Rubber – PVC blends filled with crosslinked collagen, N.Natchimuthu, Ganga Radhakrishnan etal., Polymer Science : Recent Advances, (1994), Vol.2., pp.521-525

  06. Rubber Recycling : Emerging Trends, K.Ravichandran & N.Natchimuthu, National Seminar on Advances in Science and Technology of Polymeric Materials, IIT, Chennai Dec.19-20, (1997), pp-08

  05. Application of Scrap Rubber in Road Construction, K.Ravichandran & N.Natchimuthu, International Rubber Conference, IRC’98, Dec.7-9, (1998),Vol.3.pp.677 – 679

  04. Vulcanization Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Nitrile Rubber Filled with Short Leather Fibres,N.Natchimuthu, Ganga Radhakrishnan et al.,Polymer International ( 1994 ), Vol .33, pp. 329 – 333

  03. Cellulose Nitrate – Poly( vinyl chloride – co-vinyl acetate )- Polyurethane Ternary IPNs: FTIR and Morphological studies, N.Natchimuthu, P.Rajalingam & Ganga Radhakrishanan, J.Appl.Polym.Sci., (1992), Vol .44,pp.981 – 986

  02. Polyurethane based Interpenetrating Networks as Top Coats for Leather, N. Natchimuthu and Ganga Radhakrishnan, J.Soc .Leather Technol and Chem.,(1991), Vol 75, pp. 25 – 26

  01. Interpenetrating Polymer Networks of Cellulose Nitrate and Castor Oil Based Polyurethanes – Development and Characterisation, N.Natchimuthu,P.Rajalingam & Ganga Radhakrishnan., J.Appl.Polym.Sci., (1990), Vol.41,pp. 3059 – 3068