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Dr. Rasana Nanoth

Assistant Professor (SG), Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, School of Engineering, Coimbatore | Assistant Professor (SG), Center for Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Qualification: M.Tech., Ph.D
n_rasana@cb.amrita.edu
Ph: +91 9543835144, +91 4222685000
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Research Interest: Polymer Nano, Micro Composites, Dual Nano and Multiscale Hybrid Composites, Blends, FEA, Thermomechanical Properties Modelling, Crystallization Kinetics, Polymer Membrane Synthesis, Electrochemical Detection of Drugs, Electrochemical Sensors

Bio

Dr. Rasana Nanoth joined Amrita School of Engineering in the year 2007. Prior to joining Amrita, she had worked at Kerala State Pollution Control Board. She teaches Material Balances, Energy Balances and Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and handles several laboratory courses like fluid mechanics, MATLab and Process Dynamics and Control systems. She has to her credit several peer reviewed articles published in Tier 1 and 2 international journals and conferences. She is the author of three book chapters released by Elsevier and Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Publications. She serves as a reviewer for Polymer International, Polymer Bulletin and Polyolefins journal. She has research collaborations with international institutes like University of Trento, Italy, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, Yanbu Technical Institute, Saudi Arabia, Composite Construction Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland and Department of Polymer Technology, Gdansk, Poland. She also has research collaborations with national institutes like Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

Her research interests include development of polymer nano, micro composites, dual nano and multiscale hybrid composites, blends, FEA, Thermomechanical Properties modelling, Crystallization kinetics, Polymer membrane synthesis, electrochemical detection of drugs and electrochemical sensors. She served as board of studies member, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. She has h-index and an i10-index of 10.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2023

Synergistic behavior of dual filler system (n-Si3N4/COOH-MWCNT) on the mechanical, tribological, curing, and corrosion characteristics of epoxy hybrid nanocomposites

Cite this Research Publication : S. G. K. Bhagavatula, S. K. Painkal, R. Nanoth, K. Murugasamy, and J. Karingamanna, (2023), "Synergistic behavior of dual filler system (nSi3N4/COOH‐MWCNT) on the mechanical, tribological, curing, and corrosion characteristics of epoxy hybrid nanocomposites," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, doi: 10.1002/app.53778, Impact factor: 3.125, Cite score: 5, Percentile 73%.

Year : 2022

Nano, micro and multiscale filler-reinforced functionalized polypropylene composites: FTIR characterization and mechanical study

Cite this Research Publication : Nanoth, Rasana & Jayanarayanan, Karingamanna. (2021). Nano, micro and multiscale filler-reinforced functionalized polypropylene composites: FTIR characterization and mechanical study. 10.22063/poj.2021.3002.1198.

Publisher : Polyolefins Journal

Year : 2021

FTIR characterization and static mechanical properties of nano, micro and multiscale filler reinforced polypropylene composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana N, Jayanarayanan K., (2021) "FTIR characterization and static mechanical properties of nano, micro and multiscale filler reinforced polypropylene composites," Polyolefins Journal, Impact factor: 1, Cite score: 1.5; 36 percentile

Year : 2021

Comparison of static and dynamic mechanical properties of nanosilica and MWCNT reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites: A theoretical insight into nanofiller reinforcement mechanism

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana N., Jayanarayanan K., Harish Thettemmel Mohan,Thomas Keller (2021), "Comparison of static and dynamic mechanical properties of nanosilica and MWCNT reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites: A theoretical insight into nanofiller reinforcement mechanism," Iranian Polymer Journal, Impact factor: 2.485 Cite score: 3.3; 54 percentile

Year : 2021

Surface functionalization of CNTs with amine group and decoration of begonia- like ZnO for detection of antipyretic drug acetaminophen

Cite this Research Publication : Balram D., Lian K. Y., Sebastian N., Rasana N., (2021), "Surface functionalization of CNTs with amine group and decoration of begonia- like ZnO for detection of antipyretic drug acetaminophen," Applied Surface Science, Volume 559, Impact factor 7.392, Cite score: 12.1, Percentile 95%.

Year : 2021

The rheological behaviour and thermal ageing characteristics of PP/MWCNT/glass fibre multiscale composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Rajan, K. Prasad, and Gopanna, A., “The rheological behaviour and thermal ageing characteristics of PP/MWCNT/glass fibre multiscale composites”, Polymers and Polymer Composites, Impact factor: 1.841, Cite score: 1.6, 32 percentile (2021)

Publisher : Polymers and Polymer Composites

Year : 2021

Static and dynamic mechanical properties of nanosilica and multiwalled carbon nanotube reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites: theoretical mechanism of nanofiller reinforcement

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Mohan, H. Thettemmel, and Keller, T., “Static and dynamic mechanical properties of nanosilica and multiwalled carbon nanotube reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene composites: theoretical mechanism of nanofiller reinforcement”, 2021.

Publisher : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Year : 2021

Mechanical, viscoelastic and sorption behaviour of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene composites with 0D and 1D nanofillers

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Alessandro Pegoretti, G. Rammanoj, K. Arunkumar, and T. Hariprasanth, “Mechanical, viscoelastic and sorption behaviour of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene composites with 0D and 1D nanofillers”, Polymer Bulletin, Impact factor: 2.843 ; Cite score: 4.5; 69 percentile, 2021.

Publisher : Polymer Bulletin

Year : 2020

Experimental and theoretical investigation on the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Cite this Research Publication : S. Sruthi, Abhilash, R., Tharun, K., P. Krishna, G., Jayanarayanan, K., and Rasana Nanoth, “Experimental and theoretical investigation on the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes”, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 33, pp. 2264-2273, 2020.

Publisher : Materials Today: Proceedings

Year : 2020

Ultrasensitive detection of cytotoxic food preservative tert-butylhydroquinone using 3D cupric oxide nanoflowers embedded functionalized carbon nanotubes

Cite this Research Publication : D. Balram, Lian, K. - Y., Sebastian, N., and Rasana Nanoth, “Ultrasensitive detection of cytotoxic food preservative tert-butylhydroquinone using 3D cupric oxide nanoflowers embedded functionalized carbon nanotubes”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 406, p. 124792, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124792 (2020)

Year : 2020

Properties of Blends from Polypropylene and Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate using a Compatibilizer

Cite this Research Publication : E. M. Akshaya, Palaniappan, R., Sowmya, C. F., Rasana Nanoth, and Dr. Jayanarayanan K., “Properties of Blends from Polypropylene and Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate using a Compatibilizer”, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 24, pp. 359 - 368, 2020.

Publisher : Materials Today: Proceedings

Year : 2020

Experimental, analytical and finite element studies on nano (MWCNT) and hybrid (MWCNT/glass fiber) filler reinforced polypropylene composites.

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., and Ramachandran K. I., “Experimental, analytical and finite element studies on nano (MWCNT) and hybrid (MWCNT/glass fiber) filler reinforced polypropylene composites”, Iranian Polymer Journal, vol. 29, pp. pages107

Publisher : Iranian Polymer Journal

Year : 2020

The effect of nano, micro and dual scale filler reinforcement on the morphology, mechanical and barrier properties of polypropylene composites

Cite this Research Publication : Mary Jisha Fernandez, Abirami K, Swetha S, Soundarya S, Rasana N, Jayanarayanan K, (2020), "The effect of nano, micro and dual scale filler reinforcement on the morphology, mechanical and barrier properties of Polypropylene composites", Materials Today: Proceedings, Cite score: 2.3, 38 percentile

Year : 2019

The thermal degradation and dynamic mechanical properties modeling of MWCNT/glass fiber multiscale filler reinforced polypropylene composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Deeraj, B. D. S., and K. Joseph, “The thermal degradation and dynamic mechanical properties modeling of MWCNT/glass fiber multiscale filler reinforced polypropylene composites”, Composites Science and Technology, vol. 169, pp. 249 - 259, 2019.

Publisher : Composites Science and Technology

Year : 2019

Mechanical and Thermal Properties Modeling, Sorption Characteristics of Multiscale (Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Glass Fiber) Filler Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Pavithra, R., Nandhini, G. R., Ramya, P., and Veeraraagavan, A. V., “Mechanical and Thermal Properties Modeling, Sorption Characteristics of Multiscale (Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Glass Fiber) Filler Reinforced Polypropylene Composites”, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, vol. 25, pp. E94-E107, 2019.

Publisher : Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology

Year : 2018

Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6

Cite this Research Publication : S. Anjali, Aishwaryalakshmi, S., Ashwin, V., Neeraja, S., Rasana Nanoth, and Dr. Jayanarayanan K., “Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6”, Materials Today Proceedings (Scopus) , vol. 5, no. 11, Part 3, pp. 25524-25533, 2018.

Publisher : Materials Today Proceedings (Scopus) , Elsevier Publications: Accepted for Publication (Article in Press)

Year : 2018

Polypropylene/short Glass Fiber/nanosilica Hybrid Composites: Evaluation of Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Transport Properties

Cite this Research Publication : N. Rasana and Dr. Jayanarayanan K., “Polypropylene/short Glass Fiber/nanosilica Hybrid Composites: Evaluation of Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Transport Properties”, Polymer Bulletin, 75(6), 2587-2605. Impact factor: 2.843; Cite score: 4.5; 69 percentile (2018)

Publisher : Springer Publications

Year : 2018

Synergistic effect of the inclusion of glass fibers and halloysite nanotubes on the static and dynamic mechanical, thermal and flame retardant properties of polypropylene

Cite this Research Publication : A. Jenifer, Rasana, N., and Dr. Jayanarayanan K., “Synergistic effect of the inclusion of glass fibers and halloysite nanotubes on the static and dynamic mechanical, thermal and flame retardant properties of polypropylene”, Materials Research Express, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 065308, 2018.

Publisher : Materials Research Express

Year : 2018

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene/short glass fibre/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites

Cite this Research Publication : N. Rasana, Dr. Jayanarayanan K., and Pegoretti, A., “Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene/short glass fibre/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites”, RSC Adv., vol. 8, pp. 39127-39139, 2018.

Publisher : RSC Adv., The Royal Society of Chemistry

Year : 2018

Experimental and micromechanical modeling of fracture toughness: MWCNT-reinforced polypropylene/glass fiber hybrid composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth and K., J., “Experimental and micromechanical modeling of fracture toughness: MWCNT-reinforced polypropylene/glass fiber hybrid composites”, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, vol. 32, pp. 1031-1055, 2018. (Impact factor: 3.027, Cite score: 5.1; 72 percentile)

Publisher : Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Year : 2018

Influence of multiphase fillers on mechanical, transport and rheological properties of polypropylene

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana, N., Malavika, D., Aparna, R., Deepak, T., Haritha, P. S., & Jayanarayanan, K. (2018), "Influence of multiphase fillers on mechanical, transport and rheological properties of polypropylene," Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(8), 16478-16486, Cite score: 2.3 ; 38 Percentile, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.05.151

Year : 2018

Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6

Cite this Research Publication : S. Anjali, Aishwaryalakshmi, S., Ashwin, V., Neeraja, S., Rasana, N., and Dr. Jayanarayanan K., “Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6”, Materials Today Proceedings (Scopus) , vol. 5, no. 11, Part 3, pp. 25524-25533, 2018.

Publisher : Materials Today Proceedings (Scopus)

Year : 2014

Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control in a Three Tank Interacting System

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Rangarajan, M., and Dr. Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, “Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control in a Three Tank Interacting System”, in International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE2014), S.S.N College of Engineering, Chennai, 2014.

Publisher : International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE2014)

Conference Paper

Year : 2019

The effect of nano, micro and dual scale filler reinforcement on the morphology, mechanical and barrier properties of Polypropylene composites

Cite this Research Publication : Mary Jisha Fernandez, Abirami K, Swetha S, Soundarya S, Rasana N, Jayanarayanan K., "The effect of nano, micro and dual scale filler reinforcement on the morphology, mechanical and barrier properties of Polypropylene composites," 4th International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, IconAMMA 2018, 29 to 31st August 2019, The Department of Mechanical Engineering Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Bangalore.

Year : 2019

Experimental and Theoritical Investigation on the Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Polypropylene Reinforced with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Cite this Research Publication : Sruthi S., Abhilash R., Tharun K., Gopi Krishna P., Jayanarayanan K., Rasana N., "Experimental and Theoritical Investigation on the Non-Isothermal crystallization kinetics of Polypropylene Reinforced with Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes," 2nd International Conference on Material Sciences SCICON’19, December 2019, The Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Year : 2018

Properties of blends from Polypropylene and recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate using a compatibilizer

Cite this Research Publication : Akshaya E. M., Palaniappan R., Soumya C. F., Rasana N., Jayanarayanan K., "Properties of blends from Polypropylene and recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate using a compatibilizer", International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications , IconAMMA2018, 17-19th August 2018, The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Bangalore.

Year : 2018

The Effect of Different Nanofillers on the Morphology, Mechanical, Sorption and Thermal properties of Polypropylene based hybrid composites

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana N., Shivanesh Murugan, Rammanoj G., HariPrashanth T., ArunKumar K., Jayanarayanan K., "The Effect of Different Nanofillers on the Morphology, Mechanical, Sorption and Thermal properties of Polypropylene based Hybrid Composites," International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications , IconAMMA2018, 17-19 August 2018, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Bangalore

Year : 2017

Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6

Cite this Research Publication : Anjali Suresh, AiswaryaLakshmi S, Neeraja Sethuraman, Aswin Vinod, Rasana N and Jayanarayanan K., “Effect of compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes on blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6, International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, IconAMMA2017,17-19th August 2017, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Bangalore

Publisher : International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, IconAMMA2017 (Scopus)

Year : 2016

Influence of multiphase fillers on the mechanical, transport and rheological properties of Polypropylene

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Malavika D, Aparna R, Deepak T, Haritha P S, Jayanarayanan K, "Influence of multiphase fillers on the mechanical, transport and rheological properties of Polypropylene", International Conference on Material Sciences SCICON’16, 19-21 December 2016, Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

Publisher : International Conference on Material Sciences SCICON’16, (Scopus) , Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Year : 2014

Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control for a Three Tank Interacting System

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Uday Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, Murali Rangarajan, "Design and Implementatio", International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering, RACEEE2014 , 27-28th Feb 2014, Organized by S.S.N College of Engineering, Chennai.

Book Chapter

Year : 2023

Enhanced wear resistance in particulate filled polymeric materials

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Jayanarayanan K, Manu Ramanan “Enhanced Wear Resistance: Particle filled Polymeric Materials” to the book Tribology of Polymers, Polymer Composites and Polymer Nanocomposites, Elsevier Publications Published in October 2022. Editors: George SC, Haponiuk JT, Thomas S, Reghunath R, Sarath PS. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90748-4.00013-3.

Publisher : Tribology of Polymers, Polymer Composites, and Polymer Nanocomposites

Year : 2022

Green Polymer Nanocomposites with MXenes

Cite this Research Publication : Rasana Nanoth, Jayanarayanan K., P. Sarath Kumar, “Green polymer nanocomposites with MXenes” to the book “MXene filled Polymer Nanocomposites” CRC Press Publications, published in December Editors: George SC, Nair ST, Ponraj JS., 2022

Publisher : MXene filled Polymer Nanocomposites, CRC Press Publications

Year : 2017

Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Jayanarayanan K., Rasana Nanoth, and Mishra, R. Kumar, “Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites”, in Thermal and Rheological Measurement Techniques for Nanomaterials Characterization- (3 volume series) (Scopus), edited by Sabu Thomas, Raghvendra kumar Mishra ,Raju Thomas and Ajesh K. Zachariah, Elsevier Publications, 2017, pp. 123–157.

Publisher : Thermal and Rheological Measurement Techniques for Nanomaterials Characterization- (3 volume series) (Scopus), edited by Sabu Thomas, Raghvendra kumar Mishra ,Raju Thomas and Ajesh K. Zachariah

Education
  • Ph. D. – 2020
    Thesis Title: Experimental and Analytical Studies on the performance of polypropylene reinforced with multiscale (MWCNT/ Glass fiber) fillers Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • M. Tech. – 2013
    M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • B. Tech. – 2006
    B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering Government Engineering College, Calicut, Kerala
Honors/ Awards/ Societies/ Recognition
  • B. Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering conferred with Distinction and honors, from Calicut University in the year 2006.
  • Best Paper Award: Won the best paper award for the paper entitled “Influence of multiphase fillers on the mechanical, transport and rheological properties of Polypropylene,” International Conference on Material Sciences (SCICON’16), Dec 2016 (Scopus), Organized by The Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidypeetham, Coimbatore
  • Board of Studies Member (Chemical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham)
  • ISAMPE – Life Member
  • Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Life Member
Teachings
Energy Balance and Thermodynamics Heat Transfer in Chemical Engineering/ Process Heat Transfer Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Material Balances/ Introduction to Chemical Engineering Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering Chemical Reaction Engineering
Process Dynamics and Control Process Instrumentation and Control Introduction to Thermodynamics
Polymer Materials-Structure property relations Organic Chemical Technology Engineering Management
Transport Phenomena Environmental Studies Computer Programming
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Process Dynamics and Control Laboratory Mass Transfer Operations Laboratory
Heat Transfer Laboratory Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory Chemical Process Simulation lab using Matlab
Computer Aided Drawing/ CADIAN Engineering Drawing
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