Phenolic Resins

Dr. Sandhya P.K. is an Assistant Professor at the Postgraduate Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, Kerala, India. She received her Master of Philosophy in Chemistry in 2009 at the same university. She has published several articles in international journals, presented her work at various international and national conferences, and co-authored multiple book chapters. Dr. Sandhya’s research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials such as graphene, phenol-formaldehyde resin based nanocomposites, and foams. Dr. M.S. Sreekala is an Assistant Professor at the Postgraduate Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Sankara College Kalady, India. An active researcher in the field of polymer science and technology, she has edited 6 books, and has over 50 research publications to her name. Dr. Sreekala received the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) post-doctoral fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, and conducted research at the Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. She was awarded the JSPS post-doctoral fellowship from Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan, and conducted research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan. Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citations

• 1. Phenolic resins: state of the art, new challenges, and opportunities2. Synthesis of resole and novolac phenolic resin3. Synthesis of water soluble phenolic resin4. Synthesis of oil soluble phenolic resins5. Bio-mass derived phenolic resins6. Substitution of phenol formaldehyde by novel synthetic resins - their performance and applications7. Graphitization of phenolic resin8. Mesoporous phenolic resin9. Phenolic resin moulding methods10. Phenolic resin based activated carbon11. Toughening of phenolic resins12. Boron modified phenoilc resins and properties13. Cardanol modified phenolic resin14. Phenolic resin from waste materials15. Elastomer modified phenolic resin16. Curing characteristics of phenolic resins17. Structural characterization of phenolic resin18. Morphology of phenolic resins19. Fracture toughness of phenolic resins20. Thermal characteristics of phenolic resins21. Mechanical properties of phenolic resins22. Adhesive property of phenolic resins23. Rheological property of phenolic resin24. Industrial applications of phenolic resins25. Phenolic resin for high performance super capacitor application26. Versatile applications of phenolic resins27. Degradation of phenolic resin28. Life cycle analysis of phenolic resins