Pitchaimari Gnanasekar

Dr. Pitchaimari Gnanasekar

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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26 November 2020 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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NTNicole Tratnik
Nicole Tratnik
PKPei-Yu Kuo
Pei-Yu Kuo
NTNicolas R. Tanguy
Nicolas R. Tanguy
PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan

30 June 2020 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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ZWZhenyu Wang
Zhenyu Wang
PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
SNSandeep Sudhakaran Nair
Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair
RFRamin Farnood
Ramin Farnood
SYSonglin Yi
Songlin Yi
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan

18 November 2020 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
MFMartin Feng
Martin Feng
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan

1 February 2021 in Composites Part B: Engineering
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PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
HCHeyu Chen
Heyu Chen
NTNicole Tratnik
Nicole Tratnik
MFMartin Feng
Martin Feng
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan

27 August 2021 in Polymers
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ZWZhenyu Wang
Zhenyu Wang
PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
SNSandeep Sudhakaran Nair
Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair
SYSonglin Yi
Songlin Yi
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan
In order to reduce the dependency of resin synthesis on petroleum resources, vanillyl alcohol which is a renewable material that can be produced from lignin has been used to synthesize bioepoxy resin. Although it has been widely reported that the curing reaction and properties of the cured epoxies can be greatly affected by the molecular structure of the curing agents, the exact influence remains unknown for bioepoxies. In this study, four aliphatic amines with different molecular structures and amine functionalities, namely triethylenetetramine (TETA), Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN), diethylenetriamine (DETA), and ethylenediamine (EDA), were used to cure the synthesized vanillyl alcohol–based bioepoxy resin (VE). The curing reaction of VE and the physicochemical properties, especially the thermomechanical performance of the cured bioepoxies with different amine functionalities, were systematically investigated and compared using different characterization methods, such as DSC, ATR–FTIR, TGA, DMA, and tensile testing, etc. Despite a higher curing temperature needed in the VE–TETA resin system, the cured VE–TETA epoxy showed a better chemical resistance, particularly acidic resistance, as well as a lower swelling ratio than the others. The higher thermal decomposition temperature, storage modulus, and relaxation temperature of VE–TETA epoxy indicated its superior thermal stability and thermomechanical properties. Moreover, the tensile strength of VE cured by TETA was 1.4~2.6 times higher than those of other curing systems. In conclusion, TETA was shown to be the optimum epoxy curing agent for vanillyl alcohol–based bioepoxy resin.

12 April 2022 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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PGPitchaimari Gnanasekar
Pitchaimari Gnanasekar
Heyu ChenHeyu Chen
Heyu Chen
QLQing Luo
Qing Luo
NTNicolas Tanguy
Nicolas Tanguy
LLLicheng Li
Licheng Li
Ning YanNing Yan
Ning Yan