Thangavel Gurunathan

Dr. Thangavel Gurunathan


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

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

Representative Publications

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1 October 2015 in Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
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TGThangavel Gurunathan
Thangavel Gurunathan
SMSmita Mohanty
Smita Mohanty
SNSanjay K. Nayak
Sanjay K. Nayak

14 May 2019 in Nature Communications
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KPKaushik Parida
Kaushik Parida
TGThangavel Gurunathan
Thangavel Gurunathan
GCGuofa Cai
Guofa Cai
XZXinran Zhou
Xinran Zhou
SPSangbaek Park
Sangbaek Park
Pooi See LeePooi See Lee
Pooi See Lee
Advances in next-generation soft electronic devices rely on the development of highly deformable, healable, and printable energy generators to power these electronics. Development of deformable or wearable energy generators that can simultaneously attain extreme stretchability with superior healability remains a daunting challenge. We address this issue by developing a highly conductive, extremely stretchable, and healable composite based on thermoplastic elastomer with liquid metal and silver flakes as the stretchable conductor for triboelectric nanogenerators. The elastomer is used both as the matrix for the conductor and as the triboelectric layer. The nanogenerator showed a stretchability of 2500% and it recovered its energy-harvesting performance after extreme mechanical damage, due to the supramolecular hydrogen bonding of the thermoplastic elastomer. The composite of the thermoplastic elastomer, liquid metal particles, and silver flakes exhibited an initial conductivity of 6250 S cm−1 and recovered 96.0% of its conductivity after healing.


11 October 2018 in Nature Catalysis
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VSVarun Kumar Singh
Varun Kumar Singh
CYChanghoon Yu
Changhoon Yu
SBSachin Badgujar
Sachin Badgujar
YKYoungmu Kim
Youngmu Kim
YKYonghwan Kwon
Yonghwan Kwon
MKMin Sang Kwon
Min Sang Kwon

1 March 2015 in Progress in Organic Coatings
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TGThangavel Gurunathan
Thangavel Gurunathan
SMSmita Mohanty
Smita Mohanty
SNSanjay K. Nayak
Sanjay K. Nayak

19 June 2021 in Advanced Functional Materials
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MTMatthew Wei Ming Tan
Matthew Wei Ming Tan
TGThangavel Gurunathan
Thangavel Gurunathan
Pooi See LeePooi See Lee
Pooi See Lee