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Dr. A. P. Sobha

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Email sobha@vidyaacademy.ac.in

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Overview

Education:

Ph. D. in Nanocomposites - Cochin University of Science & Technology during 2010-15.
State Eligibility Test (SET) - Kerala Government in 2001.
B. Ed in Physical Sciences - University of Calicut 1991.
M. Sc. in Chemistry - University of Calicut in 1990.
B. Sc. in Chemistry - University of Calicut in 1998.

Experience:

Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology - 1, October 2013 onwards.
Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology, June2013 – September 2023.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology - July 2010 - June 2013.
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Sciences, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology - December 2006 - June 2010
Lecturer in the Department of Applied Sciences, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology - July 2003-December 2006.
Worked in Various Higher Secondary Schools as HSST during June 1991- June 2003

Research

Research:

Total Research Experience: 7 years
No. of Publications : 5
No. of Conferences attended: International : 5, National : 1
No. of Papers Presented: 4
No. of Invited Talks: 1

Research Project

Successfully completed KTU CERD RSM project titled “Development of Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Gaskets from polyaniline wrapped graphene nano sheet/Polyurethane composites”

Research Interests:

Nanomaterials and NanoStructures, Nanocomposites, Conducting Polymers, Green Chemistry.

Publications

Publications:

Polyaniline Wrapped Graphene/TPU Composites – A Potential Candidate for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, A.P. Sobha and C.P. Vineetha 2022 IEEE International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Nanobioscience & Nanotechnology (5NANO), Year 2022. (Conference paper)
Electrical, thermal, mechanical and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of PANI/FMWCNT/TPU composites, A.P. Sobha, P.S. Sreekala , Sunil K. Narayanankutty, Progress in Organic Coatings, Volume 113, Year 2017, Pages 168-174.
DC conductivity retention of functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, Materials Science In Semiconductor Processing, Volume 39, Year 2015, Pages 764-770.
Improved strain sensing property of functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites in TPU matrix, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Pages 98-107, Volume 233, Year 2015, Pages 98-107.
Electrical and Thermoelectric Properties of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Polyaniline Composites Prepared by Different Methods, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Volume 13, Year 2014, Pages 835 - 841
A promising approach to enhanced thermal stability of DC conductivity of polyaniline - functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotube composites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, International Journal of Nanoparticles, Volume 7, Year 2014, Pages 112 – 132.
Effect of Dopants on DC Conductivity of Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Polyaniline Composites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, Volume 6, Year 2014, Pages 756-764(9)
A Study on the DC Conductivity and Thermoelectric properties of CNT based Polyaniline Composites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, 2012 International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation, Year 2012. (Conference paper)

Conference Presentation:

Water Conservation - Retention of Rain Water in KERALA, A.P,Sobha, International Online Conference on Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (ICBSSD-2022), Year 2022. Invited talk
Polymerisation effects of Polyaniline wrapped Graphene filler for EMI shielding efficiency in thermoplastic polyurethane composites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, International Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMT2021), Year 2021. Invited talk
Enhanced Thermoelectric behaviour of Functionalised Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Polyaniline Nanostructures, A. P. Sobha, ICNM- 2017, Year 2017. . Invited talk
Thermal Stability of Electrical Conductivity of Functionalised Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/ Polyaniline Composites Prepared by Two Methods, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, IC-AMMN 2K16, Year 2016.
Investigation on the electromechanical properties of FMWCNT/Polyaniline/TPU composites for strain sensing materials, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, APT 2016, Year 2016.
Improved EMI shielding of FMWCNT/Polyaniline composites in TPU matrix. A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, ICAFM 2014, Year 2014
Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of FMWCNT/Polyaniline Composites in TPU matrix,A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, POLYCON-2014, Year 2014.
An Elegant Way of Improving the Electrical Conductivity and Thermoelectric property of MWCNT/PANI nanocomposites, A. P. Sobha, Sunil K. Narayanankutty, 4th international conference on Advanced Nano Materials (ANM 2012), Year 2012

Activities

Referee to:

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Professional Memberships:

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

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