Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Graphitic Carbon Nitride

Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a remarkably active researcher well-known nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He has published over 1400 research articles in international refereed journals. and has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index is 140 and total citations are more than 94,000. He has supervised 125 PhD theses. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in India. Dr. Anas is the Honorary Director of Advanced Molecular Materials Research Centre and Assistant Professor of Polymer Chemistry at School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has his Ph.D in organic synthesis from NIIST(CSIR) Trivandrum, India and has got post doctoral research experince at University of Paris-sud 11 and at Uppsala University Sweden. His reaerch contributions include the development of novel synthetic methodologies, asymmetric CH activation reactions and fiulvene based high spin organic materials. His research is currently focusing on the transition metal catalysed organic reactions, development of novel polymer supported catalysts, synthetic modifications and applications of polymers, studies of boron nitride and carbon nitride based polymer nano-composites. Dr. Anas has published 18 papers in the peer reviewed journals. Jomon Joy is a UGC-JRF doctoral Fellow. His area of interest is Polymer Science incorporating Nanomaterials. Topic of research is Thermoplastic Toughened Thermosetting Polymer nanocomposites at School of Chemical Sciences, M.G. University, Kottayam, in the group of Prof. Sabu Thomas. He has 4 years of experience in this field. His research areas include preparation of Epoxy based blends and nanocomposites and their applications.

1. Discovery and historical development of graphitic carbon nitride
2. Synthesis, Structure and properties
3. Engineering of hetero-junction photo catalyst
4. Graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposites
5. Graphitic carbon nitride/polymer nanocomposites
6. Photo catalytic water splitting and reduction of CO2
7. Photo catalytic pollutant degradation and bacterial disinfection
8. Flame retardancy and thermal properties of Graphitic Carbon Nitride based materials
9. g-C3N4 based sensors
10. Application in fuel cell and solar cell
11. Applications of graphitic carbon nitride as sorbent in analytical chemistry
12. Magnetically separable graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposites
13. Doping of graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalysis
14. Graphitic carbon nitride-based materials for biomedical applications