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S. Ramakrishnan is affiliated with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on polymer science and materials characterization. Key research themes include:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Ramakrishnan's recent scientific papers address various aspects of polymer chemistry and materials properties:

  • "Periodically Spaced Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers" (2020) published in Macromolecules
  • "Precise control of grafting density in periodically grafted amphiphilic copolymers: an alternate strategy to fine-tune the lamellar spacing in the sub-10 nm regime" (2020) published in Polymer Chemistry
  • "Main-chain liquid crystalline polymers bearing periodically grafted folding elements" (2021) published in Polymer Chemistry
  • "Hyperbranched polymers: growing richer in flavours with time" (2024) published in Chemical Communications
  • "Immiscibility-driven folding: A new design strategy to control polymer chain conformation and morphology" (2024) published in European Polymer Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ramakrishnan include:

  • E. Bhoje Gowd with 5 joint works
  • Arun Kumar Gayen with 5 joint works
  • Gabriel Ogunsola Orodepo with 4 joint works
  • Runa Singla with 3 joint works
  • Vidyalakshmi Damodara with 3 joint works

The scientist regularly publishes in specialized venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • Macromolecules (5 papers)
  • Polymer Chemistry (5 papers)
  • Langmuir (3 papers)
  • Chemical Communications (1 paper)
  • European Polymer Journal (1 paper)

Best Publications

  • Chemical and physicochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: a review.

    Gary Brodeur;Elizabeth Yau;Kimberly Badal;John M Collier

  • Automated manufacturing and processing of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites: An additive review of contemporary and modern techniques for advanced materials manufacturing

    Jolie Frketic;Tarik Dickens;Subramanian Ramakrishnan

  • Halogen Etch of Ti3AlC2 MAX Phase for MXene Fabrication.

    Ali Jawaid;Asra Hassan;Asra Hassan;Gregory Neher;Gregory Neher;Dhriti Nepal

  • Conjugation Length Control in Soluble Poly[2-methoxy-5-((2‘-ethylhexyl)oxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEHPPV): Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Energy Transfer

    G Padmanaban;S Ramakrishnan

  • Entropy driven phase transitions in colloid-polymer suspensions: Tests of depletion theories

    S. Ramakrishnan;Matthias Fuchs;Kenneth S. Schweizer;Charles F. Zukoski

  • The magnetic susceptibility, specific heat and dielectric constant of hexagonal YMnO3, LuMnO3 and ScMnO3

    D G Tomuta;S Ramakrishnan;S Ramakrishnan;G J Nieuwenhuys;J A Mydosh

  • Evidence for bulk superconductivity in pure bismuth single crystals at ambient pressure

    Om Prakash;Anil Kumar;A. Thamizhavel;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Near-infrared electroluminescence from conjugated polymer/lanthanide porphyrin blends

    Benjamin S. Harrison;Timothy J. Foley;Mohamed Bouguettaya;James M. Boncella

  • Aromatic Donor–Acceptor Charge‐Transfer and Metal‐Ion‐Complexation‐Assisted Folding of a Synthetic Polymer

    Suhrit Ghosh;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Protein interactions and phase behavior: Sensitivity to the form of the pair potential

    D. F. Rosenbaum;Amit Kulkarni;S. Ramakrishnan;C. F. Zukoski

  • Anomalous peak effect in CeRu 2 and 2 H − NbSe 2 : Fracturing of a flux line lattice

    S. S. Banerjee;N. G. Patil;S. Saha;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Reentrant Peak Effect and Melting of a Flux Line Lattice in 2H-Nb Se 2

    K. Ghosh;S. Ramakrishnan;A. K. Grover;Gautam I. Menon

  • Gel formation and aging in weakly attractive nanocolloid suspensions at intermediate concentrations.

    Hongyu Guo;S. Ramakrishnan;James L. Harden;Robert L. Leheny

  • Strongly coupled charge-density wave transition in single-crystal Lu 5 Ir 4 Si 10

    B. Becker;N. G. Patil;S. Ramakrishnan;A. A. Menovsky

  • Transport and thermal properties of weakly ferromagnetic Sr2IrO4

    N. S. Kini;A. M. Strydom;H. S. Jeevan;C. Geibel

  • Small‐Molecule‐Induced Folding of a Synthetic Polymer

    Suhrit Ghosh;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric BiPd

    Bhanu Joshi;A. Thamizhavel;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Microstructure of dense colloid–polymer suspensions and gels

    S. A. Shah;Y. L. Chen;S. Ramakrishnan;K. S. Schweizer

  • A novel one-pot synthesis of hyperbranched polyurethanes

    Anil Kumar;S. Ramakrishnan

  • Functional group-containing copolymers prepared by Ziegler-Natta process

    S. Ramakrishnan;E. Berluche;Tze-chiang Chung

Frequent Co-Authors

Kartik Ghosh
Kartik Ghosh Missouri State University
Charles F. Zukoski
Charles F. Zukoski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yoshichika Onuki
Yoshichika Onuki Osaka University
Kenneth S. Schweizer
Kenneth S. Schweizer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John R. Reynolds
John R. Reynolds Georgia Institute of Technology
C. Geibel
C. Geibel Max Planck Society
Paul H. Holloway
Paul H. Holloway University of Florida
Suhrit Ghosh
Suhrit Ghosh Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
James M. Boncella
James M. Boncella Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kirk S. Schanze
Kirk S. Schanze The University of Texas at San Antonio

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