Laboratory of Polymer Materials
Laboratory of Polymer Materials
Introduction
I am Kumkum Ahmed, working as an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology. My current research converges on the development of multifunctional gels, stimuli responsive gels, porous polymers, nanocomposite materials for applications in 3D printing, soft actuators and sensors. To learn more about my work please click on "learn more" tab
Research Projects
Research projects are as follows
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Development of multifunctional polymers such as gels, porous polymers, nanocompisites, shape memory polymers etc.
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Characterization of these materials and understanding of different properties (e.g. mechanical, conductive) for applications in actuators and sensors
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Development of 3D printable devices such as sensors and actuators utilizing different polymers
Some research projects based on the above mentioned topics are shown below
ion conductive polymers
A series of 3D printable multifunctional ionic gels (IGs) are developed incorporating ionic liquid (IL) in the thiol–ene network of thiol-based end-crosslinker and acrylate monomers
4D printed actuator
In this work, 3D printable shape-memory-hydrogel-(SMG)-based bilayer system is developed to yield a soft actuator responsive to the methodical application of swelling and heat
Nano-composite sensor
In this study, we worked on the development of soft tactile sensors based on carbon nanotubes (CNT)–polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) gel
Bio-based polymers
We are also working on different bio-based gels and network polymer focusing on cell viability and degradability approach.