Dr. Thomas is the Vice-Chancellor and a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he serves as the Director of the School of Energy Materials at the same institution. Dr. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, covering polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnological, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly contributed to the development of new materials in the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France. Miran Mozetic is Professor and Head of the Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the leader of a research group working on generation and characterization of highly reactive gaseous plasma, interdisciplinary research on interaction of non-equilibrium plasma with organic materials, plasma nanoscience, as well as development of different technologies for
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1. Introduction to polymeric materials 2. Introduction to plasma 3. Plasma assisted polymer synthesis and processing 4. Plasma assisted polymer modifications 5. Plasma induced polymeric coatings 6. Application of plasma in printed surfaces and print quality 7. Plasma treatment of fibers and powders 8. Plasma treatment of polymeric membranes 9. Wettability Analysis and Water absorption studies of plasma activated polymeric materials 10. Microscopic Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials 11. Spectroscopic Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials 12. SIMS and Nano SIMS Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials 13. Scattering Techniques (Light, X-ray and Neutron) to analyse plasma activated polymeric materials 14. XPS Anaysis of plasma activated polymeric materials 15. Plasma modified polymeric materials for scaffolding of bone tissue engineering 16. Plasma modified polymeric materials for implant applications 17. Plasma modified polymeric materials for biosensors / bio device applications 18. Plasma modified polymeric materials for bio packaging
