Dhamodharan Raghavachari

About

I graduated with Bachelor's and Master's in Chemistry followed by Master's in Polymer Science and Technology as well as Polymer Science and Engineering. My highest degree is Ph. D. in Polymer Science and Engineering. After two years of stint as post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University, I joined IIT Madras as Assistant Professor in 1995. I am serving as a Professor since January 2004. My area of specialization is polymer chemistry. At IIT Madras, our initial research focus was on controlled radical polymerization, for about a decade. At present, we have turned our attention towards biopolymers/natural polymers, polymeric materials in construction and agriculture and light absorbing polymers/PLED.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Professor
  2004 - Present

Education

• University of Massachusetts Amherst Ph.D.
  1986 - 1992
• University of Massachusetts Amherst M.S
  1986 - 1987

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (118)

• Preparation of Biochar through Low-Temperature Carbonization of Hydroxyl-Rich Biopolymers Using N-Bromosuccinimide
  ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00517
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• CROSS-LINKING OF NATURAL RUBBER WITH PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRAKIS(3-MERCAPTOPROPIONATE) IN THE PRESENCE OF ANHYDROUS CERIUM CHLORIDE, IN THE SOLID-STATE, AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
  Rubber Chemistry and Technology 2025 DOI: 10.5254/rct.24.00058
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• Synthesis and characterization of material derived from Chitosan, malic acid and urea
  Journal of Polymer Research 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10965-024-03891-y
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• Facile chemical modification of poly(vinyl alcohol) to an organosoluble, flame‐retardant copolymer using dichloroacetic acid
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2023 DOI: 10.1002/app.54393
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• Synthesis and Characterization of Material Derived from Chitosan, Malic acid and Urea
  2023 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3328298/v1
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• Super water-absorbing hydrogel based on chitosan, itaconic acid and urea: preparation, characterization and reversible water absorption
  Polymer Bulletin 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03641-w
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• Tough Gels and Macroporous Foams Based on Chitosan through Hydrothermal Synthesis of Chitosan, Tartaric Acid, and Urea
  ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.1c01592
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• Fabrication of macroporous soft hydrogels of Chitosan scaffolds by hydrothermal reaction and cytotoxicity to 3T3 L1 cells
  Journal of Polymer Research 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s10965-021-02426-z
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• Hydrophobic nanocomposites of PBAT with Cl‐fn‐POSS nanofiller as compostable food packaging films
  Polymer Engineering & Science 2021 DOI: 10.1002/pen.25577
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• Naphthalimide-phenothiazine based A’-π-D-π-A featured organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cell applications
  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112820
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