Synthesis and fabrication of porous and non-porous polymeric membranes.
Applications of those membranes in water filtration and gas separations
Creating hierarchical and superporous structure on membrane surfaces via spinodal decomposition of
various mixed solvents with UCST phase behavior
Synthesizing various COF/polymer mixed matrix membranes
Selected Publications
Preparation of Highly Porous Polymer Membranes with Hierarchical Porous Structures via Spinodal Decomposition of Mi... R. L. Thankamony, X. Li, X. Fan, G. Sheng, X. Wang, S. Sun, X. Zhang, Z. Lai ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 4404144049, (2018)
Synthesis of Sub-10 nm Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Thin Film with Sharp Molecular Sieving Nanofiltration I, Gadwal., G. Sheng, R. L. Thankamony, Y. Liu, H. Li, Z. Lai ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10(15), 1229512299, (2018)
Surface modification of sulfur electrodes by chemically anchored cross-linked polymer coating for lithium–sulfur ba... S. Lim, R. L. Thankamony, T. Yim, H. Chu, Y.-J. Kim, J. Mun, T.H. Kim, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7 (3), 14011405, (2015)
Preparation and characterization of Imidazolium-PEO-based ionene/PVDF (HFP)/LiTFSI as a novel gel polymer electroly... R. L. Thankamony, H. Chu, S. Lim, T. Yim, Y.-J. Kim, T.-H. Kim Macromolecular Research, 23, (1), 38-44, (2015)
Terminally-crosslinked poly (ether sulfone) block copolymer as a highly selective and stable polymer electrolyte me... R. L. Thankamony, M. Won, T.-H. Kim International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38, 50845091, (2013)
Azide-assisted terminal crosslinking of ionomeric blocks: Effects on morphology and proton conductivity R. L. Thankamony, J.-M. Hwang, T.-H. Kim Journal of Membrane Science, 392393, 5865, (2012)
Imidazolium functionalized poly (arylene ether sulfone) block copolymer as an anion exchange membrane for alkaline ... A.H.N. Rao, R. L. Thankamony, H.-J. Kim, S. Nam, T.-H. Kim Polymer, 54, 111-119, (2012)
erminally-crosslinked sulfonated poly (fluorenyl ether sulfone) as a highly Conductive and Stable Proton exchange m... R. L. Thankamony, M.-G. Lee, K. Kim, J.-D. Hong, T.-H. Kim, H.-J. Lee, H.-J. Kim, S. Nam, ... Macromolecular Research. 18 (10), 992-1000, (2010)
Education
2019: Research Scientist, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2015-2018: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2006-2008: Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Calicut, India
