Advanced Functional Porous Materials

1 Introduction to porous materials.- 2 Synthesis of macro porous materials. 3 Characterization of macro porous materials.- 4 Ordered Macroporous materials.- 5 Applications & future trends in macro porous materials.- 6 Synthesis of Mesoporous materials.- 7 Characterization of Mesoporous materials.- 8 Role of mesoporous materials as drug carrier.

Arya Uthaman is a research scholar at the School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. She has currently submitted her Ph.D Thesis. Her area of expertise is in Polymer Science and Engineering, Fiber reinforced polymer Composites, Polymer Nanocomposites, Durability of polymers and composites in harsh environments, Degradation of polymer composites, Porous materials, Nanocomposites. She has published several research articles and book chapters. She has completed her M.Tech (Master of Technology) in Polymer Science and Technology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. She received her junior research fellowship from Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China. She has received her Doctoral fellowship from the Chinese Government under the Chinese Scholarship Council.

Thomas Sabu Ph.D, is currently Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and the Founder Director and Professor of School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaim for his work in Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Porous materials, Nanocomposites. Professor Thomas has published over 1200 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has co-edited 150 books and is the inventor of 15 patents. The H index of Prof. Thomas is 114, with more than 63,000 citations. Prof. Thomas has supervised 115 Ph.D. programs, and his students occupy leading positions in academia and industry in India and abroad. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 350 plenary/inaugural and invited lectures in national/international meetings over 40 countries. Professor Thomas has received many prestigious national and international awards for his work, and he has been conferred an Honoris Causa (DSc) Doctorate by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, and the University