Dr. Karpagam S

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

VIT University, Vellore

Ph.D.
Organic chemistry and conjugated polymers
Graduated in 2012

University of Madras

M.Phil.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2003

University of Madras

M.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2002

University of Madras

B.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2000

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • 1. Synthesis of Donor-Acceptor conjugated polymer from Wittig
  • Knoevenagal and Suzuki coupling 2. Synthesis of carbazole
  • Thiazole
  • Perylene
  • Thiophene
  • pyrazine and quinoxaline based novel heterocyclic conjugated organic building blocks 3. Light emitting
  • photovoltaic
  • metal-ion fluorescence sensing and explosive sensing application 4. Conjugated microporous polymer for CO2 capture 5. Production of Polymer membrane for water treatment

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Fluorescent Conjugated Micro Porous Polymer Thin film/Powder for Higher Capacity/Selectivity of CO2 Capture (VIT Seed Grant, National, VIT University) VIT Seed Grant

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Synthesis and Characterization of thiophene based donor-acceptor conjugated polymer for photovoltaic application Fast Tract Scheme For Young scientist, National- DST-SERB

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • 1. Young scientist award in Fast tract scheme in DST-SERB
  • 2. Research Award from VIT University

International Collaborations

  • 1. Department of chemistry, Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 5 mail Gay Lussac, 95031 Neuville-sur-Oise, France
  • Publication: K. Mahesh, S. Karpagam, T. Putnin, H. Le, T.T Bui, K.Ounnunkad, F. Goubard, Role of cyano substituents on thiophene vinylene benzothiadiazole conjugated polymers and application as hole transporting materials in perovskite solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry 371 (2019) 238–247.