G. Santhana Krishnan

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of stereoregularity, in terms of isotactic triad content on the thermal behavior of carbon fiber precursor polymers synthesized through different polymerization routes such as solid state and radical solution polymerization techniques, was investigated by the thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetric measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel carbon fiber polymer precursor, poly(acrylonitrile-co-2,3-dimethyl-1, 3-butadiene-co-, co-itaconic acid) was synthesized using solution polymerization process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal stability of terpolymers, copolymers, and homopolymers of acrylonitrile with dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide (DMAPA), itaconic acid (IA) with varying amounts of comonomers using solution polymerization process were determined employing infrared, 1H and 13 carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, structural transformations of polyacrylonitrile microstructure with varying degrees of stereoregularity during the thermal-oxidative degradation and pyrolysis reactions were investigated employing coupled thermal techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, the composition and the average molecular weights of carbon fiber precursor polymers such as poly[acrylonitrile-co-itaconic acid] copolymers were determined.