Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Positions Held

 

Publication

1. Runcy Wilson, Tomás S. Plivelic, P. Ramya, C. Ranganathaiah, M. Y. Kariduraganavar, Anil kumar. S, and Sabu Thomas, “Influence of Clay Content and Amount of Organic Modifiers on Morphology and Pervaporation Performance of EVA/Clay Nanocomposite”. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 2011, 50, 3986-3993.
2. Runcy Wilson, Tomás S. Plivelic ,Abi Santhosh Aprem, C. Ranganathaiagh, Anil kumar. S and Sabu Thomas, “Preparation and characterization of EVA/clay nanocomposites with improved barrier performance”. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2012, 123, 3806–3818.
3. Runcy Wilson, Tomás S. Plivelic, Anil Kumar S and Sabu Thomas” Clay Intercalation and its Influence on the Morphology and Transport Properties of EVA/Clay Nanocomposites” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116, 20002-200014
4. Jose, Thomasukutty, Soney C. George, Hanna J. Maria, Runcy Wilson, and Sabu Thomas. "Effect of Bentonite Clay on the Mechanical, Thermal, and Pervaporation Performance of the Poly (vinyl alcohol) Nanocomposite Membranes." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2014, 43, 16820-16831.
5. NithinChandran, Runcy Wilson, Sabu Thomas “Novel Natural Rubber /Polypropylene Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Formulations for High Impact Performance” kautschuk gummi kunststoffe, 2013, 6, 18-22.
6. Runcy Wilson, Anil Kumar S and Sabu Thomas “Effect of Organoclay Dispersion on the Barrier Performance and Mechanical Strength of EVA/Clay nanocomposites” Advanced Materials Research, 2013, 15-18.
7. Runcy Wilson, N. Follain, N. Tenn, Anil Kumar S, S. Thomas, and S. Marais “Tunable water barrier properties of EVA by clay insertion?” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17 (29), 19527-19537.
8. Ajith James Jose, Resmi R, Sam John, George Jacob, Runcy Wilson “Chitosan: A Smart and Multifunctional Drug Delivery System” International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, 2016, 6, 3709-3714.
9. Ajith James Jose, Muthukaruppan Alagar, Sam John and Runcy Wilson “Performance evaluation of polysulfone/graphene nanocomposites, Int. J. Mater. Res, 2017, 108, 1-8.
10. Ajith James Jose, George Jacob, Runcy Wilson and Muthukaruppan Alagar, “Studies on thermos-mechanical and surface properties of polysulfone/poly(ether imide ester) blends, Materials Proceedings Today, ISSN: 2214-7853, 2017.
11. Shaji Joseph, Ajith James Jose, SabuThomas, Runcy Wilson and Kuruvilla Joseph, “Molecular transport of aromatic solvents through oil palm micro fiber filled nitrile rubber composites” Materials Proceedings Today, ISSN: 2214-7853, 2017.

Book chapters

1. Diffusion, Transport and Barrier Properties of IPNs

Runcy Wilson, Anil Kumar S, Miran Mozetic, Uroš Cvelbar and Sabu Thomas

Book on Micro- and Nano-Structured Interpenetrating Polymer Networks: From Design to Applications. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

2. Rheological Behavior of Natural Rubber Composites and Nanocomposites

Runcy Wilson and Sabu Thomas

Book on Natural Rubber Based composites and nanocomposites, Volume-2, RSC Publishing

3. Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Waste Water Purification

Saliney Thomas, Runcy Wilson Soney .C. George and Sabu Thomas

Encyclopedia, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4. Layered clay rubber composites

Runcy Wilson , Nithin Chandran and Sabu Thomas

Book on Layered clay rubber composites, Trans Tech Periodicals published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.

5. 5. An introduction to Polymer blends; Composites; IPNS

Runcy Wilson, Jithin Joy and Sabu Thomas

Publisher: Apple publishers

6. Nano Celluose: A novel support for water purification

Runcy Wilson, Jithin Joy, Gejo George, Anuraj V

“Advanced Environmental Analysis: Applications of Nanomaterials”.

Publisher: RSC

7. Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites: A Smart Material for Next Generation Applications
   Ajith James Jose, Runcy Wilson, and Jince Thomas

“Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 5-Volume Set”

Publisher: Apple Academy press

8. UV Spectroscopy: A facile approach for the characterization of nanomaterials

Gejo Geroge, Runcy Wilson and Jithin Joy

Instrumental Techniques to the Characterization of Nanomaterials: Volume 2

Publisher: Elsevier Publications

9. Polymer membranes reinforced with carbon based nanomaterial’s for water purification

Runcy Wilson, Gejo George  and Ajith James Jose

Publisher: Elsevier Publications

10. Introduction to liquid transport characteristics in various polymer, IPNs, Composites and nanocomposites systems

Runcy Wilson, Soney C George, Anilkumar S and Sabu Thomas

Publisher: Elsevier Publications

BOOK

 TRANSPORT THROUGH POLYMERIC MEMBRANES

Editors: (i) Prof. Sabu Thomas   ii) Dr. Runcy Wilson iii) Dr. Anil kumar S iv) Prof. Soney C George

Publisher: Elsevier Publications, Cambridge, UK.

Volume 1: Liquid Transport Characteristics in Polymers

Volume 2: Gas Transport Characteristics in Polymers

Volume 3:  vapor Transport Characteristics in Polymers

Paper Presentation

Participated

1. DST-PURSE Sponsored Workshop on “Frontiers of Spectroscopy and Microscopy” on September-2012, Inter University Instrumentation Centre, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
2. International conference on Rubber and Rubber-Like Materials, (ICRRM-2013) organized by IIT Kharagpur, India, March 6-9, 2013.
3. Poster presentation in 3rd FAPS Polymer Congress and MACRO 2013, Organized by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, May, India 15-18, 2013.
4. The 4th International Conference on Multi-Functional Materials and Structures (MFMS 2013), 14-17 July 2013, Bangkok Thailand.
5. 14th European School on Rheology, at the Lab of Soft Matter, Rheology and Technology of the KU Leuven, September 2-6, 2013, Leuven, Belgium.
6. Certificate of training in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) & Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), 25^th -26^th April, 2016, Thiruvananthapuram.
7. Second International Conference on Advanced Materials for Power Engineering (ICAMPE 2016) at IIUCNN, M.G University, Kottayam, 11-13^th November, 2016.

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Achievements

• Secured Third Rank in M.Sc Analytical Chemistry.
• KSCSTE research fellowship in chemical science for Ph.D (2008).
• Third prize for poster presentation in the International Conference held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
• Second Prize for paper presentation in “Scientia- 2012” , National Seminar on Advanced Polymers held at MGUCE, Muttom, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India.

Research and Teaching Experiences

• Junior Scientist on polymer synthesis and processing in Corporate R&D center of HLL Life care Ltd. Akkulam., Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
• Visiting research scholar in Faculty of Engineering Sciences, smaRT Lab, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
• Work experience in the topic entitled “Morphology and transport characteristics of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)/clay nanocomposites” during Ph.D, under the guidance of Prof. Sabu Thomas at School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
• Experience in organic synthesis and characterization of Photochromic dyes at National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.