Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.Dr. Sarathchandran C is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was previously Scientist (Contract) at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India S.A Ilangovan is Deputy Director at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in the Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India. Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján studied chemistry and obtained its PhD in Chemistry at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and as of July 1995 he is linked to the chemistry department of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Obtaining a Magna Cum Laude grade both in his undergraduate thesis as well as in his PhD thesis. He is Director of the Porous Solids and Calorimetry research group. His area of interest is calorimetry applied to the characterization of porous solids, which he uses in the characterization of special materials. He designs and builds his own calorimeters in particular immersion and adsorption calorimeters. He has more than 350 publications on thermodynamics to his name
