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Project Description:
Flexible electrothermal heaters have attracted a growing interest because of their broad applications in wearable electronics, including warming garments, and as flexural warmers for medical devices and vehicles. Thermally conductive polymer composites will be developed using carbon-based conductive fillers and a particular focus will be placed on the analysis of general findings of how to tune the structural and molecular parameters of the polymer matrix correlatively with the physical compatibility, thermal and electrical stability of the polymer-electrode thin film heaters.
Short Biography
Hiruni received her M.Phil. (Chemistry ) degree from University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ), Sri Lanka after successfully completion of the bachelors under the subject combination of Chemistry, Polymer Science and Technology and Physics in the same university. Her M.Phil. research was on synthesis and development of a slow-release urea encapsulated polymer hydrogel under the supervision of Prof. Thilini Gunasekara and Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda. Hiruni has academic and industrial work experience as a graduate research assistant at department of Chemistry – USJ, research specialist at SW Safety Solutions- USA, production executive and a project consultant at Ansell until 2022, before starting her PhD in January 2023.