Lijin Rajan

Recently we are focusing on the reactive-sensing capabilities of polyindole and polythiophene-based materials. The change in properties such as volume, conductivity, charge storage capacity, etc. during the unique electrochemical redox reaction exploited for developing biomimetic sensing and charge storage devices (sensing motors). These materials can sense working chemical and physical surrounding conditions (electrical, thermal, and chemical). In order to develop the sensing motor (electrochemical sensing- supercapacitor) devices the hydrogel PVA is incorporated with the polyindole; polyindole/hydrogel hybrid film. We are exploring the area of large-scale preparation of the polyindole/hydrogel films to sense the working condition. This research opens a wide possibility to fabricate electrochemical devices to sense the surrounding variables during working (biomimetic sensing) and sensing supercapacitors.

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