Team > Dr. Lukkumanul Hakkim Nazarudeen

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Bachelor of Science in Polymer Chemistry, Kerala University (2014)

Master of Science in Bio-Polymer Science, CIPET-IPT Kochi (2016)
Title of master thesis: "A) Effect of processing conditions on the properties of PP nucleated with Ca-Pimelate B) Effect of HDPE on the crystallization temperature of beta-nucleated PP"

Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2024)
Title of Ph.D. thesis: "Polymer grafting potential and reinforcing efficiency of nitrone and nitroxide functionalized green silica derived from rice husk ash"

Awards/Achievements:

• Prime minister's fellowship for doctoral research (2019 July to 2023 June) for industry-collaborated research with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, USA, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
• Best Poster award from SPSI-MACRO 2022 “Experimental model to optimize the properties of nitroxide functionalized silica against high molecular weight polymers for composite application.”
• Best Poster award from SPSI-MACRO 2023 “Nitrone functionalized green silica; polymer grafting and reinforcing potential in styrene-butadiene rubber compound.”

Publications:

• Hakkim N., L. and Nebhani, L. Polymer Grafting on Nitrone Functionalized Green Silica via “Grafting from” and “Grafting to” Approaches through Enhanced Spin Capturing Polymerization and a 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction. Polym. Chem. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3py00712j
• Islam, E.; Kumar, A.; Hakkim N., L.; Nebhani, L. Silica Reinforced Polymer Composites: Properties, Characterization, and Applications. Encycl. Mater. Plast. Polym. Elsevier, 2022, 2, 1057–1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-820352-1.00127-9
• Hakkim N., L. and Nebhani, L. Nitroxide-Functionalized Green Silica with Radical Capturing Potential as a Filler in the Styrene − Butadiene Rubber Compound, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00331
• J. Syed, Hakkim N., L., Nebhani, L. N.N. Gosvami, Enhancing tribological properties of lubricated contacts via synergistic interactions of green silica nanoparticles and ZDDP, Tribol. Int. 2024, 197, 109829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109829
  
• Hakkim N., L. and Nebhani, L. One-step functionalization and polymer grafting potential of green silica derived from rice husk ash, Surfaces and Interfaces. 2024, 51, 104505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104505
  

Patents:

• Gosvami, N.; Nebhani, L.: Hakkim N., L.; Junaid, S. An eco-friendly Silica nanoparticles-ZDDP-based hybrid nano lubricant additive and lubricant formulation thereof”(Application No. 202211068581)​

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Research interests:

• Surface functionalization
• Surface polymer grafting
• Controlled radical polymerization
• Functional polymers
• Polymer nanocomposites

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Macromolecular Chemistry II

Dr. Lukkumanul Hakkim Nazarudeen
Post-Doc

Building: NW II Room: 4.1.02.769

Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3304
E-mail: lukkumanul.nazarudeen@uni-bayreuth.de