Upendra Natarajan

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Graduate Student, 1994-1998
• Ph. D. Dissertation: "Atomistic Simulations of Bulk, Surface and Interfacial Polymer Properties", 1998
• Topic of research with Prof. Mattice: Polymer surfaces
• Current Position: Scientist, Polymer Chemistry Division, Polymer Science and Engineering, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, India upendra@poly.ncl.res.in

Publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Natarajan U; Misra S; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulation of a polymer-polymer interface: Interfacial energy and work of adhesion" Comput Theor Polym Sci 1998, 8, 323-329.
• Natarajan U; Mattice WL "Interaction of toluene, hexadecane, and water with the surfaces of random copolymers of styrene and polybutadiene" J Membrane Sci 1998, 146, 135-142.
• Natarajan U; Tanaka G; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulations of the surfaces of thin films of random copolymers" J Comput-Aided Mater Des 1997, 4, 193-205.
• Natarajan U; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulations of phenoxy ring flips in the glassy region of a semicrystalline polyimide" Macromol Theory Simul 1997, 6, 949-963.