PinnedChandhana SathishkumarPlastic: From Nowhere to EverywhereLegos are a dream come true for many kinds (and adults ;) because of their endless creative possibilities. These small units are colorful…Jan 12, 20231Jan 12, 20231
Chandhana Sathishkumar2022, 23 Recap: Traveled to 6 countries, Set a Guinness, and Made BioplasticsAs I write this, I’m sitting by a windowsill in North Carolina. Quite far from home back in Chennai, India from where I sent my last life…Dec 9, 20231Dec 9, 20231
Chandhana SathishkumarThere were active shooters on campus. Twice. In 2 weeks.I’m an international student who has been at Chapel Hill for about a month now and we had a graduate student bring a gun on campus. A…Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023
Chandhana SathishkumarMaking Edible Bioplastic from Seaweed for less than ₹80 ($1)This article outlines the chemical properties of components I used to make edible bioplastics from red algae for less than 1 USD for…Apr 8, 2023Apr 8, 2023
Chandhana SathishkumarMaking Plastic Disappear with Piranha SolutionWater bottle companies make plastic bottles, not water.Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
Chandhana Sathishkumarinstudents x studentsIsolating DNA from TomatoesDNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotide sequences linked to a phosphate backbone and sugar. They’re the basic coding…Feb 1, 20231Feb 1, 20231
Chandhana SathishkumarPlastics, Polymers, and Material Science 101A collection of articles and materials that contain my research related to plastics and the material science of polymers.Jan 11, 20231Jan 11, 20231
Chandhana SathishkumarSealex: the new alternative to plasticsIf you’ve ever had a Kinder Egg, you’ve probably seen its bright orange plastic covering around a yellow plastic capsule separating the two…Jan 11, 2023Jan 11, 2023
Chandhana SathishkumarA Systematic Review of Long-Term Memory Processing and Hippocampal Structure in a Human Brain…The size of one’s brain is closely tied to one’s body. The brain grows exponentially with body size, at roughly 0.74 for non-primates and…Dec 7, 2022Dec 7, 2022