Terms & Conditions — Using the Prabakaran Shankar Website

Terms & Conditions of Prabakaran Shankar

Terms and conditions for using the Prabakaran Shankar website, including acceptable use, intellectual property, publication downloads, and limitations of liability.

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These Terms govern your use of Prabakaran Shankar (“we”, “us”, “our”), the personal website of Dr. Prabakaran Shankar, presenting research, publications, writing, and applied work. By using this site, you agree to these Terms.

1. About This Site

This site shares materials science and nanotechnology research, publications, professional background, and personal writing. It is an informational and portfolio site — it does not sell products, take payments, or process orders of any kind.

2. Content Is Informational, Not Advice

Research summaries, publications, and articles on this site are provided for informational purposes. They do not constitute professional, scientific, medical, legal, or financial advice. Published research reflects the state of knowledge at the time of writing and may be superseded by later work.

3. Using the Contact Form

  • The contact form may be used for genuine enquiries: research collaboration, publication requests, speaking or job opportunities, feedback, or general questions.
  • The form is protected against automated abuse (bot verification). Submitting false contact details, spam, or abusive content is not permitted.
  • We aim to respond to genuine enquiries but do not guarantee a response time.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse this site — including attempting to disrupt its operation, scraping content at scale, submitting unlawful or harmful material through any form, or attempting to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site, including the administration area.

5. Intellectual Property

Site design, original written content, and photography on Prabakaran Shankar’s pages are owned by Prabakaran Shankar unless otherwise credited. Published research papers remain the intellectual property of their respective journals, publishers, and co-authors; they are linked or referenced here under standard academic and publisher permissions, not redistributed in violation of copyright. Third-party trademarks, logos, and quoted material belong to their respective owners.

This site links to external resources — journal pages, DOIs, ORCID, Google Scholar, Scopus, GitHub, LinkedIn, and other profiles — that are operated by third parties and governed by their own terms. It also links to independently operated ventures (for example, digital services, document facilitation, media, and education-guidance businesses) that have their own separate terms, privacy policies, and pricing — this Terms page does not govern those external services.

7. No Warranty

This site is provided “as is.” While we take reasonable care to keep information accurate and the site available, we do not warrant that content is error-free, complete, or uninterrupted.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Prabakaran Shankar is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of this site or reliance on its content.

9. Privacy

Please review our to understand what information is collected through this site (primarily via the contact form) and how it is used.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by applicable laws at your place of residence, subject to mandatory legal protections.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date above indicates the current version. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us:

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13. Site Owner

Prabakaran Shankar ()