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Polymer Nanocomposite Systems

Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) are materials composed of a polymeric host in which particles (buckyballs, nanotubes, semiconductor of metallic nanocrystals, clays) of nanoscale dimensions are incorporated. Because the particles and the polymers possess different functionalities, the range of applications is diverse. Applications include membranes, coatings, solar

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Diffusion and Transport Processes in Materials

For the past 25 years, we have researched a range of topics in the general area of diffusion and transport. The most significant development is a text book, published in 2005. “Kinetics, Transport, and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials” discusses the connection between structure

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Inorganic Network Glasses

Applications of inorganic glasses range from electrochemical components, such as solid electrolytes in batteries and glass/metal seals in connectors, found in electronic components, to various automobile applications. We are interested in understanding relaxation processes in inorganic glasses and their relation to structural (chemical bonding) features

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Thin Polymer Films and Interfacial Processes

Polymer thin films play an increasingly important role in technological applications ranging from coatings, adhesives and lithography to organic light emitting diodes and various organic material based devices, including sensors. The physical properties of materials, small molecule, atomic or long chain polymers, confined to sufficiently

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Polymer-Super critical CO2 Systems

Liquid and supercritical CO2 are attractive alternatives to organic solvents in many polymer processes. Sorption of CO2 into polymers induces significant swelling and plasticization, lowering the glass transition temperature Tg of amorphous polymers, inducing crystallization in crystalline polymers. The order-disorder transition (ODT) temperatures and ordering

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