Browsing by Department "Polymer and Fiber Engineering"

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Polymer/Composite Devices for Sports Injury Prevention

Snead, Edward Keith IV (2015-05-11)

For the safety and well being of all athletes in a high contact sport, it is in the athletes’ best interest for those responsible to constantly be looking for ways to improve safety equipment such as helmets and padding. ...

Polysaccharide beads and films for controlled release of agricultural compounds and water decontamination

Li, Mei (2016-12-07)

Massive amounts of agricultural, industrial, medical and domestic water worldwide are polluted by different types of contaminants that harm the environment and impact human health. Films and beads made from abundant ...

Renewable Biomaterials from Bovine Serum Albumin

Wang, Kai (2014-12-10)

Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) is one of the most abundant proteins from the livestock industry, and it has been widely used in biomedical research as a reagent. However, only limited areas of application and a very small ...

Sequential graft-Interpenetrating polymer networks based on polyurethane and acrylic/ester copolymers

Méndez, Ricardo (2015-12-04)

Highly transparent and tough graft-interpenetrating polymer networks (graft-IPNs) were synthesized using an elastomeric polyurethane phase (PU) and a highly stiff acrylate-base copolymer phase. The grafting points between ...

Surface Engineering of Organic Conductors

Cook, Jonathan (2018-10-03)

Surfaces represent a rich area for research and scientific exploration, as they often govern how a material interacts with its environment. Control over the properties of a surface allows materials to be used in new ways ...

Synthesis and Application of MnO2/Conducting Polymer Based Multidimensional Nanocomposite for Energy Storage

Wang, Xiaolong (2013-04-19)

Supercapacitors are new type of energy storage devices in addition to batteries and electrostatic capacitors. They have higher power density than batteries, and higher energy density than conventional capacitors. Moreover, ...

Synthesis and Application of Novel Polymeric N-halamine Antimicrobial Agents

Cerkez, Idris (2011-11-30)

As one of the most effective biocides, N¬halamine biocidal coatings for surfaces have gathered a great deal of interest in recent years. In this study, several novel N¬halamine moieties were synthesized, characterized, and ...

Synthesis and Applications of Novel Antimicrobial Polymeric Materials

Lee, Jae (2006-08-15)

Antimicrobial precursors, especially N-halamine precursors, were developed and synthesized. After being applied onto polymers and fibers, the durability, rechargeability and antibacterial efficacy of the N-halamine-treated ...

Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible PEG-based Block Copolymers

Li, Mei (2013-04-19)

A series of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based biocompatible tri-block copolymers, poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide) (PCLA-PEG-PCLA) and poly(D,L-lactide)-poly(ethylene ...

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Conducting Polymers and Their Composites with Noble Metal Nanoparticles

Poyraz, Selcuk (2010-11-15)

Conducting polymers and noble metals were combined in one nanostructure to produce materials with academic and industrial interest gathering properties. Novel, facile, one-step and seeding-template-assisted oxidative ...

Synthesis and Modeling of Poly(L-lysine) Based Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine

Eldessouki, Mohamed (2011-04-29)

The need for tissue engineered scaffolds is growing due to the shortage in organ donation, the immunoreactions to allotransplants, and the high cost associated with transplantation. This work focuses on the material selection ...

Synthesis of Multi-dimensional Organic Nano-conductors for the Enhancement of Thermal, Electrical, and Mechanical Properties of Composites

Smith, James, II (2014-03-31)

For years, composite materials have attracted significant attention toward the improvement of their mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. In more recent studies, carbon based fillers, such as carbon fibers, have ...

Synthesis of polypyrrole coated copper nanowire and its application as hydrogen peroxide sensor

Liu, Yang (2011-11-15)

Polypyrrole coated copper nanowire was synthesized by a metal-organic complex route in one-pot manner. The as-synthesized copper nanowires were single crystalline which grew along the {110} direction with {111} facets ...

Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Multi-component and Multi-functional Composites with Nanostructured Conducting Polymers

Poyraz, Selcuk (2014-07-02)

Multi-component and multi-functional nanostructured conducting polymer (CP) based composites were prepared through different methods to obtain materials with academic and industrial interest gathering properties. In two ...