Current Projects

Postdoc:

Dr. Imane Belyamani (Project summary)

- Synthesis of inorganic phosphorous-based compounds (P-glass) with a wide
   of desirable properties such as chemical durability, high thermal expansion,    optical clarity, and flame retardance.
- Use of phosphate glass to improve flame retardant properties of polyamide 6,6,
- Mechanism of flame retardancy behavior of P-glass in polyamide 6,6

Graduate Students:

Shahab Kashani Rahimi (Project summary)

- Development and processing of wood/cellulose reinforced composites via in-situ    ring opening polymerization
- Nano-cellulose reinforced thermoplastic composites by in-situ polymerization    techniques
- Rheology and Structure-property relationship of thermoplastic composites based    on cellulose reinforcements
- Nano-cellulose reinforced photo-polymerized thiol-ene networks

Kyoungtae Kim (Project summary)

- Development of Pglass/POSS nanocomposites and hybrids
- Analysis of morphological, optical, structural and fracture properties of molecular silica/Pglass hybrids
- Structure-property relationships in POSS/Pglass hybrids