Polymers
Introduction
Polymers have significant impact on the world today. Applications for polymers extend from adhesives, coatings, painting, foams and packaging to structural materials, composites, textiles, electronic and optical devices, biomaterials and many other uses in industries and our daily life. The polymers research at Deakin University involves studying fundamental principles in polymer science both theoretically and experimentally, developing new polymeric materials, and conducting commercial research with industry partners.
Group members
Students
- Gigi George
- Shuhua Peng
- Nisa Salim
- Andreea Voda
- Shuying Wu
- Renyan Xiong
DIRI students
- Elizabeth Charankattu
- P Deepalekshmi
- Jini Varghese
- Eldho Elias
Capabilities
- Polymer processing equipment (extruders, Brabender mixer, etc)
- Construction of reaction devices and pilot operation
- Monitoring/modelling of polymer processing
- Rubber processing and testing
- Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction system
- UV reaction chamber and photopolymerization
- Ozonolysis and ozone reaction facility
- Surface spin coating
- Mechanical and fracture mechanical tests
- Thermal analysis (DSC, DMTA and TGA)
- Dynamic light scattering
- X-ray analysis (WAXS, SAXS, XRD, etc)
- Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, cryo-TEM and FESEM)
- Surface analysis (ATR-FTIR, AFM, etc)
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29th April 2011