Dr. Jaime Grunlan - Polymer Nanocomposite Group


		Polymer Nano Composites Lab
Research Layer-by-Layer Assembly Segregated Networks in Polymer Composites Tunable Nanoparticle Microstructures People Faculty Current Students Alumni Photos Facilities and Equipment Publications Links Texas A&M University A&M MEEN Department Polymer Technology Center Material Research Society American Chemical Society Microscopy and Imaging Center DOW Chemical Company Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc.
	<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <!----------------------------------------------- IF No Frames ----------------------------------------------> <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Your browser does not support frames. This site is best viewed with a frame capable browser. However, until then, you may get to the page by clicking <script type="text/javascript"> var SPurl = document.getElementById('SPFrame').src; document.write("<a href=\""+SPurl+"\">here.</a>"); </script> <br> <br> Jaime Grunlan Research <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br> TUNABLE NANOPARTICLE MICROSTRUCTURES: Reversible Reaction <br> Aggregated: high conductivity, low viscosity, high permeability<br> Exfoliated: high strength, low permeability, high transparency<br><br> SEGREGATED NETWORKS IN POLYMERS: High conductivity with low nanoparticle concentration<br><br> LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY OF THIN FILMS: Films < 1mm thick with high conductivity and/or low permeability relative to thick composites<br><br><br><br> Grunlan Group News <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br> Grunlan Group work featured on cover of latest issue of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (Vol. 291, No. 9, p.1035). This paper discusses the combination of carbon nanotubes with latex to enhance polymer mechanical behavior at very low concentration.<br><br> Grunlan Group work to control carbon nanotube microstructure with pH-responsive polymers featured in Nature Materials (Vol. 5, p. 433).