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Investigation Of Fracture And Healing Behavior Of Thermoreversible Gels Via Oscillation Rheology, Krithika Subramaniam, Travis Thornell, Kendra Erk
Investigation Of Fracture And Healing Behavior Of Thermoreversible Gels Via Oscillation Rheology, Krithika Subramaniam, Travis Thornell, Kendra Erk
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Thermoreversible gels have the unique ability to self-heal, or repair themselves, once they are fractured. They are physically cross-linked, thus providing them with the capability to reform their broken bonds as a function of temperature. The objective of this project is to determine the extent of the gels’ recovery. If self-healing does in fact occur, these gels can be applied in various industries, including medicine for drug delivery or paints and coatings. The tri-block polymer poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA-PnBA-PMMA) was heated and stirred with 2-ethyl-1-hexanol to create a polymer gel. Through the use of a rheometer, a shear stress …
Polymer-Based Thermoelectric Devices, Stuart W. Hilsmier, Edward P. Tomlinson, Bryan Boudouris
Polymer-Based Thermoelectric Devices, Stuart W. Hilsmier, Edward P. Tomlinson, Bryan Boudouris
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Currently, over 50% of all energy generated in the US is lost as waste heat, and thermoelectric generators offer a promising means to recoup some of this energy, if their efficiency is improved. While organic thermoelectric materials lack the efficiency of their inorganic counterparts, they are composed of highly abundant resources and have low temperature processing conditions. Recently, a new class of redox-active polymers, radical polymers, has exhibited high electrical conductivity in an entirely amorphous medium. In addition, these radical polymers have a simple synthetic scheme and can be highly tunable to provide desired electrical properties. In this study, the …
Characterization Of Mechanical Properties Displayed In Body Armor Ballistic Fibers, Dawei Li, Matthew Hudspeth, Weinong Wayne Chen
Characterization Of Mechanical Properties Displayed In Body Armor Ballistic Fibers, Dawei Li, Matthew Hudspeth, Weinong Wayne Chen
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
The current body armor systems manufactured using ballistic fibers are not performing as theoretical results predict and are causing injuries. The actual maximum projectile penetration speed that the body armor can endure is significantly lower than the theoretical maximum speed, thus causing a costly build-test relationship that is not aided with modeling design efforts. The main aim of this research is to determine the maximum penetration speeds for ballistic yarns and fabrics. Secondary aim is to examine the common assumption that during transverse impact, single fiber is under pure tension and shear stress is negligible. To examine aforementioned assumption, fibers …
Rheo-Piv Investigation Of Fracture And Self-Healing In A Triblock Copolymer Gel, Benjamin A. Helfrecht, Travis L. Thornell, Kendra A. Erk
Rheo-Piv Investigation Of Fracture And Self-Healing In A Triblock Copolymer Gel, Benjamin A. Helfrecht, Travis L. Thornell, Kendra A. Erk
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Physically associating polymer gels have shown the ability to heal after failure, making them promising candidates for various medical applications or consumer products. However, the processes by which these materials self-heal is not well-understood. This study seeks to explain the self-healing behavior of the triblock copolymer poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA-PnBA-PMMA, by probing the material’s post-fracture behavior with rheometry and particle image velocimetry (PIV). The self-healing behavior was studied by deforming each gel in shear until failure multiple times with “recovery” periods in-between. PIV was used to verify the occurrence of each fracture in both time and space. Stress …
Simulation Of Bio-Inspired Porous Battery Separators, Yumeng Xie, Edwin Garcia, Aniruddha Jana
Simulation Of Bio-Inspired Porous Battery Separators, Yumeng Xie, Edwin Garcia, Aniruddha Jana
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Li-Ion rechargeable battery is one of the most-used rechargeable batteries around the industry of the world. The battery is most used in most electronic devices, electrical cars. But the battery separator is one of the mainly problem that limits the service life. If we can find the way to improve the performance of the battery separator, we can highly increase the service life of the Li-Ion battery. The goal of the project 'Simulation of Bio-Inspired Porous Battery Separators' is to generate a tool for users in order to create computer models of bio-inspired porous structures that resemble porous separators layer …
Modeling Oxygen Permeability In Biodegradable Polymer Films, Duncan Alexander Greeley
Modeling Oxygen Permeability In Biodegradable Polymer Films, Duncan Alexander Greeley
EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
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