2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Characterization of Composites

This session welcomes papers that investigate structure-property relationships in composite materials that study the effect of structural features on mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, and other physical properties. We especially seek contributions focusing on innovative characterization techniques that probe the multi-dimensional features of polymer composites. Interfacial phenomena are often key to composite properties and papers on the characterization of interfaces are highly encouraged.

Chair

Liu, Z., Frostburg State University

Co-Chairs

Ganapatibhotla, L., The Dow Chemical Company
Mu, L., The University of Akron
Wang, Z., University of Connecticut

Presentations

08:00 AM

(72a) Isolating the Effect of Polymer-Filler Interaction on Polymer Composite Property Enhancement: The Example of Polypropylene/Halloysite Composites
Wei, T., Torkelson, J., Jin, K.

08:18 AM

(72b) Morphological Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Composites Using Surface Modified Cellulose Nanofibril (CNF) Fillers
Landaverde-Alvarado, C., Martin, S., Martin, R., Beck, B.

08:36 AM

(72c) Alternative Methodology for Characterizing Tool-Ply Friction of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber - Epoxy Prepregs at Various Processing Conditions
Chan, K., Bortner, M., De Focatiis, D., Dillard, D.

08:54 AM

(72d) Thermomechanical Behavior of Polymer Films at Cryogenic Temperatures
Bonning, B., Blackburn, J., Stretz, H. A., Wilson, C.

09:12 AM

(72e) Nanoscale Structure-Property Relationships of Polyacrylonitrile/CNT Composites As a Function of Polymer Crystallinity and CNT Diameter
Gissinger, J., Pramanik, C., Newcomb, B., Kumar, S., Heinz, H.

09:30 AM

(72f) The Dynamic Mechanical Performance of Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
Shen, C., Wan, H., Wang, J., Dai, G., Lee, B., Ding, Y.