Research Areas
main areas of interest
- developing multifunctional and intelligent polymer based systems;
- blending and modification of polymers via reactive extrusion;
- innovative compounds and composites with thermoplastic matrix and advanced reinforcements (carbon nanotubes, VGCFs, LFTs);
- characterizing, modelling and predicting the properties of polymeric systems;
- establishing relationships between processing, structure and properties;
- developing new and innovative processing technologies;
- process modelling and optimisation, design of equipment;
- on-line process monitoring and visualisation;
- development of design methodologies and algorithms;
- mould design using rapid prototyping and manufacture (RPT);
- micromoulding and tools;

Nanocomposites of polymers with layered silicates by melt compounding

Chemical functionalization and unzipping of CNTs to Graphene

Unzipping of the outer graphene layer of a functionalized CNT














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