2025 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2025 Volume 4. Matyjaszewski Intl. Symp. / Polymers
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, R.C. Advincula, B.Z. Tang, S. Thomas |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Pages: | 208 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-44-0 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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POLYMER COMPOSITES CONSTRUCT UNDER THIN FILM FORMATION
Youhong Tang1;1FLINDERS UNIVERSITY, Tonsley, Australia;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 94
Topic: 62
Abstract:
Thin film processing is an emerging technology where the liquid is subjected to centrifugal forces/shear stress or mechanical energy within dynamic thin films on a surface. The vortex fluidic device (VFD) as a paradigm shifts in flow processing, with scalability factored in under the continuous-flow mode of operation of the device, along with its utility for tuning the size, morphology, and properties of materials at the nanoscale dimension. The VFD delivers high shear as a constant form of mechanical energy, with tunable control over the processing. This talk delivers information about the significance of utilizing the VFD to control material structure-property relationships of polymer composites at the nanoscale with emphasis on its high green chemistry metrics [1]. A few case studies have been highlighted in this talk including (1) hyperbranched polymers tune properties of alginate hydrogels [2], (2) fabrication of PVA hydrogel with tunable surface morphologies and enhanced self-healing properties [3, 4], (3) fluorescent hyperbranched polymers [5] and (4) enhancement of mechanical properties and microstructure of biomass-based biodegradable films [6].