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National Science Foundation Creativity Award
Karen Winey’s pioneering work in ion-containing polymers has been recognized through her receipt of the National Science Foundation Creativity Award. The award is aimed toward offering “the most creative investigators an extended opportunity to attack adventurous, 'high-risk' opportunities." Dr. Winey will use the funds to investigate the behavior of ion-containing polymers at elevated temperatures, in high humidity environments and under applied electric fields using newly designed in situ experiments. These systems have potential applications in low-temperature fuel cells and actuators.
New Equipment Grant
We received a grant from the Army Research Office through the DURIP program to purchase accessories for the SEM, TEM, and STEM to study polymer suspensions, swollen polymers, and soft polymers at cryo temperatures.
Recent Publications
- M. Mu, A. M. Walker, J. M. Torkelson, K. I. Winey*, Polymer, 49, 1332-1337, 2008.
"Cellular structures of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix improve properties relative to composites with dispersed nanotubes."
- S. R. Williams, E. M. Borgerding, J. M. Layman, W. Wang, K. I. Winey, T. E. Long*, Macromolecules, 41, 5216-5222, 2008.
"Synthesis and characterization of well-defined 12,12-ammonium ionenes:Â Evaluating mechanical properties as a function of molecular weight."
- N. C. Zhou, C. D. Chan, K. I. Winey*, Macromolecules, 41, 6134-6140, 2008.
"Reconciling STEM and X-ray scattering data to determine the nanoscale ionic aggregate morphology in sulfonated polystyrene ionomers."
- T. Kashiwagi*, M. Mu, K. I. Winey, B. Cipriano, S. Raghaven, S. Pack, M. Rafailovich, Y. Yang, E. Gulke, J. Shields, R. Harris, J. Douglas, Polymer, 49, 4358-4368, 2008.
“Relation between the viscoelastic and flammability properties of polymer nanocomposites.”