Research
Research by Faculty
Dr. Gordon Bierwagen
Surface Chemistry of Coatings Measurement
Modeling and Prediction of Corrosion in Coated Metal Systems
Computer Modeling of Highly Pigmented Organic Coatings & Coating Design
New Methods of Characterizing Absorption on Pigment-Molecular Weight Effects
Dr. Stuart Croll
Weathering Durability of Coatings
Physical Chemistry and Suspension Stability
Pigment-Polymer Interactions
Film Formation Processes
History of Paint Technology
Coating and Polymer Physics
Dr. Dean Webster
Quantitative structure-property relationships
Synthesis of new high performance polymers
Polymerization reactions
Use of natural products in coatings systems
New crosslinking chemistry, kinetics
Combinatorial Materials Science
Radiation curable polymers
Dr. Andriy Voronov
Synthesis of new amphiphilic invertible polymers (also macromers)
Self-assembly and properties of invertible polymeric micelles
Development of responsive invertible polymeric coatings
Size- and shape-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles
Dr. Victoria J. Gelling
Corrosion control of active metal substrates by environmentally friendly coatings
Electroactive conducting polymers (ECPs) as corrosion inhibitors
The use of electrochemical experimental techniques for the examination of coated substrates
Last Updated: Thursday, October 26, 2008