Research

Materials

• Advanced polymer architectures

• Molecular control (fluorination, porosity tuning)

• Nanostructured control (crystallization, cross-linking)

• Polymer grafting for better control

• Tuning filler porosity and leveraging enhanced control in the polymer matrices

• Filler dimensionality 

Applications

• Nanoplastics mitigation

• Gas separation membranes

• Liquid separation membranes

• High power density dielectric capacitors

• Dielectrics and patterning for advanced electronics and AI chips

Characterization

• Polymeric material structural changes during nanoplastics release

• Nanoplastics detection at low concentration

• Advanced pure and mixed gas permeation characterization

• Automated liquid membrane permeation and retentate characterization

• Dielectric breakdown, permittivity, and leakage current characterization for materials at the nanoscale

• Nanoscale porosity characterization and its effect on gas and liquid separation performance and dielectric properties