Engineering Research Equipment: Controlled Stress Rheometer

在工程研究设备补助金下，将购买一台受控应力流变仪，用于PI的部门实验室的几个项目。这些项目都在涂料和陶瓷悬浮液领域。它们包括用于涂层的微凝胶，絮凝剂的评估，以及用于提高纤维可纺性的液体复合材料。这些领域的问题是在集中分散中量化粒子的相互作用。这项研究的意义在于为各种工业用途提供更环保的涂料和更好的聚合物纤维。

Funded under an Engineering Research Equipment Grant, a Controlled Stress Rheometer is to be purchased for use in the PI's departmental laboratory in several projects. The projects are all in the area of coatings and ceramic suspensions. They include microgels for coatings, evaluation of floculants, and liquid composites for better fiber spinnability. The issue in these areas is quantifying particle interactions in concentrated dispersions. The relevance of the research is to more environmentally friendly coatings, and better polymer fibers for a variety of industrial uses.