US-Turkey Cooperative Research: Polymer Fillers and the Role of Interfacial Rheology

产品描述：该奖项是为了支持伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳/尚潘分校材料科学与工程教授Steve Granick博士和A. Levent Demirel，土耳其伊斯坦布尔Koc大学化学助理教授。 这两位科学家计划通过直接定量测量界面流变学来研究聚合物-固体界面相互作用的作用，将模型系统的测量（伊利诺伊大学）与更直接实际重要性的系统的更实际测量（Koc大学）相关联。 感兴趣的变量包括聚合物分子量、结晶度和聚合物-填料吸引力的强度。 适用范围：在这项研究中要解决的问题是相关的聚合物加工和聚合物的结构-性能关系的广泛的实际问题。 该项目将使美国和土耳其的研究人员能够在彼此的实验室工作。 它通过使美国和土耳其的主要专家能够联合收割机互补人才并在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域进行研究，实现了促进科学知识的目标。 美国和土耳其的合作者有着成功的国际合作记录。 该项目由国际方案司、土木和机械系统司以及材料研究司共同资助。

Description: This award is for the support of a collaborative research project between Dr. Steve Granick, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign, and Dr. A. Levent Demirel, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. The two scientists plan to study the role of polymer-solid interfacial interactions by direct quantitative measurement of interfacial rheology, relating measurements on model systems (at the University of Illinois) with more practical measurements of systems of more immediate practical importance (at Koc University). Variables of interest include polymer molecular weight, degree of crystallinity, and intensity of polymer-filler attraction. Scope: The problems to be addressed in this research are relevant to a wide range of practical problems in polymer processing and polymer structure-property relations. This project will enable the researchers from the US and Turkey to work in each other's laboratories. It fulfils the objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Turkey to combine complimentary talents and conduct research in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. The US and the Turkish collaborators have track records of prior successful international collaboration. This project is funded jointly by the Division of International Programs, the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems and the Division of Material Research.