From 26th April 2010 to 21st May 2010 in the Institute gallery of IMC AS CR, an exhibition Martin Janíček:Voice calligraphy takes place
77 PMM Conference Polymers in Medicine is to be held on 8.-12. July 2012.
74 PMM conference Contemporary Ways to Tailor-made Polymers: 18 - 22 July 2010
| Supervisor ((Consultant)) | Miroslav Šlouf, PhD |
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| Topic | Novel types of polymer composites with Ti-NT nanoparticles |
| Annotation | Main idea: Titanate nanotubes (Ti-NT) represent novel type of nanoparticles with diameters around 10 nm and lengths > 1 ?m. Ti-NT are prepared by hydrothermal synthesis from standard TiO2 micro- and nanopowders; the preparation is relatively straightforward and cheap. Therefore, Ti-NT are suitable filler for polymer composites. Task: Preparation of Ti-NT and their polymer composites with polyamide, polypropylene and/or epoxy resins. Characterization of morphology of Ti-NT and their compositesis by electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, SAED) and X-ray diffraction (SAXS, WAXS). Assesment of mechanical properties by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Originality: The work in this field is quite original, as the polymer composites with Ti-NT have not been reported yet. Our first results showed that Ti-NT composites exhibit higher elastic moduli than analogous composites with commercial TiO2 micro- or nanopowders, from which they had been synthesized. |
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