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Amphiphilic Invertible Polymers: Self-Assembly into Functional Materials Driven by Environment Polarity
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to environmental changes by adjusting their chain conformation in a fast and reversible way. Responsive polymeric materials have already found use in electronics, coatings industry, personal ...
Structures of Crosslinked Networks
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Two independent sets of studies are conducted on two collections of thermoset coatings, each exploring the molecular-level structures of its subject materials. The first work searches for the sources of durability in a ...
Novel Biobased Resins using Sucrose Esters of Plant Oils
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Interest in using renewable raw materials to prepare biobased monomers, polymers, and materials is rapidly increasing. The goal of the research described is to develop branched polyesters of plant oil fatty acids, using ...
Improving Sustainability in Protective Coating Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Sustainability has been a driving factor in the recent development of protective coating systems, from reducing volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), integrating biomass for the replacement of petrochemicals, to reducing the ...
Organic Coatings to Protect Ferrous Structures
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Corrosion induces damages that can result in enormous costs and safety issues. Steels are the most commonly used metallic structural materials but they can corrode rapidly when exposed to corrosive environments and need ...
Magnesium Rich Primer for the Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys: Investigation, Improvement and Application
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The goals of this research are to develop deeper understanding of the corrosion protection mechanism of Mg-rich primer (MgRPs), improve corrosion protection performance of MgRPs, and extend the application of MgRPs. To ...
Infiltration and Unsaturated Flow under the Influence of Surface Microtopography: Model Simulations and Experimental Observations
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Surface microtopography affects fundamental hydrologic processes including infiltration and soil-water percolation at different scales. By means of studying the unsaturated flow, this thesis research is aimed to evaluate ...
Surface Property Modification of Coatings via Self-Stratification
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Biological fouling occurs everywhere in the marine environment and is a significant problem for marine vessels. Anti-fouling coatings have been used effectively to prevent fouling; however, these coatings harm non-targeted ...
Functional Colloids from Amphiphilic Polymer Assemblies and Peptides/Polypeptides
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The use of responsive polymers, where even minor changes in one of the macromolecular characteristics triggered by the external stimuli can cause drastic changes in the material function or performance, is widely studying ...
Novel Hybrid Polymeric Materials for Barrier Coatings
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Polymer-clay nanocomposites, described as the inclusion of nanometer-sized layered silicates into polymeric materials, have been widely researched due to significant enhancements in material properties with the incorporation ...