| dc.contributor.author | Zee, Malia | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 library of paint film samples, prepared using linseed oil and inorganic pigments 1-2 decades before analysis. The second inquiry examines a series of end-linked polymer networks, created using different monomer architectures through molecular dynamics. Investigations proceed by drawing connections between the materials’ local structures and their large-scale properties: for oil paint, guided by questions of whether metal carboxylates are responsible for the films’ cohesion, and if so, then
through what means; for simulations, by viewing all data through the lens of the theory of rubber
elasticity, as well as outside of it. In the end, a new working model for the structure of mature oil paint is proposed; extensive connections between model and real-world polymers are made. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Structures of Crosslinked Networks | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-26T18:25:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-26T18:25:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27613 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Lowell-Woods Scholarship, Army Research Laboratory | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Science and Mathematics | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Coatings and Polymeric Materials | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Coatings and Polymeric Materials | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Croll, Stuart G. | |
