Nanocomposites Leveraging Designer Ceramic Matrices with Tailored Interfacial Chemistry and Molecular-Scale Confined Phases
Abstract
AFOSR research focuses on designer nanocomposites with tailored properties that combine a nanoporous ceramic matrix filled with polymers under extreme levels of molecular scale confinement. Our nanocomposites are fabricated using a nanoporous matrix with highly controlled pore size and connected volume fraction that are back filled with a polymer monomer. The matrix confinement produces nanoreactors in which polymerization can be systematically studied under confinement. In addition, confinement of the resulting polymer phase leads to unique and novel behaviour due to the interactions between the confined polymer and matrix. The polymer can be chosen to have molecular weights or chemistries that facilitate certain interactions with the matrix and modify the chain mobility and degree of entanglement. Polymers can also be designed to be cross-linkable in-situ leading to thermally stable nanocomposites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 05, 2025
- Source ID
- FA95502410072
Entities
People
- Reinhold H Dauskardt
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Stanford University
- United States Air Force