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Polymer Films With Enhanced Through Thickness Optical Transmission and Compression Modulus with Electric Field Aligned Glass Fiber/Bubbles

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2016, Master of Science in Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Polymer Engineering.
The suspensions of micro glass particles embedded PDMS matrix were successfully fabricated using Thinky Mixer. It was found that the optical transmission increases after exposure to an external electric field. The particle concentration effect and shape effect were investigated using an instrument, JOEY, which can monitor the real time development of optical transmission. The PDMS matrix utilized in this research could be cured by heat or UV radiation by making crosslink structure. The compression modulus of resulting micro glass solid particles/polymer films were also systematically studied by a uniaxial stretching machine. The electric induced alignment formation of suspended particles upon application of an electric field was the major cause of compression modulus increase, which was affected by the concentration and the shape of embedded particles. The movement and morphology of suspended micro glass particles under electric field was characterized by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Mukerrem Cakmak (Advisor)
Sadhan C. Jana (Committee Chair)
Bryan Vogt (Committee Co-Chair)
78 p.

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  • Zhang, ZHANG, X. (2016). Polymer Films With Enhanced Through Thickness Optical Transmission and Compression Modulus with Electric Field Aligned Glass Fiber/Bubbles [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1463961142

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhang, ZHANG, Xuan. Polymer Films With Enhanced Through Thickness Optical Transmission and Compression Modulus with Electric Field Aligned Glass Fiber/Bubbles. 2016. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1463961142.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhang, ZHANG, Xuan. "Polymer Films With Enhanced Through Thickness Optical Transmission and Compression Modulus with Electric Field Aligned Glass Fiber/Bubbles." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1463961142

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)