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Research Interests:
- Polymers, Polymer Nanocomposites
- Short Fiber Reinforced Plastics
- Solution Based Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites
- Thermally Stable and Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites
Courses and Laboratories:
Materials Engineering Design Lab, Materials Characterization Lab, Composite Materials, Engineering with Polymers, Material Science and Engineering
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Education Info:
B.S.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU
Ph.D.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU (On-going)
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Polymer/Carbon-Nanotube and Nanoclay Composites: Solution Based Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy
Supervisor(s): Dr. Cevdet KAYNAK
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Polymer Nanocomposites have proved to possess superior properties in comparison to microscale composites at such lower loading rates as 1wt%. Generally, the enhancements take place in mechanical properties, thermal stability and flame retardancy. Because of the facts that, higher strength and modulus is attained by a nanoscale material, nanofillers possess very high aspect ratios, and matrix-reinforcement surface area is very large permitting effective stress transmittance, the mechanical properties are enhanced significantly. Controlling the chemistry of the matrix-filler interface has crucial importance in nanocomposites due to interface/interphase controlled mechanical properties. Studies based on flame retardancy of polymer nanocomposites have proved significant decreases in the peak heat release rate in cone calorimeter measurements.
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