Nihat Ali IŽITMAN
Room/Lab: D-307
(+90)312 210 5904
E-mail: aisitman@metu.edu.tr
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Courses/Labs:
Materials Engineering Design Lab, Materials Characterization Lab, Composite Materials, Engineering with Polymers, Material Science and Engineering
Interests:
Polymers, Conventional Polymer Composites, Polymer Nanocomposites, Solution Based Processing of Nanocomposites, Thermally Stable and Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites
Former Degree: B.S.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU
Current Degree: Ph.D.; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept, METU
Polymer/Carbon-Nanotube and Nanoclay Composites:
Solution Based Synthesis, Characterization,
Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy
Supervisor: Dr. Cevdet KAYNAK
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.