COLL 193 |
| Xiaoyun Lu, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 0424, Boulder, CO 80309, Brian Elliott, TDA Research, Inc, 12345 West 52nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, and Douglas L. Gin, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Campus Box 424, Boulder, CO 80309-0424. |
| The phase behavior of a cross-linkable gemini surfactant that forms a type I bicontinuous cubic phase was investigated as a function of blending with commercial butyl rubber. The goal of this research was to develop novel, flexible nanoporous polymer composites with an interconnected pore architecture. Using polarized light microscopy and low angle x-ray diffraction, it was found that the Q phase of the polymerized Gemini surfactant can be formed and cross-linked with up to 10 wt% butyl rubber at various temperature. The water contact angle, mechanical properties and stability of the Q/butyl rubber components will be presented. |
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Posters: Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Disneyland -- North Exhibit Hall, Poster
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |