PolymerProcessingGroup
U. Sundararaj, Professor

Welcome to Polymer Processing Group Website

In this website you will find information about the groups' research activities, past and present members, lab equipment and recent publications. Use the links at the top to navigate the website. Following are the main areas of research at the group:

  • Polymer Nanocomposites
  • Polymer Blends
  • Extrusion
  • Polymer Adhesion
  • Interfacial Phenomena
  • Material Properties of Polymers
  • Visualization of polymer flow

Group News

Dr. Sundararaj has relocated from U of Alberta to U of Calgary and is now the head of the Dept. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at U of Calgary.

Dr. Sundararaj is the Chair of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society to be held in Banff, Canada in July 2010


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Recent Publications

Al-Saleh, M.H. and Sundararaj, U. (2009). "Electromagnetic Interference Mechanisms of CNT/Polymer Composites". Carbon, 47(7):1738-1746.

Li, H. and Sundararaj, U. (2009, in-press) "Morphology development of polymer blends in extruder: the effects of compatibilization and rotation rate," Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.

Lakshminarayanan, S.; Lin, B.; Gelves, G. A.; Sundararaj, U. (2009). "Effect of clay surfactant type and clay content on the rheology and morphology of uncured fluoroelastomer/clay nanocomposites prepared by melt-mixing." Journal of Applied Polymer Science 112(6): 3597-3604.

Lin, B.; Thümen, H.; Heim, H.-P.; Scheel, G. and Sundararaj, U. (2009). "Nylon 66/Clay Nanocomposite Structure Development in a Twin Screw Extruder Effect of Mixing Protocol on Compatibilized Polymer Blend Morphology", Polymer Engineering and Science, 49, 824-834.

Gelves, G. A.; Lin, B.; Haber, J. A. and Sundararaj, U. (2008). "Enhancing dispersion of copper nanowires in melt-mixed polystyrene composites." Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 46(19): 2064-2078.

Li, H. and Sundararaj, U. (2008). "Does drop size affect the mechanism of viscoelastic drop breakup?" Physics of Fluids 20(5).

Sharmin, R.; Shah, S. L. and Sundararaj, U. (2008). "A PCA based fault detection scheme for an industrial high pressure polyethylene reactor." Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 2(1): 12-30.

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