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题目：Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles for Interface Design, Controlled Ordering and Nanocomposite Properties
报告人：Brian C. Benicewicz, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
时间: 2019年7月12号下午13：30
位置: 化学楼A楼518会议室
邀请人：周永丰 教授


个人简介：

Brian C. Benicewicz received his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry in 1980 from the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT working with Professor Sam Huang.  He worked at Celanese Research Company, Ethicon, Inc., and Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 as Director of the Center for Polymer Synthesis and Professor of Chemistry.  Since 2008, he has been in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of South Carolina where he holds the Smart State Chair in Polymer Nanocomposites. His research interests are focused on the development of high temperature polybenzimidazole membranes for fuel cells and electrochemical devices, and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, particularly for the preparation of multifunctional nanoparticles and biomedical applications. His work on PBI membranes has been commercialized and is being used in fuel cell devices manufactured by multiple companies for portable and stationary applications.