Montmorillonite pigment effects on the water barrier properties of paper coated with latexes synthesized through surfactant and Pickering emulsion methods
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Chemistry, the central science, is an integral part of modern life and forms the basis for advances in nearly all areas of science and technology. Students and faculty in Chemistry at the University of Maine work together to answer questions related to major societal issues: energy, the environment, modern materials, and health and medicine. We invite you to explore our undergraduate and graduate programs and to learn more about our research. If you have questions or would like to make arrangements for a tour of our department, please contact Dr. Alice Bruce, Chair, 152/271 Aubert Hall, 581-1168/ 581-1182, abruce@maine.edu
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There will be 3 makeup seminars later in the month of May. We will post here when we know for sure what’s going on.
Department News
Congratulations Class of 2024:
Bachelor’s Degree
Leah Batoosingh
Alexander Bloomer
Logan Harkins
Amelaine Llanto
Kassidy Castillo-Parkman
Elizabeth “Libby” Wallace
PhD’s
Melissa Chisholm
Shyam Pokhrel
Special Guest Speaker:
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to present a last minute guest speaker. We welcome Chris Apblett, Senior Scientist, Power Sources Technology Group, Sandia National Laboratories on Friday, April 26, 2024 at
10:00 a.m. The event will take place in Room 140 Williams Hall (across the mall from Aubert). The talk will also be available via zoom at the following link:
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Research and Publication Highlights
Another publication from the Gramlich research group that provides insight into the challenges with using Pickering emulsions and how to overcome them to create barrier coatings on paper. This was made possible through the hard work of Chidubem Uchefuna and Doug Bousfield.
Recent publications from the Rasaiah research group include a publication from D. Charitha Perera, now a post-doc at Indiana Univeristy. The article is here.
Members of the Gramlich research group published an article where they show how to improve the mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid) composites using modified cellulose nanofibrils. The link to the article is here.
Strengthening polylactic acid (PLA) composites with poly(methyl methacrylate)-functionalized cellulose nanofibrils created through grafting-through emulsion polymerization†
Hathaithep Senkumab, Peter V. Kellyab, Ahmad A. L. Ahmad
ab, Siamak Shams Es-haghibc and William M. Gramlich
Robin Hurst, PhD, undergraduate alumnus, Angel Nieves, and faculty member, Dr. Matthew Brichacek, published an article, “Synthesis of Small Molecules Flourescent Probes and their Applications from Sensing to Imaging” in a special edition of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). The link to the article is here.
