NEWS
Present and past news highlights from the Project can be found in this section. For further information on any of these items, please contact us.
2015 |
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Enero 2015 |
"Progress" in PNC nanoindentationThis article presents an exhaustive revision of recent studies on the mechanical properties of polymeric nanocomposites using the nanoindentation technique, with special emphasis on carbonaceous nanoreinforcements (carbon nanotubes, graphene and nanodiamond). The literature presents apparently dispersed results on the synergetic effects of nanofillers in diverse polymer matrices. |
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| Bibliographic reference: | Nanoindentation in polymer nanocomposites. A.M. Díez-Pascual, M.A. Gómez-Fatou, F. Ania, A. Flores. Progress in Materials Science 67, 1-94 (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2014.06.002 IF: 25.870 |
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2014 |
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December 2014  |
Recent PBNCs paper publishedA recent article in the journal Macromolecular Materials and Engineering features some surprising results on epoxy-thermoplastic polymer blend nanocomposites (PBNCs). Polymer Blend Nanocomposites: Effect of Selective Nanotube Location on the Properties of a Semicrystalline Thermoplastic-Toughened Epoxy Thermoset |
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November 2014 |
Peter back in YorkDr. Peter Shuttleworth spent 9 days in the GCCE at York University for a series af meetings and materials preparation and characterization for application tests. |
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October 2014 |
Mesoporous NC patent filedSome of the mesoporous nanocomposite materials developed in the last 2 years in collaboration with the University of York, UK have been registered in a patent: MESOPOROUS MATERIALS FROM NANOPARTICLE ENHANCED POLYSACCHARIDES |
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Septiembre 2014  Marian Gómez-Fatou  Horacio Salavagione |
New MINECO project awardedA new project has been awarded to iDEAPOLNAN researcher, Prof. Marian Gómez. It will focus specifically on graphene-based polymer nanocomposites, allowing us to advance on some of the developments made in this area during the iDEAPOLNAN project. HIERARCHICAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON GRAPHENE: DEVELOPMENT, MORPHOLOGY, SOLID-STATE PROPERTIES The project, born from a very fruitful collaboration with Dr. Horacio Salavagione of the Polymer Physics Group of the ICTP-CSIC and Drs. Araceli Flores and Fernando Ania of the Institute of Structure of Matter (IEM-CSIC), is a subproject of the MINECO project entitled "NANOSCALE PROPERTIES OF HIERARCHICAL POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON GRAPHENE", coordinated by Dr. Flores, and runs until 2017. |
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| Junio 2014 | BlenDynIt extendedAn extension of the subproject to the end of the year will allow us to continue with our technological transfer activities contemplated in the Project Work Plan. |
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2013 |
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July 2013 |
More Progress in hybridsMembers of the research team have recently published in the high-impact journal Progress in Polymer Science (IF= 26.383) a detailed review of the state of the art in the development of hybrid polymer nanocomposite materials based on inorganic fullerenes, including the most recent advances of the group in this area. LINK TO PAPER |
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The Polymer Physics Group has been developing these materials foe several years and the article presents the state of the arte of these materials today. The structure, morphology and properties of |
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June 2013 |
Dr. Vitaly Budarin in MadridDr. Vitaly Budarin from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence of the University of York (UK) spent a week in our lab working on starch-based nanocomposites as part of an international collaboration, aided by i-LINK+ funding from the CSIC. |
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May 2013 |
Frontiers in Polymer Science
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April |
Kick-off Meeting in Madrid for i-LINK+
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| March 2013 |
Researchers visit the University of York
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On the 26th of March the York Kick-off Meeting was held. In the photograph, Drs. Peter Shuttleworth, Gary Ellis and Horacio Salavagione visit the facilities and laboratories of the GCCE with Dr. Vitaly Budarin (second from the left). |
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January 2013  |
New international collaboration project awardedResearchers from the Project have won an iLINK+ Project, financed by the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC), for a collaboration with the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence of the University of York, and the company Starbon Technologies Ltd, both of the United Kingdom. The project entitled "Nanocomposite enhancement of naturally derived mesoporous carbons" runs for 2 years, and is an extension of the experience developed in the group for the incorporation of nanoparticles into naturally derived materials. For more information on the British partners, click on the images. |
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2012 |
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September 2012 Línea IRIS, BESSY-II |
PM-SIRMS at BESSY-II Synchrotron BerlinDr Gary Ellis, in collaboration with Dr Ulriche Schade, Director of the IRIS Beamline at BESSY-II, used polarization-modulated IR microspectroscopy (PM-SIRMS) with high spatial resolution to study the crystalline morphology of diverse semicrystalline polymeric materials. |
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September 2012 |
Seminar on PEEK nanocompositesDr Ana Díez-Pascual gave the seminar entitled "Nanocompuestos de altas prestaciones basados en poli(éter éter cetona)" on the development of PEEK/CNT nanocomposites in the ICTP Seminar Cycle 2012-13, on Wednesday 19th September at 12 am. |
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July 2012
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Experiments at Diamond Light SourceMembers of the group have undertaken a series of experiments at the Infrared Microspectroscopy beamline at the Diamond Light Source, in the UK. Dr Peter Shuttleworth and Dr Gary Ellis, have studied biodegradable polymer blends and composites. |
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| June 2012 |
"Progress" in polyetherketone nanocompositesMembers of the research team have recently published in the high-impact journal Progress in Materials Science, with an impact factor of 18.216, a detailed review of the state of the art in the development of PEK-based nanocomposite materials, including the most recent advances of the group in this area. LINK TO PAPER |
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IFs improve carbon fibre laminatesImprovements in the mechanical and tribological behaviour in PPS - CF laminates by incorporation of inorganic fullerenes just out in Polymer. |
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Buckypaper reinforced PEEK laminatesTwo papers, just published detail the structure, thermal and mechanical, and electrical and thermal conductivity properties of novel SWNT-BP/PEEK laminates. Published in Composites Part A: Applied Science & Manufacturing |
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iPP: NF to modulate the crystalline morphologyAn inorganic NF was combined with a specific nucleating agent allowing precise control the crystalline morphology of isotactic polypropylene. Published in J. Phys. Chem. B. |
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Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are found at the natural interphase between two worlds of radically different chemistry, but both with important contributions to the materials science universe. Today one of the most rapid growth areas is that of hybrid polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) since it is envisaged that they will play a fundamental role in the development of advanced functional materials of the future. 
Recently, inorganic fullerene-like (IF) nanoparticles based on transition metal dichalcogenides, such as IF-WS2 or IF-MoS2, have emerged as a family of very promising materials in this area due to their high impact resistance and excellent tribological behaviour. IF-PNCs can manifest similar or better performance than PNCs with carbon nanotubes or nanofibres, but they are much more economical, easier to process and more satisfactory from an ecological standpoint.
diverse thermoplastic IF-PNCs are compared with those of PNCs that incorporate other spherical inorganic nanoparticle fillers, with special emphasis on the thermal, mechanical and tribological properties. Also, a new generation of dual-particle hybrids based on synergy between IFs and other micro o nanoparticles to modulate properties is discussed. Finally, some application areas are proposed in areas ranging from medical or transport to the electronics or aerospace industries.
Prof. James Clark, Director of the GCCE at York University visited the Group and participated with the Spanish team in the Madrid Kick-off Meeting of the i-LINK+ Project.
Within the new i-LINK+ project, the preparation of new nanocomposites with graphene derivatives was initiated in the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence of the University of York, UK. 
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