报告人◀️：Professor Gregory C. Rutledge (Lammot du Pont Professor,Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. USA)
报告题目为：Applications of Electrospun Membranes:
Abstract:Electrostatic fiber formation (aka “electrospinning”) has emerged in recent years as one of the simplest and most promising methods for producing long, continuous fibers with diameters less than 1 micron from a wide variety of materials. Membranes comprised of such fibers are remarkable for their ease of formation, high surface area, and small pore sizes. As a result, these materials have enjoyed considerable attention in both academia and industry for potential commercial applications in areas ranging from biomedical to energy and the environment. In this second of two lectures, we will present several applications of electrospun membranes where the unique features of the electrospun material offer particular performance advantages. Although intended by no means to be exhaustive, examples will be drawn principally from areas of development in the speaker’s laboratory at MIT. These may include: super-repellent membranes for waterproof, breathable materaials; chemically active membranes for reducing exposure to toxic industrial chemicals or chemical warfare agents; and electrodes for driving chemical reactions.
Introduction ofProfessor Gregory C. Rutledge
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, 1990.
B.S., University of Virginia, Chemical Engineering, 1983 (summa cum laude).
Recent Honors and Awards:
Visiting Professor, Harvard University (2008). Lammot du Pont Professorship of Chemical Engineering(2007). Peter Anthony Leermakers Symposium Lecturer, Wesleyan University (2006). Fellow of theAmerican Physical Society (2005). H.A. Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor, Polymer Science,University of Akron (2000). OMNOVA Solutions Signature University Award (2000). Best Paper Award,Plastics Analysis Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (1997). National Young Investigator,National Science Foundation (1994). 3M Innovation Award (1993). DuPont Young Faculty Award, E.I.DuPont de Nemours and Co. (1992). Texaco-Mangelsdorf Career Development Professorship (1991).
Polymer, Editorial Advisory Board member and Special Issue Editor
Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, Editorial Board and Guest Editor
Journal of Engineering Fibers and Fabrics, Area Editor for Computation and Modeling
Macromolecules, Editorial Board member
Areas of Research:Molecular engineering of soft condensed matter, Polymer science and engineering,Statistical mechanics and molecular simulation, Electrospinning and electrospun fibers.Author or co-author of over 200 papers in refereed journals, book chapters and archival conferenceproceedings, 150 invited lectures and 10 patent issued or applied for. Supervisor of 28 PhD, 8 MS/MEngstudents, 22 Postdoctoral Associates.
