Leader: Benny Freeman

Fundamental understanding of transport phenomena in micro and nano layered systems will be developed by performing systematic experimental and modeling studies to identify the dominant controlling structural variables.  This understanding of fundamental transport phenomena will be used to design and optimize unique layered systems for food and electronic packaging, drug delivery and diagnostic devices.  Layered material systems will be optimized to exhibit transport-property profiles that may be otherwise inaccessible.

Some of the projects in platform II include:

• Layered materials for low Tg glass/polymer composites for high barrier applications
• Layered materials for smart pellets
• Oxygen scavengers for packaging applications
• Development of high barrier layered systems using particulates
• Developing biologically-active materials from multilayered polymer systems
• Layered materials for controlled atmosphere packaging materials
• Development of low Tg glasses suitable for melt processing with organic barrier polymers
• Confined crystallization in nanolayerd films for improved gas barrier

PLATFORM II - click on each picture for more information