Engineered CeramicOrganic Interfaces: Properties and Applications Mark De Guire, Case Western Reserv

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Engineered Ceramic-Organic Interfaces Properties
and ApplicationsMark De Guire, Case Western
Reserve University, DMR-0203655
Nanotechnology towards longer-lasting paints
Housepaints deteriorate when UV light hits the
titania pigment, breaking down the binder that
holds the paint together. Pigment makers apply
coatings to the titania as a barrier against this
breakdown.
Conventionally treated commercial titania (left)
leaves some particles uncoated. This project
achieved a dense, continuous barrier layer a few
nanometers thin (right arrows). Early results on
the lifetime and coverage of paint containing
such pigment have been encouraging.
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Engineered Ceramic-Organic Interfaces Properties
and ApplicationsMark De Guire, Case Western
Reserve University, DMR-0203655
Education Outreach International experiences
for graduate students are a valuable feature of
this program. Collaborations in Germany and
Israel have been augmented by new interactions
with Japanese researchers. One of the Ph.D
students supported by this grant, Jing-Jong
Shyue, spent a month as a guest researcher at
Nagoya University, Japan, with the groups of
Profs. Kunihito Koumoto and Yoshitake Masuda.
Results from their joint work have been
published. M.S. student Jason Riggleman spent
nine days in Nagoya in March 2005. He also spent
four weeks with Prof. Fritz Aldinger and Dr.
Joachim Bill at the Max Planck Institute for
Metals Research in Stuttgart, Germany in August.
The project has supported the research of five
graduate students, an undergraduate student and a
high school student.
Above Ph.D. student Jing-Jong Shyue (center)
with Prof. Masuda (far right) and colleagues in
Japan.
) With support from a Nature COE Open Cluster
grant from the Japanese government to Nagoya
University ) Langmuir 20 8693-8698 (2004).