个人简介

Education Dipl. Eng. Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece M. Eng. Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Prof. Kontopoulou obtained her Ph.D. and Master’s degrees from the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and her Chemical Engineering degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. She became a faculty member of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University in 1999, where she is currently Professor and Associate Head. She is recognized internationally for her contributions in material development through polymer blending and reactive modification for a wide-array of industrial processes, such as automotive applications, rotational molding, thermoplastic foaming, and conductive polymers. She has co-authored more than 100 scientific publications, including peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings. She has been the President of the Canadian Society of Rheology (2013-2017) and Vice President (2008-2012). She has served as technical program committee chair, organizer and moderator for major international scientific conferences and has delivered invited and keynote lectures in academic and industrial settings. She received the 2010 Morand Lambla Award of the Polymer Processing Society, awarded in recognition for achievements and creativity among young researchers in the polymer science and technology field. She has served as guest editor for a special issue on Reactive Extrusion, in Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, published in February 2014. She is the Editor for the Americas of International Polymer Processing.

研究领域

Research projects undertaken to date include blends containing metallocene-catalyzed polyolefins; thermoplastic olefin blends (TPOs) and thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs); polyolefin nanocomposites; biopolymer-based blends and composites; thermoplastic elastomers; polymer joining techniques, such as vibration and laser welding; powder processing technologies, such as rotational molding; alignment of conductive fillers in electrically conductive polymer composites; and rheological properties of fluids in biomedical applications.

Conductive polymer composites Renewable-source based and biodegradable polymer blends and composites Multiphase polymers and foams Polyolefin-Based Nanocomposites Polymer Processing and Additive Manufacturing Thermoplastic Olefin Blends and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates.

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Tiwary, P., Gui H., Ferreira, P.L., Kontopoulou, M. (2016) “Coagent modified polypropylene prepared by reactive extrusion: A new look into the structure-property relations of injection molded parts”, Intern. Polym. Process., 31(4), 433-441. Osazuwa, O., Vasileiou, A., Kontopoulou, M., Docoslis, A (2015). Electric-field induced filler association dynamics and resulting improvements in the electrical conductivity of polyester/multiwall carbon nanotube composites”, Polymer Composites, published online;DOI: 10.1002/pc.23724. Petrie, K., Kontopoulou, M., Docoslis, A. (2016), "Non-covalent compatibilization of polypropylene/MWCNT composites using an amino-pyridine grafted polypropylene matrix”, Polymer Composites, 37(9), 2794-2802; DOI: 10.1002/pc.23475. Waffle, L., Godin, L., Harris, L.B., Kontopoulou, M. (2016), “Rheological and physical characteristics of crustal-scaled materials for centrifuge analogue modelling”, Journal of Structural Geology, 86, 181-199. Zhang, Y., Parent, J.S. Kontopoulou, M. and Park, C.B. (2015), “Foaming of reactively modified polypropylene: Effects of rheology and coagent type”, J. Cellul. Plast., 51 (5-6), 505-522; DOI: 10.1177/0021955X14566209. Rezaei, A.K. and Kontopoulou, M. (2015), “Chain extended poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) with improved rheological properties and thermal stability, through reactive modification in the melt state”, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 121, 222-229; DOI:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.09.008 Nerkar, M., Ramsay, J.A., Ramsay, B.A., Vasileiou, A.A., Kontopoulou, M (2015), “Improvements in the melt and solid-state properties of poly(lactic acid), poly-3-hydroxyoctanoate and their blends through reactive modification”, Polymer, 64, 51-61. Vasileiou, A.A., Kontopoulou, M., Gui, H., Docoslis, A. (2015), "Correlation between the length reduction of carbon nanotubes and the electrical percolation threshold of melt compounded polyolefin composites", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7 (3), 1624–1631; DOI 10.1021/am5071255 Osazuwa, O., Kontopoulou, M., Sabat, R.G., Docoslis, A. (2015), “Electrified polyolefin/multiwall carbon nanotube composites exhibit dramatic changes in electrical conductivity, permittivity and filler structure”, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 300 (4), 448-457; DOI: 10.1002/mame.201400352. Zhang, Y., Tiwary P., Gui H., Kontopoulou, M., Parent J.S. (2014), "Crystallization of coagent-modified polypropylene: Effect of polymer architecture and cross-linked nanoparticles", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53 (41), 15923–15931. Nerkar, M., Ramsay, J.A., Ramsay, B.A. and Kontopoulou, M. (2014), “Dramatic improvements in strain hardening and crystallization kinetics of PLA by simple reactive modification in the melt state”, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 299 (12), 1419-1424; DOI: 10.1002/mame.201400078. Vasileiou, A.A., Docoslis, A. and Kontopoulou, M. (2014), "A non-covalent compatibilization approach to improve the filler dispersion and properties of polyethylene/graphene composites", ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 6 (3), 1916-1925; DOI 10.1021/am404979g. Kontopoulou, M. (2014), “Advances in Chemically Modified and Functionalized Polymers”, Macromol. React. Eng. 8 (2), 67-68. Nerkar, M., Ramsay, J.A., Ramsay, B.A. and Kontopoulou, M. (2014), "Melt compounded blends of short and medium chain-length poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates", J. Polym. Environ., 22 (2), 236-243. Powell, A., Kontopoulou, M. and Hojabr, S. (2014) “Ethylene Propylene Rubber Polyampholytes and their Blends with Polypropylene as an Alternative to Chemically Cross-Linked Thermoplastic Elastomers and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates”, Macromol. React. Eng. 8 (2), 112-121. Osazuwa, O., Petrie, K., Kontopoulou, M., Xiang P., Ye, Z., Docoslis, A. (2014), “Electrically conducting polyolefin composites containing electric field-aligned multiwall carbon nanotube structures: the effects of process parameters and filler loading”, CARBON, 72, 89-99. DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2014.01.059. Vasileiou, A.A., Docoslis, A., Kontopoulou, M., Ye, Z. and Xiang. P., (2013) “The role of non-covalent interactions and matrix viscosity on the dispersion and properties of LLDPE/MWCNT nanocomposites”, Polymer, 54 (19), 5230-5240. Zhang, Y., Tiwary P., Parent, J.S., Kontopoulou, M., Park, C.B. (2013) “Crystallization and Foaming of Coagent-Modified Polypropylene: Nucleation Effects of Cross-linked Nanoparticles”, Polymer, 54 (18), 4814-4819. Bailly, M. and Kontopoulou, M. (2013) “Linear viscoelastic properties of ethylene-octene copolymer/nanosilica composites investigated over a broad range of frequencies”, J. Rheol., 57(2), 407-426. Xiang, P., Petrie, K., Kontopoulou, M., Ye, Z., Subramanian, R. (2013) “Tuning Structural Parameters of Polyethylene Brushes on Silica Nanoparticles in Surface-Initiated Ethylene “Living” Polymerization and Effects on Silica Dispersion in a Polyolefin Matrix”, Polymer Chemistry (4), 1381-1395. DOI 10.1039/C2PY20722B. Moraes, R.P., Smeets, N.M.B., McKenzie, N., Zhang, Y., Kontopoulou, M., Ramsay, B., Ramsay, J.A., McKenna T.F.L. (2013) “Reactive mcl-PHA: A Sustainable Alternative for Innovative Hybrid Materials”, Macromol. Mat. Eng., 298, 1004-1015. Nerkar, M., Ramsay, J.A., Ramsay, B., Kontopoulou, M, Hutchinson, R. (2013) “Determination of Mark-Houwink parameters and absolute molecular weight of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates)”, J. Polym. Environ., 21 (1), 24-29. DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0525-3. Vasileiou, A.A., Papageorgiou G.Z., Kontopoulou, M., Docoslis, A., Bikiaris, D. (2013) “Covalently bonded poly(ethylene succinate)/SiO2 nanocomposites prepared by in-situ polymerization”, Polymer 54, 1018-1032. Osazuwa, O., Petrie, K., Kontopoulou, M., Xiang P., Ye, Z., Docoslis, A. (2012) “Characterization of non-covalently, non-specifically functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes and their melt compounded composites with an ethylene-octene copolymer”, Comp. Sci. Technol. 73, 27-33. Lee, S.H., Bailly, M., Kontopoulou, M. (2012), “Morphology and properties of polypropylene/ethylene-octene copolymer blends containing nanosilica”, Macromol. Mat. Eng., 297 (1), 95-103.