Dvornic, Petar R - Pittsburg State Universit

个人简介

Ph.D., Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1979 M.S., Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1978 M.S., Department of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 1975 B.S., Department of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 1972 Pittsburg State University, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg, Kansas, 2013-present - Professor of Polymer Chemistry (Courses include: CHEM 625: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization; CHEM 685: Selected Topics in Polymer Chemistry). - Department Chair, 2013-present. Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, Michigan: - Professor of Polymer Chemistry (Courses included: Polymer Synthesis (CMU 602; 1994-2000); Dendritic Polymers Science and Technology (CMU 613; 1997); Silicone Polymers Science and Technology (CMU 707, 1995-2000)). - Associate Professor, 1993-1997. Michigan Technological University, Department of Chemistry, Houghton, Michigan: - Adjunct Professor, (principal mentor to two Ph.D. students: Srinivas Uppuluri, Chem. Eng., and Peter Carver, Chemistry; also served on several dissertation committees and delivered visiting seminars), 1996-present. Central Michigan University, Department of Chemistry, Mount Pleasant, Michigan: - Adjunct Professor (for courses see Michigan Molecular Institute above; currently mentoring a Ph.D. dissertation of Tracy Zhang), 1994-present. University of Belgrade, Department of Chemistry, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: - Associate Professor (Courses included: Synthetic Polymer Chemistry, a 4th year undergraduate course (UB 501)), 1990-1993; Basic Properties and Preparation of Synthetic Polymeric Materials, a part of a 4th year course: Selected Processes of Chemical Industry (UB 501), 1989-1991). University of Belgrade, Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: - Polymers Containing Silicon: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications (UB 507), 1992. University of Novi Sad, Department of Technology, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, - Docent (Equivalent to Assistant Professor), 1981-1991.

研究领域

Synthesis of new monomers and polymers. Step-growth polymerization reactions. Thermally stable polymers. Polysiloxanes and other silicon-containing polymers. Polyamides, polyhydrazides, poly(amide-hydrazides), polyamidoamines, polyureas and related polymers. Rheologically rigid, semi-rigid and liquid-crystalline polymers. Flexible polymers and elastomers. Thermally stable elastomers. Liquid-crystalline elastomers. Polymerization by hydrosilylation. Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. Bimolecular nonlinear polymerization. Structure-property relationships in polymers and polymers for specialty applications. Thermal and rheological properties of polymers. Semipermeable polymer membranes. Permeability and permselectivity. Critical polymer molecular dimensions. Applications of polymers under extreme conditions of temperature or irradiation. Polymers for reverse-osmosis and ultra filtration membranes. Elastomers, particularly for high temperature applications. Polymers with unusual surface properties: superhydrophobicity, olephobicity and superhydrophilicity. Smart and specialty coatings. Unusual macromolecular architectures. Dendrimers, hyperbranched and other dendritic polymers: synthesis, characterization and applications. Rheological and thermal behavior of dendritic polymers. Dendritic polymer networks. Multi-arm star polymers. Copolymeric dendrimers. Organo-inorganic (metal) nanohybrids. Polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes (POSS). Dendrimer-POSS nanohybrids. Effects of macromolecular architecture on materials properties and structure-property relationships. Architectural macromolecular isomerism. Hyperbranched polymers by bimolecular non-linear polymerization (BMNLP). Dendritic polymers-based nanotechnology. Silicon-containing dendritic polymers. Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) and poly(amidoamine-organosilicon) (PAMAMOS) dendrimers. Hyperbranched polymers by bimolecular non-linear polymerization (BMNLP). Copolymeric dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. Organo–inorganic nano-composites including dendrimer-metal and dendrimer-POSS molecular hybrids. Dendrimer-based nanocomposites. Applications of dendritic polymers in soft nanotechnology. Electronics, nano-porous materials for interlayer dielectrics, opto-electronics, photonics, photovoltaics, nano-lithography, protective and smart dendritic polymer coatings, chemical and biological sensors, colorimetric array sensors, nano-domained networks and coatings, polymers in water purification and protection: environmentally benign anti-fouling coatings, anti-fouling reverse osmosis membranes, bio-based bio-degradable hyperbranched polymers.

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P.R. Dvornic and R.W. Lenz, "High Temperature Siloxane Elastomers", Huthig & Wepf Scientific Publishers, Basel/Heidelberg/New York, 1990. P.R. Dvornic, "Synthetic Polymer Chemistry", Graduate Level Course Notes, Department of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 1991, Second Revised and Expanded Edition 1993, in Serbo-Croatian. P.R. Dvornic and D.A. Tomalia, "StarburstR Dendrimers", Dendritech, Inc., Midland, 1995. P.R. Dvornic and M.J. Owen (Eds), “Silicon-Containing Dendritic Polymers”, Springer, Guilford, UK, 2009. M.J. Owen and P.R. Dvornic (Eds), “Silicone Surface Science”, Springer, Guilford, UK, 2012.