The second paper from our NSF funded project on polymer up cycling was recently published in RSC Advances! Read more about it here:
Polyurethane-grafted graphene oxide from repurposed foam mattress waste
This paper is part of a collaborative effort funded by the NSF ECO-CBET program, which brings 5 PIs from across disciplines together to address sustainability issues in plastics. Specifically we are studying ways to create value-added composites that have aqueous degradation pathways to mitigate microplastic formation. The team is composed of members from the following groups across campus: Stefanie Sydlik (Chemistry), Daphne Chen (ChemE), Kevin Noonan (Chemistry), Ryan Sullivan (Chemistry/ MechE), and Jerry Wang (CivE).
Early days while the project was still just a dream! Here I'm obtaining a PU mattress sample with lead author, (now) Dr. Walker Vickery, from CMU housing services in Prof. Wang's lab.
