Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Polyurethane-Grafted Graphene Oxide from Repurposed Foam Mattress Waste

 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.

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