{"402341":{"#nid":"402341","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Nano-\/Bio- Is Not an Either\/Or Choice for Composites","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Renewable Bioproducts Institute welcomes Purdue University Professor Jeffrey Youngblood, who will present his group\u0027s research with specific focus given to renewable\/sustainable nanocomposites. Cellulose Nanomaterials (CN) are attractive materials for possible applications in nanocomposites reinforcement, nanomaterials and biomedicine as they are high strength and stiffness, yet are renewable, biodegradable, non-toxic, cheap, and optically transparent.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture will detail the group\u0027s efforts to characterize CN and CN composite mechanical and thermal properties and understand what factors dictate behavior.\u0026nbsp; As well, its efforts at utilizing CN in a variety of application spaces will be detailed.\u0026nbsp; Finally, he will provide new elements to understand the interconnection among preparation variables towards optimal CN materials design. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jeffrey Youngblood of Purdue University will detail efforts to characterize CN and CN composite mechanical and thermal properties and understand what factors dictate behavior.\u0026nbsp; As well, his group\u2019s efforts at utilizing CN in a variety of application spaces will be discussed.\u0026nbsp; He believes this provides new elements to understand the interconnection among preparation variables towards optimal CN materials design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Purdue ProfessorJeffrey P. Youngblood to detail efforts in renewable\/sustainable nanocomposites"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2015-05-06 13:58:59","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:19:22","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-05-14T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-05-14T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-05-14T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-05-14 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-05-14 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-05-14 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"325811":{"id":"325811","type":"image","title":"Renewable Bioproducts","body":null,"created":"1449245041","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:01","changed":"1475895037","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:37","alt":"Renewable Bioproducts","file":{"fid":"200211","name":"rbi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rbi_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rbi_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":45299,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rbi_0.jpg?itok=0l79nRcv"}}},"media_ids":["325811"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/MSE\/People\/Faculty\/jpyoungb\/index.html","title":"Dr. Jeffrey P. Youngblood"},{"url":"http:\/\/rbi.gatech.edu\/","title":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"93801","name":"bioproducts"},{"id":"7547","name":"cellulose"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"1785","name":"nanomaterials"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELavon Harper, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lavon.harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elavon.harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}