{"683498":{"#nid":"683498","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Typher Yom","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETypher Yom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(Advisor: Mark Losego)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWill propose a doctoral thesis entitled,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnderstanding Precursor-Polymer Couples for Vapor Phase Infiltration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMonday, August 18, at 2:00 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELove Room 210\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Evirtually via MS Teams\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NTg0OTczODAtZjhlYy00ZTEwLTkwM2ItOTAxNzBmYWQ0YTgz%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220cd80a83-685c-4d53-9138-13e56774a9b6%22%7d\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NTg0OTczODAtZjhlYy00ZTEwLTkwM2ItOTAxNzBmYWQ0YTgz%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220cd80a83-685c-4d53-9138-13e56774a9b6%22%7d\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting ID: 261 024 762 146 2\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPassword: Vj79kY39\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVapor phase infiltration (VPI) is a process by which hybrid organic-inorganic materials can be produced by infiltrating polymers with vapor phase inorganic precursor. However, compared to atomic layer deposition (ALD), its parent process, VPI does not have a thorough list of available precursor-polymer combinations, nor are there standardized practices to test the success of these processes in the literature nor a good understanding of how to predict which precursor-polymer couples will work well for VPI. This work will fill in the gaps in information first by performing over 45 different precursor-polymer VPI combinations and assessing the degree to which these polymers are infiltrated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The second part of this thesis research will go into a deep dive of a few of these processes, investigating any apparent incongruencies within and between systems. Two systems will be studied: the first system is the infiltration of diethylzinc (DEZ), a zinc oxide precursor, in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), which was claimed to be unsuccessful in the literature. The second system to be studied will be the infiltration of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), a titanium oxide precursor, in poly-2-vinylpyridine (P2VP) and poly-4-vinylpyridine (P4VP) as well as DEZ in P2VP and P4VP, as the infiltration success varies between these two precursors. The greater goal of this proposal is to provide a resource which VPI researchers can rely on to further understand the fundamentals of VPI and predict the behavior of other precursor-polymer systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mark Losego - School of Materials Science and Engineering (advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Antonio Facchetti - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shucong Li - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Seung Soon Jang - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ryan Lively \u2013 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnderstanding Precursor-Polymer Couples for Vapor Phase Infiltration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Understanding Precursor-Polymer Couples for Vapor Phase Infiltration"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2025-08-04 17:48:06","changed_gmt":"2025-08-04 17:48:41","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-08-18T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-08-18T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-08-18T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-08-18 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-08-18 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-08-18 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Love Room 210 And virtually via MS Teams","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}