講者：Dr.Alex Norman
演講題目：Probing Polymer Morphologies over Multiple Length Scales with Advanced X-ray Scattering Tools
演講時間：4/8（五）15:30~17:20
演講地點：博雅館 201
主持人：吳乃立教授
Biography:
Dr. Alex Norman received his PhD (2003) in Physical Chemistry from the University of Sheffield where he was advised by Professor Patrick Fairclough and Professor Tony Ryan. His PhD Thesis was on "Phase Behavior and Transition Kinetics of Poly(oxyalkylene) Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solution".
In 2003, Alex began a Post Doc in the Polymer Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland under the guidance of Dr. Alamgir Karim and Dr. Eric Amis. Here. Alex incorporated Scattering Methods (Neutrons, X-rays and Light) in to Combinatorial and High- Throughput Materials Science. In 2005 Alex moved to The University of Maryland where he worked as a Post Doc with Sandra Greer on Polymer Partitioning and Fractionation in Binary Solvents. Here Alex also worked on the low resolution structure of the protein Actin in dilute solution, using Pair Distance Distribution Functions from Neutron Scattering methods. In 2007-2008 Alex spent one year in the Weck laboratory at New York University working on the Morphology of Poly(norbornene) Copolymers.
From 2008-2010 Alex was a Senior Scientist at the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Corporate Research Labs in Clinton New Jersey. Alex worked in the Advanced Characterization group, working on X-ray scattering methods on Polyolefin Products, Desulfurization Catalysts, Battery Separator Films and Pore Structure in Natural Resources.
From 2011-2013, Alex actually moved from ExxonMobil to United Technologies (UTC) in East Hartford, Connecticut and worked on X-ray and neutron scattering capability development for the central UTC research labs. Specifically Alex worked on Polymer Composites, Ceramic Matrix Composites and Environmental Barrier Coatings.
Since August of 2013, Alex has been in the Product Fundamentals Group at ExxonMobil Chemical Company in Baytown, Texas. Alex works on early stage product development efforts for Polyolefin Elastomers, Structure-Property Relationships for Polyethylene, and continues to work on improving methods for X-ray and Neutron Scattering for Polymer R&D.
Probing Polymer Morphologies over Multiple Length Scales with Advanced X-ray Scattering Tools
Alexander Norman, Andy Tsou
Product Fundamentals Department, Global Product Research, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, 5200 Bayway Drive, Baytown Texas 77520, United States of America
X-ray Scattering capabilities across the globe are constantly evolving with advances in synchrotron technology, detector technology, optics design and X-ray sources. ExxonMobil takes advantage of these new technologies and applies them to basic and applied Research and Development (R&D) programs across many polymer programs.
We will describe the kinds of technologies that we use in our R&D programs to support fundamental structure-property-processing relationships that facilitate new product development that eventually lead to new product commercialization. Specifically we will introduce our in-house X-ray scattering capabilities for Small- and Wide- Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) along with dedicated synchrotron National Lab access (Argonne National Lab, APS synchrotron source) for SAXS/WAXS and also for Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS).
We will cover three examples of where these technologies have a significant impact:
(1) Structure Property relationships of Polyethylene films
(2) Crystallization of Propylene based elastomers and the effect of polymer microstructure as dictated by catalyst design
[:en]Speaker：Dr.Alex Norman
Topic：Probing Polymer Morphologies over Multiple Length Scales with Advanced X-ray Scattering Tools
Date：4/8（五）15:30~17:20
Location：博雅館 201
Host ： Prof. Nae-Lih Wu
Biography:
Dr. Alex Norman received his PhD (2003) in Physical Chemistry from the University of Sheffield where he was advised by Professor Patrick Fairclough and Professor Tony Ryan. His PhD Thesis was on "Phase Behavior and Transition Kinetics of Poly(oxyalkylene) Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solution".
In 2003, Alex began a Post Doc in the Polymer Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland under the guidance of Dr. Alamgir Karim and Dr. Eric Amis. Here. Alex incorporated Scattering Methods (Neutrons, X-rays and Light) in to Combinatorial and High- Throughput Materials Science. In 2005 Alex moved to The University of Maryland where he worked as a Post Doc with Sandra Greer on Polymer Partitioning and Fractionation in Binary Solvents. Here Alex also worked on the low resolution structure of the protein Actin in dilute solution, using Pair Distance Distribution Functions from Neutron Scattering methods. In 2007-2008 Alex spent one year in the Weck laboratory at New York University working on the Morphology of Poly(norbornene) Copolymers.
From 2008-2010 Alex was a Senior Scientist at the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Corporate Research Labs in Clinton New Jersey. Alex worked in the Advanced Characterization group, working on X-ray scattering methods on Polyolefin Products, Desulfurization Catalysts, Battery Separator Films and Pore Structure in Natural Resources.
From 2011-2013, Alex actually moved from ExxonMobil to United Technologies (UTC) in East Hartford, Connecticut and worked on X-ray and neutron scattering capability development for the central UTC research labs. Specifically Alex worked on Polymer Composites, Ceramic Matrix Composites and Environmental Barrier Coatings.
Since August of 2013, Alex has been in the Product Fundamentals Group at ExxonMobil Chemical Company in Baytown, Texas. Alex works on early stage product development efforts for Polyolefin Elastomers, Structure-Property Relationships for Polyethylene, and continues to work on improving methods for X-ray and Neutron Scattering for Polymer R&D.
Probing Polymer Morphologies over Multiple Length Scales with Advanced X-ray Scattering Tools
Alexander Norman, Andy Tsou
Product Fundamentals Department, Global Product Research, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, 5200 Bayway Drive, Baytown Texas 77520, United States of America
X-ray Scattering capabilities across the globe are constantly evolving with advances in synchrotron technology, detector technology, optics design and X-ray sources. ExxonMobil takes advantage of these new technologies and applies them to basic and applied Research and Development (R&D) programs across many polymer programs.
We will describe the kinds of technologies that we use in our R&D programs to support fundamental structure-property-processing relationships that facilitate new product development that eventually lead to new product commercialization. Specifically we will introduce our in-house X-ray scattering capabilities for Small- and Wide- Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) along with dedicated synchrotron National Lab access (Argonne National Lab, APS synchrotron source) for SAXS/WAXS and also for Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS).
We will cover three examples of where these technologies have a significant impact:
(1) Structure Property relationships of Polyethylene films
(2) Crystallization of Propylene based elastomers and the effect of polymer microstructure as dictated by catalyst design