Welcome to my website!! I am Syamal Tallury, a PhD student in Polymer Science and Materials Science working with Prof. Richard Spontak and Dr.Melissa Pasquinelli, NCSU. I am interested in composite materials and nanocomposite materials. My undergraduate project was to optimize
the 'mould residence time' of glass fiber reinforced composite laminates using different catalyst loads and curing temperature conditions. For my masters project I have worked on studying the interaction between Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Polymers using computational techniques such as Classical Molecular Dynamics. I will be moving on to the Mesoscopic simulations in order to estimate and quantify properties of nanocomposites which can then be experimentally verified.
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Polymers are very versatile and useful materials. They can be applied in a wide range of applications from bioimplants to high strength composite structures. With the advent of nanotechnology, functional composite materials can be made by combining the interesting properties of these nanomaterials and polymers.
My current focus is studying the interactions between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and several different polymers. As the length and time scales of these interactions is very small, it is not possible to clearly establish structure-property relationships using conventional characterization techniques. Therefore we employ computational modeling to understand the behavior of such substances.
Experimental results in conjunction with simulated models give a multidimentional perspective about complex nanoscale and mesoscale phenomenon. This can result in better understanding and hence better control over such materials and their behavior. In the coming days, experimental studies will be performed to verify these simulated behavior and quantitative structure property realtionships will be established.
Proposed projects include : 1> Mesoscopic Simulation of Nanocomposites 2> Simulation of block copolymers for shape memory properties 3> Property estimation of Nanocomposites (Mechanical and Electrical)
