Prof. Dr. Kun CAO's Group

Widely used in many applications, porous polymeric materials have been intensely investigated. We have been exploring several directions in the porous materials research to both expand the applications into unconventional arena and address new fundamentals that arise. In this talk an overview of our efforts will be discussed by using several examples. They include: 1) foaming by supercritical carbon dioxide: are bubble nucleation and growth the only factors; 2) nanocomposite foams prepared by supercritical carbon dioxide: the role of nanoparticles; and 3) porous polymers as smart materials.

 Dr. Changchun Zeng is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and a principle investigator of High-Performance Materials Institute of Florida State University. Dr. Zeng’s main research interests are porous polymeric materials, polymer composites and nanocomposites, and synthesis and processing of materials using supercritical fluids. Prior to join FSU, he was a Senior Research Engineer at Hexcel Corporation, one of the world leaders in carbon fiber and aerospace composite materials. Dr. Zeng received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University, and MS (Chemical Engineering) and BS (Polymer Engineering) degrees from Zhejiang University.