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Lorraine Falter Francis

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Projects

CaCO3 Formation on Candidate Polymers for Solar Heating Systems
Cryo SEM of Microstructure Development in Latex -Ceramic Nanoparticle Coatings
Cryo-SEM Studies of Latex/Ceramic Nanoparticle Coating Microstructure Development
Drying and Collapse of Hollow Latex
Growth of KCl Whisker on Patterned Porous Coating
Selective Deposition of Colloidal Silica by Patterned De-wetting Achieved through Dip Coating
Wrinkling of Drying and Curing Coating

Publications

J. Sun, B. V. Velamakanni, W. W. Gerberich, and L. F. Francis, "Aqueous latex/ceramic nanoparticle dispersions: Colloidal stability and coating properties," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 280, pp. 236, 2004.
J. Sun, L. F. Francis, and W. W. Gerberich, Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Ceramic Nanocomposite Coatings by Nanoindentation, Polymer Engineering and Science. 45 207-216 (2005)
K. Zhang, H. Yan, A. Stein and L. F. Francis, Apatite Converted from 3-D Ordered Macroporous Sol-Gel Bioactive Glass (3DOM-BG), Journal of American Ceramic Society 88 587-592 (2005).
S. K. Basu, L. E. Scriven, L. F. Francis, and A. V. McCormick, "Mechanism of wrinkle formation in curing coatings," Progress in Organic Coatings, vol. 53, pp. 1, 2005.
Y. Wang, J. Davidson, and L. Francis, "Scaling in polymer tubes and interpretation for use in solar water heating systems," Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, vol. 127, pp. 246, 2005.
Y. Wang, J. H. Davidson, and L. F. Francis, "Scaling in polymer tubes used in solar water heating systems," presented at International Solar Energy Conference, 2004.
Z. Kai, W. Yunbing, M. A. Hillmyer, and L. F. Francis, "Processing and properties of porous poly(L-lactide)/bioactive glass composites," Biomaterials, vol. 25, pp. 2489, 2004.

 
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