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Experience:

  

PhD in Chemistry (Structure of Liquid Crystal Side-Chain Polymers -  Technical Univ. of Clausthal, Germany), PostDoc in Materials Science and Engineering (Cornell). Currently Research Scientist (Universal Technology Corporation) working on nanocomposites and adaptive materials for the Air Force Research Laboratories. Published 50+ papers in peer-reviewed journals, patents and numerous invited talks.

 

keywords: nanocomposites, liquid crystal thermosets, liquid crystals, liquid crystal polymers, block copolymers, layered silicates, elelctric field alignment, magnetic field alignment, carbon nanotubes, ZnO, Au, nanorods, nanosheets, shape memory, shape recovery nanocomposites, adaptive materials, piezoelectric nanocomposites, piezoresistive nanocomposites, azobenzene liquid crystals, azo actuators, nanocomposite actuators, nanohybrids, nanolaminates. 

 

 

Recent research 


Shape memory nanocomposites, 3D morphology control of nanocomposites, actuators, sensors, morphing wing materials, adaptive materials, Small Angle Scattering, Wide Angle X-ray Diffraction, time-resolved Synchrotron experiments, vibration damping materials, liquid crystals, liquid crystal polymers, azobenzene polymers, nanohybrids, nanolaminates.

Selected publications 

 

1.       Hilmar Koerner, Timothy J. White, Nelson V. Tabiryan, Timothy J. Bunning, Richard A. Vaia, Photogenerating work from polymers; Materials Today 2008, 11(7-8), 34-42


2.       Koerner, Hilmar; Kelley, John J.; Vaia, Richard A.   Transient Microstructure of Low Hard Segment Thermoplastic Polyurethane under Uniaxial Deformation.    Macromolecules (2008),  41(13),  4709-4716.


3.       H. Koerner, D. Misra, A. Tan, L. Drummy, P. Miray, R. Vaia; Montmorillonite-thermoset nanocomposites via cryo-compounding; Polymer, 47, 3426-3435, 2006.


4.       H. Koerner, E. Hampton, D. Dean, Z. Turgut, L. Drummy, P. Mirau, and R. Vaia,  “Time-resolved Morphology Development of Tri-axial Reinforced Epoxy Montmorillonite Nanocomposites in Uni-axial Magnetic Fields”, Science Highlights, NSLS Web site and Bulletin, August 17, 2005


5.       Hilmar Koerner, Edwin Hampton, Derrick Dean, Zafer Turgut, Lawrence Drummy, Peter Mirau and Richard Vaia; “Generating Tri-axial Reinforced Epoxy Montmorillonite Nanocomposites With Uni-axial Magnetic Fields”, Chem. Mater., 18, 1990 – 1996, 2005


6.       H. Koerner, Richard A. Vaia, Weidong Liu, Max Alexander, Peter Mirau; “Deformation-Morphology Correlations in electrically conductive Carbon Nanotube – Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites”,  Polymer 46, 4405-4420, 2005


7.       H. Koerner, G. Price, N. A. Pearce, M. Alexander, R. A. Vaia; Remotely-Actuated, Shape-Memory Polymer Nanocomposites: Stress-recovery of carbon nanotubes filled thermoplastic elastomers, Nature Materials, 3, 115-120, 2004.   Also cited online on ACS C&E News, MIT Technology Review, Materials Today, Technology Research News, SetSquared and Research Leader


9.       H. Koerner, J. D. Jacobs, D. W. Tomlin, J. Busbee, R. A. Vaia, “Tuning Polymer Nanocomposite Morphology:  AC Electric Field Manipulation of Epoxy – Montmorillonite (Clay) Suspensions”, Advanced Materials, 16, 297-302, 2004.


 

WPAFB/Air Force Research Laboratories

 

Hilmar Koerner
Research Scientist

 

Universal Technology Corporation
Engineering Division
1270 North Fairfield Road
Dayton, OH 45432-2600
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