Abstract:

Trillions of dollars of polymer products, such as wires and cables, hydrogels, tires, heat shrinkable films, wood plastic for floor, tubes, etching, disinfection, harm removal, 3D printing, and coating etc. have been recreated by electron beam (EB) technology every year. Over the past decade, EB technology as a sustainable method is widely used in polymer science such as cross-linking, segmented block, grafting, degradation, polymerization, chain extension, branching, chain scission, etc. In this seminar, design and preparation of high-performance flame-retardant polymer composite/nanocomposite will be introduced through dynamic and static EB treatment. Then, the effects of dynamic and static EB treatment on thermal stability, fire behavior and mechanical properties of polymer composite/nanocomposite will be investigated. In the end, the use of sustainable EB treatment to recover and utilize polymer composites /nanocomposite will be discussed. Throughout this seminar, the relationship of raw materials, EB processing, properties, applications will be discussed, including suitable examples taken from our previous work.

A short biography:

Dr. Dan Xiao finished his PhD at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) in Germany in 2017. His doctoral research was carried out at Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF Dresden) in Germany and Madrid Institutes for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) in Spain. Later, Prof. Dr. Dan Xiao joined Fujian University of Technology (FJUT) in China to develop new generation sustainable polymers. In 2024, he participated Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden (HTWD) in Germany. His main research interests focus on radiation-induced modification of polymer, flame retardant, bio-based polymers composites and EB induced recycling of waste materials. He has held and finished a number of projects including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), High-level Talents, Natural Science Foundation of Fujian, industrial R&D Projects, etc. He as the first/corresponding author has published more than 30 peer- reviewed research papers with more than 500 citations to date and obtained 10 patents.