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PTFE Faculty

Yonathan Thio

Yonathan S. Thio

Assistant Professor
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Biography

Dr. Yonathan Thio's research interest is in the broad area of structure and properties of polymers and composites. His research group works to elucidate the connection between macroscopic mechanical properties of polymeric materials and their structure/morphology in the nano- and micro-scales, which also involves the design of specific length scales and interfaces. Topics of his research include studies on composites of block copolymer and inorganic particles, composites and reactive blends of biodegradable polymers, and the effect of deformation rates and length scales in toughened thermoplastics.

Dr. Thio joined Georgia Tech in 2005 as an Assistant Professor in the School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering. Most recently he was a postdoctoral associate in the University of Minnesota, where he studied the synthesis and application of amphiphilic block copolymers as toughening agent in thermoset materials.

Education

Ph.D., 2003, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., 2000, Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., 1998 Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

Selected Publications

"The Role of Inclusion Size in Toughening of Epoxy Resins by Spherical Micelles", Thio, Y.S., Wu, J., Bates, F.S, to be submitted to Journal of Polymer Science Part B (2005)

"Epoxy Toughening Using Low Molecular Weight poly(hexylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers", Thio, Y.S., Wu, J., Bates, F.S., submitted to Macromolecules (2005)

"Structure and properties of PBO-PEO Diblock Copolymer Modified Epoxy", Wu, J., Thio, Y.S., Bates F.S., Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 43, 1950 (2005)

"Role of interfacial adhesion strength on toughening polypropylene with rigid particles", Thio, Y.S., Cohen R.E., Argon A.S., Polymer, 45, 3139 (2004)

"Volume strain measurements on CaCO3 / polypropylene composites", Lazzeri A., Thio, Y.S., Cohen R.E, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 91, 925 (2003)

Current Research