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Kim Bolton
Professor at School of Engineering
In room: D814
E-mail: Kim.Bolton@hb.se
Phone: 033-4354602
Fax: 033-4354008
Signatur: KIB
Principal supervisor för doctoral students
Bazooyar, Faranak
Bohlén, Martin
Haghighatpanah, Shayesteh
Subjects
Research projects
Carbonaceous Polymeric Nanocomposites
Carbon nanotubes
Use of carbon nanotubes in electronic circuitry requires that one knows the electrical properties of the nanotubes. Since mixtures of carbon nanotubes that have a range of diameters and properties are grown in all known production methods, it is necessary to separate out the nanotubes with the desired property from all other nanotubes. Ultimate control of these separation techniques will allow us to separate out nanotubes based on their chiral (n,m) numbers.
Computational modeling of cellulose decomposition
Together with other actors in the Sjuhärad region the School of Engineering at the University of Borås is working towards finding new and improved techniques to convert waste to ethanol and biogas.
Computational modeling of platinum recovery
In these studies we model the AC carbon by attaching oxy-functional groups on graphitic structures (oxygen containing functional groups are known to exist on the AC). The interaction between the amine groups and the functionalise AC is then studied, to ascertain which functional groups are most likely to be important for the adsorption of the amine groups.
Tailor-made materials with desired barrier properties from computational modelling
The goal of the project, which is conducted in collaboration with Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions,is to test, develop and implement computational methods to identify polymeric materials with desired barrier properties. This is important since the barrierproperties affect the functionality of various products, e.g., the containers used to store food stuffs and beverages.
Tillämpning av vetenskapliga beräkningsverktyg inom design och utveckling
Finished research projects
Computational studies of Polymer-water interactions
Computer animations for active learning of chemical concepts
Ice catalysed stratospheric chemistry
Phase equilibria
Stratospheric chemistry