Polymer Nanostructures Lab
                                                                                                                    Director: Evangelos Manias
                                                                      Materials Science & Eng dept.
                                                                  325-D Steidle Bldg. PennState Univ
                                                                       University Park, PA 16802
Publications from our Research group::

nm-wide polymer 
lubricant films,
boundary lubrication

polymer/silicate
nanocomposites
materials

polymer/clay
nanocomposite 
(flame-retardancy)

Polymer Nanostructures Laboratory

Location:

Steidl325D:  Main Office
Steidle 228:  Sample Preparation Lab
Hossler 6A:  AFM  (d.i. multimode III)
Hossler 6B:  AFM  (Picoscan)
Steidle 324:  Thermal & Polymer Charact.
Steidle 324:  OxTrans (Oxygen Permeability)
Steidle 304:  XRD, SAXS
Steidl228C:  Computer Facility (Cluster)
Steidle 301:  Rheometers / Rheo-Optics

 Support:
NSF (Div. of  Materials Instrumentation)
NSF (Div. of  Math & Physical Sci.)
DoE (Department of Energy)
NIST (Fire & Materials Research)
MRI/PSU (Materials Characterization Lab)
PennState (Materials Sci & Eng dept)

Industrial:
Air Products                PolySet
Kulicke & Soffa Ind.    Southern Clay Prod. 
EXXON       Solvay     Nanocor Inc
email: manias@psu.edu telephone: (814) 863 2980
fax: (814) 865 2917
If you wish to visit the web
pages of Evangelos Manias
please refer to his
departmental page
or his 
polymer physics site
Prof. Evangelos Manias
325-D Steidle Bldg
Materials Science & Engineering Dept.
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802