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SUMMARY:IMX Talks - How to make a make a small fortune using Frontal Polym
 erization
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. John A. Pojman\, Department of Chemistry\, Louisiana Sta
 te University\, Baton Rouge USA\nThe goal of cure-on-demand polymerization
  is to create one-pot systems that have a long shelf live but will react r
 apidly when curing is desired.  We will explore frontal polymerization in
  which a localized reaction zone propagates from the coupling of thermal t
 ransport and the Arrhenius dependence of the reaction rate of an exothermi
 c polymerization. We demonstrate that frontal polymerization can be used t
 o create a cure-on-demand wood filler.  The filler has a months-to-years 
 shelf life\, is a one-pot formulation\, can be applied leisurely and then 
 cured rapidly with a flat heat source. We will explore the commercializati
 on of “QuickCure Clay” for the arts and crafts market and consider how
  frontal polymerization can be used for additive manufacturing and coating
 s.\n\nBio: Dr. John A. Pojman\, a native of North Royalton\, Ohio\, receiv
 ed his B. S. in Chemistry (with a minor in Classics) from Georgetown Unive
 rsity in 1984.  He earned his doctorate in Chemical Physics in 1988 at th
 e University of Texas at Austin.  Pojman then worked for two years at Bra
 ndeis University with Irving Epstein.  In 1990 he joined the Chemistry & 
 Biochemistry department at The University of Southern Mississippi\, where 
 he taught for 18 years.  Dr. Pojman joined the Department of Chemistry at
  Louisiana State University in August 2008\, where he is the Patricia Senn
  and William Senn\, Jr.\,  Distinguished Professor & Chair\nPojman co-au
 thored one monograph\, An Introduction to Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics\, an
 d co-edited two others.  He has served four times as a guest editor for t
 he journal Chaos and authored 185 peer-reviewed publications and ten book 
 chapters. Over his academic career\, he made 315 presentations and receive
 d three patents.  Since 1990 he supervised 192 undergraduates. His resear
 ch expertise is in nonlinear dynamics in polymer systems and materials of 
 art. Additionally\, he is an avid bass fisherman\, trout fisher and amateu
 r herpetologist with a special interest in the aquatic salamanders of Loui
 siana  (http://amphiumas.org).  He also boasts the world largest collect
 ion of pocket protectors. www.pocketprotectors.info. John is the President
  and CEO of Pojman Polymer Products\, LLC (3pllc.com).\nHe lives in Baton 
 Rouge with his wife\, Dionne Rousseau.\n 
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