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The main object of the presented thesis is manufacturing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE)/Graphene nanocomposites by insitu polymerization using Ziegler Natta catalysts. In this study, three types of Ziegler Natta Catalysts such as Magnesium ethoxide supported, single-supported and bi-supported have been studied. Experimental conditions are optimized (from point of productivity and molecular weight) by Design expert software with response surface methodology (Box-Behnken design). Effect of process parameters like temperature, pressure and [Al]/[Ti] molar ratio on productivity and Molecular weight are investigated. Also, the effect of hydrogen presence and type of cocatalyst... 

Today, energy crises and the environmental pollution have become serious problems for the human being. To address these problems, extensive efforts have been made to replace fossil fuels with other clean energy resources such as fuel cells. In the meantime, polymer electrolyte fuel cells are very important as they are now commonly used in the field of transportation, and their importance become even more obvious as we consider the fact that the by-products from electricity production by such cells are simply water and heat. This research studies the efficiency of the polymer called “polysulfone” as an electrolyte fuel cell, which has the above named mechanical thermal and chemical... 

This thesis was conducted both numerically and experimentally. In the experimental investigations aqueous solutions of high molecular weight Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) was used. The experimental set-up was composed of a glass syringe, and a piston which can easily move through the syringe. Different die with aspect ratio ranging from 5.25 to 28.8 can be attached to the syringe. The syringe then is filled with the CMC solution with different weight fractions. Then using a force exerting on the piston, the solution comes out of the die and exiting velocity was calculated from weight of CMC solution that exit from die in a definite time. High quality photographs were taken from extrudate... 

In this study, surface modification of Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes was performed in order to enhancement of its performance and chlorine resistance. TFC membranes was prepared through the interfacial polymerization between m-phenylenediamine (MPD) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) on the polysulphone support membrane and surface modification performed through redox initiated graft polymerization of acrylic amide followed by acrylic acid. The successful surface modification of TFC membranes was evident from attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), contact angle (θ), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM). Changes in... 

This study investigated the effect of oxidized molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets on the anti-corrosion and rheological properties of epoxy resin. Raw MoS2 sheets were obtained as layered nanosheets with a thickness of 50 to 100 nm using acid washing, oxidation, and heat shock methods. The use of nanoparticle characterization tests such as XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM, EDS, and TGA supports this claim. Then, in the next step, epoxy coatings containing different percentages (0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.5 wt%) of MoS2 nanosheets were prepared with polyamide hardener to investigate the effect of adding nanosheets and the optimal percentage. The best effect on the corrosion properties of the coating in a... 

In the present work, the experiments were carried out for two types of PAM (3330 and 3630) with three distinct concentrations (25, 40 and 55 ppm) and TiO_2-water nanofluid for four concentrations (1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 vol. %), and the Nusselt number and friction factor for each of them expressed separately. The Reynolds number was in the range from 11000 to 21000. The steady state turbulent convective heat transfer and friction factor of the combination of TiO_2-water nanofluid and polymer 3330 in the coiled tube were investigated. The effects of the Reynolds number for 2 vol. % nanoparticles which consists of 25 ppm PAM (3330) determined at the constant temperature of 24°C. It was observed... 

Constant drilling in the shale formation causes many problems such as shale swelling and well instability. Annually many costs are spent dealing with these problems in the drilling industry. Many factors can affect this issue. The most important factor is the type of drilling fluid and its additives. The use of oil-based mud is the best option to deal with the clays instability but, due to environmental problems resulting from OBM, their use has been banned in most parts of the world. Therefore, the water-based mud is the only option for the oil industry that can modify its property by use of additives. In this study, the muds contain Nano silica have been introduced. Silicate as shale... 

Nervous system plays an intricate biological process of man body.Damage of nervous system has serious consequences and is hard to recover, as well as the other parts of the body may not work properly. Many strategies have been used to repair spinal cord injuries in which the main objective is to improve the regeneration of axons and functional recovery. The purpose of this research is introducing neural tissue engineering concepts (e.g. scaffolds, stimulation and etc.) and also design and fabrication suitable for neural tissue engineering. For this purpose the combination of biodegradable polymers (chitosan),conductive polymer (poly-aniline) and carbon nanosheets (graphene) was chosen as the... 

Hydrophilic polymers are widely used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes to increase water viscosity during polymer flooding. However, these polymers increase the viscosity of injected water in undesirable strands, before reaching considerable positions that make some problems in polymer flooding process such as thermal, mechanical, bacterial degradation, surface absorption and undesirable plugging. In this study, a novel core-shell structure of polyacrylamide as an active polymer and nanoscale coating polystyrene as a shell polymer was designed and prepared to intelligently control mobility ratio in oil reservoirs and overcome weakness and limitations of classical polymer flooding.... 

The main object of this thesis is production and investigation of polypropylene-fumed silica nanocomposites by using bi-supported Ziegler-natta catalytic system and in-situ polymerization. Magnesium ethoxide and fumed silica were used as supports of catalyst. TiCl4 was accompanied by triisobutyl aluminum(TiBA) and diisobutyl phthalate(DIBP) as electron doner constituting Ziegler-Natta catalytic system. Preparation of catalyst and polymerization were taken place in slurry phase under the argon atmosphere. At the beginning of the polymerization experiment, several type of nanocomposites were made under various conditions(such as different Al/Ti molar ratio) to find optimum condition to...