Jaime Grunlan

Jaime Grunlan joined Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering in July of 2004, after spending three years at the Avery Research Center in Pasadena, CA, as a Senior Research Engineer. He obtained the B.S. degree in chemistry, with polymers and coatings emphasis, from North Dakota State University and the Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Minnesota. While at Avery Dennison, Dr. Grunlan studied a variety of polymeric systems with unique transport, biological, and/or optical behavior. At Minnesota, he studied segregated network composites using polymer emulsions and a variety of conductive nanoparticles. His current research interests lie in both the development of multifunctional polymeric thin films (< 1 um) and the study of electrically and/or thermally conductive thick film polymer nanocomposites (> 10 um) nanocomposites. Dr. Grunlan has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, a book chapter, and more than 5 patents issued/filed in the field of polymers and polymer nanocomposites. He has recently been granted a joint appointment in Chemical Engineering and serves on the Executive Committee for Texas A&M’s Materials Science and Engineering Program. Dr. Grunlan’s research on microstructural control of carbon nanotubes recently garnered him an NSF CAREER Award and his work with transparent conductive thin films was awarded a 3M Untenured Faculty Grant.

Biography Updated on 3 December 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Weak polyelectrolyte control of carbon nanotube dispersion in water
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 317, no. 1, pp. 346–349, 2008
  2. Deposition and patterning of conductive carbon black thin films
    Synthetic Metals, vol. 157, no. 16-17, pp. 632–639, 2007
  3. Conductive coatings and composites from latex-based dispersions
    Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2007
  4. Clay Assisted Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Conductive Epoxy Nanocomposites
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 17, no. 14, pp. 2343–2348, 2007
  5. Micropatterning and Impedance Characterization of an Electrically Percolating Layer-by-Layer Assembly
    Electroanalysis, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 964–972, 2007
  6. Preface to Special Topic: Instruments and methods for combinatorial science and high-throughput screening
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 78, no. 7, p. 072101, 2007
  7. Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Carbon-Nanotube-Filled Latex
    Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, vol. 291, no. 9, pp. 1035–1043, 2006
  8. Effects of carbon nanotube fillers on the curing processes of epoxy resin-based composites
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 102, no. 6, pp. 5248–5254, 2006
  9. Carbon black thin films with tunable resistance and optical transparency
    Carbon, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 1974–1981, 2006
  10. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 18, no. 13, pp. 2997–3004, 2006
  11. Nano Letters, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 911–915, 2006
  12. Biomacromolecules, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1149–1153, 2005
  13. Introduction: Combinatorial instruments and techniques
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 76, no. 6, p. 062101, 2005
  14. Robotic dipping system for layer-by-layer assembly of multifunctional thin films
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 76, no. 10, p. 103904, 2005
  15. High-throughput measurement of polymer film thickness using optical dyes
    Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 153–161, 2004
  16. Water-Based Single-Walled-Nanotube-Filled Polymer Composite with an Exceptionally Low Percolation Threshold
    Advanced Materials, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 150–153, 2004
  17. Effect of clay concentration on the oxygen permeability and optical properties of a modified poly(vinyl alcohol)
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 1102–1109, 2004
  18. Combinatorial Development of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
    Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 286–291, 2004
  19. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 362–368, 2003
  20. Interpretations of Indentation Size Effects
    Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol. 69, no. 4, p. 433, 2002
  21. Electrical and mechanical behavior of carbon black-filled poly(vinyl acetate) latex-based composites
    Polymer Engineering & Science, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 1947–1962, 2001
  22. Lowering the percolation threshold of conductive composites using particulate polymer microstructure
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 692–705, 2001
  23. Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 20, no. 16, pp. 1523–1526, 2001
  24. Preparation and evaluation of tungsten tips relative to diamond for nanoindentation of soft materials
    Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 72, no. 6, p. 2804, 2001
  25. Monodisperse latex with variable glass transition temperature and particle size for use as matrix starting material for conductive polymer composites
    Polymer, vol. 42, no. 16, pp. 6913–6921, 2001
  26. Crosslinking of epoxy-modified phenol novolac (EPN) powder coatings: Particle size and adhesion
    Journal of Coatings Technology, vol. 71, no. 10, pp. 135–142, 1999