Chau K. Nguyen
ckn@www.psrc.usm.edu

Research:

   Synthesis and characterization of 2,3-substituted N-substituted maleimides for use in UV curing of acrylic systems.  Characterization of the effects of triplet sensitization of substituted maleimides in the photopolymerization of multifunctional acrylates, thiol-ene systems and polyester powder coatings.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Cole, M.C., Bachemin, M.A., Viswanathan, K., Nguyen, C.K. and Hoyle, C.E., “Maleimides as a Photoinitiating Comonomer in Thiol-Ene Coatings”,  Submitted to Journal of Coatings Technology 2000.

Jönsson, S., Viswanathan, K., Hoyle, C.E., Clark, S.C., Miller, C.W., Nguyen, C.K., Zhao, W., Shao, L., Morel, F., Decker, C., “Recent Development in Free Radical Photopolymerization:  Direct and Sensitized Excitation of Maleimides”, J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 13(1), 125-143,  2000.

Yang, D., Viswanathan, K., Nguyen C.K., Shier, E., Hoyle, C.E., Belfield, K., Lindgren, K. and Jönsson, S., “Mechanistic Aspects of Donor Structure in Maleimide/Donor Photo-Copolymerizations”,  RadTech Asia Conference Proceedings  2000.

Hoyle, C.E., Cole, M.C., Nguyen, C.K., Bachemin, M.A., Yoder, B., Kuang, W., Viswanathan, K., Bowman, C., Cramer, N. and Jönsson, S., “Thiol-Ene Photopolymerization:  With and Without Photoinitiators”, RadTech Asia Conference Proceedings  2000.

Nguyen, C.K., Smith, R.S., Viswanathan, K., Cole, M.C., Cavitt, T.B, Hoyle, C.E. and Jönsson, S.,  “Photopolymerization of Substituted Maleimides in Comparison to Conventional Photoinitiators”, 4th National Graduate Polymer Research Conference, Hattiesburg, MS  June 2000.

 Cavitt, T.B., Hoyle, C.E., Nguyen, C.K., Viswanathan, K. and Jönsson, S., “Photopolymerization of Acrylics Using Substituted Maleic Anhydrides”, 4th National Graduate Polymer Research Conference, Hattiesburg MS  June 2000.

Cole, M.C., Bachemin, M.A., Viswanathan, K., Nguyen, C.K., Cavitt, T.B. and Hoyle, C.E., “Photoinitiatorless Photopolymerizations of Thiol-ene Formulations”, 4th National Graduate Polymer Research Conference, Hattiesburg MS  June 2000.

T. Brian Cavitt, Hoyle, C.E., Nguyen, C.K., Viswanathan, K. and Jönsson, S.,  “Sensitized Photopolymerization of Maleic Anhydride/Acrylate System”, RadTech North America Conference Proceedings, 785-794,  2000.

Cole, M.C., Bachemin, M.A., Nguyen, C.K., Viswanathan, K., Hoyle, C.E., Hall, H.K. and Jönsson, S.,  “Photoinitiatorless Photopolymerization Involving Monomers That Form Charge Transfer Complexes”, RadTech North America Conference Proceedings, 211-220,  2000.

Nguyen, C.K., Johnson, A.T., Clark, S.C., Viswanathan, K., Hoyle, C.E., Jönsson, S., Pappas, S.P., Kottmair, E. and Shao, L.  “Sensitized Photopolymerization of Acrylic Systems Using Substituted Maleimides”, RadTech North America Conference Proceedings, 196-210,  2000.

Hoyle, C.E., Nguyen, C.K., Johnson, A.T., Clark, S.C., Viswanathan, K., Miller, C.W., Jönsson, S., Hill, D., Zhao, W., and Shao, L. “Sensitized Photopolymerization of Maleimide/Acrylate Systems”.   Berlin, Germany RadTech Europe Conference Proceedings, 455-460, 1999.

Hoyle, C.E., Viswanathan, K., Clark, S.C., Miller, C.W., Nguyen, C.K., Jönsson, S. and
Shao, L., “Sensitized Polymerization of an Acrylate/Maleimide System”.  Macromolecules 32, 2793-2795, 1999.

Nguyen, C.K., Viswanathan, K., Miller, C.W., Johnson, A. T., Xia, W., Hoyle, C.E. and Jönsson, S., “Sensitized Photopolymerization of Acrylic Systems Using N-Substituted Maleimides”.  Polymer Preprints, 40(2),936-937,  1999.

Nguyen, C.K. and Hoyle, C.E., “Sensitized Photopolymerization of Acrylic Systems Using N-Substituted Maleimides”. Gordon Research Conference, Physics and Chemistry of Coatings and Films. New London, NH  July  1999.
 

Education:

University of Florida
Gainesville FL 32611
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, emphasis in polymers
May ’95