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Professor
Textile & Fiber Engineering
College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0295
Phone: (404) 894-2535
FAX:
Email: MALCOLM.POLK@TFE.GATECH.EDU
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Malcolm Polk
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Description
of Research |
Dr. Polk's research is in the areas of synthesis and characterization of liquid crystalline polymers; depolymerization of polyesters and polyamide chitosan graft copolymer systems for non-linear optical applications; and high temperature resistant polymers such as PBO and PBZT. |
Recent
Papers or Publications |
Polk, M., "Structural Investigations on Lewis Acid Mediated Solubilization of Poly (p, Phenylene benzobisthiazole) in an Aprotic Solvent." Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 31, 1965 (1990). Polk, M., "Thermotropic Copolyesters: 3. Synthesis and Characterization of Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters Containing the Bicyclo [2.2.2] Octane Mesogenic Unit," Polymer Communications, Vol. 32 (2), 39 (1991). |
Special
Honors or Awards |
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