University Distinguished Professor,
Ethyl Chaired Professor
Director - Materials Research Institute
E-mail: jmcgrath@vt.edu
Office: 2111 Hahn Hall
Phone: 540-231-5976
Fax: 540-231-8517
Education
B.S. Chemistry, 1956, St. Bernadine of Siena College
M.S. Chemistry, 1964, University of Akron
Ph.D. Polymer Science, 1967, University of Akron
Research Interests
Synthesis and characterization of high performance matrix polymers and
structural adhesives, high-temperature polymer dielectrics for computers,
fire-resistant polymers and composites; and new directly copolymerized
sulfonated aromatic copolymers for proton exchange membranes (fuel cells).
Selected Publications
- Yu Seung Kim, Michael J. Sumner, William L.Harrison, Judy S. Riffle, James E. McGrath and Bryan S. Pivovar, "Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance of Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether benzonitrile) Copolymers" Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 151(2) A2150-A2156 (2004).
- M.A. Hickner, H. Ghassemi, Y.S. Kim and J.E. McGrath, "Alternate Polymer Systems for Proton Exchange Membranes," Chemical Reviews (2004), 104(10), 4587-4611.
- W. Harrison, F. Wang, J.B. Mecham, V. Bhanu, M. Hill, Y.S. Kim, and J. E. McGrath, "Influence of Bisphenol Structure on the Direct Synthesis of Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether copolymers). 1," Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, (2003) Vol. 41, 2264-2276.
- Y.S. Kim, L. Dong, M. Hickner, T.E. Glass, and J.E. McGrath, "State of Water of Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Copolymers and a Perfluoro Sulfonic Acid Copolymer (Nafion) and Its Effect on Physical and Electrochemical Properties," Macromolecules, 36(17), 6281-6285 (2003).
- A. Noshay and J.E. McGrath, "Block Copolymers: Overview and Critical Survey," 520 pages, Academic Press, New York, January 1977.
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