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Professor, Physical and Polymer Chemistry
E-mail: rbmoore3@vt.edu
Office: 1103 Hahn Hall
Phone: 540-231-0641
Fax: 540-231-8517
Group Web Pages: http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/moore/morg.html
Education, Honors and Awards
B.S. 1983, Angelo State University, Chemistry
Ph.D. 1988, Texas A&M University, Analytical Chemistry
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Adi Eisenberg, 1989-1990, McGill University, Polymer Physical Chemistry
Research Interests
Professor Moore's current research interests include: nanoscale characterization of ion-containing polymers; morphological and physical property modifications of semicrystalline ionomers; control of morphology-transport property relationships in PEM fuel cell systems via tailored processing procedures and controlled molecular/supramolecular architecture; characterization and control of actuation behavior in nanostructured ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) artificial muscles; small-angle x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the characterization of morphology and dynamics in nanostructured materials; and polymer-based nanocomposites for improved chemical and physical properties.
Selected Publications
- Osborn, S.J.; Hassan, M.K.; Rhodes, D.W.; Mauritz, K.A.; Moore, R.B. "The
Glass Transition Temperature of H+-form Nafion Perfluorosulfonic Acid Ionomers,"
Macromolecules 2007, 40, 3886-3890.
- Page, K.A.; Jarrett, W.; Moore, R.B. "Variable Temperature 19F Solid-State
NMR Study of the Effect of Electrostatic Interactions on Thermally-Stimulated
Molecular Motions in Perfluorosulfonate Ionomers," J. Polym. Sci., Part
B: Polym. Phys. 2007, 45, 2177-2186.
- Page, K.A.; Landis, F.A.; Phillips, A.K.; Moore, R.B. "SAXS Analysis of
the Thermal Relaxation of Anisotropic Morphologies in Oriented Nafion® Membranes,"
Macromolecules 2006, 39, 3939.
- Page, K.A.; Cable K.M.; Moore, R.B. "Molecular Origins of the Thermal Transitions
and Dynamic Mechanical Relaxations in Perfluorosulfonate Ionomers," Macromolecules
2005, 38, 6472.
- Phillips, A.K.; Moore, R.B. "Ionic Actuators Based on Novel Sulfonated
Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer Membranes," Polymer 2005,
46, 7788.
- Mauritz, K.A.; Moore, R.B. "State of Understanding of Nafion," Chemical
Reviews 2004, 104(10), 4535.
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