Keynote: Colorless Liquid Polyimides for Flexible Displays Applications
Abstract
Polyimides are highly sought materials for various displays applications. Their high thermal and chemical stability makes them well studied and suited for flexible top emission display substrate applications. However, current OLED display applications requires colorless polyimides given the market’s interest flexible and bezel-free full display smartphones. There are a number of strategies that may be used to obtain clear polyimides, however, balancing low optical with high thermal and mechanical properties is significantly more challenging. I will discuss our latest development of colorless polyimides for flexible displays applications.
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Academic History
B.S. (Honors) Chemistry - Ithaca College -1990
PhD in Inorganic Chemistry - University of California, San Diego 1995
Postdoctoral Fellow – MIT 1995-1998
DuPont – 1998-present
Technical Expertise: Organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry; design and synthesis of organometallic and organic materials for optical applications; design of colorless polyimides for displays applications.
Other Professional Activities: Nora has served ACS at a local and national level since 2000 and she is a Fellow of the ACS. Some of her leadership roles include Alternate Councilor of ACS Delaware Local Section (2007-2019), Councilor of Division of Inorganic Chemistry (2000-2002) ; ACS National Meeting Symposium Organizer(2004, 2015-2018); Division of Inorganic Chemistry Program Chair (2010-present); ACS Science Coach (2013-2018); Member of the Editorial Advisory Board Member of the journal ACS Central Science (2015-2018). She has also chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (2007) and initiated the Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Organometallic Chemistry (2006-2007).
Kim McLoughlin Senior Research Engineer, Global Materials Science Braskem
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Kim drives technology programs at Braskem to develop advanced polyolefins with improved recyclability and sustainability. As Principal Investigator on a REMADE-funded collaboration, Kim leads a diverse industry-academic team that is developing a process to recycle elastomers as secondary feedstock. Kim has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell. She is an inventor on more than 25 patents and applications for novel polyolefin technologies. Kim is on the Board of Directors of SPE’s Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division, where she has served as Education Chair and Councilor.
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Gamini has a BS and PhD from Purdue University in Materials Engineering and Sustainability. He joined Penn State as a Post Doctorate Scholar in 2020 prior to his professorship appointment. He works closely with PA plastics manufacturers to implement sustainability programs in their plants.
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Tom Giovannetti holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Tulsa and for the last 26 years has worked for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company. Tom started his plastics career by designing various injection molded products for the chemical industry including explosion proof plugs and receptacles, panel boards and detonation arrestors for 24 inch pipelines. Tom also holds a patent for design of a polyphenylene sulfide sleeve in a nylon coolant cross-over of an air intake manifold and is a Certified Plastic Technologist through the Society of Plastic Engineers. Tom serves on the Oklahoma Section Board as Councilor, is also the past president of the local Oklahoma SPE Section, and as well serves on the SPE Injection Molding Division board.
Joseph Lawrence, Ph.D. Senior Director and Research Professor University of Toledo
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Dr. Joseph Lawrence is a Research Professor and Senior Director of the Polymer Institute and the Center for Materials and Sensor Characterization at the University of Toledo. He is a Chemical Engineer by training and after working in the process industry, he has been engaged in polymers and composites research for 18+ years. In the Polymer Institute he leads research on renewably sourced polymers, plastics recycling, and additive manufacturing. He is also the lead investigator of the Polyesters and Barrier Materials Research Consortium funded by industry. Dr. Lawrence has advised 20 graduate students, mentored 8 staff scientists and several undergraduate students. He is a peer reviewer in several journals, has authored 30+ peer-reviewed publications and serves on the board of the Injection Molding Division of SPE.
Matt Hammernik Northeast Account Manager Hasco America
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Matt Hammernik serves as Hasco America’s Northeast Area Account Manager covering the states Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. He started with Hasco America at the beginning of March 2022. Matt started in the Injection Mold Industry roughly 10 years ago as an estimator quoting injection mold base steel, components and machining. He advanced into outside sales and has been serving molders, mold builders and mold makers for about 7 years.
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