Materials

Goal and motivation of IMS-Materials

Increasing requirements to the properties of new materials challenge to develop novel materials and find new approaches for their fabrication. IMS-Materials is focused on development of materials and in addition to academic basic research, in collaboration with industry, applied and contract research is carried out.

Capabilities

All steps from materials development to device design and fabrication are covered

Equipment

• potentiostats/galvanostats/frequenzy analyzers
• SEM equipped with EDX
• FT-IR spectrometer
• KF titrator
• dynamic mechanical analysis tool
• chemistry lab equipped for organic synthesis
• glove box
• planetary ball mill
• spin-coater
• R&D micro-printing system
• hot-rolling press

Skills

• Electroactive polymers
• Ionic liquids
• Microfabrication
• Energy harvest and flow capacitors
• Electroactive materials for soft robotics

Members

Tarmo Tammsenior research fellow (materials chemistry, polymeric materials)

Urmas Johansonresearcher (electrochemistry)

Kaija Põhako-Eskoresearcher, Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow (chemistry, organic synthesis, ionic liquids)

Anna-Liisa Peikolainenresearcher (carbon materials, chemistry, microfabrication)

Janno Toropresearcher (flow cell supercaps, carbon materials)

Indrek Mustassociate professor

Student projects

List of currently active and timely projects are here

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Portfolio

Selected projects

Basic research

• IUT 2024 - Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Composite Materials and their Applications in Lab-on chip Devices and in Robotics-ongoing
• A-L PUT-ongoing
• MOBTP 10 - Developmnt of biocompatible ionic electromechanically active polymer actuator (01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017)
• ETF9236 - "Development and characterization of conducting polymer based composite materials for electromechanical applications" (1.01.2012−31.12.2015)
• ETF7533 - "Design of conducting polymers of specific properties for promising applications" (1.01.2008−31.12.2011)
• ETF5830 - "Modeling of the specific properties of concuting polymers of technological interest" (1.01.2004−31.12.2007)

Applied & contract research

• LLTTI17205 - Non-combustible mouldable silicone foams for public transportation seat upholstery -ongoing
• LLTTI17114 - "Development of reinforced porous concrete" -ongoing
• "Soft materials for miniaturizable wearable sensory and feedback application in sports and rehabilitation (01.09.2012 - 30.06.2015)
• "Toodetavate kinga- ja saapapaelte kvaliteedi parendamisele suunatud järeltöötlemistehnoloogiate väljatöötamine" (1.03.2012−30.10.2014)
• "Scannersock (15.01.2016−30.04.2016)
• "Analysis of corroding ship tubing"(4.04.2016−31.05.2016)