Materials

IMS Materials

Our vision, goal and what we do

Siia tuleb sissejuhatav tekst ja sellele järgneb alajaotus teemade kaupa

• Electroactive polymers (Tarmo, Urmas)
• Ionic liquids (Kaija)
• Microfabrication (Anna-Liisa)
• Energy harvest and flow capacitors (Janno)
• Indrek?

Tools we use

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

• potentiostats/galvanostats/frequenzy analyzers
• SEM equipped with EDX
• FT-IR spectrometer
• KF titrator
• chemistry lab equipped for organic synthesis
• glove box
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Research Projects

Ongoing Activities

Igaüks, kellel on projekt, võiks hoolitseda selle eest, et see siin kajastuks

Basic Research

• IUT 2024 - Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Composite Materials and their Applications in Lab-on chip Devices and in Robotics

Applied & Contract Research

• LLTTI17205 - Non-combustible mouldable silicone foams for public transportation seat upholstery
• LLTTI17114 - "Development of reinforced porous concrete"

Past projects

Basic research

• 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

• SLOTI12166T - Soft materials for miniaturizable wearable sensory and feedback application in sports and rehabilitation (01.09.2012 - 30.06.2015)
• ILOTI12052 - "Toodetavate kinga- ja saapapaelte kvaliteedi parendamisele suunatud järeltöötlemistehnoloogiate väljatöötamine" (1.03.2012−30.10.2014)
• LLTTI16014 - "Scannersock (15.01.2016−30.04.2016)
• LLTTI16093 - "Analysis of corroding ship tubing"(4.04.2016−31.05.2016)

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Student projects

• Ioonsed vedelikud elektroatiivsete polümeeride jaoks
• Bioühilduvad elektroaktiivsed polümeerid
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Members

IMS Materials Tartu group

• Tarmo Tamm
• Urmas Johanson
• Kaija Põhako-Esko
• Anna-Liisa Peikolainen
• Janno Torop
• Indrek Must

PhD students (igaüks hoolitseb, et tema omad kirjas oleks)

• Fred Elhi
• Pille Rinne
• Karl Karu
• Kadi-Anne Küppar
• Kaur Leemets
• Alo Kivilo
• Hans Priks

Friends and collaborators

Defended theses

PhD Theses

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Master's Theses

• Kadi-Anne Küppar "Preparation and characterization of biopolymer membranes for electroactive polymers" 2017
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Bachelor's theses

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