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Kittipong Saetia Chemical Engineering Grad Student |
Reactive Multilayer Thin Films for
Protection Against Acutely Toxic Agents
The preliminary aim of my work is to utilize a Spray-LbL technique
to create functionalized multilayer thin films for protection against
acutely toxic agents. Two types of targeted toxic compounds are
biological agents and toxic industrial chemicals. This project builds on
a previous work focused on fabricating reactive coatings for protection
against chemical warfare agents. An automated Spray-LbL technology
developed by our group has been demonstrated to reduce typical LbL
process times by 25-fold while allowing for uniform coating of a wide
variety of substrates at a nanometer scale. The focus of the project is
to create reactive coatings which will provide protection against
biological agents and toxic industrial chemicals in the battlefield or
wherever a need is identified. These coatings can be used to coat
surfaces such as filters, uniforms, and personal items. Electroactive Layer-by-Layer Films for Controlled
Release and Mechanomutability.
