应四川大学环保型高分子材料国家地方联合工程实验室的邀请，2017年10月20日，凯斯西储大学高分子工程系主任David A. Schiraldi教授与他的学生Kim DeGracia来实验室进行为期一天的SCU-CWRU双边高分子科学交流会。上午8:30，David A. Schiraldi教授在化学馆321报告厅做了题为“Bio-based Flame Retardants for Polyolefins”的学术报告。除了本实验室的老师及同学，报告会也吸引到了其他学院的教师和研究生。 报告会开始前，实验室主任王玉忠教授介绍了David A. Schiraldi 教授的简历及学术成果——作为气凝胶/黏土体系的开创者，David A. Schiraldi 教授做了许多开创性的研究，取得了一系列的优异成果，其卓有成效的科研工作发表在Advanced Materials，Advanced functional materials，Green Materials，Biomacromolecules和Macromolecules 等著名国际化学期刊。王玉忠教授代表实验室对Schiraldi教授一行的远道而来表示了热烈的欢迎。
Schiraldi教授的报告主要是关于其课题组近期在生物基阻燃剂阻燃聚烯烃方面的研究进展，着重介绍了天然成炭剂单宁，通过将其涂覆在聚烯烃气凝胶表面，可赋予材料优异的阻燃性能。此外，Schiraldi 教授还系统地介绍了其课题组利用其他生物基材料，如海藻酸钠、鱼明胶等在阻燃应用领域的研究进展。
此次学术活动中，Schiraldi 教授本室先后有十几位博士生和几名硕士研究生分别就个人的研究工作以口头报告和Poster的形式做了专题报告，对自己的研究课题进行了详细的汇报展示，并充分开展了交流和讨论，Schiraldi教授认真听取了研究生的报告，并逐一进行了评点，并提出了宝贵的意见和建议。本实验室工作的展示受到了Schiraldi教授的特别关注和充分认可。
本次学术交流活动提升了实验室同学的英语口语表达能力，扩展了同学们的研究思路与视野，促进了双方课题组的学术交流，为今后进一步的科研合作奠定了更坚实的基础。
报告专家介绍
David Anthony Schiraldi, Ph.D. Peter A. Asseff，Ph.D., professor of Organic Chemistry in the Case School of Engineering & Chair Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering Case Western Reserve University, visiting professor of CCP-UPC Barcelona, Spain and The Petroleum and Petrochemical College Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. He has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows, whom are nominated by their peers and selected for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the sciences and for providing excellent volunteer service to the ACS community. He is also a member of ACS PMSE Executive Board and on the editorial board of over a dozen of international journals, including Silicon, Macromolecules and Macro Letts, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, etc. Professor Schiraldi is recognized for two decades of industrial polymer work contributing to the development and understanding of polymer/clay aerogels-materials of both academic and commercial interest. With over 20 years of experience on various bio-based materials (aerogels, polyether, composite and hybrid), he has published over 180 papers in journals (H-Index 33；3800 citations). His fruitful works on aerogels/clay have been highlighted in international top journal, Nature and Polymer Reviews.
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