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Joao Maia, PhD

Professor
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Develops multi-scale, complex polymer-based materials, using both experimental and computational-based tools.

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Polymer Engineering
  • Polymer Processing
  • Rheology

Research Information

Research Interests

  • Polymer Rheology;
  • Extensional Rheology and Rheometry;
  • Polymer blending and compounding;
  • Reactive processing;
  • Processing of nano-layered polymeric materials;
  • On- and in-line monitoring extrusion-based processes;
  • Multiscale modelling of complex fluids

Publications

  • Leão, R., Jesus, L., Bertuoli, P., Zattera, A., Maia, J. M., Del Menezzi, C. M., Amico, S. M., & Da Luz, S. M. (2020). Production and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals/ acrylonitrile butadiene styrene nanocomposites. Journal of Composite Materials, 54 (27), 4207-4214.
  • Guo, M., Kashfipour, M., Li, Y., Dent, R., Zhu, J., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Structure-Rheology-Property relationships in double-percolated Polypropylene/Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Boron nitride polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology, 198
  • Pandey, V., Chen, T., Guo, M., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Simple and immediate quantitative evaluation of dispersive mixing. Polymer Testing, 88
  • Danda, C., Pandey, V., Schneider, T., Norman, R., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Enhanced Dispersion and Mechanical Behavior of Polypropylene Composites Compounded Using Extension-Dominated Extrusion. International Polymer Processing The Journal of the Polymer Processing Society, 35 (3), 281-301.
  • Schneider, T., Colton, M., McCauley, K., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Microlayer and nanolayer tubing and piping via layer multiplication coextrusion. II. Rheologically mismatched systems. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137 (20).
  • Schneider, T., Danda, C., Ling, G., Colton, M., McCauley, K., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Microlayer and nanolayer tubing and piping via layer multiplication coextrusion. I. Validation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137 (20).
  • Chen, C., Zhu, S., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Phase Control of Polyamide 6 via Extension-Dominated Polymer Blend Reactive Extrusion. Polymer Engineering and Science, 60 (5), 1019-1028.
  • Paiva, F., Hore, M. J., Secchi, A. J., Calado, V. J., Maia, J. M., & Khani, S. M. (2020). Dynamic Interfacial Trapping of Janus Nanorod Aggregates. Langmuir, 36 (15), 4184-4193.
  • Paiva, F., Hore, M. J., Secchi, A. J., Calado, V. J., Maia, J. M., & Khani, S. M. (2020). Dynamic Interfacial Trapping of Janus Nanorod Aggregates. Langmuir, 36 (15), 4184-4193.
  • Lee, S., Morgan, A., Schiraldi, D. A., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Improving the flame retardancy of polypropylene foam with piperazine pyrophosphate via multilayering coextrusion of film/foam composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137 (15).
  • Chen, X., Pandey, V., Carson, S., & Maia, J. M. (2020). Enhanced Dispersive Mixing in Twin-Screw Extrusion via Extension-Dominated Static Mixing Elements of Varying Contraction Ratios. International Polymer Processing The Journal of the Polymer Processing Society, 35 (1), 37-49.
  • De Oliveira, F., Khani, S., Maia, J. M., & Tavares, F. M. (2020). Concentration and Solvent Effects on Structural, Dynamical, and Rheological Properties of Asphaltene Suspensions. Energy and Fuels, 34 (1), 1071-1081.
  • Paiva, F., Secchi, A., Calado, V., Maia, J. M., & Khani, S. M. (2020). Slip and momentum transfer mechanisms mediated by Janus rods at polymer interfaces. Soft Matter, 16 (28), 6662-6672.
  • Maia, J. M., Schneider, T. M., & Danda, K. M. (2019). Microlayer and nanolayer tubing and piping via layer multiplication coextrusion. I. Validation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
  • Maia, J. M., Guo, M. M., & Zhu, S. M. (2019). Carbon nanofiber reinforced Co-continuous HDPE/PMMA composites: Exploring the role of viscosity ratio on filler distribution and electrical/thermal properties. Composites Science and Technology, 184 , 107859.
  • Maia, J. M., & Schneider, T. M. (2019). Microlayer and nanolayer tubing and piping via layer multiplication coextrusion. II. Rheologically mismatched systems. Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
  • Maia, J. M., Paiva, F. M., & Khani, S. M. (2019). Interfacial aggregation of Janus rods in binary polymer blends and their effect on phase separation. The Journal of chemical physics, 151 (11), 114907.
  • Maia, J. M. (2019). Rheological Parameters of Shear-Thickening Fluids Using an Experimental Design. Materials Research, 22 (5).
  • Maia, J. M., & Khani, S. M. (2019). Concentration and solvent effects on structural, dynamical and rheological properties of asphaltene suspensions. Energy & Fuels.
  • Maia, J. M., Guo, M. M., & Chen, C. M. (2019). Effects of structure and processing on the surface roughness of extruded co-continuous poly (ethylene) oxide/ethylene-vinyl acetate blends. Journal of Polymer Engineering.
  • Viveiros, D., Almeida, J., Coelho, L., Vasconcelos, H., Amorim, V., Maia, J. M., & Jorge, P. M. (2019). Spectral Tuning of Long Period Fiber Gratings Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Micromachining through Thermal Annealing. Proceedings, 15 (1).
  • Ishida, H., Safronava, N., Lyon, R., Maia, J. M., & Ishida, H. M. (2018). Enhanced Thermal Property and Flame Retardance via Intramolecular 5-Membered Ring Hydrogen Bond-forming Amide Functional Benzoxazine Resins. Macromolecules (IF=5.914), 51 , 9982-9991.
  • Bin Rusayyis, M., Schiraldi, D. A., & Maia, J. M. (2018). Property/Morphology Relationships in SEBS-Compatibilized HDPE/Poly(phenylene ether) Blends. Macromolecules, 51 (16), 6513-6523.
  • Rivera-Delgado, E., Djuhadi, A., Danda, C., Kenyon, J., Maia, J. M., Caplan, A. M., & Von Recum, H. M. (2018). Injectable liquid polymers extend the delivery of corticosteroids for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Journal of Controlled Release, 284 , 112-121.
  • Boromand, A., Jamali, S., Grove, B., & Maia, J. M. (2018). A generalized frictional and hydrodynamic model of the dynamics and structure of dense colloidal suspensions. Journal of Rheology, 62 (4), 905-918.
  • Lee, S., Tyler, R., Maia, J. M., & Schiraldi, D. A. (2018). Structural interaction and gas barrier properties of ethylene-vinyl alcohol/tin phosphate glass composites. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics.
  • Demori, R., Bischoff, E., De Azeredo, A., Liberman, S., Maia, J. M., & Mauler, R. M. (2018). Morphological, thermo-mechanical, and thermal conductivity properties of halloysite nanotube-filled polypropylene nanocomposite foam. Journal of Cellular Plastics, 54 (2), 217-233.
  • Maia, J. M. (2017). Environmental and technical feasibility of cellulose nanocrystal manufacturing from sugarcane bagasse. Carbohydrate Polymers, 28 , 518-529.
  • Boromand, A., Jamali, S., & Maia, J. M. (2017). Structural fingerprints of yielding mechanisms in attractive colloidal gels. Soft Matter, 13 (2), 458-473.
  • Cudjoe, E., Khani, S., Way, A., Hore, M. J., Maia, J. M., & Rowan, S. M. (2017). Biomimetic Reversible Heat-Stiffening Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Central Science, 3 (8), 886-894.
  • Meemusaw, M., Maia, J. M., Jamieson, A. M., & Magaraphan, R. M. (2017). Structural changes in HDPE produced by in-line plasma-pretreated reactive extrusion. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 199 , 34-42.
  • Lee, P., Maia, J. M., & Pokorski, J. K. (2017). Milling solid proteins to enhance activity after melt-encapsulation. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 533 (1), 254-265.
  • Lee, P., Shukla, S., Wallat, J., Danda, C., Steinmetz, N., Maia, J. M., & Pokorski, J. K. (2017). Biodegradable Viral Nanoparticle/Polymer Implants Prepared via Melt-Processing. ACS Nano, 11 (9), 8777-8789.
  • Maia, J. M. (2017). Rheological and Thermal Behaviors of PLA Modified by Chemical Crosslinking in the Presence of Ethoxylated Bisphenol A Dimethacrylate. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 28 , 102-112.
  • Zhang, H., Lamnawar, K., Maazouz, A., & Maia, J. M. (2016). A nonlinear shear and elongation rheological study of interfacial failure in compatible bilayer systems. Journal of Rheology [01486055], 60 (1), 23-Jan.
  • Gadley, J., Andrade, R., & Maia, J. M. (2016). Effect of Soft-to-Hard Segment Ratio on Viscoelastic Behavior of Model Thermoplastic Polyurethanes during Phase Transitions. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering [14387492], 301 (8), 953-963.
  • Fang, Y., Dulaney, A., Gadley, J., Maia, J. M., & Ellison, C. M. (2016). A comparative parameter study: Controlling fiber diameter and diameter distribution in centrifugal spinning of photocurable monomers. Polymer [00323861], 88 , 102-111.
  • Isarov, S., Lee, P., Towslee, J., Hoffman, K., Davis, R., Maia, J. M., & Pokorski, J. K. (2016). DNA as a flame retardant additive for low-density polyethylene. Polymer [00323861], 97 , 504-514.
  • Situ, S., Cao, J., Chen, C., Abenojar, E., Maia, J. M., & Samia, A. M. (2016). Reactive Extrusion Strategies to Fabricate Magnetite-Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical and Magnetic Hyperthermia Properties. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering [14387492], 301 (12), 1525-1536.
  • CARSON, S., Maia, J. M., & COVAS, J. M. (2016). A New Extensional Mixing Element for Improved Dispersive Mixing in Twin-Screw Extrusion, Part 2: Experimental Validation for Immiscible Polymer Blends: RESEARCH ARTICLE. Advances in Polymer Technology [07306679].
  • Ock, H., Kim, D., Ahn, K., Lee, S., & Maia, J. M. (2016). Effect of organoclay as a compatibilizer in poly(lactic acid) and natural rubber blends. European Polymer Journal [00143057], 76 , 216-227.
  • Yamoum, C., Maia, J. M., & Magaraphan, R. M. (2016). Rheological and thermal behavior of PLA modified by chemical crosslinking in the presence of ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylates: Rheological and Thermal Behaviors of PLA with Bis-EMA Crosslinking. Polymers for Advanced Technologies [10427147], 28 (1), 102-112.
  • Lee, B., Towslee, J., Maia, J. M., & Pokorski, J. K. (2015). PEGylation to Improve Protein Stability During Melt Processing.. Macromolecular bioscience, 15 (10), 1332-7.
  • Silva, J., Andrade, R., Huang, R., Liu, L., Cox, M., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Rheological behavior and structure development in Thermoplastic Polyurethanes under Uniaxial Extensional Flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 222 , 96-103.
  • Liu, L., Scott, C., Winroth, S., Maia, J. M., & Ishida, H. M. (2015). Copolymers based on telechelic benzoxazine with a reactive main-chain and anhydride: monomer and polymer synthesis, and thermal and mechanical properties of carbon fiber composites. RSC Advances, 5 , 16785-16791.
  • Carson, S., COVAS, J., & Maia, J. M. (2015). A New Extensional Static Mixer Concept for Improved Dispersive Mixing in Twin-screw Extrusion. Part 1: Design and Validation. Advanced in Polymer Technology.
  • Zhang, F., Lamnawar, K., Maia, J. M., & Maazouz, A. M. (2015). Experimental considerations on the step shear strain in polymer melts: sources of error and windows of confidence. Rheologica Acta, 54 , 121-138.
  • Fang, Y., Dulaney, A., Gadley, J., Maia, J. M., & Ellison, C. M. (2015). Manipulating characteristic timescales and fiber morphology in simultaneous centrifugal spinning and photopolymerization. POLYMER, 73 , 42-51.
  • Harris, P., Carson, S., Gadley, J., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Multilayer coextrusion of rubber compounds. POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, 55 (7), 1520-1527.
  • Lee, H., & Maia, J. M. (2015). The effect of strain-hardening on the morphology and mechanical and dielectric properties of multi-layered PP foam/PP film. POLYMER, 70 , 173-182.
  • Teixeira, P., Maia, J. M., COVAS, J. M., & Hilliou, L. M. (2015). A Small‐Scale Experimental Extrusion Set‐Up for Exploring Relationships Between Process‐Induced Structures and Characteristics of Multiphase Polymer Systems. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 300 (12), 1278-1289.
  • Jamali, S., Boromand, A., Khani, S., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Gaussian-inspired auxiliary non-equilibrium thermostat (GIANT) for Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulations. Computational Physics Communication, 197 , 27-34.
  • Huang, R., Chari, P., Tseng, J., Zhang, C., Cox, M., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Microconfinement effect on gas barrier and mechanical properties of multilayer rigid/soft thermoplastic polyurethane films. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 13 , 41849.
  • Andrade, R., Weinrich, Z., Ferreira, C., Schiraldi, D. A., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Optimization of melt blending process of nylon 6-POSS: improving mechanical properties of spun fibers. Polymer Engineering and Science, 55 , 1580-1588.
  • Boromand, A., Jamali, S., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Viscosity Measurement Techniques in Dissipative Particle Dynamics. Computational Physics Communication, 196 , 149-160.
  • Khani, S., Jamali, S., Boromand, A., Hore, M. J., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Polymer-mediated nanorod self-assembly predicted by dissipative particle dynamics simulations. SOFT MATTER, 11 (34), 6881-6892.
  • Huang, R., Silva, J., Huntington, B., Patz, J., Andrade, R., Yin, K., Cox, M., Bonnecaze, R., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Co-Extrusion Layer Multiplication of Rheologically Mismatched Polymers: A Novel Processing Route. International Polymer Processing, 3 , 317-330.
  • Jamali, S., Boromand, A., Khani, S., Wagner, N., Yamanoi, M., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Generalized Mapping of Multi-Body Dissipative Particle Dynamics onto Fluid Compressibility and the Flory-Huggins Theory. Journal of Chemical Physics, 142 , 164902.
  • Jamali, S., Boromand, A., Wagner, N., & Maia, J. M. (2015). Microstructure and rheology of soft to rigid shear-thickening colloidal suspensions. Journal of Rheology, 59 (6), 1377-1395.
  • Andrade, R., Huang, R., Herbert, M., Chiaretti, D., Ishida, H., Schiraldi, D., & Maia, J. M. (2014). A Thermo-Rheological Study on the Structure Property Relationships in the Reinforcement of Nylon 6-POSS Blends. Polymer International, 55 , 860-870.
  • Maia, J. M., & Ishida, H. M. (2014). Vinyl Ester-Clay Based Nanocomposites: A Complementary Study of the Vinyl Ester Polymerization by Hyphenated Rheo-FTIR and Separate Rheology /FTIR Measurements. Polymer International, 63 , 521-528.
  • Khani, S., & Maia, J. M. (2014). High strain extensional rheometry of polymer melts: revisiting and improving the Meissner design.. Journal of Rheology, 58 , 869-890.
  • Maia, J. M. (2014). The Influence of Thermo-Mechanical History on Structure Development of Elastomeric and Amorphous Glass Thermoplastic Polyurethanes. Polymer Engineering and Science, 54 , 1383-1393.
  • Maia, J. M. (2014). Improved Surface Generator for the Co-extrusion of Micro- and Nano- Layered Polymers. Polymer Engineering and Science, 54 (636-645).
  • Maia, J. M. (2014). - Epoxy/steel fiber composites – studies on the fiber sedimentation velocity. Journal of Composite Materials, 48 , 3347-3353.
  • Maia, J. M. (2014). In-line particle size assessment of polymer suspensions during processing. Polymer Testing, 37 , 68-77.
  • Herbert, M., Andrade, R., Ishida, H., Maia, J. M., & Schiraldi, D. A. (2013). Multilayered confinement of iPP/TPOSS and nylon 6/APOSS blends. POLYMER, 54 (26), 6992-7003.
  • Dagnon, K., Way, A., Carson, S., Silva, J., Maia, J. M., & Rowan, S. J. (2013). Controlling the Rate of Water-Induced Switching in Mechanically DynamicCellulose Nanocrystal Composites. MACROMOLECULES, 46 (20), 8203-8212.
  • Maia, J. M. (2013). Epoxy/steel fiber composites – studies on the fiber sedimentation velocity. Journal of Composite Materials.
  • Liu, L., Ishida, H., & Maia, J. M. (2013). Vinyl Ester-Clay Based Nanocomposites: A Complementary Study of the Vinyl Ester Polymerization by Hyphenated Rheo-FTIR and Separate Rheology /FTIR Measurements. .
  • Maia, J. M., & Liu, L. M. (2013). The Influence of Thermo-Mechanical History on Structure Development of Elastomeric and Amorphous Glass Thermoplastic Polyurethanes. Polymer Engineering and Science.
  • Maia, J. M. (2013). Distortion of Interfaces in a Multilayer Polymer Co-extrusion Feedblock. , 28 (3), 274-280.
  • Khani, S., & Maia, J. M. (2013). The Lowe-Andersen Thermostat as an Alternative to the Dissipative Particle Dynamics Thermostat in the Mesoscopic Simulation of Entangled Polymers. , 138 , 147903.

Education

Other
Polymer Science and Engineering
University of Minho
2007
PhD
Rheology/Applied Mathematics
University of Wales
1996
Bachelor of Science
Physics Engineering
Technical University of Lisbon
1992