ACCIS CDT student Konstantina's winning presentation was titled 'Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Composite Electrospun Polystyrene Nanofibres with Incorporated Cellulose Nanocrystals'.
The presentation was about the morphology and tensile properties of electrospun polystyrene fibres, and how these correlate with the fracture properties of composite laminates. Konstantina looked at fibrous veils of random and aligned orientation, and the fibres themselves varied between pure polystyrene and polystyrene with incorporated cellulose nanocrystals.
Konstantina said: “I am quite excited about this! It’s been a long way and this past year has been especially hard, so it was definitely a nice surprise!”
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