{"id":361,"date":"2011-01-26T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:13:35","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our research concerns \u202fprocessing-structure-property relationships of polymers and composites. Specifically, we design processing strategies to attain hierarchical structures in these materials\u202fto\u202fimprove properties\u202fand\u202fhave discovered\u202fscalable processing methods to produce unusual structures. Additionally, we work with bioderived materials to produce composites with reduced environmental impact and examine the effects of extreme environments on polymer properties.\u202f\u202fOur recent projects include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><em>Auxetic Structures<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Polymer Composites Containing Cellulosic Nanomaterials<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Polymer Nanocomposites for Space Applications<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Polymeric Materials for Additive Manufacturing<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Robust Membranes for Separation of Black Liquor<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research concerns \u202fprocessing-structure-property relationships of polymers and composites. Specifically, we design processing strategies to attain hierarchical structures in these materials\u202fto\u202fimprove properties\u202fand\u202fhave discovered\u202fscalable processing methods to produce unusual structures. Additionally, we work with bioderived materials to produce composites with reduced environmental impact and examine the effects of extreme environments on polymer properties.\u202f\u202fOur recent projects include: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2782,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361\/revisions\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}