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Properties of novel Magnetorheological Elastomers.

Danny Luna

I study the magnetic properties of Magnetorheological Elastomers. My main interest is to better understand the magnetic anisotropy. Samples under study are hard magnetic soft materials such as strontium ferrite PDMS composites (in collaboration with Amanda Oiveira, and Drs. Wei Li and James Yang of Texas Tech University). This material belongs to a class of materials referred to as magnetorheological elastomers. Their elastic modulus can be controlled by an externally applied magnetic field, very similar to how the viscoosity of a magnetorheological fluid can be controlled by a magnetic field. Magnetorheological elastomers are being studied for application in vibration reduction, isolation, and absorption devices, actuators including artificial muscles, and novel sensors. My research is focussed in understanding the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic reversal.

Presentations:
[1] Danny Luna, Camilla Belduque, Harrison Thramann, Subash Panta, Liam Omer, Tanjina N. Ahmed, Jitendra Tate, Wilhelmus J. Geerts, “Magnetic 3D Printing Filament Development and Printing Methods”, 2021-Fall TSAPS Meeting October 21-23, University of Houston, Clear Lake.
[2] Amanda Oliveira, Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem, Danny Luna, Wilhelmus J. Geerts, Wei Li, James Yang, “Magnetic Properties of PDMS Embedded with Strontium Ferrite Particles Cured Under Different Magnetic Field Conditions”, accepted, oral presentation, joint MMM-Intermag 2022, January 2022, New Orleans.

Publications:
[1] Amanda Oliveira, Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem, Danny Luna, Wilhelmus J. Geerts, Wei Li, James Yang, “Magnetic Properties of PDMS Embedded with Strontium Ferrite Particles Cured Under Different Magnetic Field Conditions”, AIP Advances 5 (2022) 035121. DOI-link

Danny graduated in December 2021.