Prof. Dr. Zainal Arifin Mohd Ishak

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPreparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Materials Engineering
Keywordscyclic oligomers, cyclic butylene terephthalate, continous fiber polymer composites, thermoplastic composites, poly butylene therephthalate

Current contact address

CountryMalaysia
CityPenang
InstitutionUniversiti Sains Malaysia
InstituteSchool of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2005

Programme(s)

2004Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Mohd Ishak, Z. A., Leong, Y. W. Steeg M. and Karger-Kocsis, J.: Mechanical properties of woven glass fabric reinforced in-situ polymerized poly(butylene terephthalate) composites. In: Composites Science and Technology , 2007, 390-398
2006Mohd Ishak, Z. A., Shang, P., Karger-Kocsis, J.,: A modulated DSC study on the in-situ polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers. In: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2006, 637-641
2006Mohd Ishak, Z. A., Gatos, K. G., Karger-Kocsis, J. On the in-situ polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT) oligomers: DSC and rheological behavior. In: Polymer Engineering and Science, 2006, 743-750