Dr. T. Brian Cavitt
Contact Information:
Office: Foster Science Building Rm 113
Address: ACU Box 28132, Abilene, TX 79699
Phone: 325-674-2176
Fax: 325-674-6988
| Education | B.S. Abilene Christian University, 1998 Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi, 2002 Field: Polymer Science Advisor: Dr. Charles Hoyle |
| Honors | 1998 - ACU Paul C. Witt Award in Chemistry 2002 - Elias Singer Award, Water-Borne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium |
Professional Organizations | The American Chemical Society Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology |
Editorial Board | Dr. Cavitt serves as co-editor-in-chief of The RadTech Report published by RadTech International, North America. Co-Chair of the Electronics Focus Group for RadTech International, North America. |
| Research | Photopolymerizations; Photochemistry; Kinetics; Biomaterials; Coatings. |
| Recent Publications | Mullings, M.E., Walker, C.D., McDonough, A., Cavitt, T.B. "Photochemical Elucidation and Application of the Molecular Interaction of Isopropylthioxanthone with Maleic Anhydride to Three-Component Photoinitiators." Journal of Coatings Technology Research, (accepted for publication). Anderson, J.A., Hardgrove, E., Cavitt, T.B., and Reeves, P.C. "Photoinitiation of Multifunctional Acrylates via Ferrocene-Alkyl Chloride Charge Transfer Complexes." Journal of Coatings Technology Research. March 2007. Cavitt, T.B., Phillips, B., Hoyle, C.E., Pan, B., Hait, S.B., Viswanathan, K., Jonsson, S. "Photopolymerization of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate initiated by three-component systems based on N-arylphthalimides," J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 42(16), 4009, 2004. Cavitt, T.B., Hoyle, C.E., Kalyanaraman, V., Jonsson, S. "Initiation of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate polymerization by three-component photoinitiators incorporating 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride," Polymer, 45(4), 1119, 2004. Cavitt, T.B., Phillips, B., Daniels, C., Nguyen, C.K., Hoyle, C.E., Jonsson, S., Kalyanaraman, V., "Cosynergist Effect upon the Photoinitiation of Acrylates via Phthalimide Derivatives," Photoinitiated Polymerization, Washington, D.C., Oxford University Press, 41, 2003. Nguyen, C.K., Smith, R.S., Cavitt, T.B., Hoyle, C.E., Jonnson, S., Pappas, S.P., "Sensitized Photopolymerization of Acrylate Systems Using 2,3-Substituted Maleimides, " Photoinitiated Polymerization, Washington, D.C., Oxford University Press, 27, 2003. |
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