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Dr. T. Brian Cavitt
Brian Cavitt

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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
RadTech International, North America

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.