Prof. Fei You
Nanjing Tech University, China
Title: Using bio-based materials for flame retardant practices
Abstract:
Smart and functional textiles, wind power generation and electric transmission are three typical sustainable fields for future societies. But they all face industry pain points, i.e., emerging and complex fire situations. It is important to develop smart fire-proofing and flame retardant materials to ensure their long-term, adaptive, green and safe applications and operations. In this sense, biomass or bio-based substances used for flame retardants mainly including carbonhydrate, protein, lipid and phenolic categories are firstly summarized. Then, their advantages, disadvantages, application criteria/strategies/solutions/industrialization potentials, flame retardant mechanisms are analyzed. Secondly, based on the principles and concepts of bionics, approaches to derive enhanced fire-retardant design inspiration from natural vegetation are explored. Inherent material properties, structural configurations, activation mechanisms, and functional effects, are encompassed. Thirdly, research progresses of our previous successful bio-based flame retardant cotton fabrics are displayed and referred to. Fourthly, prospects of using bio-based flame retardants for developing novel smart and functional materials in especially the above mentioned fields are forecasted.
Biography:
Dr., Prof. Fei You got PhD in Engineering Discipline of Safety Technology and Engineering in 2008 from State Key Laboratory of Fire Science at University of Science and Technology of China. He was a visiting scholar of University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His interdisciplinary research interests include: Evolution properties and mechanisms of special fires and related key protection technologies in traditional and sustainable energies like smart grid, wind/coal/WEEE power generations; Preparations, characterizations and applications of multi-functional inorganic-organic hybrid and composite materials. He has been recognized for his contributions with over 10 scientific awards including the Second Prize of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (ranked 1/6) by China Invention Association, the Individual Innovation Award of China Industry-University-Research Cooperation, and selection as a High-level Talent under Jiangsu Province's Six Talent Peaks Program. Currently serving as Vice President of Beijing New Materials Technology Association and holding 10+ professional roles, he has published 130+ SCI papers in CAS Q1/Q2 journals, authored/co-authored 10 academic books, and led 70+ national/vertical projects and Fortune 500 enterprise-level collaborations. With 20+ invention patents granted/received in China, the U.S., and Belgium, he has provided technical consulting to 70+ high-tech institutions.