Professional biography:

Research Fellow University of Bolton, UK 2006/05 – 

PhD Inorganic Chemistry  Marquette University, USA 2002/08 – 2006/04

BSc (Hons) Chemistry University of Zimbabwe 1997/03 – 2000/05

Current research interests:

• Synthesis and characterisation of low dimensional inorganic-organic hybrid nanostructured materials
• Synthesis and characterisation of polymer nanocomposites
• Fabrication and testing of fibre reinforced polymer composites
• Global kinetics modeling of mass loss from thermal degradation of polymeric materials
• Predictive modeling of mechanical property degradation of fibre reinforced composites at elevated temperatures/heat flux

Most recent publications:

Kandare, E.; Kandola, B. K.; Staggs, J. E. J. Global kinetics of thermal degradation of flame-retarded epoxy resin formulations. Poly. Degrad. Stab. 2007, 92, 1778.

Kandare, E.; Hossenlopp, J. M. Thermal Degradation of Acetate-Intercalated Hydroxy Double and Layered Hydroxy Salts. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45,3766.

Kandare, E.; Chigwada, G.; Wang, D.; Wilkie, C. A.; Hossenlopp, J. M. Probing Synergism, Antagonism, and Additive Effects in Poly(vinyl ester) (PVE) Composites with Fire Retardants Poly. Degrad. Stab 2006, 91, 1209.

Kandare, E.; Chigwada, G.; Wang, D.; Wilkie, C. A.; Hossenlopp, J. M. Nanostructured Layered Copper Hydroxy Dodecyl Sulfate: A Potential Fire Retardant for Poly(vinyl ester) (PVE). Poly. Degrad. Stab. 2006,91,1781.

Kandare,E.; Deng, H.; Wang,D.; Hossenlopp, J.M. Thermal Stability and Degradation Kinetics of Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Layered Copper Hydroxy methacrylate Composites. Poly.Adv. Tech. 2006, 17,321.6 Kandare, E.; Hossenlopp, J.M.Hydroxy Double Salt Anion Exchange Kinetics: Effects of Precursor Structure and Anion Size. J. Phys.Chem. B 2005 109,8469