Dr. Martina Prambauer is a researcher and project leader at the TCKT in Wels. From 2014 to 2017 she worked at the TCKT in the field of natural fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites in the scope of her PhD thesis. In 2017 she received her doctor’s degree at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) with the thesis: “Fabrication and Characterization of structural thermoplastic composites, reinforced with paper layers”. Before that she studied Chemical Engineering at the JKU and graduated with a diploma thesis about the synthesis and characterization of polyphosphazens for tissue engineering applications in cooperation with the TCKT.
Her work comprises different topics in the field of thermoplastic polymers including composite materials and biopolymers. She is also responsible for the characterization of plastics by gas chromatography at the TCKT. In the frame of her scientific work she has already published 6 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals and she could also contribute with approx. 10 conference papers to several international conferences and seminars.
Selected publications:
- The influence of paper type on the properties of structural paper – Polypropylene composites, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; Composites: Part A 74 (2015) 107–113;
- Mechanical properties of structural paper-polypropylene composite laminates, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; Materials Science Forum 825-826 (2015) 11-18;
- Utilizing paper as a sustainable reinforcement material in thermoplastic composite laminates, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; BiPoCo 2016 – 3rd International Conference on Bio-Based Polymers and Composites, Szeged, Ungarn, 28. August-1. September 2016
- Evaluation of Environmental Influences on the Durability of Thermoplastic Laminates, Reinforced with Paper Sheets, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; MoDeSt 2016 – The 9th International Conference on Modification, Degradation and Stabilization of Polymers, Krakau, Polen, 4.-8. September 2016
- Evaluation of the interfacial properties of polypropylene composite laminates, reinforced with paper sheets, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; Composites: Part A 88 (2016) 59–66;
- Using paper as reinforcement material in thermoplastic composites: laminate fabrication and characterization, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; Conference Paper ECCM17 – 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, München, Deutschland, 26-30th June 2016
- Paper As Reinforcement In Thermoplastic Composites: Characterization Of Porosity, Crystallinity And Water Uptake, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; ICNF2017 – 3rd International Conference on Natural Fibers, Braga, Portugal, 21.-23. Juni 2017
- Influence of Paper Content and Matrix Selection on the Porosity, Crystallinity and Water Uptake of Thermoplastic Paper Composites, Martina Prambauer, Christian Paulik, Christoph Burgstaller; Journal of Polymers and the Environment (2017), in press
