Preliminary Program subject to change
08A04 Polymer Thermodynamics I
OverviewThis session focuses on the thermodynamics of polymer systems such as solutions, blends, block and random copolymers, polymers with complex architectures, networks, gels, charged polymers, etc. We accept experimental, theoretical, and molecular-based simulation contributions.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Gerassimos Orkoulas
Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Departmet of Chemical Engineering
5531 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1590
Phone Number: (310) 267-0169
Fax Number: (310) 206-4107
Email: makis@seas.ucla.edu

CoChair

Michael C- Huang
Assistant Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone Number: 973-596-5613
Fax Number: 973-596-8436
Email: mhuang@adm.njit.edu
Finding Simplicity in Complexity: Scaling, Tricriticality, and Crossover in Polymer Solutions
Mikhail A. Anisimov, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, Building 085, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and Jan V. Sengers, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, Building 090, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Evaluation of Energetic and Entropic Contributions to the Free Energy of Oriented Polymer Melts
Tudor C. Ionescu, Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 411 SERF, Knoxville, TN 37996, Brian J. Edwards, The University of Tennessee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Knoxville, TN 37917, David J. Keffer, The University of Tennessee, 617 Dougherty Hall Dougherty Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-2200 and Vlasis Mavrantzas, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Laboratory of Statistical Thermodynamics and Macromolecules, Patras, Greece
Extending Thermodynamic Plasticizer Models to Ionic Liquids
Mustafizur Rahman and Christopher S. Brazel, Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, 126 7th Avenue, Room A127, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203
Study of Single-Site Linear Low- Density Polyethylene Liquids Using Inverese Gas Chromatography and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Mingzong Zhang, Zhehui Liu, Liyan Zhao and Phillip Choi, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G6, Canada
Efficient Modelling of Phase Equilibria of Polydisperse Polymer Systems Using the Saft Equation of State
Nikolaos M.P. Kakalis, Imperial College London, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom and Constantinos C. Pantelides, Imperial College London / Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
High-Pressure Phase Behaviour of the System Linear Low Density Polyethylene + N-Hexane + Ethylene: Experimental Results and Modelling
Ryan Krenz, Virtual Materials Group Inc., 657 Hawkside Mews NW, Calgary, AB T3G 3S1, Canada, Theo W. De Loos, Delft University of Technology, Dept. Chem. Tech., Julianalaan 136, Delft, 2628 Bl, The Netherlands and Robert A. Heidemann, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, AB T2N 1 N4, Canada
Interfacial Properties for Polymer and Copolymer Systems by Density Functional Theory
Dong Fu and Lili Liang, Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, China

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division