Preliminary Program subject to change
08A05 Polymer Thermodynamics II
OverviewThis session will contain presentations focusing on the thermodynamic phenomena in polymeric systems.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Rajesh Khare
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone Number: (608) 265-4926
Fax Number: (608) 262-5434
Email: khare@che.wisc.edu

CoChair

Vivek M Prabhu
Chemical Engineer
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Polymers Division
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8541
Phone Number: (301) 975-3657
Fax Number: (301) 975-3928
Email: vprabhu@nist.gov
Organic Vapor Sorption by Copolymers of Poly(Styrene-Butadiene) Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Randolph D. Williams, Anant K. Upadhyayulu and Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering, 4202 E. Fowler Ave ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Measurement of the Solubility of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)-Methyl Methacrylate System in Supercritical CO2 and Their Modeling Using Saft
Ratka Damnjanovic1, Naveed Aslam1 and Aydin Sunol2, (1)University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Modelling the Solubility of Chitosan in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide through Saft
Naveed Aslam1, Raquel Carvallo1 and Aydin Sunol2, (1)University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Extrapolating Molecular Models of Thermodynamic Properties to Polymeric Species
Fadime S. Baskaya, The University of Akron, Chemical Engineering Dept., Akron, OH 44325-3906, Neil H. Gray, ChemStations, Inc., 2901 Wilcrest Dr, Suite 305, Houston, TX 77042 and Richard Elliott, University of Akron, Chem Eng Dept, Akron, OH 44325-3906
Predicting Solubilities in Polymer Systems Using Cosmo-Rs
Nasir M. Tukur, S. M. Waziri and Esam Z. Hamad, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Chemical Engineering Dept, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
The Role of Curvature Dependent Free Energy in the Behavior of Polymer Vesicles and Composite Droplets
Kurt A. Smith1, Anna C. Balazs1, David M. Jasnow2 and Mihail Mihailescu1, (1)Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1249 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, (2)Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Computation of the Nonhomogeneous Equilibrium Phase Behavior of a Rigid Rod System
Micah J. Green, Robert A. Brown and Robert C. Armstrong, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25 Ames St., 66-258, Cambridge, MA 02139

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division