Preliminary Program subject to change
08A07 Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces II
OverviewThis session focuses on fundamental studies on the structural and thermodynamic properties of polymer thin films and two-dimensional composites. Experimental contributions shall emphasize quantitative characterizations of thin film morphology and its connection to the material performance. Theoretical work and molecular simulations are expected to provide useful insights into structure formation and fabrication by design.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Erin Jablonski
Department of Chemical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone Number: (570) 577-1644
Fax Number: (570) 577-1141
Email: ejablons@bucknell.edu

CoChair

Jianzhong Wu
Assistant Professor
University of California at Riverside
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
A317 Bourns Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone Number: (909) 787 2413
Fax Number: (909) 787 5696
Email: jwu@engr.ucr.edu
Equilibrium Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymer Thin Films
Rachel A. Segalman, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462 and Bradley D. Olsen, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 201 D Gilman, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
Mixed Lamellae of Symmetric Diblock Copolymer Thin Films
Dong Meng, Department of Chemical Engineering, Coloraldo State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and Qiang Wang, Department of Chemical Engineering, Coloraldo State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Shear Alignment of Spherical-Phase Block Copolymer Thin Films
Mingshaw W. Wu, Dan E. Angelescu, Douglas H. Adamson, Paul M. Chaikin and Richard A. Register, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Surface Energy Effects in Triblock Copolymer Thin Films
Thomas H. Epps III and Michael J. Fasolka, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Mail Stop 8542, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Monte Carlo Simulations and Self-Consistent Mean Field Theory of Polyelectrolyte Brushes
Owen J. Hehmeyer, Princeton University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton, NJ 08544, Gaurav Arya, Department of Chemistry and The Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, 31 Washington Place, Room 1021 Main, New York, NY 10003 and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Princeton University, A223 Engineering Quad., Princeton, NJ 08544
Determination of Interfacial Properties of Polysiloxane-Water Systems Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Ahmed E. Ismail, Gary S. Grest, David R. Heine, Mark J. Stevens and Mesfin Tsige, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 1411, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1411
Strong Charge Inversion and Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Flexible Polyelectrolytes from Self-Consistent Field Calculations
Qiang Wang, Colorado State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Surface Tension of Low Molecular Weight Alkanes by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Chunli Li and Phillip Choi, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G6, Canada
Surface Morphology and Interfacial Properties of Lubricant Nanofilms
Qian Guo, Satoru Izumisawa, Haigang Chen and Myung S. Jhon, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division