Preliminary Program subject to change
08A10 Diffusion in Polymers I
OverviewPapers in the general area of diffusion in polymers are sought. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, gas, vapor and liquid diffusion in polymers; multicomponent diffusion in polymers; membrane-based separations; molecular simulations, continuum modeling, and theory of diffusion in polymers; novel experimental techniques for measuring diffusion phenomena; physics of macromolecular dynamics.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Yossef A. Elabd
Assistant Professor
Drexel University
Dept of Chemical Engineering
3141 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone Number: 215-895-0986
Fax Number: 215-895-5837
Email: elabd@drexel.edu

CoChair

Peter Ludovice


Email: pete.ludovice@che.gatech.edu
Barrier Films with High Concentrations of Aligned Impermeable Flakes
Edward L. Cussler Jr., Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, 151 Amundson Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and Quan Liu, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, 151 Amundson Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Gas Barrier Properties of Polymeric Films with Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Coatings for Food Packaging Applications
Matteo Minelli1, Maria Grazia De Angelis2, Marco Giacinti Baschetti1, Ferruccio Doghieri1 and Giulio C Sarti1, (1)University of Bologna, Via Terracini 34, Bologna, Italy, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 34, Bologna, Italy
Configurational Diffusion of Small Molecules through Nano-Confined Polymers
Amit Kumar, Raul F. Lobo and Norman J. Wagner, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716
Dual Mode Transport with Finite Hole-Filling Kinetics in Glassy Polymers
Juchen Guo, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and Timothy Barbari, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2111
Diffusion in Polymeric Systems: Arrhenius and Free-Volume Equivalance
Narayan Ramesh, High Performance Polymers Technology, GE Advanced Materials, One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 and J. L. Duda, Chemical Engineering, Penn State Univ, 165 Fenske lab, University Park, PA 16802
Deliquescence, Diffusion, and Crystal Nucleation in Levitated Polyethylene Oxide
Adam P. Olsen, Richard C. Flagan and Julia A. Kornfield, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
Experimental and Theroretical Investigation of Multicomponent Solvent Removal from Semicrystalline Polymers
Sim-Siong Wong, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, Sacide Alsoy Altinkaya, Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce Koyu, Urla-Izmir, 35437, Turkey and Surya K. Mallapragada, Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 144 Spedding Hall, Ames, IA 50011
An Improved Polarographic Apparatus to Determine Oxygen Permeability (Dk), Diffusivity (D), and Solubility (K) of Highly Oxygen-Permeable Contact Lenses
Mahendra Chhabra and Clayton J. Radke, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, 201 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division