Preliminary Program subject to change
02D14 Diffusion in Polymers II
OverviewPapers in the area of diffusion in polymers and membranes are sought. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, gas, vapor and liquid diffusion in polymers and membranes; multicomponent diffusion in polymers; and membrane-based separations.
Primary SponsorMembrane-Based Separations (02d)
Co-Sponsor(s)Polymers (08a)

Chair

G. Glenn Lipscomb
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
University of Toledo
Mail Stop 305
Toledo, OH 43606
Phone Number: 419-530-8088
Fax Number: 419-530-8086
Email: glenn.lipscomb@utoledo.edu

CoChair

David Venerus
IIT
CHE Dept 10 W. 33rd St.
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone Number: (312)567-5177
Email: venerus@iit.edu

* Membership Number 0000104115
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Structure, Thermodynamic, Dynamic and Hydrocarbon Permeability Properties of Silicon-Containing Elastomers with Promising Membrane Material Behavior
Ioannis G. Economou, Zoi A. Makrodimitri and Vasilios E. Raptis, Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
Determination of Oxygen Diffusivity(D) and Solubility(k) of a Highly Oxygen-Permeable Soft Contact Lens
Mahendra Chhabra, Michael W. Tsiang, Clayton J. Radke and John M. Prausnitz, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, 201 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
Multicomponent Transport of Water and Methanol in Nafion®
Daniel T. Hallinan Jr. and Yossef A. Elabd, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Computational Study of Water and Toxins Permeability in Sulfonated Sibs Copolymers
Jan Andzelm1, James Sloan1, Eugene Napadensky1, Dawn Crawford1 and David Rigby2, (1)US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD 21005, (2)Accelrys, 10188 Telesis Ct, San Diego, CA 92121-4779
Translational and Rotational Diffusion of Globular Protein in Concentrated Polymer Solutions
Lin Fu1, Brian Pethica1, Carlos R. N. Pacheco2 and Robert K. Prud'homme1, (1)Chemical engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, (2)Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
A Novel Universal Diffusion Model for Gas and Solvent Molecules in Polymer
Hidenori Ohashi and Takeo Yamaguchi, Chemical System Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
Increased Mobility in Polypropylene at Intermediate Stereochemical Compositions by Dynamical Monte Carlo
Numan Waheed and Wayne L. Mattice, Institute of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3909

Separations Division