| This session will cover a broad assortment of topics within polymer science and chemical engineering, with the common theme of polymer networks, gels, and elastomers. Topics pertaining to network/gel/elastomer synthesis, structural characterization, physical properties, crosslinking/curing reactions and kinetics, processing, and other related subjects are appropriate. Presentations can include research in elastomers, model polymer networks, chemical and physical gels, biopolymer networks, interpenetrating networks, and other lightly crosslinked materials. Papers presenting experimental results, simulations, and theoretical/modeling are equally welcome. |
Dynamic Prediction of Microstructure and Molecular Size in Coordination Terpolymerizations Including Cross-Linking and Branching
Rolando C. S. Dias, LSRE - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Quinta de S. Apolónia, Bragança, 5300, Portugal and Mário Rui P. F. N. Costa, LSRE - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Roberto Frias s/n, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal |
Stress Generation by Solvent Absorption and Wrinkling of a Cross-Linked Coating Atop a Viscous or Elastic Base
Soumendra K. Basu, Alon V. McCormick, L. F. Francis and L. E. Scriven, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
Photopolymerization and Structure Formation of Methacrylic Acid Based Hydrogels in Water/Ethanol Mixture
Hongyan He1, Ling Li2 and L. James Lee1, (1)Ohio State University, 140 west 19th. Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Henkel Corp, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 |
Effects of Polymers on the Structure and Deposition Behavior of Waxy Gels
Jack F. Tinsley1, Robert K. Prud'homme1, Xuhong Guo1, Douglas H. Adamson2 and Heather D. Dettman3, (1)Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton Unversity, A-215 E-Quad, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), Princeton Unversity, 70 Prospect Ave., Princeton, NJ 08540-0211, (3)National Centre for Upgrading Technology, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Suite A202, Devon, AB T9G 1A8, Canada |
Reversible Gelation of Polyethyleneimine Solutions Using CO2
Christopher L. Kitchens1, Susnata Samanta2, Ejae John2, Pamela Pollet2, Kris Griffith3, Kent Richman3, Robert P. Apkarian4, Charles Liotta2 and Charles A. Eckert5, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, 127 Earle Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0909, (2)School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, (3)American Pacific Corporation, Las Vegas, NV 89109, (4)Emory University, Integrated Microscopy & Microanalytical Facility, Atlanta, GA 30322, (5)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 |
Structure, Property and Cure Kinetics of Thermosetting Copolymers
Mohamed Aflal and Giuseppe R. Palmese, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., CAT 471, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Molecular Simulations of Crosslinked Polyelectrolyte Networks in Salt Solutions
De-Wei Yin and Juan J. De Pablo, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1691 |
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