Preliminary Program subject to change
08A05 Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces III
OverviewBlock copolymer thin films provide the opportunity to design materials ideal for nanoscale applications based on their ability to self-assemble into periodic structures. This session focuses on the manipulation of thin film copolymer ordering using surfaces, electric fields, solvent annealing, topographical patterns, mechanical shearing, or other methods. Both experimental and theoretical works are welcome, and should highlight the characterization of thin film morphologies and provide useful insights into nanostructure formation.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Joseph L. Lenhart
SMTS
Sandia National Laboratories
PO Box 5800 MS 0888
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Phone Number: 505-284-9209
Email: jllenha@sandia.gov

CoChair

Ronald C. Hedden
Asst. Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone Number: 814-863-2325
Email: hedden@matse.psu.edu
Layering Transitions In Thin Films Of Spherical-Domain Block Copolymers
Gila E. Stein, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8412, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8412 and Edward J. Kramer, Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Creation Of Nanocavities In Amphiphillic Block Copolymer Thin Films
Andrew C. Miller, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 66-357, Cambridge, MA 02139, Ryan D. Bennett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 66-353, Cambridge, MA 02139, Paula T. Hammond, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 66-546, Cambridge, MA 02139, Darrell J. Irvine, Biological Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 8-425, Cambridge, MA 02139 and Robert E. Cohen, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 66-554, Cambridge, MA 02139
Self-Arranged Protein Nanoarrays On Diblock Copolymer Templates
Nitin Kumar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 25 Fenske Building, University Park, PA 16802, Omkar Parajuli, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 25 Fenske Building, University Park, PA 16802 and Jong-In Hahm, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Fenske Building, University Park, PA 16802
Microstructure Of Confined Block Copolymer Thin Films: Application Of Interfacial-Saft (Isaft) Density Functional Theory
Shekhar Jain, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77096, Adam S. Bymaster, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main, Houston, TX 77005 and Walter G. Chapman, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77096
Surface Segregation of Architecturally Complex Polymers
Zhenyu Qian1, Venkatachala M. Minnikanti2, Lynden A. Archer2 and Bryan B. Sauer3, (1)School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Room 120, Olin Hall, Cornell University, Campus Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)School of chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Room 120, Olin Hall, Cornell University, Campus Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3)Dupont Experimental Station

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division