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Structure and Properties in Polymers I


Description:
This session seeks papers covering both experimental and theoretical aspects of polymers, with a focus on relating dynamics, structure, processsing, and properties of homopolymers in their glassy, amorphous or semi-crystalline state.

Sponsor:
Polymers
Co-Sponsor(s):
Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)


Chair:
LaShanda Korley
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone Number: 216-368-1421
Email: ltk13@case.edu

Co-Chair:
Randy A. Mrozek
US Army Research Laboratory
Macromolecular Science and Technology Branch
4600 Deer Creek Loop
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5069
Phone Number: 410-306-2165
Fax Number: 410-306-0676
Email: randy.mrozek@us.army.mil


Papers:
Structure and Relaxation Characteristics of Thermally-Modified Aromatic Polyimides for Selective Separations
Anthony C. Comer, University of Kentucky; Douglass S. Kalika, University of Kentucky; Claudio P. Ribeiro Jr., University of Texas at Austin; Benny D. Freeman, University of Texas at Austin; Sumod Kalakkunnath, ConocoPhillips Company
Glassy Dynamics of Polymers Under Soft and Hard Confinement
Yunlong Guo, Princeton University; Chuan Zhang, Princeton University; Rodney D. Priestley, Princeton University
Nanoscale Structure and Crystallization in Double-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers
Sheng Li, Princeton University; Sasha B. Myers, Princeton University; Richard A. Register, Princeton University
Novel Apparatus for Creep Measurements of Solvent Loaded Polymer Films
Florian Mueller, Technische Universität Dortmund; Gabriele Sadowski, Technische Universität Dortmund
Sharp Lower Critical Solution Temperature Transition for Novel N-Isopropylacrylamide Based Polymers
Mahriah E. Alf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; T. Alan Hatton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karen K. Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Effects of Salt On LCST of Pnipam
Hongbo Du, Colorado State University; Ranil Wickramasinghe, Colorado State University; Xianghong Qian, Colorado State University
See more of this Group/Topical: Materials Engineering and Sciences Division