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Polymer Reaction Engineering Kinetics & Catalysis I


Description:
This session will cover topics of current interest in polymerization kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering. Papers may include areas such as the chemistry of polymerization, polymer reactions and physical interactions, design of new catalysts for controlled polymerizations, and polymerizations in novel media and/or reactor configurations.

Sponsor:
Polymers
Co-Sponsor(s):
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)


Chair:
Jennifer O'Donnell
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
Chemical and Biological Engineeirng
Ames, IA 50011
Phone Number: (515) 294-1891
Email: jodonnell@iastate.edu

Co-Chair:
You-Yeon Won
Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone Number: 765-494-4077
Email: yywon@ecn.purdue.edu


Papers:
Hybrid Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization System for Balanced Polymerization Rate and Polymer Molecular Weight Control
Santiago Faucher, Xerox Research Center of Canada; Shiping Zhu, McMaster University
Impact of Mixed Initiator Monolayers On the ATRP of Polystyrene From Silica Nanoparticle Surfaces
David L. Green, University of Virginia; Daniel Sunday, University of Virginia
In Situ-Polymerized CNT/Polyimide Nanocomposites: Effect of Reaction Stoichiometry On the Glass Transition Properties of the Nanocomposites
Dae Hwan Kim, Purdue University; James M. Caruthers, Purdue University; R. Byron Pipes, Purdue University; You-Yeon Won, Purdue University
Polymerization of Emulsified Microemulsions
Jennifer O'Donnell, Iowa State University; Todd Thorson, Iowa State University
Controlling Molecular Weight of Poly(2- Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) with Keeping Low Dispersity
Masaki Kubo, Tohoku University; Takayuki Kondo, Tohoku University; Hideki Matsui, Tohoku University; Naomi Shibasaki-Kitakawa, Tohoku University; Toshikuni Yonemoto, Tohoku University
Theoretical Evidence to Diradical Self-Initiation in Spontaneous Thermal Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate
Sriraj Srinivasan, University of Pennsylvania; Myung Won Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Michael C. Grady, DuPont Experimental Station; Masoud Soroush, Drexel University; Andrew M. Rappe, University of Pennsylvania
Creating Porous Block Copolymers Using ADMET Depolymerization Mechanisms
Kyra L. Sedransk, University of Cambridge; Geoff D. Moggridge, University of Cambridge
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