576 New Methods in Polymer Modeling


Description:
This session focuses on new simulation methods to characterize the behavior of polymeric materials and produce insight into structure property relationships. ***Note to faculty candidates: please include a note to the session chair during submission to alert them to your status*** +++Note: this session will be sorted jointly with Multiscale and Coarse-Grained Modeling of Polymers. Authors may submit to either session.+++

Sponsor:
Polymers


Chair:
Douglas Tree
Assistant Professor
Brigham Young University
Chemical Engineering
Provo, UT
55455
Phone Number: (801) 310-6115
Email: tree.doug@byu.edu

Co-Chair:
Jian Qin
Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Chemical Engineering
Stanford, CA
Phone Number: 650-724-7644
Email: jianq@stanford.edu


Papers:
Role of Nucleoid Associated Proteins in Stabilizing DNA Supercoils
Katelyn Dahlke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Charles E. Sing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A Modeling Approach to Understanding and Improving Thermal Comfort in Polyurethane Mattress Foams
Laura J. Dietsche, The Dow Chemical Company; Douglas Brune, Dow Chemical; Wenbo Xu, Research Engineer; Kaoru Aou, Dow Chemical; Rajat Duggal, Dow Chemical
Mesoscale Modeling of Plant Cell Walls and Understanding Their Mechanics during Cell Growth
Sriramvignesh Mani, The University of Chicago; Fikret Aydin, The University of Chicago; Gregory A. Voth, The University of Chicago
Multiscale Modeling of Hyperelastic Deformation and Related Microstructural Properties of Random Cross-Linked Elastomers
Shashank Mishra, TCS Research; Suryanaman Chaube, TCS Research; Soumyadipta Maiti, TCS Research; Beena Rai, TCS Research
Influence of Hydrodynamic Interactions on Stratification in Drying Mixtures
Antonia Statt, Princeton University; Michael P. Howard, Princeton University; Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Princeton University
Optimization Methods for Polymerization Processes with Detailed Microstructural Quality Indices
Yannan Ma, Zhejiang University; Xi Chen, Zhejiang University; Lorenz T. Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University
In silico Exploration of Polyimides with High Index of Refraction Using Molecular Modeling and High-Throughput Screening
Mohammad Atif Faiz Afzal, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Chong Cheng, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Johannes Hachmann, University at Buffalo
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of the Low-χ Block Copolymer Ptbs-b-Ppma
Caleb Breaux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Haibo Li, Kempur Microelectronics; Benjamin Li, Kempur Microelectronics; Mark Neisser, Kempur Microelectronics; Clifford L. Henderson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Deformation of Linear and Short Chain Branched Semicrystalline Polyethylene
Raghavan Ranganathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Vaibhaw Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; George Rodriguez, ExxonMobil Chemical; Andy H Tsou, Exxon Mobil; Gregory C. Rutledge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract Submissions Closed
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