Polymers

Session 251 - Polymer Thermodynamics II
This session focuses on thermodynamic phenomena of polymer systems such as solutions, blends, block and random copolymers, polymers with complex architectures, networks, gels, charged polymers, etc. Experimental, theoretical, and molecular-based simulation contributions are considered.
Chair:Erin Jablonski
CoChair:Amadeu K. Sum
CoSponsor(s):Thermodynamics and Transport Properties
 Influence of Long Molecule Architecture on the Morphology and Properties of Oriented Polyethylene Films
Raj K. Krishnaswamy
 Manipulating Structures of Block Copolymers with Functionalized Layered Silicates
Liang Xu, Ashoutosh Panday, Devon A. Shipp, S. P. Gido, Ramanan Krishnamoorti
 Solution Behavior of Stereoregular Polyelectrolyte
Honglei Zhang, Robin Curtis, Leo Lue
 A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods for Calculation of Polymer Solubility Parameters from Molecular Simulations
David Rigby
 Synthesis of Amphiphilic Copolymers and Assessment of Their Critical Aggregation Concentrations Via Fluorescence Techniques: Styrene/Acrylic Acid Diblock, Random and Gradient Copolymers
Jungki Kim, Christopher Wong, John M. Torkelson
 The Importance of Quenched Randomness of Stereochemical Sequences in Atactic Vinyl Polymers and Implications for Coarse-Graining
Numan Waheed, Wayne L. Mattice
 Kinetics of Pressure-Induced Phase Separation in Polystyrene-Acetone Solutions at High Pressures. Binodal and Spinodal Envelopes
Jian Fang, Erdogan Kiran
 Molecular Simulation of the Influence of Nanoparticles on the Bicontinuous Phases of Diblock Copolymer Melts
Francisco Martínez-Veracoechea, Fernando A. Escobedo

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