Polymers at Interfaces

Presentations

• Adsorption-induced fracture of branched macromolecules.

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 11:15 AM – March 14, 2006, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Sergei Sheiko

  • Frank Sun

  • David Shirvanyants

  • Michael Rubinstein

    • Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C.
    • Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Hyung-il Lee

  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• The swelling and dissolution kinetics of polymer thin films

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 11:27 AM – March 14, 2006, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Arindam Kundagrami

  • M. Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts
    • Polymer Science \& Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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• Sum-Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy on Rubbed Poly(vinyl cinnamate) films for Liquid Crystal Alignment..

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 11:39 AM – March 14, 2006, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Pasquale Pagliusi

    • University of Calabria

  • Eric C.Y. Chen

    • University of California at Berkeley

  • Yuen-Ron Shen

    • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
    • Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley
    • University of California at Berkeley

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• Structure of Confined Fluid between an Elastomer and a Flat Surface

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 11:51 AM – March 14, 2006, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Kumar Nanjundiah

    • The University of Akron

  • Ali Dhinojwala

    • The University of Akron

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• Resonant Soft X-ray Reflectivity of Polymer Thin Films

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 12:03 PM – March 14, 2006, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Cheng Wang

  • Tohru Araki

  • Harald Ade

    • NC State University

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• Possible explanation of polymer surface diffusion anomaly

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 12:15 PM – March 14, 2006, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Debashish Mukherji

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada

  • Martin H. Muser

    • University of Western Ontario
    • Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

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• Unconventional Spinodal Surface Fluctuations on Polymer Films

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 12:27 PM – March 14, 2006, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Yong Jian Wang

  • Ophelia K.C. Tsui

    • Department of Physics and Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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• Interfacial Characterization of Contact in Aqueous Environments with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 12:39 PM – March 14, 2006, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • David A. Brass

  • Kenneth Shull

    • Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

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• Humidity influence on atomic force microscopy electrostatic nanolithography

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 12:51 PM – March 14, 2006, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Sergei Lyuksyutov

    • The University of Akron, OH

  • Shane Juhl

  • Richard Vaia

    • AF Research Laboratory, WPAFB OH

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• Comparison of thermal and chemical treatments of ultrathin chitosan films

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 1:03 PM – March 14, 2006, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Chris Murray

  • John Dutcher

    • University of Guelph

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• Glucose/galactose binding protein changes its mechanical properties: Novel AFM method of detection in-situ.

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 1:15 PM – March 14, 2006, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Venkatesh Subba Rao

  • Linda Luck

  • Igor Sokolov

    • Clarkson University

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• Modifying Surfaces with Light.

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 1:27 PM – March 14, 2006, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Jeffrey T. Koberstein

    • Columbia University

  • Greg Carrol

  • Feng Pan

  • Peng Wang

  • Nicholas Turro

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• Dynamical simulations of rheology and phase behavior of ternary polymer blend systems.

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 1:39 PM – March 14, 2006, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Bharadwaj Narayanan

  • Venkat Ganesan

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin, TX

  • Victor Pryamitsyn

    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

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• Orientation competition of lamellar phases in sheared block copolymers via hydrodynamic instability

  ORAL

  March 14, 2006, 1:51 PM – March 14, 2006, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Zhi-Feng Huang

    • McGill University

  • Jorge Vinals

    • McGill University

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• Defects in a Noncentrosymmetric Lamellar Block Copolymer Blend

  POSTER

  March 14, 2006, 2:03 PM – March 14, 2006, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Shujun Chen

  • Samuel P. Gido

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
    • University of Massachussetts Amherst
    • Dept. of Polymer Sci. and Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
    • Polymer Sci. \& Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Thodoris Tsoukatos

  • Apostolos Avgeropoulos

  • Nikos Hadjichristidis

    • Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece

  • Kunlun Hong

  • Jimmy W. Mays

    • Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, and Chem. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831

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