Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites

Presentations

• Externally Activated, Thermodynamically Governed Dispersion Behavior of Silica Nanoparticles in PMMA

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:15 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:27 AM

  Authors

  • Frederick Beyer

    • Army Research Laboratory

  • Philip Costanzo

    • Army Research Laboratory

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• Single Chain Mean Field Theory (SCMF) in Polymer Nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:27 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:39 AM

  Authors

  • Sudeepto Sen

    • Columbia University

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

  • Igal Szleifer

    • Purdue University
    • Purdue U.

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• Improved Mechanical Properties by Grafting Nylon 6, 10 to Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:39 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:51 AM

  Authors

  • M. Moniruzzaman

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272

  • Jayanta Chattopadhay

  • William E. Billups

  • Karen I. Winey

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

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• Mechanical properties of nanocomposite systems

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 9:51 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:03 AM

  Authors

  • George Papakonstantopoulos

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Manolis Doxastakis

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Mihail Vladkov

    • Universite Claude Bernard (Lyon 1)

  • Jean-Louis Barrat

    • Universite Claude Bernard (Lyon 1)

  • Juan de Pablo

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison
    • University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Dep. of Chem. and Bio. Engr., University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

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• Morphological dependence on the conductance of polymer/MWNT electrospun mats

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:03 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:15 AM

  Authors

  • Derrick Stevens

    • North Carolina State University
    • Dept. of Physics, North Carolina State University (NCSU)

  • Satyajeet Ojha

    • North Carolina State University
    • Dept. of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, NCSU

  • Wesley Roberts

    • Dept. of Physics, NCSU

  • Seth McCullen

    • Dept. of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, NCSU

  • Russell Gorga

    • North Carolina State University
    • Dept. of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, NCSU

  • Laura Clarke

    • North Carolina State University
    • Dept. of Physics, NCSU

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• Effect of MWNT and Carbon Nanofiber Orientation in Polymer Nanocomposites on Electrical Conductivity

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:15 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:27 AM

  Authors

  • Karen I. Winey

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

  • Lai-Ching Chou

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272

  • Minfang Mu

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272

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• Controlling the Average and Local Glass Transition Temperatures of PMMA-SWCNT Nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:27 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:39 AM

  Authors

  • Perla Rittigstein

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
    • Northwestern University

  • T. Ramanathan

    • Northwestern University

  • L. Catherine Brinson

    • Northwestern University

  • John M. Torkelson

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
    • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3120
    • Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA
    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
    • Northwestern University

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• The Aging Effect on Segmental Dynamics of PMMA brushes Studied by Incoherent Neutron Scattering

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:39 AM – March 5, 2007, 10:51 AM

  Authors

  • Pinar Akcora

    • Columbia University

  • Victoria Garcia-Sakai

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research and University of Maryland
    • NIST Center for Neutron Research

  • Linda Schadler

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

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• Polymer Diffusion in Single Wall Nanotube / Polystyrene Nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 10:51 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:03 AM

  Authors

  • Minfang Mu

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272

  • Russell J. Composto

  • Karen I. Winey

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

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• Origin of dynamical properties in PMMA-C$_{60}$ nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 11:03 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:15 AM

  Authors

  • Jamie Kropka

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Peter Green

    • The University of Michigan

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• Instabilities in Nanoporous Media

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 11:15 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Jiun-Tai Chen

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Mingfu Zhang

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Thomas Russell

    • University of Massachusetts
    • Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Department of Polymer Science \& Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering,University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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• Dynamic Consequences of the Fractal Network of Nanotube - Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 11:27 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Tirtha Chatterjee

    • Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engg., Univ of Houston

  • Ramanan Krishnamoorti

    • Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engg., Univ of Houston
    • University of Houston
    • Department of Chemical \& Biomolecular Engg., University of Houston

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• Gelation of Freely Associating Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Networks

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 11:39 AM – March 5, 2007, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Chen

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

  • Larry Hough

    • Rhodia Inc.

  • Mohammad Islam

    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Arjun Yodh

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • UPenn
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania

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• Preparation and rheology of supercritical CO$_{2}$-based dispersed polymer-clay nanocomposites

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 11:51 AM – March 5, 2007, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Rangaramanujam Kannan

    • Wayne State University

  • Steven Horsch

    • nanoScience Engineering Corporation

  • Esin Gulari

    • Clemson University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 5, 2007, 12:03 PM – March 5, 2007, 12:15 PM

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