Modeling of Polymers: Blocks, Networks and Solutions

Presentations

• Single-Chain in Mean-Fied simulations for Block Copolymer/Nanoparticle Composites

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 12:30 PM – March 7, 2007, 12:42 PM

  Authors

  • Francois Detcheverry

  • George Papakonstantopoulos

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Huiman Kang

    • Dep. of Chem. and Bio. Engr., University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

  • Paul Nealey

    • Dep. of Chem. and Bio. Engr., University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

  • 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.

  • Kostas Daoulas

  • Marcus Mueller

    • Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Georg-August Universitat, Gottingen, Germany
    • Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Georg-August Universitat, 37077 Goettingen, Germany

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• Multiscale Simulations of Pluronic Micelles

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 12:42 PM – March 7, 2007, 12:54 PM

  Authors

  • Grant Smith

    • University of Utah

  • Dmitry Bedrov

    • Department of Materials Science \& Engineering, University of Utah
    • University of Utah
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah

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• Spinodal Decomposition of Polydispersed ABA' Triblock Copolymers Determined from the Random Phase Approximation

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 12:54 PM – March 7, 2007, 1:06 PM

  Authors

  • T.W. Capehart

    • GM Research \& Development Center

  • Armand Soldera

    • University de Sherbrooke

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• Architecture phase diagram for branched block copolymers:

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 1:06 PM – March 7, 2007, 1:18 PM

  Authors

  • Scott Sides

    • Tech-X Corporation

  • Bobby Sumpter

    • Oak Ridge National Labs

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• Theoretical Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding Networks in Cellulose I$\alpha $ and I$\beta$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 1:18 PM – March 7, 2007, 1:30 PM

  Authors

  • Xianghong Qian

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University

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• Percolation and Diffusivity of Ideal Polymer Networks

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 1:30 PM – March 7, 2007, 1:42 PM

  Authors

  • Yong Wu

    • Virginia Tech

  • Beate Schmittman

    • Dept. Physics, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Royce K.P. Zia

    • Dept. Physics, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech

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• Random Networks of Semiflexible Polymers

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 1:42 PM – March 7, 2007, 1:54 PM

  Authors

  • Panayotis Benetatos

    • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Goettingen

  • Annette Zippelius

    • University of Goettingen
    • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Goettingen

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• Collapse transition of a chain in the bulk and next to adsorbing surfaces

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 1:54 PM – March 7, 2007, 2:06 PM

  Authors

  • I.A. Bitsanis

    • FORTH-IESL

  • A.N. Rissanou

  • S.H. Anastasiadis

    • FORTH-IESL
    • Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece

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• Polymer relaxation in flow: dynamical slowdown around the coil-stretch transition

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 2:06 PM – March 7, 2007, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • D. Vincenzi

    • MPIDS, Goettingen, Germany

  • E. Bodenschatz

    • MPIDS, Goettingen, Germany

  • A. Puliafito

    • UCSB

  • A. Celani

    • INLN, Nice, France

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• Solvation potentials for polymer chains in solution

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 2:18 PM – March 7, 2007, 2:30 PM

  Authors

  • Mark Taylor

    • Physics Dept., Hiram College

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• Model-specific features of random walk polymers beyond the mean field limit

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 2:30 PM – March 7, 2007, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Kirill Titievsky

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT

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• Amorphous and crystalline states of ultrasoft colloids: A Molecular Dynamics study

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 2:42 PM – March 7, 2007, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • A.N. Rissanou

  • M. Yiannourakou

  • I.G. Economou

    • NCRPS, Demokritos

  • D. Vlassopoulos

  • I.A. Bitsanis

    • FORTH-IESL

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• Polymer Statics and Dynamics Under Box Confinement

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 2:54 PM – March 7, 2007, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Joshua Kalb

    • Brandeis University

  • Bulbul Chakraborty

    • Brandeis University

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• Polymer Translocation in Crowded Environments

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 3:06 PM – March 7, 2007, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced

  • Yong Woon Kim

    • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Models of polymers subject to a force

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 3:18 PM – March 7, 2007, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Gerasim Iliev

    • University of Toronto

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