Liquid Crystalline And Amorphous Polymers

Presentations

• Swelling and Shrinking Dynamics of Monodomain Nematic Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 6:00 AM – March 9, 2007, 6:12 AM

  Authors

  • Yuko Arai

  • Kenji Urayama

  • Ryo Mashita

  • Toshikazu Takigawa

    • Dept. Mater. Chem., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

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• Effects of Long Wave-length Thermal Fluctuations on the Elasticity of Nematic Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 6:12 AM – March 9, 2007, 6:24 AM

  Authors

  • Xiangjun Xing

    • Syracuse University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Syracuse University
    • Physics Department, Syracuse University
    • Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

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• Synthesis of Optimal and Imperfect Main Chain Smectic Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 6:24 AM – March 9, 2007, 6:36 AM

  Authors

  • Harshad Patil

    • Penn State University

  • Ronald Hedden

    • Penn State University
    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Construction of Chiral Propeller Architectures from Achiral Molecules

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 6:36 AM – March 9, 2007, 6:48 AM

  Authors

  • Kwang-Un Jeong

  • Deng-Ke Yang

  • Matthew J. Graham

  • Brian S. Knapp

  • Frank W. Harris

  • Stephen Z. D. Cheng

    • Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325
    • The University of Akron

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• Small angle X-ray scattering studies of side chain liquid crystalline block copolymers.

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 6:48 AM – March 9, 2007, 7:00 AM

  Authors

  • Eric Verploegen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Lu Tian

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Paula Hammond

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Solvent induced shape changes in liquid crystal elastomers

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 7:00 AM – March 9, 2007, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Attilio Golemme

    • Universita della Calabria

  • Tibor Toth-Katona

    • Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

  • Jeremy Neal

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

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• Bloch wall defects in nematic thin films: experiments and simulations

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 7:12 AM – March 9, 2007, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Mohan Srinivasarao

    • School of Polymer, Fiber and Textile Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332

  • Jian Zhou

    • School of Polymer, Fiber and Textile Engineering

  • Jung O. Park

    • School of Polymer, Fiber and Textile Engineering

  • Gino De Luca

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University

  • Alejandro D. Rey

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B2, Canada

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• Abnormal Slowdown of Longitudinal Diffusion of F-actin across Isotropic to Nematic Phase Transition

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 7:24 AM – March 9, 2007, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Jun He

  • Jorge Viamontes

  • Jay Tang

    • Brown University

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• Dynamic Fragility and the Glass Transition: Is there a relationship?

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 7:36 AM – March 9, 2007, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Gregory McKenna

    • Texas Tech University
    • Chemical Engineering Dept., Texas Tech University
    • Dept. of Chemical Eng./ Texas Tech University

  • Qian Qin

    • Texas Tech University

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• Prediction of Creep Behavior in PMMA

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 7:48 AM – March 9, 2007, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • James Caruthers

    • Purdue University

  • Rebecca Martin

    • Purdue University

  • Grigori Medvedev

    • Purdue University

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• Strain Hardening and Plastic Deformation in Polymer Glasses

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 8:00 AM – March 9, 2007, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Robert S. Hoy

    • Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy
    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Mark Robbins

    • Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
    • Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins
    • Johns Hopkins University

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• The influence of nonlinearity on the timescale of volume relaxation

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 8:12 AM – March 9, 2007, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Prashanth Badrinarayanan

    • Texas Tech University

  • Sindee Simon

    • Texas Tech University

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• Photothermal studies of polymers using polarized light

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 8:24 AM – March 9, 2007, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Marshall Thomsen

    • Eastern Michigan University

  • Daeha Joung

    • Eastern Michigan University

  • Don Snyder

    • Eastern Michigan University

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• Gradient Copolymers Yield Uniquely Broad Glass Transition Temperatures in Comparison with Block Copolymers and Polymer Blends

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 8:36 AM – March 9, 2007, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jungki Kim

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  • Michelle M. Mok

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  • Christopher L.H. Wong

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  • Robert W. Sandoval

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  • 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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• Utilizing Nanoparticle Surface Plasmons for Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Conformational Switching of Polymers

  ORAL

  March 9, 2007, 8:48 AM – March 9, 2007, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Nelson Nunalee

    • Duke University

  • Jack Mock

    • Duke University

  • Ashutosh Chilkoti

    • Duke University

  • Stefan Zauscher

    • Duke University

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