Focus Session: Polymer Network Mechanics II

Presentations

• Cavitation, Elasticity and Fracture in Strong Hydrogels

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 2:30 PM – March 18, 2010, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Jun Cui

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Ahmad Madkour

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Gregory Tew

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Alfred Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • PSE University of Massachusetts
    • University of Massachusetts

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• Mechanics of Polymer Networks Subjected to Photochemically-Induced Rearrangement

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 2:42 PM – March 18, 2010, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Kevin Long

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Timothy Scott

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Jerry Qi

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Martin Dunn

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Simulations of Self-Healing Polymer Networks

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 2:54 PM – March 18, 2010, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Arun Kumar N

    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290

  • Evgeny Stukalin

    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599

  • Ludwik Leibler

    • Mati\`ere Molle et Chimie, CNRS-ESPCI, 75005 Paris, France
    • ESPCI, Mati\`ere Molle et Chimie, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris

  • Michael Rubinstein

    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
    • University of North Carolina
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290
    • Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA
    • UNC Chapel Hill

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• Toughening Mechanism of Double Network Hydrogels

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2010, 3:06 PM – March 18, 2010, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Jian Ping Gong

    • Hokkaido University

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• Self-healing in dually crosslinked nanogels: Computational modeling

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 3:42 PM – March 18, 2010, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Solomon Duki

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

  • Victor Yashin

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

  • German Kolmakov

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

  • Anna Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

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• Viscosity-Based Constitutive Model for the Nonlinear Deformations of Shape Memory Network Polymers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 3:54 PM – March 18, 2010, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Kristofer Westbrook

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Francisco Castro

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • H. Jerry Qi

    • Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Investigation of the Non-Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of Lightly Cross-linked SBR: The Need for a New Modeling Perspective

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2010, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • James Caruthers

    • Purdue University

  • Aparajita Bhattacharya

    • Purdue University

  • Grigori Medvedev

    • Purdue University

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• Modeling the BZ reaction in gels with chemo-responsive crosslinks

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2010, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Victor Yashin

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Olga Kuksenok

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Anna Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261

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• Controlling bending of chemo-responsive gels with gradient in cross-link density

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2010, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Olga Kuksenok

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Victor V. Yashin

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Anna Balazs

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261

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• Prediction of Gel Modulus using the Gel-Tensile Blob (GTB) Model for Network Structure

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2010, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Gregory Beaucage

    • University of Cincinnati

  • Sathish K. Sukumaran

    • Yamagata University

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• Polymeric Microgels as Potential Drug Delivery Vesicles

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2010, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Ryan McDonough

    • Cleveland State University

  • Kiril A. Streletzky

    • Cleveland State University

  • Mekki Bayachou

    • Cleveland State University

  • Pubudu Peiris

    • Cleveland State University

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• Effect of heating rate, polymer concentration, and cross-linking density on volume phase transition of microgels

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2010, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Kiril A. Streletzky

    • Cleveland State University

  • John T. McKenna

  • Imaan Benmerzouga

    • Cleveland State University

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• Ultraslow Stretching of Polymer Gels in Solvents

  ORAL

  March 18, 2010, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2010, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Kenji Urayama

    • Kyoto University

  • Akihiro Konda

  • Toshikazu Takigawa

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