Focus Session: Biological and Bio-inspired Adhesive Polymers I

Presentations

• POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE BREAK

  Invited

  March 4, 2014, 8:00 AM – March 4, 2014, 8:36 AM

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• Toughening elastomers with sacrificial bonds and watching them break

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 8:36 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Costantino Creton

    • ESPCI ParisTech - UPMC - CNRS

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• Bond-breaking in semiflexible networks and the peeling dynamics of a filament from a random array of pinning sites

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:12 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Christian Vaca

    • Univ of California - Los Angeles

  • Alex J. Levine

    • UCLA, Department of Physics and Chemistry
    • Univ of California - Los Angeles

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• Mussel Adhesion is Significantly Enhanced Due to the Shape and Mechanics of Its Holdfast

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:24 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Kenneth Desmond

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Nicholas Zacchia

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Herbert Waite

    • Materials, Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Megan Valentine

    • Univ of California - Santa Barbara
    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Equilibrium phase behavior of labile cross inkers in semiflexible networks

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:36 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Devin Kachan

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Alex Levine

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Robijn Bruinsma

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 4, 2014, 9:48 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:00 AM

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• The Role of Salts in the Evolution of Modern Orb-Webs.

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 10:00 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Vasav Sahni

    • The University of Akron
    • University of Akron

  • Toshikazu Miyoshi

    • the University of Akron
    • The University of Akron
    • University of Akron

  • Kelley Chen

    • University of Akron

  • Dharamdeep Jain

    • The University of Akron
    • University of Akron

  • Sean J. Blamires

    • Tunghai University

  • Todd A. Blackledge

    • University of Akron

  • Ali Dhinojwala

    • The University of Akron
    • Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
    • Univ of Akron
    • University of Akron

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• Synthetic Adhesive Attachment Discs based on Spider Pyriform Silk Architecture

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 10:12 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Dharamdeep Jain

    • The University of Akron
    • University of Akron

  • Vasav Sahni

    • The University of Akron
    • University of Akron

  • Ali Dhinojwala

    • The University of Akron
    • Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
    • Univ of Akron
    • University of Akron

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