Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Macromolecules V

Presentations

• Using thermodynamic integration to simulate the free-energy of bicontinuous phases formed by block copolymer/homopolymer blends

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 11:15 AM – March 4, 2014, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Poornima Padmanabhan

    • Cornell University

  • Francisco Martinez-Veracoechea

    • Infochem Computer Services Ltd., UK

  • Fernando Escobedo

    • Cornell University

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• Binding large globular particles to long polymer chains

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 11:27 AM – March 4, 2014, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Anton Souslov

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer Curtis

    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Paul Goldbart

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech

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• Depletion induced coil-globule transition of a generic macromolecule: simulations and theory

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 11:39 AM – March 4, 2014, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Martin Bertrand

    • University of Ottawa, Canada
    • University of Ottawa

  • Tyler N. Shendruk

    • University of Ottawa

  • Hendrick de Haan

    • University of Ontario Institute of Technology

  • James L. Harden

    • University of Ottawa

  • Gary W. Slater

    • University of Ottawa

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• Coil-globule transition of macromolecules in mixed solvent: A semi-grand canonical molecular dynamics approach

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 11:51 AM – March 4, 2014, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Debashish Mukherji

    • Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research

  • Kurt Kremer

    • Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
    • MPI-P, Mainz, Germany

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• Unified View on the Mean-Field Order of Coil-Globule Transition

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Delian Yang

    • Colorado State University

  • Qiang Wang

    • colorado state university
    • Colorado State University

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• Electrophoresis of composite objects: effect of shape, topology and polymer stiffness

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 12:15 PM – March 4, 2014, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Mykyta V. Chubynsky

    • Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada

  • Gary W. Slater

    • University of Ottawa
    • Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada

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• New perspectives for molecular field simulations of complex fluids

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 12:27 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Friederike Schmid

    • University Mainz
    • Institut fuer Physik, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz

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• Effects of dipolar interactions on thermodynamic stabilities of polymer blends and diblock copolymer melts

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Rajeev Kumar

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Computer Science and Mathematics Division and Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  • M. Muthukumar

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

  • Bobby Sumpter

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

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• Confined ring polymers as a model nucleoid

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:15 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Bae-Yeun Ha

    • University of Waterloo

  • C. Jeon

    • University of Waterloo

  • J. Kim

    • KAIST, Korea

  • H. Jeong

    • KAIST, Korea

  • S. Jun

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Y. Jung

    • KISTI, Korea

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• The influence of topology on the free energy and metric properties of ring polymer confined in a slit

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:27 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Zhao-Yan sun

    • None

  • Bing Li

    • None

  • Li-Jia An

    • None

  • Zhen-Gang Wang

    • None

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• Shear-induced desorption of isolated polymer molecules from a planar wall

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:39 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Sarit Dutta

    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

  • Kevin Dorfman

    • University of Minnesota
    • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, USA
    • University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
    • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    • Univ of Minn - Minneapolis
    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

  • Satish Kumar

    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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• Evidence of random copolymer adsorption at fluctuating selective interfaces from Monte-Carlo simulation studies

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Igor Gazuz

    • Leibniz-Institut f\"ur Polymerforschung e. V. Dresden

  • Jens-Uwe Sommer

    • Leibniz-Institut f\"ur Polymerforschung e. V. Dresden

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• Adsorption of Polymers on Rough Surfaces

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 2:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Abishek Venkatakrishnan

    • Univ of Cincinnati

  • Vikram Kuppa

    • Univ of Cincinnati
    • University of Cincinnati

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