Focus Session: Dynamics of Glassy Polymers under Nanoscale Confinement II

Presentations

• Extended Tg Gradient Profile Across a Glassy-Rubbery Polymer-Polymer Interface with an 80 K Tg Difference

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 11:15 AM – March 6, 2014, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Roman Baglay

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

  • Connie Roth

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Dept. of Physics, Emory University
    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Emory University

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• Soft spots in amorphous thin films: a structural signature of free surfaces

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 11:27 AM – March 6, 2014, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Sussman

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Andrea Liu

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Univ of Philadelphia

  • Sidney Nagel

    • University of Chicago
    • Univ of Chicago
    • The University of Chicago

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• Free surface facilitation of the dynamics of entangled polymer films

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 11:39 AM – March 6, 2014, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Ethan Glor

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Univ of Pennsylvania

  • Zahra Fakhraai

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Univ of Pennsylvania
    • Univ of Penn

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• Molecular simulation of the dynamics in thin polymer films

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 6, 2014, 11:51 AM – March 6, 2014, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Robert Riggleman

    • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennsylvania

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• A simple view of $T_g$ measurements in thin polymer films

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 12:27 PM – March 6, 2014, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • James A. Forrest

    • University of Waterloo

  • Miriam Rafailovitch

    • McMaster University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M1
    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4M1
    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
    • SUNY-Stony Brook

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• Instrumentation origin of the glass transition temperature depression in thin films measured by ellipsometry

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 12:39 PM – March 6, 2014, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Mikhail Efremov

    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706

  • Paul Nealey

    • The University of Chicago
    • Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
    • University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering
    • University of Chicago
    • Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

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• Dependence of Tg on interfacial energy and ``hardness'' of confinement in multi-nanolayered polymers

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 12:51 PM – March 6, 2014, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • David Simmons

    • University of Akron

  • Ryan Lang

    • University of Akron

  • Weston Merling

    • University of Akron

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• Methacrylate-Based Polymer Films Exhibit Different Tg-Confinement Effects at High and Low Molecular Weight

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 1:03 PM – March 6, 2014, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Tian Lan

    • Northwestern University

  • John M. Torkelson

    • Northwestern University

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• A Thermodynamic Model for Glass Transition Shifts in Freestanding and Supported Films

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 1:15 PM – March 6, 2014, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Chris Price

    • Dartmouth College

  • Ronald White

    • Dartmouth College

  • Jane Lipson

    • Dartmouth College

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• Physical Aging of Polymer Glasses Vitrified under Stress

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 1:27 PM – March 6, 2014, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Laura A.G. Gray

    • Dept. of Physics, Emory University

  • Connie Roth

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Dept. of Physics, Emory University
    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Emory University

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• Structural Recovery of Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 1:39 PM – March 6, 2014, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Yung Koh

    • Texas Tech Univ
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409

  • Sindee Simon

    • Texas Tech University
    • Texas Tech Univ
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409

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• Understanding the Physical Aging Behavior of Glassy Polystyrene Layers in Close Contact with Rubbery Domains

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 1:51 PM – March 6, 2014, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Connie Roth

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Dept. of Physics, Emory University
    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • Emory University

  • Phil Rauscher

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA

  • Justin Pye

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Dept. of Physics, Emory University

  • Roman Baglay

    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

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• Limitations in interpretation of Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) beyond the rigid (Sauerbrey) to viscoelastic (lossy) transition

  ORAL

  March 6, 2014, 2:03 PM – March 6, 2014, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Clinton Wiener

    • University of Akron

  • Robert Weiss

    • University of Akron

  • Christopher White

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Bryan Vogt

    • University of Akron

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