Padden Award Symposium

Presentations

• Miscibility and Immiscibility in Multiphase Complex Coacervate Droplets

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 11:30 AM – March 7, 2023, 11:42 AM

  Publication: Agrawal A, Douglas JF, Tirrell M, and Karim A, Manipulation of Coacervate Droplets with an Electric Field,
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, 32, 2022.
  Agrawal A, Neitzel A, Fang Y, Rizvi S, Azman NFN, Karim A, and Tirrell M, Polyelectrolyte backbone govern the multiphase behavior of multicomponent coacervate droplets, to be submitted.

  Presenters

  • Aman Agrawal

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Aman Agrawal

    • University of Houston

  • Angelika S Neitzel

    • University of Chicago
    • Universitu of Chicago

  • Yan Fang

    • University of Chicago

  • Syed Rizvi

    • University of Houston

  • Nur Fariesha Noor Azman

    • University of Houston

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston
    • University of Houston, TX, USA
    • William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston

  • Matthew V Tirrell

    • University of Chicago

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• Electrostatic Manipulation of Weak Polyelectrolyte Brushes

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 11:42 AM – March 7, 2023, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Christopher Balzer

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Christopher Balzer

    • Caltech

  • Zhen-Gang Wang

    • Caltech

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• Engineering periodic dynamic polymer microstructure to design artificial muscles and multilayered, self-healing electronics

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 11:54 AM – March 7, 2023, 12:06 PM

  Publication: Using Periodic Dynamic Polymers to Form Supramolecular Nanostructures
  DOI: 10.1021/accountsmr.2c00101
  
  High Energy Density Shape Memory Polymers Using Strain-Induced Supramolecular Nanostructures
  DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00829
  
  Multivalent Assembly of Flexible Polymer Chains into Supramolecular Nanofibers
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07651

  Presenters

  • Christopher B Cooper

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Christopher B Cooper

    • Stanford University

  • Jian Qin

    • Stanford University

  • Zhenan Bao

    • Stanford University

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• Electron Transport Physics of n-Type Semiconducting Polymers: Effects of chain topology and chain length

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 12:06 PM – March 7, 2023, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Duyen K Tran

    • University of Washington

  Authors

  • Duyen K Tran

    • University of Washington

  • Sarah M West

    • University of Washington

  • Samson A Jenekhe

    • University of Washington

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• Surface and Bulk Relaxation of Vapour-Deposited Polystyrene Glasses

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 12:18 PM – March 7, 2023, 12:30 PM

  Publication: J. Yin, M. F. Thees, C. Pedersen, A. Carlson, T. Salez, and J. A. Forrest, "Surface and bulk relaxation of vapour-deposited polystyrene glasses", In preparation (2022)

  Presenters

  • Junjie Yin

    • University of Waterloo

  Authors

  • Junjie Yin

    • University of Waterloo

  • Michael F Thees

    • Emory University
    • University of Waterloo

  • Christian Pedersen

    • University of Oslo

  • Andreas Carlson

    • Univ of Oslo

  • Thomas Salez

    • Univ. Bordeaux

  • James A Forrest

    • University of Waterloo

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• Linking molecular structure to macroscopic rheology of dynamically associating polymer networks

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 12:30 PM – March 7, 2023, 12:42 PM

  Publication: Cai, P. C., Krajina, B. A., & Spakowitz, A. J. (2020). Brachiation of a polymer chain in the presence of a dynamic network. Physical Review E, 102(2), 020501.
  Cai, P. C., Su, B., Zou, L., Webber, M. J., Heilshorn, S. C., & Spakowitz, A. J. (2022). Rheological Characterization and Theoretical Modeling Establish Molecular Design Rules for Tailored Dynamically Associating Polymers. ACS central science.

  Presenters

  • Pamela Cai

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Pamela Cai

    • Stanford University

  • Andrew J Spakowitz

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
    • Stanford University

  • Sarah Heilshorn

    • Stanford University

  • Matthew Webber

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Brad Krajina

    • Stanford University

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• Predicting semiconducting polymer blend local structures and miscibility with simulations

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 12:42 PM – March 7, 2023, 12:54 PM

  Publication: Published: Agarwala, P., Gomez, E. D., & Milner, S. T. (2022). Fast, Faithful Simulations of Donor–Acceptor Interface Morphology. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. DOI:10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00470
  Planned: Agarwala, P., Shetty, S., Gomez, E. D., & Milner, S. T. (2023). Induced concentration gradient in simulation predicts polymer mixing free energy. Macromolecules

  Presenters

  • Puja Agarwala

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Puja Agarwala

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Enrique D Gomez

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Scott T Milner

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Atomistic Simulations of Drops and Nanoparticles Interacting with Surface Grafted Polymeric Layers

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 12:54 PM – March 7, 2023, 1:06 PM

  Publication: Etha, S. A., Pial, T. H., & Das, S. (2022). Extensive Stable Physical Contacts between a Nanoparticle and a Highly Repulsive Polymeric Layer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126(30), 5715-5725.
  Etha, S. A., Desai, P. R., Sachar, H. S., & Das, S. (2021). Wetting Dynamics on Solvophilic, Soft, Porous, and Responsive Surfaces. Macromolecules, 54(2), 584-596.

  Presenters

  • Sai A Etha

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  Authors

  • Sai A Etha

    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• Controlling interface topography via degradation of soft nanogel particles adsorbed at a liquid-liquid interface

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 1:06 PM – March 7, 2023, 1:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Vaibhav A Palkar

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • Vaibhav A Palkar

    • Clemson University

  • Olga Kuksenok

    • Clemson University

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• Molecular structure and conformational design of Donor-Accepter conjugated polymers to enable predictable optoelectronic property

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 1:18 PM – March 7, 2023, 1:30 PM

  Publication: 1. Cao, Z.; Li, Z.; Tolba, S.; Mason, G.; Xiong, M.; Ocheje, M.; Alesadi, A.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Lei, T.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Probing Single-chain Conformation and Its Impact on Optoelectronic Properties of Donor-Accepter Conjugated Polymers. Submitted to Nat. Commun.
  2. Cao, Z.; Tolba, S.; Li, Z.; Mason, G.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Molecular structure and conformational design of Donor-Accepter conjugated polymers to enable predictable optoelectronic property. To be Submitted.

  Presenters

  • Zhiqiang Cao

    • University of Southern Mississippi

  Authors

  • Zhiqiang Cao

    • University of Southern Mississippi

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• Machine learning enhanced computational reverse-engineering analysis for scattering experiments (CREASE) for analyzing fibrillar structures in polymer solutions

  ORAL

  March 7, 2023, 1:30 PM – March 7, 2023, 1:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Zijie Wu

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Zijie Wu

    • University of Delaware

  • Arthi Jayaraman

    • University of Delaware

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