Liquid Crystalline and Semicrystalline Polymers

Presentations

• Decoupling how structure and processing affects the properties of Liquid Crystal Elastomers.

  ORAL · Invited

  March 4, 2024, 8:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Devesh Mistry

    • University of Leeds

  Authors

  • Devesh Mistry

    • University of Leeds

  • Meg Coleman

    • University of Leeds

  • Viola Huf

    • University of Leeds

  • Alanoud Al Suwaidan

    • University of Leeds

  • Matthew Reynolds

    • Univ of Leeds

  • Jiancong Xu

    • University of Leeds

  • Daniel Baker

    • University of Leeds

  • Richard Mandle

    • University of Leeds

  • Mamatha Nagaraj

    • University of Leeds

  • Helen Gleeson

    • University of Leeds

  • Oliver G Harlen

    • University of Leeds

  • Daniel Read

    • University of Leeds

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• Mesoscale Simulations of Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 8:36 AM – March 4, 2024, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Austin Meng

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Austin Meng

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Robert A Riggleman

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Self-assembly and liquid crystal behavior of computationally designed peptide coiled-coil bundlemers with parallel symmetry

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 8:48 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Zihan Zhang

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Zihan Zhang

    • University of Delaware

  • Jacquelyn Blum

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Jeffery G Saven

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Christopher J Kloxin

    • University of Delaware

  • Darrin J Pochan

    • University of Delaware

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• Liquid Crystalline Nonconjugated Open-Shell Organic Molecules

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Suman Debnath

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Suman Debnath

    • Purdue University

  • Hyunki Yeo

    • Purdue University

  • Bryan W Boudouris

    • Purdue University

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• Entropic Barrier Theory of Polymer Melting and Energy Cascade

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:12 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Flow Induced Crystallization of a Simple Polymer Melt Model

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:24 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Tzortzis Koulaxizis

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Tzortzis Koulaxizis

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Effects of entanglements on the crystallization and morphology of semicrystalline polymers

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:36 AM – March 4, 2024, 9:48 AM

  Publication: Wang, Zefan, et al. "How entanglements determine the morphology of semicrystalline polymers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.27 (2023): e2217363120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217363120

  Presenters

  • Thomas Thurn-Albrecht

    • University of Halle-Wittenberg

  Authors

  • Thomas Thurn-Albrecht

    • University of Halle-Wittenberg

  • Zefan Wang

    • School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzen University, 518060

  • Mareen Schaller

    • Institut für Angewandte Materialien, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

  • Albrecht Petzold

    • Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

  • Kay Saalwaechter

    • Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg

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• Rheological hysteresis in semicrystalline polymers during crystallization and melting

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 9:48 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Paul Roberts

    • NIST

  Authors

  • Paul Roberts

    • NIST

  • Anthony P Kotula

    • National Institute of Standards and Tech

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• Specific Work as a Useful Way to Describe Flow of Polyethylene During Injection Molding

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:00 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Ken L Kearns

    • Dow

  Authors

  • Ken L Kearns

    • Dow

  • Michelle Mejia

    • Dow

  • Preston McDaniel

    • Dow

  • Daniel Ramirez

    • Dow

  • Marius Chyasnavichyus

    • Dow

  • Hunter Goldensoph

    • Dow

  • Carl Reinhardt

    • Dow

  • Tom Fielitz

    • Dow

  • John Kohn

    • Dow

  • Kurt Koppi

    • Dow

  • Rahul Sharma

    • Dow

  • Fengyi Zhang

    • Dow

  • Luca Martinetti

    • Dow

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• Molecular dynamics simulations of polyethylene inter-crystalline phase formation

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:12 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Lingyi Zou

    • Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Lingyi Zou

    • Dartmouth College

  • Wenlin Zhang

    • Dartmouth College

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• Particle Concentration Promotes Flow-Induced Crystallization of High Molecular Weight Isotactic Polypropylene

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:24 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Benson J Jacob

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Benson J Jacob

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Xiaoshi Zhang

    • Penn State Univ, Erie

  • Jongkyeong Kim

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Jason Alexander

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Manoela Ellwanger

    • Braskem Innovation and Technology Center

  • Alicyn M Rhoades

    • Penn State University

  • Ralph H Colby

    • Penn State University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Temperature-Dependent FTIR (TD-FTIR) Analysis of PEO-b-PCL Self-Nucleation

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:36 AM – March 4, 2024, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Ryan M Van Horn

    • Lafayette College

  Authors

  • Ryan M Van Horn

    • Lafayette College

  • Emily Rotola

    • Lafayette College

  • Aidan Stewart

    • Lafayette College

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• Electrostriction-enhanced piezoelectric property of poly(vinylidene fluoride) via high-power ultrasonication

  ORAL

  March 4, 2024, 10:48 AM – March 4, 2024, 11:00 AM

  Publication: 1. Rui, G.; Allahyarov, E.; Li, R.; Taylor, P.; Zhu, L. Hard-to-soft transition-enhanced piezoelectricity in poly(vinylidene fluoride) via relaxor-like secondary crystals activated by high-power ultrasonication. Mater. Horizons 2022, 9, 1992-1998.
  2. Rui, G.; Allahyarov, E.; Zhang, H.; Li, R.; Zhang, S.; Taylor, P. L.; Zhu, L. Effect of chemical defects on electrostriction-enhanced piezoelectric property of poly(vinylidene fluoride) via high-power ultrasonication. Nano Energy 2023, 113, 108590.

  Presenters

  • Lei Zhu

    • Case Western Reserve University

  Authors

  • Lei Zhu

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Guanchun Rui

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Elshad Allahyarov

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Philip L Taylor

    • Case Western Reserve University

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