Preliminary Program subject to change
01A09 Thermodynamics at Nanoscale
OverviewThe session welcomes contributions on experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of systems and phenomena where a sub-micron or nanoscale length (intermediate between an atomistic size and a macroscopic size) explicitly affects the thermodynamic properties. Finite-size and fluctuation thermodynamics, thermodynamics of soft-matter materials (such as polymers, gels, microemulsions, and bio-membranes), wetting and interfacial phenomena, thermodynamics of pattern formation and fractals at nanoscale are examples of the topics to be considered for this session.
Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)

Chair

Mikhail A Anisimov
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone Number: (301) 405 8049
Fax Number: (301) 314 9404
Email: anisimov@ipst.umd.edu

CoChair

You-Yeon Won
Assistant Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Phone Number: (765)494-4077
Fax Number: (765)494-0805
Email: yywon@ecn.purdue.edu
Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers in a Liquid Crystal Solvent: Consequences of "Switchable Quality"
Neal Scruggs, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 California Blvd., Mail Code 210-41, Pasadena, CA 91125 and Julia Kornfield, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
Surfactant Design for Hydrofluoroalkane-Based Pmdis: a Microscopic Investigation Using Chemical Force Microscopy
Libo Wu and Sandro R. P. da Rocha, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202
Metastable Mesoscopic Clusters in Low-Ionic Strength Protein Solutions
Weichun Pan, Oleg Galkin, Luis Filobelo and Peter G. Vekilov, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204
A Simulation Study of Capillary Condensation and Freezing of Krypton within Realistic Models of MCM-41 Materials
Francisco R. Hung1, Benoit Coasne2, Malgorzata Sliwinska-Bartkowiak3 and Keith E. Gubbins1, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, 911 Partners Way / Campus Box 7905, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, (2)Laboratoire de Physicochimie de la Matière Condensée, CNRS (UMR 5617) & Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France, (3)Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85 61-614, Poznan, Poland
A Macrothermodynamical Approach to the Limit of Reversible Capillary Condensation
Philippe TRENS1, Nathalie Tanchoux2, Francesco Di Renzo2 and François Fajula2, (1)Laboratoire des Matériaux Catalytiques et catalyse en Chimie Organique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8, rue de l'Ecole Normale, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34296, France, (2)LMCCCO, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8, rue de l'Ecole Normale, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34296, France
Interfacial Properties and Structure of Polymer Blends and Solutions from Interfacial-Saft (Isaft) Density Functional Theory
Sandeep Tripathi, Aleksandra Dominik and Walter G. Chapman, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
On the Stability of Ordered Ultrathin Organic Films: Dewetting and Ostwald Ripening
Jaime Ruiz-Garcia1, R. D. Cadena-Nava1, J. L. Cuellar-Camacho1, E. A. Vazquez-Martinez1 and M. A. Valdez-Covarrubias2, (1)Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Alvaro Obregon 64, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, (2)Departamento de Fisico-Matematicas, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Alvaro Obregon 64, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals