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01A11 Multiscale Modeling: Thermodynamic and Mesoscale Properties
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Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)

Chair

Hank Ashbaugh
Dr.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Group T12, Mail Stop:B268
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone Number: 505-667-9601
Fax Number: 505-665-3909
Email: hank@lanl.gov
An Application of Mean-Field Perturbation Theory for the Adsorption of Water Molecules in Nanoslit-Pores
Rasesh Kotdawala, Nikolas Kazantzis and Robert Thompson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester, MA 01609
The Role of Critical Cavities in Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation
Mark J. Uline, Purdue University, 2243 US HWY 52 W #19116, West Lafayette, IN 47906 and David S. Corti, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2050
Viscosity of Hydration Water under Subnanometer Confinement between Mica Surfaces
Yongsheng Leng, Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B 351604, 24th & Garland Avenues, 107 Olin Hall, Nashville, TN TN37235-1604 and Peter T. Cummings, Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 118 Olin Hall, Nashville, TN 37235
Molecular Models of Wetting of Porous Solid Surfaces: Understanding Superhydrophobicity
Fabien Porcheron, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Amherst, MA 01003 and Peter A. Monson, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dept. of Chem. Engineering, 159 Goessmann Lab., Amherst, MA 01003-9303
Polyhedral Oligomeric Sislesquioxanes in Solution: Insights from All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Alberto Striolo1, Clare McCabe2 and Peter T. Cummings2, (1)School of Chemical Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1604
Molecularly Fine Tuning the Self-Assembly Micellar Systems through Global
Naveed Aslam, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620 and Aydin Sunol, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620

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