Preliminary Program subject to change
01A00 Structure and Properties of Polymers I: Polymer Blends
OverviewThis session will host oral presentations about any aspects of miscible or immiscible blends of homopolymers and/or block copolymers: thermodynamics, dynamics, physical properties, interfacial phenomena in immiscible blends, morphology, etc. Experimental, computational, or theoretical investigations are all welcome. Talks that emphasize the interrelationship between the structure and properties will be preferred.
Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)
Co-Sponsor(s)Polymers (08a)

Chair

Sachin Velankar
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone Number: (412) 624-9984
Email: velankar@engr.pitt.edu

CoChair

Ram B. Gupta
Professor
Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
0322 Haley Center
Auburn, AL 36849-5127
Phone Number: 334-844-2013
Fax Number: 334-844-2063
Email: gupta@auburn.edu

* Membership Number 125912
Influence of Interfacial Tension on the Morphology of Polymer Blends
Carmela Tufano, Mechanical Engineering, TU/e - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, G. W. M. Peters, TU/e - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Peter Van Puyvelde, Chemical Engineering, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and H. E. H. Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Post Bus 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, Netherlands
Rheology of Immiscible Polymer Blends Containing Compatibilizer
Jeffrey Martin, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1249 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 and Sachin Velankar, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Shear-Induced Phase Transitions in Ternary Polymer Blends
Venkat Ganesan, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Code C0400, AUSTIN, TX 78712 and Bharadwaj Narayanan, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Code C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Crystallizable Ionic Polymer - Ionic Oligomer Blends: Coassembled Nanoscale Structure and Enhanced Properties
Katsuyuki Wakabayashi and Richard A. Register, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263
Blend Miscibility of Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomer Systems
Nancy C. Zhou, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Wesley R. Burghardt, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Room E136, Evanston, IL 60208 and Karen I. Winey, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Decoupling the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polymer Electrolytes
Nitash P. Balsara, Balsara, 201 C Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Mohit Singh, University of California, Berkeley, D 72 Tan Hall, Chemical Engg. Department, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
Near Net-Shape Manufacturing of Solid-State Polymer Blends
Ryan Schexnaydre, Tulane University, 300 Boggs Building, New Orleans, LA 70118 and Brian S. Mitchell, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Boggs Building, New Orleans, LA 70118

Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals