Preliminary Program subject to change
01A13 Thermodynamics of Polymers II
OverviewThis session focuses on thermodynamic phenomena of polymer systems such as solutions, blends, block and random copolymers, polymers with complex architectures, networks, gels, charged polymers, etc. Experimental, theoretical, and molecular-based simulation contributions are considered.
Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)
Co-Sponsor(s)Polymers (08a)

Chair

Mitchell Anthamatten
Asst. Professor, Scientist
Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester
206 Gavett Hall
Rochester, NY 14627
Phone Number: 585-273-5526
Fax Number: 585-273-1348
Email: anthamatten@che.rochester.edu

CoChair

Arthi Jayaraman
Postdoc
Department of Material Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1304 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone Number: 217-333-1441
Email: arthijayaraman@yahoo.com
Microphase Separation in Hydrogen-Bonding Block-Random Copolymers of Styrene and 4-Acetoxystyrene
Jeffrey D. Quinn and Richard A. Register, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Effect of Crosslinking on the Structure and Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers
Enrique D. Gomez1, Jeffrey Wilbur2 and Nitash P Balsara2, (1)Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, A-217 Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 201 Gilman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
A Model for High Temperature Coil - Globule Transitions in Compressible Solvent
David Simmons and Isaac Sanchez, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712
A Model for Self- Assembly in Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers
Manas R. Shah, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, CPE 3.402 1 University Station, Code C0400, AUSTIN, TX 78712 and Venkat Ganesan, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Code C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Thermal Control Over Domain Spacing in Supramolecular Polymers
Edward H. Feng, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering, Berkeley, CA 94704
A Study of Factors Affecting Enthalpies of Mixing of Polymers as Measured in Molecular Simulations
David Rigby, Accelrys Inc, 10188 Telesis Ct, San Diego, CA 92121
Theory for the Miscibility Windows in Blends of Polypropylene and Ethylene-&alpha-Olefin Copolymers
David T. Wu1, Huimin Li1 and John G. Curro2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

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