Thursday, 3 November 2005: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM
Salons DE (Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza)

Polymers (08a)

#471 - Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces I (08A06)
Polymer thin films and interfaces are critical in a variety of fields ranging from microelectronics to bioengineering. This session will focus two main aspects of polymer thin film science and technology: (1) experimental studies of fundamental thin film behavior and properties and (2) stimuli responsive thin film materials.
CoChair:Gerassimos Orkoulas
Chair:Clifford L. Henderson
8:00 AMComparision of the Distributions of Glass Transition Temperatures in Thin and Ultrathin Films of Polystyrene and Polymethylmethacrylate
Rodney D. Priestley, Manish K. Mundra, Perla Rittigstein, Linda J. Broadbelt, John Torkelson
8:16 AMCO2-Induced Surface Tg Reduction of Polymer and Theoretical Modeling
Dehua Liu, Yong Yang, Isamu Kusaka, James Lee, David Tomasko
8:32 AMStructural Relaxation of Nanoconfined Glassy Polymer Systems Studied by Fluorescence Measurements
Rodney D. Priestley, Linda J. Broadbelt, John M. Torkelson
8:48 AMThe Diffusion Behavior of Polymer Ultrathin Films: Fundamental Insights and Molecular Weight Effects
Clifford L. Henderson, Peter Ludovice, Lovejeet Singh, Ivan Ordaz
9:04 AMThermodynamic Effects on Diffusion in Thin Polymer Blend Films
Ananth Indrakanti, Narayan Ramesh, Sanat Kumar, J. L. Duda
9:20 AMMoisture at Buried Polymer Interfaces: a Destabilizing Force
Bryan D. Vogt, Emmett P. O'Brien, Christopher C. White, Wen-li Wu
9:36 AMpH-Responsive Polymer Films and Membrane Skins
Dongshun Bai, Brian M. Habersberger, Steven Elliott, Kane G. Jennings
9:52 AMpH-Responsive Tethered Layers on Copolymer and Silicon Substrates
Keisha B. Walters
10:08 AMSmart Polymeric Surfaces—Responsiveness and Reconstruction
Julie A. Crowe, Jan Genzer
Sponsor:Materials Engineering and Sciences Division
Cosponsors:Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals

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