Wednesday, 2 November 2005: 3:15 PM-5:45 PM
Statesman (Millennium Hotel)

Polymers (08a)

#415 - Nanoscale Structure in Polymers II: Polymer Nanocomposites (08A17)
This session will cover new developments in the production of nanocomposites, and examination of their morphology including both experimental and modeling contributions.
CoChair:Matt J. Kipper
Chair:John J. La Scala
3:15 PMIntroductory Remarks
3:20 PMMeasuring and Modeling of Flow-Induced Nanostructure of Nanoclay/Polymer and Nanofiber/Polymer Melt Composites
Yingru Wang, Jianhua Xu, Christopher Kagarise, Stephen E. Bechtel, Kurt W. Koelling
3:40 PMMeasurements of Particle Orientation in Simple Shear and Channel Flows of Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites
Laura Dykes, Wesley Burghardt, Kosmas Kasimatis, John Torkelson
4:00 PMFlow-Induced Crystallization of Polypropylene-Clay Nanocomposites: Clay Disorientation Kinetics and Morphology
Mark A. Treece, James P. Oberhauser
4:20 PMEntanglement Effects in the Plastic Deformation of Filled Polymer Glasses: a Simulation Study
David Richardson, Cameron F. Abrams
4:40 PMStyrene/Isoprene-Carbon Nanotube Composites Via Emulsion and Miniemulsion Polymerization
Brian P. Grady, Mai Ha
5:00 PMSynthesis of Water-Based Polystyrene-Nanoclay Hybrid Via Mini-Emulsion Polymerization
Zhaohui Tong, Qunhui Sun, Yulin Deng
5:20 PMSurfactant Degradation in Melt Processed Polyethylene-Organoclay Nanocomposites
Rhutesh K. Shah, Donald R. Paul
5:40 PMConcluding Remarks
Sponsor:Materials Engineering and Sciences Division

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