Session: Structure and Properties in Polymers I (2009 Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM

Tennessee A (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

This session seeks papers covering both experimental and theoretical aspects of polymers, relating dynamics, structure and properties of homopolymers in their glassy, amorphous or semi-crystalline state.

Sponsor:

Polymers

Co-Sponsor(s):

Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)

Chair:

You-Yeon Won
Email: yywon@ecn.purdue.edu

Co-Chair:

Enrique D. Gomez
Email: egomez9@gmail.com

8:30 AM

(225a) Mechanical and Transport Properties of Nafion: Effects of Temperature and Water Activity
Jay B. Benziger, Andrew B. Bocarsly, Barclay Satterfield, Paul M. Majsztrik and Qiao Zhao

8:45 AM

(225b) Polyelectrolyte Brush Behavior in the Presence of Ruthenium Hexamine
Robert Farina, Matthew Tirrell and Nicolas Laugel

9:00 AM

(225c) Effect of Functional Group and Solvent On the Conformational Ordering of m-Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers: a Simulation Study On Folding Driving Force
David A. Bruce, Ha H. Nguyen and William R. Batson

9:15 AM

(225d) Impact of Sol Molecular Weight and Architecture On the Mechanical Performance and Toughness of Polymeric Gels
Randy A. Mrozek, Phillip J. Cole, Joseph L. Lenhart, Michael C. Berg, Kenneth Strawhecker, Mark VanLandingham, Jan Andzelm, Yelena Sliozberg, Kenneth R. Shull and Kathryn Otim

9:30 AM

(225e) Experimental and Theoretical Investigation On the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Functional Polylactides
Konstantina Karidi, Antonis Seretis, Theofanis Mantourlias, Sophia Parouti, Prokopis Pladis, Vassilis Kanellopoulos and Costas Kiparissides

9:45 AM

(225f) Free-Radical Maleation of Polylactide in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Alexandria Niemoeller and Sunggyu Lee

10:00 AM

(225g) Polymers in a Cage: Effect of Surroundings On Partial Confinement
Zhehui Jin and Jianzhong Wu

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