Session: Polymer Processing and Rheology I (2011 Annual Meeting)

Polymer Processing and Rheology I

Thursday, October 20, 2011: 8:30 AM

L100 B (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:

This session welcomes contributions in all areas of polymer processing and rheology. Topics of interest include the relationships between molecular architecture and rheology, structure development during processing, modeling of polymer processing, the use of rheological measurements to optimize processing, and the influence of processing-induced morphology on product properties.

Sponsor:

Polymers

Chair:

Joseph Lenhart
Email: joseph.lenhart1@us.army.mil

Co-Chair:

Ronald Hedden
Email: ronald.hedden@ttu.edu

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.

8:30 AM

(668a) Copolymers of Styrene, Methyl Methacrylate, and Ethylene with a Series of Vinyl Esters: A Study of Thermal Mechanical and Rheological Properties
Hai Wang and Edward Kolodka

8:55 AM

(668b) Poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) Nanofiber Design Space Using Spinneret-Based Tunable Engineered Parameters (STEP) Technique
Mohammad Khan, Ji Wang and Amrinder S. Nain

9:20 AM

(668c) Producing Next-Generation, High-Porosity, Nanocellular Polymer Insulations by the Gas Foaming Process
Allan E. David and Arthur J. Yang

9:45 AM

Break

9:55 AM

(668d) PE/PEO Cocontinuous Polymer Blends with Application In Gas Separation Membranes
Milana Trifkovic, Aaron Hedegaard and Christopher W. Macosko

10:20 AM

(668e) Fabrication of Thin Films by Drying Aqueous Polymer Solutions
Ramana Susarla, Yueyang Shen, Phong T. Huynh, Paul Takhistov and Boris Khusid

10:45 AM

(668f) Nanofibers by a Gas Jet Method
Rafael E. Benavides, Sadhan C. Jana and D. H. Reneker

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