364 Nanoscale Phenomena in Macromolecular Systems

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 3:15 PM
Butler East (Westin )
Description:
The study of small-scale phenomena in polymers.

Sponsor:
Polymers

Chair:
Bryan W. Boudouris
Email: boudouris@purdue.edu

Co-Chair:
Rafael Verduzco
Email: rafaelv@rice.edu


3:15 PM
(364a) Stochastic Pore Blocking and Gating in PDMS Nanopores Due to Liquid-Vapor Phase Transitions
Steven Shimizu and Michael S. Strano

3:45 PM
(364b) Polymer-Peptide Bioconjugates for Selective Ion Transport in Electrochemical Systems
Sean C. O'Neill, Raymond Tu and Daniel Steingart

4:05 PM
(364c) Explore the Mechanism of Polyelectrolytes Mediated Colloidal Stability
Seong-Eun Kim and Chongli Yuan

4:25 PM
(364d) Glad Sculptured Thin Films Functionalized with Polymer Brushes
Tadas Kasputis, Meike Koenig, Daniel Schmidt, Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn, Petra Uhlmann, Mathias Schubert, Manfred Stamm and Angela K. Pannier

4:45 PM
(364e) Contact Electrification of Natural and Synthetic Polymers: The Role of Material Strain
Ross Widenor, Mamadou Sow, Daniel J. Lacks and R. Mohan Sankaran

5:05 PM
(364f) Molecular Simulations of Thermal-Responsive Polymers Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)
Lixin Liu and Hank Ashbaugh

5:25 PM
(364g) Epoxy Nanocomposites Reinforced with Soft and Hard Nanoparticles
Xi Zhang, Johnnie Stewart IV, Sowjanya B. Rapole, Suying Wei and Zhanhu Guo
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