2005 Annual Meeting

Session: Structure and Properties of Polymers I: Mechanics and Rheology

Chair

Jing Wu, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Co-Chair

Sachin Velankar, University of Pittsburgh

Presentations

08:00 AM

(187a) Local Dynamics of Syndiotactic Pmma Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Chunxia Chen, Janna K. Maranas, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Inmaculada Peral, John R. D. Copley

08:16 AM

(187b) Rheological and Structural Studies of Linear Polyethylene Melts under Planar Elongational Flow Using Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Chunggi Baig, Brian J. Edwards, David J. Keffer, Hank D. Cochran

08:32 AM

(187c) Visualizing Worm Micelle Dynamics and Phase Transitions of a Charged Diblock Copolymer in Water
Yan Geng, Fariyal Ahmed, Nishant Bhasin, Dennis E. Discher

08:48 AM

(187d) Effect of Free Volume Distribution on Transport and Dissolution Properties of Polymers
Derrick Callander, Trevor Hoskins

09:04 AM

(187e) Rapid Crack Propagation Failures in Pressurized Hdpe Pipes: Structure-Property Investigations
Raj K. Krishnaswamy, Mark J. Lamborn, Ashish M Sukhadia, Patrick Leevers

09:20 AM

(187f) Terahertz Dynamics of Polymer Crystallization
Jing Wu

09:36 AM

(187g) Crystalline Precursor Formations under Steady-State Isothermal Planar Elongational Stretching of N-Eicosane: a Comparison between Simulation and Experiment
Tudor C. Ionescu, Chunggi Baig, Brian J. Edwards, David J. Keffer, Anton Habenschuss

09:52 AM

(187h) Characterization of Mechanical Property Variations in Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Films Using Quasi-Static and Dynamic Nanoindentation
Ryan P. Verhulst, Steven J. Severtson, Seth A. Downs

10:08 AM

(187i) High-Throughput Screening of Mechanical Properties in Polymers
Pedro J. Zapata, Joe-Lahai Sormana, Carson Meredith