2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Nanoscale Structure in Polymers II: Nanostructured Polymeric Materials

We invite papers that describe recent developments in synthesis, characterization and processing of nanostructured polymeric materials. Experimental papers describing the dynamics at the nanoscale are especially welcome. The nanostructured polymers could be multi-layered materials, polymer blends, block copolymers, or liquid-crystalline polymers.

Chair

Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, Wayne State University

Co-Chair

Vijay R. Tirumala, Argonne National Laboratory

Presentations

12:30 PM

(555a) Confinement Effects on the Crystallization of Perfectly Linear Polyethylene

Sasha B. Myers, Richard A. Register

12:49 PM

(555b) Crystallization and Orientation Studies in Swnt Based Nanocomposites

Tirtha Chatterjee, Cynthia A. Mitchell, Viktor Hadjiev, Ramanan Krishnamoorti

01:08 PM

(555c) Equilibrium Dynamics of a Polymer Bicontinuous Microemulsion

Kristin L. Brinker, Wesley R. Burghardt, Simon G. J. Mochrie

01:27 PM

(555d) Design of Polymer Blends with Nanoscale Dispersed Phases Using Melt Processing and Solid-State Shear Pulverization

John M. Torkelson, Jungki Kim, Ying Tao

01:46 PM

(555e) Anisotropic Swelling in Polymer Nanostructures near a Rigid Substrate

Vijay R. Tirumala, Christopher M. Stafford, Leonidas Ocola

02:05 PM

(555f) Effect of Cylindrical Confinement on Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers within Co-Axial Electrospun Fibers

Sergio Mendez, Vibha Kalra, LaShanda T. J. Korley, Jung Hun Lee, Yong Joo

02:24 PM

(555g) Functional Nanofibers of Associative Polymers Via Electrospinning

Sachin Talwar, Juan P. Hinestroza, Benham Pourdeyhimi, Saad A. Khan

02:42 PM

(555h) Using Cross-Section Surfaces of Polymeric Multilayer Films as a Nanopatterning Template

Chun Zhang, Scott Husson, Douglas E. Hirt