2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Nanoscale Structure in Polymers IV: Polymer Nanocomposites

This session addresses nanoscale phenomena in polymeric systems. We accept experimental and theoretical contirbutions, as well as atomistic computer simulation studies.

Chair

Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Co-Chair

Gerassimos Orkoulas, University of California, Los Angeles

Presentations

12:30 PM

(670a) Morphology and Properties of the Rubber Toughened Nylon 6 Nanocomposites

Young-Cheol Ahn, Donald R. Paul

12:50 PM

(670b) Modeling and Measurement of Rheological Properties of Poly(Lactide Ethylene Oxide Fumarate)/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites

Alireza S Sarvestani, Esmaiel Jabbari

01:10 PM

(670c) Preferential Association of Segment Blocks in Polyurethane Nanocomposites

LaShanda T. J. Korley, Shawna M. Liff, Paula T. Hammond, Gareth H. McKinley

01:30 PM

(670d) Atomistic Simulations of Transport of Gas Molecules in Polymer/Nanoporous Inorganic Layered Nanocomposite Membranes

Suchitra Konduri, Sankar Nair

01:50 PM

(670e) Polymer Latex/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites

Brian Grady, Mai Ha, Daniel E. Resasco, Leandro Balzano

02:10 PM

(670f) The Production and Properties of Exfoliated Polyethylene-Clay Nanocomposites

Cynthia Pierre, John M. Torkelson