2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Novel Polymer Product Designs and Applications

This session will include discussion of progress and issues relevant to product design for novel polymers and their applications. Both structured and formulated product designs and applications are of interest.

Chair

Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota

Co-Chair

Gautham Parthasarathy, Solutia, Inc.

Presentations

12:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks

12:35 PM

(402a) Improved Seal Materials for Use in Food and Pharmaceutical Processes

John Bauerle

01:00 PM

(402b) Formulation of Water-Soluble Polymer Coatings by Modifying Rheological Properties, Atomization, and Coating Strength of Polymer Aqueous Solutions

Kyung C. Kwon, YoonKook Park, Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tara Johnson, Tikia Allen, Nader Vahdat, Paul Jones

01:25 PM

(402c) Influence of Phase Segregation on the Mechanical Properties of Blends of Polyethylenes That Differ Considerably in Molecular Weight

Raj K. Krishnaswamy

01:50 PM

(402d) Erodible Multilayered Films Fabricated from Degradable Polyamines: Influence of Polymer Structure and Film Architecture on Film Erosion and Controlled Release

Jingtao Zhang, Nathaniel J. Fredin, David M. Lynn

02:15 PM

Discussion