2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Polymer Thermodynamics II

This session focuses on thermodynamic phenomena of polymer systems such as solutions, blends, block and random copolymers, polymers with complex architectures, networks, gels, charged polymers, etc. Experimental, theoretical, and molecular-based simulation contributions are considered.

Chair

Erin L. Jablonski, Bucknell University

Co-Chair

Amadeu K. Sum, Colorado School Of Mines

Presentations

12:30 PM

(251a) Influence of Long Molecule Architecture on the Morphology and Properties of Oriented Polyethylene Films

Raj K. Krishnaswamy

12:49 PM

(251b) Manipulating Structures of Block Copolymers with Functionalized Layered Silicates

Liang Xu, Ashoutosh Panday, Devon A. Shipp, S. P. Gido, Ramanan Krishnamoorti

01:08 PM

(251c) Solution Behavior of Stereoregular Polyelectrolyte

Honglei Zhang, Robin Curtis, Leo Lue

01:27 PM

(251d) A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods for Calculation of Polymer Solubility Parameters from Molecular Simulations

David Rigby

01:46 PM

(251e) Synthesis of Amphiphilic Copolymers and Assessment of Their Critical Aggregation Concentrations Via Fluorescence Techniques: Styrene/Acrylic Acid Diblock, Random and Gradient Copolymers

Jungki Kim, Christopher Wong, John M. Torkelson

02:05 PM

(251f) The Importance of Quenched Randomness of Stereochemical Sequences in Atactic Vinyl Polymers and Implications for Coarse-Graining

Numan Waheed, Wayne L. Mattice

02:24 PM

(251g) Kinetics of Pressure-Induced Phase Separation in Polystyrene-Acetone Solutions at High Pressures. Binodal and Spinodal Envelopes

Jian Fang, Erdogan Kiran

02:42 PM

(251h) Molecular Simulation of the Influence of Nanoparticles on the Bicontinuous Phases of Diblock Copolymer Melts

Francisco Martínez-Veracoechea, Fernando A. Escobedo