2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Nanoscale Structure In Polymers I: Self-Organization of Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces

We seek papers dealing with interfacial phenomena in nanoscopic systems containing polymers. Both experimental and theoretical contributions are welcome.

Chair

Vinay K. Gupta, University of South Florida

Co-Chair

Thomas H. Epps, III, University of Delaware

Presentations

12:30 PM

(303a) Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte Films for Nonlinear Optics: Study of Film Structure, Composition and Kinetics of Film Formation
Akhilesh Garg, Richey M. Davis

12:55 PM

(303b) Analyzing Photoresponsive Side Chain Dendritic Polyesters (SCDPE) Using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Joshua J. Galgano, David G. Rethwisch, Alexei V. Tivanski

01:20 PM

(303c) Theory of Polyelectrolyte Adsorption Onto Surfaces Patterned with Charge and Topography
Nazish Hoda, Satish Kumar

01:45 PM

(303d) Engineering Robust Omniphobic Surfaces with Fluoro-POSS
Anish Tuteja, Wonjae Choi, Joseph M. Mabry, Gareth H. McKinley, Robert E. Cohen

02:10 PM

(303e) Patchy and Striped Phase Separation In Surfactant-Coated Surfaces
Chetana Singh, Sharon C. Glotzer

02:35 PM

(303f) Self-Organized Pattern Formation In Dewetting of Elastically Confined Thin Polymer Layer
Danish Faruqui, Ashutosh Sharma