2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Nanoscale Structure in Polymers II: 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

03:15 PM

(362a) Characterizing Interfacial Thermal Transitions In Polymer Nanocomposites
Jason P. Killgore, René M. Overney

03:40 PM

(362b) Application of Interfacial Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (iSAFT) to Tethered Polymers
Shekhar Jain, Adam Bymaster, Walter G. Chapman

04:05 PM

(362c) Forces Between Nanorods with End-Adsorbed Chains In Polymer Melts
Amalie Frischknecht

04:30 PM

(362d) Fluids DFT Studies of Polymer Nanoparticle Thin Films
Erin S. McGarrity, Amalie Frischknecht, Michael E. Mackay

04:55 PM

(362f) Lipid Bilayer Curvature and Pore Formation Induced by Charged Linear Polymers and Dendrimers: The Effects of Charge Density, Concentration, Molecular Size and Shape
Hwankyu Lee, Ronald Larson