2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Structure and Properties of Polymers III: Networks and Gels

Submissions are invited concerning preparation, properties, engineering fundamentals, simulation and modeling, and novel applications of macromolecular networks. Materials of interest include elastomers, gels, low molar mass gelators and biopolymers.

Chair

Ryan Toomey, University of South Florida

Presentations

03:15 PM

(379a) Tunable Polymer Networks Based on Specific Hydrogen Bonding Motifs
Kamlesh P. Nair, Marcus Weck, Victor Breedveld

03:36 PM

(379b) Structure and Rheology of Fibrin Networks as Probed with Small Angle Scattering
Lilo Pozzo, Kathleen Weighandt

03:57 PM

(379c) Characterization of the Network Structure of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers by Determination of Kinetic Chain Length Distribution
Vishal D. Salian, Mark E. Byrne

04:18 PM

(379d) Structural Characterization of Protein-Imprinted Gels Using Lattice Monte Carlo Simulation
Simcha Srebnik, Liora Levi

04:39 PM

(379e) Influence of Network Structural Modifications on the Dynamic Relaxation Characteristics of Crosslinked Poly(ethylene oxide) Copolymer Membranes
Douglass S. Kalika, Jeffrey J. Richards, Victor A. Kusuma, Benny D. Freeman

05:00 PM

(379f) Mechanical Properties of the Poly (HEMA-co-NVP) Hydrogel: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach
Seung Soon Jang, Seung Geol Lee, Giuseppe Brunello, David Bucknall, Hannah Lee

05:21 PM

(379g) Fast Dynamics of Semiflexible Chain Networks of Self-Assembled Peptides
Monica C. Branco, Florian Nettesheim, Joel P. Schneider, Norman Wagner