2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Thermodynamics of Polymers II

We invite contributions associated with the thermodynamics of polymeric systems such as solutions, blends, block and random copolymers, networks, gels, polyelectrolyte solutions, and ionomers. We accept experimental work on phase equilibria in polymers, Landau-based, statistical mechanical and field-theoretical approaches, and novel molecular simulation methodologies.

Chair

G. Orkoulas, University of California at Los Angeles

Presentations

10:45 AM

(772a) Sorption Equilibria of CO2 In Atactic Polystyrene by Molecular Simulation
Theodora Spyriouni, Georgios C. Boulougouris, Doros N. Theodorou

11:03 AM

(772b) Atomistic Simulation of Poly(dimethylsiloxane): Structure, Thermodynamic and Diffusion Properties to Gases and N-Alkanes
Ioannis G. Economou, Zoi A. Makrodimitri

11:21 AM

(772c) Heteropolymers with Adjustable Monomer Sequences (HAMS) as Compatibilizers for Homopolymer Blends
Ravish Malik, Carol Hall, Jan Genzer

11:39 AM

(772d) Athermal Contribution to the Excess Entropy in the Long Chain Limit
Jarrell R. Elliott, Neil H. Gray, Amir Vahid

11:57 AM

(772e) Polymer-CO2 Interfaces In Equilibrium. A Density Functional Study
Manish Talreja, Isamu Kusaka, David L. Tomasko

12:15 PM

(772f) Modeling the Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Rodlike Molecules with Attractive Interactions
Micah J. Green, Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, N. Behabtu, Virginia Davis, Matteo Pasquali

12:33 PM

(772g) Compressible Lattice Model for CO2+ Cosolvent + Polymer Systems
Yanhui Yuan, Anupama Kasturirangan, Amyn S. Teja

12:51 PM

(772h) Extension of the Friction Theory to the Description of the Rheological Behavior of Polymer Systems
Sergio E. Quiñones-Cisneros, Juan P. Aguayo, Octavio Manero, Torben Laursen, Ulrich K. Deiters