2009 Annual Meeting

Session: Structure and Properties in Polymers I

Co-Chair

Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(225a) Mechanical and Transport Properties of Nafion: Effects of Temperature and Water Activity
Jay B. Benziger, Andrew B. Bocarsly, Barclay Satterfield, Paul M. Majsztrik

08:45 AM

(225b) Polyelectrolyte Brush Behavior in the Presence of Ruthenium Hexamine
Robert Farina, Matthew V. Tirrell

09:00 AM

(225c) Effect of Functional Group and Solvent On the Conformational Ordering of m-Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers: a Simulation Study On Folding Driving Force
Ha H. Nguyen, William R. Batson

09:15 AM

(225d) Impact of Sol Molecular Weight and Architecture On the Mechanical Performance and Toughness of Polymeric Gels
Randy A. Mrozek, Phillip J. Cole, Joseph L. Lenhart, Michael C. Berg, Kenneth Strawhecker, Mark VanLandingham, Jan Andzelm, Yelena Sliozberg, Kathryn Otim

09:30 AM

(225e) Experimental and Theoretical Investigation On the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Functional Polylactides
Costas Kiparissides, Konstantina Karidi, Antonis Seretis, Theofanis Mantourlias, Sophia Parouti, Vassilis Kanellopoulos, Prokopis Pladis

09:45 AM

(225f) Free-Radical Maleation of Polylactide in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Alexandria Niemoeller, Sunggyu Lee

10:00 AM

(225g) Polymers in a Cage: Effect of Surroundings On Partial Confinement
Jianzhong Wu