2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Nanoscale Phenomena in Macromolecular Systems

A wide range of fundamentally and practically important nanoscale polymer phenomena are of interest. This includes, but is not limited to, issues of transport and thermophysical properties, interfacial or confined reactions, self-assembly, or novel methods for formation or characterization of nanoscale structure. Topics could include either experimental or modeling/simulation components.

Chair

Christopher J. Ellison, The University of Texas at Austin

Co-Chair

Ian J. Drake, The Dow Chemical Company

Presentations

03:15 PM

(751a) Molecular Mobility in Ultrathin Polymer Films
Rodney Priestley

03:45 PM

(751b) Nanoconfined Polymerization Reaction Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Siyang Gao, Sindee Simon, Haoyu Zhao, Fatema Begum

04:05 PM

(751c) Glassy Behavior of Polymers Confined in Unique Geometries
Chuan Zhang, Rodney Priestley

04:25 PM

(751d) Self-Assembled Protein Structures Are Altered By Underlying Fluctuations
Nicholas Cordella, Thomas Lampo, Andrew J Spakowitz, Sarah Heilshorn

04:45 PM

(751e) Tuning the Domain Size of Block Copolymers for Directed Self-Assembly Using Polymer Blending
Richard A. Lawson, Andrew Peters, Peter J. Ludovice, Clifford L. Henderson

05:05 PM

(751f) Annealing Polymer Nanocomposite Fibers and Films Via Photothermal Heating: Effects On Overall Crystallinity and Spherulite Density
Russell E. Gorga, Laura I. Clarke, Jason Bochinski, Vidya Viswanath, Somsubhra Maity

05:25 PM

(751g) Molecular Simulation Studies of Polydispersity Effects On The Morphology of Polymer Nanocomposites
Tyler B. Martin, Arthi Jayaraman