2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Polymer Crystallization and Semi-Crystalline Polymers

Chair

Douglas Tree, Brigham Young University

Co-Chair

Siamak Nejati, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Presentations

08:00 AM

(28a) Experimental and Theoretical Nucleation Barriers for Polyethylene and Polypropylene
Scott T. Milner

08:15 AM

(28b) Investigating Primary Nucleation in Polymer Melts Using GPU-Accelerated Wang-Landau Simulations
Pierre Kawak, Andrew S. Gibson, Logan S. Brown, Beverly Delgado, Douglas Tree, Dakota S. Banks

08:30 AM

(28c) Semi-Crystalline Polymer Dissolution, Recrystallization, and Morphology Response to Solvent Vapor Treatment
Samuel E. Bliesner, Julie Albert

08:45 AM

(28d) Hydrolytic Degradation of PEO-B-PCL Films with Varied Crystalline Content
Joanna White, Ryan Van Horn, Justin Jurczyk

09:00 AM

(28e) Crystallization Dynamics of Thermally Quenched Linear Block Copolymers Comprising the Semicrystalline Block Poly-3-Hexylthiophene and the Amorphous Block Polystyrene
Alisyn Nedoma, Lal Busher Azad, Andrew Austin, Nigel Kirby, Alan Dunbar

09:15 AM

(28f) Dynamic-Template-Directed Assembly of 2D Monolayer Films of Conjugated Polymers and Their Distinct Electronic Properties
Prapti Kafle, Fengjiao Zhang, Noah B. Schorr, Kai-Yu Huang, Joaquín Rodríguez-López, Ying Diao

09:30 AM

(28g) Multiplicity of Morphologies in Poly(L-lactide) Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Provide Ductility, Strength and Tailored Hydrolysis Profile
Julia A. Kornfield

09:45 AM

(28h) Effect of Tungsten Disulfide Nanotubes (WSNTs) on Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polylactide (PLA) for Thinner and Stronger Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds.
Tiziana Di Luccio, Karthik Ramachandran, Zixuan Shao, Julia A. Kornfield, Bo Shen, Edgar E. Ruiz Bello, Loredana Tammaro, Fulvia Villani, Fausta Loffredo, Carmela Borriello, Francesca Di Benedetto

10:00 AM

(28i) Biomimetic Crystal Growth for Programmable Separation and Chiroptical Properties
Prashant Kumar