2021 Annual Meeting

Session: Polymer Crystallization and Semi-Crystalline Polymers

Chair

Julie Albert, Tulane University

Co-Chair

Jay Park, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presentations

03:30 PM

(31a) Controlling Stress Relaxation, Deformation, and Crystallinity in Semi-Crystalline Networks Using Dynamic Covalent Bonds
Alexa Kuenstler, Christopher Bowman

03:45 PM

(31b) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Crystallization of Polyethylene As a Function of Chain Orientation
Ronald Larson, Wenlin Zhang, Yanan Gong

04:15 PM

(31c) Free Energy Surfaces for Homogeneous Nucleation in a Polymer Melt
Douglas Tree, Pierre Kawak, Dakota S. Banks

04:45 PM

(31e) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Crystal Nucleation in Incompatible Polymer Blends
Wenlin Zhang

05:00 PM

(31f) A Thermodynamically Inspired Method for Quantifying Phase Transitions in Polymeric Liquids with Application to Flow-Induced Crystallization of a Polyethylene Melt
Mohammad Hadi Nafar Sefiddashti, Brian J Edwards, Bamin Khomami

05:15 PM

(31g) Short-Chain Branching and Rheology of Crystallizing LLDPEs
Marat Andreev, Gregory Rutledge, Anthony Kotula, Jonathan Moore, Jaap den Doelder

05:45 PM

(31i) Melting Kinetics, Ultra-Drawability and Microstructure of Nascent Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Powder
Fotios Christakopoulos, Theo A. Tervoort, Enrico M. Troisi, Nicolaas Friederichs, Laura Stricker, Alla S. Sologubenko