Thursday, August 30, 2007: 8:15 AM-5:00 PM
Vail (Adams Mark)
Polymers
This symposium covers recent advances in all major areas of polymer science and engineering. Contributions may include the following topics: polymer chemistry (synthesis, catalysis, characterization), physics (structure/property relationships, modeling, theory), and materials (nanocomposites, fabrication, devices). Papers dealing with environmentally sustainable polymers, self-organizing and chiral polymers, as well as electronic and photonic polymers are especially encouraged.
Presider:Daniel M. Knauss
Organizers:Eugene Y. Chen
Daniel M. Knauss
8:15 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:20 AMDiastereospecific Ion-Pairing Polymerization: A Marriage between Single-Site Cationic and Anionic Polymerizations
Eugene Y.X. Chen
9:00 AMAn acid and base stable linker for polymer-supported organic synthesis
Michio Kurosu, Dean C. Crick
9:30 AMSynthesis of multifunctional biocopolymers via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization
Misty D. Konopacki, Stephen G. Boyes
10:00 AMCoffee Break
10:30 AMAsymmetric Coordination Polymerization of Functionalized Vinyl Monomers
Garret M. Miyake, Eugene Y.X. Chen
11:00 AMIn Situ Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Polymer Amphiphiles: Formation of Core-Shell Particles
Kevin P. McNamee, Louis M. Pitet, Daniel M. Knauss
11:30 AMPolymer modified metallic nanorods
Jay W. Hotchkiss, Stephen G. Boyes
12:00 PMLunch Break
1:15 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:20 PMSymmetric Diblock Copolymers Under Nano-Confinement
Qiang Wang
2:00 PMTheory for Miscibility in Polypropylene and Ethylene-Alpha-Olefin Copolymer Blends
David T. Wu, Huimin Li, John Curro
2:30 PM"Smart" Surfaces of Diblock Copolymer Brushes
Dong Meng, Qiang Wang
3:00 PMCoffee Break
3:30 PMRheological properties of drag reducing xanthan solutions
Matthew W. Liberatore, Nicholas B. Wyatt
4:00 PMSurface modification of polymeric membrane using a low temperature H2O plasma treatment
Shirley A. Crenshaw, Ellen R. Fisher
4:30 PMNonequilibrium Nanoblend Membranes: Development towards Pervaporative Bioreactors for Biofuels Production
Andrew C. Young, John R. Dorgan

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