POLYMonday, March 26, 2007

8:00 PM-10:00 PM Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Sci-Mix
Sci-Mix
Organizer:Kathryn E. Uhrich
 Atomic force microscopic study of microphase-separated structure of polyurethane elastomers
Ken Kojio, So Kugumiya, Mutsuhisa Furukawa
 Automated parallel heterogeneous polymerizations
Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Martin M. W. Fijten, Ulrich S. Schubert
 Biodegradable polymers for cancer therapy
Abraham J. Domb, Shikanov Ariella, Boris Vaisman, Abraham Nyska, Yair Levy
 Biomineralization of inorganic thin films mediated by surface-grafted polypeptide brushes
Ying-Chih I. Chang, Jen-Chia Wu, Chia-Chun Chen, Yuli Wang
 Comb block copolymers: Synthesis and assembly into photonic band gap materials
M. Brett Runge, Ned B Bowden
 Conjugated polyelectrolytes featuring carboxylate side groups: Synthesis, amplified fluorescence quenching and sensitized solar cells
Xiaoyong Zhao, Hui Jiang, Kirk S Schanze
 Controlling the depth-dependent hydrolytic degradation of polylactide using high energy radiation
Dermot J Leonard, Fraser J Buchanan
 Crystallization of isotactic poly(propylenes) with enhanced melt strength
Rufina G. Alamo, Anindya Ghosal
 Deformation-induced structural changes in poly(ether ester)s thermoplastic elastomers as revealed by X-ray radiation from synchrotron
Stoyko Fakirov
 Dilational viscoelastic behavior in 2-D polymer systems with nanofillers
Wen Yin, Sarah M. Huffer, Jianjun Deng, John R. Hottle, Hyong-Jun Kim, Alan R. Esker
 Direct visualization of lipid membrane disruption by antibacterial pyridinium polymers in GUV model systems
Varun Sambhy, Daniel Eves, Andrew G. Ewing, Ayusman Sen
 Dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole-based materials: Oligomers and polymers with enhanced fluorescence
Katsu Ogawa, Hong Mo, Karla R. Radke, Seth C. Rasmussen
 DNA-directed synthesis of polyaniline and poly(4-aminobiphenyl) oligomers
Bhaskar Datta, Gary B. Schuster
 Dry/wet nanoadhesive inspired by mussel and gecko adhesion
Haeshin Lee, Phillip B. Messersmith
 Effect of solvent quality on the properties of multi-responsive metallo-supramolecular gels
Wengui Weng, Alex M. Jamieson, Stuart Rowan
 Excimer emission in Di-alkyl poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) LEDs
Lynn J. Rozanski, David A. Vanden Bout, Uwe H. F. Bunz
 FTIR measurement of CO2 photogeneration from polyethylene, polypropylene and polyester films
Terry A. Egerton, Paul A. Christensen, Sudesh S. Fernando, Jim R. White
 Gelation and rheology of short carbon nanotubes/isotactic polypropylene composites
Donghua Xu, Zhigang Wang
 High performance metallocene catalysts
Abbas Razavi
 High throughput approaches to biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery
Daniel G. Anderson
 Investigation of doubly-responsive photopolymerized poly(methacrylic acid)-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushes
Santosh B. Rahane, Andrew T. Metters, S. Michael Kilbey
 Lateral distribution of surfactants in waterborne pressure sensitive adhesive films: Theory and experiment
C-H. Lei, K. Ouzineb, O. Dupont, AF. Routh, VR. Gundabala, SJ. Hinder, JL. Keddie
 Long chain branched isotactic polypropylene via metallocene catalyst and T-reagent
Justin Langston, Jin-Yong Dong, T. C. Mike Chung
 Nanostructuring polymers with cyclodextrins
Mariana Rusa, Tamer Uyar, Cristian C. Rusa, Alan E. Tonelli
 Naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide-grafted poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)s
Natalia C. Tansil, Hsiao-hua Yu, Eric Assen B. Kantchev, Jackie Y. Ying
 New methods for graft copolymer synthesis: Mixed graft copolymers via iterative Cp2TiCl-catalyzed radical ring opening of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) epoxides
Alexandru D. Asandei, Gobinda Saha
 NMR investigation of filler effects of gamma irradiated polyurethane adhesives
Sarah Chinn, Erica L Gjersing, Robert Maxwell, Rebecca Cohenour
 Novel antibacterial polymers
Bekir Dizman, Mohamed O. Elasri, Lon J Mathias
 Observation of a single adsorbed polymer's conformation on mica with scanning probe microscopy: Effects of retraction rate and dwell time
Brett Brotherson, Yulin Deng, Peter J. Ludovice, LA Bottomley
 Phase separation: A simple and versatile route to polymeric nanostructures
Younan Xia
 Poly(arylate-co-phosphonate)s: Synthesis and characterization
Thangamani Ranganathan, Todd Emrick
 Polymerization of soybean oil in supercritical carbon dioxide
Zengshe Liu, Brajendra K. Sharma, Sevim Erhan
 Reorganization and crystallization of quenched mesomorphic isotactic polypropylene during thermal annealing
Junchai Zhao, Zhigang Wang, Benjamin S. Hsiao
 Selective electroless metallization of elastomeric substrates
Tricia Breen Carmichael, Colleen M. Mailloux, Michael S. Miller, Brian J. Sahli
 Single-site catalyst for the copolymerization of ethylene with methyl acrylate
Massoud J. Miri, Matthew J. Fullana, Sameer Vadhavkar, Xuan Mai, James D. Soucy
 Supported metallocene catalysis for in situ synthesis of high energy density metal oxide nanocomposites
Neng Guo, Sara A. DiBenedetto, Tobin J. Marks, Do-Kyun Kwon, Michael T. Lanagan
 Surface characterization of oxygen-plasma treated POSS-based acrylic polymer thin films
Brian H. Augustine, Wm. Christopher Hughes, Kathryn Zimmermann, Ashley J. Figueiredo, Xiaowen Guo, Charles C. Chusuei
 Surface-initiated ATRP on planar surfaces from adsorbed polyelectrolyte macroinitiators
Steve Edmondson, Cong-Duan Vo, Steven P. Armes
 Synthesis of ferroelectric polymers with tunable dielectric constants
Yingying Lu, Jason Claude, Qing Wang
 Synthesis, characterization, and biocompatibility of vinyl pyridine-based bactericidal polymer surfaces
Thomas R. Stratton, Bradley C. Allison, Bruce Applegate, Jeffrey P. Youngblood
 The practical use of chemiluminescence in thermal oxidation of polymers based on the most probable mechanism of light emission
Jozef Rychly, Lyda Matisova-Rychla
 Thermodynamics of aggregate solvation in poly(dioctylfluorene) solutions
Catherine C. Kitts, David A. Vanden Bout
 Tunable thermoreversible polymer networks by multifunctional hydrogen bonding self assembly
Kamlesh P. Nair, Victor Breedveld, Marcus Weck
 Tutorial: Biodegradable polymer performance in medical devices
Subbu Venkatraman, Freddy Boey, Lay Poh Tan
 Tutorial: Recent developments in synthetic biodegradable polymers
Abraham J. Domb

Symposium Grid -- Division of Polymer Chemistry -- Session Listing

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007