Session: Relaxation Behavior of Polymeric Materials


PMSE		Wednesday, August 22, 2007

1:30 PM-5:15 PM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom E, Oral
Relaxation Behavior of Polymeric Materials
Crystalline Polymers; Polymer Networks
Organizers:	James Runt Ralph Colby Janna K. Maranas
Presiding:	C. Michael Roland
1:30 PM	468	Direct evidence of coexisting amorphous, mesomorphic and crystalline phases in PEN from dielectric spectroscopy Michael Wübbenhorst
2:00 PM	469	Using the beta-relaxation as a probe to follow real-time polymer crystallization in model aliphatic polyesters M. Soccio, A. Nogales, N. Lotti, T. A. Ezquerra
2:30 PM	470	Role of relaxation studies in determining phase structure of semicrystalline polymers Peggy Cebe, Huipeng Chen
3:00 PM		Intermission
3:15 PM	471	Rate-dependence of yielding in ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymers Robert C. Scogna, Richard A. Register
3:45 PM	472	Mechanical response of rubber at high strain rates C. Michael Roland, Radoslav Bogoslav, Jai A. Pathak, Jeffrey N. Twigg, Peter H. Mott
4:15 PM	473	Stress development and relaxation in crosslinked dimethacrylate polymers Hui Lu, Marianela Trujillo-Lemon, Junhao Ge, Sheldon M. Newman, Jeffrey W. Stansbury
4:45 PM	474	Relaxation properties of poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer networks: Influence of short-chain pendant groups Matthew A. Borns, Sumod Kalakkunnath, Michael K. Danquah, Victor A. Kusuma, Benny D. Freeman, Douglass S. Kalika

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