COLLWednesday, April 9, 2008

9:00 AM-12:00 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 227, Oral
Polymer-Nanoparticle Systems: Theory, Simulation, Experiments
Modeling and Simulations
Organizers:Ramanathan Nagarajan
Anna C. Balazs
Presiding:Steven O. Nielsen
9:00 AMThermodynamics and dynamics of polymer nanocomposites
Michael Rubinstein, Andrey V. Dobrynin
9:20 AMPattern formation in dewetting nanoparticle/polymer bilayers
Alan R. Esker, Rituparna Paul, Ufuk Karabiyik, Michael C. Swift, John R. Hottle
9:40 AMTheory of nanoparticle self-assembly at oil/water interfaces: The role of curvature
Steven O. Nielsen, Preston B. Moore, Wataru Shinoda, Robert JB. Kalescky, Chi-cheng Chiu
10:00 AMSimulation study of polymer-nanotube hybridization in solution
Willis Martin, Wusheng Zhu, Goran Krilov
10:20 AMAdsorption of star-branched polyelectrolytes on charged colloids
Arben Jusufi, Martin Konieczny, Christos N Likos
10:40 AMFormation process and size regulation of polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles: Experiments and simulation
Vitaliy Starchenko, Martin Müller, Nikolai Lebovka
11:00 AMPhase behavior of uncharged polymer – silica systems
Naa Larteokor Quarcoo, Eric W Kaler
11:20 AMModification of surface energies of layered silicates through surfactants of different chain length
Yao-Tsung Fu, Hendrik Heinz
11:40 AMCorrelating surfactant hydrophilic-lipophilic balance and nanoparticle radii via coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations
Robert JB. Kalescky, Wataru Shinoda, Preston B. Moore, Steven O. Nielsen

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