Block Copolymers and Polymers at Interfaces I

Presentations

• Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers into Photonic Structures

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:00 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:12 AM

  Presenters

  • William T Higgins

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • William T Higgins

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Jacob A LaNasa

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Kyungtae Kim

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Engineering self-assembly pathways in polymer blends for nanopattern optimization

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:12 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Karthika Madathil

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  Authors

  • Karthika Madathil

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Semih Cetindag

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Esther H Tsai

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Nikhil Tiwale

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Ruipeng Li

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Gregory S Doerk

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

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• Ionic Interaction-Driven Polymer Blends for Achieving Small Feature Sizes

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:24 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Jingchao Qin

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Jingchao Qin

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Whitney S Loo

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Mechanically anisotropic materials with a zero Poisson's ratio : Unidirectional alignment of block copolymer nanostructures in bulk films using the shear-rolling process.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:36 AM – March 17, 2025, 11:48 AM

  Publication: Fully Transparent Vertical Distortion-Free Monotonically Stretchable Substrate by Nanostructure Alignment

  Presenters

  • Hur Jung

    Korean Institute of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Hur Jung

    Korean Institute of Science and Technology

  • Son Jeong Gon

    Korea Institute of Science and Technology

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• Inducing Lamellar Morphology in Intrinsically Non-Lamellar Block Copolymer Films using Ionic Liquids

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 11:48 AM – March 17, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Alamgir Karim

    University of Houston

  Authors

  • Alamgir Karim

    University of Houston

  • Kshitij Sharma

    University of Houston

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• New Routes of Molecular Assembly by Shearing and Equilibration of Block Copolymer Solutions

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Radhakrishna Sureshkumar

    Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Radhakrishna Sureshkumar

    Syracuse University

  • Senyuan Liu

    Syracuse University

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• Molecular orientation within hierarchical high-χ block copolymers revealed by polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 12:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Patel, B. B., Feng, H., Loo, W. S., Snyder, C. R., Eom, C., Murphy, J., ...DeLongchamp, D. M. (2024). Self-Assembly of Hierarchical High-χ Fluorinated Block Copolymers with an Orthogonal Smectic-within-Lamellae 3 nm Sublattice and Vertical Surface Orientation. ACS Nano, 18(17), 11311–11322. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00664

  Presenters

  • Dean M DeLongchamp

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  Authors

  • Bijal B Patel

    NIST

  • Dean M DeLongchamp

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Hongbo Feng

    University of Chicago

  • Whitney S Loo

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Chad Ray Snyder

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Christopher Eom

    University of Chicago

  • Julia Murphy

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Daniel F Sunday

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Paul F Nealey

    University of Chicago

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• Topology-based Transformation of Copolymer Phase Behavior and Immiscible Polymer Adhesion by Di-block Ring Polymers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:00 PM

  Publication: Wijesekera, A.; Vigil, D. L.; Ge, T. Molecular Simulations Revealing Effects of Non-concatenated Ring Topology on Phase Behavior of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers. Macromolecules 2024, 57 (10), 5092-5104. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02473<br><br>Wijesekera, A.; Vigil, D. L.; Grest, G. S.; Zhang, S.; Ge, T. Diblock Rings as Topological Adhesives at Immiscible Polymer Interfaces. ACS Macro Letters 2024, 13 (10), 1311-1317. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00446

  Presenters

  • Andrew Wijesekera

    University of South Carolina

  Authors

  • Andrew Wijesekera

    University of South Carolina

  • Daniel L Vigil

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Gary S Grest

    Sandia National Laboratories, Center of Integrated Nano Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque,NM

  • Ting Ge

    University of South Carolina

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• Mechanism of High Surface Pressure Generation in Water-Spread Block Copolymer Micelle Films

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • You-Yeon Won

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Daniel Fesenmeier

    Purdue University

  • Seyoung Kim

    Dankook University

  • Taesuk Jun

    Purdue University

  • You-Yeon Won

    Purdue University

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• High-Density Packing of Spherical Phases in A(AB₃)₃ Dendron-like Miktoarm Star Copolymer

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:24 PM

  Publication: Woo, D.; Yoon, H.; Li, L.; Dong, Q.; Li, W.; Kim, J. K. High-density packing of spherical microdomains from A(AB3)3 dendron-like miktoarm star copolymer. ACS Macro Lett. 2024, 13, 1, 8-13. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00518

  Presenters

  • Dokyung Woo

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Dokyung Woo

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Hyeongkeon Yoon

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Luyang Li

    Fudan Univ

  • Qingshu Dong

    Fudan Univ

  • Weihua Li

    Fudan Univ

  • JinKon Kim

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

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• Optimization of the processing and materials composition of epoxy/block copolymer blends

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel V Krogstad

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Daniel V Krogstad

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Yu-Min Wang

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Michal Ondrejcek

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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• Scaling Laws for Concave polymer brushes in good solvent

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • RANJITHA RAVINDRANATH

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • RANJITHA RAVINDRANATH

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Thi Vo

    Johns Hopkins University

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