Co-Design of Mechanical and Functional Properties of Plymers

Presentations

• Influence of Chemical Side Groups on Extensional Rheology and Elastic Fracture of Polymer Melts

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – March 20, 2025, 6:36 PM

  Publication: Shen et al. Elastic fracture of polymer melts containing different chemical side groups. Under preparation.<br>Cheng et al. The connection between chemical side groups, linear viscoelasticity and nonlinear extensional rheology. Under preparation.

  Presenters

  • Qian Huang

    Sichuan University

  Authors

  • Qian Huang

    Sichuan University

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• Invited: Dynamic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesion in Liquid Crystal Elastomers

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 6:36 PM – March 20, 2025, 7:12 PM

  Publication: 1- Ohzono, Takuya, Mohand O. Saed, and Eugene M. Terentjev. "Enhanced dynamic adhesion in nematic liquid crystal elastomers." Advanced Materials 31.30 (2019): 1902642.<br>2- Guo, Hongye, Mohand O. Saed, and Eugene M. Terentjev. "Mechanism of pressure-sensitive adhesion in nematic elastomers." Macromolecules 56.16 (2023): 6247-6255.<br>3- H. Gou, S. Hou, M. O. Saed, Strong, Reversible, Heat-Activated Adhesion from Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 2400488. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400488

  Presenters

  • Mohand O Saed

    University of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Mohand O Saed

    University of Cambridge

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• Adhesion, relaxation, and fluid transport in soft polymers

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 7:12 PM – March 20, 2025, 7:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Joelle Frechette

    UC Berkeley

  Authors

  • Joelle Frechette

    UC Berkeley

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• From polymer physics to macroscopic failure: Forces on polymer chains in nanofilled elastomers

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 7:48 PM – March 20, 2025, 8:24 PM

  Publication: 1. Chen, Y., et al., Spiropyran Mechano-Activation in Model Silica-Filled Elastomer Nanocomposites Reveals How Macroscopic Stress in Uniaxial Tension Transfers from Filler/Filler Contacts to Highly Stretched Polymer Strands. Macromolecules, 2023. 56(14): p. 5336-5345.<br><br>

  Presenters

  • Costantino Creton

    ESPCI Paris

  Authors

  • Costantino Creton

    ESPCI Paris

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• Extremely tough networks: from polymers to metamaterials

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2025, 8:24 PM – March 20, 2025, 9:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Xuanhe Zhao

    MIT

  Authors

  • Xuanhe Zhao

    MIT

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