John H. Dillon Medal Symposium

Presentations

• Generating Stress in Strained Hydrogel Fibers During Crystallization

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Publication: Lang, C. et al. Nanostructured block copolymer muscles. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 752-758 (2022). https://doi.org:10.1038/s41565-022-01133-0

  Presenters

  • Robert J Hickey

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Robert J Hickey

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Ductile PE/iPP Blends Forged with a Commercially Viable Triblock Copolymer Compatibilizer

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 3:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Frank S Bates

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Frank S Bates

    • University of Minnesota

  • Shuquan Cui

    • University of Minnesota

  • Gabriela Diaz Gorbea

    • University of Minnesota

  • Liyang Shen

    • University of Minnesota

  • Kendra Flanigan

    • University of Minnesota

  • Tim P Lodge

    • University of Minnesota

  • Christopher J Ellison

    • University of Minnesota

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• Maximizing Polarizability with Zwitterions

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 3:48 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Publication: W. Mei, A. J. Rothenberger, J. E. Bostwick, J. M. Rinehart, R. J. Hickey and R. H. Colby, Zwitterions Raise the Dielectric Constant of Soft Materials, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 228001 (2021).
  W. Mei, R. J. Hickey and R. H. Colby, High Dielectric Constant Zwitterionic Liquids, PCT/US2023/022487 filed on May 17, 2022.
  W. Mei, A. Han, R. J. Hickey and R. H. Colby, Effect of Chemical Substituents Attached to the Zwitterion Cation on Dielectric Constant, J. Chem. Phys. 155, 244505 (2021).
  W. Mei, R. H. Colby and R. J. Hickey, Enhancing the Dielectric Constant of Zwitterionic Liquids via Dipole Moment and Anion Chemistry, J. Chem. Phys. 161, 014506 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Ralph H Colby

    • Pennsylvania State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Ralph H Colby

    • Pennsylvania State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Robert J Hickey

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Wenwen Mei

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Zitan Huang

    • Pennsylvania State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University

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• Active nanostructures from DNA-based self-assembly of nanoparticles

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Park So-Jung

    • Ewha Womans University

  Authors

  • Park So-Jung

    • Ewha Womans University

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• Water Dynamics in Ionic Polymers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Hickner

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Michael Hickner

    • Michigan State University

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• Solvent and Bridging Fraction as Means of Controlling Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Porous, Triblock Copolymer Gels

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Publication: E.C. Lloyd, S. Dhakal, R. Alhasan, D.R. Tree, S. Morozova, R.J. Hickey. "Hierarchical, Porous Hydrogels Demonstrating Structurally Dependent Mechanical Properties." Under Review.
  C. Lang, E.C. Lloyd, K.E. Matuszewski, R.J. Hickey, "Biomimetic Block Polymer Muscles." Nat. Comm. 2022.

  Presenters

  • Elisabeth C Lloyd

    • Eastman Chemical Company

  Authors

  • Elisabeth C Lloyd

    • Eastman Chemical Company

  • Robert J Hickey

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Sujata Dhakal

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Svetlana Morozova

    • Case Western Reserve University

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• Kinetics of chain exchange in body-centered cubic block copolymer nanostructures

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Tim P Lodge

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Tim P Lodge

    • University of Minnesota

  • Taehyoung Kim

    • University of Minnesota

  • Joanna Marie White

    • University of Minnesota

  • Frank S Bates

    • University of Minnesota

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• Nanoparticle Diffusion in Crowded Polymer Nanocomposite Melts

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 4:48 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Publication: "Vehicular and core-shell nanoparticle diffusion in attractive entangled polymer melts." Kaitlin Wang and Karen I. Winey*, Macromolecules 2024, 57, 6789-6795.

  Presenters

  • Karen I Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Karen I Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Kaitlin Wang

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Self-Assembled Nanoparticle-Surfactant Bilayers: A Platform for Memristive Behavior and Ion Selectivity

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:00 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas P. Russell

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  Authors

  • Thomas P. Russell

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Xuefei Wu

    • LBNL
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Han Xue

    • LBNL

  • Nivedina Sarma

    • UC Berkeley

  • Zachary Fink

    • LBNL
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Zhiqin Xia

    • LBNL

  • Xuchen Gan

    • University of Massachusetts

  • John Katsaras

    • ORNL

  • Peter Ercius

    • LBNL
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley national laboratory

  • Brett A Helms

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • LBNL

  • Paul D Ashby

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Charkes P Collier

    • ORNL

  • Ahmad K Omar

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • UC Berkeley

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• Segregative Phase Separation of Strong Polyelectrolytes at High Salt and Polymer Concentrations

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:12 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:24 PM

  Publication: Chee, C.; Benharush, R.; Knight, L. R.; Laaser, J. E. "Segregative phase separation of strong polyelectrolyte complexes at high salt and high polymer concentrations," Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00994K

  Presenters

  • Jennifer E Laaser

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Jennifer E Laaser

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Conner H Chee

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Rotem Benharush

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Lexi R Knight

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• Relevance of lamellar to lamellar-catenoid to double gyroid phase transitions to biomembranes

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:24 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:36 PM

  Publication: none as of yet

  Presenters

  • Edwin L Thomas

    • Texas A & M University

  Authors

  • Edwin L Thomas

    • Texas A & M University

  • Wenpeng Shan

    • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China

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• Local dynamics of crosslinked hyaluronic acid gels at charged surfaces

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:36 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Svetlana Morozova

    • Case Western Reserve University

  Authors

  • Svetlana Morozova

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Sujata Dhakal

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Samyuktha Chandrasekar

    • Case Western Reserve University

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• Discovering novel electrolytes by leveraging high-throughput experimentation and machine learning

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:48 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Everett S Zofchak

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Everett S Zofchak

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Vanesa Munoz Perales

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jason K Phong

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Sawyer D Cawthern

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Christian Plaza-Rivera

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jeremiah A Johnson

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yang Shao-Horn

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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