Mechanical Performance of Polymer Networks, Gels and Elastomers 2

Presentations

• Interfacial Fracture of Soft Polymer Networks: Revisiting Gent's Picture

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Arrowood, A.; Frazier, J.; Ciccotti, M.; Sanoja, G. E. From Molecular Damage and Viscoelasticity to Interfacial Fracture in Soft Polymer Networks: Insights from Mechanochemistry. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2025, 122 (37), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2509322122.

  Presenters

  • Gabriel Sanoja

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Gabriel Sanoja

    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• Cohesive Origin of Cavitation in Polymer Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Saleh Assadi

    • university of colorado boulder

  Authors

  • Saleh Assadi

    • university of colorado boulder

  • Franck Vernerey

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Fay Salmon

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• Multiaxial Characterization of Soft Polymers to Characterize a Failure Criterion

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: Saadawi M.N. and Barney C.W., "Controlling the local compliances of cruciform samples to probe equibiaxial failure," Soft Matter, Advance Article, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00644A

  Presenters

  • Christopher Barney

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Christopher Barney

    • University of Akron

  • Majed Saadawi

    • The University of Akron

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• Impacts of Network Structure on Adhesion Strength of Epoxy Resins

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Reiki Eto

    • Kyushu University

  Authors

  • Reiki Eto

    • Kyushu University

  • Tatsuki Abe

    • Kyushu university

  • Keiji Tanaka

    • Kyushu University

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• Trap Entanglements by Intervening Polymerization Process

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Kim, Gun, et al. "Superentangled polymer networks by stable acoustic cavitation." (2025), preprint, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7558130/v1.

  Presenters

  • Junsoo Kim

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Junsoo Kim

    • Northwestern University

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• Nanoscale Insights into Strain-Induced Crystallization: Revealing Self-Reinforcement Mechanisms in Filled Elastomers

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: [1] T. Miyata, D. Watanabe, S. Kanomi, K. Chen, W. Miyoshi, T. Kikuchi, T. Kitaura, T. Kawakatsu, H. Jinnai, "Self-reinforcement in filled rubber via strain-induced crystallisation," Nature Communications 16, 8073 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63283-8

  Presenters

  • Tomohiro Miyata

    • Tohoku University, Japan

  Authors

  • Tomohiro Miyata

    • Tohoku University, Japan

  • Shusuke Kanomi

    • Tohoku University

  • Kai Chen

  • Wakana Miyoshi

  • Tatsuya Kikuchi

  • Takahiro Kitaura

  • Toshihiro Kawakatsu

  • Hiroshi Jinnai

    • Tohoku University, Japan

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• Examining the Effects of Solvent Quality on Material Fracture in Double Network Hydrogels

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Soham Irtiza Swapnil

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Soham Irtiza Swapnil

    • University of Virginia

  • Phillip Taylor

    • University of Virginia

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• Exploring the foundation of bond dissociation theory for elastomeric failure

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Shi-Qing Wang

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Shi-Qing Wang

    • University of Akron

  • Asal Siavoshani

  • Zehao Fan

    • University of Akron

  • Tianji Pang

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• Unraveling Entanglements Effect on Rate-Dependent Damage in Polymer Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Zachary White

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Zachary White

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Saleh Assadi

    • university of colorado boulder

  • Franck Vernerey

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Enhancing Adhesion On-Demand in Bottlebrush Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Tanner Wolf

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Tanner Wolf

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Sergei Sheiko

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Andrey Dobrynin

    • University of North Carolina

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• Fracture Behavior of Monodisperse and Polydisperse Polymer Networks: Effects of Topology and Strand-Length Dispersity

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Zidan Zhang

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Zidan Zhang

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Jakub Krajniak

  • Aaliyah Dookhith

    • Columbia University

  • Han Zhang

    • University of Michigan

  • Yuan Tian

    • New York University

  • Harnoor Singh Sachar

    • University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Nico Marioni

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Tyler Duncan

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Jun Liu

  • Gabriel Sanoja

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Venkat Ganesan

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Viscoelastic Contributions to Adhesion: Measurement and Modeling

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Kurt VanDonselaar

    • North Dakota State University

  Authors

  • Andrew Croll

    • North Dakota State University

  • Kurt VanDonselaar

    • North Dakota State University

  • Maryam Safaripour

  • david Boucher

  • Dean Webster

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• Decoding Structure–Property Relationships in Biodegradable Polymers Using In Situ WAXS and Tensile Measurements

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Anjani Maurya

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  Authors

  • Anjani Maurya

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Ruth Arwani

  • Arun Asundi

  • Ozge Bozkurt

  • Ravikumar Gowda

  • Katrina Knauer

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

  • Eugene Chen

  • Christopher Tassone

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