Polymer Degradation, Aging, and Lifetime

Presentations

• Delay Session Start

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  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

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• Competing Relaxation Pathways in the Physical Aging of Glasses

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Daniele Cangialosi

    • Centro de Física de Materiales-MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU)

  Authors

  • Daniele Cangialosi

    • Centro de Física de Materiales-MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU)

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• Thermal Recycling of a Diels-Alder Functional Epoxy: Evolution of Thermomechanical Properties

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Samantha J. (Lindholm) Knight

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  Authors

  • Samantha J. (Lindholm) Knight

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Nicole Penners

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Gaeun Kim

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Arnob Saha

    • New Mexico Tech

  • Sanchari Chowdhury

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Youngmin Lee

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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• Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Atomic Oxygen Degradation of a Polyimide Film

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Jacob Breese

    • Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Jacob Breese

    • Ohio State University

  • Lisa Hall

    • Ohio State University

  • Cody Bezik

  • Vikas Varshney

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

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• New Submission Nanoplastics and Volatile Formation During Accelerated Degradation of Polypropylene

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Shrishti Das

    • columbia university

  Authors

  • Shrishti Das

    • columbia university

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

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• Architecturally Controlling Degradation of Polymers with Tissue-Mimetic Mechanical Properties

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Jessica Garcia

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Jessica Garcia

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Sergei Sheiko

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Magomed Anikin

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• Development of a High-Throughput Platform for the Kinetic Analysis of Enzymatic Depolymerization

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Alexandra Grinevich

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Alexandra Grinevich

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Melody Morris

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Degradation and Nanoplastics Formation due to External Stresses in Semicrystalline Polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Sameer Rajendra Kalghatgi

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Sameer Rajendra Kalghatgi

    • Columbia University

  • Michele Valsecchi

    • Columbia University

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

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• Time-Dependent Ambient Aging and Rehydration of PVA-MA Hydrogels: Correlating Water Loss with Electromagnetic Recovery

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: "Structural and Dielectric Recovery of PVA-MA Hydrogel Soft-Tissue Phantoms Under Ambient Dehydration and Rehydration", D. ParraCervantes, C.S. O'Bryan, G. Worcester, S. Young. Planned, in progress

  Presenters

  • Deborah ParraCervantes

    • University of Missouri - Kansas City

  Authors

  • Deborah ParraCervantes

    • University of Missouri - Kansas City

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• Thermo-Oxidative Aging of Semi-crystalline Polyimide Films: Experimental Characterization and Predictive Modeling

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Maryam Shakiba

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Maryam Shakiba

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• Influence of Nano-Structure on the Degradation Pathways of Ethylene-Co-Vinyl Acetate Polymer

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Hannah Dedmon

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Hannah Dedmon

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Michael Chandross

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark Wilson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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