Padden Award Symposium
ORAL · MAR-G65 · ID: 3986948
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Strain-stiffening in photo-clickable bottlebrush hydrogels via crosslink clustering
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Publication: Photo-clickable bottlebrush hydrogels with tissue-mimicking strain-stiffening via crosslink clustering
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Baiqiang Huang
- University of Virginia
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Baiqiang Huang
- University of Virginia
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Li-Heng Cai
- University of Virginia
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Are Neutral Polyzwitterions Really Neutral? Charge Symmetry Breaking!
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Publication: Lee, Y., & Muthukumar, M. (2025). Charge symmetry breaking in neutral polyzwitterions. Nature Communications, 16, 3507.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58928-7Presenters
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Yeseul Lee
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Yeseul Lee
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Murugappan Muthukumar
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Effect of Methyl Substitution Pattern on Methylcellulose Solution Behavior and Multiscale Structure
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Publication: Kronenberger, S.; Jayaraman, A. Effect of Methylcellulose Chain Design on Gelation and Fibril Structure Using Coarse-Grained Modeling. Chem. Mater. 2025, 37 (13), 4818–4831. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c00862.
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Stephen Kronenberger
- University of Delaware
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Stephen Kronenberger
- University of Delaware
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Arthi Jayaraman
- University of Delaware
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Arrested and delayed rupture of elastomers
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Publication: [1] Perspective in Macromolecules (Fracture behavior of polymers in plastic and elastomeric states) 57, 3875 (2024).
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Asal Siavoshani
- University of Akron
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Asal Siavoshani
- University of Akron
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Shi-Qing Wang
- University of Akron
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Ming-Chi Wang
- The university of Akron
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Junpeng Wang
- The university of Akron
- University of Akron
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Chen Wang
- University of Utah
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Aanchal Jaisingh
- University of Utah
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When Solvent Matters: Fundamental Phase Reversals in Polyelectrolyte Coacervation
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Pierre J Walker
- Caltech
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Pierre J Walker
- Caltech
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Zhen-Gang Wang
- Caltech
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Biomimetic Block Polycatechols Form High Strength Wet Adhesives
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Fahed Albreiki
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Fahed Albreiki
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Orchid Pyone
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Helene Do
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Swaraali Save
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Samanvaya Srivastava
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Elasticity and Fracture of Polymer-like Entangled Network
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Publication: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.17813
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Jiabin Liu
- Michigan State University
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Jiabin Liu
- Michigan State University
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Juntao Huang
- University of Delaware
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Shaoting Lin
- michigan state university
- Michigan State University
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Reaction/Diffusion Competition Controls Anomalous Vitrimer Relaxation Processes
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Publication: Branham-Ferrari, M., Cheng, S., Sokolov, A.P., & Simmons, D. S. Reaction/Diffusion Competition Drives Anomalous Relaxation of Vitrimers. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.19496 (2025).
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Makayla Branham-Ferrari
- University of South Florida
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Makayla Branham-Ferrari
- University of South Florida
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Shinian Cheng
- University of Tennessee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Alexei P Sokolov
- University of Tennessee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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David S Simmons
- University of South Florida
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Roughness-dependent scaling of contact area and separation gap with pressure for glassy polymers
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Publication: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503087122
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Shubhendu Kumar
- The University of Akron
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Shubhendu Kumar
- The University of Akron
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Utkarsh R Patil
- University of Akron
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Stephen Merriman
- University of Akron
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Ali N Dhinojwala
- University of Akron
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Controlling equilibrium swelling of polyampholyte gels using charge sequence
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Publication: Controlling Equilibrium Swelling of Polyampholyte Gels Using Charge Sequence
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Andrew Srimalka Wijesekera
- University of South Carolina
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Andrew Srimalka Wijesekera
- University of South Carolina
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Ting Ge
- University of South Carolina
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Leveraging Dynamic Bonds to Probe Equilibrium Topology in Polymer Networks
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Publication: Sen, D.; Zheng, Yu; Olsen, B. D.; Leveraging dynamic bonds to probe equilibrium topology in polymer networks, ACS MacroLetters, 2025, 14, 8, 1169–1174
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Devosmita Sen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Devosmita Sen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Yu Zheng
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bradley David Olsen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Nanotetrapods Promote Polymer Flow Through Confinement Induced Packing Frustration
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Publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63555-3
Sarkar, Jotypriya, Sachin MB Gautham, Fariyad Ali, Mithun Madhusudanan, Harshit Yadav, Anindya Datta, Tarak K. Patra, Sivasurender Chandran, and Mithun Chowdhury. "Nanotetrapods promote polymer flow through confinement induced packing frustration." Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (2025): 8550.Presenters
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Jotypriya Sarkar
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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Jotypriya Sarkar
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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Mithun Chowdhury
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Sivasurender Chandran
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Sachin MB Gautham
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Tarak K Patra
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Fariyad Ali
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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Anindya Dutta
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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Mithun Madhusudanan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
- Indian Insitute of Technology Bombay
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