Tuning Polymer Properties via Macromolecular Architecture and Interactions II: Synthesis, Structure, and Function

Presentations

• Structural and Dynamical Insights into the Formation Process of a Cross-Linked Polymer Network

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: Cite this: Macromolecules 2025, 58, 15, 8079–8090
  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01222

  Presenters

  • Maya Endoh

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Maya Endoh

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Leonidas Tsapatsaris

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Lutz Wiegart

  • Stanislas Petrash

  • Alexander Ribbe

  • Jeff Cash

  • Thomas Engels

  • Tad Koga

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• Asymmetric Interfacial Chain Diffusion in High-Performance Thermoplastics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Keigo Kawahara

    • Kyushu university

  Authors

  • Keigo Kawahara

    • Kyushu university

  • Tatsuki Abe

    • Kyushu university

  • Shin Hirata

  • Masato Honma

  • Satoru Yamamoto

  • Keiji Tanaka

    • Kyushu University

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• Self-Assembly Behavior of Hem-Telechelic Polymer System

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jingchao Qin

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Jingchao Qin

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Whitney Loo

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Controlling Polymer Melt Viscoelasticity via Photo-Reversible Hydrogen Bonding

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Publication: planned paper: "Controlling Polymer Melt Viscoelasticity via Photo-Reversible Hydrogen Bonding"

  Presenters

  • Ayaulym Abilova

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Ayaulym Abilova

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Abike Sholeye

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Realizing Sub-3 nm Vertical Lamellar Features in Thin Films by In-Situ Hydrolysis of PSM-b-P4VBP

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Xuchen Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Xuchen Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Yashodha Kahandawaarachchi

  • Xindi Li

  • Mingqiu Hu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Zhan Chen

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • zichen jin

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Preetika Rastogi

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Paul Ashby

  • Javid Rzayev

  • Thomas Russell

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Low-Temperature Stability of the Double Gyroid Morphology in Ultrahigh-χ Low-N Multiblock Copolymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Margaret Brown

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Margaret Brown

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Viola Burlein

  • Sharin Rashid

  • Stefan Mecking

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Domain Alignment and Solvent Swelling Impact Ion Transport in a Multiblock Copolymer

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Ferko

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Benjamin Ferko

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Viola Burlein

  • Stefan Mecking

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Cryo-EM Reveals Structure and Assembly of Polymer Mixed Conductors

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: "Cryo-EM Reveals Assembly and Nanostructure of PEDOT:PSS", Ghasemi, M.; Kirkley, L.Y.; Aldahdooh, M.K.R.; Del Mundo, J.T.: Gamdha, D.; Lan, Y.-C.; Lai, P.H.; Cho, S.Y.; Ganapathysubramanian, B.; Gomez, E.W.; Gomez, E.D., under review 2025.

  Presenters

  • Enrique Gomez

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Enrique Gomez

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Masoud Ghasemi

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• Entropy-Driven Phase Separation in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles Blends

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Akhtar Gul

    • University of Houston

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston

  • Rongguan Yin

  • Michael Bockstaller

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Jack Douglas

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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• Disordered Hyperuniformity and Structure-Property Correlation in a Single-Component Nanocomposite material Thin Film

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Akhtar Gul

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Akhtar Gul

    • University of Houston

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston

  • Masiuddin Muzzammil Mohammed

  • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Michael Bockstaller

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Rongguan Yin

  • Mett Tarnsangpradit

  • Jack Douglas

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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• Topology-Driven Miscibility in Polymer–Nanoparticle Composites via Loop–Linear Graft Blends

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: Publication in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Sri Maddukuri

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Sri Maddukuri

    • Northwestern University

  • Christopher Mbonu

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Arman Moussavi

    • Northwestern University

  • Pinar Akcora

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Sinan Keten

    • Northwestern University

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• Chain Topology–Mediated Mechanical Behavior in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Composites

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Macromolecules revision submitted

  Presenters

  • Christopher Mbonu

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Christopher Mbonu

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

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