Dynamics of Polymers in Confinement

Presentations

• Self-Assembly of Semiflexible Polymers within Dynamic Droplet Confinement

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Nasir Amiri

    • University at Buffalo

  Authors

  • Nasir Amiri

    • University at Buffalo

  • Xin Yong

    • University at Buffalo

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• Block Composition Dictates Infiltration Kinetics of Block Copolymers into Nanopores

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Uiseok Hwang

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Uiseok Hwang

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Sang Yup Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Robert Riggleman

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daeyeon Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Knotting in a lattice model of confined ring polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: Physical Review E 111 065406 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Esaias Janse van Rensburg

    • York University

  Authors

  • Esaias Janse van Rensburg

    • York University

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• Coupled Effects of Domain Structure and Surface Affinity on Block Copolymer Transport in Nanopores

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Sang Yup Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Sang Yup Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Taeyoung Heo

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Uiseok Hwang

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Robert Riggleman

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Daeyeon Lee

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Depth-Resolved Chain Dynamics and Interfacial Effects in Freestanding and Supported Glass-Forming Polymer Films

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Bao Ma

    • University of South Florida

  Authors

  • Bao Ma

    • University of South Florida

  • David Simmons

    • University of South Florida

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• Dynamics and macroscopic properties of one component polymer nanocomposites

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Margarita Kruteva

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

  Authors

  • Margarita Kruteva

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

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• Interfacial Confinement of Thermal Motion in Adsorbed Polystyrene Chains

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Yuma Morimitsu

    • Kyushu University

  Authors

  • Yuma Morimitsu

    • Kyushu University

  • Satoru Yamamoto

  • Keiji Tanaka

    • Kyushu University

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• Seventeen Years of Backscattering Silicon Spectrometer (BASIS): Unraveling the Dynamics of hard and soft materials

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Naresh Osti

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Naresh Osti

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Niina Jalarvo

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Eugene Mamontov

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• Reversible Electrokinetic Confinement (RECON) Device for Dynamic Confinement of Single Macromolecules and Nanoparticles

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Publication: Published at Science Advances, Matheus A. S. Pessôa et al. ,Single-molecule capture, release, and dynamical manipulation via reversible electrokinetic confinement (RECON).Sci. Adv.11,eadv8863(2025).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adv8863

  Presenters

  • Matheus Pessôa

    • McGill University

  Authors

  • Matheus Pessôa

    • McGill University

  • Preethi Ravikumar

    • McGill University

  • Seraphine Kautz

  • Walter Reisner

    • McGill University

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• Gradient in Chain Fluidity of Polystyrene near Solid Substrates

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shintaro Saeki

    • Kyushu university

  Authors

  • Shintaro Saeki

    • Kyushu university

  • Yuma Morimitsu

    • Kyushu University

  • Keiji Tanaka

    • Kyushu University

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• Probing matter by Neutron Spin-Echo: A high-resolution spectroscopic technique that unveil dynamics of materials at mesoscale

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Laura-Roxana Stingaciu

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Laura-Roxana Stingaciu

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Piotr Zolnierczuk

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Interfacial dynamics of polymers: Spatial gradient and the collective interface effect

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Juncheng Zheng

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Juncheng Zheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

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