Poster Session I: Polymer Physics (2:00PM-5:00PM MT)

Presentations

• Molecular Origins of Flow in Polystyrene Vitrimers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Barzycki, D.; Ezzeddine, D.; Shanbhag, S.; Ricarte, R. Linear Viscoelasticity of Polystyrene Vitrimers: Segmental Motions and The Slow Arrhenius Process. Macromolecules 2025, 58 (8), 3949–3963. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c03161.
  

  Presenters

  • Daniel Barzycki

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Daniel Barzycki

    • Florida State University

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  • Andy Imbeah-Baiden

  • Joshua Mysona

    • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

  • Sachin Shanbhag

    • Florida State University

  • Ralm Ricarte

    • Florida State University

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• Immiscible Polydimethylsiloxane/Polybutadiene Vitrimer Blends

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Nat Torres

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Nat Torres

    • Florida State University

  • Daniel Barzycki

    • Florida State University

  • Ralm Ricarte

    • Florida State University

  • Zachery Bauer

  • Cassie Duclos

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• Network Topology and Associative Bond Exchange Control the Viscoelastic Response of Elastomeric and Glassy Vitrimer

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Barzycki, D. C.; Ezzeddine, D.; Shanbhag, S.; Ricarte, R. G. Linear Viscoelasticity of Polystyrene Vitrimers: Segmental Motions and the Slow Arrhenius Process. Macromolecules 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c03161.
  
  Ezzeddine, D.; Barzycki, D.; Ricarte, R. Impact of Cross-Link Density on Polybutadiene Permanent and Vitrimer Networks. 2025. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-650nc.

  Presenters

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  • Daniel Barzycki

  • Sachin Shanbhag

    • Florida State University

  • Ralm Ricarte

    • Florida State University

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• The Effect of Competing-Mechanism Bond Exchange on Dynamic Network Rearrangement

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Min-Hsien Lin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Min-Hsien Lin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Jared Rivera-Otero

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Controlling Dynamics in Reprocessable Polymer Networks via Mixed-Mechanism Exchangeable Bonds

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jared Rivera Otero

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Jared Rivera Otero

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Min-Hsien Lin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Combinatorial Entropy Controls Novel Viscoelasticity in Model Vitrimers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: No prior publications; manuscript in preparation

  Presenters

  • Haoyu Wu

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Haoyu Wu

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Jonathan Whitmer

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Confinement and substrate-driven polymorph selection in PVDF thin films

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  • Sanfeng Wu

    • Princeton University

  • Nihar Pradhan

    • Jackson State University

  • Emily Davidson

    • Princeton University

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• Surface-Adsorbed Nanodroplets of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers Have Versatile and Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructure

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Artem Petrov, Guillermo Hernandez-Mendoza, Alfredo Alexander-Katz. "Surface-Adsorbed Nanodroplets of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers Have Versatile and Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructure" In Preparation

  Presenters

  • Artem Petrov

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Artem Petrov

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Guillermo Hernandez-Mendoza

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Solid-state enzyme stabilization by diffusion and chemical matching

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Tianyi Jin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tianyi Jin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Akorfa Dagadu

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Poly(2-vinyl pyridine) Brush Grafting Density Controls Gold Nanorod Adsorption and Orientation

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Zixuan Lin

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Zixuan Lin

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Katie Sun

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Kyoungweon Park

    • Air Force Research Lab - WPAFB

  • Richard Vaia

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  • Russell Composto

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Structure and Dynamics of PEO Grafted to Nanoparticles in Water

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Abdul Nasir Abdullah

    • Clemson university

  Authors

  • Abdul Nasir Abdullah

    • Clemson university

  • John Bracewell

  • Dvora Perahia

  • Gary Grest

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Can peptides reduce the interfacial energy of immiscible polymer interfaces?

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Sarang Shindalkar

  Authors

  • Rituparna Samanta

    • University of South Florida

  • Lawrence Stern

  • Sarang Shindalkar

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• Linking Morphology to Radiative Decay Pathways by Using a Combined Experimental–Computational Study of CzDBA Emission Dynamics

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Toulik Maitra

    • University of California, Davis

  Authors

  • Toulik Maitra

    • University of California, Davis

  • Kaiwen Guo

  • Denis Andrienko

  • Gert-Jan Wetzelaer

  • Yungui Li

  • Paul Blom

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• Imaging Nanoscopic Domains in PM6:Y6 Organic Bulk Heterojunctions using PEEM

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Saryu Saryu

    • University of Kansas

  Authors

  • Saryu Saryu

    • University of Kansas

  • Elizabeth Udeh

    • University of Kansas

  • Timothy Scarborough

  • Hashitha Degambadage

  • Cindy Berrie

  • Wai-Lun Chan

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• Structure-Property Relationships in Solvent-Swollen Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Ferko

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Benjamin Ferko

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Anthony Senouillet

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Investigation of Broad Shear Modulus Profile Formed Across Glassy-Rubbery Interfaces of Polybutadiene and Polystyrene with Varying Molecular Weights

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • David Cai

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • David Cai

    • Emory University

  • Alexander Couturier

    • Emory University

  • Justin Burton

    • Emory University

  • Connie Roth

    • Emory University

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• Buckling-driven Heterogeneous Mechanochemical Response in Thermoplastic Copolymer Elastomers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Brandon Jeong

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Brandon Jeong

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Staci Strader

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Revealing Network Architecture Effects on Semi-Crystalline Polymer Networks

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Elena Granzeier

  • Brandon Jeong

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Pendant Groups in the Majority Domain of Aliphatic Multiblock Copolymers Prohibit the Double Gyroid Morphology

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Manuscript submitted to Macromolecules with the same title.

  Presenters

  • Margaret Brown

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Margaret Brown

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Viola Burlein

  • Benjamin Ferko

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Anne Saumer

  • Stefan Mecking

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Impact of CO₂ chemisorption on dynamics of polyamines across multiple time scales

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Neda Hashemipour

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• Molecular dynamics investigation of percolating membranes

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Mario Vasilev

  Authors

  • Alexander Klotz

    • California State University, Long Beach

  • Mario Vasilev

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• In-Line Molar Mass Determination in Semidilute Polymer Solutions

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Andrey Dobrynin

    • University of North Carolina

  Authors

  • Andrey Dobrynin

    • University of North Carolina

  • Johann Rapp

  • Eric Weeda

  • Ryan Sayko

  • Nick Legaux

  • Foad Vashahi

  • Sergei Sheiko

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Frank Leibfarth

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• Processive Pathway of Solvent-Induced Self-Assembly of PS-b-P2VP Thin Films

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jonathan Failla

    • Stony Brook University

  Authors

  • Jonathan Failla

    • Stony Brook University

  • Aiden Gauer

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Gregory Doerk

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Dmytro Nykypanchuk

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Tad Koga

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Maya Endoh

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• How Ring Deletion Impacts the Structure of Interlocked Ring Polymer Sheets

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: References:
  1. Klotz, A. R., et al.(2024). Soft
  Matter, 20,7044–7058.
  2. Becerra, D., et al.(2024). J.
  Chem.Phys., 160, 0191295.

  Presenters

  • Jason Spada

    • California State University, Long Beach

  Authors

  • Jason Spada

    • California State University, Long Beach

  • Lisa Hall

    • Ohio State University

  • Jacob Breese

    • Ohio State University

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• Response of Two-State Biopolymers to Macromolecular Crowding

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Mahesh Aryal

    • North Dakota State University

  Authors

  • Mahesh Aryal

    • North Dakota State University

  • Alan Denton

    • North Dakota State University

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• Computer simulations of conformational behavior of bottlebrush polymers with van der Waals and reversible interactions

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02451

  Presenters

  • Yiyan Kuang

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Yiyan Kuang

    • University of Connecticut

  • Elena Dormidontova

    • University of Connecticut

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• Slow Kinetics of Confined Diblock Copolymer upon Infiltration into a Bicontinuous, Nanoporous Gold Scaffold

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • David Bujdos

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • David Bujdos

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Jongbeom Kim

  • Eric Stach

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Russell Composto

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• High-Throughput Tensile Tester for Ultrathin Crosslinked Polymer Films

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Kelly Balch

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Kelly Balch

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• Time-Resolved Gelation of Photopolymerizable Melts

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Ayaulym Abilova

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Ayaulym Abilova

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jiachun Shi

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Simon Rogers

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Nonlinear Elasticity of Slide-Ring Gels: Finite-Extensibility and Ring-Clustering Effects under Large Deformation

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Hao Guo

    • Hokkaido University

  Authors

  • Hao Guo

    • Hokkaido University

  • Sergey Panyukov

  • Michael Rubinstein

    • Duke University

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• From Free Energies to Phase Diagrams of Compressible Microgels

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Oreoluwa Alade

    • North Dakota State University

  Authors

  • Oreoluwa Alade

    • North Dakota State University

  • Alan Denton

    • North Dakota State University

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• Swollen and collapsed phases in polymer networks under tension

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Michele Valsecchi

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Michele Valsecchi

    • Columbia University

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

  • Andrea Ninarello

    • CNR-ISC Inst for Complex Systems

  • Emanuela Zaccarelli

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• Structure and ion conductivity in hydrated precise polymer electrolytes with quaternary ammonium groups: Experiments and simulations

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • William Presson

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • William Presson

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • William Drayer

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Alexandra Whittle

  • Nadia Singleton

  • Justin Kennemur

    • Florida State University

  • Amalie Frischknecht

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• A Molecular Dynamics Model of Interfacial Polymerization: Growth and Properties of Polyamide Membranes

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Cody Hawthorne

    • Penn State Department of Chemical Engineering

  Authors

  • Cody Hawthorne

    • Penn State Department of Chemical Engineering

  • Scott Milner

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Ion Transport in Nanostructured Block Copolymer Membranes for Ion-Selective Separations

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Luis Felipe Caspari Thiele

    • Penn State University

  Authors

  • Luis Felipe Caspari Thiele

    • Penn State University

  • Hee Jeung Oh

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Ralph Colby

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Multiscale understanding of ion and water transport in weak polyelectrolyte membranes for sustainable technologies

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: 1. Y. Kim, and H. J. Oh* et al., "Effect of external salt solution concentration on carboxyl dissociation degree and pKa of weak polyelectrolyte membranes for sustainable technologies," Soft Matter, 2025 (Under review)
  2. Y. Kim, and H. J. Oh* et al., "Carboxyl dissociation degree and pKa of weak polyelectrolyte membranes in dilute and concentrated external salt solution for sustainable technologies," Macromolecules, 2025 (Under review)
  3. Y. Kim, and H. J. Oh* et al., "Determination of carboxyl dissociation degree and pKa in weak polyelectrolyte membranes via POT titration and FTIR analysis for clean technologies in sustainability," Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 10844-10860, Selected as journal cover image
  4. Y. Kim, and H. J. Oh* et al., "Weak polyelectrolyte membranes with a wide ion-exchange capacity (IEC) range and limited water swelling in clean technologies for sustainability," ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, 6, 11334-11349

  Presenters

  • Yongha Kim

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Yongha Kim

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Hee Jeung Oh

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• SAN-based block polymers as a platform for manufacturing strong isoporous membranes

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Mann, A.N. et al. "SAN-based block polymers as a platform for manufacturing strong isoporous membranes". Macromolecules 58, 10901-10913 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01452.

  Presenters

  • Adam Mann

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Adam Mann

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Noah Wamble

  • Louise Kuehster

  • Matthew Landsman

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Anthony Arrowood

  • Gregory Su

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Nathaniel Lynd

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Benny Freeman

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Gabriel Sanoja

    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• On the Thermal Features of Polystyrene-Polyvinylidene Fluoride Blends

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Parinaz Amaniabdolmalaki

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  Authors

  • Parinaz Amaniabdolmalaki

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Lydia Morales

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Erick Flores

  • Victoria Padilla

  • Mircea Chipara

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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• Bio-Based Thermosetting Polymers from Microbial Oils for Machine Learning-Assisted Design.

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Wathsala Amadoru Jayawardana

    • Georgia Southern University

  Authors

  • Wathsala Amadoru Jayawardana

    • Georgia Southern University

  • Rafael Quirino

  • Ellen Arantes

  • Ryan O'Connor

  • Hal Alper

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• Automating Polymer Molecular Dynamic Simulations: Simulation-Ready Ensembles from G-BigSMILES 2.0

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Yuan Tian

    • New York University

  Authors

  • Yuan Tian

    • New York University

  • Gervasio Zaldivar

  • Ge Sun

    • New York University

  • Juan de Pablo

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• Data-driven Parameterization of Chemically Specific Field-theoretic Simulations

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Andrew Golembeski

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Andrew Golembeski

    • Drexel University

  • Nicholas Sherck

  • Eduard Schreiner

  • Joshua Lequieu

    • Drexel University

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• Effect of Shear Flow and Precursor Polymer Design on Single-Chain Nanoparticle Formation

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-sr2np
  Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/17203738

  Presenters

  • Matthew Chertok

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Matthew Chertok

    • Princeton University

  • Howard Stone

    • Princeton University

  • Michael Webb

    • Princeton University

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• Tunable Mucin–Chitosan Complex Coacervates as Model Biological Interfaces

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Mary Mel Baynosa

    • Wayne State University

  Authors

  • Ali Hatami

    • Wayne State University

  • Mary Mel Baynosa

    • Wayne State University

  • Ashis Mukhopadhyay

    • Wayne State University

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• Hybrid Field Theory included Transfer Matrix Pairing for Complex Coacervation

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: References
  1. Lytle et al., Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 7001
  2. Madinya et al., Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2020, 5, 632

  Presenters

  • Jacob Castañeda

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Jacob Castañeda

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Complex Coacervate as a Novel Platform for non-classical Crystallization

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Saniya Zafar

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Saniya Zafar

    • University of Houston

  • Julia Sabadini

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston

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• Heavily Crosslinked Polymerized Ionic Liquid (PIL) Networks for High-Performance Ionic Diodes and Low-Voltage Electroadhesives

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: [1] Owen A. Lee*, Matthew K. McBride*, Yitian Li, Ryan C. Hayward. Poly(siloxane)-Derived Ionosilicone Elastomers Reveal the Role of Interfacial Polymer Dynamics in Ionic Double-Layer Rectification. ACS Macro Lett. 2025, 14, 6, 727–734
  
  [2] Owen A. Lee, Paula Pranda, Joe Roback, Matthew Ticknor, Seulki Kang, Hyeongjun Kim, Ryan C. Hayward. "Heavily Crosslinked Polymerized Ionic Liquid Networks for High-Performance Ionic Diodes and Low-Voltage Electroadhesives." Planned Paper

  Presenters

  • Owen Lee

    • Colorado State University

  Authors

  • Owen Lee

    • Colorado State University

  • Paula Pranda

  • Joseph Roback

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Matthew Ticknor

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Seulki Kang

  • Ryan Hayward

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Hydration Dynamics in Perdeuterated Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) Aqueous Solution Probed with Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Eric Rende

    • University of Central Florida

  Authors

  • Eric Rende

    • University of Central Florida

  • Marcell Wolf

  • Thomas Mueller

  • Dirk Schanzenbach

  • André Laschewsky

  • Alfons Schulte

    • University of Central Florida

  • Christine Papadakis

    • TU Munich

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• Small Molecule Mediated Self Assembly of Multicomponent Nanocomposites

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Kiera Tai

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Kiera Tai

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Seungyeop Kim

    • UC Berkeley

  • Anders Johnson

  • Ting Xu

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Effect of nanoparticles on the deformation-induced crystallization of polymers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Juncheng Zheng

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Juncheng Zheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Qingchu Yang

    • Michigan State University

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

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• Influence of polyelectrolyte mixtures on the nanomechanical properties of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Conor Harris

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Conor Harris

    • University of Chicago

  • Jeffrey Wesson

    • Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Matthew Tirrell

    • University of Chicago

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• Change in Chain Dimensions upon Coil-Helix Transition

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Karthik Sinha

    • North Caroline State University

  Authors

  • Karthik Sinha

    • North Caroline State University

  • Alexey Gavrilov

  • Artem Rumyantsev

    • North Carolina State University

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• Hidden Length, Microphase Separation and Deformation of Copolymer Brush Networks

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Hidden Length, Microphase Separation and Deformation of Copolymer Brush Networks, Macromolecule, under reivew.

  Presenters

  • Zilu Wang

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Zilu Wang

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Claire Wang

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Emilie Moses

    • 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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• Inter- and Intramolecular Effects on Conformation in Polymers and Liquid Crystals

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jacob Votava

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jacob Votava

    • Princeton University

  • Emily Davidson

    • Princeton University

  • Michael Webb

    • Princeton University

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• Incorporating Complex Pair Potentials Into Field-theoretic Simulations

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Anh Ngo

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Anh Ngo

    • Drexel University

  • Joshua Lequieu

    • Drexel University

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• Polymer properties and activity coefficients for mechanistically informed AI for polymer networks

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Devosmita Sen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Devosmita Sen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Chuting Deng

    • University of Chicago

  • Heecheol Jang

  • Beck Miller

  • Heather Kulik

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

    • Northwestern University

  • Bradley Olsen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Universal fundamental relations for polymer-solvent phase behavior

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Bradley Olsen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Bradley Olsen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Oliver Xie

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Hannah Uhl

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• Dependence of the polymer adsorption transition on chain stiffness and surface interaction range: A partition function zero analysis

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: M. P. Taylor and J. Luettmer-Strathmann, Phys. Rev. E 112, 045404 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

    • University of Akron

  • Mark Taylor

    • Hiram College

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• Study of the Effect of Added Salts on the Interfacial Dynamics of Model Charged and Uncharged Water-Soluble Polymers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Soumik Ghosh

    • Wesleyan University

  Authors

  • Soumik Ghosh

    • Wesleyan University

  View abstract →

• Extracting nontrivial work from ordinary chemical reactions

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Yining Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Yining Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Tian Huang

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Multi-Material Laser Print Spray Manufacturing of Microscale Structures

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shiqi Ma

    • Rutgers-New Brunswick

  Authors

  • Shiqi Ma

    • Rutgers-New Brunswick

  • Shubin Xie

  • Jouan Yu

    • Rutgers University

  • Matthew McLaughlin

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• Coalescence study on polymer blend powders for powder bed fusion based Additive Manufacturing

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Saifuddin Ahmed

    • University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Saifuddin Ahmed

    • University of Tennessee

  • Mark Dadmun

    • University of Tennessee

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• Additive manufacturing of molecular architecture encoded stretchable polyethylene glycol hydrogels and elastomers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Additive manufacturing of molecular architecture encoded stretchable polyethylene glycol hydrogels and elastomers

  Presenters

  • Baiqiang Huang

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Baiqiang Huang

    • University of Virginia

  • Myoeum Kim

    • University of Virginia

  • Pu Zhang

  • Emmanuel Oduro

    • University of Virginia

  • Daniel Rau

    • University of Virginia

  • Liheng Cai

    • University of Virginia

  View abstract →

• Modeling Flow and Morphology in Extrusion-Based 3D Printing of Semicrystalline Polymers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Nikolaos Kolezakis

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Nikolaos Kolezakis

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gregory Rutledge

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Geoffrey Mitchell

  • Joao Matias

  • Pedro Martinho

  • Paula Pascoal-Faria

  View abstract →

• Engineering Friction-Activated Biopolymer Microcapsules for Controlled Release of Lipophilic MaterialNew Submission

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jahilit Flores

    • University of Miami

  Authors

  • Jahilit Flores

    • University of Miami

  • Maria Calderon

    • University of Miami

  • Samiul Amin

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• Continuous Spun Fibers via Centrifugal Force Spinning

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Louie Edano

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  Authors

  • Louie Edano

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Cheryl Slykas

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Vihar Trada

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Carina Martínez Narváez

  • Naveen Reddy

    • Hasselt University

  • Vivek Sharma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  View abstract →

• Mechanisms of Alignment of Lamellar-Forming Block Copolymers under Shear Flow

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Soft Matter, 2025, 21, 476-487

  Presenters

  • Andrei Zvelindovsky

    • University of Lincoln

  Authors

  • Andrei Zvelindovsky

    • University of Lincoln

  • Marco Pinna

  • Javier Diaz

  • Christopher Denison

  • Ignacio Pagonabarraga

    • University of Barcelona

  View abstract →

• Molecular Orientation of Polymer Chains of Poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) Determined Using Mueller Matrix Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Supported by Density Functional Theory Calculations

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: A manuscript in final stages of preparation, to be submitted to the Journal of Polymer Science.

  Presenters

  • Rafal Korlacki

    • J.A. Woollam Co, Inc.

  Authors

  • Rafal Korlacki

    • J.A. Woollam Co, Inc.

  • Nina Hong

    • J.A. Woolam CO., Inc.

  • James Hilfiker

  • Craig Herzinger

  • Steve Green

  • Gerry Cooney

  View abstract →

• Impact of Lamellar Infill and Thickening on the Rigid Fraction of PLLANew Submission

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Logan Williams

  Authors

  • Sindee Simon

    • North Carolina State University

  • Logan Williams

  View abstract →

• Torsional Polymer Chains: Flexibility Mechanisms, Lifshitz Entropy, and Biaxial Orientational Order

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jiayi Huang

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Jiayi Huang

    • North Carolina State University

  • Artem Rumyantsev

    • North Carolina State University

  View abstract →

• Associative Polymers with Controlled Sticker Placement: How Reversible Bond Distribution and Density Govern Polymer Dynamics

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Myoeum Kim

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Myoeum Kim

    • University of Virginia

  • Shalin Patil

    • Michigan State University

  • Lutz Wiegart

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Li-Heng Cai

  View abstract →

• Gelation kinetics of PVDF/GVL thermoreversible gels: A rheological and thermal analytical overview

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Anuja Jayasekara

    • Penn State University - The Behrend College

  Authors

  • Anuja Jayasekara

    • Penn State University - The Behrend College

  • Lily Buyea

  • Karin Wyatt

  • Peggy Cebe

    • Tufts University

  View abstract →

• Using Molecular Models and Recovery Rheology to Predict the Stress Response of Polymer Networks

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: [1] Kyu Hyun, Sook Heun Kim, Kyung Hyun Ahn, Seung Jong Lee, Large amplitude oscillatory shear as a way to classify the complex fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Volume 107, Issues 1–3, 2002, Pages 51-65, ISSN 0377-0257

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Chiu

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Benjamin Chiu

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jiachun Shi

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Simon Rogers

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Nanocapsule Incorporation Strategies to Enhance Polymer Network Properties

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: In situ Photo-rheology Monitors Viscoelastic Changes in Photo-responsive Polymer Networks. E. L. Quirk, M. C. Burroughs, D. J. Mai. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 220, e68394 (2025).
  Light-Responsive Star Polymers for Reprocessable Network Formation and Deconstruction. M. C. Burroughs, E. L. Quirk, B. M. Wirtz, T. H. Schloemer, D. N. Congreve, D. J. Mai. Macromolecules, 58(12), 6066–6076 (2025).
  Gelation dynamics during photocrosslinking of polymer nanocomposite hydrogels. M. C. Burroughs, T. H. Schloemer, D. N. Congreve, D. J. Mai. ACS Polymers Au, 3(2), 217–227, (2023).

  Presenters

  • Amanda Rosario

    • University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

  Authors

  • Amanda Rosario

    • University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

  • Eleanor Quirk

    • Stanford University

  • Pournima Narayanan

  • Daniel Congreve

  • Danielle Mai

    • Stanford University

  View abstract →

• Digital Light Processing of Multi-Materials with Extreme Stiffness Contrast

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Divya Iyer

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Divya Iyer

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Nadia Chapple

  • Ikeoluwa Apata

  • Juan Manuel Urueña

  • Adarsh Krishnamurthy

    • Iowa State University

  • Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

    • Iowa State University

  • Craig Hawker

  • Angela Pitenis

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Michael Chabinyc

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Christopher Bates

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  View abstract →

• Tailoring Ionic Conductivity of Polymeric Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers through Morphology Control

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: (10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02602)

  Presenters

  • Samuel Kpakpo Junior Adotey

    • University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Samuel Kpakpo Junior Adotey

    • University of Tennessee

  • Gila Stein

    • University of Tennessee

  • Yangyang Wang

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  View abstract →

• Synthesis and properties of mono- and di-sulfonic acid polymers with precisely controlled substitutional positions

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Sangyun Jin

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Sangyun Jin

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Xuelang Gao

  • Moon Jeong Park

  View abstract →

• Leveraging the Photoresponse of Azobenzene to Induce Light-Triggered Modulation of Bulk Property Changes in Polymer Networks

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Eun Suk Lee

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Eun Suk Lee

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Brandon Jeong

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Parham Ghasemiahangarani

  • Theresa Schoetz

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  View abstract →

• Lithium Transport Simulations in Glassy Zwitterionic Electrolytes Show No Superionic Conductivity

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: Tripathi P and Milner S T 2025 Lithium Transport Simulations in Glassy Zwitterionic Electrolytes Show No Superionic Conductivity Macromolecules 58 9238–48

  Presenters

  • Pramudit Tripathi

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Pramudit Tripathi

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Scott Milner

    • Pennsylvania State University

  View abstract →

• On the origin of the slow mode and low q upturn in salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Carlos Lopez

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Carlos Lopez

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Phase Inversion Processing of PVDF-HFP Membranes for Enhanced Ionic Liquid Uptake, β-Phase Content, and Electroactive Actuation

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Nihad Ahmadli

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Nihad Ahmadli

    • University of Houston

  • Alamgir Karim

    • University of Houston

  • Hala Farghaly

    • University of Houston

  View abstract →

• Dynamic Bottlebrush Random Copolymers as Triggered Macromolecular Surfactants

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Kyoungwon Lee

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Kyoungwon Lee

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • zichen jin

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Xuchen Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Dupyo Jeon

  • Todd Emrick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Thomas Russell

  View abstract →

• Rapid Self‐Healing of Robust Surface‐Tethered Covalent Adaptable Coatings

  Poster-In-person

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

  Publication: J.A. Capets, S.F. Yost, B.D. Vogt, C.W. Pester, Rapid Self-Healing of Robust Surface-Tethered Covalent Adaptable Coatings, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34 (46), 2406277.

  Presenters

  • Jacob Capets

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Bryan Vogt

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Jacob Capets

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Christian Pester

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Self-Assembly and Morphology Control in Janus Bottlebrush Block Copolymers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Stanley Koesman

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Stanley Koesman

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Self-Assembly of End-functionalized Amphiphilic Block Copolymers

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Namjun Kim

    • Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Namjun Kim

    • Pohang University of Science and Technology

  • Moon Jeong Park

  View abstract →

• Reconciling Dynamic and Structural Scattering for Charged Nanoassemblies

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jacob Leonardo

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Jacob Leonardo

    • University of Connecticut

  • Thomas Tarutin

    • University of Connecticut

  • Mu-Ping Nieh

  View abstract →

• Kinematic Studies of a Beyond Standard Model Higgs Search in the di-lepton bbWW Channel

  Poster-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Yar Amol

    • Washington college

  Authors

  • Yar Amol

    • Washington college

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