Dillon Medal Symposium

Presentations

• Physics of architecturally complex polymers and networks

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Liheng Cai

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Liheng Cai

    • University of Virginia

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• Latches and Bottlebrush Poroelasticity for Amplified Movement in Soft Matter

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Alfred Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Alfred Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Nolan Miller

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Xiaona Xu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Gregory Grason

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Shear alignment of ABC bottlebrush triblock terpolymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Frank Bates

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Tim Lodge

    • University of Minnesota

  • Shuquan Cui

    • University of Minnesota

  • Christopher Ellison

    • University of Minnesota

  • Frank Bates

    • University of Minnesota

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• Hierarchical Dynamics in Bottlebrush Polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Shiwang Cheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Juncheng Zheng

    • Michigan State University

  • Baiqiang Huang

    • University of Virginia

  • Liheng Cai

    • University of Virginia

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• Direct Observation of Polymer Chain Tumbling in Entangled Solutions Under Shear Flow

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Charles Schroeder

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Charles Schroeder

    • Princeton University

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• Deformation Morphologies of Polymeric Materials at Extreme Rates

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: W. Shan, K. Xiao and E. L. Thomas, "Influence of Entanglement on Ultrahigh Strain Rate Deformation of Polystyrene Microprojectiles," Macromolecules 55(21), 9594-9600 (2022).
  W. Shan, I. Weisbord, X. Feng, J. Hyon, G-M. Manesi, A. Avgeropoulos, T. Segal-Peretz*, E. L. Thomas*, "Layered Thin Film Deposition via Extreme Slip in Soft Matter Lamellar Crystals," Macromolecules 55(20), 9022-9029 (2022).
  J. Hyon, M. Gonzales, J. Streit, O. Fried, O. Lawal, Y. Jiao, L. Drummy, E. L. Thomas and R. A. Vaia, "Projectile Impact Shock-Induced Deformation of One-Component Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films," ACS Nano, 15, 2439-2446 (2021) doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06146

  Presenters

  • Edwin Thomas

    • Texas A & M University

  Authors

  • Edwin Thomas

    • Texas A & M University

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• Active polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Steve Granick

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Qi Pan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Tian Haun

  • Yining Gan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• New Submission

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University

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• Transport Properties of Hydrogels with Structural Anisotropy

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Eugenia Kumacheva

    • University of Toronto

  Authors

  • Eugenia Kumacheva

    • University of Toronto

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• Selective ion transport in uniform sub-nm pores in polymer membranes

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Chinedum Osuji

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Chinedum Osuji

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• A coherent state field theory for gelation of f-arm star polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: Macromolecules, 58:10920, 2025

  Presenters

  • Jian Qin

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Jian Qin

    • Stanford University

  • Daniel Vigil

  • Glenn Fredrickson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Interdisciplinary Polymer and Data Science Graduate Training by Bringing Contemporary Industry Problems into the Classroom

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Interdisciplinary Polymer and Data Science Graduate Training by Bringing Industry Relevant Problems into the Classroom, Macromolecules 2025, 58, 16, 8569–8571

  Presenters

  • Arthi Jayaraman

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Arthi Jayaraman

    • University of Delaware

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• The Effective Coordination Number Distribution: An Insightful Property to Understand Interaction Parameters

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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