Fundamentals and Applications of Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites II: Structure and Dynamics

Presentations

• Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Melts and Hydrated Polymers

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Karen Winey

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Mechanistic tradeoffs between low-strain reinforcement and high-strain cavitation in elastomeric nanocomposites

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Harshad Bhapkar

    • University of South Florida

  Authors

  • Harshad Bhapkar

    • University of South Florida

  • Pierre Kawak

    • University of South Florida

  • David Simmons

    • University of South Florida

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• Modeling the Dielectric Relaxation in Semicrystalline Polymers – Understanding the Role of the Interphase between the Amorphous and Crystalline Domains

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: Ginzburg, Valeriy V. "Modeling the Dielectric Relaxation in Semicrystalline Polymers: Understanding the Role of the Interphase between the Amorphous and Crystalline Domains." Macromolecules 58, no. 8 (2025): 4122-4130.

  Presenters

  • Valeriy Ginzburg

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Valeriy Ginzburg

    • Michigan State University

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• Influence of Grafted Polymers on Translational and Rotational Diffusion of Au Nanorods

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Hore

    • Case Western Reserve University

  Authors

  • Michael Hore

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Nehal Nupnar

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Abigail Hovorka

    • The College of Wooster

  • Andrew Joyce

    • Saint Vincent College

  • Mithun Debnath

  • Patrick Barrett

    • Cleveland State University

  • Metin Karayilan

  • Kiril Streletzky

    • Cleveland State University

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• Dispersing Nanofillers and Tuning Their Interfaces with Matrix Polymers in Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Perspective

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Shengfeng Cheng

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Shengfeng Cheng

    • Virginia Tech

  • Xi Hao

    • Virginia Tech

  • Connor Thompson

  • Guoliang Liu

    • Virginia Tech

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• How topological polymer loops on the nanoparticle surface control the mechanical properties of nanocomposites

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Tad Koga

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Tad Koga

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Xiaoran Wang

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Yashasvi Bajaj

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Maya Endoh

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Jan-Michael Carrillo

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Tomomi Masui

  • Hiroyuki Kishimoto

  • Naresh Osti

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jürgen Allgaier

  • Margarita Kruteva

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

  • Dieter Richter

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

  • Michihiro Nagao

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Tailoring Mechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites via Tuning Nanofiller Configuration

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: 1. Yang, Z.; Meng, Z., Porous nanoparticles overcome the conventional stiffness-damping tradeoff in polymer nanocomposites. npj Soft Matter 2025, 1 (1), http://doi.org/10.1038/s44431-025-00003-8.
  2. Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Dai, L.; Meng, Z., Impact of graphene oxide arrangement on the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of polymer nanocomposites. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 2025, 297-298, 110351, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2025.110351.
  3. Wang, Y.; Meng, Z., Mechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Wrinkled Graphene Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites–Effect of Interlayer Sliding within Graphene Sheets. Carbon 2021, 177, 128-137, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.02.071.
  4. Li, T.; Meng, Z.; Keten, S., Interfacial mechanics and viscoelastic properties of patchy graphene oxide reinforced nanocomposites. Carbon 2020, 158, 303-313, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.10.039.

  Presenters

  • Zhaoxu Meng

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • Zhaoxu Meng

    • Clemson University

  • Zhangke Yang

    • Clemson University

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• Polymer Dynamics and Nanoscale Structure in Nanocomposites for Cement Application

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Paren

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Benjamin Paren

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Weina Meng

  • Lucka Mai

  • Lena Lopes

  • Yuhuan Wang

  • Nusrath Jaha

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• Graft Density as a Design Parameter for Dynamics and Flow of Neat Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Grafted Silica Nanoparticles.

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Publication: In preparation

  Presenters

  • Pavan Polisetty

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Pavan Polisetty

    • Florida State University

  • Gary Germanton

  • Subramanian Ramakrishnan

  • Daniel Hallinan

    • Florida State University

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• Shear-Induced Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Shoumik Saha

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Shoumik Saha

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Dilip Gersappe

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• New insight into the mechanism underlying the Payne Effect - In operando X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy study

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Xiaoran Wang

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Xiaoran Wang

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Leonidas Tsapatsaris

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Lutz Wiegart

  • Tomomi Masui

  • Hiroyuki Kishimoto

  • Maya Endoh

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Tad Koga

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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