Non-Equilibrium Structures of Polymeric Materials

Presentations

• Dynamic Photothermal Control of Ion Transport in Azobenzene-Based Polymer Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Publication: Lee, E.S.; Jeong, B.; Ghasemiahangarani, P.; Melendez-Bonet, K.; Ge, L.; Schoetz, T.; Statt, A.; Kuenstler, A.S.
  Spatiotemporal Regulation of Ion Transport via Photothermal Heating in Azobenzene-Based Polymer Networks.
  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater, 7, 18, 12540–12549 (2025)

  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

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• Dissipative Interfacial Supramolecular Polymerization

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Zhiqin Xia

    • Materials Science Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  Authors

  • Zhiqin Xia

    • Materials Science Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Paul Ashby

  • Brett Helms

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Thomas Russell

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• Environmental dynamic wrinkling in crack-free PDMS bilayers

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Ahmad et al. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2509167 (2025)
  Ahmad et al Nano Lett. 25, 2, 740–746 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Joao Cabral

    • Imperial College London

  Authors

  • Joao Cabral

    • Imperial College London

  • Christopher Stafford

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Zain Ahmad

  • Jack Douglas

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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• Influence of protocol history on shape memory effects in polymers

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • SEBANTI CHATTOPADHYAY

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • SEBANTI CHATTOPADHYAY

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Nathan Keim

    • Penn State

  • Patrick Mather

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• Polarization and Ion Transport in Poly(ionic liquid)-Grafted Nanoparticles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Pinar Akcora

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Pinar Akcora

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Ruhao Li

    • Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Leon Smook

  • Sissi de Beer

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• Non-equilibrium film surface assemblies from chemically distinct block copolymer micelles

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: Lieihn Tsaur, Luis A. Nieves-Rosado, B.P. Prajwal, Qi Zhang, Yuk Mun Li, Fernando A. Escobedo, Ulrich B. Wiesner, Film surface assemblies from chemically distinct block copolymer micelles, Nat. Commun. (2025); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65278-x

  Presenters

  • Ulrich Wiesner

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Ulrich Wiesner

    • Cornell University

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• Ionic Clustering and Nonlinear Flow Response in Sulfonated Diblock Copolymers: A Molecular Dynamics Study

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Rosita Sivaraj

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • Rosita Sivaraj

    • Clemson University

  • Dvora Perahia

    • Clemson University

  • Gary Grest

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Process-directed micro- and macrophase separation in diblock copolymer blends

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Xie, Jiayu, and Marcus Müller. "Process-directed self-assembly of copolymer blends: I. Micro-and macrophase separation." Macromolecules (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02090

  Presenters

  • Jiayu Xie

    • University of Goettingen

  Authors

  • Jiayu Xie

    • University of Goettingen

  • Marcus Müller

    • University of Gottingen

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• Time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering investigation of induced demixing of a polymer blend under large-amplitude oscillatory shear

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Yangyang Wang

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Yangyang Wang

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Malcolm Cochran

  • Changwoo Do

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Wei-Ren Chen

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

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• Elongational Flow of Ring Polymer Melts with Associating Groups

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: Topology effects on associative polymers
  Extensional flow effects on associating ring polymer melts

  Presenters

  • John Bracewell

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • John Bracewell

    • Clemson University

  • Thomas O'Connor

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Dvora Perahia

    • Clemson University

  • Gary Grest

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• NEMD Simulations of Shear-Induced Orientation Switching in Smectic Liquid Crystal Elastomers

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Jan-Michael Carrillo

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Jan-Michael Carrillo

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jin-Hyeong Lee

  • Michael Li

  • Lijie Ding

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Suk-kyun Ahn

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• Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Frameless and Directional Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Justin Speregen

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Justin Speregen

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Timothy White

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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