Polymer Physics

Presentations

• Effect of Fabry-Perot Structure on Electroabsorption and Quadratic Electro-optic Modulation in the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer Iodine-doped Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET).

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:12 PM

  Publication: 1. Thakur and Van Cleave, J. Macromol. Sci. Part A PAC, 60 92 (2023).
  2. Mrinal Thakur, "Organic Metallic Quantum Dots of Subnanometer Dimensions based on Nonconjugated Conductive Polymers; Nonlinear Optical Properties", Int. J. Mat. Sci. and Tech., 23, 57-80 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Mrinal Thakur

    • Auburn University

  Authors

  • Mrinal Thakur

    • Auburn University

  • Kirthana Govula

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• Simulation Study of the Origin of Coacervate Density Insensitivity to Polyelectrolyte Length Asymmetry in a Salt-Free Solution

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 6:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Atanu Baksi

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Atanu Baksi

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Divya Iyer

  • Holly Senebandith

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Vanessa Huaco

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Rong Feung Peter Goh

  • Lucas Willey

  • Samanvaya Srivastava

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jonathan Whitmer

    • University of Notre Dame

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• On Styrene-Block Isoprene-Block Styrene Block Copolymers Filled with Carbon-Coated Ni Nanoparticles

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 6:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Mircea Chipara

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  Authors

  • Mircea Chipara

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Ashraf Elkady

  • Jose Teixeira

  • Victor Pesina Avalos

  • Lydia Morales

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Parinaz Amaniabdolmalaki

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Juanangel Montemayor

  • Karen Martirosyan

    • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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• Novel Spontaneous Freeform PMMA Thin-Film Development and Quantification

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 6:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Selina Zhang

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Selina Zhang

    • Harvard University

  • Kevin Zhang

    • North Hunterdon High School, Stony Brook University

  • Jonathan Sokolov

    • State Univ of NY - Stony Brook

  • Miriam Rafailovich

    • Stonybook University

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• Synergistic Dielectric Modulation and Bioactivity in PVDF/HAP/CCTO Nanocomposites for Smart Bone Regeneration

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 6:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 7:00 PM

  Publication: Effect of CCTO nanofillers on structural and electrical properties for bone regeneration applications in PVDF/HAP/CCTO composite films

  Presenters

  • A P Kajal Parida

    • NIT Rourkela

  Authors

  • A P Kajal Parida

    • NIT Rourkela

  • Pawan Kumar

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• Interplay of tail length and confinement in the formation of interior loops in flexible chains

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 7:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 7:12 PM

  Publication: "Interplay of tail length and confinement in the formation of interior loops in flexible chains"
  Vrinda Garg, Rejoy Mathew, Kunal Rai, Jaeoh Shin, and Surya K. Ghosh,
  The Journal of Chemical Physics, 13, 163, (2025).

  Presenters

  • Surya Ghosh

    • National Institute of Technology Warangal

  Authors

  • Surya Ghosh

    • National Institute of Technology Warangal

  • Vrinda Garg

    • National Institute of Technology Warangal

  • Rejoy Mathew

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• Semiflexibility speeds up the translocation of polymers

  Oral-Virtual

  March 16, 2026, 7:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 7:24 PM

  Publication: Semiflexibility speeds up the translocation of multiple polymers in nanopores
  (Submitted in: "The Journal of Chemical Physics")

  Presenters

  • Vrinda Garg

    • National Institute of Technology, Warangal

  Authors

  • Vrinda Garg

    • National Institute of Technology, Warangal

  • Surya Ghosh

    • National Institute of Technology Warangal

  • Rejoy Mathew

  • Andrey Cherstvy

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• Viscoelastic dynamics of complex soft materials from mechanical testing to terahertz frequencies via atomistic modeling

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 7:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 7:36 PM

  Publication: References
  V. Vaibhav, T. W. Sirk, A. Zaccone, Macromolecules 57, 23, 10885–10893 (2024).
  A. Singh, V. Vaibhav, T. W. Sirk, A. Zaccone, Journal of Chemical Physics 162, 244504 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Ankit Singh

    • University of Milan

  Authors

  • Ankit Singh

    • University of Milan

  • Vinay Vaibhav

    • University of Milan

  • Caterina Czibula

  • Timothy Sirk

    • US Army Research Lab Aberdeen

  • Alessio Zaccone

    • University of Milan

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• Scaling Laws of Motor Driven Spiraling Microtubules

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 7:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 7:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Aman Soni

    • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune

  Authors

  • Aman Soni

    • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune

  • Chaitanya Athale

  • Shivani Yadav

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• Free Energy and Kinetics of Polymer Translocating Through Nanopore: Simulation and Theory

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 7:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 8:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Bhavesh Sarode

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT)

  Authors

  • Bhavesh Sarode

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT)

  • Harshwardhan Katkar

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