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PMSE Preprints Volume 92, Spring 2005
March 13-17, 2005 San Diego, California, USA
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PMSE Division of ACS
American Chemical Society
Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Spring 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPLICATION OF POLYMERS IN MANUFACTURING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nanoporous Dielectric Films......................................................... 1
Wu, Qingguo;Ross, April;Gleason, Karen K.
Responsive Nanostructured Polymer Materials for Lithography .................................................. 3Minko, Sergiy
Polycarbosilane-Based Films for Interlayer Dielectric Applications............................................. 4Wu, Zhizhong;Wang, Pei;Lu, Toh-Ming;Interrante, Leonard V.
Photosensitive Polyimide Based on Poly(amic acid) and Thermal Imidization at 200 Degrees Celsius with Photo-Base Generator ........................................................................... 6
Fukukawa, Ken-ichi;Shibasaki, Yuji;Ueda, Mitsuru
Production of a Novel Polymer Film for Use in Advanced Lithography ....................................... 8Zimmerman, Paul A.;van Peski, Chris;Miller, Danny;Callahan, Ryan P.;Cashion, Matthew
Thermal Characterization of a No-Flow Underfill Material for Flip-Chip Applications .............. 12He, Yi
Photoresists for CO2-Based Next-Generation Microlithography ................................................ 14Boggiano, Mary Kate;DeSimone, Joseph M.
Lithography Based on Calix[4]resorcinarene and Related Molecular Glasses.......................... 16Chang, Seung Wook;Felix, Nelson;Yang, Da;Ramakrishnan, Ayothi;Ober, Christopher K.
Predicting the Properties of Organic Electronic Materials from First Principles....................... 18Kronik, Leeor
Directed Assembly of Imaging Materials for Nanolithography .................................................... 19Nealey, Paul F.;Edwards, Erik W.
AFM Study of Forces Between Polyurethane Pads and Ceria Nanoparticles ............................ 20Ong, Quy K.;Sokolov, Igor;Chechik, Nina;James, David
Rearrangements of Multiblock Copolymer Polymer Brushes...................................................... 22Brittain, William J.
New Fluoropolymers for Next Generation Photolithographic Techniques................................. 23Wood, Colin D.;DeSimone, Joseph M.
Nanocomposite Polymer Pellicles for 157 nm Photolithography ................................................ 24Luzinov, Igor;Klep, Viktor;Zdyrko, Bogdan;Chumanov, George;Evanoff, David D.;Zimmerman, Paul
Nanocomposites for IC Applications .............................................................................................. 26Choi, Min Ho;Giannelis, Emmanuel P.
Novel Amorphous Templates for Ordered Mesostructured Films............................................... 28Pai, Rajaram A.;Watkins, James J.;Bhatnagar, Gaurav;Testa, Jason;Agarwal, Sumit
Chemical Mechanical Polishing of Polymeric low-k Dielectric Films.......................................... 30Patri, Udaya B.;Hong, Youngki;Babu, S. V.
Advances in Characterization of Polymer Consumables for Chemical Mechanical Planarization ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Oehler, Andrea;Mansour, Moinpour;Tregub, Alex
Polymer Challenges for Future Integrated Circuit Technologies ................................................ 32Garner, C. Michael
Adhesion in Thin Film Structures for Emerging Technologies.................................................... 33Dauskardt, Reinhold H.
Challenges for Lithographic Materials............................................................................................ 34Meagley, Robert P.
APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE AWARD SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF CRAIG J. HAWKER Macroporous Polymer Monoliths from Design to Applications................................................... 35
Frechet, Jean M. J.;Svec, Frantisek
Synthesis of Polymers with Controlled Structures Using Olefin Metathesis ............................. 36Grubbs, Robert H.
Sticking Molecules Together: The Influence of Non-Covalent Interactions on Macromolecular Performance ......................................................................................................... 37
Long, Timothy E.;Yamauchi, Koji;Trenor, Scott R.;Elkins, Casey L.;Mather, Brian D.;McKee, Matthew G.;Viswanathan, Kalpana;Karikari, Afia S.;Park, Taigyoo;Ward, Thomas C.
“Clicking” with ATRP........................................................................................................................ 38Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
Organic Catalysis: A New Strategy for Living Polymerization..................................................... 39Hedrick, James L.;Waymouth, Robert;Sentman, Alan;Nyce, Gregory W.;Culkin, Darcy;Dove, Andrew P.;Pratt, Russell
Designing High Value Added Polymeric Materials for Nanometer-Scale Commercial Applications ................................................................................................................. 40
Hawker, Craig J.
Supramolecular Polymeric Systems from Telechelic Macromonomers with Noncovalent Binding Motifs ............................................................................................................ 41
Rowan, Stuart J.;Beck, J. Benjamin;Sivakova, Sona
New Applications of Polyelectrolyte Nanoscale Assemblies Constructed Layer by Layer................................................................................................................................................... 43
Hammond, Paula T.
Molecular Architecture Effects on the Properties of Polymers.................................................... 44Mackay, Michael E.
Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers: Complementarity Versus Self-Complementarity .......................................................................................................... 45
Meijer, E. W.;Sijbesma, Rint P.
New Concepts in Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry................................................................. 46Percec, Virgil
Modifying Interfacial Interactions.................................................................................................... 47Russell, Thomas P.;Ryu, Duyeol;Drockenmuller, Eric;Hawker, Craig J.
Photocurable Resists for Imprint Lithography .............................................................................. 48Carter, Kenneth R.
New Polymer Materials for High Resolution Imaging Applications............................................. 49Willson, C. Grant
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY -- THE INTERFACE BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND POLYMER SCIENCE Synthesis and Functional Evaluation of DNA-Assembled Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) Dendrimer Clusters for Cancer Cell Specific Targeting .............................................. 50
Choi, Young-Seon;Thomas, Thommey;Kotlyar, Alina;Islam, Mohammad T.;Baker, James R.
Nano-to Micro-scale Structures of Polymers That Repel and Attract Proteins.......................... 52Chilkoti, Ashutosh
Trace Level Pathogen Identification by Antibody Nanotube Networks ...................................... 53MacCuspie, Robert I.;Banerjee, Ipsita A.;Krause, Phil;Matsui, Hiroshi
Nanobarcodes as Novel Biosensing Platform for Multiplex Immunoassay ............................... 54Tok, Jeffrey B-H.
Multifunctional Artificial Proteins for Biological and Materials Applications............................. 55Farmer, Robin S.;Wang, Ying;Kiick, Kristi L.
Core-Stabilized Polyion Complex Micelles Entrapping Enzymes as Bionanoreactor ............... 57Harada, Atsushi;Kawamura, Akifumi;Inagaki, Michiko;Kono, Kenji;Jaturanpinyo, Montree;Yuan, Xiaofei;Kataoka, Kazunori
Nanobiotechnology with S-Layers as Building Blocks................................................................. 59Sleytr, Uwe B.;Pum, Dietmar;Schuster, Bernhard;Sára, Margit
Structural States of Self-Assembly Lamellar DNA-Membrane Templates During Artificial Biomineralization of CdS Nanorods ................................................................................ 61
Liang, Hongjun;Angelini, Thomas E.;Braun, Paul V.;Wong, Gerard C. L.
Enzyme-Polymer Composites with High Biocatalytic Activity and Stability .............................. 64Kim, Jungbae
Synthesis and Single Molecule Studies of Titin-Mimicking Modular Polymers ......................... 66Roland, Jason;Guan, Zhibin
New Bio-Inspired Low-Temperature Nanofabrication Method Yields Semiconductors for Photovoltaic and Other Applications........................................................... 67
Morse, Daniel E.;Roth, Kristian M.;Kisailus, David;Murr, Meredith
DNA and Protein Assemblies as Nanoscale Systems for Sensing, Machinery Functions and Nano-Circuitry ......................................................................................................... 68
Willner, Itamar;Willner, Bilha
Controlled Nanocrystal Growth on Sequence Peptide Coated Nanotubes to Fabricate Au, Ag, and Ge Nanowires .............................................................................................. 70
Muniz, Germaine;Banerjee, Ipsita A.;Yu, Lingtao;Djalali, Ramin;Chen, Yung-Fou;Matsui, Hiroshi
Assembly of Hybrid Nanostructures Using Biological Building Blocks..................................... 72Slocik, Joseph M.;Tomczak, Melanie M.;Stone, Morley O.;Naik, Rajesh R.
Cellular Internalization and Targeting of Nanoparticles ............................................................... 74Rozenzhak, Sophie M.;Caserta, Tina M.;Stone, Morley O.;Naik, Rajesh R.;Kadakia, Madhavi P.
Controlled Synthesis of Micropatterned Single Crystals via Amorphous-to-Crystalline Transition Induced by Polymer-Modified 3D Templates ........................................... 75
Aizenberg, Joanna
Conducting Polymer Nanowires-Based Sensors .......................................................................... 77Wang, Jun;Bunimovich, Yuri;Sui, Guodong;Guo, Yaoyao;Heath, James R.;Tseng, Hsian-Rong
Self-Assembly of Peptide Nanotubes by Charged-Termini Capped Diphenylalanine Peptide Analogue ................................................................................................. 79
Gazit, Ehud;Reches, Meital
Self-Assembling Peptide Amphiphile Nanofiber Scaffolds to Facilitate Islet Cell Transplantation ................................................................................................................................. 81
Stendahl, John C.;Wang, Ling-Jia;Guler, Mustafa O.;Zhang, Xiaomin;Chen, Xiaojuan;Kaufman, Dixon B.;Stupp, Samuel I.
Effect of Fatty Acid Conjugation on Antimicrobial Peptide Activity ........................................... 83Tirrell, Matthew V.
Template-Driven Enzyme Immobilization: Development of a Rapid and Practical Process Inspired by Diatoms........................................................................................................... 84
McAuliffe, Joseph C.;Smith, Wyatt C.;Bond, Risha;Zimmerman, Jasan;Ward, Donald E.;Sanford, Karl;Lane, Thomas H.
Biomimetic Self-Assembly of Charged Block Copolymers and Synthetic Polypeptides...................................................................................................................................... 85
Pochan, Darrin J.;Deming, Timothy J.;Wooley, Karen L.;Schneider, Joel P.
Interface of Biology with Polymeric Materials Science for Defense Applications ..................... 86Stone, Morley O.
Nature’s Structural Block Design Rules in Bombyx Mori Silk Fibroin Protein........................... 87Wong Po Foo, Cheryl T. S.;Bini, Elisabetta;Knight, David;Kaplan, D. L.
Synthetically Modified Viral Capsids: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Materials ....................... 89Francis, Matthew B.;Ding, Zhebo;Holder, Patrick G.;Hooker, Jacob M.;Johnson, Harvey R.;Kovacs, Ernest W.;Patel, Amish A.;Presley, Andrew D.;Schlick, Tara A.;Tom, Chris
Alternate Substrate Specificity for the Silica Condensing R5 Peptide of C. Fusiformis........... 91Wright, David W.;Sewell, Sarah
Self-Assembly of DNA Nanostructures .......................................................................................... 92Mao, Chengde
Living Templates for the Assembly of Nanoparticle Building Blocks Into Functional Architectures.................................................................................................................. 93
Mirkin, Chad A.
Towards Enzyme Microcompartmentation in Synthetic Cells ..................................................... 94Long, M. Scott;Helfrich, Marcus R.;Keating, Christine D.
What Is Nano to Cells and the Body? ............................................................................................. 95Discher, Dennis E.;Dalhaimer, Paul
Assembly of Pd Particles by Selected RNA Sequences ............................................................... 96Gugliotti, Lina A.;Feldheim, Daniel L.;Eaton, Bruce E.
CONFINEMENT EFFECTS ON RELAXATION PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS Pattern Formation in Binary Blends Confined Between Rough, Chemically Heterogenous Surfaces.................................................................................................................... 97
Balazs, Anna C.;Verberg, Rolf;Pooley, Christopher M.;Yeomans, Julia M.
Using Neutron Reflectivity to Monitor the Dynamic of Copolymers: Effect of Sequence Distribution ...................................................................................................................... 98
Dadmun, M. D.;Kamath, Sudesh;Arlen, Michael A.;Hamilton, William A
Effect of Confinement of the Amorphous Phase of Polymers in Semicrystalline Polymers .......................................................................................................................................... 100
Wunderlich, Bernhard
Relaxation Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy ............ 102Fukao, Koji
Low Molecular Weight Polyisoprene (PI)/ Silicate Nanocomposites as Studied by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (DRS) and Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy (DMS) .. 103
Mijovic, Jovan;Lee, HyungKi
Dynamics Under Severe Confinement in Intercalated Polymer/layered Silicates Nanocomposites ............................................................................................................................. 105
Chrissopoulou, Kiriaki;Anastasiadis, Spiros H.;Giannelis, E. P.;Frick, Bernhard
Atomic Force Microscopy Electrostatic Nanolithography (AFMEN): Manipulation of Thin Polymer Films Under Extreme Electrostatic Potentials................................................. 107
Lyuksyutov, Sergei F.;Juhl, Shane B.;Paramonov, Pavel B.;Vaia, Richard
Effect of Copolymer Sequence Distribution on the Dynamics of Copolymers in a Homopolymer Matrix ...................................................................................................................... 109
Kamath, Sudesh Y.;Dadmun, Mark D.
Structural Recovery in Confined Polymer Films and Nanocomposites Above and Below the Bulk Glass Transition Temperature: Novel Studies by Fluorescence and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.......................................................................................... 112
Priestley, Rodney D.;Rittigstein, Perla;Broadbelt, Linda J.;Torkelson, John M.
Dynamics of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) and Its Non-Crystalline Blends with Poly(Methyl Methacrylate).............................................................................................................. 114
Jin, Xing;Zhang, Shihai;Runt, James
True Nanoscopic Investigation of Polymer Cooperation Lengths on Cooling Towards the Glass Transition........................................................................................................ 116
Overney, Rene M.;Sills, Scott E.
Molecular Dynamics of Polymers Confined to Nanoporous Glasses ....................................... 118Schonhals, Andreas;Goering, H.;Schick, C.;Frick, Bernhard;Zorn, R.
Calorimetric Glass Transition in Polystyrene Films of Nanometer Thickness......................... 119Schick, Christoph;Huth, Heiko;Minakov, Alexander A.
Molecular Mobility in Freely-Standing Polymer Films ................................................................ 120Roth, Connie B.;Dutcher, John R.
Segmental Dynamics of Polymers in Extreme (1-2nm Slit-Pore) Confinements...................... 121Manias, Evangelos;Kuppa, V.;Polizos, G.
Enthalpy Relaxation of Rigid Amorphous Fraction in Cold Crystallized Isotactic Polystyrene ...................................................................................................................................... 123
Xu, Hui;Cebe, Peggy
Temperature and Pressure Effects on the Dynamics of Polymer Blends................................. 125Floudas, George A.;Mpoukouvalas, K.;Zhang, S. V.;Runt, James;Du Prez, F.
Restricted Dynamics in Semicrystalline Aromatic Polyesters................................................... 127Sanz, A.;Nogales, A.;Lotti, N.;Funari, S. S.;Ezquerra, T. A.
Relaxation Processes of the Amorphous and Semicrystalline Biodegradable Poly(lactic acid) by Temperature-modulated Calorimetry .......................................................... 128
Pyda, Marek
Heat Capacity Study of Nanometer Thin Films of Polymers ...................................................... 130Allen, Leslie H.;Efremov, Mikhail Yu.;Olson, Eric A.;Zhang, Ming;Zhang, Zishu
Crystal Nucleation and Crystal Growth in Confined Polymers .................................................. 132Massa, Michael V.;Dalnoki-Veress, Kari
Dynamics of Polymers in Confining Geometries of Different Topology................................... 134Serghei, Anatoli;Kremer, Friedrich;Hartmann, Lutz;Mikhailova, Yulia;Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen;Voit, Brigitte
Conformational Perturbations of Polymer Chains Confined in 1 or 2 Dimensions ................. 136Jonas, Alain M.;Bollinne, Cecile;Cuenot, Stephane;Nysten, Bernard;Pallandre, Antoine
Thickness Dependent Dielectric Relaxation in Nano Films of Vinylidene Cyanide/Vinyl Acetate Copolymer................................................................................................. 138
Furukawa, Takeo;Higashi, Korenari;Yasuda, Wataru;Takahashi, Yashiyuki
Anomalous Long and Short Time Dynamics in Thin Films of Polystyrene .............................. 139Forrest, James A.;Fakhraai, Zahra
Self-Organization of Acylated Chitosans and Characteristic Morphology ............................... 141Zong, Zhengang;Fan, Fengqiu;Xue, Chenchen;Eby, Ronald K.;Cheng, S. Z. D.;Takahashi, Masaoki;Kimura, Yoshiharu
Dynamics and Diffusion in Thin Polymer Films .......................................................................... 143Soles, Christopher L.;Douglas, Jack F.;Wu, Wen-li
Can the Effect of Short Chain Branch Type on the Crystallization and Structure of Ethylene/Olefin Copolymers Be Characterized by Scattering Measurements? ....................... 144
Akpalu, Yvonne A.;Xiao, Zhicheng;Li, Ying;Amis, Eric J.
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AWARD SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF FRANK W. HARRIS, STEPHEN Z. D. CHENG AND BRUCE WINKER Design and Assembly of Polyimide Thin Film Optics to Develop Negative Retardation Layers.......................................................................................................................... 146
Cheng, Stephen Z. D.;Harris, Frank W.
Fluoropolymers for Integrated Optics and Photonics ................................................................ 147Smith, Dennis W.
How a Search for Organo-Soluble Polyimides Led to Polyimide Compensation Films for LCDs................................................................................................................................. 148
Harris, Frank W.;Cheng, Stephen Z. D.
Overview of Quinoxaline Polymers............................................................................................... 149Hergenrother, Paul M.
Advances in Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells ......................................................... 150McGrath, James E.
Design of Polymer Materials with Tailored Optical Properties .................................................. 151Weder, Christoph
Stressed Liquid Crystals for Fast Photonic Applications .......................................................... 152West, John L.;Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.;Reznikov, Yurii;Zhang, Matt
Harvesting the Fruit of University-Industry Collaborations: Birefringent Polymer Thin Film Compensators for LCDs................................................................................................ 153
Winker, Bruce
Micron and Nanometer Sized Contact Pattern Replication: Advanced Stamping and Molding ..................................................................................................................................... 154
Carter, Kenneth R.
GENERAL PAPERS/NEW CONCEPTS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS Conjugated Materials Through Simple Snap Together Modules ............................................... 155
Dufresne, Stephane;Skene, W. G.
Reverse Exfoliation in PA-6 Nanocomposite Induced by Blending with Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer................................................................................................................ 157
Ellis, Thomas S.
Relationship Between Processing and Micromechanics of Regenerated Cellulose Fibres................................................................................................................................................ 159
Eichhorn, Stephen J.;Kong, Kenny
Effect of Physical Aging on Polymer Thin Films ......................................................................... 161Huang, Yu;Paul, Donald R.
Alterative Option to Change the Pore Size of Ultrafiltration Membranes ................................. 163Qin, Jian-Jun;Cao, Yi-Ming;Li, Ying
Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Aromatic-Thiophene Copolymers ......................... 166Wu, Sheng H.;Tsiang, Raymond Chien-Chao
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers at Lipid Mono and Bilayers...................................................... 168Hussain, Hazrat;Amado, Elkin;Kressler, Jorg;Busse, Karsten;Budde, Hendrick;Blume, Alfred
Jet-Blowing: A Solvent Free Process for Forming Fiber Mats of Polytetrafluoroethylene .................................................................................................................. 170
Gu, Bin;Borkar, Sachin;Sen, Ayusman;Jackson, Bryan Y.;Badding, John V.
Nitric Acid Dehydration Using Mixed Perfluoro Sulfonate/carboxylate Ionomer Membranes ...................................................................................................................................... 172
Ames, Richard L.;Bluhm, Elizabeth A.;Way, J. Douglas;Singh, Rajinder P.;Hensley, Jesse E.;Knauss, Daniel M.
Atomic Force Microscopy Observation of Crystallization and Melting of Narrow Composition Distribution Polyethylene/Alpha-Olefin Copolymers ........................................... 173
Mirabella, Francis M.
Studies on Graft Copolymerization of 4–vinyl Pyridine Onto Xanthan Gum............................ 174Kumar, Rajesh;Behari, Kunj
Thermo-Oxidative Protection of High Performance Organic Fibers by Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Network Polymers................................................................................................ 176
Kolel-Veetil, Manoj K.;Keller, Teddy M.
Real-Time and Microscopic Investigations of Hybrid Photopolymerizations Using Raman Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................... 178
Cai, Ying;Jessop, Julie L. P.
Fluorescence Study of the Association of a Maleated EP Copolymer in Hydrocarbon Solvents: Effect of Solvent Toward the MAH Pendants on an EP-MAH.................................... 180
Zhang, Mingzhen;Duhamel, Jean
Polymer/clay Aerogel Composites................................................................................................ 182Bandi, Suneel A.;Schiraldi, David A.
Characterization and Properties of Hybrid Nanoparticle “Inactive and Active” Metal Polymer Films ....................................................................................................................... 184
Espuche, E.;David, L.;Afeld, Jamiee L.;Compton, Judd M.;Kranbuehl, D. E.
Micropatterned Conductive Thin Films of Poly(aniline) from Langmuir-Blodgett Technique and Admicellar Polymerization................................................................................... 186
Marquez, Maricel;Carswell, Andrew D. W.;Grady, Brian P.
Effect of Solid Content, Degree of Neutralization, Chain Extension, and Temperature on the Rheological Behavior of Polyurethane Dispersions ................................ 188
Madbouly, Samy A.;Otaigbe, Joshua U.;Nanda, Ajaya K.;Wicks, Douglas A.
Characterization of Oxygen Biocathodes Employing Tetrabutylammonium Bromide Treated Nafion Immobilization Membranes.................................................................. 191
Topcagic, Sabina;Treu, Becky L.;Minteer, Shelley D.
Novel Water-Soluble Chitosan Derivatives/CdS, ZnS QDs Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Character and Photoluminescence Properties......................................................... 194
Wang, Xiaohui;Du, Yumin;Huang, Fei;Fan, Lihong;Wang, Jianbo
Molecularly Imprinted Poly(Methylene Green) Electrodes for the Determination of Theophylline .................................................................................................................................... 198
Ulyanova, Yevgenia V.;Minteer, Shelley D.
Thin Films of Block Copolymers as Planar Optical Waveguides .............................................. 200Kim, Dong Ha;Robertson, Joseph W. F.;Lee, Ok-Joo;Jeong, Unyong;Lee, Jeong In;Hawker, Craig J.;Russell, Thomas P.;Kim, Jin Kon;Knoll, Wolfgang
Improving the Lifetime, Simplicity, and Power of an Ethanol Biofuel Cell by Employing Ammonium Treated Nafion Membranes to Immobilize PQQ-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase ................................................................................................................. 202
Treu, Becky L.;Minteer, Shelley D.
Real-Time Evaluation of Holographic Gratings by Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Capable of Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization .................................................... 204
Cho, YeongHee;Shin, ChangWon;Kim, Nam;Kawakami, Yusuke
Preparation and Characterization of Metallized Polyimide Films Containing Thioether Linkage ........................................................................................................................... 205
Wu, Dezhen;Song, Fang;Bai, Zongwu;Jin, Riguang
Single-Stranded DNA Monolayers: Charging Behavior and Capacitance Response .............. 207Levicky, Rastislav;Shen, Gang;Weng, Youlei;Shepard, Kenneth
Unusual Morphologies of Micelles and Shell-Crosslinked Nanoparticles from One-Pot Poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride)-block-oolystyrene Copolymers .......................... 208
Harrisson, Simon;Qi, Kai;Wooley, Karen L.
Effect of the Degree of Ionic Content, Neutralization and Chain Extension on Polyurethane Dispersions.............................................................................................................. 209
Nanda, Ajaya K.;Wicks, Douglas A.;Madbouly, Samy A.;Otaigbe, Joshua U.
Conducting Polymer Nanowire-Based Electrochemical Transistors of Interest for Sensor Applications ....................................................................................................................... 211
Alam, Maksudul M.;Wang, Jun;Tseng, Hsian-Rong
High Throughput Methods to Determine the Compatibility of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) in Polycarbonate .............................................................. 213
Wu, Chunyong;Wicks, Douglas A.
Design and Synthesis of Improved PPV Based -DBAB-Type Block Copolymers for Potential Photovoltaic Applications.............................................................................................. 215
Zhang, Cheng;Haliburton, James H.;Choi, Soobum;Maaref, Shahin;Sun, Sam-Shajing
Study of Poly(Hexafluorobutyl Methacrylate-Co-Acrylates) Latex ............................................ 217Chen, Yanjun;Wang, Yifeng;Zhang, Chaocan
"Glass Transition" in Peptides. Temperature and Pressure Effects ......................................... 219Floudas, George A.;Papadopoulos, P.;Schnell, I.;Klok, H.-A.;Aliferis, T.;Iatrou, H.;Hadjichristidis, N.
Unsaturated Polyester/organo-Clay Nanocomposites: A Fundamental Approach ................. 221Mironi-Harpaz, Iris;Narkis, Moshe;Siegmann, Arnon
Synthesis and Polymerization of N-Alkyl Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]pyrroles................................. 223De Cremer, Lieven;Vanormelingen, Wouter;Koeckelberghs, Guy;Persoons, Andre;Samyn, Celest;Verbiest, Thierry
Synthesis, Characterization, and Drug Release Properties of Poly(epsilon-caprolactone-b-isobutylene-b-epsilon-caprolactone)................................................................. 225
Cho, Jae Cheol;Faust, Rudolf;Richard, Robert;Boden, Mark;Schwarz, Marlene;Ranade, Shrirang;Chan, Ken
Miscibility and Mechanical Properties of a Novel Low Tg Inorganic Glass/polyamide 6 Hybrid .............................................................................................................. 227
Urman, Kevin;Otaigbe, Joshua
Polymer/copper Composites for Marine Antifouling Applications ............................................ 230Schiraldi, David A.;Dong, Fei;Wine, Laura;Lu, Weijie
Effect of Heat Setting Temperatures on Mechanical Properties and Dye Diffusion of Polyamide Fibers ........................................................................................................................ 231
Vasanthan, Nadarajah
Probing Polyelectrolyte Chain Inter-Diffusion in Multilayer Thin Films with Neutron Reflectometry ................................................................................................................... 233
Jumaa, Husam;Schlenoff, Joseph B.
Nanocomposite Membranes Based on UV-Curable Crosslinked Polytetrafluoroethylene and Acid Functionalized Zeolite Nanocrystals for Fuel Cell Applications ............................................................................................................................. 235
Chen, Zhongwei;Holmberg, Brett A.;Yan, Yushan
Encapsulation of Phenolic and Polyphenolic Compounds in Mesoporous Silica to Form Novel Structured Phenolic Silica Composites ................................................................... 236
Tan, Grace;Ford, Christy D.;Zheng, Tonghua;Liu, Limin;Sahiner, Nurettin;John, Vijay T.;McPherson, Gary L.;Agarwal, Vivek;Bose, Arijit;He, Jibao
Nanostructured Organosilicates from Self-assembled Block Copolymers/Silsesquioxanes Mixtures ........................................................................................ 238
Freer, Erik M.;Cha, Jennifer N.;Hedrick, James L.;Miller, Robert D.;Kim, Ho-Cheol
TiCp2Cl-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene Monomers Initiated by Epoxide Radical Ring Opening ................................................................................................ 240
Asandei, Alexandru D.;Moran, Isaac W.
Surface Modification and Self-Assembly Studies of Bionanoparticles .................................... 242Wang, Qian;Long, Su;Lin, Yao;Boker, Alexander;He, Jinbo;Russell, Thomas P.
Polyelectrolyte-Supported Asymmetric Lipid Bilayer Coating on Colloids Via Layer-By-Layer Assembly .............................................................................................................. 243
Katagiri, Kiyofumi;Caruso, Frank
Tailoring the Surface Attachment of Polydiacetylenes for Molecular Electronics Applications..................................................................................................................................... 245
Jeyaprakash S. Samuel, Jespher Daniel;Norton, J. E.;Lee, Victor Y.;Frommer, Jane E.;Chaudhuri, Ovijit;Han, Koun;Miller, Robert D.;Scott, J. Campbell
Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Chip: A Rational Approach for an Ideal System ............................................................................................................................................. 247
Ajikumar, Parayil Kumaran;Jin Kiat, Ng;Lee, Jim Yang;Too, H. P.
Oligomeric Cyanate Ester and Phthalonitrile Resins: Novel High Performance Polymers with Advanced Properties............................................................................................. 248
Laskoski, Matthew;Dominguez, Dawn D.;Keller, Teddy M.
Development of Novel Family of Molecular Glasses Based on Oligosilanes........................... 250Imae, Ichiro;Kawakami, Yusuke
Self-Assembling Polymeric and Oligomeric Borole Materials ................................................... 251Niu, Weijun;Rambo, Brett M.;Smith, Mark D.;Lavigne, John J.
Identification and Characterization of a New N-Carrier Material Suitable for Electronics Application .................................................................................................................. 253
Lai, William W.;Francis, Anthony H.;Rasmussen, Paul G.;Millward, Andrew R.
Computational Studies of the Interactions Between Water and Glassy Polymer Network ............................................................................................................................................ 255
Zhang, Hua;Mijovic, Jovan
Fabrication and Properties of Blown Films Based on Polypropylene-Clay Nanocomposite ............................................................................................................................... 257
Perrin-Sarazin, Florence;Dorval-Douville, Geneviève;Cole, Kenneth C.
Dynamics of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Aqueous Solution.................................................. 259Sun, Mingyun;Mijovic, Jovan
Layered Cellular Structures in Atactic/Syndiotactic Polystyrene Blend................................... 261Liao, Xia;Nawaby, Arghavan Victoria;Handa, Y. Paul
Hydrogel Networks for in Situ Iron Particle Synthesis with Magnetic Properties.................... 262Sahiner, Nurettin;Graves, Richard;Mandal, Tarun;McPherson, Gary L.;John, Vijay T.;Tan, Grace
Photophysical Properties of Dendronized Platinum(II) Acetylides for Optical Power Limiting ................................................................................................................................ 264
Vestberg, Robert;Westlund, Robert;Carlsson, Marcus;Eliasson, Bertil;Glimsdal, Eirik;ortengren, Jonas;Lindgren, Mikael;Malmstrom, Eva
Layered Polymer Nanoparticles Produced from Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions and Solid-State Polymerization.................................................................................... 266
Levit, Natalia;Guney-Altay, Ozge;Pestov, Dmitry;Tepper, Gary
Branched Aliphatic Polycarbonates ............................................................................................. 267Lowenhielm, Peter C;Lonnberg, Hanna;Claesson, Hans;Hult, Anders
Synthesis of Well-Defined Sulfonated Polystyrene and Block Copolymers with N-Butyl Acrylate by Controlled Radical Polymerization ................................................................. 269
Baek, Kyung-Youl;Balsara, Nitash P.
Dendron Decorated Chromophores for Optical Power Limiting Applications ......................... 271Vestberg, Robert;Nystrom, Andreas M.;Carlsson, Marcus;Eliasson, Bertil;Nilsson, Christina;Eriksson, Anders;Lopes, Cesar;Lindgren, Mikael;Malmstrom, Eva
Is Supercritical CO2 Polymerized Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Branched? A Rheological View Point................................................................................................................... 273
Scanu, Lauriane F.;DeSimone, Joseph M.;Roberts, George W.;Khan, Saad A.
Shear Induced Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/single Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite Fiber Formation in Solution ..................................................................................................................... 274
Minus, Marilyn L.;Kumar, Satish
Processable PMR-Type Polyimides: Process-Property Relationships, Curing Kinetics, and Thermooxidative Stability....................................................................................... 276
Abdalla, Mohamed A.;Dean, Derrick R.;Campbell, Sandi
Structure and Mechanical Properties of New Low Modulus Elastomers.................................. 278Zhang, Ying;Okrasa, Lidia;Qin, Shuhui;Lee, Hyung-il;Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof;Pakula, Tadeusz
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers ............................................. 280Bowden, Ned B.;Runge, Michael B.;Dutta, Samrat
Polymer Multilayer Films with Azobenzene for Photoactive Biosurfaces ................................ 282Barrett, Christopher;Mermut, Ozzy
Synthesis and Characterization of Mesostructured PPV/silica Nanocomposite Thin Films ........................................................................................................................................ 284
Yang, Yi;Koehn, Ralf;Huang, Jinman;Jiang, Ying-Bing;Bullock, James D.;Mace, Alex;Brinker, C. Jeffrey
Poly(Ionic Liquid)s: Novel Materials for CO2Absorption............................................................ 286Tang, Jianbing;Tang, Huadong;Sun, Weilin;Radosz, Maciej;Shen, Youqing
CO2 Absorption of Polymers of Ammonium-Based Ionic Liquid Monomers........................... 288Shen, Youqing;Tang, Jianbing;Tang, Huadong;Sun, Weilin;Radosz, Maciej
Impact of Hydrogen Abstraction on Monomer Reactivity for Novel Acrylic Systems ........................................................................................................................................... 290
Kilambi, Harini;Beckel, Eric;Stansbury, Jeffrey W.;Bowman, Christopher N.
JOINT PMSE/POLY POSTER SESSION Plastification of PVC by Blending with the New Long-Chain Polyester.................................... 292
Li, Yan;Liu, Lin
Polymers Derived from 4-(4'-Chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic Acid and 4-(4'-Fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic Acid for Lipid-Lowering.......................................... 294
Burnham, Bruce S.;Carraher, Charles E.;Berkowitz, Joshua D.;Morie, Kenzo
Antiviral Activity of Cisplatin Derivatives of Tilorone Against Reovirus ST3, Vaccinia Virus, Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV), and Herpes Simplix Virus (HSV-1) .................... 297
Roner, Michael R.;Carraher, Charles E.;Dhanji, Salima
Synthesis of Polymeric Derivatives of Norfloxacin Through Reaction with Phosphate and Phosphonate Acid Dichlorides ........................................................................... 300
Carraher, Charles E.;Abeygunawardana, Kumudi;
Porous Titania Monoliths Prepared Through Sol-Gel Method Using Polystyrene Foam as Template........................................................................................................................... 303
Ren, Jian;Du, Zhongjie;Li, Hangquan
Initial Synthesis of Group IVB Metallocene Polyamine Ether Polymers Containing the Antiviral Agent Acyclovir ......................................................................................................... 305
Sabir, Theodore S.;Carraher, Charles E.
Dial-In Properties of Conjugated Thiophenes.............................................................................. 308Skene, W. G.;Dufresne, Stephane
Ionomers from Sulfonated Styrene-Butadiene Rubber Without Gel as a Thermoplastic Elastomer ............................................................................................................... 310
Xie, Hong-Quan;Xie, Dong;Xu, Wen-Shu;Ao, Zhi-Pin
Low and Medium Range TOF-EI MALDI Mass Spectrometry of Group IVB Metallocene-Acyclovir Polymers ................................................................................................... 312
Sabir, Theodore S.;Carraher, Charles E.
Synthesis of Organotin Pyrimidine Polyamines .......................................................................... 316Battin, Amitabh J.;Carraher, Charles E.
Synthesis of Organotin Ethylene Glycol Polyethers................................................................... 319Barot, Girish;Carraher, Charles E.;Siegmann-Louda, Deborah W.
Armoured Latex Approach to Thermoplastic Nanocomposites and Nanocompomers............................................................................................................................. 322
Weickmann, Hans;Thomann, Ralf;Mülhaupt, Rolf
Encapsulating Acetaminophen Into Poly (L-Lactide) Microcapsules by W/O/W Emulsion Solvent-Evaporation Technique................................................................................... 324
Lai, Mei-Kuan;Tsiang, Raymond Chien-Chao
Effects of Hydrolysis on a New Biodegradable Thermoplastic Elastomer Functioning as a Stent Cover ........................................................................................................ 326
Asplund, J. O. Basse;Sperens, Jenny;Mathisen, Torbjorn;Hilborn, Jons
Studies of Hydrodynamic Properties for Characterizing Star-Shaped Poly(Ethylene-Co-Propylene) ........................................................................................................ 328
Huang, Hsuan-Ming;Liu, I-Chun;Tsiang, Raymond Chien-Chao
Characrerization of Water in Nylon-6 by Near-IR and Modulated DSC Studies ....................... 331Xu, Dapeng;Sung, C. S .P.
Inhibition of Balb 3T3 Cells by Organotin Polyesters Derived from Ticarcillin........................ 336Siegmann-Louda, Deborah W.;Carraher, Charles E.;Riley, Soraya;Morie, Kenzo
Inhibition of Balb 3T3 Cells by Organotin Polymers Containing Ciprofloxacin and Cephalexin ....................................................................................................................................... 339
Siegmann-Louda, Deborah W.;Carraher, Charles E.;Fletcher, Alison;Herrera, Yelenis;Zhao, Anna
Vibrational Assignments for Organotin Dihalides and the Organotin Polyester Amines Containing Ciprofloxacin ................................................................................................. 342
Zhao, Anna;Carraher, Charles E.;Scopelliti, Michelangelo;Pellerito, Lorenzo
Zone of Zero Transfer Within a Ziegler Natta Polymerization Catalyst ..................................... 346Sharma, Kal Renganathan
Minimum Radius of Spherical Pellet to Avoid Subcritical Damped Oscillatory Concentration .................................................................................................................................. 349
Sharma, Kal Renganathan
Polymeric Substrate and Storage Coefficient in the Thermal Management of High Speed Microprocessors ................................................................................................................. 352
Sharma, Kal Renganathan
Investigation of Thermally Induced Phase Transitions and Degradation of Organoclays Based on Synthetic Somasif Clays Using In-Situ X-Ray Scattering................... 358
Gelfer, Mikhail Y.;Burger, Christian;Panek, G.;Jeschke, G.;Fadeev, Alexander Y.;Si, Mayu;Rafailovich, Miriam H.;Nawani, Pranaw;Chu, Benjamin;Hsiao, Benjamin
Exfoliated Polystyrene Clay Nanocomposites: Effect of Sonication on Solvent Blending ........................................................................................................................................... 360
Morgan, Alexander B.;Harris, Joseph D.
Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Black Reinforced High Density Polyethylene/low Density Polyethylene Composites.................................................................. 362
Kücükyavuz, Zuhal;Altýntaþ, Bekir
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Electroactive Aniline Trimer-Containing Organosilane Material..................................................................................................................... 363
Guo, Yi;Wei, Yen;Lelkes, Peter;Ko, Frank K;Li, Shuxi;Feng, Qiuwei
Peptide-Templated Polymer Hybrid Nanotubes .......................................................................... 365Couet, Julien;Samuel, J. D. Jeyaprakash S.;Kopyshev, Alexey;Santer, Svetlana;Biesalski, Markus A.
Microwave Processing of Chopped Natural Fiber Composites and Their Characterization .............................................................................................................................. 367
Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Polyurea with Luminophor Fragments in Polymer Chain ................................................................................................................................. 369
Barashkov, Nikolay N.;Zvonkina, Irena J.
New Energetic Prepolymer, Poly(NEO) and Its Stable Elastomer ............................................. 371Kim, Jin Seuk
PMMA-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites from Tyramine Modified Montmorillonite .............. 372Hou, Sheng-Shu;Chang, Chin-Chao
Syndiotactic Polystyrene-Organoclay Nanocomposites: Synthesis via in situ Coordination-Insertion Polymerization and Preliminary Characterization ............................... 374
Bruzaud, Stephane;Ilinca, Simona;Carpentier, Jean-Francois;Grohens, Yves
Characterization of Polysiloxane-Based Nanocomposites: Comparative Rheological Study........................................................................................................................... 375
Beigbeder, Alexandre;Bruzaud, Stephane;Mederic, Pascal;Aubry, Thierry;Grohens, Yves
Interferometric Measurements of Refractive Index Dispersion in Polymers Over the Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral Range.............................................................................. 376
Caudill, Sarah E.;Grubbs, W. Tandy
EVA/tackifier Compatibility ............................................................................................................ 378Tse, Mun F.
Synthesis and Properties of Copolymers of Polyamides and Polyesters with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes: Comparison with Blended Materials ....................... 381
Iyer, Subramanian;David, Schiraldi
Subcritical Damped Oscillatory Concentration of Free Radicals in Continuous Mass Polymerization of Alphamethylstyrene Acrylonitrile and Methacrylonitrile Terpolymer ........ 383
Sharma, Kal Renganathan
Studies on Thermal Stability of Graft Copolymer of Vinyl Monomers and Xanthan Gum .................................................................................................................................................. 385
Srivastava, Abhishek;Srivastava, Arti;Behari, Kunj
Heterocoagulation of Gold Microbeads with Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polymer Nanobeads........................................................................................................................ 387
Lee, Sang-Soo;Woo, Sangwook;Kim, Junkyung
Organic/Inorganic Composite Sphere Prepared Via Sol-Gel Process ...................................... 389Weng, Wei-Hsiang;Huang, Chih-Kai;Chang, Chih-Chung;Chen, Hui
Soy Protein Plastics Filled with Lignin Derivatives..................................................................... 391Huang, Jin;Chen, Yun;Yu, Jiahui
Chitosan- Cu(II) , Zn(II) and Fe(II) Complexes as Antimicrobial Agent: Synthesis, Characterization and Structure-Activity Study ............................................................................ 393
Wang, Xiaohui;Du, Yumin;Huang, Fei;Fan, Lihong
Synthesis of Graftted Copolymer of Cationic Guar Gum-Acrylamide and Its Flocculation Properties .................................................................................................................. 396
Huang, JianHua;Liu, Aiqin
Lithium/Polymer Battery Electrolytes: The Poly(ethylene oxide)/Lithium Perchlorate System......................................................................................................................... 400
Selser, James C.
First Order Markov Model Representation of Chain Sequence Distribution of Alphamethylstyrene Acrylonitrile Prepared by Reversible Free Radical Copolymerization ............................................................................................................................ 401
Sharma, Kal Renganathan
Soft Lithographic Patterning of Polymers Using Perfluoropolyether Molds............................ 404Rolland, Jason;Maynor, Benjamin W.;Exner, Ansley E.;DeSimone, Joseph M.
Novel Biodegradable Amino Acid-Containing Anhydride Oligomers for Orthopedic Application .................................................................................................................. 406
Xie, Dong;Chung, Il-Doo;Puckett, Aaron D.;Mays, Jimmy W.
Interaction of Polycations with Model Membranes: Seeing is Believing .................................. 408Leroueil, Pascale R.;Hong, Seungpyo;Kober, Mary-Margaret;Janus, Elizabeth K.;Baker, James R.;Orr, Bradford G.;Banaszak Holl, Mark M.
Polymer/Phthalocyanine-Modified BaTiO3 Nanocomposite for Embedded Capacitor Application ..................................................................................................................... 410
Li, Li;Takahashi, Akio;Hao, Jianjun;Kikuchi, Ryohei;Hayakawa, Teruaki;Yamada, Shinji;Kakimoto, Masa-aki
Crystalline Morphology Change of Stretched PLLA Films......................................................... 412Nam, Joo Young;Lee, Jong Kwan;Hwang, Dong Jun;Won, Hong Youn;Lee, Boo Youn;Lee, Kwang Hee
pH-Induced Micelle Formation of Poly(histidine-co-phenylalanine)-b-PEG in an Aqueous Media................................................................................................................................ 414
Kim, Goo Myun;Bae, You Han;Jo, Won Ho
Naphthalene-Tetracarboxylicdiimide Derivatives: Structure and Electronic Properties Relationship in Model Compounds for Molecular Layer Epitaxy............................ 416
Ofir, Yuval;Nehama, Magi;Yitzchaik, Shlomo
High-Efficiency Saturated Red Electrophosphorescent Devices Based on a Novel Osmium(II) Complex Doped Into Different Host Materials.......................................................... 418
Lu, Jianping;Tao, Ye;Tung, Yungliang;Chi, Yun;Ding, Jianfu;Day, Michael
High Sensitive AC Calorimeter for Nanometer Sized Samples .................................................. 420Huth, Heiko;Minakov, Alexander A.;Schick, Christoph
Effect of Synthesis Parameters on Carbon Nanofiber-Supported Platinum Particle Size ................................................................................................................................................... 421
Guha, Abhishek;Zawodzinski, Thomas A.;Schiraldi, David A.
Effect of Conjugation on the Optical Performance of Perylene Derivatives............................. 423Feng, Wei;Zhou, Feng
Influence of Thioether Structure on Reflective and Conductive Properties of Metallized Polyimide Films ............................................................................................................ 425
Jin, Riguang;Zhang, Qiang;Bai, Zongwu;Wu, Dezhen
Synthesis and Properties of High Molecular Weight Poly(Beta-Propiolactone) ...................... 427Nanda, Ajaya K.;Storey, Robson F.;Wicks, Douglas A.
Grafting of Polymer Brushes from Layer-by-Layer Colloidal Core-Shell Particles ................. 429Fulghum, Timothy M.;Patton, Derek L.;Advincula, Rigoberto C.
Nano-Charge Writing in Oligothiophene/ Phtalocyanine Layer-by-Layer Ultrathin Film ........ 431Baba, Akira;Xu, Risheng;Locklin, Jason;Advincula, Rigoberto C.
Preparation of TiO2 Based Microcapsules for Electrophoretic Ink ........................................... 433Song, Jung Kun;Myoung, Hey Jin;Kim, Kwangsok;Sung, Jun Hee;Choi, Hyoung J.;Chin, In-Joo
Electrospinning of Crystalline Poly(L-Lactic Acid) and Amorphous Poly(Ether Sulfone) in Mixed Solvents ............................................................................................................ 434
Park, Kyu Tae;Kim, Hyun-Suk;Kim, Kwangsok;Chin, In-Joo
Micelle Formation of a Nonamphiphilic Poly(Vinylphenol)-Block-Polystyrene by A,w-Diamine: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies.................................................................... 435
Yoshida, Eri;Itsuno, Shinichi;Terada, Yoshikazu
Core-Shell Polyacrylate Latex Containing Silicon in Shell......................................................... 437Wang, Yifeng;Chen, Yanjun;Zhang, Chaocan
Preparation and Characterization of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) and PolyStyrene/Mica Nanocomposite via Emulsion Polymerization .............................................. 439
Cheng, Hsiu-Yu;Jiang, George J.;Hung, Jui-Yi
Crystallization Behavior and Nucleation Effect of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Poly(Ethylene 2,6-Naphthalate) Nanocomposites ....................................................................... 441
Kim, Jun Young;Park, Hawe Soo;Kim, Seong Hun
Amine Functionalized Self Assembled Monolayers on Oxide Surfaces via the Hidden Amine Route....................................................................................................................... 443
Ofir, Yuval;Zenou, Neomi;Moshe, Maharizi;Yitzchaik, Shlomo
Ionic Conductivity and DSC Studies of Siloxane Electrolytes ................................................... 445Lyons, Leslie J.;Morcom, Kathryn;Schneider, Yanika;Zhang, Zhengcheng;Rossi, Nicholas A. A.;West, Robert
Anomalous Swelling and Ion Pairing in PAH and PSS Multilayers ........................................... 448Jaber, Jad A.;Schlenoff, Joseph B.
Display of Image Contrast Agents on Bionanoparticles and Their Potential Applications for in Vivo Imaging ................................................................................................... 450
Barnhill, Hannah N.;Zhan, Wenhai;Tian, He;Wang, Qian
Oligo(Ethylene Glycol)-Functionalized Disiloxane: Synthesis and Conductivity .................... 451Zhang, Zhengcheng;Rossi, Nicholas A. A.;Simon, Anne;Wang, Qingzheng;Amine, Khalil;West, Robert
Macromolecular Matrix Mediated Metallization of Fluorinated and Traditional Polyimides Yielding Highly Reflective Silvered Membranes at Low Metal Concentrations................................................................................................................................ 453
Southward, R. E.;Thompson, D. Scott;Davis, Luke M.;Scott, J. L.;Broadwater, S. T.;Thompson, D. W.
Ti-Catalyzed Living Ring Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Initiated from Aldehydes ........................................................................................................................................ 455
Asandei, Alexandru D.;Chen, Yanhui
Integration of Biomacromolecules on the Patterned Surface of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)......................................................................................................................... 457
Qi, Kai;Zhou, Chuanzhen;Pan, Dipanjan;Walker, Amy V.;Wooley, Karen L.
Fabrication of Novel Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Film for Specific Protein Recognition ..................................................................................................................................... 458
Nishino, Hidekazu;Gruber, Meri;Ellson, Rich;Shea, Kenneth J.
Supramolecular Complexes from CdSe Nanocrystals and Thiophene Dendrons Functionalized with 1, 10-Phenanthroline .................................................................................... 460
Deng, Suxiang;Millan, Mitchel D.;Advincula, Rigoberto C.
Synthesis of Non-Viral Gene Delivery Carriers Based on the Block Copolymer of PEG and Lysine-Phenylalanine Copolymer ................................................................................. 462
Hong, Jin-Ki;Choi, Yi-Rac;Lee, Min-Hyung;Ahn, Cheol-Hee
Preparation of Nanohybrid Particles with High Electromobility and Bistability in Low Dielectric Medium ................................................................................................................... 463
Kim, Mi Sun;Lee, Jun Young;Kim, Junkyung;Lee, Sang-Soo
Synthesis and Characterization of Anionic LDH/PET Nanocomposites by in situ Polymerization................................................................................................................................. 465
Lee, Wan Duk;Han, Sang-Il;Im, Seung Soon
Synthesis and Characterization of PET/A-Zeolite Nanocomposites by in situ Polymerization................................................................................................................................. 467
Shin, Young Hak;Lee, Wan Duk;Im, Seung Soon
Novel Approach to Obtain High Molecular Weight PS via Dispersion Polymerization Using a Bifunctional Macromonomer ................................................................ 469
Kim, Kijung;Jung, Hyejun;Shim, Sang Eun;Choe, Soonja
Dewetting Behavior of Immiscible Polystyrene Blends in Non-Equilibrium State .................. 471Cho, Sung Jun;Kim, Kwangsok;Chin, In-Joo
Uniformity Control of Polystyrene Microspheres in TEMPO-Mediated Dispersion Plymerization Employing Camphorsulfonic Acid........................................................................ 472
Shim, Sang Eun;Oh, Sejin;Kim, Kijung;Choe, Soonja
Solvent Vapor-Mediated Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Nanowire Formation and Its Effect on Field-Effect Mobility ....................................................................................................... 474
Cho, Kilwon;Kim, Do Hwan;Park, Yeong Don;Jang, Yunseok;Im, Kyuhyun;Chang, Taehyun;Kim, Yong Hoon;Moon, Dae Gyu
Synthesis and Characterization of Negative Type Polyamic Acid Ester with 1-Methacryloyloxy-2-Propanoate Group.......................................................................................... 476
Yi, Mi Hye;Choi, Sung Mook;Jung, Yeul Hwan;Ha, Jae Du
Synthesis of Novel Poly[6(7),6';(7')-(1,3-Adamantyl)bis(2-Naphthol)] with Low Dielectric Constant ......................................................................................................................... 478
Matsumoto, Kazuya;Shibasaki, Yuji;Ando, Shinji;Ueda, Mitsuru
Online Process Monitoring of Particle Size in Emulsion Polymerisations ............................... 480Saunders, Greg;Tribe, Kevin;O'Donohue, Stephen;McConville, John
Photopolymerization of Clay-Polymer Nanocomposite Systems .............................................. 481Owusu-Adom, Kwame;Guymon, C. Allan
Study of Chromophore Orientation and Photorefractive Effects in Branched Electro-Optic Chromophores......................................................................................................... 483
Campbell, Victoria Elizabeth;McGee, David J.;Caruso, Anthony;Woodward, Nathaniel;Gopalan, Padma
Surface Modification of Cellulose Substrates by Ring-Opening Polymerization for Biocomposite Applications............................................................................................................ 485
Lonnberg, Hanna;Malmstrom, Eva E.;Hult, Anders
Surface Modification Behavior of Amphipathic Fungal Proteins .............................................. 487Benson, Sonya D.;Cannon, Gordon C.;McCormick, Charles L.;Morgan, Sarah E.
Design and Fabrication of Highly Ordered Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Isoporous Membranes ...................................................................................................................................... 489
Nystrom, Daniel;Antoni, Per;Malmstrom, Eva E.;Johansson, Mats;Hult, Anders
Conjugated Organic Polymers: Effect of Morphology and Defects on the Emission of Di-Alkyl Polyfluorenes .............................................................................................. 491
Rozanski, Lynn J.;Vanden Bout, David A.
Universal Effects of Solubility and Thermal Annealing for Structure Formation in RR Poly (3-alkyl thiophene) Series................................................................................................ 493
Yang, Hoichang;Ling, Mang-Mang;Shin, Tae Joo;Ryu, Chang Y.;Bao, Zhenan
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Regioregular Oligo(3-Alkoxy-Thiophene) with Two Carboxyaldehyde End Groups ................................................................. 496
Wang, Meina;Zhang, Cheng;Sun, Sam-Shajing
Improving Properties of Silicon-Containing Oligo(Ethylene Oxide) Electrolytes with Cyclic Carbonate Additives ................................................................................................... 497
Rossi, Nicholas A. A.;Zhang, Zhengcheng;Wang, Qingzheng;Amine, Khalil;West, Robert
Transparent Nanocomposites of Plyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes ................................ 499Ghosh, Arun;Abu-Ali, Amjad F.;Iyer, Subramanian;Detwiler, Andrew T.;Zhou, Yiqiang;Schiraldi, David A.
Nanoscale Adhesive Properties of Polymer Brushes Reversibly Assembled Along the Polymer Backbones ................................................................................................................. 500
Kim, Jenghan;Liu, Yan;Craig, Stephen L.
Effect of Architecture on the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers at Interfaces: Linear-Nanoparticle vs. Linear AB Diblocks ................................................................................ 502
Kim, Yoojin;Pyun, Jeffrey;Frechet, Jean M. J.;Hawker, Craig J.;Frank, Curtis W.
Nanoengineered Multiscale Composites...................................................................................... 504Nyairo, Elijah;Obore, Apollo;Dean, Derrick R.
Synthesis and Characterization of Starch Based Nanocomposites.......................................... 506Ganguly, Shovyk;Ganguli, Sabyasachi;Patterson, D'Juanna;Dean, Derrick R.
Glass Transition Temperature in a Thin Polymer Film Studied by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy.............................................................................................. 508
Zhang, J.;Chen, H.;Li, Y.;Suzuki, R.;Ohdaira, T.;Jean, Y. C.
Formation of Photo-Graftable Surface from Phenolic Substrate............................................... 510Kawanishi, Yuji;Suzuki, Yasuzo;Sakuragi, Masako
Effects of Temperature and Solvent Quality on the Relaxation of a Clay Sheet: Monte Carlo Simulation .................................................................................................................. 511
Pandey, Ras B.;Anderson, Kelly L.;Heinz, Hendrik;Farmer, Barry L.
POLYMERS AND MEDICAL DEVICES Free-Suspended Nanocomposite Nembranes as Microsensors ............................................... 513
Jiang, Chaoyang;Tsukruk, Vladimir V.
Novel Building Blocks for Multifunctional Nanocomposites ..................................................... 514Xia, Y;Li, Dan;Wang, Yuliang;Jeong, Unyong
Using Nanocomposite Coatings to Heal Surface Defects .......................................................... 515
Processing Phase Diagram of Carbon-Nanotube Polymer Composites................................... 516Hobbie, Erik K.;Fry, D. ;Wang, H.
Controlling the Miscibility of Polyolefin/Layered Silicates Nanocomposites by Altering the Polymer/Surface Interactions ................................................................................... 518
Altintzi, Ioanna;Chrissopoulou, Kiriaki;Anastasiadis, Spiros H.;Pitsikalis, Marinos;Hadjichristidis, Nikos;Theophilou, Nikos;Giannelis, Emmanuel P.
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites ................................................................................................ 521Meyyappan, M.
Scalable Synthesis, Alignment and Applications of a New Class of Polymer Microrods ......................................................................................................................................... 522
Velev, Orlin D.;Alargova, Rossitza G.;Paunov, Vesselin N.
Nanocomposites from Poly(Ethylene-Co-Methacrylic Acid) Ionomers: Effect of Surfactant Structure on Morphology and Properties.................................................................. 523
Shah, Rhutesh K.;Paul, Donald R.
Polymer Nanocomposites for the Real World: Achievement of Well Dispersed Nanofiller Sheets, Nanotubes, and Nanoparticles by Solid-State Shear Pulverization............................. 525
Kasimatis, Kosmas G.;Nowell, Joseph A.;Dykes, Laura M.;Burghardt, Wesley R.;Thillaiyan, Ramanathan;Brinson, L. Catherine;Andrews, Rodney;Torkelson, John M.
Bottom-Up Assembly of ZnO Nanorods on Surfaces Using Organic Templates..................... 527Hsu, Julia W. P.;Tian, Z. Ryan;Simmons, Neil C.;Matzke, Carolyn M.;Voigt, James A.;Liu, Jun
Polymer/Layered-Inorganic Nanocomposites: Limitations of Mechanical Improvement for High-Stiffness Polymers ................................................................................... 528
Manias, Evangelos
Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanostructures: Results from Molecular Simulations............ 529Brenner, Donald W.;Hu, Zushou;Shenderova, Olga A.;Padgett, Clifford W.
High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Layered Silicate/epoxy Nanocomposites ............... 530Drummy, Lawrence F.;Koerner, Hilmar;Tan, Ashley;Farmer, Karen;Farmer, B. L.;Vaia, Richard A.
Polymer Nanocomposites: Computer Simulations of the Reinforcing Mechanisms of Filler Particles ............................................................................................................................. 532
Kumar, Sanat K.
How Nano Are Nanocomposites? ................................................................................................. 533Schaefer, Dale W.
Glass Transition Behavior of Polystyrene Filled with Surface Modified Silica Nanocomposite ............................................................................................................................... 534
Bansal, Amitabh;Li, Chunzhao;Yang, Hoichang;Benicewicz, Brian;Kumar, Sanat K.;Schadler, Linda S.
Dendrimer Nanocomposite Materials ........................................................................................... 536Wright, David W.;Knecht, Mark R.;Miller, Scott A.
Some Simulations on Filler Reinforcement in Elastomers......................................................... 537Abouhussein, Reda H.;Mark, James E.
Functional Nanocomposites from the Self-Assembly of Metal-Containing Block Copolymers ..................................................................................................................................... 538
Manners, Ian
Nanocomposites and Nanofluids .................................................................................................. 540Shah, Deepak;Maiti, Pralay;Bourlinos, Athanasios;Zhang, Qiang;Archer, Lynden A.;Giannelis, Emmanuel P.
Interfacial Activity of Nanoparticles: From Membranes to Thin Films ...................................... 542Russell, Thomas P.;Emrick, Todd;Dinsmore, Anthony;Lin, Yao;He, Jinbo;Sill, Kevin;Skaff, Habib
Multiphoton Polymerization in Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals ..................................... 543Braun, Paul V.;Pruzinsky, Stephanie A.;Lee, Wonmok
Solving the Matrix Dispersion Problem for Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites .... 545Strano, Michael S.
Use of Optical Probes and Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy for High Throughput Characterization of Dispersion in Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites ............................................................................................................................. 546
Gilman, Jeffrey W.;Davis, Rick D.;Bellayer, Severine;Maupin, Paul H.;Raghavan, D.;Langat, Joseph K.;Bourbigot, Serge;Flambard, Xavier;Fox, Douglas M.;Trulove, Paul C.;De Long, Hugh C.
Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of Nematic Polymer Nano-Composite Film Properties .......... 548Forest, M. Gregory;Zhou, Ruhai;Wang, Qi;Zheng, Xiaoyu;Lipton, Robert
Deformation and Failure of Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Course Grained Computer Simulations ..................................................................................................... 554
Farmer, Barry L.;Anderson, Kelly L.;Vaia, Richard A.;Manias, Evangelos
Rheology of Molten Polystyrene/carbon Nanofiber Composites .............................................. 556Xu, Jianhua;Koelling, Kurt W.;Wang, Yingru;Bechtel, Stephen E.;Forest, M. Gregory
Small Diameter Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: An Alternative for Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposties? ...................................................................... 559
Qian, Cheng;Qi, Hang;Gao, Bo;Zhou, Otto;Liu, Jie
Mechanics of Polymer Nanocomposites ...................................................................................... 561Boyce, Mary;Parks, David M.;Sheng, Nuo;Pantano, A;Garg, Mohit
Conductive Elastomeric Nanocomposites ................................................................................... 562Alexander, Max D.;Dowty, Heather;Black, Brandon;Matuszewski, Michael J.;Wang, Chyi-Shan;Hansen, George;Pettit, Matt
Composition and Thickness of Apatite Nanocrystals in Bone from Novel Solid-State NMR Experiments ........................................................................................................................... 564
Schmidt-Rohr, Klaus;Rawal, A.
Nanoengineered Multifunctional Materials and Their Potential for Aerospace Applications..................................................................................................................................... 565
Silverman, Edward;Starkovich, John A.
Remarkable Mechanics of Extremely Thin Graphite Platelets ................................................... 566Ruoff, Rodney S.;Ding, Weiqiang;Piner, Richard;Stankovich, Sasha
POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES Nanostructured Polymers in Polymeric Optoelectronic Devices .............................................. 567
Huck, Wilhelm T. S.;Fichet, Guillaume;Whiting, Greg L.;Snaith, Henry;Friend, R. H.
Self-Assembly and Semiconducting Properties of Solution-Processed Oligothiophenes Containing Thermally-Labile Solubilizing Groups......................................... 569
Murphy, Amanda R.;Frechet, Jean M. J.;Chang, Paul;Subramanian, Vivek
Designing Air Stable Thiophene Polymers Based on Control of Conjugation Length ........... 571McCulloch, Iain;Bailey, Clare;Giles, Mark;Genevicius, Kristijonas;Heeney, Martin;Shkunov, Maxim;Sparrowe, David;Suzuki, Masayoshi;Tierney, Steven;Wagner, Robert
Dynamic Instabilities During Formation of Light-Emitting Polymer Thin Films....................... 573Luo, Shyh-Chyang;Craciun, Valentin;Douglas, Elliot P.
Properties of Lithium-Doped Siloxane-Phosphonate Conducting Polymers ........................... 575Gallagher, Skip;Nahir, Tal M.;Phelps, Cindy
High Performance Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on Cyclohexyl-Substituted Organic Semiconductors .......................................................................................... 577
Locklin, Jason;Bao, Zhenan;Advincula, Rigoberto C.;
Organic Semiconductor Materials Design and Thin Film Growth for High Performance Transistors ............................................................................................................... 579
Bao, Zhenan
Lithography-Free, Self-Aligned Inkjet Printing with Sub-100 nm Resolution........................... 580Sirringhaus, Henning;Sele, Christoph W.;von Werne, Timothy
Molecular Layer Epitaxy Route to Nanolayers-Based Organic Electronics ............................. 581Ofir, Yuval;Schwartsglass, Offer;Shappir, Joseph;Yitzchaik, Shlomo
Cation and Anion Stabilization in Conjugated Polymers............................................................ 583Wudl, Fred;Chiechi, Ryan C.
Crosspoint Memory Cells Based on Organic-Metal Structures ................................................. 584Bozano, Luisa;Chiechi, Ryan C.;Beinhoff, Matthias;Carter, Kenneth R.;Scott, J. Campbell
Poly(N-Alkylthienopyrroles) and Regioregular Poly(3-Alkoxythiophene)s: Towards Soluble, Chiral, Conjugated Polymers with a Stable Oxidized State......................... 585
Koeckelberghs, Guy;De Cremer, Lieven;Vangheluwe, Marnix;Vanormelingen, Wouter;Verbiest, Thierry;Persoons, Andre;Samyn, Celest
Enhanced Field-Effect Mobility of Organic Thin Film Transistors by Surface-Mediated Molecular Ordering ........................................................................................................ 587
Cho, Kilwon;Kim, Do Hwan;Park, Yeong Don;Jang, Yunseok;Yang, Hoichang;Kim, Yong Hoon;Moon, Dae Gyu;Park, Soojin;Chang, Taehyun;Ryu, Chang Y.
Nanometer-Thick Multilayer Gate Insulators for Molecular and Polymeric Organic Field-Effect Transistors .................................................................................................................. 589
Facchetti, Antonio;Yoon, Myung-Han;Marks, Tobin J.
Metal Quinolate Polymers as Materials in Polymeric Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ............ 591Meyers, Amy;Wang, Xian-Yong;Kimyonok, Alpay;South, Clinton R.;Zhan, Xiaowei;Cho, Jian-Yang;Domercq, Benoit;Kippelen, Bernard;Marder, Seth R.;Weck, Marcus
Charge Injection in Organic Field-Effect Transistors.................................................................. 592Hamadani, Behrang H.;Natelson, Douglas
Polymer Transistor Display Backplanes: High Performance Inkjet Printed Devices .............. 594Arias, Ana C.;Ready, Steve;Lujan, Rene;Wong, William S.;Paul, Kateri E.;Chabinyc, Michael L.;Salleo, Alberto;Apte, Raj;Street, Robert A.
Mechanisms of Morphology Formation in Spin-Coated Semiconducting Polymer Blends.... 595Heriot, Sasha Y.;Jones, R. A. L.
Volatile Solvent Solubility and Thermal Annealing Effects on Regio-Regular P3HT Thin Film Structure and Its Correlation with TFT Charge Mobility ............................................ 596
Yang, Hoichang;Shin, Tae Joo;Bao, Zhenan;Cho, Kilwon;Ryu, Chang Y.
Electropatterning and Nanopatterning of Conjugated Polymer Ultrathin Films: The Precursor Polymer Approach................................................................................................. 598
Advincula, Rigoberto C.
Polyoxometalate Containing Hybrid Polymers for Photovoltaic Cells...................................... 600Peng, Zhonghua;Lu, Meng;Kang, Jeonghee;Xu, Bubin;Xie, Baohan
Improving Exciton and Charge Transport in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells ........................................................................................................................... 602
McGehee, Michael D.;Liu, Yuxiang;Goh, Chiatzun;Gowrishankar, Vignesh;Srinivasan, Bhavani;Scully, Shawn
Patterning Organic Semiconductors for Organic Electronic Applications............................... 603Briseno, Alejandro L.;Ling, Mang-Mang;Roberts, Mark;Moon, Hyunsik;Brehm, Darell;Bao, Zhenan
Characterization of Organic Electronic Devices with Directly-Patternable Polyaniline Electrodes.................................................................................................................... 605
Lee, Kwang Seok;Blanchet, Graciela B.;Gao, Feng;Loo, Yueh Lin
Patterning Organic Materials Using a Micropen.......................................................................... 607Xia, Yu;Kahn, Bruce E.;Fino, Gary A.;Grande, William J.
Correlating Structure Development to Performance Enhancement in Organic Semiconductor Films...................................................................................................................... 608
DeLongchamp, Dean M.;Lin, Eric K.;Sambasivan, Sharadha;Fischer, Daniel A.
Synthesis, Processing and Properties of Conjugated Polymer Networks ............................... 610Kokil, Akshay;Yao, Peter;Wilger, Dale;Kinami, Maki;Rademaker, Claire;Weder, Christoph
Combined Optical Approach to Structural Determination of Semi-Conducting Polymer Thin Films ......................................................................................................................... 612
Gurau, Marc;DeLongchamp, Dean M.;Richter, Lee J.
Internal Compensation as a Route to Interfaces Between Dissimilarly Doped Conjugated Polymers ..................................................................................................................... 613
Lonergan, Mark C.;Cheng, Calvin H. W.;Lin, Fuding;Gao, Lei
Electrochemical Doping of MEH-PPV ........................................................................................... 614Leger, Janelle M.;Holt, Amanda L.;Carter, Sue A.
Development of Large Band Gap Host Materials for High-Energy Phosphorescent Emitters ............................................................................................................................................ 615
Liu, Michelle S.;Niu, Yuhua;Jen, Alex K.-Y.
Structural Correlations of Charge Transport in Regioregular Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) .............................................................................................................................. 617
Kline, R. Joseph;McGehee, Michael D.;Toney, Michael F.
Dependence of Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaic Performance on Donor-Acceptor Morphology...................................................................................................................................... 618
Carter, S. A.;Chasteen, S. V.;Haerter, J. O.;Rumbles, G.;Scott, J. C.
Printed Chemical Sensors ............................................................................................................. 619Xia, Yu;Smith, Carl G.;Karwa, Anupama;Kahn, Bruce E.
Role of Strong Electron Acceptors in Promoting Pi-Stacking in Substituted Oligothiophenes.............................................................................................................................. 620
Bader, Mamoun M.;Pham, Phuong-T.;Macjewiski, John P.;Chen, Jie Qiong;Elandaloussi, El Hadj;Ward, Michael D.;Frisbie, C. Daniel
Two Electric Force Microscope Case Studies: Charge Injection in a Triarylamine/Polystyrene Thin Film and Charge Trapping in Polycrystalline Pentacene ........................................................................................................................................ 621
Marohn, John A.;Silveira, William;Muller, Erik M.
Material and Interface Engineering for High-Performance Light-Emitting Diodes .................. 622Jen, Alex K.-Y.;Niu, Yuhua;Liu, Michelle S.;Yip, Hinlap;Kang, Mun-Sik;Ma, Hong;Chen, Baoquan;Luo, Jingdong;Kim, Taedong;Ka, Jae-Won;Tung, Yung-Liang;Chi, Yun;Shu, Chingfong
POLYMERIC SEMICONDUCTORS FOR THIN-FILM ELECTRONICS Requirements of Polymers for Successful Medical Device Use ................................................ 623
Gupta, Ajay
U.S. FDA Perspective on the Regulations of Cyanoacrylate Polymer Tissue Adhesives in Clinical Applications ............................................................................................... 626
Mattamal, George J.
Triblock Copolymer-Derived Nanospheres: Potential Vector for Drug Delivery...................... 630Sheihet, Larisa;Dubin, Robert A.;Devore, David I.;Kohn, Joachim
Effects of Annealing on Tensile Strength and Creep Resistance of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) ................................................................................. 632
Sun, Hongliu;Cooke, Robert S.;Wynne, Kenneth J.
Biocompatibility, Meeting a Key Functional Requirement of Next Generation Medical Devices .............................................................................................................................. 634
Helmus, Michael N.
Composition Dependant In-Vitro Release Kinetics from PolyNSAIDs(TM) Through the Copolymer Design for a New Class of Ester-Anhydride Polymers ..................................... 635
Hicks, Michael B.;Pudil, Bryant J.;Kanamathareddy, Suseela;Goodrich, Stephen;East, Anthony J.;Letton, Alan
Controlled Delivery of Paclitaxel from Stent Coatings Using Poly (Hydroxystyrene-b-Isobutylene-b-Hydroxystyrene) and its Acetylated Derivative ................. 637
Sipos, Laszlo;Som, Abhijit;Faust, Rudolf;Richard, Robert;Schwarz, Marlene;Ranade, Shrirang;Boden, Mark;Chan, Ken
Hydrogel-Based Multifunctional Delivery Devices for Oral Protein Administration ................ 639He, Hongyan;Guan, Jingjiao;Hansford, Derek;Lee, L. James
New Approach to Biomaterials Design......................................................................................... 642Kohn, Joachim
Thermally-Sensitive, PNIPAAm-Coated Nanobeads Are Used in Microfluidic Devices for Affinity Separations, Immunoassays and Enzyme Bioprocesses ........................ 643
Hoffman, Allan S.;Stayton, Patrick S.;Malmstadt, Noah;Hoffman, John
Ultrathin Films of Electrochemically-Crosslinked Modified PAMAM Dendrimers and PVK as Sensor Materials for Nerve Agent Detection........................................................... 644
Taranekar, Prasad;Baba, Akira;Park, Jin Young;Fulghum, Timothy M.;Advincula, Rigoberto C.
Selective Attachment of Neurons and GLIA to Biochemically Modified Substrate and Electrode Surfaces .................................................................................................................. 646
Thompson, M. E.;Phipps, Crystal;Wahjudi, Pualin;Soussou, Walid;Baudry, Michel;Berger, Theodore;Bansal, Anubhuti;Madhukar, Anupam;
Bio-Functional Polymer Coatings Based on Chemical Vapor Deposition................................ 647Lahann, Joerg
Injectable Siloxane Intraocular Lenses......................................................................................... 649Hilborn, Jons G.;Liu, Yan
Therapeutic Polyanhydrides for Drug Delivery ........................................................................... 651Uhrich, Kathryn E.;Schmeltzer, Robert C.;Prudencio, Almudena;Whitaker, Kenya
Polarized Protein Membrane for Superior Cell-Seeding Properties .......................................... 653Atthoff, Bjorn;Hilborn, Jons G.
Improved and Mild Polymerization Method for Facile Structural Modification for Biodegradable Polymer Drugs ...................................................................................................... 655
Choe, Yun H.;Kanamathareddy, Suseela;Goodrich, Stephen;East, Anthony J.;Letton, Alan
Vapor Phase Polymerization of Organosilicons for Biopassivation Coatings......................... 656O'Shaughnessy, W. Shannan;Edell, David J.;Gleason, Karen K.
Design of Potent Polyvalent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin ........................................................... 658Gujraty, Kunal V.;Joshi, Amit G;Basha, Saleem;Mogridge, Jeremy;Kane, Ravi S.
New Bioabsorbable Polymer Coating for Drug-Eluting Stent Applications ............................. 659Zhang, Huashi (Ted);McCarthy, Brendan J.;Gopalan, Sindhu M.;Sizinai, Istvan P.;DeFife, Kristin;Turnell, Bill G.;Darabbeigi, Dari
Nanoscale Characterization of Solvent-Induced Surface Morphology of Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) Triblock Copolymer ...................................................... 660
Pizziconi, Vincent;Lincoln, Dawnell;Vuppu, Anil;Ranade, Shrirang
Antimicrobial Coatings Via Polymeric Surface Modifying Additives ........................................ 661Wynne, Kenneth J.;Makal, Umit;Ohman, Dennis;Wood, Lynn
TOWARD NONINVASIVE DELIVERY AND DIAGNOSTICS: PROTEINS, GENES AND CELLS Carbohydrate-Peptide Hybrid Copolymers as Safe and Effective Gene Delivery Vectors ............................................................................................................................................. 663
Metzke, Mark;O'Connor, Naphthali;Maiti, Soumen;Guan, Zhibin
Transition Metal-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Amphiphilic Dendritic Molecular Nanocarriers .................................................................................................................................... 664
Chen, Guanghui;Andre, Pascal;DeSimone, Joseph M.;Guan, Zhibin
Gene Delivery System Using Polysaccharide Schizophyllan and Poly(dA) Tailed DNA......... 665Anada, Takahisa;Karinaga, Ryouji;Koumoto, Kazuya;Mizu, Masami;Shinkai, Seiji;Sakurai, Kazuo
Structural Traits of Poly(Glycoamidoamine)s Affect DNA Delivery .......................................... 666Liu, Yemin;Reineke, Theresa M.
Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films That Sustain the Release of Functional DNA from Surfaces .................................................................................................................................. 668
Zhang, Jingtao;Jewell, Christopher M.;Fredin, Nathaniel J.;Lynn, David M.
New Dendritic Beta-Cyclodextrin/triazole System for DNA Delivery......................................... 670Srinivasachari, Sathya;Reineke, Theresa M.
Positron Annihilation with Cancer Cells....................................................................................... 672Liu, Guang;Li, Ying;Chen, Hongmin;Zhang, Junjie;Gadzia, Joseph E.;Jean, Y. C.
Biodegradable Cationic Polymers as Efficient Gene Delivery Carriers .................................... 675Shen, Youqing;Xu, Peisheng;Li, Shiyan;Li, Qun;Ren, Jun;Kirk, Ed V.;Murdoch, William J.;Radosz, Maciej
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