Polymer Science Faculty Research
Celebrating over 50 years of polymers. The University of Akron is the center of Akron, Ohio, the Polymer Capital of the World. Since 1956, students and faculty from around the globe have come to UA to focus on polymer innovations and applications of research in science, technology, and medicine. In fact, The University of Akron is the only graduate college in the US that offers both Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering programs. The 25th anniversary of the College was celebrated in 2013.
Submissions from 2007
Dynamic Interfacial Tension at the Oil/Surfactant-water Interface, Guifeng Li, Shishir Prasad, and Ali Dhinojwala
ARCHITECTURAL EFFECTS IN SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS: HYPERBRANCHED SCLCPs, Coleen Pugh and Anirudha Singh
Electrospinning of nanofibers from polymer solutions and melts, Darrell Reneker, A. L. Yarin, E. Zussman, and H. Xu
ELUCIDATING THE STRUCTURE OF HYPERBRANCHED SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYACRYLATES, Anirudha Singh and Coleen Pugh
Effects of parameters on nanofiber diameter determined from electrospinning model, C. J. Thompson, George G. Chase, A. L. Yarin, and Darrell Reneker
Effect of evaporation and solidification of the charged jet in electrospinning of poly (ethylene oxide) aqueous solution, Sureeporn Tripatanasuwan, Zhenxin Zhong, and Darrell Reneker
Finding the density of objects without measuring mass and volume, Mesfin Tsige
Structure and dynamics of fluorinated alkanes on silicon dioxide surfaces, Mesfin Tsige
Surface tension of normal and branched alkanes, Mesfin Tsige
A coherent description of nonlinear flow behavior of entangled polymers as related to processing and numerical simulations, Shi-Qing Wang
Cover Picture: Macromol. Mater. Eng. 1/2007, Shi-Qing Wang
Disentanglement behavior of DNA and wormlike micellar solutions as probed with particle-tracking velocimetry., Shi-Qing Wang
Elastic breakup in extensional flow of entangled melts., Shi-Qing Wang
On chain statistics and entanglement of flexible linear polymer melts, Shi-Qing Wang
Opening the Pandora's box to understand flow behavior of polymeric fluids., Shi-Qing Wang
What are the origins of stress relaxation behaviors in step shear of entangled polymer solutions?, Shi-Qing Wang
Origin of Higher Friction for Elastomers Sliding on Glassy Polymers, Betul Yurdumakan, Kumar Nanjundiah, and Ali Dhinojwala
In situ IR study of adsorbed species and photogenerated electrons during photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol on TiO2, Zhiqiang Yu and Steven Chuang
Probing methylene blue photocatalytic degradation by adsorbed ethanol with in situ IR, Zhiqiang Yu and Steven Chuang
Pulse CH 4/D 2O reaction on a Ni/YSZ anode in SOFC, Zhiqiang Yu and Steven Chuang
Submissions from 2006
Cell Permeable Nanoconjugates of Shell-Crosslinked Knedel (SCK) and Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) with Uniquely Expressed or Over-Expressed mRNA Targeting Sequences for Early Diagnosis and Therapy of Cancer, Matthew Becker, Huafeng Fang, Xiaoxu Li, Dipanjan Pan, Raffaella Rossin, Xiankai Sun, John-Stephen Taylor, Jeffery Turner, Michael Welch, and Karen Wooley
A minimal model for the helix-coil transition of wormlike polymers. insights from Monte Carlo simulations and theoretical implications, Gustavo Carri
Coupling Transitions in Helical Polymers: The Case of the Helix-Coil and Coil-Globule Transitions, Gustavo Carri
Inertial suppression of protein dynamics in a binary glycerol-trehalose glass, Gustavo Carri
Modern Concepts and Methods in Polymer Physics-Introduction, Gustavo Carri
Nanofibers and spheres by polymerization of cyanoacrylate monomer, Sphurti V. Doiphode, Darrell Reneker, and George G. Chase
Electrospinning of polymer nanofibres from multiple jets on a porous tubular surface, O. O. Dosunmu, George G. Chase, W. Kataphinan, and Darrell Reneker
Direct Probe of Interfacial Structure during Mechanical Contact between Two Polymer Films Using Infrared Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Gary P. Harp and Ali Dhinojwala
Coupling of Interfacial Motion at Polystyrene-Alkane Interface, Gary P. Harp, Hasnain Rangwalla, Guifeng Li, Mohsen S. Yeganeh, and Ali Dhinojwala
High-Strength Mats from Electrospun Poly (p-Phenylene Biphenyltetracarboximide) Nanofibers, C. Huang, S. Chen, Darrell Reneker, C. Lai, and H. Hou
Electrospun polymer nanofibres with small diameters, Chaobo Huang, Shuiliang Chen, Chuilin Lai, Darrell Reneker, Haiyan Qiu, Ying Ye, and Haoqing Hou
Comparison of the Thermotropic and Solution Behavior of Six-Arm Star and Comb Poly [11-(4'-cyanophenyl-4''-phenoxy) undecyl acrylate] s, Andrea M. Kasko and Coleen Pugh
Thermal and chemical stability of regenerable solid amine sorbent for CO2 capture, Rajesh A. Khatri, Steven Chuang, Yee Soong, and McMahan Gray
Annealing and recrystallization of single crystals of polyethylene on graphite: An atomic force microscopy study, Sergei N. Magonov, Natalya A. Yerina, Yuli K. Godovsky, and Darrell Reneker
In situ Infrared Study of Catalytic Oxidation over Au/TiO2 Catalysts, Duane D. Miller and Steven Chuang
Synthesis of optically active copolymers of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorostyrene and beta-pinene with low surface energies, Marta Paz-Pazos and Coleen Pugh
Surface Segregation Induced by Surface Freezing, Shishir Prasad, Lauri Hanne, and Ali Dhinojwala
Synthesis of laterally attached side-chain liquid-crystalline polynorbornenes with high mesogen density by ring-opening metathesis polymerization, Coleen Pugh, Pukun Zhu, Guehyun Zhu, Joe X. Zheng, and Michael J. Rubal
Electrospun Bombyx mori gland silk, S. Putthanarat, R. K. Eby, W. Kataphinan, S. Jones, R. Naik, Darrell Reneker, and B. L. Farmer
Polymeric nanofibers: introduction, Darrell Reneker and Hao Fong
Reaction Pathways for Propylene Partial Oxidation on Au/TiO2, Rahul Singh and Steven Chuang
Determination of Interfacial Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane-Water Systems Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Mesfin Tsige
Evaporation and interdiffusion of solvent in polymer films, Mesfin Tsige
Simulation study of water/silicon oxide interface, Mesfin Tsige
Banding in entangled polymer fluids under oscillatory shearing, Shi-Qing Wang
Direct visualization of continuous simple shear in non-Newtonian polymeric fluids, Shi-Qing Wang
Opening the black-box of entangled polymers in flow: A first time-resolved velocity profile determination upon step shear, Shi-Qing Wang
Probing the breakdown of chain entanglement in simple shear: The effect of molecular weight distribution, Shi-Qing Wang
Watching nucleation and growth of chain disentanglement in large-amplitude oscillatory shear of entangled polymer solutions, Shi-Qing Wang
Liquid drop growth on a fiber, A. L. Yarin, George G. Chase, W. Liu, S. V. Doiphode, and Darrell Reneker
Submissions from 2005
A Monte Carlo simulation study of the mechanical and conformational properties of networks of helical polymers. I. General concepts, Gustavo Carri
Dynamics of Lysozyme in a Glycerol-Water system, Gustavo Carri
Microscopic Insights into the Dynamics of Protein--Solvent Mixtures, Gustavo Carri
Solvent-induced collapse of a helical semiflexible polymer, Gustavo Carri
Stretching Helical Macromolecules, Gustavo Carri
The Synthesis of Carbamate from the Reductive Carbonylation of Nitrobenzene over Pd-based Catalysts, Bei Chen and Steven Chuang
Mechanism of C 2+ oxygenate synthesis on Rh catalysts, Steven Chuang, Robert W. Stevens, and Rajesh Khatri
Improved immobilized carbon dioxide capture sorbents, M. L. Gray, Y. Soong, K. J. Champagne, H. Pennline, J. P. Baltrus, R. W. Stevens Jr., R. Khatri, Steven Chuang, and T. Filburn
Dynamics of hollow nanofiber formation during solidification subjected to solvent evaporation, Andrew J. Guenthner, Sureeporn Khombhongse, Wenxia Liu, Pratyush Dayal, Darrell H. Reneker, and Thein Kyu
Electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers containing a high concentration of well-aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes, Haoqing Hou, Jason J. Ge, Jun Zeng, Qing Li, Darrell Reneker, Andreas Greiner, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Carbon Dioxide Capture by Diamine-Grafted SBA-15: A Combined Fourier Transform Infrared and Mass Spectrometry Study, Rajesh A. Khatri, Steven Chuang, Yee Soong, and McMahan Gray
Partial Oxidation of Propylene Over Supported Rhodium Catalysts, Rajesh A. Khatri, Rahul Singh, Steven Chuang, and Robert W. Stevens Jr.
Biomineralization, William Landis
Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues, William Landis
Growth plate terminal differentiation is regulated by oxemic status and the HIF-PHD axis, William Landis
Silicon affects mouse calvarial osteoblast response in vitro, William Landis
Structure and mechanical behavior of biological materials, William Landis
Polymer based nanocomposites with nanofibers and exfoliated clay, Michael A. Meador and Darrell Reneker
Silver (I)-imidazole cyclophane gem-diol complexes encapsulated by electrospun tecophilic nanofibers: formation of nanosilver particles and antimicrobial activity, Abdulkareem Melaiye, Zhaohui Sun, Khadijah Hindi, Amy Milsted, Daniel Ely, Darrell Reneker, Claire A. Tessier, and Wiley J. Youngs
Synthesis, isolation, and thermal behavior of polybutadiene grafted with poly (2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorostyrene), Marta Paz-Pazos and Coleen Pugh
Measurement of Chain Transfer Constants to Polymer Using Oligomers and Model Compounds: Chain Transfer to Poly [11-(4'-cyanophenyl-4''-phenoxy) undecyl acrylate] in Radical Polymerization, Coleen Pugh, Guangyu Fan, and Andrea M. Kasko
Fibrous catalyst-immobilization systems, Darrell Reneker, George G. Chase, and Daniel Smith
Recycled expanded polystyrene nanofibers applied in filter media, C. Shin, George G. Chase, and Darrell Reneker
The Effect of Nanofibers on Liquid-Liquid Coalescence Filter Performance, C. Shin, George G. Chase, and Darrell Reneker
Selective emitters for thermophotovoltaics: erbia-modified electrospun titania nanofibers, V. Tomer, R. Teye-Mensah, J. C. Tokash, N. Stojilovic, W. Kataphinan, Edward A. Evans, George G. Chase, R. D. Ramsier, D. J. Smith, and Darrell Reneker
Determination of Interfacial Properties of Polysiloxane-Water Systems Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Mesfin Tsige
Molecular dynamics simulation of crack propagation in highly cross-linked polymers under uniaxial deformation, Mesfin Tsige
Experimental Investigation of Entangled Polymer Flow Behavior, Shi-Qing Wang
Investigating linear and nonlinear viscoelastic behavior using model silica-particle-filled polybutadiene, Shi-Qing Wang
Rheological study of chain dynamics in dilute binary polymer mixtures, Shi-Qing Wang
Synthesis and rheological properties of polystyrene/layered silicate nanocomposite, Shi-Qing Wang
Synthesis and mass spectrometry studies of an amphiphilic polyether-based rotaxane that lacks an enthalpic driving force for threading, Kathleen M. Wollyung, Kaitian Xu, Michael Cochran, Andrea M. Kasko, Wayne L. Mattice, Chrys Wesdemiotis, and Coleen Pugh
Template-Induced Enhanced Ordering Under Confinement, Betul Yurdumakan, Gary P. Harp, Mesfin Tsige, and Ali Dhinojwala
Electrospun nanofibers for potential space-based applications, G. Zhang, W. Kataphinan, R. Teye-Mensah, P. Katta, L. Khatri, E. A. Evans, George G. Chase, R. D. Ramsier, and Darrell Reneker
Submissions from 2004
On the Helix-Coil Transition of Wormlike Polymers, Gustavo Carri
Short-Range Helical Ordering of Isotactic Vinyl Polymers in the Liquid State, Gustavo Carri
Synthesis of Poly(Isobutylene-B-Epsilon-Caprolactone) Diblock Copolymer Using Enzyme Catalysis, Marcelo Castano, Alejandra Alvarez Albarran, Matthew Becker, and Judit D. Puskas
CO2 capture by amine-enriched fly ash carbon sorbents, Steven Chuang, M. L. Gray, Y. Soong, K. J. Champagne, John Baltrus, R. W. Stevens Jr., and P. Toochinda
In situ IR study of transient CO2 reforming of CH4 over Rh/Al2O3, Steven Chuang and Robert W. Stevens Jr.
Carbamate Synthesis on Pd/C Catalysts: Gas-Solid versus Slurry Processes, Steven Chuang and Pisanu Toochinda
Assembly of well-aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes in confined polyacrylonitrile environments: electrospun composite nanofiber sheets, Jason J. Ge, Haoqing Hou, Qing Li, Matthew J. Graham, Andreas Greiner, Darrell Reneker, Frank W. Harris, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Water absorption and mechanical properties of electrospun structured hydrogels, Laura M. Hansen, Daniel J. Smith, Darrell Reneker, and Woraphon Kataphinan
Carbon nanotubes on carbon nanofibers: a novel structure based on electrospun polymer nanofibers, H. Hou and Darrell Reneker
Solution Behavior of Topological Isomers of Poly [11-(4'-cyanophenyl-4''-phenoxy) undecyl acrylate] s Prepared by Atom Transfer and Conventional Radical Polymerizations, Andrea M. Kasko and Coleen Pugh
Polybenzimidazole nanofiber produced by electrospinning, Jong-Sang Kim and Darrell Reneker
Biological and bioinspired materials and devices, William Landis
Atomistic Simulation of Orientation of Methyl Groups and Methylene Bisectors, and Surface Segregation, in Freely Standing Thin Films of Atactic Poly(ethylene-co-propylene), Sagar S. Rane, Wayne L. Mattice, and Ali Dhinojwala