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PMSE Preprints Volume 99, Fall 2008

August 17-21, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Science and Engineering 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

SYMPOSIUM: ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; BATTERIES, CAPACITORS, AND ELECTROLYTES Radical Polymers for Organic-Based Rechargeable Device ......................................................... 1

Nishide, Hiroyuki; Oyaizu, Kenichi

Nanostructured Conducting Polymer Synthesis in Ionic Liquids ................................................ 2Pringle, Jennifer M.; Winther-Jensen, Orawan; Lynam, Carol; Wallace, Gordon; Forsyth, Maria; MacFarlane, Douglas R.

Electrically Conducting Polymers in Electrolytic Devices ............................................................ 3Xu, Youlong

Self-Limiting Electropolymerization En Route to Ultrathin, Conformal Polymer Coatings for Energy-Storage Applications ..................................................................................... 4

Long, Jeffrey W.; Fischer, Anne E.; McEvoy, Todd M.; Bourg, Megan E.; Lytle, Justin C.; Rolison, Debra R.

Lithium Conduction and Polymer Dynamics in Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Based Polyester Ionomers ............................................................................................................................ 6

Fragiadakis, Daniel; Dou, Shichen; Colby, Ralph H.; Runt, James

PEGME-Based Zwitterionic RTILs Functionalized with Imidazole-Modified Lithium Fluorosulfonate / Fluorosulfonimide Pendants .............................................................................. 8

Geiculescu, O. E.; Rajagopal, R. V.; Oh, Jung Min; Creager, S. E.; DesMarteau, D. D.

Ion Solvation Energetics and Dipole Moments from ab Initio Calculations .............................. 10Liu, Wenjuan; Janik, Michael J.; Colby, Ralph H.

SYMPOSIUM: ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; CAPACITORS Highly Conductive Nanostructured Polyaniline Films for Supercapacitor Applications ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Kinlen, Patrick J.; Mbugua, Joseph; Kim, Young-Gi; Jung, June-Ho; Viswanathan, Sriram; Liu, Jingyue

Supercapacitors/fast Batteries: Current Status and Future Needs ............................................ 13Stenger-Smith, John D.; Irvin, Jennifer A.; Irvin, David J.; Steckler, Timothy; Reynolds, John R.

Electrical Breakdown in Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage ....................... 15Claude, Jason; Lu, Yingying; Wang, Qing

Polymeric Dioxypyrrole Based Supercapacitors Utilizing Non-Covalently Modified SWNT Films as Electrodes .............................................................................................................. 17

Ertas, Merve; Walczak, Ryan M.; Das, Rajib K.; Steckler, Timothy; Rinzler, Andrew G.; Reynolds, John R.

Ferroelectric Polymer Based Nanocomposites with Enhanced Electrical Energy Density .............................................................................................................................................. 19

Li, Junjun; Wang, Qing

Electrochemical Supercapacitors Utilizing Conducting Polymers ............................................. 21Ferraris, John P.

Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage ................................................................. 22Lu, Yingying; Claude, Jason; Li, Junjun; Liang, Siwei; Khanchaitit, Paisan; Pan, Jilin; Wang, Qing

SYMPOSIUM: ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAICS 1 Conjugated Polymers with Pendant Ruthenium Dyes for Photovoltaic Applications ...................................................................................................................................... 25

Mak, Chris S. K.; Cheng, Kai Wing; Chan, Wai Kin

Chemical Approaches to Meet the Unification Challenge in Polymer Solar Cells .................... 27Krebs, Frederik Christian

Novel Acenaphthylthienopyrazine Based Low Band-Gap Polymers for Solar Cell Applications ...................................................................................................................................... 28

Miyaki, Nobuyuki; Mondal, Rajib; Parmer, Jack; Myer, Alex C.; McGehee, Michael D.; Bao, Zhenan

Energy Transport and Conversion in Conjugated Polyelectrolytes ........................................... 30Zhao, Xiaoyong; Jiang, Hui; Taranekar, Prasad; Brookins, Robert N.; Reynolds, John R.; Schanze, Kirk S.

Perylene/phthalocyanine Organophotocatalyst Film Responsive to Whole Visible Light ................................................................................................................................................... 31

Nagai, Keiji; Abe, Toshiyuki

New Low Energy Gap and Fullerene Materials for Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) ..................... 32Walker, Wesley; Yang, Changduk; Veldman, Brittnee; Kumar, Rajeev; Wudl, Fred

Electron Transfer Studies in Folded Dendritic Structures .......................................................... 33He, Dian; Nguyen, Tuan; Wu, Yingqi; Modarelli, David A.; Parquette, Jon R.

SYMPOSIUM: ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAICS 2 Small Band Gap and Multi-Junction Polymer Solar Cells ........................................................... 34

Janssen, René A. J.; Gilot, Jan; Wienk, Martijn M.; Turbiez, Mathieu

Towards the Optimization of Polymer-Fullerene Composite Solar Cells ................................... 35Thompson, Barry C.; Fréchet, Jean M. J.

Concentration Gradient P3OT/PCBM Photovoltaic Devices Fabricated by Thermal Interdiffusion of Separately Spin-Cast Organic Layers ............................................................... 36

Kaur, Manpreet; Gopal, Anamika; Davis, R. M.; Heflin, James R.

Solar Cells of Low Band Gap Conjugated Polymers .................................................................... 38Andersson, Mats R.; Lindgren, Lars; Perzon, Erik; Mammo, Wendimagegn; Zhang, Fengling; Inganäs, Olle

Towards the Use of Poly(Thieno[3,4-b]furan) as a Novel Light-Harvesting Material for Organic Photovoltaic Cells ....................................................................................................... 39

Dey, Tanmoy; Bokria, Jayesh G.; Navarathne, Daminda; Invernale, Michael A.; Buyukmumcu, Zeki; Sotzing, Gregory A.

ADMET Synthesis of Siloxane Macrocycles and Silane Containing Conjugated Polymers ........................................................................................................................................... 41

Mukherjee, Narayan; Peetz, Ralf M.

SYMPOSIUM: ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAICS AND FUEL CELLS Conducting Polymer and Carbon Nanotube Architectures for Electrocatalysis ...................... 43

Chen, Jun; Zhang, Weimin; Minett, Andrew; Wagner, Pawel; Wallace, Gordon

Using Conducting Metallopolymers to Fabricate Metal Nanoparticle/conducting Polymer Hybrids as Electrocatalytic Materials for Fuel Cell Applications ................................ 44

Edelman, Kate R.; Atkinson, Corinne A.; Stevenson, Keith J.; Holliday, Bradley J.

Synthesis and Characterization of BDMOM-PPV: Fully Soluble, Novel Sulfur-Containing PPV ................................................................................................................................ 46

Zepeda, Danny; Alvarado, Sara A.; Juarez, Heriberto; Landon, Preston B.; Ferraris, John P.; Gutierrez, Jose J.

Conductive Polymer Actuation Via Solitonic Deformations and Feynman's Rubber Band Heat Engine ............................................................................................................... 48

Lin, Xi; Li, Minghai; Botelho, A. L.; Du, Ping

Germanium Nanowires Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Composites for Photovoltaic Applications ...................................................................................................................................... 50

Garfunkel, Eric; Mastrogiovanni, Daniel; Klein, Lauren; Wan, Alan; Du Pasquier, Aurelien

Transparent Electrodes Based on Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes .................. 52McGehee, Michael D.

Vertical Composition Gradients of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ........................... 53Germack, David S.; Kline, R. Joseph; Hamadani, Behrang H.; Gundlach, David J.; Richter, Lee J.; DeLongchamp, Dean M.

SYMPOSIUM: EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, FUNCTIONAL MONOMERS AND COPOLYMERIZATION Superior Latex Stability and Enhanced Control of Paint Rheology Using Sodium 2-Acrylamido-2-Methylpropane Sulfonate. .................................................................................... 54

Kim, Hyungsoo; Marks, Geoffrey P.; Piedrahita, Carlos

Fluoropolymers by Emulsion Copolymerization with Chloro Tri-Fluoro Ethylene (CTFE) ................................................................................................................................................ 56

Chou, John Yungnien; Xu, Pingxian

Study of the Compartmentalization Effect in Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Free-Radical Emulsion Polymerization with in Situ Formation of Poly(Acrylic Acid)-B-Polystyrene Amphiphilic Block Copolymers ................................................................................ 58

Charleux, Bernadette; Delaittre, Guillaume

Mechanisms of Gel Formation in Acrylic Latexes Containing Pendent Acetoacetoxy Groups ...................................................................................................................... 59

Oh, Jung Kwon; Kan, Charles; Wu, Wenjun; Romick, Jay D.; Drumright, Ray

New One-Pot, One-Step, One-Catalyst Microemulsion Route to Polymer Composite Particles Using Simultaneous ROMP and ATRP ...................................................... 61

Airaud, Cédric; Ibarboure, Emmanuel; Héroguez, Valérie

Design and Synthesis of Structured Latex Particles for Enhancing the Performance of Water-Borne Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives ..................................................... 63

Foster, Andrew B.; Lovell, Peter A.; Rabjohns, Michael A.

Heterogeneous Fluorinated Latex Films with Controlled Internal Topology for Nanostructured Low-Energy Surfaces .......................................................................................... 65

Castelvetro, Valter; Bianchi, Sabrina; Giannini, Giacomo; Lucchesi, Mauro; Pratelli, Daniele; Scalarone, Dominique

Surfactant-Free Nitroxide Mediated Emulsion Polymerization ................................................... 66Simms, Ryan W.; Hoidas, Mark D.; Maehata, Hideo; Cunningham, Michael F.

Impact of Functional Monomer Quality on Emulsion Polymerization ........................................ 68Lai, Zhen; Cheng, Chieh-Min

SYMPOSIUM: EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS Hybrid Miniemulsion Polymerization of Acrylate/oil and Acrylate/fatty Acid Systems ............................................................................................................................................ 70

Guo, Juchen; Schork, F. Joseph

Study of Monomer Droplets in Miniemulsions ............................................................................. 72Casey, Megan B.; Sudol, E. David; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.

RAFT Inverse Miniemulsion Polymerization ................................................................................. 74Qi, Genggeng; Jones, Christopher W.; Schork, F. Joseph

Control of Location of Ag Nanoparticles in Composite Particles Prepared by Miniemulsion Polymerization ......................................................................................................... 76

Kawaguchi, Haruma; Asakawa, Masahiro; Suzuki, Daisuke

Copolymerization of Ethylene and Vinyl Acetate Via Emulsion and Miniemulsion .................. 78Guo, Juchen; Choi, Kyu Yong; Schork, F. Joseph

Miniemulsion Polymerization of Fatty Acid-Derived Monomers ................................................. 80Spagnola, Lisa; Daniels, Eric S.; Dimonie, Victoria L.; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.; Klein, Andrew

Effect of Soap in Pickering Miniemulsion Polymerizations ......................................................... 82Colver, Patrick J.; Colard, Catheline A. L.; Bon, Stefan A. F.

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of the Nucleation Mechanisms of Oil-Soluble Initiators in Styrene Miniemulsion Polymerization ....................................................................... 84

Rawlston, Jonathan; Guo, Juchen; Schork, F. Joseph; Gallivan, Martha Grover

SYMPOSIUM: EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; POLYMER COLLOIDS: PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION Synthesis of Photocrosslinkable Microgel Colloids .................................................................... 86

Zillessen, Andreas; Bartsch, Eckhard

Effect of Agitation on Coagulum Formation in Emulsion Polymerization .................................. 89Jinmo Hong, Eric S. Daniels, E. David Sudol, Andrew Klein

Biodegradable Plastic Materials from the Fibers of Poultry Feathers ........................................ 91Huda, Masud S.; Schmidt, Walter F.; Teffeau, Marc

Preparation and Characterization of Poly(Butyl Acrylate/methyl Methacrylate) Core-Shell Latex /montmorillonite Nanocomposites Via In-Situ Emulsion Polymerization .................................................................................................................................. 93

Yang, Long; Tang, Songchao; Li, Jing; Xu, Jianrong

Fundamental Aspects of Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene Studied by Reaction Calorimetry: Effect of Initiator Properties on the Reaction Kinetics .......................... 95

Ortiz-Alba, Emilio; Sudol, E. David; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.

Microwave, Photo- And Thermally Responsive PNIPAm-Gold Nanoparticle Microgels .......................................................................................................................................... 97

Budhlall, Bridgette M.; Marquez, Manuel; Velev, Orlin D.

Effect of Hydroplasticization on Polymer Interdiffusion in Latex Films .................................... 98Soleimani, Mohsen; Haley, Jeffrey C.; Lau, W.; Winnik, Mitchell A.

Preparation of Polymer Particles by Soap-Free Emulsion and Aggregation Process ............................................................................................................................................. 99

Hwang, Min-Jin; Hong, Chang Kook; Ryu, Dong-Wan; Yang, Jae-Ho; Moon, Hee

Effect of Surfactant Molecular Structure on Acrylic Polymer Properties ................................ 101Fernandez, Ana Maria; Jebbanema, Loubna

Structural Control of Multi-Lobed Latex Particles Formed During Two-Stage Emulsion Polymerization Reactions ............................................................................................ 103

Crosbie, Diane; Holmes, Douglas P.; Stubbs, Jeffrey; Sundberg, Donald C.

SYMPOSIUM: GENERAL PAPERS/NEW CONCEPTS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS; BIO-BASED POLYMERS AND ELECTROSPINNING Membranes Composed of Chitosan, Carbon Black, and Glutaraldehyde: Morphological, Chemical, and Crystalline Changes .................................................................. 105

Schiffman, Jessica D.; Blackford, Adam C.; Schauer, Caroline L.

Role of Disulfide Bonds in the Electrospinning of Wheat Gluten Blends from Water/1-Propanol ........................................................................................................................... 107

Dong, Jing; Parnas, Richard S.; Asandei, Alexandru D.

Meso- And Nanoscale Analysis of the Conditioning Effect on Human Hair ............................ 109Max, Eva; Bartels, Frank W.; Wood, Claudia; Fery, Andreas

Effects of Antioxidants on Polymeric Coatings for a Fibrous Collagen Material: Leather ............................................................................................................................................ 110

Liu, Cheng-Kung; Latona, Nicholas P.; Cooke, Peter H.

Synthesis and Tensile Properties of Soy Hull-Reinforced Biocomposites from Conjugated Soybean Oil ................................................................................................................ 112

Quirino, Rafael L.; Larock, Richard C.

Bioderived Nanofibrous Filter Media for Heavy Metal Chelation and Anti-Microbial Applications .................................................................................................................................... 114

Desai, Keyur; Li, Jiajie; Zivanovic, Svetlana; Davidson, P. Michael; Kit, Kevin

pH Induced Association Behavior of an Alanine-Rich Helical Polypeptide ............................. 116Top, Ayben; Roberts, Christopher J.; Kiick, Kristi L.

Engineered Wood Polymer Composites Based on Recycled Polyethylene / Recycled Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) Blends ........................................................................ 118

Lei, Yong; Wu, Qinglin

Electrospun Nanodiamonds: Polymer Composite Fibers and Coatings ................................. 120Stravato, Antonella; Behler, Kris; Mochalin, Vadym N.; Korneva, Guzeliya; Gogotsi, Yury

SYMPOSIUM: GENERAL PAPERS/NEW CONCEPTS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND POLYMER MEMBRANES Degradation Mechanism of Plasticized Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Under Artificial Aging Conditions ........................................................................................................................... 122

Ito, Mikiya; Nagai, Kazukiyo

Combining Antiplatelet and Antiproliferation Agents: Polymeric Coatings That Release Both Nitric Oxide and Sirolimus .................................................................................... 123

Wu, Biyun; Studzinski, Diane; Shanley, Charles J.; Meyerhoff, Mark E.

Facile Surface Modification of Porous Polymer Membranes Based on the Strong Adhesive Behavior of Poly (DOPA) .............................................................................................. 125

Xi, Zhen-Yu; Zhu, Li-Ping; Liu, Fu; Wang, Jian-Yu; Zhu, Bao-Ku; Xu, You-Yi

Preparation of Poly (Vinylidene Fluoride) Hollow Fiber Membrane Via Thermally Induced Phase Separation ............................................................................................................ 127

Ji, Geng-Liang; Xu, You-Yi

New Aromatic Polyimides Containing m-Terphenyl Groups with Improved Gas Separation Properties .................................................................................................................... 129

Calle, Mariola; Garcia-Sanchez, Carolina; Lozano, Angel E.; de la Campa, Jose G.; de Abajo, Javier

Evaluation of Antibacterial Baicalin Bilayer Sustained-Release Oral Film .............................. 131Liu, Xiao-Ping; Bai, Li; Xu, Hai-xing

Micro- And Nano-Patterned Surfaces for Specific Biointeraction ............................................ 132Lensen, Marga C.; Schulte, Vera A.; Diez, Mar; Mela, Petra; Möller, Martin

Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Homopolymers and Copolymers of Poly (2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) and Poly (Ethylene Glycol) for Use as Thin-Film Hydrogels ........................................................................................................................................ 133

Bose, Ranjita K.; Lau, Kenneth K. S.

Characterization of Laminin on Silanized Polydimethylsiloxane ............................................. 134Dunkers, Joy P.; Pakstis, Lisa M.; Lee, Hae-Jeong; Matos, Marvi A.; Cicerone, Marcus T.

Fabrication of Polymeric Micropillar Arrays with Ripple Structures Through Soft Lithography and Mechanical Stretching ...................................................................................... 136

Cui, Yue; Yang, Shu

Exploiting Differential Reactivity of Peripheral Amines on Triazine-Based Dendrimers for Diverse Divergent Functionalization ................................................................. 138

Venditto, Vincent J.; Simanek, Eric E.

SYMPOSIUM: GENERAL PAPERS/NEW CONCEPTS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES AND OTHER NANOMATERIALS Architecture and Application of Nanostructured Inclusion Complexes Composed of Amylose and Synthetic Polymers ............................................................................................ 140

Kadokawa, Jun-ichi; Kaneko, Yoshiro; Beppu, Koutarou; Fujisaki, Kazuya

Preparation and Characterizations of a Novel TiO2 Nanoparticle Self-Assembled Membrane ....................................................................................................................................... 142

Li, Jian-Hua; Wang, Jian-Hua; Wei, Xiu-Zhen; Wang, Jian-Yu; Xu, You-Yi

Dynamics of Dendrimer Nanocomposites in Electric and Mechanical Fields ......................... 144Ristic, Sanja; Mijovic, Jovan

Effects of Submicron and Nano-Scale Reactive Microgels on the Volume Shrinkage in the Cure of Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Ester Resins ................................ 146

Huang, Yan-Jyi; Djiuardi, Angel Setyawati; Liu, Jia-Huah; Jiang, Kuen-Dar; Lin, Wuu-Shyang; Chang, Rong-Woei

Assessing the State of Dispersion of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Co-Continuous Immiscible Polymer Blends ..................................................................................... 148

Khare, Rupesh A.; Bhattacharyya, Arup R.; Bose, Suryasarathi; Kulkarni, Ajit R.

Unusual Thermal Properties of Poly(Ethylene Succinate) Nanocomposites .......................... 150Makhatha, Mamookho; Sinha Ray, Suprakas; Luyt, A. S.

Properties of Liner Low Density Polyethylene/polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes ............................................................................................................................. 152

Hato, M. Joseph; Sinha Ray, Suprakas; Luyt, A. S.

Crosslinking and Stabilization of Carbon Nanotubes Filled PMP Nanocomposite Membranes for Gas Separations .................................................................................................. 154

Shao, Lei; Zhao, Tiejun; Chen, De; Hägg, May-Britt

Developing Multifunctional Polymer Systems with Structural Properties and Efficient Ion Transport ................................................................................................................... 157

Snyder, James F.; Nguyen, Phuong-Anh T.

Amino-Silanes and -Stannanes as Versatile Reagents in the Synthesis of Dendritic Macromolecules ............................................................................................................ 159

Hourani, Rami; Kakkar, Ashok

Effect of Nanoparticles on Microstructure and Crystallization Behavior of Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) and PVDF Nanocomposites Membranes Prepared Using Immersion Precipitation Technique .................................................................................. 161

Mago, Gaurav; Kalyon, Dilhan M.; Fisher, Frank T.

SYMPOSIUM: GENERAL PAPERS/NEW CONCEPTS IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS; RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATIONS AND POLYMERS FOR SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS Synthesis of High Performance Cyclohexane-Containing Poly(Ketone-Co-Sulfone)s ......................................................................................................................................... 163

Osano, Keiichi; Turner, S. Richard

High Performance Variable Emittance Devices for Spacecraft Application Based on Conducting Polymers Coupled with Ionic Liquids ............................................................... 165

Chandrasekhar, Prasanna; Zay, Brian J.; Barbolt, Scott; Werner, Robert; Birur, Gajanana C.; Paris, Anthony

Endcapping Processes to Modify the Properties of Melt Polycarbonate Resins ................... 167Brack, Hans-Peter; Karlik, Dennis; Lens, Jan Pleun; Hoeks, Theo; Prada, Lina

Acyclic Diene Metathesis Based Synthetic Strategies to Cross-Linkable and Photoluminescent Cyclolinear Polycarbosilanes ....................................................................... 168

Rathore, Jitendra S.; Interrante, Leonard V.

Preparation of Low Tg Phosphate Glasses and Their Composites with Polymers for High Barrier Applications ........................................................................................................ 170

Gupta, Mohit; Lin, Yijian; Deans, Taneisha; Crosby, Alexis; Baer, Eric; Hiltner, Anne; Schiraldi, David A.

Thermoplastic Elastomers Containing Crystalline and Glassy Components from Single-Phase Melts ........................................................................................................................ 172

Bishop, John P.; Register, Richard A.

Exploration of Poly(Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene) as an Ion Storage Layer for Low Energy Consumption Electrochromic Devices ........................................................................... 174

Invernale, Michael A.; Mamangun, Donna; Ding, Yujie; Seshadri, Venkataramanan; Sotzing, Gregory A.

Phase Behavior of Blends Containing Amorphous Poly(Resorcinol Phthalate-Block-Carbonate) and Semicrystalline Polyesters ..................................................................... 176

Kim, Sung Dug "Doug"; Chakravarti, Shreyas; Tian, Jun

Thermoreversible Gelation of Diblock Copolymers of Styrene and N-Tert-Butylacrylamide in an Organic Solvent ....................................................................................... 178

Sharma, Nitin; Kasi, Rajeswari M.

Polynorbornenes Containing Bis(ProDOT-Me2)thiophene Groups as Precursors to Conducting Polymers ................................................................................................................ 180

Chattopadhyay, Ritwik; Ombaba, Matthew; Sotzing, Gregory A.

SYMPOSIUM: ICI STUDENT AWARD SYMPOSIUM Dendrimers Based on Melamine Can Efficiently Transfect Cells in Vitro ................................ 182

Mintzer, Meredith; Merkel, Olivia M.; Kissel, Thomas; Simanek, Eric E.

Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition of Conducting Poly (3,4-Ethylenedioxy-Thiophene) Films ........................................................................................................................... 184

Im, Sung Gap; Gleason, Karen K.

Unimolecular Biodegradable Nanoparticles from Comb Polymers .......................................... 186Vogel, Erin B.; Baker, Gregory L.

Simultaneous Fiber Formation and Surface Modification of Electrospun Polymers with a Bioactive Peptide Conjugate ............................................................................................. 189

Sun, Xiao-Yu; Nobles, Larrisha R.; Börner, Hans G.; Spontak, Richard J.

Structure-Property Relationship in Electron-Transporting Polymer Nanobelts ..................... 191Briseno, Alejandro L.; Jenekhe, Samson A.; Xia, Younan

Nanoscale Double Emulsions Stabilized by Amphiphilic Block Copolypeptides ................... 193Hanson, Jarrod A.; Chang, Connie B.; Graves, Sara M.; Li, Zhibo; Mason, Thomas G.; Deming, Timothy J.

SYMPOSIUM: JOINT PMSE/POLY POSTER SESSION Novel Self-Healing Anticorrosion System Based on pH Sensitive Polyelectrolyte-Inhibitor Complexes ....................................................................................................................... 195

Andreeva, Daria V.; Fix, Dmitri; Shchukin, Dmitry; Moehwald, Helmuth

Ability of Organotin Pyrimidine Polyamines to Inhibit HSV-1 (Herpes Simplex Virus) and Vaccinia (Small Pox Virus) Viruses ........................................................................... 197

Shahi, Kimberly; Roner, Michael R.; Battin, Amitabh J.; Carraher, Charles E.

HR EI F MALDI MS of Acyclovir-Containing Polyamide Esters Derived from Organic Acid Dichlorides .............................................................................................................. 200

Sabir, Theodore S.; Carraher, Charles E.

Synthesis of Acyclovir-Containing Polymers from Organic Acid Dichlorides ........................ 203Sabir, Theodore S.; Carraher, Charles E.

Ability to Inhibit Various Cancer Cell Lines by Dibutyltin Polyethers Derived from 1,1- And 1,2-Diols ........................................................................................................................... 205

Shahi, Kimberly; Roner, Michael R.; Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Proton NMR of the Polymer Derived from Reaction of the Drug Ciprofloxacin and Dibutyltin Dichloride ...................................................................................................................... 208

Zhao, Anna; Carraher, Charles E.

F-MALDI TOF MS of the Organotin Polyether from 1,5-Pentanediol and Dibutyltin Dichloride ........................................................................................................................................ 210

Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

MALDI MS Analysis Employing α-Cyano-4-Hydroxycinnamic Acid as a Matrix: Problems with Organotin Polymers ............................................................................................. 213

Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Chain Length Dependence of Organotin 1,4-Butyne Polyether in HMPA as a Function of Time ............................................................................................................................ 215

Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Synthesis and Structural and Preliminary Anticancer Characterization of the Organotin Polyether from Dibutyltin Dichloride and 2,5-Dimethyl-3-Hexyne-2,5-Diol ................................................................................................................................................... 217

Barot, Girish; Roner, Michael R.; Shahi, Kimberly; Carraher, Charles E.

Fiber Formation and MALDI TOF MS Results for the Polyether from 2,5-Dimethyl-3-Hexyne-2,5-Diol and Dibutyltin Dichloride ............................................................................... 220

Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Synthesis of Dibutyltin Polyethers from a Series of Substituted Hydroquinones .................. 223Barot, Girish; Roner, Michael R.; Carraher, Charles E.

Ability of Dibutyltin Poly(Ethylene Oxides) to Inhibit the Viruses Associated with Small Pox and Herpes ................................................................................................................... 226

Shahi, Kimberly; Roner, Michael R.; Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Composites of Recycled Poly(Ethyelne Terephtalate)/high Density Polyethylene with Agave Fibers .......................................................................................................................... 229

Animas Robles, J.; Lozano Ramirez, T.; Cruz, Antonio; Morales Cepeda, Ana B.

Ability of a Series of Dibutyltin Polyethers Based on Substituted Hydroquinones to Inhibit Colon, Prostrate, Breast, and Lung Cancer Cells ...................................................... 231

Shahi, Kimberly; Roner, Michael R.; Barot, Girish; Carraher, Charles E.

Surface Conductivity of the Polyamine Derived from Reaction of Titanocene Dichloride and 2-Nitro-P-Phenylenediamine: Cumulative Iodine Doping ................................ 234

Battin, Amitabh J.; Carraher, Charles E.

Surface Conductivity of the Polyamine Derived from Reaction of Titanocene Dichloride and 2-Nitro-P-Phenylenediamine: Recycling of Iodine-Doped Samples ............... 237

Battin, Amitabh J.; Carraher, Charles E.

Ultraviolet Spectral Results for the Organotin Polymers Containing Ciprofloxacin .............. 240Zhao, Anna; Carraher, Charles E.

Preparation and Influences of Quaternized Carboxymethyl Chitosan on HeLa Cells ................................................................................................................................................. 242

Sun, Liping; Du, Yumin

Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogels from Poly (Acrylic Acid) and Cellulose Derivates ........................................................................................................................ 244

Rivas-Orta, V.; Mendoza-Martinez, Ana M.; Morales Cepeda, Ana B.; Chávez-Cinco, Y.; Cruz-Gomez, M. J.; Antonio-Cruz, R.

Comparative Study of Polyester Antistatic Properties with Chemical and Physical Treatments ...................................................................................................................................... 247

Kan, Chi-wai; Yuen, C. W. M.; Jiang, S. Q.

Enhancing 100% Cotton Fabric Wrinkle Resistance with Nano-Scale Montmorillonite .............................................................................................................................. 249

Yuen, C. W. M.; Kan, Chi-wai

Enhancing Ramie Fabric Wrinkle Resistance Properties with Some Formaldehyde-Free Reagents ...................................................................................................... 250

Kan, Chi-wai; Yuen, C. W. M.; Lam, Y. L.

Selection of Pervaporation Membrane Materials for the Separation of Cyclohexanol/cyclohexanone/cyclohexane Mixture .................................................................. 252

Huang, Min; Zeng, Chuyi; Li, Ji-ding

Electrospinning of Polylactide Solution with Silver Nanoparticles .......................................... 254Kim, Eun Seon; Kim, Seong Hun

Substituted Benzaldehyde Initiators for the Cp2TiCl Catalyzed Living Ring Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone ................................................................................ 256

Asandei, Alexandru D.; Chen, Yanhui; Simpson, Christopher P.; Adebolu, Olumide

Electrochemical Capacitance Properties of PPy/PEDOT Copolymers ..................................... 259Wang, Jie; Xu, Youlong; Wang, Leigang

Preparation and Optical Characteristics of TiO2/epoxy Composite Resins ............................ 261Lin, Yu-Ming; Chau, Joseph Lik Hang; Tung, Chun-Ting

Influence of Oxygen Plasma Treatment on the Interfacial Adhesion of PBO Fiber Reinforced PPESK Composite ..................................................................................................... 263

Chen, Ping; Zhang, Chengshuang; Sun, Baolei; Wang, Jing; Li, Hong

Interfacial Properties of Oxygen Plasma Treated Organic Fibers Reinforced PPESK Composites ....................................................................................................................... 267

Chen, Ping; Wang, Jing; Li, Hong; Zhang, Chengshuang; Sun, Baolei

Poly(Ureido-Pyrimidinone-Norbornene) Based Nanoparticles ................................................. 270Foster, Johan; Meijer, E. W.

UV Resistant Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Films: Layer-By-Layer Assembly with Absorbing Particles ............................................................................................................... 271

Grunlan, Jaime C.; Dvoracek, Charlene

Preparation of Ion Exchange Latex Particles by Emulsion Polymerization ............................ 273Han, Su Jeong; Daniels, Eric S.; Dimonie, Victoria L.; Sudol, E. David; Klein, Andrew

Role of Reactive Surfactants in Miniemulsion Polymerization ................................................. 275Braganza, Samantha N.; Daniels, Eric S.; Sudol, E. David; Dimonie, Victoria L.; Klein, Andrew; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.

Thin Films of Self-Assembled Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Nanocomposite Produced by Electrospinning ....................................................................................................... 277

Behler, Kris; Havel, Mickael; Korneva, Guzeliya; Kurtoglu, Murat; Gogotsi, Yury

Partially Crosslinked Hydrogel Film Prepared Via In-Situ Polymerization .............................. 279Hong, Han; Wang, Peiyi; Widjaja, Effendi; Yang, Xiaogang; Chai, Christina L. L.

Thermal and Electrical Properties of Poly(ε-Caprolactone)-Grafted-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composites ................................................................................................... 281

Kwon, Soon-Min; Kim, Hun-Sik; Chae, Yun Seok; Yoon, Jin-San; Jin, Hyoung-Joon

Thermogravimetric Analysis of Poly(L-Lactide)/clay Nanocomposites ................................... 283Kim, Hun-Sik; Kim, Don-Young; Kim, Yeseul; Chen, Peng; Chae, Yun Seok; Yoon, Jin-San; Jin, Hyoung-Joon

Preparation of Chitosan-G-Poly(Acrylic Acid) Hydrogels for Colon-Specific Drug Delivery and Their Swelling Behavior and Biodegradability ..................................................... 285

Chen, Jiali; Song, Yang; Fang, Zhicheng; Li, Hanlin; Zuo, Xin; Cao, Lulu; Gao, Xuli; Li, Keman; Yin, Yihua

Effect of a Crosslinker on PH-Dependent Swelling of Crosslinked Hydrogel Multilayer Capsules ....................................................................................................................... 287

Kozlovskaya, Veronika; Pavlukhina, Svetlana; Sukhishvili, Svetlana

Design of Polymer-Collagen-Like Peptide Block Copolymers for Stimuli-Responsive Assembly of Organized Nanostructures ................................................................ 288

Krishna, Ohm Divyam; Kiick, Kristi L.

Droplet and Particle Size Control in Miniemulsions: Surfactant Effect ................................... 290Saygı, ; Arslan, Öznur; Sudol, E. David; Daniels, Eric S.; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.; Klein, Andrew

Study on the Electrospun Polyolefins Fibrous Membrane ........................................................ 292Lee, Keun-Hyung; Ohsawa, Osamu; Lee, Su-Min; Nishiyama, Masakazu; Rabolt, John F.; Kim, Ick-Soo

Microwave Absorption of Polystyrene Copolymers Containing Acid Groups ........................ 293Lee, Chang Hoon; Ko, Kwang-Hwan; Kim, Joon-Seop

Effect of the Charges of Cation on the Colloidal Particle Formation of Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers .................................................................................................................... 295

Ko, Kwang-Hwan; Kim, Joon-Seop

Application of Nanocarbons to Photosensitive Diazo/PVA Resist ........................................... 297Harada, Kieko; Taniai, Tetsuyuki; Nakada, Masahiro; Hamana, Hiroshi; Matsuda, Kiyomi; Takahara, S.; Sugita, Kazuyuki

Polymeric LbL Nanocoating for Frictional Behavior Optimization (From Macroscopic to Nanoscale) .......................................................................................................... 299

Lvov, Nadezhda A.; Williams, Larissa I.

Polyvinylidene Fluoride Composites Incorporating Gold Nanoparticles ................................ 300Wang, Wei; Zhang, Shishan; Lee, Randall T.; Advincula, Rigoberto

Tubule Clay Nanoreactor for Template Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles ............................. 302Veerabadran, Nalinkanth G.; Price, Ronald R.; Lvov, Yuri M.

Colloidal Particle Formation of Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers Having Different Molecular Weights ......................................................................................................................... 304

Ko, Kwang-Hwan; Kim, Joon-Seop

Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Tunable Release of Antibiotics ................................................ 306Chuang, Helen F.; Hammond, Paula T.

Amphiphlic Polyfluorene Homopolymer: Synthesis, Photoluminescence and Self-Assembly ........................................................................................................................................ 308

Deng, Yonghong; Minor, Andrew M.; Liu, Gao

Temperature Induced Assembly of Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-b-Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) in Aqueous Solution ................................................................................. 310

Yan, Jingjing; Ji, Wenxi; Chen, Erqiang; Li, Zichen; Liang, Dehai

Synthesis of ZnO/polystyrene Composite Particles by Pickering Emulsion Polymerization ................................................................................................................................ 312

Chen, Jui-Hung; Cheng, Chu-Yun; Chiu, Wen-Yen; Lee, Chia-Fen; Liang, Nai-Yun

Low-Field Microwave Absorption Properties of Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers ............... 315Lee, Chang Hoon; Kim, Joon-Seop

Mechanically Bonded Poly[2]rotaxanes as Macro-Scale Muscle-Like Materials .................... 317Fang, Lei; Stoddart, Fraser J.

Thin Chitosan Films as a Platform for SPR Sensing of Metal Ions .......................................... 318Fahnestock, Keith J.; McIlwee, Holly A.; Praig, Vera; Schauer, Caroline L.; Boukherroub, Rabah; Szunertis, Sabine

Role of Polymer Brushes in the Development of an Electrochemical/gravimetric Biosensor ........................................................................................................................................ 320

Rastogi, Abhinav; Tanaka, Manabu; Nad, Suddhasattwa; Smith, Norah; Baird, Barbara; Abruña, Héctor D.; Ober, Christopher K.

High Energy and Power Density Supercapacitors Using Highly Conductive Polyaniline Films ............................................................................................................................ 322

Mbugua, Joseph; Kinlen, Patrick J.; Kim, Young-Gi; Jung, June-Ho; Viswanathan, Sriram; Liu, Jingyue

Electric Field Effect of Helical Peptide Dipole on Oligo(Phenyleneethynylene) in the Conjugate with Respect to Its Electronic Structure, Molecular Orientation, and Assembly Formation ...................................................................................................................... 323

Nakayama, Hidenori; Morita, Tomoyuki; Kimura, Shunsaku

Surface Modification of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Using PEGA ...................................... 325Choi, Hyoung-Woo; Jung, Joon-He; Hong, Sung-Pyo; Moon, Jung-Me; Park, Ji-Hye; Tak, Tae-Moon

Micromechanics of Gas Filled Microballoons ............................................................................. 326Fernandes, Paulo A. L.; Fery, Andreas; Fink, Rainer H.; Tzvetkov, George

Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Reactor Blends Prepared by Supported Blends of Single Site Catalysts ............................................................................ 327

Kurek, Alexander; Mülhaupt, Rolf

Cellular Internalization of Folate-Mediated Vesicles Based on Poly(ε-Caprolactone) and Chondroitin Sulfate Copolymers ................................................................. 329

Wang, Li-Fang; Ni, Hsiao-Chen; Wen, Chung-Yu; Cheng, Yong-Shin

pH-Gating of Electrodes Functionalized with Switchable Polymer Brush ............................... 331Ornatska, Maryna; Kin, Tam Tsz; Pita, Marcos; Katz, Evgeny; Minko, Sergiy

Surface-Compartmentalized Nanostructures Via Crystallization Induced Self-Assembly of Triblock Terpolymers .............................................................................................. 332

Schmelz, Joachim; Drechsler, Markus; Yuan, Jiayin; Walther, Andreas; Schmalz, Holger

Fundamental Studies on Self-Assembled Polymers: Towards Healable Materials ................ 334Greenland, Barny W.; Burattini, Stefano; Colquhoun, Howard M.; Hayes, Wayne

Direct Patterning of Polymer Brushes Using Electron Beam Lithography .............................. 337Paik, Marvin Y.; Rastogi, Abhinav; Tanaka, Manabu; Ober, Christopher K.

Role of In-Situ Functional Silica on the Structure and Thermal Stability of Hybrid Glycerol-Derived Alkyd Thermoset Nanocomposites ................................................................ 339

Lin, Gui; Zhang, Xiujuan; Allen, William M.; Noda, Isao; Mark, James E.

Controlling the Morphology of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Thin Films .................... 341Verploegen, Eric; Zhang, Tejia; Hammond, Paula T.

Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Effects in Apoptosis Induced by Polycationic Polymer Gene Delivery Vectors ............................................................................. 344

Grandinetti, Giovanna; Reineke, Theresa M.

High Temperature Stable Siliconborocarbonitride from Polyorganoborosilazane ................ 345Sarkar, Sourangsu; Tran, Binh; Zhang, LiGong; An, Linan; Zhai, Lei

Novel Biodegradable Nanocomposites Based on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyhexanoate) and Aminopropylisobutyl-POSS ................................................................ 347

Ren, Fan; Lin, Gui; Allen, William M.; Noda, Isao; Mark, James E.

Novel Biodegradable Nanocomposites Based on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyhexanoate) and In-Situ Silica .......................................................................................... 349

Zhang, Xiujuan; Lin, Gui; Allen, William M.; Noda, Isao; Mark, James E.

Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Polyaniline/multiwall Carbon Nanotube Composite for Electrochemical Supercapacitor ....................................................... 351

Kim, Duk Ki; Oh, Kyung Wha; Kim, Seong Hun

Effect of Mixing Procedure on Mechanical Properties of Silica Functionalized Alumina/wheat Gluten Blends ...................................................................................................... 354

Hemsri, Sudsiri; Simpson, Christopher P.; McGrath, Laura M.; Parnas, Richard S.; Asandei, Alexandru D.

Design and Supramolecular Metalloclusters of π-Conjugated Disks with Built-In Multinulcear Complexes ................................................................................................................ 356

Jiang, Dong–Lin; Chen, Long; Ishizuka, Tomoya

Preparation and Performance Research of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose/carboxymethl Chitosan Gelatin ............................................................................................................................. 357

Xu, Yongmei; Wang, Le; Zhou, Wei; Yin, Lei; Zheng, Hua; Xin, Rong

Preparation and Performance Research of Gastric Floating Sustained Release Tablet ............................................................................................................................................... 360

Xu, Yongmei; Wang, Le; Yin, Lei; Zhou, Wei; Zheng, Hua; Fu, Junping

Nanoassembly of Diblock-Copolymer Polyelectrolytes on DNA Cores to Promote DNA Delivery Into Cells ................................................................................................................. 362

Khotina, Irina A.; Abramov, Viacheslav M.; Kabachi, Yuri A.; Khlebnikov, Valentin S.; Loginova, Tatiana P.; Kochev, Sergey Yu.; Kulikova, Natalia L.; Vasiliev, Anatoly M.; Lvov, Yuri M.

Preparation and Performance Research of Carboxymethyl Chitosan/alginate Gel ................ 364Xu, Yongmei; Zhou, Wei; Wang, Le; Yin, Lei; Zheng, Hua; Zhao, Qun

Geometry-Controlled Microlens Arrays Fabricated by Holographic Inscription on Azobenzene Polymer Films and Replication Method ................................................................. 367

Lee, Seungwoo; Jeong, Yong-Cheol; Park, Jung-Ki

Study of Thermal Properties of Poly(Lactic Acid) Fumed Silica Nanocomposites by Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations ............................................................. 369

Zhang, Jian; Lou, Jianzhong; Krishnamachari, Parakalan

Amphiphilic Polymer Nanotubules for Molecular Separation ................................................... 372Krishnamoorthy, K.; Savariar, Elamprakash N.; Popere, Bhooshan; Thayumanavan, S.

Monomer Templated Mesoporous Materials for Dental Applications ...................................... 374Mukherjee, Indraneil; Samuel, Solomon. P; Mylonakis, Andreas; Li, Shuxi; Wei, Yen

Novel Alkali and UV Curable Soluble Dispersant for High Loading Carbon Black Dispersion and Its Lithography Property .................................................................................... 376

Kuo, Kuo-Huai; Chiu, Wen-Yen; Don, Trong-Ming; Hsieh, Kuo-Huang

Facile Synthesis of Polyaniline and Polypyrrole Nanoparticles Using Water-Soluble Polymer Templating ......................................................................................................... 378

Thanpitcha, Tuspon; Sirivat, Anuvat; Jamieson, Alexander M.; Rujiravanit, Ratana

Novel Magnetic Chitosan Nanoparticle Loaded with Mn-Zn Ferrite ......................................... 380Hui, Zhongying; Chang, Xinyang; Li, Xiangnan; Fan, Dongkuan; Huang, Jin

Effects of Size and Functionality in Carbon Nanotube on Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane-Based Nanocomposites .................................................................................... 382

Hui, Zhongying; Cui, Guojuan; Zhang, Hao; Fang, Yuan; Qian, Meiying; Huang, Jin

Nanoscale Assembly of Complex Structures by Controlled Elastic Instability of Micro-Structured Elastomeric Membrane .................................................................................... 384

Zhang, Ying; Matsumoto, Elisabetta; Peter, Anna; Lin, Pei-Chun; Kamien, Randall D.; Yang, Shu

Synthesis and Investigation of the Ion-Transfer Behavior in Hydrophobic Electrolytes Based on Ionic Liquids ............................................................................................ 386

Kwak, Gunho; Allcock, Harry R.

MRI Visible Polyelectrolyte/magnetite Multilayer Thin Films .................................................... 387Ai, Hua; Cui, Zhiyi; Liu, Chen; Tian, Jing; Wang, Zhiyong; Song, Bin; Gong, Qiyong; Gao, Fabao; Gu, Zhongwei

Silicon Nanowire Polarizers for Deep Ultraviolet Applications: Fabrication and Modeling ......................................................................................................................................... 388

Papalia, John M.; Hong, Young-Rae; Adamson, Douglas H.; Chaikin, Paul M.; Register, Richard A.

Photografting: Polymer Brushes Fabricated by “grafting Through” Approach. .................... 390Hagaman, Daniel E.; Sidorenko, Alexander

Responsive Behavior of Single Polymer Molecules: Visualization with AFM ......................... 392Roiter, Yuri; Minko, Sergiy

Design and Characterization of Electrospun Collagen Membranes for 3D Cancer Models and Drug Screening Applications ................................................................................... 393

Hartman, Olga; Zhang, Chu; Adams, Elizabeth; Farach-Carson, Cindy M.; Rabolt, John F.

Synthesis and Redox Behavior of Light-Harvesting Dendrimers ............................................. 395Kale, Tejaswini S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nantalaksakul, Arpornrat; Dasari, Raghunath R.; Thayumanavan, S.

Effect of Strain-Induced Crystallization on Elastomeric Properties of Trans-1, 4-Polybutadiene Networks ............................................................................................................... 397

Ding, Leiyuchuan; Mark, James E.

Plasma Nanocoated Nanofillers for Polymer Nanocomposites ................................................ 399Ritts, Andrew C.; Li, Hao; Yu, Qingsong

Role of Hydrophobicity in Controlling Drug Release from Degradable Multilayer Films ................................................................................................................................................ 400

Smith, Renee; Leung, Amy; Kim, Byeong-Su; Hammond, Paula T.

Selective Hydrogenation of Monosubstituted Alkenes by Pd Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyelectrolyte Films ............................................................................................. 402

Bhattacharjee, Somnath; Bruening, Merlin L.

Separation and Identification of Peptides Utilizing Supramolecular Polymer Assemblies ..................................................................................................................................... 403

Azagarsamy, Malar A.; Gomez, Andrea; Savariar, Elamprakash N.; Combariza, Marianny Y.; Vachet, Richard W.; Thayumanavan, S.

Kaolin / Silica Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Reinforcement of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber ............................................................................................................................................. 404

Zhang, Qian; Liu, Qinfu; Lin, Gui; Mark, James E.

Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli-Responsive Zns/PNIPAM Hollow Spheres ........................................................................................................................................... 406

Fu, Huei-Kuan; Huang, Chih-Feng; Kuo, Shiao-Wei; Chang, Feng-Chih

Preparation of TiO2 Hollow Spheres and Their Application to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ................................................................................................................................................. 409

Park, Jong Hyuk; Jung, Sun Young; Kim, Raehyun; Kim, Junkyung; Lee, Sang-Soo

Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites: Effect of Salt Addition on the Texture of Multilayered Films .......................................................................................................................... 410

Stefanescu, Eduard A.; Negulescu, Ioan I.; Daly, William H.

Investigating Dissociation Behavior of Weak Polyelectrolyte Brushes on a Planar Surface by FTIR and Contact Angle Titration ............................................................................. 412

Dong, Rong; Lindau, Manfred; Ober, Christopher K.

Synthesis and Characterization of PEO-b- PVI-b-PNPMI Via RAFT Radical Block Copolymerization ........................................................................................................................... 414

Kim, Keunsuk; Jeon, Hee Jung; Kim, Tae Hwan; Go, Da Hyeon; Choi, Jin Hee; Kim, Bori; Lee, Jae Yeol; Kim, Jungahn

Amphiphilic Polymeric Nanoassemblies for Recognition of Metalloproteins ......................... 416Jiwpanich, Siriporn; Sandanaraj, Britto S.; Thayumanavan, S.

Hydogel Fiber Based on Hydrolyzed-Polyacrylonitrile/soy Protein: Structure, Kinetics and Influence on Dynamic pH-Response ..................................................................... 418

Yu, Liwei; Sun, Gang; Gu, Lixia

Effect of Surface Property of Silica on Nafion Nano-Composite Membranes ......................... 421Park, Chi Hoon; Kim, Hong Keon; Mulmi, Suresh; Lee, Chang Hyun; Lee, Young Moo

Organic-Inorganic Thin Films Using Block Copolymer Blend as a Template ......................... 422Lee, Chansub; Kim, Seung Hyun

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Conjugated Polyphenylenes with Triphenylene Moiety ...................................................................................................................... 423

Zhuang, Haiyu; Valiyaveettil, Suresh

VOLUME 2

Synthesis of PEO-Based pH-Sensitive Block Copolymers ....................................................... 425

Kim, Tae Hwan; Kim, Keunsuk; Jeon, Hee Jung; Choi, Jin Hee; Kim, Jin-Heung; Park, Hyoyoung; Park, Geon Hee; Kim, Jungahn

Effect of Sodium Sulfonate Ionic Group on the HAp Crystal Formation for Poly(Butylene Succinate) (pbs) Based Ionomer/hydroxyapatite (Hap) Composites .............. 427

Lim, Jung Seop; Kim, Jong Hoon; Jeong, Sung Hoon; Im, Seung Soon

Wet Spinning of the Regenerated Silk Fibroin/nylon 6 Blend ................................................... 429Um, In Chul

PNIPAAm Brushes Mixed with PAA-b-PS: A Versatile Tool to Control the Adsorption of Human Serum Albumin ......................................................................................... 430

Herold, Eva; Uhlmann, Petra; Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen; Stamm, Manfred

Novel "nanoporous" Membrane Formed in a Self-Assembly Block Copolymer ..................... 432Querelle, Sarah; Perrin, Lara; Phan, Trang N. T.; Gigmes, Didier; Bertin, Denis; Deratani, André

Layer-By-Layer Design of Soft Protein Nanoparticles for Cancer Chemopreventive Polyphenols Encapsulation ........................................................................... 434

Shutava, Tatsiana G.; Balkundi, Shantanu S.; Steffan, Joshua J.; Bigelow, Rebecca L.; Cardelli, James A.; O’Neal, D. Patrick; Lvov, Yuri M.

Compatibilization and Crystallization Behavior of pla/pbs Ionomer Blends ........................... 436Park, Sung Bae; Lim, Jung Seop; Im, Seung Soon

Effects of Carbon Nanocapsules on Electrospinning of Poly(D,L-Lactic Acid) Solutions and Fiber Morphologies ............................................................................................... 438

Chien, H. S.; Wang, C.; Hung, Kan-Lin; Tsai, Shih-Jung

Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Poly(styrene-co-3-sulfopropyle methacrylate) Ionomers ......................................................................................................................................... 440

Luqman, Mohammad; Kim, Joon-Seop

PS-b-PEO-b-PS Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries .......................................................................................................................................... 442

Phan, Trang N. T.; Robinet, Michaël; Bouchet, Renaud; Bertin, Denis

Top Surface Imaging of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer ...................................................... 444Kim, Su-Min; Ku, Se-Jin; Kim, Jin-Baek

Sythesis and Characterization of Sulfonate Poly(butylene succinate)-based Telechelic Ionomers ....................................................................................................................... 445

Chung Il, Lee; Lim, Jung Seop; Im, Seung Soon

Novel Fabrication Method for Hexagonal Plate-Like Polypyrrole Nanostructures with High Electrical Conductivity and Excellent Thermal Stability .......................................... 447

Jeon, Sang Soo; Im, Seung Soon

New Polyurethanes Containing Carbazole as Hole-Transport Material and Phosphorescent Host for Organic/polymer Light Emitting Diodes .......................................... 449

Ku, Cheng-Hsiu; Kuo, Chao-Hui; Leung, Man-Kit; Hsieh, Kuo-Huang

Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Particles for Flexible Electronic Paper Displays .......................................................................................................................................... 452

Woo, Hyun-Yool; Yun, Jung-Hyun; Chin, In-Joo

Structural Characterization of DNA-PAMAM Dendrimer Complexes ....................................... 454Prevette, Lisa E.; Mills, Maria; Ramamoorthy, A.; Orr, Bradford G.; Andricioaei, Ioan; Banaszak Holl, Mark M.

Understanding Chiral Amplification in Supramolecular Assemblies of Phenylenevinylene Oligomers ...................................................................................................... 456

Grenier, Christophe; George, Subi J.; Schenning, Albert P. H. J.; Meijer, E. W.

Acutely Toxic Chemical Filtration Via Polymer Bound Metal-Ligand Complexation .......................................................................................................................................................... 457

Krogman, Kevin C.; Hammond, Paula T.

Trap Effect of Chromophore on Photorefractive Performance of Polymeric Photorefractive Composites ......................................................................................................... 458

Oh, Jin-Woo; Lee, Choongkeun; Choi, Jongwan; Kim, Nakjoong

Polyelectrolyte Stabilized Nanowires from Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Via Magnetic Field Induced Self-Assembly .................................................................................................................. 460

Sheparovych, Roman; Sahoo, Yudhisthira; Motornov, Mikhail; Wang, Shumin; Luo, Hong; Prasad, Paras N.; Sokolov, Igor; Minko, Sergiy

Investigating Electrospun Polymer Fibers Doped with Photochromic Diarylethenes .................................................................................................................................. 461

Giller, Carl B.; Bianco, Andrea; Bertarelli, Chiara; Zerbi, Giuseppe; Rabolt, John F.; Chase, Bruce

Reducing Dielectric Loss in PVDF-CTFE-g-PS Graft Copolymers ........................................... 462Yuan, Zhongzhe; Wang, Jing; Guan, Fangxiao; Boggs, Steven; Zhu, Lei

Dendritic Sugar Microarray Via a Click Chemistry ..................................................................... 464Fukuda, Tomohiro; Onogi, Shunsuke; Miura, Yoshiko

Depth Profiling of Lamella-Forming Block Copolymer Films Using quasi In-situ SFM Design ..................................................................................................................................... 466

Max, Eva; Hund, Markus; Tsarkova, Larisa

Gold Nanoparticles Immobilized on Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes .......................... 468Gupta, Smrati; Agrawal, Mukesh; Uhlmann, Petra; Simon, Frank; Stamm, Manfred

Enhancing the Protein-Resistance of Silicones ......................................................................... 470Murthy, Ranjini; Cox, Casey D.; Hahn, Mariah S.; Grunlan, Melissa A.

Seeded Dispersion Polymerization .............................................................................................. 473Song, Zhipeng; Daniels, Eric S.; Sudol, E. David; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.; Klein, Andrew

Rheological Studies of Shear Recoverable Peptide-Based Beta Hairpin Hydrogel ............... 475Yan, Congqi; Nagarkar, Radhika; Schneider, Joel P.; Pochan, Darrin J.

Observation of 3D Network Structure of CNT Film via Atomic Force Microscopy ................. 476Kim, Raehyun; Oh, Kyoung Ah; Park, Hye Jin; Lee, Hyunjung

Facile Preparation of Biodegradable Glycol Chitosan Hydrogels Using Divinyl Adipate as a Crosslinker ............................................................................................................... 477

Kim, Beob Soo; Yeo, Tae Yun; Yun, Yeon Hee; Lee, Byung Kook; Han, Sung Soo; Cho, Yong Woo

Aminated Nanodiamond Powder as a Novel Material for Advanced Composites .................. 479Mochalin, Vadym N.; Giammarco, James; Gurga, Adrian; Detweiler, Jameson; Hobson, Christopher; Gogotsi, Yury; Peterson, Amy; Palmese, Giuseppe R.

Nanoshells on Microbial Spores Through Polyelectrolyte LbL Assembly .............................. 480Balkundi, Shantanu S.; Veerabadran, Nalinkanth G.; Johnson, Glenn R.; Eby, D. Matthew; Lvov, Yuri M.

Preparation of Ca2+/ Glutaraldehyde Dual-Crosslinked Carboxymethyl Chitosan Gel Beads and Research of Their Morphology and Swelling Properties ................................. 482

Zheng, Hua; Xu, Yunbo; Zou, Xiaoqing; Tan, Kun

Surfactant Free, Solid Stabilized Emulsion as a Template to Synthesize Janus Colloidosomes ............................................................................................................................... 484

Pardhy, Neeraj P.; Budhlall, Bridgette M.

Improving Dispersion of SWNT in Polymers by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Assisted Processing ...................................................................................................................... 485

Chen, Limeng; Schadler, Linda S.; Ozisik, Rahmi

Towards New Intelligent Materials Based on Conducting Polymers and Molecular Switches .......................................................................................................................................... 487

Ramirez-Garcia, Sonia; Natali, Manuel; Giordani, Silvia

Enzyme-Coated Paper Using Layer-By-Layer Nanoassembly for Glucose Sensing Application ...................................................................................................................................... 488

Agarwal, Mangilal; Xing, Qi; Lvov, Yuri M.; Varahramyan, Kody

Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers of pH and Thermally Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles ........................................................................................................................................... 490

Erel Unal, Irem; Zhu, Zhichen; Sukhishvili, Svetlana

MAD (Multi-Agent Delivering) Nanolayer: Delivering Multiple Therapeutics from Degradable Polymeric Multilayers ............................................................................................... 491

Kim, Byeong-Su; Smith, Renee; Hammond, Paula T.

Wettability of Amphiphilic Homopolymer Surfaces ................................................................... 492Chen, Yangbin; Thayumanavan, S.

Chirality Effect on Interaction Parameters in Poly(ethylene-co-1-butene)-b-Polylactide Diblock Copolymers .................................................................................................. 493

Cao, Weiqiang; Sun, Lu; Rong, Lixia; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Zhu, Lei

Study of Quantum Dots Embedded in Organic Matrixes for Optical Applications ................. 496Vitukhnovsky, Alexei; Ambrozevich, Sergei; Chubich, Dmitry

Synthesize Silver Nanoparticles by Large Scale Batch Reactor and Its Applications .................................................................................................................................... 497

Huang, Chih-Kai; Chan, Chia-Hua; Chiang, Shang-Te; Tsai, Yen-Ling; Han, Jin-Lin; Hsieh, Kuo-Huang

Processing of Self-Assembled, Bottom-Up Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials – POSS®/polyamide 6 Composites ................................................................................................. 499

Milliman, Henry; Schiraldi, David A.

Halloysite Clay Nanotubes as a Reservoir for Corrosion Inhibitors and Template for Layer-By-Layer Encapsulation ............................................................................................... 500

Abdullayev, Elshad; Lvov, Yuri M.; Shchukin, Dmitry

Porous Biocompatible 3D Microscaffold of Cellulose Fibers and Gelatin Composites for Cell Culture ......................................................................................................... 502

Xing, Qi; Chen, Si; DeCoster, Mark A.; Lvov, Yuri M.

Reactive TiO2-Coated Silicone Nanofibers Using Layer-By-Layer (LbL) Deposition and Their Photocatalytic Activities for Degradation of Toxic Chemicals ................................ 504

Lee, Jung Ah; Krogman, Kevin C.; Ma, Minglin; Rutledge, G. C.; Hammond, Paula T.

Well Nano-Dispersed Core-Shell MWNT-Polyaniline/Epoxy Hybrid by Absorption-Transferring Process ..................................................................................................................... 506

Liu, Cheng-Dar; Han, Jin-Lin; Hsieh, Kuo-Huang

Dextran in Polar Solvents: Dilute Solution Viscometry ............................................................. 508Antoniou, Eleftheria; Tsianou, Marina; Alexandridis, Paschalis

Ionic Liquid Polymers: Electrospinning and Solution Properties ............................................ 510Chen, Hong; Elabd, Yossef A.

Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Nanoparticles Synthesized by Surface Initiated Polymerization: A Study on Surface Areal Chain Density ......................................................... 512

Wang, Bingbing; Li, Christopher Y.

Phase Behavior in Block Copolymer-Surfactant Complexes .................................................... 514Lee, Jin Wook; Lee, Chansub; Kim, Seung Hyun

Emulsion Polymerization and Surface Self Assembly of PEGDA-Based Nanohydrogels ............................................................................................................................... 515

Wang, Qichen; Xu, Li; Sukhishvili, Svetlana; Libera, Matthew

Plasmonic pH Sensor Based on a Single Composite Nanoparticle ......................................... 517Lupitskyy, Robert; Motornov, Mikhail; Minko, Sergiy

Polyelectrolyte Nanoencapsulation of Bacteria Through LbL Assembly ................................ 518Balkundi, Shantanu S.; Franz, Bettina; Prange, Alexander; Lvov, Yuri M.

Multi-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Diblock Copolymer Micelles ............................................... 520Xu, Li; Zhu, Zhichen; Sukhishvili, Svetlana

Luminescent Platinum Complexes in Biopolymers and Hydrogels ......................................... 521Satumtira, Nisa T.; Hu, Zhibing; Omary, Mohammad

Covalent Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Reactive Thin Films Using ‘spring-Loaded' Poly(2-Alkenyl Azlactone)s ........................................................................................................... 522

Buck, Maren E.; Zhang, Jingtao; Lynn, David M.

Complex Morphologies of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers Under Nano-Confinement ................................................................................................................................... 524

Meng, Dong; Wang, Qiang

Fundamental Aspects of Emulsion Polymerization Studied by Reaction Calorimetry: Effect of Monomer Properties on the Reaction Kinetics with Cationic Initiator V-50 ................................................................................................................................... 526

Ortiz-Alba, Emilio; Sudol, E. David; El-Aasser, Mohamed S.

Nano-Sized Micellar Structures of Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Block Copolymers and Their Toughening Effects in Epoxy Matrices ...................................................................... 528

Liu, Jia; Sue, Hung-Jue; Thompson, Zachary J.; Bates, Frank S.; Dettloff, Marv; Jacob, George; Verghese, Nikhil; Pham, Ha

Rapidly Adapting Non-Adhesive Polymer Brushes ................................................................... 532Sheparovych, Roman; Motornov, Mikhail; Minko, Sergiy

Effect of Electron Energy on the Radiation Crosslinking of PEG Nanohydrogels ................. 533Wang, Yi; Libera, Matthew

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Amphiphilic Discotic Oligomer Based on Protoporphyrin .............................................................................................................. 535

Miao, Jianjun; Rong, Lixia; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Zhu, Lei

Preparation of Acrylic-Urethane Polyol Filler for Electroformed Copper EMI Shield .......................................................................................................................................................... 537

Yun, Jung-Hyun; Park, Deok-Min; Lee, Kyung-Yul; Lee, Joo-Yul; Kim, Man; Chin, In-Joo

Preparation and Characterization of Water-Soluble Glucose-Responsive Polymer .............. 539Choi, Jin Hee; Go, Da Hyeon; Jeon, Hee Jung; Kim, Keunsuk; Kim, Tae Hwan; Kim, Jin-Heung; Park, Hyoyoung; Park, Geon Hee; Kim, Jungahn

Poly-L-Lysine/titanate Nanotubes Hybrid via Noncovalent Interaction ................................... 541Gao, Yuan; Gao, XuePing; Yao, Yuan; Yan, Deyue

Synthesis of Amphiphilic Networks and Their Mechanical Properties .................................... 543Mijid Taylor, Narmandakh; Peetz, Ralf M.

PEGylated Gold Nanoparticle Vehicles for Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drug ............... 544Park, Chiyoung; Lee, Jeong Hun; Kim, Hye Hyeon; Park, Heon Joo; Kim, Chulhee

Effect of Siloxane Molecular Weight and Content on Fouling Release Performance of Siloxane-Polyurethane Coatings Using Combinatorial High Throughput Methods ..................................................................................................................... 546

Bodkhe, Rajan B.; Thompson, Stephanie; Callow, Maureen E.; Webster, Dean C.

Preparation of PVDF Composite Membrane by Polymerization of Aniline .............................. 548Kim, Hye-Mi; Lee, Eun-Hee; Chin, In-Joo

Photo-Responsive Nanostructures Derived from Self-Assembly of Amide Dendrons ........................................................................................................................................ 550

Park, Chiyoung; Im, Hun Bae; Kim, Chulhee

Preparation and Characterization of Fluorescent Core/Shell Nanospheres with a Novel Method .................................................................................................................................. 552

Zhang, Qing; Zhai, Yongai; Dong, Alideertu; Liu, Fengqi; Gao, Ge

Two Dimensional Holographic Patterning of Polyoxyethylene ................................................ 554Birnkrant, Michael J.; Li, Christopher Y.; Natarajan, L. V.; Tondiglia, Vincent P.; Lloyd, Pamela F.; Sutherland, Richard L.; Bunning, Timothy J.

Melt-Induced Grafting of N-Tert-Butyl Acrylamide Onto Polypropylene and Its Antimicrobial Activity .................................................................................................................... 556

Badrossamay, Mohammad R.; Sun, Gang

Temperature-Dependent Thickness of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Thin Films Measured with Phase-Modulated Ellipsometry .......................................................................... 558

Walhout, Peter K.; Khalil, Andrew M.; Bartels, Joshua M.

Ionizing Radiation-Induced Grafting of N-Isopropylacrylamide to Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Membranes for Cell Sheet Detachment ............................................................. 559

Weaver, Alia; Chumakov, Marina; Kim, Byungnam; Shahamat, Layla; Silverman, Joseph; Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad

Crystallization and Morphology of Carbon Nanofiber-Nylon-11 Nanocomposites ................. 560Mago, Gaurav; Kalyon, Dilhan M.; Fisher, Frank T.

Optically Transparent, Amphiphilic Networks Based on Blends of Perfluoropolyethers and Poly(Ethylene Glycol) ......................................................................... 562

Hu, Zhaokang; Pandya, Ashish A.; DeSimone, Joseph M.

Bistable Side-Chain Poly[2]catnanes: A Mechanically Switchable Polymer ........................... 563Olson, Mark A.; Benitez, Diego; Braunschweig, Adam; Ikeda, Taichi; Stoddart, Fraser J.

Reversible Loading and Unloading of Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes in “Exponentially”-Growing Polyelectrolyte LBL Films ................................................................. 564

Srivastava, Sudhanshu; Ball, Vincent; Ho, Peter; Kotov, Nicholas A.

Nanostructured Materials Made by LbL for Neuron Interface and Neural Medicine ............... 565Kotov, Nicholas A.; Jan, Edward

Transparent Conductive Coatings Made by LbL from SWNT for Energy Applications .................................................................................................................................... 566

Kotov, Nicholas A.; Shim, Bong Sup

Inducing Anisotropic Crystalline Orientation in Polymers Using Nanotubes ......................... 567Georgiev, Georgi; Cabrera, Yaniel; Cronin, Mark; Buckley, Andrew; Iftikhar, Zarnab; Mulkern, Brian; Rocheleau, Christopher; Feinberg, Brian; Cebe, Peggy

Yield Strength of Structurally Similar Langmuir-Blodgett Fims Determined by Force Spectroscopy ....................................................................................................................... 568

Wagner, Kyle; Wang, Yao; Regen, Steven; Vezenov, Dmitri

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; BIOMIMETIC SYSTEMS AND CELL INTERACTIONS Blends of Nucleic Acid-DDAB Films with Daunorubicin for Anti-Cancer Treatment .................................................................................................................. 570

Gajria, Surekha; Neumann, Thorsten; Black, Matthew; Smittipong, Wirasak; Jaeger, Luc; Tirrell, Matthew

Validation of Noisy Single-Exponential Decay Data Using a Residual Bootstrap and Moving Average Subtraction (VRBMAS) Technique ........................................................... 571

Fernandez, Abel I.

Self Assembly of Water-Soluble Polythiophene with Oligonucleotides: Conjugated Supramolecular Wires .............................................................................................. 572

Yildiz, Ümit Hakan; Li, Yi; Gröhn, Franziska

Blends of Nucleic Acid-DDAB Films with PEG for Anti-Cancer Treatment ............................. 573Neumann, Thorsten; Gajria, Surekha; Black, Matthew; Smittipong, Wirasak; Lin, Brian; Jaeger, Luc; Tirrell, Matthew

Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes: From Structure to Function ............................................. 575Falk, Ann; Vockenroth, Inga K.; Köper, Ingo

How Catch Bonds Stabilize Force-Bearing Adhesive Protein Networks ................................. 577Vogel, Viola

Amphiphilic Polymers for the Stabilization of Integral Membrane Proteins in Water: A Thermodynamic Study of the Equilibrium Between Polymers/Protein and Surfactant/protein Complexes .............................................................................................. 578

Tribet, Christophe; Diab, Charbel; Popot, Jean-Luc; Winnik, Francoise M

Nucleus-Cytoskeleton Connection in Health and Disease ........................................................ 580Hale, C. M.; Khatau, S. B.; Stewart-Hutchinson, P. J.; Hodzic, D.; Stewart, C. L.; Wirtz, Denis

Luminescent Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Sensing and Single Molecule Tracking in Cells ............................................................................................................................ 582

McNeill, Jason D.; Wu, Changfeng

Experimental Approach to Investigate the Influence of Lipid Composition on the Protein Insertion ............................................................................................................................. 584

Polidoro, Francesco; Sinner, Eva-Kathrin; Corcelli, Angela

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; COLLOIDAL AND NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES Adsorption of Proteins Mediated by Polyelectrolytes Tethered to Colloidal Particles .......................................................................................................................................... 585

Wittemann, Alexander; Henzler, Katja; Rosenfeldt, Sabine; Haupt, Björn; Ballauff, Matthias

Mesophase Transformations in a DNA Complex with Cationic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Lipid ................................................................................................. 587

Cui, Li; Chen, Daoyong; Zhu, Lei

Encapsulation of DNA Within Degradable Polymeric Microcapsules ...................................... 589Caruso, Frank; Zelikin, Alexander N.; Becker, Alisa L.; Johnston, Angus P. R.; Turatti, Fabio; Wark, Kim

Structural Study of BSA/Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Lipid Conjugate Complexes ......................... 591Castelletto, Valeria

Cell Uptake and the Dependency on Surface Moieties of Differently-Shaped Nanoparticles ................................................................................................................................. 592

Zhang, Ke; Fang, Huafeng; Rossin, Raffaella; Chen, Zhiyun; Taylor, John-Stephen; Welch, Michael J.; Wooley, Karen L.

Self-Assembly of Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers Induced by Temperature ................... 593Lee, Hyung-il; Lee, Jung Ah; Poon, Zhiyong; Hammond, Paula T.

Hydrogel-Coated Shell/core Nanoparticles for in Vivo Drug Delivery ...................................... 595Kim, Jun-Hyun; Park, Hye Hun; Chung, Samuel Y.; Lee, Randall T.

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; DRUG DELIVERY AND POLYMER BIOCONJUGATES Architecture Effects on the Binding of Cholera Toxin by Polypeptide-Based Glycopolymers ............................................................................................................................... 597

Liu, Shuang; Kiick, Kristi L.

Self-Assembly of Modified Amyloid Peptide Fragments ........................................................... 599Krysmann, Marta J.; Hamley, Ian W.

Architecture of Polymer-Drug Conjugate Controls in Vivo Fate and Efficacy ........................ 600Chilkoti, Ashutosh

Inhibition of Alzheimer Amyloid Aggregation with Sulfated Glyco-clusters ........................... 601Miura, Yoshiko; Yamamoto, Kiyofumi; Onogi, Shunsuke; Mizuno, Hikaru

Polymer Hydrogel Thin Film Coatings for Acute Drug Delivery from Neural Prostheses ...................................................................................................................................... 603

Winter, Jessica O.; Han, Ning; Owens, Michael; Larison, John; Wheasler, Jean; Parikh, Kanal; Siers, Lee

Attachment of Ampicilin to Explanded Poly(tetrafluoethylene) (ePTFE): Surface Reactions Leading to Inhibition of Microbial Growth ................................................................ 605

Aumsuwan, Nattharika; Danyus, Ryan; Heinhorst, Sabine; Urban, Marek W.

Release of Model Macromolecules from Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels for Injectable Delivery .......................................................................................................................... 607

Branco, Monica; Pochan, Darrin J.; Wagner, Norman J.; Schneider, Joel P.

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; ENGINEERED SURFACES AND PATTERNING New Reactive Hybrid Coatings as Versatile Bio-Immobilization Supports .............................. 609

Kessler, Daniel; Metz, Nadine; Theato, Patrick

In Vitro Evaluation of µ-Scale Plasma-Initiated Patterned Biodegradable Polymers and 3D Nanofibrillar Substrates ................................................................................................... 611

Delgado-Rivera, Roberto; Griffin, Jeremy; Meiners, Sally; Uhrich, Kathryn E.

Investigating Electrochemically Grafted PEG-Dendron Macromolecules and Their Protein Adsorption Resistance .................................................................................................... 613

Advincula, Rigoberto

Two-Dimensionally Alligned Spheroid for High-Throughput Screening and Regenerative Medicine .................................................................................................................. 615

Otsuka, Hidenori; Satomi, Tomomi; Ueno, Koji; Yamamoto, Masashi; Nakasone, Yuichi

Controlling Neuronal Outgrowth and Polarity by Patterning Adhesion Molecules ................ 617Offenhäusser, Andreas; Meffert, Simone; Mayer, Dirk

Attachment of Penicillin (Gram +) and Gentamicin (Gram -) to Polypropylene Surfaces: Formation of Anti-Microbial Films .............................................................................. 618

McConnell, Mattew; Urban, Marek W.

Supramolecular Surface for Biomedical Applications: Collagen Affinity Coating for Surface Binding of Decorin ..................................................................................................... 620

Sylvester, Marisa L.; Ratner, Buddy D.

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; HYDROGELS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING Vocal Fold Tissue Engineering: 3D Culture of Vocal Fold Fibroblasts Using Biomimetic Hydrogel Matrices ..................................................................................................... 622

Farran, Alexandra J. E.; Duncan, Randall L.; Jia, Xinqiao

New Bio-Nanocomposite Fibers from PEO and Silicate Cross-Linkers ................................... 624Gaharwar, Akhilesh K.; Schexnailder, Patrick; White, James; Seifert, Soenke; Kaul, Vikas; Akkus, Ozan; Wilker, Jonathan J.; Dundigalla, Avinash; Schmidt, Gudrun

Shear-Thinning Hydrogels for Injectable Delivery via Peptide Folding and Consequent Self-Assembly .......................................................................................................... 626

Pochan, Darrin J.; Ozbas, Bulent; Yucel, Tuna; Hule, Rohan; Yan, Congqi; Haines-Butterick, Lisa; Nagarkar, Radhika; Rajagopal, Karthik; Micklitch, Chris; Branco, Monica; Kretsinger, Juliana

Characterizing Radial Cell Migration in Heparin–based Hydrogel Networks .......................... 627Spinelli, Frances J.; Baldwin, Aaron D.; Nie, Ting; Akins, Robert E.; Kiick, Kristi L.; Furst, Eric M.

Electrospun Gelatin for Use in Bone Tissue Engineered Scaffolds ......................................... 629Sisson, Kristin M.; Zhang, Chu; Farach-Carson, Mary C.; Chase, Bruce; Rabolt, John F.

Construction of Oriented-Engineered Tissues Using Degradable Hydrogels with Oriented Pores ............................................................................................................................... 630

Yoshida, Hiroaki; Matsusaki, Michiya; Akashi, Mitsuru

Inherent Antibacterial Activity of β-Hairpin Peptide Hydrogels ................................................ 631Salick, Daphne A.; Kretsinger, Juliana; Butterick, Lisa A.; Schneider, Joel P.

Polymer Gels with Solvent-Erodable Capillaries and Caverns for Controlling Stem Cells in 3D ....................................................................................................................................... 632

Raab, Matthew David; Rajagopal, Karthikan; Tewari, Manorama; Wang, Chi; Discher, Dennis E.

SYMPOSIUM: MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLES FOR BIOMOLECULES, CELLS AND TISSUES; MACROMOLECULAR AND BLOCK COPOLYMER ASSEMBLIES Protein Derived Block Polymers .................................................................................................. 633

Haghpanah, Jennifer S.; Gunasekar, Susheel K.; Montclare, Jin K.

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Dendritic Dipeptide Pores ..................................................... 635Percec, Virgil; Nummelin, Sami; Dulcey, Andrés E.; Peterca, Mihai; Smidrkal, Jan; Ilies, Monica; Heiney, Paul A.

Stability of the DNA Double-Strand in Condensed Plasmid DNA Induced by PEG-PLys Block Copolymer .................................................................................................................. 637

Osada, Kensuke; Kataoka, Kazunori

Dendritic Copolymer Micelle Assembly Approaches for Responsive Delivery Systems and New Biomaterials .................................................................................................... 638

Hammond, Paula T.

Multifunctional Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Bioapplications ....................................... 639Tian, Yanqing; Chen, Ching-Yi; Cheng, Yen-Ju; Jang, Sei-Hum; Jen, Alex K-Y.; Sung, Chien-Hung; Hsu, Chain-Shu; Zhang, Meng; Strovas, Tim J.; Lidstrom, Mary E.

Multi-Scale Modelling Efforts for Biodegradable Diblock Copolymers .................................... 641Loverde, Sharon M.; Ortiz, Vanessa; Discher, Dennis E.; Klein, Michael L.

Self-Assembly of Star-Like, Water Soluble, Cationic Amphiphilic Copolymer as Efficient Gene Delivery Vector ...................................................................................................... 643

Beniah, Goliath; Yang, Yi-Yan; Khan, Majad

SYMPOSIUM: NANOASSEMBLY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS, 3D NANOASSEMBLY – CAPSULES, AND PATTERNS Morphology Control of Lithographically Patternable Diblock Copolymer by Solvent Annealing .......................................................................................................................... 645

Bosworth, Joan K.; Paik, Marvin Y.; Schwartz, Evan L.; Ruiz, Ricardo; Black, Charles T.; Smilgies, Detlef-M.; Ober, Christopher K.

Controlled Infiltration of Gold Nanoparticles Into Polymer Brushes ....................................... 647Oren, Ron; Liang, Ziqi; Warren, Scott C.; Wiesner, Ulrich; Huck, Wilhelm T. S.

Mesoporous Particle-Directed Synthesis of Advanced Polymer Capsules ............................. 649Caruso, Frank; Wang, Yajun; Bansal, Vipul; Zelikin, Alexander N.

Lithography-Free Approaches to Patterned Multilayers Based on Wrinkling ......................... 650Fery, Andreas; Böker, Alexander; Hanske, Christoph; Horn, Anne; Lu, Conghua; Pretzl, Melanie; Schweikart, Alexandra

Well-Defined Aggregates from Nonionic Bis-Hydrophilic Block Copolymers ........................ 651Taubert, Andreas

Facile Method of Forming Nanoscale Patterns on Poly (Ethylene Glycol) (PEG)-Based Surfaces by Self-Assembly of Randomly Grafted Block Copolymer Brushes ........................................................................................................................................... 652

Gao, Xiang; Feng, Wei; Zhu, Shiping; Sheardown, Heather; Brash, John L.

Multifunctional Layer-by-Layer Assembled Capsules: Towards Its Implementation as Biomaterials ............................................................................................................................... 654

Sukhorukov, Gleb B.; Kreft, Oliver; Bedard, Matthieu; Muñoz Javier, Almudena; Skirtach, Andre G.; Parak, Wolfgang J.

Surface Plasmon Resonance Effects in Stimuli-Sensitive Polyelectrolyte/gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Membranes .................................................................................................. 655

Tokarev, Ihor; Tokareva, Iryna; Minko, Sergiy

SYMPOSIUM: NANOASSEMBLY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS; APPROACHING APPLICATIONS Feedback-active Coatings Based on Nanocontainers with Sensitive Polyelectrolyte Shell ...................................................................................................................... 657

Shchukin, Dmitry; Moehwald, Helmuth

Preparation of Gold Nanoisland Arrays from Polymer-Nanoparticle Multilayer Films ................................................................................................................................................ 658

Shon, Young-Seok; Choi, Hyung Y.; Guerrero, Michael S.; Kwon, Chuhee

Selective, Confined Nanoparticle Catalysts Prepared by Layer by Layer Deposition ....................................................................................................................................... 660

Bruening, Merlin L.; Dotzauer, David M.; Bhattacharjee, Somnath; Miachon, Sylvain

Dispersion and Self-Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes Using Conjugated Block Copolymers .................................................................................................................................... 661

Zou, Jianhua; Huo, Qun; Zhai, Lei

Multifunctionality of Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Containing Clay Platelets .......................... 665Grunlan, Jaime C.

Hierarchic Nanostructures from Layer-by-Layer and Mesoporous Technologies: Fabrication and Application .......................................................................................................... 667

Ariga, Katsuhiko

Controlling Assembly, Disassembly and Exchange in Responsive Polyelectrolyte Multilayers ...................................................................................................................................... 668

Hammond, Paula T.

Integrated Composite of Carbon Nanotubes and Cellulose Wood Microfibers for Conductive Paper ........................................................................................................................... 669

Agarwal, Mangilal; Xing, Qi; Kotov, Nicholas A.; Lvov, Yuri M.; Varahramyan, Kody

Ultrastrong Nanocomposites and Materials with Hierarchical Organization Made by Layer-by-Layer Assembly ........................................................................................................ 671

Kotov, Nicholas A.; Podsiadlo, Paul

SYMPOSIUM: NANOASSEMBLY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS; NANOASSEMBLY – FUNDAMENTALS Self-Assembly and Beyond: Rational Design of LBL-Based Materials .................................... 672

Decher, Gero

Control of pH Response and Permeability of Polymer Multilayer Films and Capsules ......................................................................................................................................... 673

Sukhishvili, Svetlana; Kozlovskaya, Veronika

Surface Noncovalent Bonding for Rational Design of Polymer-Like Topologies by Self-Assembly ................................................................................................................................ 674

Bléger, David; Kreher, David; Mathevet, Fabrice; Attias, André-Jean; Schull, Guillaume; Douillard, Ludovic; Fiorini, Céline; Charra, Fabrice

Self-Assembly of Diamides Into Nanotubes and Application for the Synthesis of Mesoporous Polymeric Materials ................................................................................................. 676

Mésini, Philippe J.; Simon, François-Xavier; Khelfallah, Nawel S.; Schmutz, Marc; Díaz, Nancy

Electron, Ions and Solvent Exchange in Redox Polyelectrolytes Self-Assembled Multilayers ...................................................................................................................................... 678

Tagliazucchi, Mario; Williams, Federico J.; Szleifer, Igal; Calvo, Ernesto J.

Accelerated Self-Assembly Procedure (ASAP) for Multilayer Preparation .............................. 680Vaskevich, Alexander; Greenstein, Miryam; Ben Ishay, Rivka; Leader, Haim; Vilan, Ayelet; Rubinstein, Israel

Mechanisms and Mechanics of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers ...................................................... 681Schlenoff, Joseph B.

Highly Conductive Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Fuel Cells ................................................... 682Ashcraft, J. Nathan; Argun, Avni A.; Hammond, Paula T.

SYMPOSIUM: NANOASSEMBLY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS; NANOASSEMBLY FOR BIOMATERIALS Applying Nanomaterials to Immunology ..................................................................................... 684

Irvine, Darrell J.

Biomimetic Assemblies of Peptide Nanowires and Their Controlled Mineralization at Room Temperature .................................................................................................................... 685

Matsui, Hiroshi

Nanostructure Transition of Dipeptide for DNA Delivery .......................................................... 687Li, Junbai

Enantiospecific Binding at Chiral Polyelectrolyte Multilayers .................................................. 688Müller, Martin; Ouyang, Wuye; Appelhans, Dietmar; Voit, Brigitte

Amphiphilic Polyelectrolyte Solubilized Nanoparticles: Building Blocks for Self-Assembly ........................................................................................................................................ 690

Ai, Hua

Engineering Microenvironment by Layer-By-Layer Biocomposite Films for Breast Cancer Cells Controlled Growth: Morphostructure and Cytomechanics Study ..................... 691

Leporatti, Stefano; Zacheo, Antonella; Vergara, Daniele; Vergaro, Viviana; Maruccio, Giuseppe; Lvov, Yuri M.; Cingolani, Roberto; Rinaldi, Ross

Material Properties of Photopolymerized Self-Assembled β-Hairpin Peptide Hydrogels ........................................................................................................................................ 692

Rughani, Ronak V.; Pochan, Darrin J.; Schneider, Joel P.

Multilayer Films for the Release of Active Therapeutic Proteins in Medical Device Implantation, Chemotherapy, and Tissue Engineering .............................................................. 693

Macdonald, Mara L; Langer, Robert; Hammond, Paula T.

Tunable Disruption of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers in Aqueous Environments: From Degradable Cationic Polymers to ‘Charge-Shifting' Polyelectrolytes ............................ 696

Lynn, David M.

SYMPOSIUM: NANOASSEMBLY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NANOASSEMBLIES Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Used to Design Mechanically Responsive Films ......................... 697

Schaaf, Pierre; Mertz, Damien; Lavalle, Ph.; Voegel, J. C.; Hemmerlé, Joseph

Freestanding LbL Assemblies ...................................................................................................... 699Tsukruk, V. V.

Template-Based Layer-by-Layer Assembly ................................................................................ 700Cohen, Robert E.

Spontaneous Formation of Narrowly-Distributed Polymersomes from PAMAM Dendron-b-Poly (L-lysine) ............................................................................................................. 702

Harada, Atsushi; Nakanishi, Ken-ichi; Kojima, Chie; Kono, Kenji

Molecularly Mediated Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles: From Fundamentals to Potential Applications ................................................................................................................... 704

Lim, Stephanie; Zhong, Chuan-Jian

Electrochemical Cross-Linking, Electro-Nanopatterning, and Nano-Charge Writing in Layer-by-Layer Ultrathin Films ................................................................................... 706

Advincula, Rigoberto

Plasmonic Enhancement of the Nonlinear Optical Response of Ionic Self-Assembled Multilayer Films .......................................................................................................... 708

Daengngam, Chalongrat; Chen, Kai; Durak, Cemil; Garg, Akhilesh; Robinson, Hans D.; Davis, R. M.; Heflin, James R.

Layer-By-Layer Nanoassembly of Polyelectrolytes Performed Using Non-Aqueous Working Solvents .......................................................................................................... 710

Dobbins, Tabbetha A.; Lvov, Yuri M.

SYMPOSIUM: NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE RESEARCH IN POLYMER CHEMISTRY IN HONOR OF NICOLAY V. TSAREVSKY Synthesis of Well-Defined Functional Polymers by ATRP: From Mechanism to Materials .......................................................................................................................................... 711

Tsarevsky, Nicolay V.

New Approach to Controlling Polymer Microstructure .............................................................. 712Bielawski, Christopher W.

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: From Mechanistic Understanding to Nanostructured Functional Materials .......................................................................................... 713

Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof

“Sweet Tooth” Micelles and Other Sugar-Responsive Organoboron Block Copolymer Assemblies ................................................................................................................. 714

Sumerlin, Brent S.; Cambre, Jennifer N.; Roy, Debashish

Thermoresponsive Biocompatible Chemically Degradable Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels ........................................................................................................................................ 715

Madsen, Jeppe; Armes, Steven P.; Lewis, Andrew L.

ATRP from Peptide and Protein Initiators ................................................................................... 716Maynard, Heather D.

Advances with Regioselective Functionalization of Core-Shell Nanostructures: Taking Advantage of Living Polymerizations of Functional Monomers and Efficient, Orthogonal Chemistries ................................................................................................ 717

Lee, Nam S.; Ma, Jun; Nyström, Andreas M.; Sun, Guorong; Wooley, Karen L.

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; COLLOIDS, NETWORKS, AND GELS Stimuli-Responsive Particles: Synthesis and Characterization of Dumbbell-Shaped Polyelectrolyte Brush Particles ...................................................................................... 718

Hoffmann, Martin; Lu, Yan; Schrinner, Marc; Ballauff, Matthias; Harnau, Ludger

Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Polyesters Monitored by Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering and Adsolubilization Study in Media Differing by Polarity ........................................................ 720

Voronov, Andriy S.; Martinez-Tomalino, Lars; Kohut, Ananiy M.; Peukert, Wolfgang

Functional Self-Organized Nanoparticles .................................................................................... 722Cohen Stuart, Martien A.

Helical Cylinders or Multicompartment Cylinders Through the Solution Assembly of Charged Block Copolymers with Multivalent Organic Counterions .................................... 726

Pochan, Darrin J.; Zhong, Sheng; Cui, Honggang; Li, Zhibin; Hales, Kelly; Chen, Zhiyun; Zhang, Ke; Wooley, Karen L.

Unique Size-Change Behavior of Bio-Based Nanoparticle by Photo-Crosslinking and Cleavage .................................................................................................................................. 727

Shi, Dongjian; Matsusaki, Michiya; Kaneko, Tatsuo; Akashi, Mitsuru

Comparative Study of Responsive Nanogels Using the Temperature Responsive Properties of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamides) and Poly-(2-isopropyl-2-oxazolines) in Water ........................................................................................................................................... 728

Morimoto, Nobuyuki; Akiyoshi, Kazunari; Winnik, Françoise M.

Temperature Responsive Poly(2-oxazoline)s ............................................................................. 730Hoogenboom, Richard; Thijs, Hanneke M. L.; Jochems, Mark J. H. C.; Van Lankvelt, Bart M.; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Influence of Hydrogel on Degradation Behavior and Mechanical Strength of Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Fibers in Fiber-Hydrogel Composite Systems ............................... 732

Liang, Ya; Lowman, Anthony M.; Palmese, Giuseppe R.

Poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride) as a Route to Reactive Nanoparticles ............................ 734Johnson, David W.; Cameron, Neil R.; Tarbit, Brian

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; DEVICES BASED ON RESPONSIVE MATERIALS Responsive Bimaterial Microsystems ......................................................................................... 736

Tsukruk, V. V.

Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Nanoscale Actuators ...................................................................... 737Huck, Wilhelm T. S.

Nanostructured Gradient Hydrogels for Thermoresponsive Soft Actuator ............................. 738Asoh, Taka-aki; Matsusaki, Michiya; Akashi, Mitsuru

Multifunctional Cargo Systems Based on Multicomponent Polymeric Vesicles .................... 739Sukhorukov, Gleb B.; Kreft, Oliver; Bedard, Matthieu; Skirtach, Andre G.

High Contrast and Fast Switching Polymer Electrochromic Devices Fabricated from Ionic Self-Assembled Multilayers ........................................................................................ 740

Montazami, Reza; Jain, Vaibhav; Heflin, James R.

High Sensitivity Optical Fiber Biosensors Utilizing Turnaround Point Long Period Gratings with Self-Assembled Polymer Coatings ...................................................................... 742

Gifford, Erika; Ramachandran, Siddharth; Heflin, James R.

Sensitive and Selective Neurotoxin Detection Platform Based on Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites ............................................................................................................. 744

Parajuli, Rishi R.; Simonian, Aleksandr; Wild, James; Bogozi, Albert; He, Huixin

Polydiacetylene Liposome Arrays for Selective Potassium Detection .................................... 745Lee, Jiseok; Kim, Hyong-Jun; Kim, Jinsang

Transport Through Molecular Pores ............................................................................................ 746Baaken, Gerhard; Sondermann, Markus; Prucker, Oswald; Behrends, Jan; Rühe, Jürgen

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; MEMBRANES, POROUS MATERIALS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Towards a Self-Assembled Membrane Made of Bionanoparticle-polymer Conjugates ...................................................................................................................................... 748

Mougin, Nathalie C.; Müller, Axel H. E.; Böker, Alexander

Selective, Protein-absorbing Membranes Based on Polymer Brushes ................................... 750Bruening, Merlin L.; Jain, Parul; Baker, Gregory L.

Switchabe Polymer-modified Interfaces and Membranes for Bioelectronic Applications .................................................................................................................................... 751

Katz, Evgeny; Kin, Tam Tsz; Jean, Zhou; Gopishetty, Venkateshwarlu; Ornatska, Maryna; Pita, Marcos; Minko, Sergiy

Hydrogen-bonded Block Copolymer Complexes as Possible Precursors for Thin Films with Hairy Nanopores .......................................................................................................... 752

Lefèvre, Nathalie; Fustin, Charles-André; Gohy, Jean-François

Defect Structure and Dynamics in Cylinder Phase of Block Copolymers ............................... 754Horvat, Andriana; Sevink, G. J. Agur; Zvelindovsky, Andrei V.; Tsarkova, Larisa

Cantilever Sensor Based on a Membrane Grafted with an Active Nanothin Coating ............................................................................................................................................ 757

Burtovyy, Oleksandr; Kornev, Konstantin; Luzinov, Igor

Smart Membranes from Stimuli-Sensitive Biopolymer Hydrogel ............................................. 759Gopishetty, Venkateshwarlu; Tokarev, Ihor; Minko, Sergiy

Chemical and Electrochemical Gating Using a Responsive Thin Film Gel Membrane ....................................................................................................................................... 761

Tokarev, Ihor; Orlov, Maxim; Katz, Evgeny; Minko, Sergiy

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; POLYMER BRUSHES – VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURES Polymer Adsorption Onto Chemically Non-Uniform Surfaces: Identifying Major Influence Factors ........................................................................................................................... 763

Chervanyov, Alexander I.; Heinrich, Gert

Polymer Brushes as Responsive Materials for the Biology-Material Interface ....................... 765Ober, Christopher K.; Dong, Rong; Rastogi, Abhinav; Weinman, Craig J.; Tanaka, Manabu; Hemmelmann, Mirjam; Chiang, Ethan N.; Park, Daewon; Yi, Yi; Paik, Marvin Y.; Saddhasattwa, Nad; Smith, Norah; Handlin, Dale L.; Willis, Carl L.; Kramer, Edward J.; Baird, Barbara; Abruña, Héctor D.; Architectures, Polymer Brushes -- Variety of

Microphase Separation of Dibock Copolymer Brushes in Different Solvents ........................ 767Müller, Marcus; Wang, Jiafang

Nanostructured Responsive Polymer Brushes: Chemical Gating and Wetting Behavior .......................................................................................................................................... 768

Motornov, Mikhail; Sheparovych, Roman; Katz, Evgeny; Minko, Sergiy

Microphase Separation of Mixed Polymer Brushes in Different Solvents ............................... 770Wang, Jiafang; Müller, Marcus

Polymer Brushes from Layer-by-Layer and Langmuir-Blodgett Film Macroinitiator Modified Substrates ....................................................................................................................... 771

Advincula, Rigoberto

Electronic Transport in Polymer Brushes ................................................................................... 773Sidorenko, Alexander; Zhitenev, Nikolai

Formation of Polymer Surfaces with Tailored Wettability and Response Time ...................... 774Crowe-Willoughby, Julie A.; Genzer, Jan

Grafting of Poly (3-hexylthiophene) from Poly (4-bromostyrene) Films by Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation (KCTP) .............................................................................. 776

Khanduyeva, Nataliya; Senkovskyy, Volodymyr; Beryozkina, Tetyana; Stamm, Manfred; Grötzschel, Rainer; Kiriy, Anton

Stealthy and Functional Peptide Nanospheres with High-Density PEG Brush ....................... 778Waku, Tomonori; Matsusaki, Michiya; Akashi, Mitsuru

Structure and Response of “Smart” Polymer Brushes ............................................................. 779Wang, Qiang

Response of Bi-Level and Random Copolymer Brushes Based on Poly (N-Isopropylacrylamide) and Poly (Methacrylic Acid) ..................................................................... 781

Kilbey, S. Michael; Metters, Andrew T.; Rahane, Santosh B.; Floyd, J. Alaina

Switching Protein Adsorption on Polyelectrolyte Brushes ....................................................... 783Uhlmann, Petra; Herold, Eva; Burkert, Sina; Kempe, Fabian; Stamm, Manfred

Fabrication of Patterned Polymer Brushes by in Situ Crosslinking of an Initiator Precursor by Micro-Contact Printing ........................................................................................... 785

Chen, Tao; Zhang, Jianming; Chang, Debby P.; Garcia, Andres; Zauscher, Stefan

Responsive Mixed Polymer Brush Containing Protein Adsorbing and Protein Repelling Components .................................................................................................................. 787

Hoy, Olha; Zdyrko, Bogdan; Burtovyy, Ruslan; Lupitskyy, Robert; Minko, Sergiy; Aulich, Dennis; Hinrichs, Karsten; Esser, Norbert; Luzinov, Igor

Protein-Resistant Biomaterials: Grafting of PEO via Flexible Siloxane Tethers ..................... 789Murthy, Ranjini; Shell, Courtney; Grunlan, Melissa A.

Poly(Propargyl Acrylate) Colloids with Hole-Transporting Polymer Brush ............................ 791Tsyalkovsky, Volodymyr; Evanoff, David D.; Hunt, Zachary J.; Foulger, Stephen F.

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; SYNTHESIS, DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION Redox-weak Polyelectrolytes as Electrode Modifiers: Predictions from Molecular Theory ............................................................................................................................................. 793

Tagliazucchi, Mario; Calvo, Ernesto J.; Szleifer, Igal

In-Situ Infrared Ellipsometry for the Analysis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes ........................................................................................................................................... 795

Hinrichs, Karsten; Aulich, Dennis; Esser, Norbert; Minko, Sergiy; Luzinov, Igor; Hoy, Olha; Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen; Stamm, Manfred

Aqueous Solution Properties of a New Multiresponsive System Based on Polypeptide Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer .................................................................... 796

Agut, Willy; Schatz, Christophe; Taton, Daniel; Lecommandoux, Sébastien

Synthesis of a Novel Functional Polymers with Tunable LCST ................................................ 798Zou, Yuquan; Brooks, Donald E.; Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran N.

Synthetic Strategies for a Range of PH-Responsive Polymer Structures Involving ATRP and “Click” Chemistry ........................................................................................................ 800

Du Prez, Filip E.; Dervaux, Bart; Van Camp, Wim

Synthesis of Cationic Amphiphilic PDMAEMA-PTFEMA Copolymers and their Application as Surface Hydrophobicity Modifiers ...................................................................... 802

Nurmi, Leena; Seppälä, Jukka; Haddleton, David M.

Ionic Liquid Polymers: Effect of Copolymer Composition on Structure and Ion Conduction ..................................................................................................................................... 804

Chen, Hong; Choi, Jae-Hong; Salas-de la Cruz, David; Winey, Karen I.; Elabd, Yossef A.

Reductive Degradation of Polymeric Worm-Like Micelles Constructed from a Diblock Copolymer ........................................................................................................................ 806

Rajagopal, Karthikan; Harada, Takamasa; Discher, Dennis E.

Designing Functionality and Stimuli-Responsiveness Into Azlactone-Based Polymers ......................................................................................................................................... 807

Messman, Jamie M.; Lokitz, Bradley; Ankner, John; Kilbey, S. Michael

SYMPOSIUM: RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS AND COATINGS Surface Segregation, Polymer Materials Functionalisation ...................................................... 809

Bousquet, Antoine; Ibarboure, Emmanuel; Papon, Eric; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Juan

Characterization of Thin Polymer Films on Solid Substrates by Temperature Dependent Spectroscopic Vis-Ellipsometry (T-Ellipsometry) ................................................... 811

Erber, Michael; Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen; Voit, Brigitte

Synthesis of Hybrid Polymers Containing Acetal Side Groups for the Design of Versatile Responsive Surfaces ..................................................................................................... 812

Wiss, Kerstin; Kessler, Daniel; Theato, Patrick

Stimuli Responsive Coatings Based on Polyelectrolyte Multilayers ....................................... 814Rubner, Michael

Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Self-Healing Polyurethane Coatings .................................................................................................................. 816

Baghdachi, Jamil A.; Perez, Heidi; Shah, Amit

Responsive Coating Design on Substrates/Particles ................................................................ 818Salloum, David; Minko, Sergiy; Motornov, Mikhail; Lupitskyy, Robert; Sheparovych, Roman; Sherman, Faiz; Gartstein, Vladimir

Red-ox Stimulus Responsive Organometallic Polymers: Controlling Adhesion, Friction and Molecular Release .................................................................................................... 819

Vancso, G. Julius; Ma, Yujie; Hempenius, Mark A.; Song, Jing

Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films: Challenges and Opportunities ..................................... 821Misra, Anuradha; Liu, Fang; Urban, Marek W.

Adsorption of Amphiphilic Polymers at Aqueous/Liquid Crystal Interfaces: Reversible Control of Liquid Crystal Ordering Transitions ....................................................... 823

Kinsinger, Michael I.; Sun, Bin; Abbott, Nicholas L.; Lynn, David M.

SYMPOSIUM: ROY W. TESS AWARD SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF CLIFF SCHOFF Cure in Automotive Coatings: How Chemistry Affects Application, Quality, and Durability ......................................................................................................................................... 825

Bauer, David R.

In Situ Monitoring of Film Cure and Nanoparticle Formation ................................................... 826Kranbuehl, David; Compton, Judd M.; Cotts, Sarah

Cure of Organic Coatings: Processes and Measurement ......................................................... 827Schoff, Clifford K.

Texture Evolution During the Curing of Automotive Coatings ................................................. 829Nichols, Mark E.; Ellwood, Kevin R.; Peters, Cindy A.

Thermoanalytical and Morphological Studies of the Film Formation and Resulting Fundamental Properties of Pre-coalesence and Post-Coalesence Crosslinked Latex Films ..................................................................................................................................... 831

Provder, Theodore; Joshi, Ravi; Lefevre, Elodie; Patel, Chirag; Crombez, Rene; Shen, Weidian; Jones, Frank N.

Studies of Coatings Flows and Film Formation by Applied Rheology .................................... 838Eley, Richard R.

Effects of Degree of Curing and Nanoparticle Reinforcements on Scratch Behavior of Two-Component Polyurethane Coatings ............................................................... 839

Fernando, Raymond H.

Reaction Kinetics and Network Characterization of UV-Curing Polyester Acrylate Inorganic/Organic Hybrids ............................................................................................................ 840

Soucek, Mark; Nebioglu, Ahmet

Delayed (Latent) Catalysis in Coatings ........................................................................................ 841Blank, Werner J.; Dietliker, Kurt; Jung, Tunja; Lordelot, Caroline; Carroy, Antoine

Phase Separation in Organic Coatings ........................................................................................ 843Croll, Stuart G.

High Throughput Evaluation and Formulation Design for Photopolymerization .................... 844Bowman, Christopher N.; Johnson, Peter; Stansbury, Jeffrey W.

Early Stages of Coalescence and Polymer Diffusion in Latex Films ....................................... 846Schroeder, Walter F.; Liu, Yuanqin; Haley, Jeffrey C.; Lau, W.; Winnik, M. A.

Surface and Interface Characterization of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride)/Acrylic Copolymer Blends ......................................................................................................................... 847

Nguyen, Tinh; Gu, Xiaohong; Nguyen, Diep; Sung, Lipiin

Photoinitiated Thiol-Ene Polymerization: The Latest Twists .................................................... 848Hoyle, Charles E.; Zhou, Hui; Wei, Huanyu; Li, Qin; Clark, Tolecia; Chan, Justin; Shin, Junghwan; Kwisnek, Luke

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