Klein Rodrigues

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Graduate student, 1987-1991.
• Ph. D. Dissertation: "Study of Aggregation of Diblock and Triblock Copolymers in Selective Solvents Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations" 1991
• Topic of research with Prof. Mattice: Self-assembly of block copolymers
• Current position: Research Chemist, Alco Chemical, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Klein.Rodrigues@nstarch.com

Publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Nguyen-Misra M; Misra S; Wang Y; Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Simulation of self-assembly in solution by triblock copolymers with sticky blocks at their ends" Progr. Colloid Polym. Sci. 1997, 103, 138-145.
• Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Intraparticle distribution functions for a micelle formed by a small symmetric triblock copolymer in a poor solvent for the terminal blocks" Langmuir 1992, 8, 456-459.
• Rodrigues K; Kausch CM; Kim J; Quirk RP; Mattice WL "On the location of the free ends of the insoluble blocks in micelles formed by diblock copolymers" Polym. Bull. 1991, 26, 695-700.
• Quirk RP; Kim J; Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Anionic synthesis and characterization of poly(styrene-block-ethylene oxide) polymers with fluorescent probes at the block junctions" Makrmol. Chem., Macromol. Symp. 1991, 42/43, 463-473.
• Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Segmental distribution functions for a micelle comprised of symmetric diblock copolymers (short chain amphiphiles)" J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 95, 5341-5347.
• Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Simulation of the steric stabilization of polymer colloids by diblock copolymers" J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 94, 761-766.
• Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Micelles and networks formed by symmetric triblock copolymers in dilute solutions that are poor solvents for the terminal blocks" Polym. Bull. 1991, 25, 239-243.
• Zuniga I; Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Analytical and monte carlo studies of the interfacial region in semicrystalline polymers with first and second order intrachain interactions" Macromolecules 1990, 23, 4108-4114.
• Rodrigues K; Mathur SC; Mattice WL "Influence of polyethylene-like short-range intramolecular interactions on the segregation of short branches and growth of the interfacial region in simulations of lightly branched semicrystalline polymers" Macromolecules 1990, 23, 2484-2488.
• Mathur SC; Rodrigues K; Mattice WL "Influence of a few short branches on the amorphous region of a semicrystalline polymer: Simulation on a cubic lattice" Macromolecules 1989, 22, 2781-2785.