Surfaces

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• Current group members working on surfaces
• Current collaborations on surfaces with scientists at other institutions
• Previous coworkers on surfaces at The University of Akron
• Recent publications on surfaces
• Request a reprint

CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS WORKING ON POLYMERS AT SURFACES

• Dr. S. S. Rane

PREVIOUS COWORKERS ON POLYMERS AT SURFACES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

• Dr. T. C. Clancy
• Prof. Pemra Doruker
• Prof. Turkan Haliloglu
• Dr. Dayong He
• Dr. J. H. Jang
• Dr. Won-Kook Kim
• Dr. Sanghoon Lee
• Dr. Mark A. Matties
• Dr. Sanjay Misra
• Prof. Donald H. Napper
• Dr. Upendra Natarajan
• Dr. Mai Nguyen-Misra
• Dr. R. Ozisik
• Dr. Qiyun Ou
• Dr. Klein Rodrigues
• Mr. Daniel C. Stevenson
• Dr. Genzo Tanaka
• Prof. Yongmei Wang
• Dr. Li Xing
• Prof. Visit Vao-soongnern
• Dr. G. Xu
• Dr. Yongjian Zhan

RECENT (1994 to present) PUBLICATIONS ON POLYMERS AT SURFACES

• Rane SS; Mattice WL; Dhinojwala A "Atomistic simulation of orientation of methyl groups, and surface segregation, in freely standing thin films of atactic poly(ethylene-co-propylene)" J Phys Chem B 2004, 108, 14830-14839
• Xu G; Lin H; Mattice WL "Configuration selection in the simulations of the crystallization of short polyethylene chains in a free-standing thin film" J Chem Phys 2003, 119, 6736-6743.
• Xu G; Mattice WL "Energetic and entropic contributions to the surface energy of a free-standing thin film of n-tetracontane" J Phys Chem B 2002, 106, 12776-12781
• Xu G; Mattice WL "Monte Carlo simulation on separation and co-crystallization of a mixture of short polyethylene chains in a thin film" J Chem Phys 2002, 117, 3440-3447
• Xu G; Vao-soongnern V; Mattice WL "Similarities and differences in the rapid crystallization induced in n-tetracontane by an instantaneous deep quench of the free-standing nanofiber and free-standing thin film" Macromol Theory Simul 2002, 11, 494-500
• Xu G; Mattice WL "Monte Carlo simulation of the crystallization and annealing of a free-standing thin film of n-tetracontane" J Chem Phys 2002, 116, 2277-2283
• Clancy TC; Jang JH; Dhinojwala A; Mattice WL "Orientation of phenyl rings and methylene bisectors at the free surface of atactic polystyrene" J Phys Chem B 2001, 105, 11493-11497
• Vao-soongnern V; Ozisik R; Mattice WL "Monte Carlo simulation of the structures and dynamics of amorphous polyethylene nanoparticles" Macromol Theory Simul 2001, 10, 553-563
• Doruker P; Mattice WL "Effect of surface roughness on structure and dynamics in thin films" Macromol Theory Simul 2001, 10, 363-367
• Vao-soongnern V; Doruker P; Mattice WL "Simulations of thin films and fibers of amorphous polymers" in Computational Studies, Nanotechnology, and Solution Thermodynamics of Polymer Systems, Dadmun MD; Van Hook WA; Noid DW; Melnichenko YB; Sumpter BG, Eds., Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001, pp 117-126
• Vao-soongnern V; Mattice WL "Topological effects on static and dynamic properties in an amorphous nanofiber composed of cyclic polymers" Macromol Theory Simul 2000, 9, 570-577
• Jang JH; Ozisik RO; Mattice WL "A Monte Carlo simulation on the effects of chain end modification on freely standing thin films of amorphous polyethylene melts" Macromolecules 2000, 33, 7663-7671
• Baschnagel J; Binder K; Doruker P; Gusev AA; Hahn O; Kremer K; Mattice WL; Muller-Plathe F; Murat M; Paul W; Santos S; Suter UW; Tries V "Bridging the gap between atomistic and coarse-grained models of polymers: Status and perspectives" Adv Polym Sci 2000, 152, 41-156.
• Vao-soongnern V; Doruker P; Mattice WL "Simulation of an amorphous polyethylene nanofiber on a high coordination lattice" Macromol Theory Simul 2000, 9, 1-13.
• Clancy TC; Mattice WL "Computer simulation of polyolefin interfaces" Comput Theor Polym Sci 1999, 9, 261-270.
• Doruker P; Mattice WL "Mobility of the surface and interior of thin films composed of amorphous polyethylene" Macromolecules 1999, 32, 194-198.
• Doruker P; Mattice WL "Segregation of chain ends is a weak contributor to increased mobility at free polymer surfaces" J Phys Chem B 1999, 103, 178-183.
• Kim WK; Mattice WL "Molecular modeling of a thin film of polybenzoxazine" Langmuir 1998, 14, 6588-6593.
• Natarajan U; Mattice WL "Interaction of toluene, hexadecane, and water with the surfaces of random copolymers of styrene and butadiene" J Membrane Sci 1998, 146, 135-142.
• Natarajan U; Misra S; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulation of a polymer-polymer interface: Interfacial energy and work of adhesion" Comput Theor Polym Sci, accepted 2/23/98.
• Doruker P; Mattice WL "Simulation of polyethylene thin films on a high coordination lattice" Macromolecules 1998, 31, 1418-1426.
• Natarajan U; Tanaka G; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulations of the surfaces of thin films of random copolymers" J Comput-Aided Mater Des 1997, 4, 193-205.
• Doruker P; Mattice WL "Reverse mapping of coarse grained polyethylene chains from the second nearest neighbor diamond lattice to an atomistic model in continuous space" Macromolecules 1997, 30, 5520-5526.
• 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.
• He D; Reneker DH; Mattice WL "Fully atomistic models of the surface of amorphous polyethylene" Comput Theor Polym Sci 1997, 7, 19-24.
• Haliloglu T; Mattice WL "Conformational transitions of end-adsorbed triblock copolymers in a nonselective solvent" Macromol Theory Simul 1997, 6, 667-677.
• Haliloglu T; Stevenson DC; Mattice WL "Monte Carlo simulation of the adsorption from a nonselective solvent of symmetric triblock copolymers with sticky end blocks" J Chem Phys 1997, 106, 3365-3369.
• Haliloglu T; Mattice WL "Monte Carlo simulation of self-assembly in macromolecular systems" in Solvents and Self-Assembly of Polymers, Webber SE; Munk P; Tuzar Z Eds., Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1996, pp 167-196.
• Misra S; Tirrell M; Mattice WL "Interaction between polyelectrolyte brushes in poor solvents" Macromolecules 1996, 29, 6056-6060.
• Xing L; Mattice WL "Atomistic simulations of self-assembled monolayers that contain azobenzene" Langmuir 1996, 12, 3024-3030.
• Wu H; Foster MD; Ross SA; Mattice WL; Matties MA "Temporal stability of a bilayer in a Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer and its dependence on multilayer structure" Langmuir 1996, 12, 3015-3023.
• Nguyen-Misra M; Misra S; Mattice WL "Bridging by end-adsorbed triblock copolymers" Macromolecules 1996, 29, 1407-1415.
• Misra S; Fleming PD, III; Mattice WL "Structure and energy of thin films of poly(1,4-cis-butadiene): A new atomistic approach" J Comput-Aided Mater Des 1995, 2, 101-112.
• Wang Y; Rajagopalan R; Mattice WL "The exchange kinetics of macromolecules adsorbed at a solid surface: A theoretical investigation" Macromolecules 1995, 28, 7058-7063.
  
• Zhan Y; Xing L; Mattice WL "Simulations of self-assembled monolayers with the same surface density, but different grafting patterns" Langmuir 1995, 11, 2103-2108.
  
• Wang Y; Rajagopalan R; Mattice WL "Kinetics of desorption of homopolymers from a solid surface" Phys Rev Lett 1995, 74, 2503-2506.
  

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