Lucas James T. Landherr

Research Interests:

• Micro- and nano-scale thin film lubricants based on polymer networks that exhibit extremely low friction properties as a result of low interfacial shear stresses. Integrating these films into potential applications in nanoscale material and medical fields.
  
• Evaluation of polymeric drag reduction in dilute and high concentrated solutions. Determination of the effects in multi-solvent flow and the resulting rate of mechanical degradation. Integration of high concentrated polymeric fluids into dilute solutions and fluidic flow development.
  
• Investigation into flow over superhydrophobic surfaces and the fluid-vapor-solid interactions at the surface. Characterization of both slip and drag reduction in the fluid using both microfluidic experimentation and rheometry.

Honors and Awards:

• National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at NIST, 2010.
  
• NSF GK-12 Fellowship, Cornell University, 2009-2010.

Recent Presentations:

• L.J.T. Landherr, C. Cohen, and L.A. Archer, "Thin Film Lubrication of Polymer Brushes," 2010 AIChE conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• L.J.T. Landherr, C. Cohen, and L.A. Archer, "Thin Film Lubrication Based On PDMS Networks," 2009 AIChE conference, Nashville, TN.
• L.J.T. Landherr, C. Cohen, and L.A. Archer, "Thin Film Lubrication Based On PDMS Networks," 2009 SOR conference, Madison WI.
  

Publications:

  NIST:

• Landherr, L.J.T.; Hudson, S.D.; Migler, K. "Rheology of Complex Fluids on Superhydrophobic Surfaces." In preparation.
  

  Educational:

• Landherr, L.J.T.; Balbierer, K.; Archer, L.A.; Cohen, C. "Advanced Friction and Lubrication Experiments For High School." In preparation. 

  Thesis:

• Landherr, L.J.T.; Cohen, C.; Agarwal, P.; Archer, L.A. "Interfacial Friction and Adhesion of Polymer Brushes."  Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9387-9395. 
   
• Landherr, L.J.T.; Cohen, C.; Archer, L.A. "Effect of Pendent Chains on the Interfacial Properties of Thin Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Networks." Langmuir, 2011, 27, 5944-5952. 
  
• Landherr, L.J.T.; Zhang, Q.; Cohen, C.; Archer, L.A. "Interfacial Friction of Thin PDMS Network Films." J Poly Sci Part B: Poly Phys, 2008, 46, 1773-1787.
  
• Landherr, L.J.T.; Cohen, C.; Archer, L.A. "Interfacial Friction of Polymer Networks Containing Free Chains." In preparation.