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Self-Assembly in a Polymer Matrix and its Impact on Phase Separation

November 11, 2008
Author(s)
Jack F. Douglas, Jacek Dudowicz, Karl Freed
Molecular self-assembly often occurs in the presence of long chain polymers, and we develop a theory to describe the competition between self-assembly and phase separation that gen- erally occurs in these complex uids. The theory includes a description of

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Nanoscale Polymer Processing

October 31, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher L. Soles, Yifu Ding
Plastics are ubiquitous in our modern world. It difficult to find a manufactured object that does not contain at least some sort polymeric (plastic) components. This ubiquity, in large part, reflects the ease with which polymers can be formed at low

Well-Ordered Polymer Melts with 5 nm Lamellar Domains from Blends of a Disordered Block Copolymer and a Selectively Associating Homopolymer of Low or High Molar Mass

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Vijay Tirumala, August W. Bosse, Eric K. Lin, Vikram Daga, Alvin Romang, Jan Ilavsky, J J. Watkins
The use of short chain block copolymer melts as nanostructured templates for sub-10 nm domains is often limited by their low segregation strength (N). Since increasing molar mass to strengthen segregation also increases the interdomain spacing of block

Hollow spherical supramolecular dendrimers

October 1, 2008
Author(s)
Virgil Percec, Mihai Peterca, Andres E. Dulcey, Mohammad Imam, Steven Hudson, Sami Nummelin, Peter Adelman, Paul A. Heiney
The synthesis of a library containing 12 conical dendrons that self-assemble into hollow spherical supramolecular dendrimers is reported. The design principles for this library were accessed by development of a method that allows the identification of

Effects of Specimen Geometry on Fatigue-Crack Growth Rates in Pipeline Steels

September 29, 2008
Author(s)
John M. Treinen, Philippe P. Darcis, Joseph D. McColskey, R. Smith, J. Merritt
In this study, the effect of specimen geometry on the fatigue crack growth rates (FCGR) in API X65 and X100 pipeline steels was explored using the middle tension and compact tension specimen geometries. It was found that the specimen type has little

New Insight into NBTI Transient Behavior Observed from Fast-GM Measurements

September 1, 2008
Author(s)
Jason P. Campbell, Kin P. Cheung, John S. Suehle
Fast-IDVG measurements have become an increasingly important tool to examine MOSFET transient degradation. The threshold voltage (VTH) extracted from fast-IDVG measurements is often used to infer the transient behavior of trapped charged in the gate

Band offsets of atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 on GaAs and the effects of surface treatment.

August 27, 2008
Author(s)
Nhan V. Nguyen, Oleg A. Kirillov, Weirong Jiang, Wenyong Wang, John S. Suehle, P. D. Ye, Y. Xuan, N. Goel, Kwang-Woo Choi, Wilman Tsai
In this letter we report the band offsets of the Al/Al2O3/GaAs structure determined by internal photoemission and spectroscopic ellipsometry. The energy barrier height at the Al2O3 and sulfur-passivated GaAs interface is found to be 3.0 eV, which is

CTOA Results for X65 and X100 Pipeline Steels:Influence of Displacement Rate

August 1, 2008
Author(s)
Roni Reuven, Christopher N. McCowan, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Avigdor Shtechman, Philippe P. Darcis, John M. Treinen, R. Smith, J. Merritt, Thomas A. Siewert, Joseph D. McColskey
The toughness and plasticity of steel generally decreases with increasing testing rate. The crack tip opening angle (CTOA) was measured on two types of commercial pipeline steels, API-X65 and API-X100 at a range of displacement rates to characterize rate

Dynamic Apparatus for the CTOA Measurement in Pipeline Steels

August 1, 2008
Author(s)
Avigdor Shtechman, Christopher N. McCowan, Roni Reuven, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Philippe P. Darcis, John M. Treinen, R. Smith, J. Merritt, Thomas A. Siewert, Joseph D. McColskey
When a crack initiates and propagates in a pressurized pipe the only thing that might stop this high-velocity event is the release of internal pressure (decompression) resulting in a deceleration in the crack-propagation rate. This deceleration can be

Materials Science &Technology (MS&T) 2008 Conference & Exhibition

July 18, 2008
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng
The Materials Science &Technology 2008 Conference & Exhibition took place in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from October 5-9. The MS&T 2008 Conference was a great success, with a total more than 1000 papers presented in

A Molecular Model for Toughening in Double-Network Hydrogels

June 18, 2008
Author(s)
Vijay Tirumala, Sanghun Lee, Taiki Tominaga, Eric K. Lin, Jian P. Gong, Paul D. Butler, Wen-Li Wu
A molecular mechanism is proposed for the toughness enhancement observed in double network (DN) hydrogels prepared from poly (2 acrylamido, 2-methyl, 1-propanesulfonicacid) (PAMPS) polyelectrolyte network and polyacrylamide (PAAm) linear polymer. It is an

Guide to Using Programs to Estimate UV Dosage and Damage

June 3, 2008
Author(s)
Brian Dickens
The system of programs described in this paper is concerned with estimating the damage ensuing from exposure of specimens in dry and humid atmospheres to UV and visible radiation covering the solar range. Damage is monitored quantitatively by changes in IR

Peer Review Report: PHMSA Programs

May 14, 2008
Author(s)
Thomas A. Siewert, Michael Else, Richard J. Fields, Joe C. Bowles, L. J. Moore, Philip D. Flenner, Mario Macia, Jerry Rau, Steven E. Powell
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration s (PHMSA) Pipeline Safety Research and Development (R&D) Program held its first structured peer review of active research projects in February 2006 and the most recent peer review on May 2008. The

Peer review report: Pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration, pipeline safety research and development program

May 14, 2008
Author(s)
Richard J. Fields, Louis E. Hayden, Thomas J. O'Grady, Joseph D. McColskey, Joe C. Bowles, T. R. Webb, Christopher N. McCowan, Dennis W. Hinnah, Ronald W. Haupt, Thomas A. Siewert
The purpose of this document is to report findings from the research peer reviews held March 27-29, 2007 for PHMSA's Pipeline Safety Research and Development Program. The findings and recommendations in this report derive from the scoring and comments
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