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Modification of Thin Film Phase Separation by a Surfactant

March 25, 2003
Author(s)
Li Piin Sung, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas, Charles C. Han
Phase separation in thin films leads to the formation of surface patterns (holes, bumps, and bicontinuous surface features) which depend on the film composition. These features are interpreted to arise from surface tension variations within the film that

Incoherent Neutron Scattering and the Dynamics of Thin Film Photoresist Polymers

February 1, 2003
Author(s)
Christopher L. Soles, Jack F. Douglas, Eric K. Lin, Joseph~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Lenhart, Ronald L. Jones, Wen-Li Wu, D M. Goldfarb, M Angelopoulos
Elastic incoherent neutron scattering is employed to parameterize changes in the atomic/molecular mobility in lithographic polymers as a function of film thickness. Changes in the 200 MHz and faster dynamics are estimated in terms of a harmonic oscillator

Combinatorial Mapping of Surface Energy Effects on Diblock Copolymer Thin Film Ordering

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
A P. Smith, A Sehgal, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis
Combinatorial gradient techniques are used to map the thin film morphology dependence of symmetric diblock copolymers as a function of film thickness and substrate surface energy. An inversion from symmetric to asymmetric lamellar morphology is observed as

Amorphous Solidification in Polymer-Platelet Nanocomposites

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
S Salaniwal, S K. Kumar, Jack F. Douglas
Computer simulations are used to understand the molecular basis of mechanical reinforcement of platelet-filled polymers when the polymer and nanofiller interact attractively. With decreasing temperature, there is increasing aggregation between chains and

Hole Growth Instability in the Dewetting of Evaporating Polymer Solution Films

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Xiaohong Gu, D T. Raghavan, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim
We investigate the dewetting of aqueous, evaporating polymer [poly(acrylic acid)] solutions cast on hydrophobic (polystyrene) substrates. As with typical dewetting, the evaporating films initially break up through the nucleation of holes that perforate the

Thermal and Flammability Properties of Polypropylene-Carbon Nanotube Composites

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Takashi Kashiwagi, E A. Grulke, J N. Hilding, Richard H. Harris Jr., W H. Awad, Jack F. Douglas
Nanocomposites based on polypropylene and carbon nanotubes (up to 2 vol.-%) were melt blended, yielding good dispersion of the nanotubes without using any organic treatment or additional additives. Carbon nanotubes enhance the thermal stability of

What Do We Learn From the Local Geometry of Glass-Forming Liquids?

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Francis W. Starr, Srikanth Sastry, Jack F. Douglas, S C. Glotzer
We examine the local geometry of a simulated glass-forming polymer melt. Using the Voronoi construction, we find that the distributions of Voronoi volume $P(v_V)$ and asphericity $P(a)$ appear to be universal properties of dense liquids, supporting the use

Bridging the Gap Between Structure and Properties in Nano-Particle Filled Polymers

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
Erik K. Hobbie, Francis W. Starr, Jack F. Douglas, Charles C. Han
On May 29-30, 2002, a workshop on polymer nanocomposites was held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The workshop was entitled Bridging the Gap Between Structure and Properties in Nanoparticle-Filled Polymers and focused primarily on the interrelation

Growth Pulsations in Symmetric Dentritic Crystallization in Thin Polymer Blend Films

May 1, 2002
Author(s)
V Ferreiro, Jack F. Douglas, James A. Warren, Alamgir Karim
The crystallization of polymeric and metallic materials normally occurs under conditions far from equilibrium, leading to patterns that grow as propagating waves into the surrounding unstable fluid medium. The Mullins-Sekerka instability causes these wave

Shift in Polymer Blend Phase-Separation Temperature in Shear Flow

May 1, 2002
Author(s)
Jack F. Douglas
Recent experimentalstudiesof polymer blendsin simple shear flow have indicated large *Shih of the apparent phase-separation temperature. These shifts are examined within the context of a nonequilibrium hydrodynamic theory of phase separation developed by

Non-Equilibrium Pattern Formation in the Crystallization of Polymer Blend Films

April 1, 2002
Author(s)
V Ferreiro, Jack F. Douglas, James A. Warren, Alamgir Karim
The crystallization of polymeric and metallic materials normally occurs under conditions far from equilibrium. The morphologies formed reflect a competition between order associated with the symmetries of the equilibrium crystal geometry and disorder
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