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Novel Microstructure in Polymer Blends Sheared Under Confinement

December 1, 2003
Author(s)
Jai A. Pathak, Kalman D. Migler
In this review article, we discuss the implications for the morphology of an immiscible polymer blend, or in general, an emulsion, in the limit when the two length scales, viz., the average droplet size and characteristic experimental length scale, become

Droplet-String Deformation and Stability During Micro-Confined Shear Flow

October 1, 2003
Author(s)
Jai A. Pathak, Kalman D. Migler
We have performed experiments on model emulsions of polyisobutylene (PIB) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) to quantify the effect of confinement on deformation and stability of droplets and strings (threads) under flow. It is known from some of our

Cavitation of Polyethylene During Extrusion Processing Instabilities

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Y Son, Kalman D. Migler
We present observations of cavitation that occur inside a capillary die during extrusion of a polyethylene. This phenomenon is observed over the last 1.5 mm of the capillary tube immediately upstream of the exit. We observe spontaneous formation of voids

Layered Droplet Microstructures in Sheared Emulsions: Finite-Size Effects

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Jai A. Pathak, M C. Davis, Steven D. Hudson, Kalman D. Migler
We investigate the influence of confinement on the steady state microstructure of emulsions sheared between parallel plates, in a regime where the average droplet dimension is comparable to the gap width between the confining walls. Utilizing droplet

Structure Formation in Micro-Confined Polymeric Emulsions

August 1, 2002
Author(s)
Jai A. Pathak, Steven D. Hudson, Kalman D. Migler
Application of a shear field to a concentrated emulsion induces a complex spatial and temporal response. The behavior of a concentrated system is treated as an extrapolation of the well-understood behavior of isolated droplets (or of the behavior of two

Measuring T g in Ultra-Thin Polymer Films With an Excimer Fluorescence Technique

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kalman D. Migler, Wen-Li Wu
An excimer fluorescence technique has been applied to the measurement of T g of ultra-thin polystyrene films. This technique utilizes an excimer-forming molecule with fluorescent emission in two wavelength bands. The intensity ratio of these bands is a

Flow Visualization of Polymer Processing Additive Effects

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kalman D. Migler, C Lavallee, M P. Dillon, S S. Woods, C L. Gettinger
Flow visualization was used to understand how polymer-processing additives (PPA) eliminate sharkskin in linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). A sapphire capillary die was used to image the coating of the PPA onto the die wall. Depth resolved optical

Extrusion Visualization - from Blend Structure to Sharkskin

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kalman D. Migler
Over the last five years, we have developed optical technologies for in-line monitoring of extrusion. We review two areas where we have succeeded in uncovering important concepts and phenomena by shedding light on processes that were previously

Abstracts for the MSEL Assessment Panel, March 2001

January 26, 2001
Author(s)
Leslie E. Smith, Alamgir Karim, Leonid A. Bendersky, C Lu, J J. Scott, Ichiro Takeuchi, Kathleen M. Flynn, Vinod K. Tewary, Davor Balzar, G A. Alers, Stephen E. Russek, Charles C. Han, Haonan Wang, William E. Wallace, Daniel A. Fischer, K Efimenko, Wen-Li Wu, Jan Genzer, Joseph C. Woicik, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Henry J. Prask, Charles F. Majkrzak, Norman F. Berk, John G. Barker, Charles J. Glinka, Eric K. Lin, Ward L. Johnson, Paul R. Heyliger, David T. Read, R R. Keller, J Blendell, Grady S. White, Lin-Sien H. Lum, Eric J. Cockayne, Igor Levin, C E. Johnson, Maureen E. Williams, Gery R. Stafford, William J. Boettinger, Kil-Won Moon, Daniel Josell, Daniel Wheeler, Thomas P. Moffat, W H. Huber, Lee J. Richter, Clayton S. Yang, Robert D. Shull, R A. Fry, Robert D. McMichael, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Ursula R. Kattner, James A. Warren, Jonathan E. Guyer, Steven P. Mates, Stephen D. Ridder, Frank S. Biancaniello, D Basak, Jon C. Geist, Kalman D. Migler
Abstracts relating to research and development in the NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) are presented for a poster session to be presented to the 2001 MSEL Assessment Panel.

Editor's Preface

December 1, 2000
Author(s)
Kalman D. Migler, S G. Hatzikiriakos
The work of J.R. Rice has been central to developments in solid mechanics over the last thirty years. This volume collects 21 articles on deformation and fracture in honor of J.R. Rice on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Contributors include students (P

Droplet Vorticity Alignment in Model Polymer Blends

April 1, 2000
Author(s)
Kalman D. Migler
The shear induced deformation of polymeric droplets in an immiscible polymeric matrix reveals that under conditions of high droplet elasticity, the droplets can align in the vorticity direction. We consider the case where the viscosity ratio of the two