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Search Publications by: Kathryn L. Beers (Fed)

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Development of a Microfluidic Rheometer for Complex Fluids

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
Jai A. Pathak, Robert F. Berg, Kathryn Beers
Our group has recently published a report of a combinatorial rheometer/viscometer developed in our lab, based on the princinple of a damped harmonic oscillator. In this paper, we describe a modification of this approach to scale down this viscometer to the

Microchannel Confined Surface Initiated Polymerization

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
Chang Xu, Tao Wu, Charles M. Drain, J Batteas, Kathryn L. Beers
Surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization was successfully carried out inside a microchannel, which was formed by placing a patterned poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamp on top of an initiator modified flat silicon substrate. Both surface

A Buckling-Based Metrology for Measuring the Elastic Moduli of Polymeric Thin Films

August 1, 2004
Author(s)
Christopher Stafford, Eva Simonyi, C Harrison, Kathryn Beers, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis, Mark R. VanLandingham, H C. Kim, W Volksen, R D. Miller
As technology continues towards smaller, thinner and lighter devices, more stringent demands are placed on thin polymer films as diffusion barriers, dielectric coatings, electronic packaging and so on. Therefore, there is a growing need for testing

Solid-Phase ATRP Synthesis of Peptide-Polymer Hybrids

March 1, 2004
Author(s)
Ying Mei, Kathryn L. Beers, H M. Byrd, David L. VanderHart, N. R. Washburn
A versatile methodology for preparing hybrid biomaterials by atom transfer radical polymerization from resin-supported peptides has been established. As an example, we have synthesized a GRGDS-functionalized poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). The peptide

Development of a Combinatorial Rheometer for Polymer Formulations

February 1, 2004
Author(s)
H J. Walls, Robert F. Berg, Kathryn L. Beers, Eric J. Amis
Finding the best formulation for a new application, or fine-tuning an existing formulation to meet various customer needs, requires extensive sample preparation and testing. Our goal is to make this exploration more efficient for the property of viscosity

High Throughput Measurements of Polymer Fluids for Formulations

January 1, 2004
Author(s)
Kathryn Beers, J Cabral, H J. Walls, Eric J. Amis
Rapid prototyping of microfluidic handling devices has gained popularity due to the ability to quickly test and modify new design features several times in one day. At the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC), we have modified common microfluidic

High-Throughput Milli-Fluidic Platform for Polymer Formulations

September 1, 2003
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Beers, J Cabral, H J. Walls, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis, C Harrison
Rapid prototyping of microfluidic handling devices has gained in popularity due to the ability to quickly test and modify new design features several times in one day.8-13 While elastomer-based methods have dominated the literature and are remarkably well

Fourier Analysis Near-Field Polarimetry for Measurement of Local Optical Properties of Thin Films

July 1, 2003
Author(s)
Lori S. Goldner, Michael J. Fasolka, S Nougier, H P. Nguyen, Garnett W. Bryant, Jeeseong Hwang, K D. Weston, Kathryn L. Beers, A Urbas, Edwin L. Thomas
We present measurements of the local dichroism and birefringence of thin film specimens us ing techniques that combine near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) and a novel polarization modulation (PM) polarimetry utilizing Fourier analysis of the

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectral Characterization of Covalently-Cationized Polystyrene

July 1, 2003
Author(s)
Sheng Lin-Gibson, S Bencherif, Kathryn Beers, H M. Byrd
Bromine terminated, controlled molecular mass polystyrene with narrow polydispersity (Mn 40 000 g/mol, PD = 1.08) was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization. The bromine end group was subsequently substituted with a phosphonium salt. We report

Near-Field Polarimetric Characterization of Semi-Crystalline Polymer Systems

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
S N. Goldie, Michael J. Fasolka, Lori S. Goldner, Jeeseong C. Hwang, Kathryn Beers
We have studied crystallization in thin films of isotactic polystyrene (iPS) to better understand the morphology and formation of these structures through the use of polarization modulation near-field scanning optical microscopy (PM-NSOM). Polymer

Polymer Science at the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center

August 1, 2002
Author(s)
Cher H. Davis, Kathryn L. Beers, Aaron M. Forster, Christopher M. Stafford, A P. Smith, C Harrison, Weiping Zhang, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis
The measurements, standards, and test methods developed by NIST, in partnership with other organizations, often help unlock the potential of new discoveries and budding technologies. Combinatorial methods are a textbook example. These emerging tools can

Near-Field Optical Imaging of Microphase Separated and Semi-Crystalline Polymer Systems

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
Michael J. Fasolka, Lori S. Goldner, A Urbas, Jeeseong C. Hwang, Kathryn Beers, P DeRege, Evan L. Thomas
Polymer self-assembly presents an attractive means of creating the micro- and nano-patterned spatial arrays required for many opto-electronic and coatings technologies. Two of these ordering processes are microphase separation (MS), exhibited by block

High Throughput Approach to Crystallization in Thin Films of Isotactic Polystyrene

August 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Beers, Jack F. Douglas, Eric J. Amis, Alamgir Karim
The dependence of the crystallization rate of isotactic polystyrene was measured as a function of film thickness and temperature on films with continuous gradients. The results agreed with literature values obtained on discrete films. This validates the

Crystallization of Isotactic Polystyrene in Thin Films: A High Throughput Approach

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Beers, Jack F. Douglas, Eric J. Amis, Alamgir Karim
Very thin films of semi-crystalline polymers are increasingly being employed in coatings applications and there is a need to better understand how film thickness and crystallization conditions influence the crystalline morphology and resultingfilm