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Nanofluidics with phase separated block-copolymers: Glassy dynamics during capillary flow
A recently developed experimental platform in polymer nanofluidics [, ] is used to investigate the glassy dynamics of phase-separated block-copolymers during capillary flow into cylindrical nanopores. The flo...
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Fatigue resistance of silane-bonded epoxy/glass interfaces using neat and rubber-toughened epoxies
The influence that the energy absorbing ability of an epoxy has on the cyclic fatigue resistance of a silane-bonded epoxy/glass interface in moist air was studied using the double cleavage drilled compression ...
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Crystalline structure of a liquid crystal forming ligated twin
The solid state crystalline structure of a low molecular weight ligated dimer twin has been examined by TEM and x-ray diffraction methods. In this material each twin consists of a short, central rigid three ph...
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Structures of dinitroazetidine and three of its carbonyl derivatives
The structures of DNAZ (3,3-dinitroazetidine), DNAZ-COH, DNAZ-CO-DNAZ, and (DNAZ-CO)2 have been determined. DNAZ crystallizes in the space group P21/c with cell parameters a = 5.928(7) Å, b = 15.8380(2) Å, c = 12...
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Phase Transitions in Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers Induced by Selective Dilation with Supercritical CO2
Supercritical fluids (SCFs) offer a number of advantages for the synthesis and processing of polymeric materials. Early work in the field focused on the high-pressure polymerization of ethylene or exploited th...
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Fatigue of Silane Bonded Epoxy/Glass Interfaces
Fatigue (slow) crack growth in silane bonded epoxy/glass interfaces was studied under static and cyclic loading at 23°C, 95% RH using the double cleavage drilled compression test. Crack growth rates under cycl...
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Chapter
Nanoporous Polyimides
Foamed polyimides have been developed in order to obtain thin film dielectric layers with very low dielectric constants for use in microelectronic devices. In these systems the pore sizes are in the nanometer ...
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Nanodomain control in copolymer thin films
Diblock copolymers are composed of two chemically distinct chains covalently bonded together at one end. We have discovered how to control the orientation of diblock copolymer microdomains (made up of nanoscop...
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Characterization of thin Polymeric Nanofoam films by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Small Angle Neutron Scattering
Thin film polymer nanofoams are produced from triblock copolymers of a fluorinated polyimide, 3F/PMDA (derived from pyromelletic dianhydride (PMDA) and 1,1-bis(4-aminophenyl)-1-phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (3F...
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Electric Field Induced Control of Thin Film Diblock Copolymer Domain Orientation
Local control of domain orientation in diblock copolymer thin films is demonstrated through the use of external electric fields. Thin films of a polystyrene-polymethylmethacrylate diblock copolymers, denoted P...
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Nanofoam Porosity Measured by Infrared Spectroscopy and Refractive Index
Infrared spectroscopy and optical waveguide were used to determine the porosity of polymer nanofoams produced from block copolymers of an aromatic polyimide endcapped with either poly(propyIene oxide) or poly(...
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Characterizing Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces
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Time Resolved Emission Studies of Aluminum and Water High Pressure Reactions
The detonation of underwater explosives is a complex problem involving a temporally dependent heterogeneous reaction regime of oxidizer reactions and high pressure metal combustion. For simplicity, underwater ...
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Polyimide Nanofoams For Low Dielectric Applications
Foamed polyimides have been developed in order to obtain thin film dielectric layers with very low dielectric constants for use in microelectronic devices. In these systems the pore sizes are in the nanometer ...
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Resonance Enhanced Neutron Standing Waves in Thin Films
Simultaneous measurements of neutron reflectivity and prompt gamma ray emission, from samples with buried Gd layers, are shown to be of significant aid in determining the depth profile of the entire sample. Becau...
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Time-resolved SAXS studies of morphological changes in cold crystallized poly(ethylene terephthalate) during annealing and heating
Structural changes occurring during crystallization of quenched amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and subsequent cooling/heating cycles have been studied by real-time small-angle x-ray scattering (S...
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On the microphase separation kinetics of symmetric diblock copolymers
Time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering studies were performed on symmetric diblock copolymers of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate), P(S-b-MMA). Freeze-dried powders of P(S-b-MMA) having a molecular...
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A lower critical ordering transition in a diblock copolymer melt
DIBLOCK copolymers, comprised of two distinct homopolymers covalently bonded together at one end, undergo a transition on cooling from a state in which the segments of the blocks are homogeneously mixed to one...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evolution of Ordering in Thin Films of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers
The manner in which thin films of asymmetric diblock copolymer of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) form a multilayered structure has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy and neutron r...
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High Temperature Polyimide Nanofoams
A means of generating high temperature polymer foams which leads to pore size in the nanometer regime has been developed. Nanofoams were prepared by casting block copolymers comprised of a thermally stable blo...
