DPOLY SHORT COURSE Table of Contents Monday Sessions Case Studies in Polymer Physics from the Industrial Research World Saturday, February 25, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm 8:00AM Sunday, February 26, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Otis Room, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel Session A40: Focus Session: Protein Association I: Phase Separation, Crystallization, Self-Assembly……………………………………………………………………...7 Course Description This workshop will present a series of case studies by industrial scientist illustrating how Session A41: Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Membranes………………………..8 fundamental skills in polymer physics have played a central role in enabling new and improved products Session A42: Focus Session: Cytoskeleton and Biomechanics - Biochemical Mechanisms….9 in the marketplace today. Our panel of industrial experts will show, by example, how solving fascinating Session A44: Focus Session: Hydrophobic Interactions and Hydrogen and challenging problems in polymer physics has been critical for generating economic success. The goal of this workshop is to both increase awareness of the importance of fundamental polymer physics in Bonding Networks in Polymeric and Soft Matter Systems………………........10 the industrial research world as well as educate graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists Session A45: Focus Session: Thin Film Block Copolymers - Directed Assembly…………...11 about the career opportunities that are available in industry. Session A46: Invited Session: Inherently Strained Polymers and Soft Materials…………..12 Panel of experts will provide a broad and diverse overview of polymer physics in current industrial research. Perspectives will vary from early career scientists to senior research fellows, small start-ups to Session A47: Focus Session: Gelation and Glass Transition in Colloids and Fortune 500 companies, and a range of technology sectors including advanced materials, consumer Soft Matter Systems I.…………………………………………………………...13 products, personal care, healthcare, energy, and electronics. In addition to presenting case studies of Session A48: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers………………………………………...14 where concepts of polymer physics have had impact, each panelist will also be asked to discuss the outstanding challenges and current problems facing their technology sector. Session A49: Focus Session: Long-time, Entangled Dynamics in Polymers – Program Topics and Speakers Linear, Transient, Non-linear Rheology, Tubes……………………………….15 Michelle E. Seitz, DSM Ahead, Materials Sciences R&D Session A50: Liquid Crystalline Order in Polymers, Soft Matter, Understanding Network Formation and Properties via 'Real Time' Techniques and Complex Fluids……………………………………………………………...16 Lawrence A. Hough, Complex Assemblies of Soft Matter Laboratory, CNRS-Rhodia-UPenn Tuning Polymer Chemistry and Morphology to Achieve Bulk Properties that are Relevant Session A51: Colloids I: Beyond Hard Spheres……………………………………………….17 to Customer's Needs Session A53: Disordered and Glassy Systems I……………………………………………….18 Jai Pathak, Drug Delivery & Device Design Group, MedImmune LLC 11:15AM From Molten Polymers to Therapeutic Proteins in Solution – Rheology and Underlying Polymer and Colloid Physics Session B40: Focus Session: Cytoskeleton and Biomechanics - Entanglement and Tao Xie, General Motors Global Research & Development Crosslinking……………………………………………………………………….19 Teaching Polymer Memory Tricks Session B41: Lipid Bilayers and Biological Membranes……………………………………...20 Nathan Mehl, Senior Scientist, Milliken & Company Breakthrough Nucleation and Clarification of Polypropylene Session B42: Focus Session: BioChip Physics-Detection and Transport…………………….21 Russ Walters, Johnson and Johnson Company Session B43: Invited Session: Physical Mechanisms of Cell Growth………………………...21 Polymer Physics in Consumer Care Products Session B44: Focus Session: Translocation through Nanopores – Valeriy V. Ginzburg & Chris Christenson, The Dow Chemical Company Developing New Polyolefin Products Based on Polymer Physics Principles Measurements and Theoretical Models………………………………………...22 Vivek Prabhu, NIST Polymers Division Session B45: Focus Session: Thin Film Block Copolymers - Swelling and Ordering………23 Applications of neutron reflectivity for Photoresist Fundamentals Session B46: Invited Session: Industrial Applications of Advanced Azar Alizadeh, GE Global Research Block Copolymer Enabled Optoelectronic Devices and Applications Polymer-Based Nanomaterials…………………………………………………..24 David J. Lohse, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. (retired) Session B47: Focus Session: Jamming, Glass Transition, and Gelation in Colloids Developing New Polyolefin Products Based on Polymer Physics Principles and Soft Matter Systems………………………………………………………...25 Jayesh Doshi, eSPIN Technologies Problems in Polymer Physics Critical for the Commercialization of Electrospun Fibers Session B48: Electrically and Optically Active Polymers…………………………………….26 Course Organizers: Session B49: Focus Session: Long-time, Entangled Dynamics in Polymers – Dr. Christopher L. Soles, NIST Polymers Division ([email protected]) Rods, Rings, Fibers, Particle Tracking………………………………………….27 Prof. Karen I. Winey, U Penn, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering ([email protected]) Session B50: Focus Session: Nano to Mesoscale Structures in Ordered Systems: Liquid Crystalline Structure and Interactions………………………………...28 Front Cover Picture: Wrinkling of polymer surface under the stress. “Blue Spider” by Edwin Chan and Al Crosby, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Picture copyright UMass MRSEC VISUAL program Session B53: Disordered and Glassy Systems II………………………………………………29 (supported by NSF DMR-0820506). 1 2:00PM-5:00PM Session L45: Friction and Brushes……………………………………………………………..63 Session C1: Poster Session……………………………………………………………………...30 Session L46: Dillon Medal Symposium………………………………………………………..64 Session L48: Polymers and DNA Coated Colloid Particles…………………………………..65 2:30PM Session L49: Focus Session: Fluctuation-Induced Forces in Soft Matter and Session D40: Focus Session: Systems Biology and Biochemical Networks I……………….. 42 Polymeric Systems - Charge, Shape and Nucleation…………………………...66 Session D42: Focus Session: Physics of Cancer I -- Evolution and Resistance……………...42 Session D51: Liquid Crystals: Chromonics and Nematics…………………………………...43 Session L50: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics – Morphology…………....67 Session L51: Self Assembly: Mostly Colloids, Lipids and Surfactants………………………68 Tuesday Sessions 5:45PM-6:45PM DPOLY Business Meeting, Room 160ABC 8:00AM Session H40: Focus Session: Protein Association II: Aggregation and Fibril Formation….44 Wednesday Sessions Session H44: Focus Session: Nano to Mesoscale Structure in Ordered Systems: 8:00AM Liquid Crystal Topology and Defects…………………………………………..45 Session P26: Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation Across Session H45: Focus Session: Thin Film Block Copolymers - Phase Behavior………………46 Length Scales - Friction and Geometric Effects………………………………..70 Session H46: Invited Session: Polymer Physics Prize………………………………………...47 Session P40: Protein Fluctuations and Conformation Changes……………………………...71 Session H48: Polymer Gels and Solutions……………………………………………………..48 Session P41: Drops, Bubbles and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics………………………………72 Session H49: Focus Session: Fluctuation-Induced Forces in Soft Matter Session P43: Invited Session: High Content Biophysical Data for Dynamic and Polymeric Systems - Casimir and Interfacial Forces……………………..49 Studies in Cancer…………………………………………………………………73 Session H50: Polymer Melts…………………………………………………………………….50 Session P44: Focus Session: Block Copolymer Micelles and Polymersomes………………..74 Session H51: Colloids II: Crystals and Phase Transitions……………………………………51 Session P45: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Polymeric Thin Films - Surface Instabilities………75 Session H52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics – Rods…………………………………….52 Session P46: Invited Session: DNA-Programmable Particle Assembly……………………..76 11:15AM Session P47: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions, Networks, and Gels……………………....77 Session J44: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena Session P48: Focus Session: Crystallization in Single-, Multicomponent, due to Confinement I……………………………………………………………..53 and Hybrid Systems II……………………………………………………………78 Session J45: Padden Award Symposium………………………………………………………54 Session P49: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics – Session J46: Invited Session: Electrostatic Interactions in Polymeric Interfaces and Contacts…………………………………………………………..79 and Biological Systems…………………………………………………………...55 Session P50: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Session J48: Focus Session: Gelation and Glass Transition in Colloids Confinement: Glass Transition…………………………………………………..80 and Soft Matter Systems II………………………………………………………56 Session P51: Colloids III: Shear and Hydrodynamics………………………………………...81 Session J49: Focus Session: Crystallization in Single-, Multicomponent, 11:15AM and Hybrid Systems I…………………………………………………………….57 Session Q39: Focus Session: Materials and Functional Structures for Biological Session J50: Focus Session: Translocation through Nanopores – Interfaces - Micro and Nanofluidics……………………………………………82 Novel Devices and Computational Approaches………………………………...58 Session Q41: Biofluids…………………………………………………………………………..83 Session J51: Liquid Crystals: Smectic, Ferroelectric, Nanocomposites and DNA………….59 Session Q43: Invited Session: Techniques to Study Dynamic Cellular Processes Session J52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics – Plates…………………………………….60