Assessing dynamics of complex polymer architectures and dynamic covalent bonding schemes

Michael Toomey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Decoupled main-chain backbone and sticky-group dynamics in associating comb polymer by dielectric spectroscopy

Chien-Hua Tu, University of Pennsylvania, USA 

Leveraging living copolymerizations to tailor architecture and fracture properties of polymer networks

Aaliyah Z. Dookhith, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Linking polymer architecture to bubble shape in LDPE film blowing through multistage modeling

Zhiqiang Shen, University of Michigan, USA 

Predicting the toughness of compatibilized polymer blends

Robert J. S. Ivancic, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Investigating chain dynamics of dispersed polymer melts from coarse-grained molecular dynamics

Taofeek Tejuosho, University of Florida, USA

Predicting phase behaviour of polymer electrolytes using coarse-grained molecular simulation

Ganesh Kumar Rajahmundry, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India

Data-driven identification and analysis of the glass transition in polymer melts

Atreyee Banerjee, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research-Mainz, Germany

Transport of tracer particle in flowing semidilute polymer solutions 

Neha Tyagi, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

Uncovering the role of domain size in the coupling of dynamics across a polymer-polymer interface

Alexander Couturier, Emory University Department of Physics, USA

Crowding induced switching of polymer translocation by the amalgamation of entropy and osmotic pressure Vrinda Garg, National Institute of Technology-Warangal, India

Chain length and amino acid composition dependence of coil-globule transition in intrinsically disordered proteins

Lipika Baidya, Indian Institute of Science, India

Exploring the conformations of polyampholyte necklaces: From charge-in-beads to charge-in-strings and hierarchical structures

Yiheng Wu, University of Chicago, USA

Passive particle transport using a transversely propelling polymer "sweeper"

K R Pratyusha, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Block polyelectrolytes scaffolds for underwater injection and bioadhesion

Fahed Albreiki, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Self-assembly and degradation of protein-polyelectrolyte complex hydrogels

Holly Senebandith, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Effects of sequence charge spacing on polyelectrolyte conformation: A single-molecule study on polypeptoids

Frank Truong, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Rigidity effects on charge driven self-assembly of poly-electrolyte grafted nanoparticles

Rajesh Pavan Pothukuchi, Indian Institute of Science, India

Confinement and polymer crystallinity

Shreyas Pathreeker, University of Pennsylvania, USA

A particle-based model for studying chiral frustration in chiral block copolymer systems

Natalie Buchanan, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Conformational entropy strikes again

Navid Afrasiabian, Western University, Canada