[UCI-Calit2] Symposium on Relaxation and Fracture in Polymer Solids: Call for Abstracts

[Anna Lynn SPITZER]

A division of the American Chemical Society will pay tribute to Albert
Yee, Calit2 Irvine division director, with a symposium in his honor at
the society's 230th national conference, August 28-Sept.1, in
Washington, D.C. (http://ptc.tamu.edu/acs.htm)

 

The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering division of the ACS is
sponsoring the Symposium on Relaxation and Fracture in Polymer Solids to
mark Yee's 60th birthday and honor his contributions to the fields of
polymer science and engineering. The symposium will address the
fundamental mechanisms that govern the physical and mechanical responses
of polymeric solids, with an emphasis on modifying or designing the
material on the molecular, micro- and macro-structural scales to enhance
physical properties.

 

Contributed papers that exemplify similar research interests are
welcome; abstracts must be submitted by April 25, 2005 to
http://oasys.acs.org/oasys.htm. 

 

Topics of special interest include: 

* Viscoelastic relaxations

* Cooperative molecular motions

* Toughening, fracture and yield mechanisms

* Molecular design for mechanical response

* Diffusion and transport in polymers and composites

* Durability and fatigue

* Positron annihilation in glassy polymers

* Nanoporous materials

* Mechanics of nano-structured materials

* Thin polymer films

* Nanoimprint lithography, patterning and nanoassembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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