Session: Polymer Synthesis and Functionalization Of Polymers (Spring 185th Technical Meeting)

Polymer Synthesis and Functionalization Of Polymers

Wednesday, March 26, 2014: 8:15 AM-4:15 PM

Co-chairs:

Roderic P. Quirk, Institute of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron , Sergio Corona Galvan, Dr., Dynasol Elastomers and Rudolf Faust, University of Massachusetts Lowell

8:15 AM

Polymer Electrolyte Membrane with Nanomatrix Channel Prepared By Sulfonation of Natural Rubber Grafted with Polystyrene

Yoshimasa Yamamoto¹, Noriyuki Kado², Mitsuaki Tokuda², Patjaree Suksawad² and Seiichi Kawahara², (1)Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo National College of Technology, Hachioji, Japan, (2)Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan

8:45 AM

In-Chain Functionalized Polybutadiene

Tang Wong, Ph.D., Global Materials Science, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH

9:15 AM

Influence of SSBR Microstructure on Silica Mixing & Compound Performance

Judy E. Douglas, Ph.D.¹, Howard Colvin, PhD², Hintendra Singh, Ph.D.², Matthew Snider³, Norbert Steinhauser, Ph.D.⁴, Dave Hardy⁴ and Thomas Gross, Ph.D.⁵, (1)Performance Butadiene Rubber (PBR), Technical Marketing, LANXESS Corporation, Orange, TX, (2)Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Findlay, OH, (3)Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, OH, (4)LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany, (5)Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany

9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

Well-Defined Polyethylenes and Polyethylene-Based Block Copolymers By Anionic Polymerization and Polyhomologation

Nikos Hadjichristidis, Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

10:30 AM

Practical Anionic Synthesis of in-Chain Functional Polymers By Homo- and Copolymerization of P- Dimethylsilylstyrene with Styrene

Roderic P. Quirk¹, Sergio Corona-Galván², Diana Martínez-Wichtel³, Jonathan Janoski⁴ and Sumana Roy Chowdhury⁴, (1)Department of Polymer Science, Institute of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, (2)Dynasol Elastómeros, Madrid, Spain, (3)Centro de Tecnología de Repsol, Madrid, Spain, (4)Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

11:00 AM

B&A Meeting/Lunch

1:00 PM

Two-State’ Living Coordination Polymerization for the Scalable Production of Precision Polyolefins

Lawrence R. Sita, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

1:30 PM

Effects of Catalyst Concentration on the Structure, Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Polyisobutylene-based Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

Rudolf Faust, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

2:00 PM

Design, Synthesis and Properties of All-Bio-Based and Processable Elastomer from Epoxidized Soybean Oil

Zhao Wang, Doctor, Chaoyang district, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China and Liqun Zhang, Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China