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Notre Dame-Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers and Poster Session (2017)

Date
Sep. 16, 2017
Venue
Wilmeth Active Learning Center (RM3087)
  • more 120 registered participants
  • 11 invited speakers
  • 66 contributed poster presentations

Schedule

TimeProgram
9:00 amCheck-in
9:20 amTechnical Session 1
NoonLunch
1:30 pmTechnical Session 2
4:00 pmPoster Session
Science Forum & Tour
6:00 pmBest posters announced

The Notre Dame-Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers and Poster Session was held on Saturday, Sep, 16, 2017 at the Wilmeth Active Learning Center (RM3087) on Purdue Campus. This one-day symposium attracted more 120 registered participants with 11 invited speakers and 66 contributed poster presentations. It addressed a wide variety of topics from the general synthesis, characterization of synthetic soft materials, to their broad applications.

Eight poster awards were given out to the best poster presentations.

More Information About 2017 Symposium

The Notre Dame-Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers and Poster Session will be held on Saturday, Sep, 16, 2017 at the Wilmeth Active Learning Center (RM3087) on Purdue Campus. This one-day symposium addresses the general synthesis and characterization of synthetic soft materials and their broad applications. In addition, the symposium will include a Science Forum and Tour targeting the participation of local high school and college students/teachers.

The day’s schedule, including speakers and topics, is below.

REGISTRATION

Symposium registration is now closed.

Please register by September 1, 2017. The registration is free of charge. Foods and drinks are provided. The organizers encourage students (including first year graduate students who are seeking for research groups) who are interested in materials research to register this event as early as possible.

CALL FOR POSTERS

In addition to the talks, graduate students and post doctoral fellows are invited to showcase their research results in an afternoon poster session, where prizes will be awarded for the best posters. Please forward this call for posters to your graduate students and postdocs who may be interested in presenting a related poster. (Students or faculty will need to cover the cost of poster printing.)

Poster presenters can use the link provided above to register their attendance and poster. Please register posters by September 1, 2017.

SPONSORS

The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Notre Dame College of Science, College of Engineering, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and Center for Nano Science & Technology (NDnano); Purdue College of Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and J & K Scientific,

QUESTIONS

Please address any questions regarding registration and posters to Jianguo Mei (jgmei@purdue.edu).

Or, contact event organizers Jianguo Mei (jgmei@purdue.edu) or Haifeng Gao (hgao@nd.edu) for more information on the topics and scope of this symposium.

Wilmeth Active Learning Center is a brand-new building and marked in the map. Photo: WALC under construction.

Advanced location: (Latitude 40.4273775; Longitude: -86.913342)

Parking: University Street Parking Garage (N University St and 3rd Street), West Lafayette, IN 47907

Posters

  • Poster 1

    Shape-persistent Carbazole Macrocycles as Candidates for Self-organized Bulk Heterojunctions

    James R. Dobscha, Henry D. Castillo, Rose D. Taylor, Rachel E. Fadler, Yun Liu, John Michael Espinosa-Duran, Sibali Debnath, Yuriy V. Sereda, Krishnan Raghavachari, Peter J. Ortoleva, Steven L. Tait, Amar H. Flood

    Indiana University

  • Poster 2

    Stimuli-responsive Self-assembies of Cyanostar and Organophosphates

    Wei Zhao, Bo Qiao, and Amar H. Flood

    Indiana University

  • Poster 3

    Using Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) with Portland Cements – Effect on Rheology

    Francisco J. Montes, Tengfei Fu, William J. Weiss, Jeffrey P. Youngblood

    Purdue University

  • Poster 4

    Scalable Manufacturing of Nanoporous Membranes Using Nanoparticle-Guided Etching

    Naveen Kadasala, Mojib Saei, Taehoo Chang, Biwei Deng, Gary J. Cheng, Alexander Wei

    Purdue University

  • Poster 5

    Patterning Noncovalent Mixed Monolayers with Langmuir–Schaefer Deposition

    Jeremiah Bechtold, Tyson Davis, Shelley A. Claridge

    Purdue University

  • Poster 6

    Post-Assembly Stabilization of Rational Designed DNA Crystals

    Jiemin Zhao, Qian Li, Xiang Li, Nadrian Seeman and Chengde Mao

    Purdue University

  • Poster 7

    Solution Processed Isoindigo-based Semiconducting Nanofibers for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

    Aristide Gumyusenge, Xikang Zhao, Yan Zhao, Ge Qu, Ying Diao, and Jianguo Mei

    Purdue University

  • Poster 8

    Microlayered PET/PVDF Films: Mechano-Optical Behavior In Uniaxial Extension

    Megan Forshey, Dr. Miko Cakmak

    Purdue University

  • Poster 9

    Continuous Melt-Drawing of Highly Aligned Flexible and Stretchable Semiconducting Microfibers for Organic Electronics

    Yan Zhao, Aristide Gumyusenge, Jiazhi He, Ge Qu, William W. McNutt, Yuan Long, Hongyi Zhang, Libai Huang, Ying Diao, Jianguo Mei*

    Purdue University

  • Poster 10

    Manipulating Energy Transfer between a Photoexcited Conjugated Polymer and Open-Shell Small Molecules

    Daniel Wilcox, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Bryan Boudouris

    Purdue University

  • Poster 11

    Mechano-optical Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels

    Zeynep Mutlu, Siamak Shams Es-haghi, Mukerrem Cakmak

    Purdue University

  • Poster 12

    Cellulose Nanomaterials: Chemo-mechanical Surface Modifications and Chemical Composition Analysis

    Miran Mavlan, Reaz Chowdhury, Mehdi Shishehbor, Thora Maltais, Jeffery Youngblood, Pablo Zavattieri, Alexander Wei

    Purdue University

  • Poster 13

    Reconfiguration of DNA molecular arrays driven by information relay

    Zhe Li

    Purdue University

  • Poster 14

    Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Centimeters-Deep Photoacoustic Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Window

    Jiayingzi Wu, Liyan You, Lu Lan, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Saadia T. Chaudhry, Rui Li, Ji-Xin Cheng*, Jianguo Mei*

    Purdue University

  • Poster 15

    Programming DNA Self-assembly without Base Pairing

    Longfei Liu, Chengde Mao

    Purdue University

  • Poster 16

    Can Strand Displacement Take Place in DNA Triplex?

    Qian Li, Chengde Mao

    Purdue University

  • Poster 17

    Field Assisted Roll-to-Roll Process for Flexible Electronics

    Armen Yildirim, Siamak Shams Es-haghi, Miko Cakmak

    Purdue University

  • Poster 18

    Controlling Open-Shell Loading in Norbornene-Based Radical Polymers Modulates the Solid-State Charge Transport Exponentially

    Martha E. Hay, Si Hui Wong, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Bryan W. Boudouris

    Purdue University

  • Poster 20

    Electric-Field Alignment of Polymer Blends with Dispersed Nanoparticles for Mesoporous Reactive Membranes

    SungHo Yook, Yuanhao Guo, Miko Cakmak*

    Purdue University

  • Poster 21

    Beacon Like Aptamer Based Bio-sensors Using by Metal-enhanced Fluorescence

    Taehoo Chang, Junkai Xie, Kyle Wettschurack, Ericka Kistler, Oscar Sanchez-Medina, Chongli Yuan, Alexander Wei

    Purdue University

  • Poster 22

    Molecular Simulation Evaluation of Macromolecular Transport through Nanofiltration Membranes

    Noelia Almodovar, Bryan Boudouris, and David Corti

    Purdue University

  • Poster 23

    Surface Tension Behavior of Aqueous Solutions of a Propoxylated Surfactant and Interfacial Tension Behavior against a Crude Oil

    Jaeyub Chung, Prof. Bryan W. Boudouris, and Prof. Elias I. Franses

    Purdue University

  • Poster 24

    Varad Agarkar, Yongho Joo, Bryan W. Boudouris

    Purdue University

  • Poster 25

    Doping Effect of Radical Polymer on SWCNT Electrode

    Yongho Joo, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Bryan W. Boudouris

    Purdue University

  • Poster 26

    A Spectroscopic Probe of Noncovalent Monolayer Ordering on Layered Materials

    Shane R. Russell, Shelley A. Claridge

    Purdue University

  • Poster 27

    Mimicking Nature to Design Biodegradable Adhesives from Renewable Resources

    Heather Siebert, Courtney Jenkins, Jonathan Wilker

    Purdue University

  • Poster 28

    Dynamic-template-directed multiscale assembly for large-area coating of highly-aligned conjugated polymer thin films

    Erfan Mohammadi, Ying Diao

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Poster 29

    Modulation of polypeptide conformation through donor-acceptor transformation of side-chain hydrogen bonding ligands

    Ziyuan Song, Rachael A. Mansbach, Hua He, Ryan Baumgartner, Andrew L. Ferguson, Lichen Yin, Jianjun Cheng

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Poster 30

    Peptide-functionalized benzenetricarboxamides as supramolecular biomaterials

    Michael VandenBerg, Matthew Webber

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 32

    The Effects of Charge Patterning on Ion Transport through Charge Mosaic Membranes

    Feng Gao, Aaron Hunter, William Phillip

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 33

    Explore the Effect of Ligand on the Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers via Copper-catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (CuAAC) Polymerization of AB2 monomers

    Weiping Gan, Xiaosong Cao, Yi Shi, Lei Zou and Haifeng Gao*

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 34

    Interfacial thermal transport in boron nitride nanocomposite

    Ruimin Ma, Teng Zhang, Nuo Yang, Tengfei Luo

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 35

    Molecular Fin Effect from Heterogeneous Self-Assembled Monolayer Enhances Thermal Conductance across Hard-Soft Interfaces

    Xingfei Wei, Teng Zhang, Tengfei Luo

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 36

    High-flux, high capacity membrane adsorber platform based on block copolymer composite

    Yizhou Zhang, William A. Phillip

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 37

    rROP of MPDL: Improved Kinetics Through Miniemulsion

    Drake Neilands, Haifeng Gao

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 38

    Orthogonal Loading of Various Functional Groups onto One Hyperbranched Polymer with Layered Structure

    Xiaosong Cao, Yi Shi, Weiping Gan, Haifeng Gao

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 39

    Molecularly Well Defined Nanomedicine with Quantitative Modular Drug Loading

    Lei Zou, Matthew Webber

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 40

    Self-Assembly of Tripeptide amphiphiles and their Sequence-Dependent Nanostructures

    Jugal Kishore Sahoo, Calvin Nazareth, Michael VandenBerg, Matthew J. Webber

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 41

    Crosslinked Ionomer Films For Use As Magnesium Sulfur Battery Cathode Coatings

    Hunter O. Ford, Laura C. Merrill, Jennifer L. Schaefer

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 42

    Enhanced gas separation performance in a novel triptycene-incorporated polysulfone membrane

    Tanner Corrado, Joseph Aboki, Shuangjiang Luo, Ruilan Guo

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 43

    Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers with Post-Functionalization Specificity

    Hannah Naguib, Xiaosong Cao, Haifeng Gao

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 44

    Continuous roll-to-roll fabrication of transparent cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) coatings with controlled anisotropy

    Reaz A Chowdhury, Jeffrey Youngblood

    Purdue University

  • Poster 45

    Leaching of Organic Molecules From Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP)

    Md Nuruddin, John Howarter, Jeffrey Youngblood

    Purdue University

  • Poster 46

    Enhancing the adhesive bonding of a low-modulus, biomimetic polymer

    Amelia A. Putnam, Jonathan J. Wilker

    Purdue University

  • Poster 47

    Production of Flexible and Transparent PZT/Graphene based Piezonanogenerators (PENGs) for Self-Powered Electronics and Sensor Applications

    Armen Yildirim, Siamak Shams Es-haghi, Tingting Shen, Joerg Appenzeller, Miko Cakmak

    Purdue University

  • Poster 48

    Modulating wettability of layered materials by controlling ligand polar headgroup dynamics

    Terry A Villarreal, Shane R Russell, Jae Jin Bang, Justin K Patterson, Jacob T Brooks, Shelley A Claridge

    Purdue University

  • Poster 49

    Activated pyrene decorated graphene with enhanced performance for electrochemical energy storage

    Zijiong Li, Weiyang Zhang, Yanchun Li, and Zhen Qin

    Purdue Unversity

  • Poster 50

    Controlling Wettability of 2-D Materials Through Lateral Hydrogen Bonding Networks in Noncovalent Monolayers

    Ashlin G. Porter, Ashley M. Arcidiacono, Jae Jin Bang, Shane R. Russell, Shelley A. Claridge

    Purdue University

  • Poster 51

    Production of Flexible and Transparent PZT/Graphene based Piezonanogenerators (PENGs) for Self-Powered Electronics and Sensor Applications

    Armen Yildirim, Siamak Shams Es- Haghi, Tingting Shen, Joerg Appenzeller, Miko Cakmak

    Purdue University

  • Poster 52

    Investigating mechanisms of Langmuir-Schaefer transfer for controlled assembly of amphiphiles on layered materials

    Jae JIn Bang, Tyson C. Davis, Shelley A. Claridge

    Purdue University

  • Poster 53

    Phosphate-templated Rotaxanes Towards Molecular Machines

    Rachel E. Fadler, Bo Qiao, Niklas F. König, Jean-François Lutz, Abhishek Singharoy, Amar H. Flood

    Indiana University

  • Poster 54

    Polyethylene/Graphene Nanocomposite Film with Superior Mechanical Strength

    Junlong Yang, Tengfei Luo

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 55

    New Macromolecular Design of PEO-rich Membranes for CO2-selective gas separations

    Gregory K. Kline, Jennifer R. Weidman, Qinnan Zhang, and Ruilan Guo

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 56

    Higher-order assembly of coiled-coil trimers into banded microstructures

    Monessha Nambiar, Li-Sheng Wang, Jean Chmielewski

    Purdue University

  • Poster 57

    Advanced Micro-Force Sensing Mobile Microrobots with polymeric-based compliant structures for mechanobiological studies and theranostics

    Maria Guix, Jianxiong Wang, Ze An, Benjamin V. Johnson, David Cappelleri

    Purdue University

  • Poster 58

    Linear Viscoelastic Relaxation For Crosslinked Polymer Network Above Glass Transition

    Yelin Ni, Grigori A. Medvedev, James M. Caruthers

    Purdue University

  • Poster 59

    Understanding Interfacial Alignment in Solution Coated Conjugated Polymer Thin Films

    Ge Qu, Xikang Zhao, Gregory M. Newbloom, Fengjiao Zhang, Erfan Mohammadi, Joseph W. Strzalka, Lilo D. Pozzo, Jianguo Mei , Ying Diao

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Poster 61

    Development of Inhibitor Modified Affinity Capture Grids for High Resolution Single Particle Reconstruction Analysis of p97

    Md Rejaul Hoq, Advisor: David H. Thompson

    Purdue University

  • Poster 62

    Luminescence of lanthanide(III) coordination polymers induced by UV irradiation and mechanical force

    Yuichi Hirai, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yuichi Kitagawa, Koji Fushimi, Yasuchika Hasegawa

    University of Notre Dame

  • Poster 63

    Mechanophore Activation in a Cross-Linked Polymer Matrix via Instrumented Scratch

    Chelsea Davis

    Purdue University

  • Poster 64

    Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides Using β-Diiminate Zinc Catalyst

    Ruibo Wang

    UIUC

  • Poster 65

    Tunable green electrochromic polymers via C-H activation

    Liyan You, Jiazhi He, Jianguo Mei*

    Purdue University

  • Poster 66

    Organic Semiconductors with Urethane Crosslinkers for Enhanced Stretchability

    Nathan Ging-Ji Wang, Hung-Chin Wu, Hongyi Zhang, Andrea Gasperini, Toru Katsumata, Leo Shaw and Zhenan Bao

    Stanford

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