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Open Questions that can Bridge Intermolecular Interactions and Macroscopic Wetting/Dewetting
E.S. Petek and R. Katsumata*, “Open Questions that can Bridge Intermolecular Interactions and Macroscopic Wetting/Dewetting Behaviors of...
Reika
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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Thickness Dependence of Contact Angles in Multilayered Ultrathin Polymer Films
E.S. Petek and R. Katsumata*, “Thickness Dependence of Contact Angles in Multilayered Ultrathin Polymer Films,” Macromolecules 55, 17,...
Reika
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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A Hidden Relaxation Process in Poly(2-vinylpyridine) Homopolymers, Copolymers, and Nanocomposites
W.W. Young, H. Tabuchi, R. Iguchi, T. Konishi, K. Fukao*, and R. Katsumata*, “A Hidden Relaxation Process in Poly(2-vinylpyridine)...
Reika
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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Relating Degree of Nanofiller Functionality to Glass Transition Temperature and Structure in a Polym
W.W. Young,+ R. Shi+, X.-M. Jia+, H.-J. Qian*, and R. Katsumata*, “Relating Degree of Nanofiller Functionality to Glass Transition...
Reika
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Rationalizing the Composition Dependence of Glass Transition Temperatures in Amorphous Polymer/POSS
W. Young, J. Saez, and R. Katsumata*, “Rationalizing the Composition Dependence of Glass Transition Temperatures in Amorphous...
Reika
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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Wetting Transparency of Ultrathin Polymer Films
Fundamental science question: Scientists can predict wetting, or how a liquid drop will act on a material: how it bubbles up or spreads...
Reika
Sep 24, 20212 min read
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Electronic Tuning of Monolayer Graphene with Polymeric “Zwitterists”
J.N. Pagaduan, N. Hight-Huf, A. Datar, M. Barnes, D. Naveh, A. Ramasubramaniam*, R. Katsumata*, and T. Emrick*, “Electronic Tuning of...
Reika
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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Glass transition and in-plane self-diffusion of unentangled polymer melt under nanoconfinement
R. Katsumata, A.R. Dulaney, C.B. Kim, and C.J. Ellison*, “Glass transition and in-plane self-diffusion of unentangled polymer melt...
Reika
Sep 1, 20181 min read
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Fabrication of graphene nanoribbons by wetting transparency-assisted block copolymer lithography
R. Katsumata, M. N. Yogeesh, H. Wong, S.X. Zhou, S.M. Sirard, T. Huang, R.D. Piner, Z. Wu, W. Li, A.L. Lee, M.C. Carlson, M.J. Maher, D....
Reika
Aug 1, 20171 min read
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Conflicting confinement effects on the Tg, diffusivity and effective viscosity of polymer films
K. Geng, R. Katsumata, X. Yu, H. Ha, A.R. Dulaney, C.J. Ellison, and O.K.C. Tsui*, “Conflicting confinement effects on the Tg,...
Reika
Jan 1, 20171 min read
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