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    • Experiments and Modeling of Flow-Enhanced Nucleation in LLDPE 

      Nicholson, David A; Andreev, Marat; Kearns, Kenneth L; Chyasnavichyus, Marius; Monaenkova, Daria; e.a. (American Chemical Society, 2022-08-23)
      A computational and experimental framework for quantifying flow-enhanced nucleation (FEN) in polymers is presented and demonstrated for an industrial-grade linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). Experimentally, kinetic ...

    • Statistics of Gaussian polymer chains in harmonic applied fields 

      Mikhail, John P; Rutledge, Gregory C (IOP Publishing, 2024-05-29)
      The model of an ideal polymer chain in a harmonic applied field has broad applicability in situations involving polymer confinement and deformation due to applied stress. In this work we (1) formulate a general analytical ...

    • Development of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Aerosol Filter Media for Respiratory Personal Protective Equipment 

      Ewell, Nathan; Lee, Jeonyoon; Mulherin, Kristen; Rutledge, Gregory C (American Chemical Society, 2024-04-15)
      The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE) as a means of reducing the spread of disease via aerosolized droplets. For years, N95-type filtering facepiece respirators ...