NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory - Polymers Division Staff- Steven Hudson

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	Polymers Main Page > Staff Directory > Detail.. Steven D. Hudson , Ph.D.
	Physical Scientist Processing Characterization
	Phone:	(301) 975-6579
	Fax:	(301) 975-4924
	Email:	steven.hudson@nist.gov
	Mail:	8544

	Research Interests keywords: polymeric surfactant and interfacial dynamics, droplet coalescence, self-assembly, liquid crystals, nanocomposites, biomaterials, electron microscopy, 3D electron microscopy. Please see project webpage for information on current activities. Professional Background 2001- Staff Member, Characterization and Measurement, Polymers Division National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 2002- Adjunct Professor, Dept. Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1999-2001 Associate Professor, Dept. Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1993-1999 Assistant Professor, Dept. Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1995 - 2000 Adjunct Professor, Dept. Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 1990 - 1993 Postdoctoral Associate with Dr. Andrew J. Lovinger and Prof. Ronald G. Larson, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 1990 Ph. D. with Prof. Edwin L . Thomas, Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1983 - 1985 Microelectronics Process Development Engineer, Codenoll Technology Corporation, Yonkers, NY 1983 B. S., Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Selected Publications "Wall migration and shear-induced diffusion of fluid droplets," S. D. Hudson, Phys.Fluids, in press (2003). "The effect of surfactant on the efficiency of shear-induced drop coalescence," S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, B. E. Burkhart, J.Coll.Interf.Sci., in review. "Self-organization of supramolecular helical dendrimers into complex electronic materials," V.Percec, M.Glodde, T.K.Bera, Y.Miura, I.Shiyanovskaya, K.D.Singer, V.S.K.Balagurusamy, P.A.Heiney, I.Schnell, A.Rapp, H.W.Spiess, S.D.Hudson, H.Duan, Nature, 419 (6905), 384-387 (2002). Layered Droplet Microstructures in Sheared Emulsions: Finite-Size Effects, J. A. Pathak, M.C. Davis, S. D. Hudson, and K. B. Migler, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 255 (2), 391-402 (2002). "Elastic Properties of Hexagonal Columnar Mesophase Self-Organized from Amphiphilic Supramolecular Columns," Jung, H.-T., Kim, S. O., Hudson, S. D., and Percec, V., Applied Physics Letter, 80 395 (2002). Definitive support by transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction and electron density calculations for the formation of a BCC lattice from poly(n-[3,4,5,-tris(n-dodecan-1-yloxy)benzoyl]ethyleneimine), H. Duan, S. D. Hudson, G. Ungar, M. N. Holerca and V. Percec, Chem. Eur. J. 7, 4134-4141 (2001). "Droplet growth by coalescence in binary fluid mixtures," Burkhart, B. E., Gopalkrishnan, P. V., Hudson, S. D., Jamieson, A. M., Rother, M. A., and Davis, R. H., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 098304 (2001). "Poly(oxazolines)s with Tapered Minidendritic Side Groups. The Simplest Cylindrical Models to Investigate the Formation of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Order by Direct Visualization, V. Percec, M. N. Holerca, S. N. Magonov, D. J. P. Yeardley and G. Ungar, H. Duan and S. D. Hudson, Biomacromolecules 2, 706-728 (2001). "Catastrophic emulsification of epoxy resin using pluronic block copolymers: Preinversion behavior," J. R. Xu, A. M. Jamieson, S. Qutubuddin, P. V. Gopalkrishnan, S. D. Hudson, Langmuir 17, 1310-1313 (2001). "Influence of a block copolymer on flow-induced phase-inverted morphology of an immiscible blend," J. R. Kim, S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, I. Manas-Zloczower, H. Ishida, Polymer 42, 4281-4288 (2001). "Influence of segmental swelling of an asymmetric block copolymer on the morphology of melt-mixed immiscible polymer blends," J. R. Kim, S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, I. Manas-Zloczower, H. Ishida, Polymer 41, 9163-9168 (2000). Shear-induced droplet coalescence in immiscible fluid mixtures, S. D. Hudson, B. E. Burkhart, P. V. Gopalkrishnan, A. M. Jamieson, I. Manas-Zloczower, 13th International Congress on Rheology, Cambridge, UK (British Soc. Rheol., 2000) 2, 88-90. "Temporary droplet-size hysteresis in immiscible polymer blends" A. J. Ramic, S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, I. Manas-Zloczower, Polymer 41, 6263-6270 (2000). "Investigation of molecular orientation in melt-spun high acrylonitrile fibers," J. A. Davidson, H. T. Jung, S. D. Hudson, S. Percec, Polymer 41, 3357-3364 (2000). "Polarized infrared study of a polymer network deformation in a nematic liquid crystal host," C. D. Hoke, J. F. Li, Y. H. Lin, L. C. Chien, P. J. Bos, S. D. Hudson, J. L. Koenig, Liquid Crystals 27, 359-363 (2000). "Influence of block copolymer on droplet breakup and coalescence in model immiscible polymer blends," A. J. Ramic, S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, I. Manas-Zloczower, Macromolecules 33, 371-374 (2000). " Morphology and Properties of Blends Containing Block Copolymers," S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, Chapter 15 of Polymer Blends: Formulation and Performance, edited by D. R. Paul and C. B. Bucknall, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2000). Grain Boundaries and Stacking Faults in a Pm3n Cubic Mesophase, S. D. Hudson, H. T. Jung, P. Kewsuwan, V. Percec and W.-D. Cho, Liq. Cryst. 26, 1493-1499 (1999). "Morphology of polymer/silicate nanocomposites - High density polyethylene and a nitrile copolymer," H. G. Jeon, H. T. Jung, S. W. Lee, S. D. Hudson, Polymer Bulletin 41, 107-113 (1998). "Influence of exothermic interaction on the morphology and droplet coalescence of melt-mixed immiscible polymer blends containing a block copolymer," J. R. Kim, A. M. Jamieson, S. D. Hudson, I. Manas-Zloczower, H. Ishida, Macromolecules 31, 5383-5390 (1998). "Morphology of diacrylate copolymer networks formed in liquid crystalline media," C. V. Rajaram, S. D. Hudson, L. C. Chien, Polymer 39, 5315-5319 (1998). "High-resolution transmission electron microscopy of liquid crystalline polymers," S. D. Hudson, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interf. Sci. 3, 125-130 (1998). "High Resolution Electron Microscopic Investigation of the Frustrated Packing of a Semiflexible Liquid Crystalline Polyester," H.-T. Jung, S. D. Hudson, R. W. Lenz, Macromolecules 31, 637-643 (1998). "Direct Visualization of Individual Cylindrical and Spherical Supramolecular Dendrimers," S. D. Hudson, H.-T. Jung, V. Percec, W.-D. Cho, G. Johansson, G. Ungar, V. S. K. Balagurusamy, Science 278, 449-452 (1997). "Effect of Polymerization Temperature on the Morphology and Electro-Optic Properties of Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals," C. V. Rajaram, S. D. Hudson, L. C. Chien, Chem. Mater. 8, 2451 (1996). "Morphology of Polymer Networks Polymerized in Highly-Ordered Liquid Crystalline Phases," D. S. Muzic, C. V. Rajaram, L. C. Chien, S. D. Hudson, Polym. Adv. Tech. 7, 737 (1996). "The Effect of Exothermic Interfacial Mixing on the Interfacial Activity of a Block Copolymer," A. Adedeji, S. D. Hudson, A. M. Jamieson, Macromolecules 29, 2449 (1996). "Defect-Mediated Rheology of Block Copolymers," S. D. Hudson, K. R. Amundson, H. G. Jeon, S. D. Smith, MRS Bulletin 20(9), 42 (1995). "Phase Inversion in Compatibilized Immiscible Polymer Blends with Exothermic Interfacial Mixing," A. Adedeji, A. M. Jamieson, S. D. Hudson, Macromolecules 28, 5255 (1995). "Relationship Between Mesophase and Semicrystalline Morphology in Smectic Liquid-Crystalline Polymers," S. D. Hudson, A. J. Lovinger, M. A. Gomez, J. Lorente, C. Marco and J. G. Fatou, Macromolecules 27, 3357 (1994). "Detection of Nematic-Smectic Phase Transition in a Semiflexible Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer," S. D. Hudson, A. J. Lovinger, R. G. Larson, D. D. Davis, R. O. Garay, and K. Fujishiro, Macromolecules 26, 5643 (1993). "Monte Carlo Simulation of a Disclination Core in Nematic Solutions of Rod-Like Molecules," Steven D. Hudson and Ronald G. Larson, Phys.Rev.Lett. 70, 2916 (1993). "Disclination Core Structure in Rigid and Semi-Flexible Main Chain Polymer Nematic Liquid Crystals," S. D. Hudson, J. W. Fleming, E. Gholz and E. L. Thomas, Macromolecules 26, 1270 (1993). "Tranmission Electron Microscopic Investigation of the Morphology of a Poly(hydroxybenzoate-co-hydroxynapthoate) Liquid Crystal Polymer." Steven D. Hudson and Andrew J. Lovinger, Polymer 34, 1123 (1993). "Semicrystalline Morphology of Poly(Aryl Ether Ether Ketone)/ Poly(Ether Imide) Blends," Steven D. Hudson, Donald D. Davis, and Andrew J. Lovinger, Macromolecules 25, 1759 (1992). "High Temperature Crystallization and Morphology of Poly(Aryl Ether Ether Ketone) (PEEK)," Andrew J. Lovinger, Steven D. Hudson, and Donald D. Davis, Macromolecules 25, 1752 (1992). "Disclination Interaction in an Applied Field: Stabilization of the Lehmann Cluster," Steven D. Hudson and Edwin L. Thomas, Phys.Rev.A 44(12), 8128 (1991). "Frank Elastic-Constant Anisotropy Measured from Transmission-Electron-Microscope Images of Disclinations," Steven D. Hudson and Edwin L. Thomas, Phys.Rev.Lett. 62, 1993 (1989). Mailing Address National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Dr. Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8544




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