Publications

09/2003-present

  1. Chenggang Chen; David Curliss. "Processing and Morphology Development   of Montomorillonite Epoxy Nanocomposites", Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, 643-648 (2003). 

  2. Chenggang Chen; David Curliss. "Preparation, Characterization and Nanostructural Evolution of Epoxy Nanocomposites", Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences, 90 (8), 2276-2287(2003). 

  3. Hui Xu; B. Seyhan Ince; Peggy Cebe.  “Development of Crystallinity and Rigid Amorphous Fraction in Cold-Crystallized Isotactic Polystyrene.” J. Poly. Sci., Poly. Phys. Ed., 41(23), 3026-3036 (2003).

  4. M.M. Malwitz; S. Lin-Gibson; E.K. Hobbie; P.D. Butler; G. Schmidt. "Orientation of Platelets in Multilayered Nanocomposite Polymer Films", Journal of Polymer Science, Part B, 41, 3237-3248 (2003). 

  5. Xu, S.; J. Gu; Leepo C. Yu. “Structure of the thick filament reacted with BTS (N-benzyl-p-toluene sulphonamide) in skinned rabbit psoas muscle fibers”. Biophys. J., 84:562a (2003).

  6. Gu, J.; S. Xu; K. Wang; L. C. Yu.  “X-ray diffraction and structural modeling of the broad Z-bands of type 1 sonic muscle of
    Midshipman fish”.  Biophys. J., 84:561a (2003).

  7. Martyn, D.; Bishow B.; J. Gu;  S. Xu; M. Regnier; L. C. Yu. “Myofilament lattice and length dependence of equatorial X-ray reflections and stiffness in relaxed, skinned cardiac muscle”.  Biophys. J., 84:240a (2003).

  8. Yu, L.C.; S. Xu; J. Gu; H. White; G. Offer; “Helical order in myosin filaments and evidence for one ligand inducing multiple myosin conformations" in Adv. in Exp. Med. and Biol., 538, 305-316(2003).

  9. Ran, S.; Dufei, F.; Toki, S.; Hsiao, B. S.; Chu, B.; “Combination of Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray diffraction for in-situ study of iPP fibers under deformation”, Polymeric materials Science and Engineering, 83, 322(2003).

  10. Tosaka, M.; Murakami S.; Poompradub, S.; Kohjiya, S.; Ikeda, Y.; Toki, S.; Sics, I.; Hsiao, B. S.. “Orientation and Crystallization of Natural rubber networks as revealed by WAXD using Synchrotron Radiation”.  Macromolecules 37(9), (3299-3309)(2003).

  11. Sevegney, M. S.; Parthasarthy, G.; Kannan, R. M.; Thurman, D. W.; Fernandez-Ballester, L., “Deformation-Induced Morphology Changes and Orientation Behavior in Syndiotactic Polypropylene” Macromolecules, 36(17), 6472-6483(2003).

  12. Nie, H.; Bansil, R.; Ludwig, K.; Steinhart, M.; Konak, C.; Bang, J., “Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study of the Kinetics of Disorder-Order Transition in a Triblock Copolymer in a Selective Solvent for the Middle Block”, Macromolecules, 36(21); 8097-8106(2003).

  13. Cohen, Y.; Thomas, E. L.“Effect of Defects on the Response of a Layered Block Copolymer to Perpendicular Deformation: One-Dimensional Necking”, Macromolecule, 36(14); 5265-5270(2003).

  14. Zong, X.; Ran, S.; Kim, K.-S.; Fang, D.; Hsiao, B. S.; Chu, B., “Structure and Morphology Changes during in Vitro Degradation of Electrospun Poly(glycolide-co-lactide) Nanofiber Membrane:, Biomacromolecules, 4(2), 416-423(2003).

  15. Floudas, G.; Papadopoulos, P.; Klok, H.-A.; Vandermeulen, G. W. M.; Rodriguez-Hernandez, J., “Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Poly( -benzyl-L-glutamate)-Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly( -benzyl-L-glutamate) Rod-Coil-Rod Triblock Copolymers” Macromolecule,36(10), 3673-3683(2003).

  16. Jaedong, Cho; Stephen, Baratian; Jangsoon Kim; Fengji, Yeh; Benjamin S. Hsiao; James, Runt, “Crystallization and structure formation of poly( Image-lactide-co-meso-lactide) random copolymers: a time-resolved wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering study”, Polymer, 44(3), 711-717( 2003).

  17. Rong-Ming Ho; Chun-Cheng Chang; Tsai-Ming Chung; Yeo-Wan Chiang; Jeng-Yue Wu, “Competition between microphase separation and crystallization in self-assembly sPS/PS-PEP blends”Polymer, 44(5), 1459-1467(2003).

  18. Chenggang, Chen; Mohammad, Khobaib; David, Curliss, “Epoxy layered-silicate nanocomposites” Progress in Organic Coatings, 47(3-4), 376-383(2003).

  19. Li-Ming Zhang; Christopher, Jahns; Benjamin S. Hsiao; Benjamin Chu, “Synchrotron SAXS/WAXD and rheological studies of clay suspensions in silicone fluid”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,266(2), Pages 339-345(2003).

  20. Go, Matsuba; Katsumi, Shimizu; Howard, Wang; Zhigang Wang; Charles C. Han, “Kinetics of phase separation and crystallization in poly(ethylene-ran-hexene) and poly(ethylene-ran-octene)” Polymer, 44(24), 7459-7465(2003).

  21. C. Y. Li; K. K. Tenneti; D. Zhang; H. Zhang; X. Wan; E. Chen; Q. Zhou; C. Avila-Orta; S. Igos; B. Hsiao.  “Hierarchical assembly of a series of rod-coil block copolymers: supramolecular LC phase in nanoenvironment”, Macromolecules, 37(8), 2854-2860(2004). 

  22. Huang, Ping; Zhu, Lei; Guo, Ya; Ge, Qing; Jing, Alexander J.; Chen, William Y.; Quirk, Roderic P.; Cheng, Stephen Z. D.; Thomas, Edwin L.; Lotz, Bernard; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Avila-Orta, Carlos A.; Sics, Igors. “Confinement Size Effect on Crystal Orientation Changes of Poly(ethylene oxide) Blocks in Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene Diblock Copolymers”, Macromolecules,  37(10),  3689-3698 (2004). 

  23. Peggy Cebe; James Runt.  “P(VDF-TrFE)–Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: 1. X-ray Scattering and Thermal Analysis Study.”  Polymer, 45(6), 1923-1932 (2004).

  24. Baskaran Natesan; Hui Xu, B. Seyhan Ince; Peggy Cebe.  “Molecular Relaxation of Isotactic Polystyrene: Real-Time Dielectric Spectroscopy and X-ray Scattering Studies”,  J. Poly. Sci., Poly. Phys. Ed., 42(5), 777-789 (2004)

  25. Regina Valluzzi; David Kaplan; Peggy Cebe.  “Smectic Liquid Crystallinity and the Origins of Tissue Structure.”  PNAS, in review 05/04.

  26. George Georgiev; Nathan Gilfoy; Peggy Cebe; Malcolm Capel.  “Phase Transitions and Structural Parameters of HIQ-40 Liquid Crystalline Co-Polyester.”   Polymer, 45(10), 3429-3440 (2004)

  27. Hui Xu; Peggy Cebe.  “Effect of Quasi-isothermal Temperature Modulated Calorimetry on Structure of Isotactic Polystyrene.” To be submitted, J. Polym. Sci. Part B, Polym. Phys., 09/04

  28. George Georgiev; Peggy Cebe; Malcolm Capel.  “Effects of Nematic Polymer Liquid Crystal on Crystallization and Structure of PET/Vectra Blends.” To be submitted, Polymer,  09/04

  29. Peggy Cebe; James Runt.  “P(VDF-TrFE)–Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: 2. X-ray Scattering and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy.”  To be submitted to Polymer, 09/2004

  30. S. Lin-Gibson; G. Schmidt; H. Kim; C. C. Han; E. K. Hobbie. "Shear-induced microstructural orientation in polymer-clay nanocomposite solutions", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2004, 274, 515-525

  31. S. Toki; I. Sics; B. Hsiao; S. Murakami; M. Tosaka; S. Poompradub; S. Kohjiya; Y. Ikeda. "Structural Developments in Synthetic Rubbers during Uniaxial Deformation by In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction",
    J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 42(6), 956-964 (2004).

  32. M. Tosaka; S. Murakami; S. Poompradub; S. Kohjiya; Y. Ikeda; S. Toki; I. Sics; B. Hsiao, "Orientation and Crystallization of Natural Rubber Network as Revealed by WAXD using Synchrotron Radiation", Macromolecules, 37(9), 3299-3309 (2004).

  33. M. Tosaka; S. Kohjiya; S. Murakami; S. Poompradub; Y. Ikeda; S Toki; I. Sics; B. Hsiao. "Effect of Network-chain Length on Strain-induced Crystallization of NR and IR Vulcanizates", Rubber Chem. Technol., in press

  34. Martyn, D.; B. Adhikari; M. Regnier; J. Gu;  S. Xu; L. C. Yu. “Response of equatorial X-ray reflections and stiffness to altered sarcomere length and myofilament lattice spacing in relaxed, skinned cardiac muscle”, Biophys. J. 86:1002(2004).

  35. Xu, S.; J. Gu;  L. C. Yu; H. White. “BDM promotes the disorder to order transition in thick filaments”, Biophys. J., 86:213a (2004)

  36. Gu J., S. Xu, , B. Belknap, H. White; L. C. Yu. “Binding of myosin.ADP.Pi to actin improves the regularity of the thick filament helix”, Biophys. J., 86:567a (2004).

  37. A. I. Norman; J. T. Cabral; D. L. Jo; E. J. Amis; A. Karim. “Scattering methods applied to high throughput materials science”, ACS Poly. Mater.: Sci. Eng., 90, 339 (2004).

  38. A. I. Norman; J. T. Cabral; A. Karim; E. J. Amis. “Scattering measurements applied to high throughput materials science research”,  Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 25, 307 (2004).

  39. Martyn, D.A.; B.B. Adhikari; M. Regnier; J. Gu; S. Xu; L.C.Yu. “Response of Equatorial X-Ray Reflections and Stiffness to Altered Sarcomere Length and Myofilament Lattice Spacing in Relaxed Skinned Cardiac Muscle”, Biophys. J. 86:1002-1011 (2004)

  40. Sun, L.; Zhu, L.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Xue, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I.; Cantino, M. E.  "Comparison of crystallization kinetics in various nanoconfined geometries", Polymer , 45, 2931-2939 (2004)

  41. Sun, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, L.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A., "Path-dependent melting in a low molecular weight polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers",  Macromol. Rapid Comm., 25, 853-857 (2004)

  42. Ouyang, J.; Zhou, S.; Wang, F.; Goh, S. H.; “Structures and Properties of Supramolecular Assembled Fullerenol/Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Nanocomposites”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 108(19), 5937-5943 (2004).  

  43. Zhou, S.; Liang, D.; Burger, C.; Yeh, F.; Chu, B.; “Nanostructures of Complexes Formed by Calf Thymus DNA Interacting with Cationic Surfactants”, Biomacromolecules, 5(4), 1256-1261(2004).  

  44. Zhou, S.; Burger, C.; Chu, B.;  “Supramolecular Structures of Polyethylenimine-Sodium Alkyl Sulfate Complexes”, J. Phys. Chem.B., 108(30), 10819-10824( 2004)

  45. Kumaraswamy G.; Verma, R.K.; Kornfield J.A.; Yeh F.J.; Hsiao B.S.; “Shear-enhanced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene. 4. In-situ Synchrotron SAXS and WAXD”, submitted to Macromolecules

  46. Ling Yang; Rajesh H. Somani; Igors Scis; Benjamin S. Hsiao; Rainer Kolb; Hitesh Fruitwala; Christine Ong. “Shear-Induced Crystallization Precursor Studies in Model Polyethylene Blends by In Situ Rheo-SAXS and
    Rheo-WAXD”, Macromolecules, 37 (13), 4845-4859(2004)

  47. Toki, S.; Sics, I.; Ran,S.; Liu, L.; Hsiao B. S.; Murakami S.; Tosaka M.; Kohjiya S Poompradub, S.; Ikeda Y.; Tsou A. H.. “ Strain-induced Molecular Orientation and Crystallization in Natural and Synthetic Rubbers under Uniaxial Deformation by In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray study”. Rubber and Chem. Tech., in print (2004)

  48. Poompradub, S.; Tosaka, M.; Kohjiya, S.; Ikeda, Y.; Toki, S.; Sics, I.; Hsiao, B. S.. “Lattice Deformation of Strain-induced crystallites in Carbon-filled Natural Rubber” Chemistry Letters, 33, 220(2004).

  49. Lincoln, D. M.; Vaia, R. A.; Krishnamoorti, R.; “Isothermal Crystallization of Nylon-6/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites”, Macromolecules, 37(12), 4554-4561(2004).

  50. Kumaraswamy G., Verma, R.K., Kornfield J.A., Yeh F.J., Hsiao B.S., “Shear-enhanced crystallization in isotactic polypropylene. 4. In-situ Synchrotron SAXS and WAXD”, submitted to MACROMOLECULES

  51. Park, Soo-Young; Koerner, Hilmar; Putthanarat, S.; Ozisik, Rahmi; Juhl, Shane; Farmer, B.L.; Eby, R.K., “Structure of poly (p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) (PBZO) and poly (p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) (PBZT) for proton exchange membranes (PEMs) in fuel cells”, POLYMER, 45 (1), 49-59(2004).

  52. Vaia R.A., Liu W.D., “Koerner H Analysis of small-angle scattering of suspensions of organically modified montmorillonite: Implications to phase behavior of polymer nanocomposites”,  JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS, 41 (24), 3214-3236(2004).

  53. Ho, R.-M.; Lin, F.-H.; Tsai, C.-C.; Lin, C.-C.; Ko, B.-T.; Hsiao, B. S.; Sics, I.,”Crystallization-Induced Undulated Morphology in Polystyrene-b-Poly(L-lactide) Block Copolymer”, Macromolecules, 37(16), 5985-5994(2004).

  54. Gelfer, M.; Burger, C.; Fadeev, A.; Sics, I.; Chu, B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Heintz, A.; Hsu, S-L.; Kojo, K.; Si, M.; Rafailovich, M., “Thermally Induced Phase Transitions and Morphological Changes in Organoclays”, Langmuir, 20(9); 3746-3758(2004).

  55. Wang, Y.; Ge, S.; Rafailovich, M.; Sokolov, J.; Zou, Y.; Ade, H.; Luning, J.; Lustiger, A.; Maron, G., “Crystallization in the Thin and Ultrathin Films of Poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and Linear Low-Density Polyethylene”, Macromolecules, 37(9), 3319-3327(2004). 

  56. Go, Matsuba; Katsumi, Shimizu; Howard, Wang; Zhigang, Wang; Charles C. Han, “The effect of phase separation on crystal nucleation density and lamella growth in near-critical polyolefin blends”, Polymer, 45(15), 5137-5144(2004).

  57. Catherine, L. Lawson; Brian, Benoff; Tatyana, Berger; Helen, M. Berman; Jannette Carey, “E. coli trp Repressor Forms a Domain-Swapped Array in Aqueous Alcohol”, Structure, 12(6), 1099-1108(2004).

  58. Yossef, A. Elabd; Charles, W. Walker;Frederick, L. Beyer, “Triblock copolymer ionomer membranes: Part II. Structure characterization and its effects on transport properties and direct methanol fuel cell performance”, Journal of Membrane Science, 231(1-2), 181-188(2004).

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