Long Chains Impact on Phase Transitions in Poly(ethylene oxide)

Elijah Mumau

Poly(ethylene oxide) or PEO has a dispersity of 1.07 which is close to a perfect dispersity of 1. This makes it the perfect candidate to study the effect that adding long chains to a melt has on polymer crystallization. Some of these effects may be crystallization time, higher moduli ceilings, and morphology changes in the crystal. Taking rheological measurements will give us our answer of what effect long chains have.

Major: 
Engineering Science
Exhibition Category: 
Engineering
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Ralph Colby
Poster Number: 
157