Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
8:00AM - 8:12AM 
 
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M31.00001: Uniaxial Extension of Entangled Polymer Melts close to T$_{\mathrm{g}}$ 
Hao Sun, Shi-Qing Wang
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
8:12AM - 8:24AM 
 
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M31.00002: Non-Gaussian chain stretching in simple shear of branched polystyrene solutions 
Gengxin Liu, Hyojoon Lee, Hongwei Ma, Shiwang Cheng, Roderic Quirk, Taihyun Chang, Shi-Qing Wang
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
8:24AM - 8:36AM 
 
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M31.00003: Tube diameter of oriented polymer melts 
Jian Qin, Scott Milner
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
8:36AM - 8:48AM 
 
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M31.00004: An Intriguing Empirical Rule for Estimating the First Normal Stress Difference from Steady Shear Viscosity Data for Concentrated Polymer Solutions and Melts 
Vivek Sharma, Gareth McKinley
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
8:48AM - 9:00AM 
 
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M31.00005: Assumptions in Entanglement models and Their Effect on Non-Linear Rheology Predictions 
Marat Andreev, Rudi Steenbakkers, Jay Schieber
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
9:00AM - 9:12AM 
 
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M31.00006: Microscopic Theory of Entangled Polymer Melt Dynamics: Flexible Chains as Primitive-Path Random Walks and Super Coarse-Grained Needles 
Ken Schweizer, Daniel Sussman
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
9:12AM - 9:24AM 
 
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M31.00007: Entanglement elasticity in polymer chain melts: microscopic calculation of the rubbery plateau modulus via intermolecular correlations 
Daniel Sussman, Ken Schweizer
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
9:24AM - 9:36AM 
 
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M31.00008: Influence of Reversibly Associating Side Group Bond Strength on Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Melts 
Christopher Lewis, Kathleen Stewart, Mitchell Anthamatten
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
9:36AM - 9:48AM 
 
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M31.00009: Correction of Doi-Edwards' Green function in harmonic potential and its implication for stress-optical rule 
Tsutomu Indei, Jay Schieber
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
9:48AM - 10:00AM 
 
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M31.00010: Explaining the absence of high-frequency relaxation modes of polymers in dilute solutions 
Indranil Saha Dalal, Ronald Larson
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
10:00AM - 10:12AM 
 
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M31.00011: Simultaneous determination of the interaction parameter and topological scaling features of polymers in dilute solutions 
Durgesh Rai, Gregory Beaucage, Ratkanthwar Kedar, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Hong Kunlun, David Uhrig, Andy Tsou
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
10:12AM - 10:24AM 
 
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M31.00012: Anisotropic Thermal Conduction in Polymers and its Molecular Origins 
Jay Schieber, David Venerus, Sahil Gupta
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
10:24AM - 10:36AM 
 
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M31.00013: Molecular modeling simulations in phase stability of polyethylene solutions at elevated pressures 
Moeed Shahamat, Alejandro D. Rey
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
10:36AM - 10:48AM 
 
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M31.00014: Miscibility of Polymers in Supercritical Solvents 
Jeffrey DeFelice, Jane Lipson
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
10:48AM - 11:00AM 
 
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M31.00015: The effect of topology on the conformations of cyclic polymers in melts 
Michael Lang, Jakob Fischer, Jens-Uwe Sommer
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