Research Publications

The following publications are co-authored with former Polymer Plus scientists and Case Western Reserve University staff

Scale Up Optimization of Optical Nanolayer Films: Improved Thickness and Compositional Control

Nanolayer CoextrusionEnhancement of Cast Film Systems

Structural Relaxation of Layered Glassy Polymers

Polymer, 53(9), 1925-1931, 2012

Confined Crystallization in Polymer Nanolayered Films: A Review

Journal of Materials Research 27 (10), 1326-1350, 2012

Effect of Additives, Catalyst Residues and Confining Substrates on the Fractionated Crystallization of Polypropylene Droplets

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 125(3), 2110-2120, 2012

Enthalpy recovery and structural relaxation in layered glassy polymer films

Polymer 53 (18), 4002-4009, 2012

A bio-inspired polymeric gradient refractive index (GRIN) human eye lens

Optics Express, 20, 26746-26754, 2012

Effect of a and b-nucleating agents on the fractionated crystallization of PP particles

J. Poly. Sci. Part B: Polym Phys., 49(2), 159-171, 2011

Transformation of Isotactic Polypropylene Droplets from the Mesophase into the α-Phase

J. Poly. Sci. Part B: Polym Phys. 49(23), 1672-1682, 2011

Melt crystallization of Syndiotactic Polypropylene in Nanolayer Confinement Impacting Structure

Polymer, 52(25), 5879-5889, 2011

Physical aging of layered glassy polymer films via gas permeability tracking

Polymer 52 (26), 6117-6125, 2011

Effect of confinement on the relaxation behavior of poly(ethylene oxide)

Polymer, 51, 1820, 2010

Gradient Multilayer Films by Forced Assembly Coextrusion

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, 12111-12118, 2010

Effect of Substrate on the Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Confined (ε-caprolactone) Nanolayers

Macromolecules, 43, 8619-8627, 2010

Polymer Nanostructures by Forced Assembly: Process, Structure, and Properties

Macromolecular Symposia, 294, 19-32, 2010

Effect of Tie Layer Thickness on Adhesion of Ethylene-octene Copolymers to Polypropylene

Polymer, 34, 3319, 2009

Optical Properties of a Bio-Inspired Gradient Refractive Index Polymer Lens

Optics Express, 16, 11540- 11547, 2008

Tunable Polymer Lens

Optics Express. 16, 11847- 11857, 2008.

Comparative Rheological Studies of Polyamide-6 and its Low Loaded Clay Nanocomposite

Rheologica Acta, 43 (2003) 283