MC-CAM Presentations

 

2002:

 

“High performance electrophosphorescent LEDs based on non-conjugated polymer”

presented by Alan Heeger at the Materials Research Society meeting, San Francisco, April 1-5, 2002.

 

“Polymer based electrophosphorescent LEDs

presented by Alan Heeger, ICSM, Shanghai, July 2002.

 

“Controlled Non-morphology of Nanoparticles and Conducting Single-crystal films”

presented by Norma Alcantar, American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting, November 2002.

 

“Stabilized Blue Emission from Polyfluorene-based Light Emitting Diodes: Elimination of Fluorenone Defects”

presented by Xiong Gong at the MRS Meeting, Boston, December 2002.

           

2003:

 

“Fabrication of cobalt nanocrystals in inverse PS-PVP micelles by rapid pyrolysis and heat treatment,”

presented by Seung-Heon Lee at the American Physical Society meeting, March 2003.

 

“Self-assembly of nanoparticles into periodic nanopatterns,”

presented by Seung-Heon Lee at the American Physical Society meeting, March 2003.

 

“High-performance PLEDs by novel hole injection polymer layer”

presented by Alan Heeger at the American Physical Society meeting, March 2003.

 

 “Multilayer structures of polyelectrolytes and nanoparticles based on layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly and Langmuir Blodgett deposition,”

presented by Geoffrey Lowman at the American Chemical Society meeting, March 2003.

 

“Development and Benefits of Disordered Microsphere Assemblies for Use as Templates,”

presented by Nathan Mitchell at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 2003.

 

“Improved Hybrid Optical Coatings: Polymethylmethacrylate Crosslinked by Silsesquioxane,”

presented by John Harreld at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 2003.

 

“Excitation energy transfer from polyfuorene to fluorenone defects”

presented by Xiong Gong at the MRS meeting, San Francisco, April 20-26, 2003.

 

“Structure Directing in Organosilsesquioxane Hybrid Materials: PPSQ Resins and PMMA-SSQ IPN,”

presented by John Harreld at the NANO 2003 conference, May 2003.

 

Polymer composites for light-emitting diodes”

presented by Alan Heeger at the SPIE annual meeting, San Diego, August 2003.

 

“Block-Type Copolymers of Ethylene and Polar Monomers,”

presented by Steve Diamanti at the Advances in Polyolefins conference, August 2003.

 

2004:

 

“Thermo-mechanical properties of semicrystalline sPP-EPR diblock and sPP-EPR-sPP triblock copolymers,”

presented by Atsushi Hotta at the Materials Research Outreach Program and the American Physical Society meeting, January 2004.

 

“Block Copolymers of Ethylene and Functional,”

presented by Steve Diamanti at the Materials Research Outreach Program, UCSB, January 2004.

 

Encapsulation of ZnS:Mn2+ Nanoclusters with PS-PVP Diblock Copolymer,

presented by Sangcheol Kim at the Materials Research Outreach Program, UCSB, January 2004.

 

“NMR Analysis of Surfaces and Interfaces in CdSe Nanocrystals,”

presented by Mia Berretinni at the American Chemical Society meeting, March 2004.

 

“Fluorescence and atomic force microscopy studies of polyelectrolyte, CdSe nanoparticle heterostructres,”

presented by Asanga Ranasinghe at the

 

 American Chemical Society meeting, March 2004.

 

“Transparent PMMA-SiO2-TiO2 Nanocomposites for Optical Applications,”

presented by Wenbin Hong at the American Chemical Society meeting in March 2004, and at the Materials Research Society meeting in April 2004.

 

“White electrophosphorescence from polymer blends”

presented by Alan Heeger, ICSM, Australia, June 28 to July 2, 2004.

 

“Structural characterization of InGaP nanocrystals by solid-state NMR technique,”

presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting, authors Berrittini, Raab, Gerbec, Chmelka, and Strouse, August 2004.

 

 “Size-Dependent Structural Analysis of CdSe Nanocrystals Through Solid-State 77Se NMR,”

presented by Mia Berrettini at the NMR conference, ISMAR, October 2004.

 

“Colloidal quantum dots for white light generation,”

presented by Frederic Diana at the Engineering Sciences Building UCSB Grand Opening, October 2004.

 

2005:

    

“Multilayer Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes: White Emission with High Efficiency,”

presented by Alan Heeger at the American Physical Society Meeting in Los Angeles, March 21, 2005.

 

“Encapsulation of ZnS:Mn2+ Nanoclusters with PS-PVP Diblock Copolymer,”

presented by Sangcheol Kim at the American Physical Society Meeting, March 2005.

 

 “Mixed-metal Nanoparticles for Fuel Cell Catalysis”

presented by Tom Jaramillo at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2005.

 

“Investigation of Electrochemically Co-deposited PT-WO3 Catalysts towards Methanol Electro-Oxidation,”

presented by Sudha Jayaraman at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2005.

 

“Structure of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Silica-Phosphoric Acid Composites and Applications in Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells,”

presented by Wenbin Hong at the Materials Research Society Meeting,  March 2005.

 

“Low Voltage aqueous electrodeposition of hydroxylated fullerene thin films,”

presented by Alan Kleiman at the Electrochemical Society meeting, Quebec, Canada, May 2005.

 

“Time-Resolved Studies of Fluorescence and Band-Edge Charge Carrier Dynamics in InxGa1-xP Colloidal Quantum Dots,”

presented by Alexander Mikhailovsky and Frederic Diana, SPIE Proceedings, August 2005.

 

“Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Gradient Copolymers containing Ethylene and 5-Norbornen-2yl Acetate,”

presented by Atsushi Hotta at the American Chemical Society Meeting, August 28, 2005.

 

“Tapered Tetrablock Copolymers of Ethylene and 5-Norbornen-2-yl acetate Using a Novel Two Component Ni Initiator System”

presented by Robert Coffin at the Pacifichem 2005 Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 16, 2005.

 

 

2006

“Semi-crystalline polyolefin-based block copolymers for thermoplastic elastomers

presented by Ed Kramer at the International Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers, Netherlands, April 12, 2006.

 

“Photonic Crystal-Assisted Light Extraction from Colloidal Quantum Dots/GaN Hybrid Structures”

presented by Frederic Diana at the 2006 OSA Metamaterials Conference, Bahamas, June 5 – 8, 2006.

 

“Hopping Transport and Voltage Induced Metal-Insulator Transition in Polythiophene Field Effect Transistors”

presented by Anoop Dhoot at the 2006 Spring MRS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17 – 21, 2006.

 

“Polyethylene Clay Nanocomposites Generated by In Situ Polymerization

presented by Brian Peoples at the CIMAT "Frontiers in Materials Research III” workshop, Vina del Mar, Chile, October 11-14, 2006.

 

“Catalytic Routes to Polyolefin Nanocomposite Materias

presented by Susannah Scott at the Catalysis Center of Northwestern University, November 7, 2006.

 

 

2007

 

“Polyethylene Clay Nanocomposites Generated by In Situ Polymerization”

presented by Brian Peoples at the 2007 Materials Research Outreach Program poster session, UCSB, January 25, 2007.

 

“Structure-property correlations in Ce-doped garnet phosphors for use in solid-state lighting”

presented by Gautam Gundiah at the 2007 Materials Research Outreach Program poster session, UCSB, January 25, 2007.

 

“Catalytic Routes to Polyolefin Nanocomposite Materials”

presented by Susannah Scott at the 2007 Materials Research Outreach Program, UCSB, January 26, 2007.

 

“Activation of Polymerization Catalysts By Interaction With Oxide Surfaces”

presented by Susannah Scott at the Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, February 21, 2007.

 

“Relationship between mechanical properties and chain architectures of semicrystalline thermoplastic elastomeric triblock polyolefins

presented by Zhigang Wang at the APS meeting, Denver, CO, March 5, 2007.

 

Nano-Engineered Particles by Emulsion Polymerization”

presented by Zesheng An at the MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.

 

“Long Lifetime Polymer Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells”                                     

presented by Yan Shao at the MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.

 

“Enhanced Thermal Stability of PE/clay Nanocomposites

presented by Bryanna Kunkel at the ICMR sponsored Brazil-US workshop, Gramado, Brazil, April 2007.

 

Polyethylene Clay Nanocomposites Generated by In Situ Polymerization”

presented by Brian Peoples at the ICMR sponsored Brazil-US workshop, Gramado, Brazil, April 2007.

 

“Catalytic Routes to Polyolefin Nanocomposite Materials”

presented by Susannah Scott at the ICMR sponsored Brazil-US workshop, Gramado, Brazil, April 2007.

 

“Novel red phosphors based on vanadate garnets for solid state lighting applications”

presented by Gautam Gundiah at the ICMR International Symposium on Synthesis and Functional Oxide Materials, UCSB, August 20, 2007

 

“Structure-property correlations in Ce-doped garnet phosphors for use in solid-state lighting”

presented by Gautam Gundiah at the Electrochemical Society Meeting, Washington, D.C.,  October 11, 2007.