Electronic
Packaging, Interconnection, and Assembly Program
Overview 1
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Improved Measurement Technique for Hydrothermal
Expansion of Polymer Thin Films
Thermal Properties Measurement
Industry Coordination and Workshops in Electronic
Packaging, Interconnection and Assembly
Ultra-thin Polymer Films
Dielectric Measurements of Thin Films from DC to 1
GHz
Residual Stress in Polymer Films Adhered to Silicon
Substrates
Moisture Effects in Electronic Packaging Polymers
Interfacial Energy Between Solids
Aging of Light Emitting Polymers
Polymer
Blends and Processing Program
Overview
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Phase Behavior and Pair Interaction Parameters in
Polymer Blends
Structure Formation by Shear in Polymer Blends
On-Line Morphological Characterization of Polymer
Blends
Fluorescence Monitoring of Polymer Processing
Interfacial Interactions in Multi-Phase Systems
Stabilization of Blends by Strong Interactions
Pattern Formation by Polymer Blends in Coatings and
Adhesive Layers
Phase Behavior of Polyolefin Blends
Polymer-Filler Interactions
Characterization and Applications of
Dendrimer-Polymer Blends
Polymer Solutions
Polymer Blends and Processing Center
Polymer
Composites Program
Overview
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Liquid Composite Molding: Development of Permeability
Measurement Techniques and Data
Liquid Composite Molding: Development and
Verification of Process Simulation Models
Liquid Composite Molding: Development and
Verification of Permeability Prediction Models
Liquid Composite Molding: Bulk Resin Measurements for
Process Monitoring and Control
Liquid Composite Molding: Interphase Sensitive
Sensors for Process Monitoring
Microstructure Studies: Performance Relationship
Microstructure Studies: Improve the Utility of the
Single Fiber Fragmentation Test
Optical Coherence Tomography of Polymer Composites
Environmental Durability Studies: Development of
Processing Methods to Fabricate Urethane Samples
Polymer
Characterization Program
Overview
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Standard Reference Materials
Mass Spectrometry of Polymers
Characterization of Polymers by Spectroscopic
Techniques
Characterization of Polymer Morphology by Microscopy
Techniques
Structural Characterization of Polymers by Small
Angle X-Ray Scattering
Descriptive Measures for Small-Angle Scattering (SAS)
Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Solid Polymers
Task 1. Time-Temperature, Time-Aging Time
and Time-Strain Superposition below the Glass
Transition
Task 2. Volumetric Behavior for
Stress Relaxation Experiments in Tension and
Compression of Polycarbonate below the Glass
Transition Temperature
Physical Aging and Structural Recovery in
Polymers
Task 1. Isobaric and Isochoric Responses of
Polymers
Task 2. Dilatometric Investigation
of the Structural Recovery of Polymer Glasses
Task 3. The Physical Aging Response
of Industrial Materials
Task 4. Effects of Structural
Recovery on Modulated and Dynamic Thermal
Measurements
Task 5. Physical Aging and
Structural Recovery in Polymeric Glasses in
Plasticizing Environments
Failure in Polymers and Adhesives
Task 1. Finite Element Analysis of
Interfacial Crack Propagation Criterion Based on
Local Shear (Near Tip Deformation and Fracture)
Task 2. Hygrothermal Aging of
Commercial Adhesives
Task 3. Measurement of Craze
Initiation and Growth in Polymers
Rheological Characterization of Polymer
Dynamics
Task 1. Develop a Nonlinear Fluid Standard
Task 2. Viscoelastic Constitutive
Model for the Creep Behavior of Poly-urethane Foams
Dental
and Medical Materials Program
Overview
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Dental Resins Based on Fluorinated Monomers and
Oligomers
Dental Composites with Improved Interfaces
Improved Adhesive Systems for Bonding to Tooth
Structure
Polymer-modified Porous Ceramics: Interpenetrating
Phase Composites for Dental Applications
Measurement Methods for Process Control of Cell
Encapsulation
Bioactive Polymeric Dental Materials with
Remineralization Potential Based on Amorphous Calcium
Phosphate
Support for the Biomaterials Integrated Products
Industries
Theory
and Modeling Program
Overview
FY-97 Significant Accomplishments
Theory and Modeling of Polymer Phase Transitions
Theory and Modeling of the Properties of Polymer
Blends, Films and Solutions
Other
Projects
Development and Utilization of Test
Methods for Qualification of Passport Laminates
