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| Name: |
Albert F. Yee |
| Nationality: |
USA |
| Position: |
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science |
| Address: |
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California,
Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2800
zotcode: 2800C |
| Office: |
California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology
(CalIT2, UCI), Room#: 3351
phone: (949) 824-6963
fax: (949)
824-8197
email: afyee@uci.edu |
| Laboratory: |
#1: Engineering Tower (ET)
room#: 736
phone: (949)
824-3921
#2: California Institute for Telecommunication and
Information Technology (CalIT2)
room#: 2401
phone: (949)
824-7575 |
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| B.S. Chem.: |
University of California, Berkley, 1967 |
| Ph.D Chem. |
University of California, Berkley, 1971 |
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| 2004 - 3/07 |
Director, California Institute for Telecommunication and
Information Technology, Irvine Division
Calit2 Chair Professor,
University of California Irvine |
| 2004 - >> |
Prof, Dept of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Dept of
Chemistry and Dept of Biomedical Engineering, University of California
Irvine |
| 2004 - >> |
Professor Emeritus, the University of Michigan |
| 2001 - >> |
Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences |
| 2004 - >> |
Professor Emeritus, the University of Michigan |
| 2000 - 2003 |
Director, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering,
Singapore
Prof, Dept of Materials Science, National University of
Singapore |
| 1994 - 2000 |
Chair, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, the U. of Michigan
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| 1997 - 2000 |
Founding Director, Center for Advanced Polymer Engineering Research
(CAPER), the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1985 - 2003 |
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Macromolecular Science &
Engineering, and (since 1999) Chemical Engineering, the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1981 - 1984 |
Manager, Structural Design with Plastics Program, General
Electric
CRD |
| 1971 - 1985 |
Staff, General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY |
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Listed in ISI HighlyCited.com in the field of Materials
Science |
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Fellow, American Physical Society |
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Fellow, Polymer Materials Science & Engineering Div., American
Chemical Society |
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Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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International Adhesion Society (94 Japan) Award |
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Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, U. of Michigan,
2002 |
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Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001 |
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Karakash Lecturer, Lehigh University, Sept., 1991 |
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Invited Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at
Lausanne, 92 - 93 |
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Visiting Monbushu Professor, Research Inst. for Applied Mechanics,
Kyushu University, Japan, 1990-1991. |
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Best Paper Award, Div. of Plastics Analysis, Soc. of Plastics
Engineers ANTEC 1995, Boston |
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Best Paper Award, Div. Rubber Chemistry, ACS, Philadelphia Meeting
1982 |
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Services to the Scientific Community
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Chairman, Nanotechnology Advisory Council, Industrial
Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, 2004 - 2005 |
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Member, Nanotechnology Review Committee, Innovation and Technology
Commission, Hong Kong, 2002 - |
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Co-Chairman, Symposium on Toughening of Plastics, PMSE Division,
American Chemical Society, 1998 Fall meeting, Boston |
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Chairman of Gordon Research Conference on Composites, Jan.,
1993 |
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Member, International Scientific Committee, International
Conference on Yield, Deformation and Fracture of Polymers, since
1985 |
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Chairman, NASA panel on Damage Tolerance of Polymer Matrix
Composites, 1984 |
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Principal Areas of Expertise
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Mechanical, fracture and failure behavior of polymers,
plastics, and polymer-matrix composites |
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Toughening of plastics, epoxies, and composites |
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Physical and time-dependent behavior of polymers and their molecular
basis |
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Diffusion of water and other small molecules in polymers |
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Current Primary Research Areas
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| 1. |
Nanopatterning and nanofabrication with polymers |
| 2. |
Polymeric MEMS and biomedical applications |
| 3. |
Rational design and synthesis of mechanically robust polymers |
| 4. |
Fracture and toughening of nanocomposites and polymer alloys |
| 5. |
Positron annihilation techniques for the characterization of polymers and
ultra-thin polymer and low-k dielectric films |
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U.S. 4161469, July 17, 1979 with D.G. LeGrand,
"Polyalkylene Terephthalate and Organopolysiloxane-Polycarbonate
Block Copolymer Blends" |
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US 6203922, March 2001, A.F. Yee and Xiangyang Li, "High Glass
Transition Temperature, Ductile, and Processable Thermoplastic
Containing Conformable Ring Segments" |
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U.S. 6860956, March 2005, L. Bao et al, "Methods of Creating
Patterns on Substrates and Articles of Manufacture Resulting
Therefrom" |
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Singapore Patent 109217 April 2006, Huang et al., "Reversal
Imprinting Technique" |
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Other patents pending |
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"Impact Fracture of Polymers: Materials Science and
Testing Techniques", K. Takahashi and AF Yee, eds. Kyushu
University Press, Kyushu, Japan. 1992 |
| • |
"Toughening of Plastics: Advances in Modeling and Experiments",
RA Pearson, HJ Sue and AF Yee, eds. American Chemical Society,
Washington. 2000 |
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"Strength, Fracture and Fatigue of Polymers", I. Narisawa, AF
Yee and JP Harcup, Elsevier. To be published in 2006 by Elsevier
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Publications : Books Chapters
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A.F. Yee, J. Du and M. D. Thouless, Toughening of Epoxies,
Chapter 26 in Polymer Blends, D. Paul and C Bucknall, eds., WILEY, NEW
YORK, 2000 |
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M.D.Thouless, J.Du, and A.F.Yee, "Mechanics of Toughening Brittle
Polymers, Chapter in Toughening of Plastics", ACS ADV. IN CHEM.
SER. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON. 2000 |
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Publications : Refereed Journals
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| 157. |
Sun NJ, Yee AF, Nanovoid Relaxation in a Series of
Copolyester Glasses under Cyclic Loading Studied Using a New Technique:
Synchronous PALS, accepted for publication in J. Polym Sci B: Polym
Phys. |
| 156. |
Yim EKF, Reano RM, Pang SW, Yee AF, Chen CS, Leong KW,
Nanopattern-induced changes in morphology and motility of smooth muscle
cells , BIOMATERIALS 26: 5405, 2005 |
| 155. |
Wang K, Chen L, Wu JS, Toh ML, He CB, Yee AF, Epoxy
nanocomposites with highly exfoliated clay: Mechanical properties and
fracture mechanisms, MACROMOLECULES 38 (3): 788, 2005 |
| 154. |
Kong YP, Low HY, Pang SW, Yee AF, Duo-mold imprinting of
three-dimensional polymeric structures, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY B 22 (6): 3251 2004 |
| 153. |
Reano RM, Kong YP, Low HY, Tan L, Wang F, Pang SW, Yee AF,
Stability of functional polymers after plasticizer-assisted imprint
lithography JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 22 (6): 3294, 2004
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| 152. |
Tan L, Kong YP, Pang SW, Yee AF, Imprinting of polymer at low temperature
and pressure, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 22 (5): 2486,
2004 |
| 151. |
Li XY, Yee AF, Design of mechanically robust high-T-g
polymers: Mechanical properties of glassy poly(ester carbonate)s with
cyclohexylene rings in the backbone, MACROMOLECULES 37 (19): 7231, 2004
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| 150. |
Kong YP, Tan L, Pang SW, Yee AF, Stacked polymer patterns imprinted using
a soft inkpad, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A 22 (4): 1873,
2004 |
| 149. |
Choi J, Yee AF, Laine RM, Toughening of cubic silsesquioxane
epoxy nanocomposites using core-shell rubber particles: A
three-component hybrid system, MACROMOLECULES 37: (9) 3267, 2004
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| 148. |
Tan L, Kong YP, Bao LR, Huang XD, Guo LJ, Pang SW, Yee AF, Imprinting
polymer film on patterned substrates, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY B 21: (6) 2742, 2003 |
| 147. |
Bao LR, Tan L, Huang XD, Kong YP, Guo LJ, Pang SW, Yee AF,
Polymer inking as a micro- and nanopatterning technique, JOURNAL OF
VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 21: (6) 2749, 2003 |
| 146. |
Li XY, Yee AF, Design of mechanically robust high-T-g polymers: Synthesis
and dynamic mechanical relaxation behavior of glassy poly(ester
carbonate)s with cyclohexylene rings in the backbone, MACROMOLECULES 36:
(25) 9411, 2003 |
| 145. |
Li XY, Yee AF, Design of mechanically robust high-T-g
polymers: Physical properties of glassy poly(ester carbonate)s with
cyclohexylene rings in the backbone, MACROMOLECULES 36: (25), 9421, 2003
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| 144. |
Lee SS, Yee AF, Temperature-dependent transition of deformation mode in
poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate)/poly(ethylene
terephthalate) copolymers, MACROMOLECULES 36: (18), 6791, 2003 |
| 143. |
Choi J, Yee AF, Laine RM, Organic/inorganic hybrid
composites from cubic silsesquioxanes. Epoxy resins of
octa(dimethylsiloxyethylcyclohexylepoxide) silsesquioxane,
MACROMOLECULES 36: (15), 5666, 2003 |
| 142. |
Li L, Yee AF, Effect of the scale of local segmental motion on nanovoid
growth in polyester copolymer glasses, MACROMOLECULES 36: (8), 2793,
2003 |
| 141. |
Huang XD, Bao LR, Cheng X, Guo LJ, Pang SW, and Yee AF,
Reversal imprinting by transferring polymer from mold to substrate, J
VAC SCI TECHNOL B 20 (6): 2872, 2002 |
| 140. |
Bao LR, Cheng X, Huang XD, Guo LJ, Pang SW, and Yee AF, Nanoimprinting
over topography and multilayer three-dimensional printing, J VAC SCI
TECHNOL B 20 (6): 2881, 2002 |
| 139. |
Bao LR, Yee AF, Moisture diffusion and hygrothermal aging in
bismaleimide matrix carbon fiber composites - Part I: uni-weave
composites, COMPOS SCI TECHNOL 62 (16): 2099, 2002 |
| 138. |
Bao LR, Yee AF, Moisture diffusion and hygrothermal aging in bismaleimide
matrix carbon fiber composites: part II - woven and hybrid composites,
COMPOS SCI TECHNOL 62 (16): 2111, 2002 |
| 137. |
Bao LR, Yee AF, Effect of temperature on moisture absorption
in a bismaleimide resin and its carbon fiber composites, POLYMER 43
(14): 3987, 2002 |
| 136. |
Li L, Yee AF, Effect of linkage groups on motional cooperativity in the
secondary relaxations of some glassy polymers, MACROMOLECULES 35 (2):
425, 2002 |
| 135. |
Ngai KL, Bao LR, Yee AF, Soles CL, Correlation of positron
annihilation and other dynamic properties in small molecule
glass-forming substances, PHYS REV LETT 87 (21): 215901, 2001 |
| 134. |
Merenga AS, Papadakis CM, Kremer F, Liu J, Yee AF, Broadband dielectric
spectroscopy of the inter- and intramolecular dynamics of a series of
random polyester copolymers, COLLOID POLYM SCI 279 (11): 1064, 2001
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| 133. |
Choi J, Harcup J, Yee AF, Zhu Q, Laine RM, Organic/inorganic
hybrid composites from cubic silsesquioxanes, J AM CHEM SOC 123 (46):
11420, 2001 |
| 132. |
Wu JH, Xiao CD, Yee AF, Klug CA, Schaefer J, Controlling molecular
mobility and ductile-brittle transitions of polycarbonate copolymers,
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS 39: (15) 1730, 2001
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| 131. |
Soles CL, Dimeo RM, Neumann DA, Kisliuk A, Sokolov AP, Liu
JW, Yee AF, Correlations of the boson peak with positron annihilation in
series of polycarbonate copolymers, MACROMOLECULES 34: (12) 4082, 2001
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| 130. |
Bao LR, Yee AF, Lee CYC, Moisture absorption and hygrothermal aging in a
bismaleimide resin, POLYMER 42: (17) 7327, 2001 |
| 129. |
Dull TL, Frieze WE, Gidley DW, Sun JN, Yee AF, Determination
of pore size in mesoporous thin films from the annihilation lifetime of
positronium, J PHYS CHEM B 105: (20) 4657, 2001 |
| 128. |
Sun JN, Gidley DW, Dull TL, Frieze WE, Yee AF, Ryan ET, Lin S, Wetzel J,
Probing diffusion barrier integrity on porous silica low-k thin films
using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, J APPL PHYS 89: (9)
5138, 2001 |
| 127. |
Liu JW, Goetz JM, Schaefer J, Yee AF, Li L, Effect of the
local motions of chemical linkages on segmental mobility in poly(ester
carbonate) block copolymers, MACROMOLECULES 34: (8) 2559, 2001 |
| 126. |
Lee J and Yee AF, Effect of rubber interlayers on the fracture of glass
bead/epoxy composites, J MATER SCI 36: (1) 7, 2001 |
| 125. |
Lee J and Yee AF, Fracture behavior of glass bead filled
epoxies: Cleaning process of glass beads, J APPL POLYM SCI 79: (8) 1371,
2001 |
| 124. |
Merenga AS, Papadak CM, Kremer F, Liu J, Yee AF, Comparative broad-band
dielectric study on poly(ester carbonate)s with 1, 4-cyclohexylene
linkages, MACROMOLECULES 34: (1) 76, 2001 |
| 123. |
Lee J and Yee AF, Inorganic particle toughening I:
micro-mechanical deformations in the fracture of glass bead filled
epoxies, POLYMER 42: (2) 577, 2001 |
| 122. |
Lee J and Yee AF, Inorganic particle toughening II: toughening
mechanisms of glass bead filled epoxies, POLYMER 42: (2) 589, 2001
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| 121. |
Lee J and Yee AF, Micro-mechanical deformation mechanisms in
the fracture of hybrid-pariticle composites based on glass beads, rubber
and epoxies, POLY ENG SCI 40: (12) 2457, 2000 |
| 120. |
Wu JH, Xiao CD, Yee AF, Schaefer J, local chain dynamics in
poly(fluorocarbonate)s, MACROMOLECULES 33: (18) 6849, 2000 |
| 119. |
Liu JW, Yee AF, Goetz JM, Schaefer J, local chain dynamics
in poly(ester carbonate)s, MACROMOLECULES 33: (18) 6853, 2000 |
| 118. |
Du J, Thouless MD, Yee AF, Effects of rate on crack growth in a
rubber-modified epoxy, ACTA MATER 48: (13) 3581, 2000 |
| 117. |
Lee J, Yee AF, Fracture of glass bead/epoxy composites: on
micro-mechanical deformations, POLYMER 41: (23) 8363, 2000 |
| 116. |
Lee J, Yee AF, Role of inherent matrix toughness on fracture of glass
bead filled epoxies, POLYMER 41: (23) 8375, 2000 |
| 115. |
Gidley DW, Frieze WE, Dull TL, Sun J, Yee AF, Determination
of pore-size distribution in low-dielectric thin films, APPL PHYS LETT
76: (10) 1282, 2000 |
| 114. |
Liu JW, Yee AF, Effect of local conformational transition on craze
initiation in polyestercarbonates containing cyclohexylene linkages,
MACROMOLECULES 33: (4) 1338, 2000 |
| 113. |
Soles CL, Chang FT, Gidley DW, Yee AF, Contributions of the
nanovoid structure to the kinetics of moisture transport in epoxy
resins, J POLYM SCI POL PHYS 38: (5) 776, 2000 |
| 112. |
Gidley DW, Frieze WE, Dull TL, Yee AF, Ryan ET, Ho HM, Positronium
annihilation in mesoporous thin films, Phys. Rev. B, 60, R5157, 1999.
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| 111. |
Soles CL, Yee AF, A discussion of the molecular mechanisms
of moisture transport in epoxy resins, J POLYM SCI POL PHYS 38: (5) 792,
2000 |
| 110. |
Wu J, Yu DM, Mai YW, Yee AF, Fracture toughness and fracture mechanisms
of PBT/PC/IM blends - Part IV - Impact toughness and failure mechanisms
of PBT/PC blends without impact modifier, J MATER SCI 35: (2) 307, 2000
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| 109. |
Xiao C, Wu J, Yang L, Yee AF, Ngai KL, Positronium
annihilation lifetime and dynamic mechanical studies of gamma-relaxation
in BPA-PC and TMBPA-PC plasticized by TOP, MACROMOLECULES 32: (23) 7913,
1999 |
| 108. |
Rizos AK, Petihakis L, Ngai KL, Yee AF, A dielectric relaxation study of
the gamma-relaxation in tetramethylbisphenol A polycarbonate plasticized
by tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate, MACROMOLECULES 32: (23) 7921, 1999
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| 107. |
Du J, Thouless MD, Yee AF, Development of a process zone in
rubber-modified epoxy polymers, INT J FRACTURE 92: (3) 271, 1998
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| 106. |
L.P. Chen, A.F. Yee and E. J. Moskala, The Molecular Basis for the
Relationship between the Secondary Relaxation and Mechanical Properties
of a Series of Polyester Copolymer Glasses, MACROMOLECULES 32, 5944,
1999 |
| 105. |
Yang L., Srolovitz, DJ, Yee AF, Molecular dynamic study in
isobaric and isochoric glass transitions in a model amorphous polymer, J
CHEM. PHYS. 110, 7058, 1999 |
| 104. |
Soles CL, Chang FT, Bolan BA, Hristov, H, Gidley, DW, and Yee, AF.
Contributions of the nanovoid structure to the moisture absorption
properties of epoxy resins, J POLYM. SCI. POLYM. PHYS. 36, 3035, 1998
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| 103. |
Liu JW, Yee AF, Enhancing plastic yielding in
polyestercarbonate glasses by 1,4-cyclohexylene linkage addition,
MACROMOLECULES 31, 7865, 1998 |
| 102. |
David L, Vigier G, Etienne S, Faivre, A., Soles CL, Yee, AF, Density
fluctuations in amorphous systems: SAXS and PALS results, J
NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS 235, 383, 1998 |
| 101. |
DW Gidley, GB DeMaggio, WE Frieze, M. Zhu, HA Hristov, and
AF Yee, Positron depth-profiling of polymer interfaces, MATERIALS SCI.
FORUM 255, 635, 1997 |
| 100. |
H. Kishi, Y.B. Shi, J. Huang, A.F. Yee. Ductility and Tougenability Study
of Epoxy Resins Under Multiaxial Stress States, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS
SCIENCE 33, 3479, 1998 |
| 99. |
JM Goetz, JH Wu, AF Yee, and J. Schaefer, Two-dimensional
transferred-echo double resonance study of molecular motion in a
fluorinated polycarbonate, SOLID STATE NMR 12, 87, 1998 |
| 98. |
C. Zhang, F. Babonneau, C. Bonhomme, R.M. Laine, C.L. Soles, H.A.
Hristov, A.F. Yee, Highly Porous Polyhedral Silsesquioxane Polymers.
Synthesis and Characterization, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOC.
120, 8380, 1998 |
| 97. |
L.P. Chen, A.F. Yee, J.M. Goetz, J. Schaefer, Molecular
Structure Effects on the Secondary Relaxation and Impact Strength of
Polyester Copolymer Glasses, MACROMOLECULES 31, 5371, 1998 |
| 96. |
B.J. Cardwell, A.F. Yee, Toughening of Epoxies through Thermoplastic
Crack Bridging, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 33, 5473, 1998 |
| 95. |
J. Zhang, Z. Lin, A. Wong, N. Kikuchi, V. C. Li, A. F. Yee
and G. S. Nusholtz, Constitutive modeling and material characterization
of polymeric foams, ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND
TECHNOLOGY, 119, 284, 1997 |
| 94. |
Q.H. Lin, A.F. Yee, H.J. Sue, JD Earl, and RE Hefner., Evolution of
structure and properties of a liquid crystalline epoxy during curing, J
POLM SCI POL PHYS 35, 2363, 1997 |
| 93. |
L. Yang, D. Srolovtiz, and A. Yee, Extended ensemble
molecular dynamics method for constant strain rate uniaxial deformation
of polymer systems, J CHEM PHYS 107, 4396, 1997 |
| 92. |
Q.H. Lin, A.F. Yee, Interactions of a liquid crystalline polymer with
polycarbonate and poly(ethylene terephthalate), J MATER SCI 32, 3961,
1997 |
| 91. |
A. Mermet, E. Duval, N.V. Surovtsev, J.F. Jal, A.J. Dianoux,
and A.F. Yee, Localized fast relaxation in poly(methyl methacrylate)
glass, EUROPHYS. LETT, 38, 515, 1997 |
| 90. |
G.B. DeMaggio, W.E. Frieze, D.W. Gidley, M. Zhu, H.A. Hristov, A.F. Yee,
Interface and Surface Effects on the Glass Transition in Thin
Polystyrene Films, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 78, 1524, 1997 |
| 89. |
X. Hu, Q. Lin, A.F. Yee, D. Lu, Structure and morphology of
the in situ composites of a liquid crystalline polymer and
polycarbonate, J. MICROSCOPY-OXFORD, 185, 109 (1997) |
| 88. |
D. Li, H.-C. Wang, A.F. Yee, Impact Toughness and Fracture Mechanism of
Polyamides, POLYMERIC MATERIALS ENCYCLOPEDIA, VOL. 7, 5409, 1997
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| 87. |
H. Kishi, Y.B. Shi, J. Huang, A.F. Yee. Shear Ductility and
Toughenability Study of Highly Cross-linked Epoxy/polyethersulphone,
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 32, 761, 1997 |
| 86. |
J. Du, M.D. Thouless, A.F. Yee, Development of a Process Zone in
Rubber-Modified Epoxy Polymers, INT. J. FRACTURE, 92, 271, 1998
|
| 85. |
Klug, C. A., Wu, J., Xiao, C., Yee, A. F., Schaefer, J.,
Chain Packing and Dynamics in Polycarbonate Block Copolymers,
MACROMOLECULES, 30, 6302, 1997 |
| 84. |
J.M. Goetz, J. Wu, A.F. Yee, J. Schaefer, Bundle Description of Packing
and Dynamics in Polycarbonate Homopolymers, Copolymers, and Blends,
MACROMOLECULES, 31, 3016, 1998 |
| 83. |
H. Hristov, B. Bolan, A. F. Yee, L. Xie, and D. Gidley,
Measurement of Hole Volume in Amorphous Polymers Using Positron
Spectroscopy, MACROMOLECULES 29, 8507, 1996 |
| 82. |
H-J. Sue and A.F. Yee, Micromechanical Modeling of Crack-Tip Rubber
Particle Cavitational Process in Polymer Toughening. POLYMER ENGINEERING
AND SCIENCE, 36, 2320, 1996 |
| 81. |
M. Groleau, Y-B Shi, A.F. Yee, J.L. Bertram, H.J. Sue, P.C.
Yang. Mode II Fracture of Composite Interleafed with Nylon Particles,
COMPOSITES SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, 56, 1223, 1996 |
| 80. |
C.L. Choy, K.W.E. Lau, Y.W. Wong and A.F. Yee. Plastic Moduli of a Liquid
Crystalline Polymer and its In-Situ Composites, POLYMER ENGINEERING AND
SCIENCE, 36, 1256, 1996 |
| 79. |
C.L. Choy, K.W.E. Lau, Y.W. Wong, H.M. Ma and A.F. Yee,
Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Expansivity of in situ Composites of a
Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Polycarbonate, POLYMER ENGINEERING AND
SCIENCE, 36, 827, 1996 |
| 78. |
C.L. Choy, K.W.E. Lau, Y.W. Wong, H.M. Ma and A.F. Yee. Thermal
Conductivity and Thermal Expansivity of in situ Composites of a
Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer, J. POLYM SC POL PHYS 33, 2055,
1995 |
| 77. |
Hu X, Lin QH, Yee AF, Skin-core morphology of in situ
composites based on polycarbonate and a liquid crystalline polymer, J
MATER SCI LETT 15, 277, 1996 |
| 76. |
L. Yang, H.A. Hristov, A.F. Yee, D.W. Gidley. Changes of the Hole Volume
in Model Epoxy Network, POLYMER, 36, 3997, 1995 |
| 75. |
L. Xie, G.B. DiMaggio, W.E. Frieze, D.W. Gidley, H.A.
Hristov, A.F. Yee. Positronium Formation as a Probe of Polymer Surfaces
and Thin Films, PHYSICS REVIEW LETTERS, 74, 4947, 1995 |
| 74. |
P. L. Lee, C. Xiao, J. Wu, A.F. Yee, J. Schaefer, Characterization of
Absorbed Water in Perdeuterated Polycarbonate by Residual-Proton NMR,
MACROMOL. 28, 6477, 1995 |
| 73. |
Y.-B. Shi and A.F. Yee. Intraply Crack and Delamination
Interaction in Laminate Beams Under Transverse Loading, COMPOSITE
STRUCTURES 29, 287, 1994 |
| 72. |
C.J.G. Plummer, C. Soles, C. Xiao, J. Wu, H.H. Kausch, A.F. Yee. Effect
of Limiting Chain Mobility on the Yielding and Crazing Behavior of
Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate Derivatives, MACROM 28, 7157, 1995 |
| 71. |
X. Li, H. Hristov, A.F.Yee, D.W. Gidley. Influence of Cyclic
Fatigue on the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Polycarbonate, POLYMER
36, 759, 1995 |
| 70. |
L. Xie, D.W. Gidley, H. Hristov, A.F. Yee. Evolution of Nanometer Voids
in Polycarbonate Under Mechanical Stress and Thermal Expansion Using
Positron Spectroscopy, J. POLYMER SCIENCE, 33, 77, 1995 |
| 69. |
C. Xiao, J.Y. Jho, A.F. Yee, Correlation Between the Shear
Yielding Behavior and Secondary Relaxations of BPA-Polycarbonate and
Related Copolymers, MACROMOL. 27, 2761, 1994 |
| 68. |
H. Hristov, A.F. Yee, L. Xi, D.W. Gidley, Fatigue Craze Initiation in
Polycarbonate: Study by Small Angle X-ray Scattering, POLYMER 35, 4287,
1994 |
| 67. |
H. Hristov, A.F. Yee, D.W. Gidley, Fatigue Craze Initiation
in Polycarbonate: Study by Transmission Electron Microscopy, POLYMER,
35, 3604, 1994 |
| 66. |
Q. Lin, and A. F. Yee, Elastic Modulus of In-situ Composites of a Liquid
Crystalline Polymer and Polycarbonate, POLYMER COMPOSITES, 15, 156, 1994
|
| 65. |
L. Xie, D. Gidley, H. Hristov and A.F. Yee, Positronium
Formation in Semicrystalline PET, POLYMER., 35, 14, 1994 |
| 64. |
Q. Lin, A.F. Yee, J.D. Earls, R.E. Hefner, H.-J. Sue, Phase
Transformations of a Liquid Crystalline Epoxy During Curing, POLYMER,
35, 2679, 1994 |
| 63. |
Q. Lin and A.F. Yee, Mechanical Properties of In-Situ
Composites Based on Polycarbonate and a Liquid Crystalline Polymer,
POLYMER, 35, 3463, 1994 |
| 62. |
J. Wu, A.F. Yee, Y.W. Mai, Fracture Toughness and Fracture Mechanisms of
PBT/PC/IM Blends. Part 3: Fracture Toughness and Mechanisms of PBT/PC
Blends Without Impact Modifier, J. MAT. SCI., 29, 4510, 1994 |
| 61. |
H.Y. Jeong, X.W. Li, A.F. Yee and J. Pan, Slip Lines in
Front of a Round Notch Tip in a Pressure-Sensitive Material, MECHANICS
OF MATERIALS. 19, 29, 1994 |
| 60. |
D. Li, A.F.Yee, I-W. Chen, S-C. Chang and K. Takahashi, Fracture Behavior
of Unmodified and Rubber-Modified Epoxies Under Hydrostatic Pressure, J.
MATER SCI. 29, 2205, 1994 |
| 59. |
K.L. Ngai, C.M. Roland, A.F. Yee, A Constraint Dynamics
Approach to Rubber Elasticity, RUBBER CHEM. & TECH., 66, 817, 1993
|
| 58. |
R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, Toughening Mechanisms in
Thermoplastic-Modified Epoxies: 1. Modification Using poly(phenylene
oxide), POLYMER 34, 3658, 1993 |
| 57. |
H.J. Sue, and A.F. Yee, Study of Fracture Mechanisms of
Multiphase Polymers Using the Double-Notch Four-Point-Bending Method, J.
MATERIALS SCIENCE, 28, 2975, 1993 |
| 56. |
A.F. Yee, D. Li and X. Li, The Importance of Constraint Relief Caused by
Rubber Cavitation in the Toughening of Epoxy, J. MATERIALS SCIENCE, 28 ,
6392, 1993 |
| 55. |
D. Li, A.F. Yee, K.W. Powers, H.C. Wang, T.C. Yu, The
Toughening of Polyamide-6 by Brominated
(isobutylene-co-p-Methylstyrene): Fracture and Toughening Mechanisms,
POLYMER 34, 4471, 1993 |
| 54. |
B. Cardwell and A.F. Yee, Rate and temperature effects on the toughening
of a rubber modified epoxy, POLYMER, 34, 1695, 1993 |
| 53. |
I. Narisawa and A.F. Yee, Crazing and fracture in polymers,
chapter 15 in vol. 12, Structure and Properties of Polymers, in
"Materials science and technology, a comprehensive treatment", R.W.
Cahn, P. Haasen and E.J. Kramer, eds., VCH Verlag., Weinheim. p. 699
August, 1993. |
| 52. |
Q. Lin, J.Y. Jho, A.F. Yee, Effect of drawing on structure and properties
of liquid crystalline polymer and polycarbonate blends, POLYM. ENG.
SCI., 33 (13): 789, 1993 |
| 51. |
R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, The preparation and morphology
of PPO-epoxy blends, J. APPL. POLY. SCI. 48 1051, 1993 |
| 50. |
H.-J. Sue, J. Huang, and A.F. Yee, Interfacial adhesion and toughening
mechanisms in an alloy of polycarbonate/polyethylene, POLYMER, 33, 4868,
1992 |
| 49. |
C. Xiao and A.F. Yee, The scale of cooperative
γ-relaxation of bisphenol-A polycarbonate, MACROMOL. 25, 6800,
1992 |
| 48. |
K. Takahashi and A.F Yee, (eds.), "Impact Fracture of Polymers - Material
Science and Testing Technique", Kyushu University Press, Fukuoka, Japan,
1992 |
| 47. |
L.B. Liu, A.F. Yee and D.W. Gidley, Effect of Cyclic Stress
on Enthalpy Relaxation in Polycarbonate, J. POLYM. SCI. POLYM. PHYS. ED.
30, 221, 1992 |
| 46. |
L.B. Liu, D.W. Gidley and A.F. Yee, Effect of Cyclic Stress on Structural
Changes in Polycarbonate as Probed by Positron Annihilation Lifetime
Spectroscopy, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 30, 231, 1992 |
| 45. |
C.L. Choy, W.P. Leung and A.F. Yee, Ultrasonic measurements
of the elastic moduli of liquid crystalline polymers, POLYMER, 33, 1788,
1992 |
| 44. |
C. M. Sinko, A.F. Yee and G.L. Amidon, Prediction of Physical Aging in
Controlled Release Coatings: The Application of the Relaxation Coupling
Model to Glassy Cellulose Acetate, PHARM. RES. 8, 69, 1991 |
| 43. |
K.L. Ngai and A.F. Yee, Some connections between
viscoelastic properties of PVC and plasticized PVC and molecular
kinetics, J. POLYM. SCI.: PT. B: POLYM PHYS., 29, 1493, 1991 |
| 42. |
R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, The Influence of Particle Size Distribution on
the Toughening Mechanisms in Rubber-Modified Epoxy, J. MATER. SCI. 26,
3828, 1991 |
| 41. |
S. Jin and A.F. Yee, Preparation and Characterization of
Maleimide Terminated Poly (arylene ether sulfone) Oligomers of Various
Molecular Weights, J. APPL. POLYM. SCI., 43, 1849, 1991 |
| 40. |
S. Jin and A.F. Yee, During Reactions and Product Properties of
Polysulfones Terminated with Active Functional Groups, J. APP. POLYM.
SCI., 43, 1865, 1991 |
| 39. |
J. Y. Jho and A.F. Yee, Synthesis of Alternating Multi-block
Copolycarbonates with Controlled Block Length, MACROMOL. 24, 1590, 1991
|
| 38. |
J. Y. Jho and A.F. Yee, Secondary Relaxation Motion in Bisphenol-A
Polycarbonate, MACROMOL. 24, 1905, 1991 |
| 37. |
L.B. Liu, A.F. Yee, J.C. Lewis and D.W. Gidley, Structural
Changes in Glassy Polycarbonate Induced by Cyclic Stresses, J.
NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS 131, 492, 1991 |
| 36. |
L.B. Liu, A.F. Yee, J.C. Lewis, X. Li and D.W. Gidley, Structural Changes
in Glassy Polycarbonate due to Cyclic Loading, MRS PROCEEDINGS,
SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, RELAXATION AND PHYSICAL AGING IN POLYMER
GLASSES, 215, 61, 1991 |
| 35. |
H.J. Sue, R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, Mechanical Modeling of
Initiation of Localized Yielding Under Plane Stress Conditions in
Rigid-rigid Polymer Alloys, POLYM. ENG. SCI. 31, 793, 1991 |
| 34. |
H.J. Sue and A.F. Yee, Failure Mechanisms in an Alloy of Polyamide
6,6/Polyphenylene Oxide Under Severe Conditions, J. MATER. SCI. 26,
3449, 1991 |
| 33. |
C. M. Sinko, A.F. Yee and G.L. Amidon, The Effect of
Physical Aging on the Dissolution Rate of Anionic Polyelectrolytes,
PHARM. RES. 7, 648, 1990 |
| 32. |
D.S. Parker, H.J. Sue, J. Huang, and A.F. Yee, Toughening Mechanisms in
Core-Shell Rubber Modified Polycarbonate, POLYMER 31, 2267, 1990
|
| 31. |
K.L. Ngai, R.W. Rendell, A.F. Yee and D.J. Plazek,
Antiplasticization Effects on a Secondary Relaxation in Plasticized
Glassy Polycarbonates, MACROMOL. 24, 61, 1990 |
| 30. |
B.R. Bassett and A.F. Yee, A Method of Forming Composite Structures Using
In Situ-Formed Liquid Crystal Polymer Fibers in a Thermoplastic Matrix,
POLYMER COMPOSITES 11, 10, 1990 |
| 29. |
A.F. Yee and R.A. Pearson, Rubber Modified Epoxide Resins,
Chap. 7 in "Fractography and Failure Mechanisms of Polymers and
Composites", A.C. Roulin-Moloney, ed. Elsevier Applied Sci. 1989
|
| 28. |
R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, Toughening Mechanisms in Elastomer-Modified
Epoxies Part 3: The Effect of Cross-Link Density, J. MATER. SCI. 24,
2571, 1989 |
| 27. |
H.J. Sue and A.F. Yee, Toughening Mechanisms in a
Multi-phase Alloy of Nylon 6,6/polyphenylene oxide, J. MATER. SCI. 24,
1447, 1989 |
| 26. |
D.S. Parker and A.F. Yee, The Application of a Petrographic Thin-Section
Technique for Evaluation of Composites, J. MATER. SCI. LETTER. 8, 921,
1989 |
| 25. |
D.S. Parker and A.F. Yee, Factors Influencing the Mode I
Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of a Rubber Toughened Thermoplastic
Matrix Composite, J. THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS 2, 2, 1989
|
| 24. |
A.F. Yee, R.A. Pearson and H.J. Sue, Fracture and Toughening Mechanisms
in Polymer Alloys, Proceedings of the International Conference on
Fracture - 7. K. Salama, ed. Pergamon. Vol. 4, pp. 2871-2878, 1989
|
| 23. |
H.J. Sue and A.F. Yee, The Deformation Behavior of a
Polycarbonate Plate with a Circular Hole: Finite Elements Model and
Experimental Observations, POLYMER, 29, 1619, 1988 |
| 22. |
A.F. Yee, R.J. Bankert, K.L. Ngai and R.W. Rendell, Strain and
Temperature Accelerated Relaxation in Polycarbonate, J. POLYM SCI. B,
POLYM. PHYS. ED., 26, 2463, 1988 |
| 21. |
K.L. Ngai, R.W. Rendell and A.F. Yee, Local Molecular
Motions in Glassy and Dissolved Polycarbonates, MACROMOL. 21, 3396, 1988
|
| 20. |
R.W. Rendell, K.L. Ngai and A.F. Yee, The Coupling Model: A Fundamental
Mechanism Governing Time Dependent Properties of Relaxations, Structural
Recovery and Nonlinear Viscoelasticity, MAT. RES. SOC. SYMP. PROC. 79,
311, 1987 |
| 19. |
A.F. Yee, Modifying Matrix Materials for Tougher Composites,
Toughened Composites, ASTM STP 937, N. Johnston, ed., p. 383, 1987
|
| 18. |
L.M. Carapellucci, A.F. Yee, and R.P. Nimmer, Some Problems Associated
with the Puncture Testing of Plastics, POLYM. ENG. SCI., 27, 773, 1987
|
| 17. |
A.F. Yee, Impact Resistance, pp. 36-68, Vol. 8, Encyclopedia
of Polymer Sci. Tech., 2nd. ed., H. Mark, N. Bikales, C. Overberger and
G. Menges, eds. J. Wiley, NY, 1987 |
| 16. |
R.W. Rendell, K.L. Ngai, G.R. Fong, A.F. Yee and R.J. Bankert, Nonlinear
Viscoelasticity and Yield: Application of a Coupling Model, POLYM. ENG.
SCI., 27, 2, 1987 |
| 15. |
A.F. Yee and R.A. Pearson, Toughening Mechanism in
Elastomer-Modified Epoxy Resins - Mechanical Studies, J. MATER. SCI. 21,
2462, 1986 |
| 14. |
R.A. Pearson and A.F. Yee, Toughening Mechanism in Elastomer-Modified
Epoxy Resins - Microscopy Studies, J. MATER. SCI. 21, 2475, 1986
|
| 13. |
A.F. Yee, Dynamic-Mechanical and Transient Testing of
Practical Plastic Specimens Using a New Servo-hydraulic Testing System,
POLYM. ENG. SCI. 25, 923, 1985 |
| 12. |
L.M. Carapellucci and A.F. Yee, The Biaxial Deformation and Yield
Behavior of BPA-Polycarbonate: Effect of Anisotropy", POLYM. ENG. SCI.
25, 920, 1985 |
| 11. |
A.A. Jones, J.F. O'Gara, P.T. Englefield, J.T. Bendler, A.F.
Yee and K.L. Ngai, Proton Spin Relaxation and Molecular Motion in a Bulk
Polycarbonate, MACROMOL. 16, 753, 1983 |
| 10. |
A.F. Yee and M.T. Takemori, Dynamic Bulk and Shear Relaxation in Solid
Polymers. Part I: Experimental Techniques and Results on PMMA, J. POLYM.
SCI. POLYM. PHYS. ED., 20, 205, 1982 |
| 9. |
A.F. Yee and M.A. Maxwell, Effect of Strain Rate on the
Toughening Mechanism of Rubber-Modified Plastics, POLYM. ENG. SCI., 21,
205, 1981 |
| 8. |
R.P. Kambour and A.F. Yee, Influence of Viscosity and Capillary Force on
the Relationship between Crack Toughness and Crack Velocity for an ABS
Plastic in Environmental Stress Cracking Liquids, POLYM. ENG. SCI. 21,
218, 1981 |
| 7. |
A.F. Yee and S.A. Smith, Molecular Structure Effects on the
Dynamic Mechanical Spectra of Polycarbonates, MACROMOL. 14, 54, 1981
|
| 6. |
A.F. Yee and M.A. Maxwell, Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymer
Mixtures: Effects of Compatibility, J. MACROMOL. SCI. PHYS. B17, 543,
1980 |
| 5. |
A.F. Yee and M.T. Takemori, An Improved Technique for the
Measurement of Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Viscoelastic Materials,
J. APP. POLYM. SCI. 21, 2957, 1977 |
| 4. |
A.F. Yee, The Mechanical Properties of Mixtures of Compatible Polymers,
POLYM. ENG. SCI. 17, 213, 1977 |
| 3. |
A.F. Yee, The Yield and Deformation Behavior of Some
Polycarbonate Blends, J. MATER. SCI. 12, 757, 1977 |
| 2. |
A.F. Yee, W.V. Olszewski and S. Miller, Plane Strain and the Brittleness
of Plastics, ADV. CHEM. SER., ACS, 154, 97, 1976 |
| 1. |
A.F. Yee and P.D. DeTorres, The Effect of Sudden Strain Rate
Change on the Yield Behavior of Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate, POLYM. ENG.
SCI. 14, 691, 1974 |
| Note: |
Invited talks as plenary speaker, keynote speaker, etc: >
100. Detailed list available upon request |
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↑ ↑ |
Courses Taught : UC Irvine
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| CBEMS 154: |
Polymer Science and Engineering |
| ↑ ↑ |
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Courses Taught : University of Michigan
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| MSE 250: |
Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering |
| MSE 412: |
Principles of Polymer Science |
| MSE 512: |
Polymer Physics |
| MSE 514: |
Composites |
| MSE 515: |
Mechanical Behavior of Polymers |
| MSE 693: |
Structural Design with Plastics |
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↑ ↑ |
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Du Pont Company |
| • |
National Starch & Chemical Company |
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Eastman Chemical Co. |
| • |
Hoechst Celanese Corp. (now Ticona) |
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Exxon Chemical (Now ExxonMobile Chemical) |
| • |
BF Goodrich |
| • |
Dow Chemical |
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