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Presentations: Germano S. Iannacchione

 

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIUMS

1.      “Influence of polydispersity and curative-epoxy ratio on molecular mobility in epoxy networks”, G. Iannacchione and E. von Meerwall, Morton-Thiokol/University IR&D Review, (Invited, August 15, 1989).

2.      “Diffusion in colloidal suspensions: Application of mixture theories”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, University of Akron, (Invited, 25 October 1990).

3.      “AC heat capacity measurements on 5CB and 8CB liquid crystals confined in submicron size cavities”, G. Iannacchione, Research Symposium, Kent State University, (Invited, 18 March 1991).

4.      “Show and tell: AC calorimetric studies of liquid crystals”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, (Invited, 2 April 1991).

5.      “Confinement and orientational study at liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. S. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Pisa, Italy (Invited, 25 June 1992).

6.      “A study of liquid crystal phase transitions in porous geometries”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, (Invited, 9 September 1993).

7.      “Confined liquid crystal phase transitions: a calorimetric study”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Rutgers University, (Invited, 15 April 1995).

8.      “Deuterium NMR spectroscopy of confined liquid crystals”, G. Iannacchione, Materials Research Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, (Invited, 30 August 1995).

9.      “The effect of chirality on the phase transitions of chiral/8CB mixtures”, G. Iannacchione, S. Qian, M. Wittebrood, and D. Finotello, 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent, OH (Invited, 25 June 1996).

10.  “The effect of random-disorder on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Chez Pierre Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Invited, 17 October 1997).

11.  “The effect of random-disorder on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, (Invited, 12 December 1997).

12.  “The effect of random-disorder on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, (Invited, 12 February 1998).

13.  “The effect of random-disorder on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (Invited, 26 February 1998).

14.  “The effect of random-disorder on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University, (Invited, 3 March 1998).

15.  “The effect of random-disorder due to aerosil dispersions on liquid crystal phase transitions”, G. Iannacchione, American Physical Society, (Invited, 18 March 1998); Bulletin of the American Physical Society 43(1), 510 (1998).

16.  “Liquid crystals all around us”, G. S. Iannacchione, Minority Introduction to Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Science Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Lecture, 17 July 1998).

17.  “Calorimetric studies of order-disorder phase transitions”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Colloquium, 2 November 1998).

18.  “Disorder by random order: random perturbation studies on liquid crystals”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, SUNY at Albany (Seminar, 19 November 1999).

19.  “Review of order-disorder phase transitions in liquid crystals”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Seminar, 29 March 2000).

20.  “Disorder by random order: liquid crystals + aerosil dispersions”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University (Colloquium, 13 April 2000).

21.  “Liquid crystals imbedded with silica: a model system for random perturbations”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Clark University (Colloquium, 20 April 2000).

22.  "Quenched random disorder and finite-size effects on liquid crystalline phase transitions", G. S. Iannacchione, VII – International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2001), Cancun, Mexico (Invited, 26 August 2001).

23.  “Review of liquid crystal phase transitions with quenched random disorder”, G. S. Iannacchione, 15th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties (NIST), Boulder, CO (Invited, 22-27 June 2003).

24.  “Review of liquid crystal phase transitions with quenched random disorder”, G. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Colloquium, 24 November 2003).

25.  “Dynamics of a nano-colloidal aerosil gel”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, John Hopkins University (Seminar, 14 April 2004).

26.  “Recent Advances in Calorimetry for Complex Fluids and Biology”, G. S. Iannacchione, Sigma Xi Lecture Series, WPI Chapter (Lecture, 1 February 2005).

27.  “The World Year of Physics 2005: Einstein and Brownian Motion”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Society of Physics Students Seminar, 2 March 2005).

28.  “Recent Advances in Calorimetry for Complex Fluids and Biology”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics, University of Milano, Italy (Colloquium, 13 December 2005).

29.  “Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions with Quenched Random Disorder”, G. S. Iannacchione, Dept. of Physics / INFM, University of Milano, Italy (Seminar, 15 December 2005).

30.  “Thermodynamics and Biophysics”, G. S. Iannacchione, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (guest lecture, 23 January 2009).

 

PRESENTATIONS: CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE

1.      "Influence of polydispersity and curative/resin ratio on molecular mobility in epoxy networks", G. Iannacchione, E. von Meerwall, and F. Kelley, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34 (3), 855 (1989).

2.      "Gel fraction and molecular mobility in epoxy networks Above Tg", G. Iannacchione and E. von Meerwall, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35 (1), 54 (1990).

3.      "Solid diffusion in a colloidal suspension", E. von Meerwall, D. Skowronski, G. Iannacchione, and D. Mahoney, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35 (3), 453 (1990).

4.      "Drying of a colloidal suspension: self-diffusion in a water based emulsion", D. Mahoney, G. Iannacchione, D. Skowronski, and E. vonMeerwall, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35 (5), 1220 (1990).

5.      "Effect of polydispersity on NMR T2 relaxation in polymer melts", G. Iannacchione and E. von Meerwall, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35 (5), 1220 (1990).

6.      "Use of mixture theories to describe solvent diffusion in a colloidal suspension", E. von Meerwall, D. Skowronski, G. Iannacchione, and D. Mahoney, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36 (1), 115 (1991).

7.      "AC heat capacity measurements on 5CB and 8CB liquid crystals confined in submicron size cavities," G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36 (1), 595 (1991).

8.      "AC heat capacity measurements on 8CB and 5CB liquid crystals confined in submicron size cavities", G. S. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, American Physical Society - Ohio Section, Athens, OH (April 1991).

9.      "Confinement effect on 5CB and 8CB: a heat capacity study", G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, PDLC Workshop, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. I (June 1991).

10.  "Orientational effects on confined 5CB", G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, 4th International Topics Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Cocoa Beach, FL (October 1991).

11.  "Heat capacity study of alkylcyanobiphenyl liquid crystals above the tricritical point", G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37 (1), 131 (1992).

12.  "Calorimetric study of blue phases of chiral liquid crystal CE4", S. T. Shin, G. S. Iannacchione, R. Folks, D. Finotello, and S. Kumar, Surfaces Workshop, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. III (March 1992).

13.  "Liquid crystal phase transitions influenced by interfaces", G. S. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, Surfaces Workshop, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. III (March 1992).

14.  "Orientational effects on confined nCB liquid crystals", G. S. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, Ohio Academy of Science Conference, Akron, OH (May 1992).

15.  "Nematic-less 5CB? 5CB in Vycor glass", G. P. Crawford, G. S. Iannacchione, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, Optics Workshop, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. IV (May 1992).

16.  "Interface influenced phase transitions of alkylcyanobiphenyl liquid crystals: A calorimetric study", G. S. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Pisa, Italy (June 1992).

17.  "Heat capacity study of cylindrically confined 12CB liquid crystal", G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38 (1), 819 (1993).

18.  "Calorimetric study of phase transitions in confined liquid crystals", D. Finotello, G. S. Iannacchione, and G. P. Crawford, 2nd European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Flims, Switzerland (March 1993).

19.  "The effect of surface anchoring on the heat capacity of cylindrically confined liquid crystal phase transitions", G. Iannacchione and D. Finotello, APS Ohio Section, Kent, OH (May 1993).

20.  "Nuclear magnetic resonance study of randomly constrained nematic ordering of a liquid crystal in a porous glass", S. Zumer, G. S. Iannacchione, G. P. Crawford, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, AMPERE Summer Institute on Advanced Technology in Experimental Magnetic Resonance, Proceedings book p. 159, Portoroz, Slovenia (June 1993).

21.  "Cinetica di dimerizzazione nella miscela eutettica di due acidi carbossilici mesogeni", G. S. Iannacchione, D. Finotello, A. Sparavigna, A. Strigazzi, and S. I. Torgova, National Italian Physical Society Conference, Udine, Italy (July 1993).

22.  "Orientational order in extremely restrictive porous glass", G. S. Iannacchione, S. Qian, G. P. Crawford, S. Zumer, J. W. Doane, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 (1), 797 (1994).

23.  "Calorimetric study at the NI transition for nCB liquid crystals in a multiply connected geometry", S. Qian, G. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 (1), 797 (1994).

24.  "Smectic ordering in the random pore structure of Millipore filters", S. Qian, G. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, LC Display Optics Workshop, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. V, p. 66 (May 1994).

25.  "Deuterium NMR and calorimetric study of liquid crystals confined to porous glass", G. Iannacchione, S. Qian, G. Crawford, D. Finotello, J. Doane, and S. Zumer, 15th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Abstracts vol. I, p. 430, Budapest, Hungary (July 1994).

26.  "Calorimetric study of phase transitions for nCB liquid crystals confined to a multiply connected porous network", S. Qian, G. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, 15th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Abstracts vol. I, p. 453, Budapest, Hungary (July 1994).

27.  "Thermal properties and phase transitions in porous materials", D. Finotello, G. S. Iannacchione, and S. Qian, European Symposium on Molecular Orientations at Interfaces, Torino, Italy (Sept. 1994).

28.  "Structural and thermodynamic studies of nCB liquid crystals confined in multiply connected geometries", S. Qian, G. Iannacchione, C. Yeager, D. Finotello, L. Steele, and P. Sokol, 1st CAM Physics Conference, Sup. Bol. Soc. Mex. Fis. 8-3, p. 177, Cancun, Mexico (Sept.1994).

29.  "2H-NMR study of nematic ordering dependence on silica aerogel density", G. S. Iannacchione, C. J. Yeager, N. A. Clark, and D. Finotello, Stabilized and Modified LC Symposium, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. VI, p. 61 (October 1994).

30.  "Calorimetric study of phase transitions of bulk and confined (9+10)CB mixtures", S. Qian, G. S. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, Stabilized and Modified LC Symposium, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. VI, p. 55 (October 1994).

31.  "8CB in porous glasses: DNMR and specific heat", G. Iannacchione, S. Qian, C. Yeager, N. Clark, A. Rappaport, F. Aliev, J. Doane, and D. Finotello, 3rd European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Bovec, Slovenia (March 1995).

32.  "8CB in porous glasses: a DNMR and specific heat study", G. Iannacchione, S. Qian, C. Yeager, D. Finotello, A. Rappaport, N. Clark, and F. Aliev, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40 (1), 84 (1995).

33.  "Liquid crystal ordering transitions within an organic random media", S. Qian, G. S. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, NSF-ALCOM Review (July 1995).

34.  "Liquid crystals phase transitions and nematic order in porous substrates", D. Finotello, G. S. Iannacchione, and S. Qian, ICAM- IV 95, Cancun, Mexico (August 1995).

35.  "Smectic-A to nematic confined critical behavior", S. Qian, G. S. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, Dynamics and Defects in LC Symposium, NSF-ALCOM Technical Reports, vol. VII, p. 61 (October 1995).

36.  "The effect of chirality on the specific heat of chiral 8CB mixtures", G. Iannacchione, S. Qian, M. Wittebrood, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41 (1), 121 (1996).

37.  “Critical behavior at the smectic-A to nematic transition confined to a random network", S. Qian, G. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41 (1), 122 (1996).

38.  "Deuterium NMR and morphology studies of Bragg gratings recorded in polymer dispersed liquid crystals", L. V. Natarajan, T. J. Bunning, R. L. Sutherland, V. P. Tondiglia, W. W. Adams, G. S. Iannacchione, and D. Finotello, MRS Spring 1996 Proceedings, Symp. I: Liquid Crystals for Advanced Technologies, (April 1996).

39.  "Liquid crystal orientational order in silica aerogel", G. S. Iannacchione, B. Zalar, H. Zeng, and D. Finotello, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 (1), 308 (1997).

40.  "The effect of aerosil dopent on the specific heat of liquid crystal phase transitions", G. S. Iannacchione, B. Zhou, and C. W. Garland, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 (1), 383 (1997).

41.  “Construction of an ultra-stable thermal platform for temperature sensor calibration and experimental cell housing”, E. Clinton and G. S. Iannacchione, New England Section – American Physical Society (NES/APS), April 9-10 (1999).

42.  “Numerical simulation of the confined nematic to isotropic phase transition”, J. Gogos and G. S. Iannacchione, NES/APS, April 9-10 (1999).

43.  “Nematic – smectic-A transition in the presence of a hydrogen-bonded silica gel”, R. Leheny, S. Park, J-L.Gallani, C. W. Garland, R. J. Birgeneau, and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44 (1), A30.007 (2000).

44.  “Reentrant phase behavior of a frustrated chiral liquid crystal”, K. J. Hirst, G. S. Iannacchione, and E. Gorecka, NES/APS, April 14-15 (2000).

45.  “Thermal response optimization study of AC calorimetric cells”, K. King, and G. Iannacchione, NES/APS, April 14-15 (2000).

46.  “Fractal formation in confined geometries”, A. M. Cruz and G. S. Iannacchione, NES/APS D1.007, March 30-31 (2001).

47.  “Design and construction of a versatile low-temperature ac-calorimeter”, J. P. Lefrancois, G. S. Iannacchione, and C. M. Agosta, NES/APS, November 2-3 (2001).

48.  “Random field effects of aerosil dispersions on the nematic to smectic-A transition in 8OCB”, P. S. Clegg, C. Stock, C. W. Garland, R. J. Birgeneau, A. Roshi, and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47(1), 1160 - U26.008 (2002).

49.  “Unusual annealing effects in liquid crystal + aerosil dispersions”, A. Roshi, G. Iannacchione, P. Clegg, C. Stock, and R. J. Birgeneau, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47 (1), 1160 - U26.009 (2002).

50.  “Numerical simulations of the impact of Jupiter's migration on the formation of the Hilda asteroid group”, Nikole K. Howard, Matthew J. Holman, Fred Franklin, and Myron Lecar, NES/APS, April 5-6 (2002).

51.  “Dielectric measurements of a liquid crystal-aerosil dispersion”, Brian Dewhirst and Germano Iannacchione, NES/APS, April 5-6 (2002).

52.  “Simulation of microelasticity in a fractal network”, Brittany Morgan and Germano Iannacchione, NES/APS, April 5-6 (2002).

53.  “Molecules tilting within an aerosil gel: the smectic-A to smectic-C transition in filled 8S5”, P. Clegg, R. Birgeneau, S. Park, R. Leheny, C.W. Garland, G. Iannacchione, and M. Neubert, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48 (1), x - S15.011 (2003).

54.  “Evolution of second-order phase transitions in 8S5+aerosil dispersions”, A. Roshi, G. Iannacchione, P. Clegg, R. Birgeneau, R. Leheny, S. Park, and M. Neubert, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48 (1), x – S15.013 (2003).

55.  “Calorimetric and optical study of the I-N transition in a LC+aerosil system”, G. Iannacchione, A. Roshi, T. Bellini, M. Caggioni, and F. Mantegazza, 7th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Jaca, Spain, April 6 – 11 (2003).

56.  “The isotropic to nematic phase transition in CCN47+aerosil dispersions”, S. Barjami, A. Roshi, G. Iannacchione, M. Caggioni, and T. Bellini, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (1), x – H22.010 (2004).

57.  “XIFS study on liquid crystal+aerosil dispersions”, A. Roshi, S. Barjami, G. S. Iannacchione, D. Patterson, and I. McNulty, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (1), x – H22.009 (2004).

58.  “Thermal properties of carbon nanotube based films”, S. Sinha, S. Barjami, G. Iannacchione, A. Schwab, and G. Muench, Nanotech. / Thin Films Conf., July 2004, Singapore.

59.  “Rf/ac-calorimetry on 8CB+aerosil dispersions”, Saimir Barjami and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (1), x – A37.008 (2005).

60.  “Thermal stability of a thermophilic P-type ATPase”, F. L. G. Flecha, D. I. Cattoni, A. K. Mandal, D. Sharma, G. S. Iannacchione, and J. M. Arguello, Journal of General Physiology 126 (1), 12A-13A (25 July 2005).

61.  “Calorimetric study of aligned liquid crystal + aerosil”, F. Cruceanu, G. S. Iannacchione, D. Liang, and R. L. Leheny, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51 (1), x – U21.00013 (2006).

62.  “Thermodynamics of Membrane Proteins: Kinetics”, D. Sharma, A. Mandel, J. Arguello, and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51 (1), x – G13.00008 (2006).

63.  “Calorimetric spectroscopy to observe effect of ligands on membrane protein's folding/unfolding Process”, D. Sharma, J. M. Arguello, and G. S. Iannacchione, Biophysical Journal 404A-404A Suppl. S, January 2007.

64.  “Calorimetric and optical studies of cholesterol-rich filamentous, helical ribbon, and crystal microstructures”, Klaida Kashuri, G. S. Iannacchione, Y. A. Miroshnikova, and Y. V. Zastavker, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 53 (1), x – B17.00014 (2008).

65.  “Specific heat and thermal conductivity measurements parallel and perpendicular to the long-axis of cobalt nanowires”, N. Pradhan, H. Duan, J. Liang, and G. S. Iannacchione, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) 137th meeting program, p. 309 (2008).

66.  “Thermal conductivity of single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes”, N. Pradhan, H. Duan, J. Liang, and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 53 (1), x – Q30.00010 (2008).

67.  “Electric field and frequency dependence of the dielectric storage, loss, and conductivity of multi-wall carbon nanotubes”, R. Basu and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 53 (1), x – P30.00001 (2008).

68.  “Effect of solvent concentration on the liquid crystal phase transitions of octylcyanobiphenyl-hexane mixtures”, K. Sigdel and G. S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 53 (1), x – V8.00009 (2008).

69.  “Optical and calorimetric studies of cholesterol-rich filamentous, helical ribbon, and crystal microstructures”, Y. A. Miroshnikova, M. Elsenbeck, K Kashuri, G. S. Iannacchione, and Y. V. Zastavker, 3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP2008), Seoul, Korea, October 8-10 2008.

70.  “Pseudo-phase diagram of cholesterol-rich filamentous, helical ribbon, and crystal microstructures”, Y.A.Miroshnikova, M. Elsenbeck, Guanqing Ou, Y.V. Zastavker, K. Kashuri, and G.S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 54 (1), x – (2009).

71.  “Study of the isotropic–nematic and the nematic–smectic-A phase transitions in carbon nanotubes and liquid crystal composites”, K.P. Sigdel and G.S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 54 (1), x – (2009).

72.  “Carbon nanotube dispersed liquid crystal: A nano-electromechanical system”, Rajratan Basu and G.S. Iannacchione, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 54 (1), x – (2009).

73.  “Carbon nanotube dispersed liquid crystal: A nano-electromechanical system and Non-volatile Memory Effect”, Rajratan Basu and G.S. Iannacchione, Nanomanufacturing Summit 2009, Boston, MA, May 27-29, 2009.