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Roderic P. Quirk

Kumho Professor & Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science; Interim Director, Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science 

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1967

  • M.S., University of Illinois , 1965

  • B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 1963

Research Interests

  • Anionic polymerization:  Vinyl, diene, oxirane and methacrylate monomers;  functionalization reactions of polymeric carbanions; anionic synthesis of block copolymers and heteroarm star polymers; multifunctional anionic initiators; functionized initiators;  functionalization hydrosilation.

Contact Information

  • Dr. Roderic P. Quirk
    The University of Akron
    Department of Polymer Science
    Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
  • Voice: (330) 972-7510
  • Fax: (330) 972-5290

Recent Publications

1.”Synthesis of 4-, 8-, 12-arm star-branched polybutadienes with three different chain-end functionalities using a functionalized initiator”, Hwang, J.; Foster, M. D.; Quirk, R. P.. Polymer  (2004),  45(3),  873-880. 

2. “Synthesis of diene-functionalized macromonomers via functionalization with hexa-1,3,5-triene”, Quirk, Roderic P.; Gomochak, Deanna L.; Bhatia, Rajeev S.; Wesdemiotis, Chrys; Arnould, Mark A.; Wollyung, Kathleen..    Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics  (2003),  204(18),  2183-2196. 

3. “Effect of Segmental Adsorption on the Tethering of End-Functionalized Polymer Chains”,   Huang, H.; Penn, L. S.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheong, T. H. Macromolecules  (2004),  37(2),  516-523.   

4. “Diffusion and Rheology of Binary Polymer Mixtures “,Wang, Shanfeng; von Meerwall, Ernst D.; Wang, Shi-Qing; Halasa, A.; Hsu, W.-L.; Zhou, J. P.; Quirk, R. P., “”,    Macromolecules  (2004),  37(4),  1641-1651.  

5. “Anionic Synthesis and Characterization of w-Hydroxyl-Functionalized Poly(1,3-cyclohexadiene”,   Quirk, Roderic P.; You, Fengxiang; Wesdemiotis, Chrys; Arnould, Mark A.,  Macromolecules  (2004),  37(4),  1234-1242.  

6. “Comparison of Crystallization Kinetics in Various Nanoconfined Geometries”, Sun, L.; Zhu, L.; Ge, Q.; Quirk, R. P.; Xue, C.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Hsiao, B. S.; Avila-Orta, C. A.; Sics, I.; Cantino, M. E., Polymer 2004, 45, 2931-2939. 

7. “Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Oligomerization During Functionalization of Poly(butadienyl)lithium using MALDI-TOF MS and 1H NMR Analyses”, Quirk, R. P.; Guo, Y.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Arnould, M. A. Polymer 2004, 45, 3423-3428. 

8. “Syndiospecific Synthesis of Longer p-n-Alkyl-Substituted Polystyrenes Using Monocyclopentadienyl-Type Titanium Catalysts”, Quirk, Roderic P.; Ok, Myung-Ahn. Macromolecules  2004,  37(11),  3976-3982. 

9. “Confinement Size Effect on Crystal Orientation Changes of Poly(ethylene oxide) Blocks in Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene Diblock Copolymers”, Huang, Ping; Zhu, Lei; Guo, Ya; Ge, Qing; Jing, Alexander J.; Chen, William Y.; Quirk, Roderic P.; Cheng, Stephen Z. D.; Thomas, Edwin L.; Lotz, Bernard; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Avila-Orta, Carlos A.; Sics, Igors Macromolecules  2004,  37(10),  3689-3698. 

10. “Chemically Shielded” Poly(ethylene oxide) Single Crystal Growth and Construction of Channel-Wire Arrays with Chemical and Geometric Recognitions on a Submicrometer Scale, Chen, William Y.; Li, Christopher Y.; Zheng, Joseph X.; Huang, Ping; Zhu, Lei; Ge, Qing; Quirk, Roderic P.; Lotz, Bernard; Deng, Lingfeng; Wu, Chi; Thomas, Edwin L.; Cheng, Stephen Z. D. Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 5292-5299. 

11. “Transition from Mushroom to Brush During Formation of a Tethered Layer”, Huang, Heqing; Rankin, Stephen E.; Penn, Lynn S.; Quirk, Roderic P.; Cheong, Tae Hee Langmuir, 2004, 20, 5770—5775. 

12. “Kinetics of Sequential Tethering in Formation of Mixed Layers”, Huang, H.; Penn, L. S.; Quirk, R. P.; Cheong, T. H. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 5807-5813. 

13. “New Methodology for the Synthesis of Star Polymers Utilizing the Reaction of Living Polymers with Alkoxysilyl-Functionalized Polymers”, Lee, Jae S.; Quirk, Roderic P.; Foster, Mark D.; Wollyung, Kathleen M.; Wesdemiotis, Chrys.  Macromolecules 2004,   37 (17), 6385-6394. 

14. “Thermoplastic Elastomers”, 3rd ed., Holden, G. ;Kricheldorf, H. R.; Quirk, R. P., Eds., Hanser, Cincinnati, 2004. 

15. “Research on Anionic Triblock Copolymers”, Quirk, R. P. In “Thermoplastic Elastomers”, 3rd ed., Holden, G. ;Kricheldorf, H. R.; Quirk, R. P., Eds., Hanser, Cincinnati, 2004, p 69-91. 

16. “Macromonomers as Precursors for Thermoplastic Elastomers”, Quirk, R. P.; Pickel, D. L. G.; Schulz, G. O. In “Thermoplastic Elastomers”, 3rd ed., Holden, G. ;Kricheldorf, H. R.; Quirk, R. P., Eds., Hanser, Cincinnati, 2004, p 323-363. 

17. “Functionalization of Poly(styryl)lithium with Styrene Oxide”, R. P. Quirk, H. Hasegawa, D. L. Gomochak, C. Wesdemiotis, K. Wollyung, Macromolecules 2004, 37, 7146-7155. -680. 

18. “Kinetics of Polymer Brush Formation with and Without Segmental Adsorption,” Penn, L. S. ; Huang, H.; Quirk, R. P.; Chaeong, T. H., Polymer Brushes, Advincula, R. Ed., Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany, 2004, p 317-328.  

19. “Probing Chain-end Functionalization Reactions in Living Anionic Polymerization via Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry”, Arnould, M. A.; Polce, M. J.; Quirk, R. P.; Wesdemiotis, C. Internat. J. Mass Spectrometry 2004, 238(3), 245-255. 

20. “Effect of Butadiene End-Capping of Arms in a Star Polystyrene on Solution Properties, Bulk Dynamics, and Bulk Thermodynamic Interactions in Binary Blends”, Lee, J. S.; Quirk, R. P.; Foster, M. D. Macromolecules, 2004, 37(26), 10199-10204. 

 
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