Publications and Patents

2011

• [117] M. P. Howard and S. T. Milner, "Numerical simulations for Rouse model in flow." Phys. Rev. E 84:051804, 2011.
• [116] W. Bisbee, J. Qin, and S. T. Milner. Finding the tube with isoconfigurational averaging. Macromolecules 44:8972—8980, 2011.
• [115] J. Qin and S. T. Milner. Counting polymer knots to find the entanglement length. Soft Matter 7:10676—10693, 2011.
• [114] S. T. Milner. Polymer crystal-melt interfaces and nucleation in polyethylene. Soft Matter, 7:2909—2917, 2011.
• [113] S. T. Milner and N. Wentzel. Twist solitons in ordered phases of n-alkanes. Soft Matter, 7:7477, 2011.
• [112] N. Wentzel and S. T. Milner. Simulation of multiple ordered phases in C23 n-alkane. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134:224504, 2011.

2010

• [111] N. B. Tito, S. T. Milner, and J. E. G. Lipson. Self-assembly of lamellar microphases in linear gradient copolymer melts. Macromolecules, 43:10612-10620, 2010.
• [110] S. T. Milner and J. E. G. Lipson. Delayed glassification model for free-surface suppression of Tg in polymer glasses. Macromolecules, 43:9865—9873, 2010.
• [109] J. E. G. Lipson and S. T. Milner. Local and average glass transitions in polymer thin films. Macromolecules 43:9874-9880, 2010.
• [108] S. T. Milner and J. D. Newhall. Stress relaxation in entangled melts of unlinked ring polymers. Physical Review Letters, 105:208302, 2010.
• [107] L. M. Ramırez, S. T. Milner, C. E. Snyder, R. H. Colby, and D. Velegol. Controlled flats on spherical polymer colloids. Langmuir 26(10):7644-7649, 2010.
• [106] N. Wentzel and S. T. Milner. Crystal and rotator phases of n-alkanes: A molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 132(4):044901, 2010.

2009

• [105] J. E. G. Lipson and S. T. Milner. Percolation model of interfacial effects in polymeric glasses. Eur Phys J B 72(1):133–137, 2009.
• [104] S. T. Milner, M.-D. Lacasse, and W. W. Graessley. Why chi is seldom zero for polymer-solvent mixtures. Macromolecules 42(3):876–886, 2009.
• [103] W. W. Graessley and S. T. Milner. Inertially driven transient response in polymeric liquids. J Non-Newton Fluid 159(1-3):26–33, 2009.

2008

• [102] M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, and R. N. Webb. Separation of polymer slurries. U. S. Patent Application US 2008/0262180, 2008.
• [101] M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, and R. N. Webb. Polymerization processes. U.S. Patent No. 7,423,100, 2008.
• [100] T. D. Shaffer, S. T. Milner, M. G. Matturro, D. Y.-L. Chung, M. F. McDonald, and R. N. Webb. Polymerization processes. U. S. Patent No. 7,414,101, 2008.
• [99] R. E. Baud, M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, R. H. Schatz, R. N. Webb, P. J. Wright, and J.-P. Courseaux. Polymerization quench method and system. U. S. Patent Application US 2008/0194777, 2008.

2007

• [98] M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, R. N. Webb, and R. D. Hembree. Phase separation process utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon. U. S. Patent Application US 2007/0299161, 2007.
• [97] M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, R. N. Webb, and R. D. Hembree. Process to produce a hydrocarbon rubber cememt utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent. U. S. Patent Application US 2007/0299190, 2007.
• [96] T. D. Shaffer, S. T. Milner, M. G. Matturro, D. Y.-L. Chung, M. F. McDonald, and R. N. Webb. Polymerization processes. U. S. Patent No. 7,232,872, 2007.
• [95] M. F. McDonald, S. T. Milner, T. D. Shaffer, and R. N. Webb. Polymerization processes. U. S. Patent No. 7,214,750, 2007.
• [94] R. S. Polizzotti, M. D. Ertas, N. M. Pokutylowicz, S. T. Milner, J. R. Rigby, J. Montgomery, P. B. Entchev, S. R. Keller, V. Gupta, and W. J. Sisak. Variable density drilling mud. U. S. Patent Application US 2007/0027036, 2007.
• [93] D. A. Vega and S. T. Milner. Shear damping function measurements for branched polymers. J Polym Sci Pol Phys 45:3117–3136, 2007.
• [92] H. E. King, S. T. Milner, M. Y. Lin, J. P. Singh, and T. G. Mason. Structure and rheology of organoclay suspensions. Physical Review E 75:021403, 2007.

2006

• [91] C. Faure, F. Nallet, D. Roux, S. T. Milner, F. Gauffre, D. Olea, and O. Lambert. Modeling leakage kinetics from multilamellar vesicles for membrane permeability determination: Application to glucose. Biophysical Journal 91:4340–4349, 2006.
• [90] J. E. G. Lipson and S. T. Milner. Multiple glass transitions and local composition effects on polymer solvent mixtures. J Polym Sci Pol Phys 44:3528–3545, 2006.

2005

• [89] S. Milner. Predicting the tube diameter in melts and solutions. Macromolecules 38:4929– 4939, 2005.

2004

• [88] S. Milner. Thermodynamic admissibility of the reptation model. Journal of Rheology 48:53– 67, 2004.

2003

• [87] R. Graham, A. Likhtman, and T. McLeish. Microscopic theory of linear, entangled polymer chains under rapid deformation including chain stretch and convective constraint release. Journal of Rheology 47(5):1171–1200, 2003.

2002

• [86] C. A. Garcia-Franco, D. J. Lohse, R. A. Mendelson, L. J. Fetters, S. T. Milner, N. Hadjichris- tidis, and D. W. Mead. Processing olefin copolymers. U.S. Patent No. 6,417,281, 2002.
• [85] C. A. Garcia-Franco, D. J. Lohse, R. A. Mendelson, L. J. Fetters, S. T. Milner, N. Hadjichris- tidis, and D. W. Mead. Processing olefin copolymers. U.S. Patent No. 6,391,998, 2002.
• [84] C. A. Garcia-Franco, D. J. Lohse, R. A. Mendelson, L. J. Fetters, S. T. Milner, N. Hadjichris- tidis, and D. W. Mead. Processing olefin copolymers. U.S. Patent No. 6,355,757, 2002.
• [83] A. Frischknecht, S. Milner, A. Pryke, R. Young, R. Hawkins, and T. McLeish. Rheology of three-arm asymmetric star polymer melts. Macromolecules 35:4801–4820, 2002.
• [82] A. Frischknecht and S. Milner. Linear rheology of binary melts from a phenomenological tube model of entangled polymers. Journal of Rheology 46:671–684, 2002.
• [81] D. Lohse, S. Milner, L. Fetters, M. Xenidou, N. Hadjichristidis, R. Mendelson, C. Garcia- Franco, and M. Lyon. Well-defined, model long chain branched polyethylene. 2. melt rheo- logical behavior. Macromolecules 35:3066–3075, 2002.

2001

• [80] A. Frischknecht and S. Milner. Model for the aggregation state of living anionic polymers. J Chem Phys 114:1032–1050, 2001.
• [79] S. Milner. Improved model of nonaffine strain measure. Journal of Rheology 45:1023–1028, 2001.
• [78] S. Milner, T. McLeish, and A. Likhtman. Microscopic theory of convective constraint release. Journal of Rheology 45:539–563, 2001.
• [77] S. Milner and A. Frischknecht. Why the anisotropic planar rotor model is nearly second order. J Chem Phys 114:9733–9740, 2001.

2000

• [76] A. Frischknecht and S. Milner. Diffusion with contour length fluctuations in linear polymer melts. Macromolecules 33:5273–5277, 2000.
• [75] A. Likhtman, S. Milner, and T. McLeish. Microscopic theory for the fast flow of polymer melts. Physical Review Letters 85:4550–4553, 2000.
• [74] A. Frischknecht and S. Milner. Self-diffusion with dynamic dilution in star polymer melts. Macromolecules 33:9764–9768, 2000.

1999

• [73] L. Fetters, D. Lohse, S. Milner, and W. Graessley. Packing length influence in linear poly- mer melts on the entanglement, critical, and reptation molecular weights. Macromolecules 32:6847–6851, 1999.
• [72] T. McLeish and S. Milner. Entangled dynamics and melt flow of branched polymers. Adv Polym Sci 143:195–256, 1999.

1998

• [71] S. Milner and T. McLeish. Reptation and contour-length fluctuations in melts of linear polymers. Physical Review Letters 81:725–728, 1998.
• [70] B. Blottiere, T. McLeish, A. Hakiki, R. Young, and S. Milner. Rheology and tube model theory of bimodal blends of star polymer melts. Macromolecules 31:9295–9304, 1998.
• [69] A. Levine and S. Milner. Star polymers and the failure of time-temperature superposition. Macromolecules 31:8623–8637, 1998.
• [68] S. Milner, T. McLeish, R. Young, A. Hakiki, and J. Johnson. Dynamic dilution, constraint- release, and star-linear blends. Macromolecules 31:9345–9353, 1998.
• [67] S. Milner and T. McLeish. Arm-length dependence of stress relaxation in star polymer melts. Macromolecules 31:7479–7482, 1998.
• [66] P. Olmsted and S. Milner. Strong segregation theory of bicontinuous phases in block copolymers. Macromolecules 31:4011–4022, 1998.

1997

• [65] S. T. Milner. Effects of shear flow on semidilute polymer solutions. NATO ASI Series pages 127–140, 1997.
• [64] S. Milner and P. Olmsted. Analytical weak-segregation theory of bicontinuous phases in diblock copolymers. J Phys II 7:249–255, 1997.
• [63] S. Milner and T. McLeish. Parameter-free theory for stress relaxation in star polymer melts. Macromolecules 30:2159–2166, 1997.
• [62] J. Goveas, S. Milner, and W. Russel. Corrections to strong-stretching theories. Macromolecules 30:5541–5552, 1997.
• [61] J. Goveas, S. Milner, and W. Russel. Late stages of the "pearling" instability in lipid bilayers. J Phys II 7:1185–1204, 1997.
• [60] J. Goveas and S. Milner. Dynamics of the lamellar-cylindrical transition in weakly segregated diblock copolymer melts. Macromolecules 30:2605–2612, 1997.
• [59] S. Milner. How do copolymer compatibilizers really work? MRS Bulletin 22:38–42, 1997.
• [58] S. Song, M. Yoon, S. Mochrie, G. Stephenson, and S. Milner. Faceting kinetics of stepped si(113) surfaces: Dynamic scaling and nano-scale grooves. Surf Sci 372:37–63, 1997.

1996

• [57] S. Milner and D. Morse. Wetting description of block copolymer thin films. Physical Review E 54:3793–3810, 1996.
• [56] M. Goulian and S. Milner. Shape fluctuations of a droplet containing a polymer. J Phys II 6:543–550, 1996.
• [55] S. Milner. Relating the shear-thinning curve to the molecular weight distribution in linear polymer melts. Journal of Rheology 40:303–315, 1996.
• [54] H. Xi and S. Milner. Surface waves on polymer brushes. Macromolecules 29:4772–4776, 1996.
• [53] S. Milner and H. Xi. How copolymers promote mixing of immiscible homopolymers. Journal of Rheology 40:663–687, 1996.
• [52] H. Xi and S. Milner. Bicontinuous phase in diblock copolymer melts with added homopolymer. Macromolecules 29:2404–2411, 1996.
• [51] G. Fredrickson and S. Milner. Time-dependent reactive coupling at polymer-polymer inter- faces. Macromolecules 29:7386–7390, 1996.

1995

• [50] D. Morse and S. Milner. Statistical mechanics of closed fluid membranes. Physical Review E 52:5918–5945, 1995.
• [49] M. Goulian and S. Milner. Shear alignment and instability of smectic phases. Physical Review Letters 74:1775–1778, 1995.
• [48] S. Milner and G. Fredrickson. Reconsidering random copolymers at interfaces. Macromolecules 28:7953–7956, 1995.

1994

• [47] P. Olmsted and S. Milner. Strong-segregation theory of bicontinuous phases in block- copolymers. Physical Review Letters 72:936–939, 1994.
• [46] S. Milner. Strongly stretched polymer brushes. J Polym Sci Pol Phys 32:2743–2755, 1994.
• [45] D. Morse and S. Milner. Fluctuations and phase-behavior of fluid membrane-vesicles. Euro-physics Letters 26:565–570, 1994.
• [44] S. Milner. Chain architecture and asymmetry in copolymer microphases. Macromolecules 27:2333–2335, 1994.
• [43] P. Olmsted and S. Milner. Fluctuation corrections to mean-field theory for homopolymer copolymer phase-separation - sequence distribution effects. Macromolecules 27:1964–1967, 1994.
• [42] P. Olmsted and S. Milner. Strain-induced nematic phase-separation in polymer melts and gels. Macromolecules 27:6648–6660, 1994.
• [41] F. Nallet, D. Roux, C. Quilliet, P. Fabre, and S. Milner. Elasticity and hydrodynamic prop- erties of doped solvent dilute lamellar phases. J Phys II 4:1477–1499, 1994.
• [40] D. Perahia, D. Wiesler, S. Satija, L. Fetters, S. Sinha, and S. Milner. Neutron reflectiv- ity of end-grafted polymers - concentration and solvent quality dependence in equilibrium conditions. Physical Review Letters 72:100–103, 1994.

1993

• [39] D. Morse and S. Milner. Absence of the nematic phase in symmetrical diblock copolymers. Physical Review E 47:1119–1125, 1993.
• [38] G. Sigaud, C. Garland, H. Nguyen, D. Roux, and S. Milner. Spinodal decomposition in 2-component smectics. J Phys II 3:1343–1355, 1993.
• [37] S. Milner. Transmission of polarized-light through a randomly birefringent medium. Macromolecules 26:2974–2976, 1993.
• [36] N. Hadjichristidis, H. Iatrou, S. Behal, J. Chludzinski, M. Disko, R. GARNER, K. LIANG, D. LOHSE, and S. Milner. Morphology and miscibility of miktoarm styrene diene copolymers and terpolymers. Macromolecules 26:5812–5815, 1993.
• [35] S. Milner. Dynamical theory of concentration fluctuations in polymer-solutions under shear. Physical Review E 48:3674–3691, 1993.
• [34] S. Milner and A. Liu. Concentration-dependence of long-time tails in colloidal suspensions. Physical Review E 48:449–454, 1993.

1992

• [33] S. Milner. Competitive adsorption-kinetics of end-adsorbing polymers. Macromolecules 25:5487–5494, 1992.
• [32] G. Fredrickson, S. Milner, and L. Leibler. Multicritical phenomena and microphase ordering in random block copolymer melts. Macromolecules 25:6341–6354, 1992.
• [31] J. Xue, D. Pine, S. Milner, X. Wu, and P. Chaikin. Nonergodicity and light-scattering from polymer gels. Physical Review A 46:6550–6563, 1992.
• [30] S. Milner and T. Witten. Bridging attraction by telechelic polymers. Macromolecules 25:5495–5503, 1992.
• [29] S. Milner and D. Roux. Flory theory of the unbinding transition. J Phys I 2:1741–1754, 1992.

1991

• [28] S. Milner. Polymer brushes. Science 251:905–914, 1991.
• [27] S. Milner. Hydrodynamic penetration into parabolic brushes. Macromolecules 24:3704–3705, 1991.
• [26] R. Ball, J. Marko, S. Milner, and T. Witten. Polymers grafted to a convex surface. Macromolecules 24:693–703, 1991.
• [25] G. Fredrickson and S. Milner. Thermodynamics of random copolymer melts. Physical Review Letters 67:835–838, 1991.
• [24] S. Milner. Hydrodynamics of semidilute polymer-solutions. Physical Review Letters 66:1477–1480, 1991.

1990

• [23] B. Farago, J. S. Huang, D. Richter, S. A. Safran, and S. T. Milner. Microemulsion shape fluctuation measured by neutron spin echo. Progress in Col loid & Polymer Science 81:60–63, 1990.
• [22] S. T. Milner and M. E. Cates. Role of shear in the isotropic to lamellar transition. Materials Research Society Symposium Proccedings 177:147–150, 1990.
• [21] G. H. Fredrickson and S. T. Milner. Tracer diffusion in weakly-ordered block copolymeres. Materials Research Society Symposium Proccedings 177:169–177, 1990.
• [20] T. A. Witten and S. T. Milner. Two-component grafted polymer layers. Materials Research Society Symposium Proccedings 177:37–44, 1990.
• [19] S. Milner. Strong-stretching and scheutjens-fleer descriptions of grafted polymer brushes. J Chem Soc Faraday Trans 86:1349–1353, 1990.
• [18] B. Farago, D. Richter, J. Huang, S. Safran, and S. Milner. Shape and size fluctuations of microemulsion droplets - the role of cosurfactant. Physical Review Letters 65:3348–3351, 1990.
• [17] F. Nallet, D. Roux, and S. Milner. Small-angle scattering features of lyotropic smectics-a. J Phys-Paris 51:2333–2346, 1990.
• [16] S. Milner, M. Cates, and D. Roux. Hydrodynamic modes and topology in microemulsions and l₃ phases. J Phys-Paris 51:2629–2639, 1990.

1989

• [15] S. Milner, J. Joanny, and P. Pincus. Buckling of langmuir monolayers. Europhysics Letters 9:495–500, 1989.
• [14] G. Grest, K. Kremer, S. Milner, and T. Witten. Relaxation of self-entangled many-arm star polymers. Macromolecules 22:1904–1910, 1989.
• [13] M. Cates and S. Milner. Role of shear in the isotropic-to-lamellar transition. Physical Review Letters 62:1856–1859, 1989.
• [12] S. Milner, T. Witten, and M. Cates. Effects of polydispersity in the end-grafted polymer brush. Macromolecules 22:853–861, 1989.
• [11] S. Milner, Z. Wang, and T. Witten. End-confined polymers - corrections to the newtonian limit. Macromolecules 22:489–490, 1989.

1988

• [10] S. Milner. Compressing polymer brushes - a quantitative comparison of theory and experiment. Europhysics Letters 7:695–699, 1988.
• [9] S. Milner, T. Witten, and M. Cates. A parabolic density profile for grafted polymers. Europhysics Letters 5:413–418, 1988.
• [8] S. Milner, T. Witten, and M. Cates. Theory of the grafted polymer brush. Macromolecules 21:2610–2619, 1988.
• [7] S. Milner, S. Safran, D. Andelman, M. Cates, and D. Roux. Correlations and structure factor of bicontinuous microemulsions. J Phys-Paris 49:1065–1076, 1988.
• [6] M. Cates, D. Roux, D. Andelman, S. Milner, and S. Safran. Random surface model for the l₃-phase of dilute surfactant solutions. Europhysics Letters 5:733–739, 1988.
• [5] S. Milner and T. Witten. Bending moduli of polymeric surfactant interfaces. J Phys-Paris 49:1951–1962, 1988.

1987

• [4] S. Milner and S. Safran. Dynamic fluctuations of droplet microemulsions and vesicles. Physical Review A 36:4371–4379, 1987.
• [3] J. Huang, S. Milner, B. Farago, and D. Richter. Study of dynamics of microemulsion droplets by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters 59:2600–2603, 1987.

1986

• [2] S. Milner and P. Martin. Fluctuating hydrodynamics of smectic-a liquid-crystals. Physical Review Letters 56:77–80, 1986.
• [1] S. Milner and P. Martin. Critical slowing of chemical-reactions. Physical Review A 33:1996– 2002, 1986.