Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

Associate Professor of Physics
Condensed Matter Theory

Phone: (330) 972 - 8029 
E-Mail: jutta@uakron.edu

Courses:

• Modeling and Simulation 

Resume:

• Diplom Physik - Technische Universität Clausthal, 1988
• parastatistics  
• Ph.D. in Physics -University of Maryland at College Park, 1994
• thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids in the critical region  
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 1994-1996
• phase transitions with complex order parameters, high-T_c  superconductivity 
• Research Associate - Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 1996-1998
• thermodynamic and structural properties of molecular and polymeric fluids 
• Physics faculty - Department of Physics, University of Akron, 1998 to present

Research:

• Recent presentations 
• Combination of small-scale simulations with coarse-grained theories.
• Monomeric friction coefficients of polyolefins.
• Phase separation in polymer blends and solutions.
• Cooperative effects in polymer dynamics.
• Monte Carlo simulations of a generalized bond-fluctuation model  Visualizations 

Selected Recent Publications:

R. Kita, S. Wiegand, and J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Sign change of the Soret coefficient of
poly(ethylene oxide) in water/ethanol mixtures observed by thermal diffusion forced Rayleigh  
scattering", J. Chem. Phys. 121, 3874 (2004)   pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Lattice model for thermodiffusion in polymer solutions",  
submitted to Int. J. Thermophys., (2003)   pdf

B. J. de Gans, R. Kita, S. Wiegand, and J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Unusual thermal  
diffusion in polymer solutions",   Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 245501 (2003)   pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Two-chamber lattice model for thermodiffusion in polymer  
solutions."   J. Chem. Phys. 119, 2892-2902 (2003)   pdf

Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann. “Thermodiffusion in the Critical Region.”  in Thermal
Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Fluid Mixtures, W. Koehler and S. Wiegand  editors, 
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002.  pdf 

J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Segmental Mobility of Polyolefin Melts",   Int. J. Thermophys.,  
22, 1507 (2001)   pdf

M. P. Taylor, J. Luettmer-Strathmann, and J. E. G. Lipson “Structure and Phase Behavior 
of Square Well Dimer Fluids” J. Chem. Phys. 114, 5654 (2001) pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Effect of small-scale architecture on polymer mobility", 
J. Chem. Phys. 112, 5473 (2000).  pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann. "Group Theoretical Methods Applied to Condensed Matter 
Problems", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries 
(Goslar, July 18-22, 1999) edited by H.-D. Doebner, V. K. Dobrev, J.-D. Hennig, and 
W. Luecke, World Scientific, 2000.  pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann and J. E. G. Lipson. "Miscibility of polyolefin blends from 
a Born-Green-Yvon lattice model in conjunction with small scale simulations", 
Phys. Rev. E 59, 2039 (1999). pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann and J. E. G. Lipson. "Miscibility of polyolefin blends", 
Macromolecules 32, 1093 (1999). pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann, J. A. Schoenhard, and J. E. G. Lipson. "Thermodynamics of 
n-alkane mixtures and polyethylene-n-alkane solutions; comparison of theory and 
experiment," Macromolecules 31, 9231 (1998). pdf

J. Luettmer-Strathmann and J. E. G. Lipson. "Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions 
from a Born-Green-Yvon Lattice Theory," Fluid Phase Equilib. 150-151, 649 (1998).