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Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

Associate Professor of Physics
Condensed Matter Theory


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


Courses:

  • Spring 2005
  • Fall 2003
  • 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-Tc  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
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    Research:


    Research Group Summer 2003
    from left: David Chuhay, Kerem Isik, Sergiy Tkachuck, Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann, Mike Boiwka 
    Research Group Summer 2002  
    • 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 
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    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). 

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