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  • Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - 11:00 to Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - 12:00
    Polymer Physics Seminar Series
    "Combining Plastics: Semicrystalline Multiblock Architectures Enhance Polymer Blend Properties" James M. Eagan, Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron 
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    Polymer Physics Seminar Series
    “So easy a polymer physicist can do it: Accessible polyether materials through facile epoxide polymerizations" Robert Ferrier, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
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