Publications

Megan L. Robertson was previously Megan L. Ruegg

  1. "Hydrolytic Degradation and Thermal Properties of Epoxy Resins derived from Soybean Oil." Yang, G.; Rohde, B. J.; Robertson, M. L. Green Materials 2013, March issue.
  2. “Tough Blends of Polylactide and Castor Oil.” Robertson, M. L.; Paxton, J. M.; Hillmyer, M. A. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2011, 3, 3402-3410.
  3. “Phase Diagrams of Blends of Polyisobutylene and Deuterated Polybutadiene as a Function of Chain Length.” Nedoma, A. J.; Lai, P.; Jackson, A.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N.S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 3077-3084.
  4. "Phase Behavior of Off-Critical A/B/A-C Blends." Nedoma, A. J.; Lai, P.; Jackson, A.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 7852-7859.
  5. “Phase Behavior of Asymmetric Multicomponent A/B/A-C Blends with Unequal Homopolymer Molecular Weights.” Nedoma, A. J.; Lai, P.; Jackson, A.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 3549-3555.
  6. “Biorenewable Multiphase Polymers.”  Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Mortamet, A. C.; Ryan, A. J. MRS Bulletin 2010, 35, 194-200.
  7. “Reactive Compatibilization of Poly(L-lactide) and Conjugated Soybean Oil.”  Gramlich, W. M.; Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 2313-2321.
  8. “Toughening of Polylactide with Polymerized Soybean Oil.” Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K. C.; Gramlich, W. M.; Hillmyer, M. A. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 1807-1814.  
  9. “Phase Inversion in Polylactide / Soybean Oil Blends Compatibilized by Poly(isoprene-b-lactide) Block Copolymers.” Chang, K. C.; Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A.  ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2009, 1, 2390-2399.
  10. “Measurements of the Composition and Molecular Weight Dependence of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter.” Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 5773-5779.
  11. “Measurements of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter Using a Series of Critical Binary Blends.”  Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P.  Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2008, 47, 3551-3553. 
  12. “Characterization of Micron-Sized Periodic Structures in Multicomponent Polymer Blends by Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Optical Microscopy.”  Wanakule, N. S.; Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Fang, Z.; Jackson, A.; Garetz, B. A.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2008, 41, 471-477. 
  13. “Interfacial Concentration Profiles of Rubbery Polyolefin Lamellae Determined by Quantitative Electron Microscopy.”  Gomez, E. D.; Ruegg, M. L.; Minor, A. M.; Kisielowski, C.; Downing, K. H.; Glaeser, R. M.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2008, 41, 156-162. 
  14. “Scattering from Polymer Systems”, Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P. Invited submission, Macromolecular Engineering, Matyjaszewski, K.; Gnanou, Y.; Leibler, L., editors, Wiley-VCH, 2007.
  15. “Minimizing the Concentration of Diblock Copolymer Needed to Organize Blends of Weakly Segregated Polymers by Tuning Attractive and Repulsive Interactions.”  Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1207-1217.
  16. “Effect of Pressure on a Multicomponent A/B/A-C Polymer Blend with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions.”  Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2007, 40, 355-365.
  17. “Condensed Exponential Correlation Functions in Multicomponent Polymer Blends Measured by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy.”  Ruegg, M. L.; Patel, A. J.; Narayanan, S.; Sandy, A. R.; Mochrie, S. G. J.; Watanabe, H.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2006, 39, 8822-8831.
  18. “Diblock Copolymer Surfactant Transport across the Interface between Two Homopolymers.”  Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Mates, T. E.; Radke, C. J.; Balsara, N. P.  Langmuir 2006, 22, 9192-9200. 
  19. “Relationship between Macroscopic and Microscopic Models of Surfactant Adsorption Dynamics at Fluid Interfaces.”  Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P.; Radke, C. J.  Langmuir 2006, 22, 9201-9207. 
  20. “Microphase and Macrophase Separation in Multicomponent A/B/A-C Polymer Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions.”  Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P.  Macromolecules 2006, 39, 1125-1134. 
  21. “Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of a Diblock Copolymer to Interfaces between Two Homopolymers.”  Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Mates, T. E.; Radke; C. J.; Balsara; N. P.  Macromolecules 2005, 38, 3872-3882.
  22. “Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends Organized by Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactants Studied by Mean Field Theories and Scattering.”  Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P.; Radke, C. J.; Shaffer, T. D.; Lin, M. Y.; Shull, K. R.; Lohse, D. J.  Macromolecules 2004, 37, 7401-7417.
  23. “Small-Angle Neutron Scattering from Nonuniformly Labeled Block Copolymers.”  Ruegg, M. L.; Newstein, M. C.; Balsara, N. P.; Reynolds, B. J.  Macromolecules 2004, 37, 1960-1968.
  24. “Phase Behavior of Highly Immiscible Polymer Blends Stabilized by a Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactant.”  Lee, J. H.;  Ruegg, M. L.;  Balsara, N. P.;  Zhu, Y. Q.;  Gido, S. P.;  Krishnamoorti, R.; Kim, M. H. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 6537-6548.

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