Ryan M. Van Horn
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
AEC 229
(610) 330-5820
Degrees
- Ph.D., Polymer Science, University of Akron
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College
Teaching Areas
- Experimental Design and Analysis
- Thermodynamics
- Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
- Physical characterization and structure-property relationships of polymeric materials
- Thermodynamics of materials: phase behavior in tertiary, binary, and single-component systems
Selected Publications
Undergraduate authors are denoted with an asterisk:
- Brigham, N*.; Nardi, C.*; Carandang, A.*; Allen, K.*; Van Horn, R.M. “Manipulation of Crystallization Sequence in PEO-b-PCL Films Using Solvent Interactions” Macromolecules 2017, 50, 8996
- Van Horn, R.M.; Cheng, S.Z.D. Crystallization in Polymer Thin Films: Morphology and Growth. In Polymer Thin Films; Tsui, O. K. C., Russell, T. P., Eds.; World Scientific: New York, 2008
- Van Horn, R.M.; Zheng, J.X.; Sun, H.-J.; Hsiao, M.-S.; Zhang, W.-B.; Dong, X.; Xu, J.; Thomas, E.L.; Lotz, B.; Cheng, S.Z.D. “Solution Crystallization Behavior of Crystalline-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers of Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(e-caprolactone)” Macromolecules 2010, 43, 6113