Professor, Organic Polymer Chemistry
E-mail: judyriffle@aol.com
Office: 2108 Hahn Hall
Phone: 540-231-8214
Fax: 540-231-3255
Group Web Pages: http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/riffle/index.html
Education
Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2000 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, 1994 - 2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, 1988 - 1994
Research Scientist and Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, 1987 - 1988
Research Interests
Dr. Riffle currently mentors a research group comprised of 12 Ph.D.
students and 2 undergraduates. Of these, 9 are women and 4 are
underrepresented minority students. Their focus is on the synthesis of
functionalized homopolymers and block copolymers and their activity in
metal complexation and particle formation; and in understanding
structure-property relationships in thermoset copolymer networks.
Selected Publications
- J. P. Stevenson, M. Rutnakornpituk, A. R.Esker, J. S. Riffle, S. W. Charles, S. Wells and J. P. Dailey, "Magnetic Cobalt Dispersions in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Fluids," in press, J. Mag. Mag. Maters., February, 2001.
- J. P. Phillips, C. Li, J. P. Dailey and J. S. Riffle, "Synthesis of Silicone Magnetic Fluids for Use in Eye Surgery," J. Mag. Mag. Mater., 194, 140-148 (1999).
- V. J. Nagpal, R. M. Davis, Q. Liu, J. Facinelli and J. S. Riffle, "A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Micelle Formation in Solutions of Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline-dimethylsiloxane) in Water-2-Propanol Mixtures," Langmuir, 10(12), 4434-4439 (1994).
- Q. Liu, M. Konas and J. S. Riffle, "Investigations of 2-Ethyl-2-oxazoline Polymerizations in Chlorobenzene," Macromolecules, 26(21), 5572-5576 (1993).
- Q. Liu, G. R. Wilson, R. M. Davis and J. S. Riffle, "Preparation and Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane-2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Diblock Copolymers," Polymer (London), 34(14), 3030-3036 (1993).
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