Jane E. G. Lipson

|Professor
Academic Appointments

  • Associate Dean for the Sciences

  • Albert W. Smith Professor of Chemistry

We live in a world of designed materials, however, the design principles often lack a fundamental understanding of how the chemical nature of the constituents leads to the bulk properties of choice.  Work in the Lipson Group is focused on  creating a bright line between the microscopic nature of complex materials and their macroscopic behaviour. We use simulations, as well as the tools of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.  Areas of particular interest involve glassiness, mobility,  and dynamic heterogeneity in the bulk and in thin films, the effect of interfaces (and its relationship to pressure!) on polymer film properties, thermodynamic (including phase transition) behavior in polymer solutions and blends, and new models linking fundamental thermodynamics to dynamic relaxation. Our specialty involves developing simple, minimalist descriptions that capture the fundamental physical behaviour, and that are held accountable to experimental results.

Contact

Jane.E.G.Lipson@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2390
Burke, Room 205
HB 6128

Education

  • B.Sc. University of Toronto
  • M.Sc. University of Toronto
  • Ph.D. University of Toronto

Selected Publications

  • Qiu, J.L; Chen, X.J.; Le, A.N.; Lopez-Barron, C.R.; Rohde, B.J.; White, R.P.; Lipson, J.E.G.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Robertson, M.L. (2023) Thermodynamic Interactions in Polydiene/Polyolefin Blends Containing Diverse Polydiene and Polyolefin Units Macromolecules 56, 2286-2297  DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01866.

  • White, R.P.; Lipson, J.E.G. (2023) Why Volume and Dynamics Decouple in Nanocomposite Matrices: Space that Cannot be Accessed is not Free. Physical Review Letters DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.018101.

  • White, R.P.; Buculei, D; Beale AMJM; Goovaerts, I.; Keddie, J.L.; Lipson, J.E.G. (2022) Spectroscopic Ellipsometry as a Route to Thermodynamic Characterization. Soft Matter DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00959e

  • Song, Z.J.; White, R.P.; Lipson, J.E.G.; Napolitano, S. (2022) Experimental and Modeling Comparison of the Dynamics of Capped and Freestanding Poly(2-chlorostyrene) Films.  ACS MacroLetters 11, 91-95.  DOI:10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00674.

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