Cotton Utilization: Fabric Chemistry & Products Symposium

Wednesday, January 6, 2010: 1:45 PM-6:00 PM
Balcony K (New Orleans Marriott)
Organizer:
Alfred D. French
1:45 PM
Application of Low Level, Uniform Ultrasound Field for Acceleration of Enzymatic Bio-Processing of Cotton
Brian Condon, United States Department of Agriculture; Michael W. Easson, United States Department of Agriculture; Val Yachmenev, United States Department of Agriculture; Allan Lambert, United States Department of Agriculture; Jade Smith, United States Department of Agriculture
2:05 PM
Synthesis, Structural and Flammability Studies of Novel Triazine Derivative Phosphonates as Economic Flame Retardants for Cotton
Thach-Mien D. Nguyen, SRRC-USDA-ARS; SeChin Chang, SRRC-USDA-ARS; Brian Condon, SRRC-USDA-ARS; Elena Graves, SRRC-USDA-ARS; Jade Smith, SRRC-USDA-ARS
2:25 PM
Modeling Water Movement Through Cotton With GLYCAM-LP
Jodi A. Hadden, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; Alfred D. French, USDA-ARS; Glenn P. Johnson, USDA-ARS; Robert J. Woods, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
3:05 PM
Preliminary Modulus Calculations for Cellulose
Michael Santiago Cintrón, SRRC ARS USDA; Alfred D. French, USDA; Glenn P. Johnson, USDA
3:25 PM
Break and Poster Session
4:15 PM
Improving UV Protection of Cotton Fabrics through Digital Textile Printing
Grace W. Namwamba, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center; Vamshi Krishna Naarani, Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Delissa S. Thrower, Southern University and A&M College
4:35 PM
Simulation Studies of Interaction of Water Molecules with Crystalline Faces of Cotton Cellulose
Pradeep Venkataraman, Tulane University; Henry S. Ashbaugh, Tulane University; Glenn P. Johnson, USDA-ARS; Alfred D. French, USDA-ARS
4:55 PM
Hydrogen Bonding in the Methanol Dimer
Alfred D. French, USDA-ARS; Glenn P. Johnson, USDA-ARS