Robert Riggleman
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Honors and Awards: Best Paper Award - Semiconductor Research Corporation Annual Review - 2006, Best Paper Award, Semiconductor Research Corporation Annual Review - 2005
Robert's research is focused on providing a fundamental understanding of how the properties of glassy polymers change when they are confined to freestanding, nanoscale thin films. Many experiments have shown that there is a distribution of glass transition temperatures in thin films, and near free surfaces the dynamics are enhanced and the glass transition temperature decreases. He is interested in how confinement affects the aging properties of glassy polymers and antiplasticized polymers.
Education:
PhD 2007 - Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Recent Publications 
- Evolution of collective motion in a model glass-forming liquid during physical aging, Shavit, A. | Douglas, J.F. | Riggleman, R.A., Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013
- Heterogeneous segmental dynamics during creep and constant strain rate deformations of rod-containing polymer nanocomposites, Toepperwein, G.N. | Schweizer, K.S. | Riggleman, R.A. | De Pablo, J.J., Macromolecules, 2012
- Investigation of the interfacial tension of complex coacervates using field-theoretic simulations, Riggleman, R.A. | Kumar, R. | Fredrickson, G.H., Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012
- Dynamics and deformation response of rod-containing nanocomposites, Toepperwein, G.N. | Riggleman, R.A. | De Pablo, J.J., Macromolecules, 2012
- Influence of chain stiffness on thermal and mechanical properties of polymer thin films, Torres, J.M. | Wang, C. | Coughlin, E.B. | Bishop, J.P. | Register, R.A. | Riggleman, R.A. | Stafford, C.M. | Vogt, B.D., Macromolecules, 2011