Publications

Refereed Journal articles

  • P. Bernazzani, R. F. Sanchez, (2009) “Structural and Thermal Behavior of Polystyrene Thin Films Using ATR-FTIR-NanoDSC Measurements” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 96, 727-732.
  • Y. Meng, P. Bernazzani, P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, (2009) "A New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and Pressure-Volume-Temperature Properties of Polymeric Material" Review of Scientific Instruments, 80, 053903-1-053903-9.European Physical Journal – Soft Matter, 26, 427-434.
  • P. Bernazzani, R. F. Sanchez, (2008) “Effect of Substrate Interactions on the Melting Behavior of Thin Polyethylene Films” European Physical Journal – Soft Matter, 26, 427-434.
  • P. Bernazzani, R. F. Sanchez, M. Woodward, S. Williams, (2008) “Determination of the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Unsupported Polystyrene Films Using Interference Fringes” Thin Solid Films, 516, 7947-7951.
  • P. Bernazzani, V. K. Peyyavula, S. Agarwal, R. K. Tatikonda, (2008) "Evaluation of the Phase Composition of Amylose by FTIR and Isothermal Immersion Heats" Polymer, 49, 4150-4158
  • P. Bernazzani, H. K. R. Pandi, V. K. Peyyavula (2008) “Structural Changes Associated with Interactions Between Starch and Particles of TiO2 or ZnSe” Scientific Journals International: Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2, 1-13.
  • Z. Ferhat-Hamida, H. P. Nguyen, P. Bernazzani, A. Haine, G. Delmas (2007) “LLDPE's grown with Metallocene and Ziegler-Natta catalysts: events in the melt and FTIR analysis” Journal of Material Science, 42, 3138-3154.
  • S. L. Simon, P. Bernazzani, (2006) Structural Relaxation in the Glass: Evidence for a Path Dependence of the Relaxation Time, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 4763-4768.
  • S. L. Simon, P. Bernazzani and G. B. McKenna, (2003) Effect of freeze-drying on the glass transition of cyclic polystyrene, Polymer, 44, 8025-8032.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, (2002) Volume recovery of polystyrene: evolution of the characteristic relaxation time, Journal of Non-Crystalline solids, 307-310C, 470-480.
  • P. Bernazzani, S. L. Simon, D. J. Placek, K. L. Ngai, (2002) Effects of entanglement concentration on Tg and local segmental motions, European Physical Journal, 8, 201-207.
  • P. Bernazzani and F. Paquin, (2001) Miniature spectrometers in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory, Journal of Chemical Education, 78, 796-798.
  • P. Bernazzani, C. Chapados, G. Delmas, (2001) Phase change in amylose-water mixtures as seen by Fourier transform infrared, Biopolymers, 58, 3, 305-318.
  • P. Bernazzani, C. Chapados and G. Delmas, (2000) Qualitative evaluation of amylose phase composition by FTIR and isothermal immersion values, J. of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics, 38, 12, 1662-1677.
  • P. Bernazzani, V. Bich, H. Phuong-Nguyen, A. Haine, C. Chapados, L. Dao and G. Delmas (1998) FTIR analysis of the phase content in low density polyethylene, Canadian J. of chemistry, 76, 1674-1687.
  • P. Bernazzani and G. Delmas, (1997) Analysis of physical and chemical networks by slow DSC and turbidimetry, J. of Thermal Analysis, 49, 449-454.
  • X. Zhang, H. Phuong Nguyen, P. Bernazzani, I. Lapes, G. Delmas, (1997) Information on the noncrystalline phase of nascent iPP given by slow calorimetry, Canadian journal of Chemistry V 75, N10, p1354-1362.

Proceedings Articles

  • P. Bernazzani and B. A. McKinley, Proceedings of the 37th conference of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, Lubbock, TX, September 2009
  • P. Bernazzani and R. F. Sanchez, Proceedings of the 36th conference of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, Atlanta, GA, August 2008
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) for the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), “Depression of Tg in Polystyrene by Freeze-drying”, Nashville, May 2003.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the 30th conference on North American Thermal Analysis Society, “Evolution of the Characteristic Relaxation Time for Volume of Polystyrene”, Pittsburgh, September 2002, 159-165.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the 30th conference on North American Thermal Analysis Society, “Effect of Entanglement Concentration on Tg in Polystyrene Samples”, Pittsburgh, September 2002, 172-177.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) for the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), “Structural Recovery in Polymers: Novel Temperature and Pressure Perturbation Experiments”, San Francisco, May 2002, 1998-2002.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the 29th conference on North American Thermal Analysis Society, “Volume Recovery in Glass-Forming Polymers: A Novel Perturbation Experiment”, St-Louis, September 2001, 408-413.
  • P. Bernazzani and S. L. Simon, Proceedings of the Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) for the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), “Investigation of the volume recovery of glass-forming polymers”, Dallas, Texas, May 2001, 1790-1794.
  • P. Bernazzani, C. Chapados and G. Delmas, Proceedings of the 27th conference on North American Thermal Analysis Society, “Thermal investigation of amylose phase composition: correlation of DSC and FTIR techniques”, Savannah, Ga, September 1999.
  • H. P. Nguyen, P. Bernazzani and G. Delmas, Proceedings of the 27th conference on North American Thermal Analysis Society, “Investigation of entangled chains in semi-crystalline and amorphous polymers by a novel calorimetric technique”, Savannah, Ga, September 1999.
  • P. Bernazzani, P. H. Nguyen and G. Delmas, Proceeding of the, American Chemical Society division of polymeric materials, “Variation with temperature (50-250°C) of the absorption spectrum in the CH2 rocking region of polyethylene”, Washington, 1994.
  • P. Bernazzani and G. Delmas, Proceedings of the 9th International conference on Fourier transform spectroscopy, “Variation with temperature (50-250°C) of the absorption spectrum in the CH2 rocking region of polyethylene”, Calgary, Alberta, august 1993.
  • P. Bernazzani, C. Cassou and G. Delmas, Proceedings of the 9th International conference on Fourier transform spectroscopy, “Melting of deuterated polyethylene as studied by FTIR and calorimetry”, Calgary, Alberta, August 1993.