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Product Brochures
Technical References
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Breese, D. R., Hatfield, E.,
The
Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Science - Machine Direction
Orientation, 3rd Edition, J. W. Wiley,
New York (2008 - In Press).
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Breese, D. R.,
Modeling the
mechanical properties of highly oriented polymer films: A
fiber/gel composite theory approach, Journal of
Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 46, 6 (2008).
- Breese, D. R.,
Economic benefits to utilizing MDO films in flexible
packaging, TAPPI PLACE Conference (2007).
- Breese, D. R.,
Strebel, J. J.,
Balancing tear strength and modulus of
machine direction oriented films containing high molecular
weight polyethylene, SPE FlexPackCon (2006).
- Breese, D. R.,
Beaucage, G.,
A review of modeling approaches for
oriented semi-crystalline polymers, Current Opinions
in Solid State and Materials Science, 8, 439 (2005).
- Hatfield, E.,
Breese, D. R.,
Step change improvements in barrier
using MDO, TAPPI 2006 Innovations in Barrier
Packaging (2006).
- Breese, D. R.,
Beaucage, G.,
Effects of machine direction orientation
on the moisture and oxygen barrier properties of HMW-PE
films, TAPPI PLACE Conference (2005).
- Breese, D. R.,
Beaucage, G., Williams, K. L.,
Modeling the effects of
solid state orientation on blown high molecular weight high
density PE films: A composite theory approach, SPE
ANTEC (2005).
- Williams, K.,
Laverde, G., Wolf, R., Breese, D. R.,
Economic
benefits of machine direction orientation, SPE RETEC
Conference (2005).
Technical Associations and
Activities
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SPE New
Technology Committee
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SPE Flexible
Packaging Division
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Contributor to NASA's 2007 Food Packaging Workshop for the Constellation
Space Program
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Active research program with the University of Cincinnati's
Chemical and Materials Engineering Department (Dr.
Gregory Beaucage: Associate Professor)
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Studying the effects of MDO on polymer structural and
morphological changes.
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Current research focuses on
in-situ x-ray scattering of MDO polymer films -
conducted at Cornell (CHESS) and Stanford's (SLAC) synchrotron
facilities.
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