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Francis W. Starr

Deputy Director of CTCMS
Physicist, Polymers Division
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Phones:  301-975-    8359 or 6099
100 Bureau Dr.
MS 8500
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Complete CV [pdf format]
Summary of Research Interests
  • Nanofilled Polymer Melts
  • Supercooled liquids
  • Water
  • Background
  • Ph.D., Physics, 1999; Advisor: H. Eugene Stanley, Boston University, Boston, MA
  • M.A., Physics, 1999; Boston University, Boston, MA
  • B.S. with University Honors, Physics, 1994; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Selected Publications
    F.W. Starr, S. Sastry, J.F. Douglas, and S.C. Glotzer, ``Local structure and mobility of dense polymer melt''. Physical Review Letters 89, 125501 (2002).

    F.W. Starr, T.B. Schrøder, and S.C. Glotzer, ``Molecular dynamics simulation of a polymer melt with a nanoscopic particle''. Macromolecules 35, 4481-4492 (2002).

    F.W. Starr, T.B. Schrøder, and S.C. Glotzer, ``Effects of a nanoscopic filler on the structure and dynamics of a simulated polymer melt and the relationship to ultra-thin films''. Physical Review E 64, 021802 (2001). (2001).

    F.W. Starr, S. Sastry, E. La Nave, A. Scala, H.E. Stanley, and F. Sciortino.  ``Thermodynamic and structural aspects of the potential energy surface of simulated water''. Physical Review E 63, 041201 (2001).

    A. Scala, F.W. Starr, E. La Nave, F. Sciortino, and H.E. Stanley.  ``Configurational Entropy and Diffusivity of Supercooled Water''. Nature 406, 166-169 (2000).

    F.W. Starr, S. Harrington, F. Sciortino, and H.E. Stanley ``Slow Dynamics of Water under Pressure''. Physical Review Letters 82, 3629-3632 (1999).

    F.W. Starr, J.K. Nielsen, and H.E. Stanley. ``Fast and Slow Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonds in Liquid Water''. Physical Review Letters 82, 2294-2297 (1999).
     

     
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