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Kalle Levon
Professor


General Information

Tel: 718.260.3339
Room: RH 801
Email: klevon@poly.edu



RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • Liquid Crystallinity in Electrically Conducting Polymers, Levon, K., Pashkovich, E., Park, K. C., accepted in "Electrical and Optical Polymer Systems", Ed. G Wnek, D. Wise, Marcel Dekker, inc. New York, 5, 137-165 (1997).
  • Crystallization and Phase Separation of High-Density Polytehylene in the Presence of Comb-Like Polymer, Poly(Octadecylacrylate), Kim, M.S., Levon, K., European Polymer Journal, (1997)
  • Chromatic Changes in the Blends of Electroactive Polymers with Comb-Shaped Flexible Polymers, Kim, M.S., Levon, K., Macromol. Symp., 116, 73-104 (1997)
  • Order-Disorder Transition in Alkylated Polythiophenes, Park K.C., Levon, K., Macromolecules 30 (11) 3175-3183 (1997).
  • Blend of Electroactive Poly(3-dodecylthiophene) with Comb-like Alkylated Polyacrylate, Kim, M.S., Levon, K., J. Pol. Sci., Phys. Ed., 7, 1025-1041 (1997).
  • Solution Properties of Polyaniline by Light Scattering Measurements: Achieving Spatial Homogeniety, Seery, T.A.P., Angelopoulos, M., Levon K., Seghal, A., Synthetic Metals 84 79-80 (1997).
  • Structure Formation in Conducting Polymers, Levon, K., Park, K.C., Cai, C., Synthetic Metals 84, 335-338 (1997).
  • Blend of Electro-Active Complexes of Polyaniline and Surfactant with Alkylated Polyacrylate, M.S. Kim, K. Levon, J. Coll. and Interface Sci., 190, 17-36 (1997).
  • Blends of Alkylated Comb-Like Polyacrylates with Copolymers with a Controlled Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Composition. Kim, M.S., Levon, K., J.Pol.Sci. 34, 1665-1677 (1996).
  • Molecular Recognition Solvents for Electrically Conducting Polyaniline, Vikki, T., Pietila, L.-O., Osterholm, H., Ahjopalo, L., Takala, A., Toivo, A., Levon, K., Passiniemi, P., Ikkala, O., Macromolecules 29, 2945-2953, (1996).
  • Conformational Study of Poly(para-Phenylene) by Molecular Mechanics Minimization, Park, K.C., Dodd, L.R., Kwei, T.K., Levon, K., Macromolecules 29 (22) 7149-7154, (1996).
  • Doping-Induced Anisotropy in Amphiphatic Electro-Acitve Polymers, Zheng, W.-Y., Levon, K., Laakso, J., Österholm, J.-E., Taka, T., Polymer Journal, 28 (5) 412-418 (1996).
  • Synthesis and Molecular Composites of Functionalized Polyisocyanates, Khatri, C.A., Vaidya, M.M., Levon, K., Jha, S.K., Green, M.M., Macromolecules, 28, 4719-4728 (1995).
  • Ring-Substituted Polyaniline Copolymers Combining High Solubility with High Conductivity. Liao, Y.H., Angelopoulos, M., Levon, K., J. Pol. Sci.:Part A: Pol. Chem. 33, 2725-2729 (1995).
  • Molecular Composites, Dai, Y.K., Chu, E.Y., Kwei, T.K., Ho, K.-S., Levon, K., J.Pure & Appl. Chem., 67 (12), 1991-1996, (1995)
  • Miscibility of Poly(caprolactone), a Semicrystalline Polymer, with Amorphous Poly(styrene-4-hydroxystyrene) Copolymers, Vaidya, M.M., Levon, K., Pearce, E.M., J. Pol. Sci., Pol. Phys. , 33, 2093-2108 (1995)
  • Thermal Doping of Polyaniline-Dodecylbenzene Sulphonic Acid Complex without Auxiliary Solvents, Levon, K., Ho, K.-S., Zheng, W.-Y., Laakso, J., Kärnä, T., Taka, T., Polymer, 36, 2733-2738 (1995).
  • Solubilization of Polyaniline in Water by Intermolecular Complexation, Liao, Y., Levon, K., Macromolecular Rapid Commun.,16, 393-397, (1995)
  • Phase Behaviors and Interactions of N-Alkylated Polyaniline and Ethylene-co-vinylacetate Blends, Zheng, W.-Y., Levon, K., Taka, T., Laakso, J., Osterholm, J.-E., J. Pol. Sci.: Part B: Pol. Phys. 33, 1289-1306 (1995).
  • Miscibility Studies of Poly(3-Alkyl Thiophene)/Poly-(ethylene-co-vinylacetate) Blends with a Solvatochromatic Transition in Solid Phase, Levon, K., Chu, E., Ho, K.-S., Laakso, J., Kwei, T.K., Mao, J., Zheng, W.-Y., J. Pol. Sci., Part B: Pol. Phys., 33, 537-545 (1995).
  • Self-Assembly of the Electro-Active Complexes of Polyaniline and Surfactants Zheng, W.- Y., Levon, K., Wang, R., Taka, T., Macromolecul. Chem. Phys., 196, 2443-2462 (1995)
  • Investigation of the Aggregation Phenomenon of Polyaniline in Dilute Solutions, Liao, Y., Kwei, T.K., Levon, K., Makromol. Chem. and Phys., 196, 3107-3116 (1995)
  • Doping of Polyaniline with Polymeric Dopants in Solid State, Gel State and Solutions, Liao, Y., Levon, K., Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 6, 47-51 (1995).
  • Characterization and Solid State Properties of N-Alkylated Polyanilines in the Neutral State, Zheng, W.-Y., Levon, K., Laakso, J., Osterholm, J.-E., Macromolecules, 27, 7754-7768 (1994).
  • Stratification of Fullerenes, Weng, D., Levon, K., Mao, J., Lee, H.K., Tour, J., Schrivens, W.A., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 349, 127-132, 1994.
  • Approaches to Molecular Composites from Fluorine-containing Bis-maleimides: Part II, Pendharkar, S.M., Tesoro, G.C., Levon, K., Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 5, 591-595, (1994).
  • Conductivity and Structure of DBSA-Protonated Polyaniline, Taka, T., Laakso, J., Levon, K., Solid State Commun., 92, 393-396 (1994).
  • Thermally Induced Phase Separation in Ternary Crystallizable Polymer Solutions, Vadalia, H, Lee, H.K., Myerson, A., Levon, K, J.Member.Sci., 89, 37-50 (1994).
  • Electrically Conducting Thin Films of Aniline Derivatives, Punkka, E., Levon, K., Zheng, W.- Y., Laakso, J., Stubb, H., Thin Solid Films, 243, 515-520 (1994).
  • Dilute Solution Chiral Optical Changes Signal the Thermally Reversible Gelation of Poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) in Hydrocarbon Solvents, Green, M.M., Khatri, C.A., Reidy, M.P., Levon, K., Macromolecules, 26, 4723-4725 (1993).
  • Self-Organization of Polymers in the Third Millennium, Levon, K., J. Pol. Sci.: Polymer Symposium 75; "Polymers to the Year 2000 and Beyond: A Memorial Symposium for Herman F. Mark", Eds. S. Atlas, E.M. Pearce, F.R Eirich, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 151-159 (1993).
  • Processable Conducting Polymer Blends, Levon, K., in "Additives for Advanced Technologies" Ed. A. Golowoy, Philadelphia, XXX-XXX (1993).
  • Molecular Composites in Thermosets, Kwei, T.K., Levon, K., Liu, F., Mey-Marom, A., Munukutla, S., and Tesoro, G., Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 4, 537-547 (1993).
  • Algebraic Approach to Solution of the Relaxation Problem with Non-Conserved Order Parameter, Izmailov, A.F., Levon, K., Margolina, A., Phys. Lett. A, 176 (5), 313-316 (1993)
  • Structure Formation due to Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Crystallization in Polypropylene Solutions by Temperature-Jump Experiments, Lee, H.K., Myerson, A.S., Levon, K., " "Novel Trends with Polyolefins", Ed.T.C.Chuang, Plenum Press, NY, 209-223 (1993).
  • Layered Structure with Side-Chain Crystallinity in Undoped Poly(3-alkylthiophenes, Ho, K.-S., Laakso, J., Levon, K., Mao, J., Taka, T., Zheng, W.-Y., Synthetic Metals 55-57, 384-387 (1993).
  • Phase Behavior of Undoped Poly(3-Alkyl Thiophene) with Ethylene-co-Vinylacetates. A Solvatochromatic Transition in the Solid State, Levon, K., Ho, K.-S., Laakso, J., Mao, J., Zheng, W.-Y., Synthetic Metals 55-57, 3591-3596 (1993).
  • Side-Chain Order in Poly(3-Alkyl Thiophenes), Hsu, M., Ho, K.-S., Kwei, T.K., Levon, K., Myerson, A.S., Macromolecules 26 (6), 1318-1323 (1993).
  • Multiple Percolation in Conducting Polymer Blends, Levon, K., Margolina, A., Patashinsky, V., Macromolecules, 26 (15) 4061-4063 (1993).
  • Influence of Temperature Changing Regime on Phase Separation Process.I. Case of Non-Conserved Order Parameter, Margolina, A. Izmailov, A.F., Levon, K., Physica A. 186, 563-577 (1992).
  • Non-Equilibrium Liquid-liquid Phase Separations in Crystallizable Polymer Solutions, Lee, H.K., Myerson, A., Levon, K., Macromolecules, 25 (15), 4002-4010 (1992).
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Some Imide End-Capped Amide-Imides, Liu, F.J., Munukutla, S, Levon, K, Tesoro, G, Journal of Polymer Science: Part A., 30, 157-162 (1992).
  • Phase Equilibria and Phase Separation Dynamics in Semicrystalline Polymer Blends, Lee, H., Myerson, A., Levon, K., International Conference on Membranes, ICOM-90, Symp. Preprints, Chicago, XXX-XXX (1990).
  • Modification of Lignin to Electrically Conducting Polymers, Kuusela, T., Levon, K., Lindberg, J.J., Osterholm, J-E., ACS Symp. Series 397, Eds. W. Glasser, G. Sarkanen, 218-XXX(1989).
  • Specialty Polymers from Lignin, Lindberg, J.J., Levon, K., Kuusela, T., ACS Symp. Series 397, Eds., W. Glasser and S. Sarkanen, 190-XXX (1989)
  • Modification of Lignin, Lindberg, J.J., Levon, K., Kuusela, T., Acta Polymerica, 39, 1/2, 47-50 (1988).
  • Improvement of the Thermal Stabilization of Polyethylenes with Lignosulphonate, Levon, K., Huhtala, J., Malm, B., Lindberg, J.J., Polymer, 28, 745-750 (1987).
  • Acceleration of the Beating of Pulp by the Use of Modified Lignosulfonate, Levon, K., Meshitsuka, G. Nakano, J., Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 32, 12, 1011-1016 (1986).
  • Effect of Organic Compounds on the Beating Rate, Levon, K., Meshitsuka, G., Nakano, J., Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 32, 9, 691-696 (1986).
  • Electrically Conducting Compound Synthesized from Lignin and Sulphur, Levon, K., Kinanen. A., Lindberg, J.J., Polymer Bulletin, 16, 433-439 (1986).
  • The Electrical Conductivity Properties and Structures of Substituted Poly(Phenylene Sulphides), Synthesized from Phenols and Sulphur, Laakso, J., Hortling, B., Levon, K., Lindberg, J.J., Polymer Bulletin, 14, 225 (1985).
  • C-13 NMR Investigation of Crosslinked Polyethylenes, Hortling, B., Soljamo, K., Levon, K., Pellinen, J., Lindberg, J.J., Macromolecular Chemie, 186, 131-137 (1985).

 

  
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