Polymerisation Kinetics - Fundamentals for the Design of Novel Processes (MC9)

Convener: 

Michael Buback, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Programme:

Monday 3 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

Glycopolymers via catalytic chain transfer polymerisation and double click reactions
David M. Haddleton, University of Warwick, UK

High temperature free-radical solution acrylic copolymerization: mechanisms and models
Robin A. Hutchinson, Queen's University, Canada

Free-radical polymerization of water-soluble monomers in aqueous solutions
Igor Lacik, Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Kinetics and mechanism of RAFT polymerization: pulsed-laser methods, polymerizations from surfaces, and star polymerizations
Philipp Vana, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Speakers

Ionic liquid induced enhancement of propagation rate coefficients -  the role of specific interactions
Sabine Beuermann, Universität Potsdam, Germany

RAFT polymerization - how to make it better
Graeme Moad, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Australia

Determination of intramolecular chain transfer and midchain radical propagation rate coefficients for acrylates by pulsed laser experiments
Anatoly N. Nikitin, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies of RAS, Russia

Large-molecule mass spectrometry: Using a new technique to solve old problems in radical polymerization kinetics
Gregory T. Russell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Symposium Information

Polymer chemistry continues to be a rapidly developing area in both academic and industrial research, and novel polymerisation techniques have been designed which provide access to fascinating macromolecular structures. Among these, methods of controlled radical polymerisation play an important role. 

Advanced polymerisation research is highly interdisciplinary with strong links to organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, materials science and biology.  With this in mind, the aim of this symposium is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the frontier research in radical polymerisation kinetics, and encourage the exchange of ideas between researchers from varied scientific backgrounds working in both industry and academia.