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43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress: Polymer Science in the Service of Society, 11-16 July 2010, Glasgow, UK


Polymerisation kinetics and new concepts in polymerisation


Convener: 

Tom Davis, University of New South Wales, Australia

Co-Convener: Neil Cameron, Durham University, UK

Co-Convener: Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

 

Programme:

Wednesday 14 July (morning and afternoon)

Thursday 15 July (morning and afternoon)


Keynote Speaker


New Functional Hybrid Nanoparticles via RAFT and ATRP
Axel H. E.  Mueller, University of Bayreuth, Germany


Invited Speakers


Radical Spin Traps as Versatile Macromolecular Control Agents: Molecular Weight Control, Block Copolymers and Modular Design
Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Compartmentalization in Heterogeneous Living/Controlled Radical Polymerizations 
Michael Cunningham, Queen's University, Canada


Speakers


Single laser pulse initiation combined with time-resolved EPR spectroscopy for detailed investigations into radical polymerization 
Johannes Barth, Georg August Universität Göttingen, Germany

New insights into the influence of monomer structure and reaction medium on polymerization kinetics derived from studies into fluorinated and PEGylated methacrylates
Sabine Beuermann, University of Potsdam, Germany

Metal-free activation in the anionic ring-opening polymerization of cyclopropane derivatives
Sylvie Boileau, CNRS, France

Photochemical and Thermal Covalent Adaptable Networks
Christopher Bowman, University of Colorado, USA

The Design and Synthesis of Anti-Fouling, Non-cytotoxic Magnetic Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Imaging and Efficacious siRNA Delivery
Tom Davis, University of New South Wales, Australia  

Stereocontrolled copolymerization of lactides with episilon-caprolactone and cyclic carbonates devoid of transesterfication
Andrzej Duda, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Poland

Novel Ring-Opening Polymerization and Its Application to Functional Materials
Takeshi Endo, Kinki University, Japan

GRIM Chain-Growth Polymerization for Conjugated Polymers
Yanhou Geng, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China

Towards Monomer Sequence Control in Anionic Polymerisation
Lian Hutchings, Durham University, UK

Investigation into the Mechanism of Microwave Induced Rate Enhancements in Chain Growth Polymerisation 
Derek Irvine, Nottingham University, UK

Kinetics and Dynamics of Initiation Processes in Radical Polymerizations of (Meth)acrylates using Time-Resolved Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy 
Atsushi Kajiwara, Nara University of Education, Japan

Recent Achievements in Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers Initiated with Ionic Liquids 
Shuichi Kanno, Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka Junior College, Japan

Addition-fragmentation Chain Transfer in Chemical Networks
Christopher Kloxin, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

New strategies for the synthesis of graft copolymers based on RAFT-mediated polymerization
Bert Klumperman, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Propagation kinetics of ionized monomers in aqueous solutions studied by PLP-SEC
Igor Lacik, Polymer Institute SAS, Slovakia

Preparation of functional hairy particles using amphiphilic block copolymers in emulsion polymerization 
Alexandra Munoz-Bonilla, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Novel materials from nitroxide-mediated polymerization of methacrylic esters 
Julien Nicolas, Universite Paris-Sud 11, France

A Novel Approach for Investigation of Chain Transfer Events by Pulsed Laser Polymerization
Anatoly Nikitin, ILIT RAS, Russian Federation

Controlled L-lactide polymerization by new organo-catalytic systems based on N,N-dimethylaminopyridine and its salts 
Frederic Peruch, Bordeaux University, France

Chain-Length-Dependent Termination in Radical Polymerization: Subtle Revolution in Tackling a Long-Standing Challenge 
Gregory Russell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 

Kinetic Analysis on Ring-Opening Polymerization of L,L-Lactide
Yingchuan Yu, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland


Poster Presenters


Synthesis of polyester in Bonsted acidic ionic liquids
Hervé Lefebvre, Pierre & Marie Curie University, France
 
 Kinetics of Polymerisation of a Carborane-Siloxane Copolymer using Lewis Acid Catalysts
Alistair Apedaile, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
Entry in Emulsion Copolymerization
Pooja Daswani, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Controlled syntheses of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polyethers by monomer activation and their direct ?-azido functionalization
Stephane Carlotti, Universite de Bordeaux, France
 
Controlled Cationic Copolymerization of Benzaldehyde Derivatives with Vinyl Ethers: Evolutionary Chemical Cycle of Precision Synthesis and Complete Degradation to Another Aldehyde Monomer
Shokyoku Kanaoka, Osaka University, Japan
 
Investigations on oxazoline polymerization initiated by iodine
Brieuc Guillerm, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
 
Droplet-based Millifluidics as a New Miniaturized Tool to Investigate Polymerization Reactions
Emmanuel Mignard, CNRS-Rhodia-University of Bordeaux 1, France
 
Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization : A new concept to tune the composition of a statistical copolymer
Philippe Zinck, UCCS - Université Lille Nord de France, France
 
Step-growth polymerization of terephtaldehyde catalysed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Julien Pinaud, LCPO, Pessac, France
 
Linear polyN-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) nanoparticles via emulsion polymerisation
Yan Chen, King's College London, United Kingdom
 
Synthesis and Functionalization of Main-Chain Degradable Polyperoxides by Radical Alternating Copolymerization
Eriko Sato, Osaka City University, Japan
 
Investigation of Acrylate Solution Polymerisation up to High Conversions
Anatoly N Nikitin, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Federation
 
Penultimate model of acrylate polymerization
Anatoly N Nikitin, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Federation
 
Transfer to polymer and branching in the radical polymerization of acrylates
Patrice Castignolles, University of Western Sydney, Australia
 
New routes to end-functional ROMP polymers
Andreas Kilbinger, University of Mainz, Germany
 
Unique Step-Growth Semi-Fluorinated Polymers from Fluorinated Olefins
Dennis Smith, Clemson University, United States
 
Stability and charge density of redox initiated polyvinyl Acetate
Abou El Fettouh AbdElHakim, National Research Center, Egypt
 
Synthesis of PP-g-PS Copolymer and its Application in Polypropylene/polystyrene Blends as Compatilizer
Jianjun Yi, PetroChina Company Limited, China
 
Fuzzy logic approach to investigate concentration and chain length effects on chain shuttling polymerization block formation
Mamdouh Al-Harthi, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
Styrene-isoprene copolymerization by some zirconocene-MAO initiator systems
Franco M. Rabagliati, Grupo Polímeros, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
 
Synthesis and characterization of different polymers otained at hydrothermal conditions
Miriam M. Unterlass, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
 
 Conformation Controlled Radical Polymerization of s-Cis Locked Methylene Dioxolanones
Hitoshi Tanaka, University of Tokushima, Japan
 
Modification of polycyclooctene with ester-functionalised cyclooctene and norbornene derivatives
Joseba Alonso-Villanueva, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Spain
 
Synthesis of various pH-responsive polymers having naphthalene rings and acid pendants by living cationic polymerization
Yu Shinke, Osaka University, Japan
 
Bio-inspired cationic polymerization of isoprene initiates by allylic alcohols/B(C6F5)3
Ouardad Samira, LCPO, French Southern Territories
 
Synthesis of Ring Polymers by Ring Expansion Polymerization of a Cyclic Thioester Compound with Thiiranes
Jan-Hendrik Schütz, Georg-August-Universität, Germany
 
CCT-derived Macromonomers as Initiators for Anionic Polymerisation
G.C. Sanders, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
 
Poly(vinylsulfonic acid): Emerging Sulfonic Acid Polymer and its Functional Application
Teruyuki Okayasu, Waseda University, Japan
 
RAFT Copolymerization of PEO Macromonomers Yielding Charge-Containing Comb Copolymers
Ricardas Makuska, Vilnius University, Lithuania
 
Amphiphilic glycoprolymers based on 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate: Copolymerization, physico-chemical and biological properties
Marta Fernández-García, Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (CSIC), Spain
 
Amphiphilic block copolymer synthesis via Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization in aqueous dispersed systems, using various hydrophilic SG1-based macroalkoxyamines
Ségolène Brusseau, UPMC Univ. Paris 6, France
 
Solution Polymerization of N-vinylcaprolactam in Different Solvents. Kinetic Dependence on Temperature, Monomer and Initiator Concentrations
Simone F. Medeiros, University of São Paulo, Brazil
 
Sequential RAFT and CCT Polymerization to create unsaturated functionalized polymers with unprecedented control
Alexander H Soeriyadi, UNSW, Australia
 
Synthesis, characterization and ion-complexing properties of polymers displaying densely packed arrays of crown-ether lateral substituents
Ming Liu, East-Paris Institute of Chemistry & Materials Science, France
 
Kinetics of copolymers thermal degradation based on UDMA and BisGMA
Adriana Lungu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
 
Surface-Initiated PLP-SEC from Silica Nanoparticles
Robert Rotzoll, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Germany
 
Polymerization of ethynylpyridene derivatives using quarternization polymerization of Blumstein type and Grubbs-Hoveyda carbene catalyst 2nd generation
Jiri Zednik, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
 
Universality gel fraction exponent during photoinitiated gelation at different temperatures; a photo-DSC study
Zekeriya Dogruyol, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
 
Synthesis of a novel polymer using as catalyst two superacids
Lazo-Jiménez Rosa Estela, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico