Rheology and dynamics of polymer solutions and gels

Convener:

Peter Williams, Glyndwr University (formerly NEWI), UK

Co-Convener: Rob English, Glyndwr University (formerly NEWI), UK

Co-Convener: Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Osaka City University, Japan

Programme:

Thursday 15 July (morning and afternoon)
 

Symposium Information

The symposium will include presentations dealing with:

• New techniques for measurement of the rheological properties of polymer solutions and gels
• Developments in theoretic modelling to describe the rheological behaviour and dynamics of polymer solutions and gels
• Shear and extensional viscosity and viscoelastic properties of novel polymeric thickeners, associating polymers, polymer-surfactant complexes, polymer mixtures 
• Mechanisms of polymer gelation
• Rheology and dynamics of polymer gels including sheared gels and gels formed from mixed polymer systems
• The role of polymers in controlling the rheology of liquids, complex fluids and soft solid systems

Keynote Speaker

Invited Speakers

Synthesis and Rheological Characterization of Hydrogels 
Werner-Michael Kulicke, University of Hamburg, Germany

Physically cross-linked hydrogels from native and carboxymethylated curdlan
Hongbin Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Speakers

Extreme Rheometry of Entangled and Network Forming Polymers-An Optical Microrheology and LAOS Study 
Samiul Amin, Malvern Instruments Limited, UK

Cross-Linked DNA Gels: Disruption and Release Properties 
Diana Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Small-angle neutron scattering studies of electrospun fibres of polystyrene
Fred Davis, University of Reading, UK

Hydrophobically Modified Water Soluble Polymers: How Solution Properties Correlate with Flow Behaviour in Porous Media? 
Guillaume Dupuis, IFP & University of Pau, France

Influence of Water and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on the Rheological Behaviour of Polycondensate Melts 
Vincent Girard, ENSIC, France

Slow mode in the dynamics of polymer solutions
Yaroslav Kudryavtsev, Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation

Reversible Planar Elongation of Soft Polymeric Networks
Anne Ladegaard Skov, DTU, Denmark

Multi-scale simulations for entangled polymers utilizing primitive chain network simulations 
Yuichi Masubuchi, Kyoto University, Japan

Phase Competition in Melt Crystallization of Syndiotactic Polystyrene as Illustrated via in Situ Small- and Wide-angle X-ray Scattering
Chiu-Hun Su, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan

Tunable interactions between a polymer brush and a hydrogel 
Guillaume Sudre, ESPCI, France

Poster Presenters

The rheological behaviour of epoxy molding compound for packaging of large-scale integrated circuits
Mingshan Yang, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, China
 
Effect of surfactants on the rheological properties of hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose
Peter A. Williams, Glyndwr University, United Kingdom
 
Rheology and atomisation of aqueous ceramic slips
Saumil Vadodaria, Glyndwr University, United Kingdom
 
Effects of irradiation on some molecular behavior of different species of gum tragacanth  
Samira Alijani, Beheshti University, Islamic Republic of Iran
 
Rheological characterization of Leucaena leucocephala seed polysaccharide
Louis Nwokocha, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
 
Sol-gel transition of methyl cellulose
Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Osaka City University, Japan
 
Relation between rheological properties of polysaccharide soluitions and aspiration
Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Osaka City University, Japan
 
Polymer Chain Relaxation Mechanisms in Siloxane-carbosilane Systems
Anna Kowalewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
 
Engineering The Next Generation of Nanostructured Complex Fluids Through Expert System Rheometry
Samiul Amin, Malvern Instruments Limited, United Kingdom
 
Diffusional changes during radical bulk polymerization - Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Single Molecule Fluorescence Tracking as new methods for analysis and visualization
Dominik Wöll, Zukunftskolleg, Universität Konstanz, Germany
 
Glycopolymers containing maltotrionolactone pendant groups by chemical modification of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers. Specific lectin interactions and temperature-induced reversible gels
Manuel Sánchez-Chaves, Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (CSIC), Spain
 
Physical Ageing of Poly(ethylene Oxide) (PEO)/Poly(vinylphenol) (PVPh)Blends                      
Abdelsallam Youssef, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
 
Dynamics of non-aqueous polyelectrolyte solutions in a wide temperature range
Petr Stepanek, Institute of macromolecular chemistry, Czech Republic
 
Shear and extensional rheometry of hydrophobically modified polysaccharides in aqueous media
Saumil Vadodaria, Glyndwr University, United Kingdom
 
Influence of fluorophenyl end-groups on hydrodynamic properties and aggregation of end-capped poly(methyl methacrylates)  
Ekaterina Gasilova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
 
Production and characterization of whey protein/agar complex coacervates
Pilar Gonçalves, Instituto de Macromoléculas Professora Eloisa Mano- UFRJ, Brazil
 
Polymer Modified Asphalts As Viscoelastic Emulsions
Jasper Azuatalam, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
 
Effect of thermo-mechanical treatment on the rheological properties of crosslinked waxy corn starch
Jasper Azuatalam, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
 
Rheological characterisation of co-solvent effects in poly(vinyl alcohol) gels
Emma Wright, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
 
Reinforcement of natural rubber with cassava starch nanocrystals
Jasper Azuatalam, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
 
Effect of temperature on polymer-surfactant networks
Vyacheslav Molchanov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation