1996: Structural Hierarchy in Polymers
Tuesday, 30th April
| 09:10 | Dr Roger Alder (Bristol University) "Polymers with Repeating Quaternary Centres and Other Conformational Locks" |
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| 10:50 | Dr Andy Holmes (Cambridge University) "Controlled Synthesis of Architecturally Interesting Polymers" |
| 11:55 | Professor Vernon Gibson (Imperial College) Stereoregulation through Catalyst Design |
| 17:00 | Dr Dave Lohse (Exxon Research and Engineering) "Structural Aspects of Metallocene Produced Polyolefins" |
| 18:00 | Professor lan Ward (Leeds University) "The Importance of Structure?" |
Wednesday, 1st May
| 09:00 | Dr Dave Leigh (UMIST) "Mechanically Linked Polymers" |
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| 10:40 | Professor Harry Gibson (Virginia Tech) "Recent Advances in Polyrotaxanes and Related Materials" |
| 11:50 | Professor Alan Windle (Cambridge University) "Levels of Structure in Liquid Crystalline Polymers; The Discipline of the Modelling Approach" |
| 17:00 | Professor Sir Harry Kroto (Sussex University), Nobel
Laureate "Fullerenes as Materials Building Blocks" |
| 18:00 | Dr Jeff Brinker (Sandia National Laboratories) "The Role of Organics in Determining the Structure of Porous Inorganic Materials" |
Thursday, 2nd May
| 09:00 | Professor Paul Calvert (Arizona Materials Laboratory, Tucson) "Biomimetic Hierarchical Composite Structures and Freeforming" |
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| 10:35 | Dr Dave Kaplan (US Army) "Spider Silk Properties, Composition and Genetics" |
| 11:40 | Dr Chris Viney (Oxford University) "From Engineering Protein to Engineering Polymer: Can Silk to be Made to Order?" |
| 17:00 | Professor Nadrian Seeman (New York University) Control of DNA Structure and Topology |
The conference was held at Moretonhampstead
Tuesday, 30th April - Thursday, 2nd May 1996