2006: Polymers for Applications
Back Row: Prof. T. McLeish, Dr. L. Hutchings, Prof. H.E.H. Meijer, Dr J. Steinke, Prof. K. Bock, Prof. H. Sirringhaus.
Centre Row: Dr. N. Tirelli, Dr. N. Clarke, Prof. N. Slater, Dr. I. Sage.
Front Row: Prof. R. Duncan, Prof. J. Kornfield, Prof. Dame Julia Higgins (Chairman), Prof. A. Mayes, Dr W. McDonald, Dr Y. Li.
Monday 24 April
| 09:00 | Dame Julia Higgins "Welcome" |
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| Part 1 Processing for Properties | |
| 09:20 | Tom McLeish (Department of Physics, University of Leeds) "Building and testing theories of Multi-scale Polymer processing: the teamwork approach" |
| 10.20 | Coffee |
| 10:55 | Lian Hutchings (Department of Chemistry, University of Durham) "Synthesis of branched polymers" |
| 11:25 | Nigel Clarke (Department of Chemistry, University of Durham) "SANS flowing polymers" |
| 11:55 | Joachim Steinke (Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London) "Closing the Loop: Reactors, Reactions and Novel Materials" |
| 12:55 | Lunch |
| 17:00 | Julia Kornfield (Department of Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
USA) "From Molecules to Materials: Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polymers" |
| 18:00 | Han Meijer (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven Technical University, Netherlands) "Predicting mechanical performance on short and long term directly from processing conditions" |
Tuesday 25 April
| Part 2 Polymers in Medical applications | |
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| 09:10 | Ruth Duncan (Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff
University) "Designing Polymers as Therapeutics: Towards an understanding of structure-activity relationships of novel nanomedicines" |
| 10:10 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | Nigel Slater (Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge
University) "Environment Responsive Biopolymers and their uses in Healthcare Applications" |
| 11:45 | Nicola Tirelli (School of Pharmacy, University of
Manchester) "New hydrogels for controlled release and tissue engineering" |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| Part 3 Polymers in Electronic Applications | |
| 17:00 | Anne Mayes (Materials Science and Engineering MIT) "Amphiphilic comb copolymers: surface structure and applications" |
| 18:00 | Bill MacDonald (DuPont Teijin Films, UK) "Design of films for flexible electronics - Structural Materials Underpinning Functional Materials" |
Wednesday 26 April
| Part 3 Polymers in Electronic Applications (cont.) | |
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| 09:10 | Karlheinz Bock (Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and
Microintegration, Germany) "Process integration of cost-efficient polymer electronics" |
| 10:10 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | Yuning Li (Xerox Research Centre of Canada) "Semi- conducting thin films" |
| 11:45 | Henning Sirringhaus (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
University) "Processing aspects of organic printed circuitry" |
| 3:15 | Coffee |
| 17:15 | Ian Sage (Qinetiq, UK) "Flexible electronics and displays" |
| 8:00 | Dinner in the Tilden Suite |
The conference was held at Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley,
Cheshire, UK
Monday 24 April - Wednesday 26 April 2006