2007: Novelty in the Synthesis and Uses of Polymers
Back Row: Prof T Deming, Prof F
Bates, Prof M Tirrell, Prof C Hahn, Dr P Fairclough.
Centre Row: Prof M Hillmeyer, Prof M Turner,
Prof G Coates, Prof B Charleux, Prof H Colquhoun.
Front Row: Dr N Cameron, Prof P Moldenaers, Prof
Dame Julia Higgins (Chairman), Prof T Hashimoto Prof P Skabara,
Prof N McKeown.
Monday April 30th
09:00 | Dame Julia Higgins "Welcome" |
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Session 1: Chair - Julia Higgins | |
09.20 | Marc Hillmyer (Minnesota, USA) "Synthesis and Aqueous Self-assembly of Amphiphilic ABC Triblocks" |
10.20 | Coffee |
Session 2: Chair - Phil Hodge | |
10.55 | Peter Skabara (Strathclyde, UK) "Self-assembly of Conjugated Organic Macromolecules for Semi-conductor Device Applications" |
11.45 | Mike Turner (Manchester, UK) "New Routes to Conjugated Polymers" |
12.45 | Lunch |
Session 3 Chair - Tony Ryan | |
17.00 | Frank Bates (Minnesota, USA) "Block Copolymers as Macromolecular Surfactants" |
18.00 | Takeji Hashimoto (Kyoto, Japan) "Chemical Reaction at Specific Sites and Reaction-Induced Self- Assembly of Molecular Systems As a Problem In Open-Non- equilibrium Phenomena" |
Tuesday May 1st
Session 4: Chair - Geoff Eastmond | |
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09.10 | Geoff Coates (Cornell, USA) "New Advances in Catalyst Development for Precision Polymer Synthesis" |
10.10 | Coffee |
Session 5: Chair - Anna Balazs | |
10.45 | Bernadette Charleux (Paris, France) "Synthesis of Living Polymer Colloids" |
11.45 | Howard Colquhoun (Reading, UK) "Supramolecular Recognition of Sequence-information in Synthetic Macromolecules" |
12.45 | Lunch |
Session 6: Chair - Geoff Maitland | |
17.00 | Paula Moldenaars (Leuven, Belgium) "Dynamics of Two-phasic Polymer Blends" |
18.00 | Neil McKeown (Cardiff, UK) "Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): multifunctional organic materials" |
Wednesday May 2nd
Session 7: Chair - Athene Donald | |
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09.00 | Neil Cameron (Durham, UK) "Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Bioactive Glycopolymers" |
10.00 | Tim Deming (UCLA, USA) "Block Copolypeptide Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications" |
11.00 | Coffee |
Session 8: Chair - Steve Armes | |
11.30 | Patrick Fairclough (Sheffield, UK) "Opalescent block copolymers as anti-counterfeiting inks" |
12.00 | Charles Han (Beijing, China) "Some Chemical and Physical Aspects in the Applications of Polyolefin Blends/Alloys" |
13.00 | Lunch |
Session 9: Chair - Andrew Burgess | |
17.15 | Matt Tirrell (Santa Barbara, USA) "Tuning Soft, Hydrated Interfaces Composed of Tethered Polymer Layers with Multi-Valent, Ionic Interactions" |
19.15 | Reception in The Tilden Suite |
20.00 | Conference Dinner in The Tilden Suite |
The conference was held at Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley,
Cheshire, UK
Sunday April 29th - Thursday May 3rd, 2007
Programme organised by Philip Hodge and Geoffrey Maitland