2011: Stimuli Responsive and Reactive Polymer Systems
Back Row: Prof Karen Wooley, Prof
Kris Matyjaszewski, Dr Gareth Crapper, Dr Richard Vaia, Dr Rachel
O'Reilly, Dr Wayne Hayes, Dr Alan Russell.
Centre Row: Prof Ryo Yoshida, Prof Qui Tran-Cong
Miyata, Prof David Haddleton, Dr Jon Howse, Prof Helmuth
Möhwald.
Front Row: Prof Krystyn Van Vliet, Prof Tomiki
Ikeda, Prof Jennifer Lewis, Prof Tony Ryan (Chairman), Prof
Joanna Aizenberg, Prof Darrell Irvine.
HPRG 51st Meeting
Sunday 17th - Thursday 21st April, 2011 Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire
Conference Chairmen: Professor Anna Balazs and Dr Ezat Khoshdel
Speakers
1 | Professor Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University, USA) "HAIRS: Hydrogel-Actuated Integrated Responsive Systems" |
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2 | Professor Tomiki Ikeda (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) "Photomobile Polymer Materials: From Nano to Macro" |
3 | Professor Kris Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) "Stimuli Responsive Materials and Reactive Polymer Systems Prepared by ATRP" |
4 | Professor Helmuth Mohwald (The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany) "Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films and Capsules with Controlled and Remote Release" |
5 | Professor Stuart Rowan (Case Western Reserve University, USA) "Using Supramolecular Chemistry to access Stimuli-Responsive Materials" |
6 | Dr. Richard Vaia (Wright Patterson Air Force Base, USA) "Nanostructure Hybrids as Adaptive Materials" |
7 | Professor Ryo Yoshida (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "Self-Oscillating Gels as Novel Smart Materials" |
8 | Professor David Haddleton (University of Warwick, UK) "Bioconjugates and Therapeutics from Living Radical Polymerisation" |
9 | Professor Karen Wooley (Texas A&M University, USA) "Unique Optical and Mechanical Effects that Arise from the Placement of Active Units within Stimuli-responsive Nanoscopic Polymer Frameworks" |
10 | Dr. Alan Russell (University of Pittsburgh, USA) "The Use of Biological Macromolecules as Triggers for Responsive Multifunctional Polymers" |
11 | Dr. Jonathan Howse (The University of Sheffield, UK) "pH-Responsive Hydrogels: Actuation and Intelligent Swimming at the Nanoscale" |
12 | Dr. Rachel O'Reilly (University of Warwick, UK) "Designer Responsive and Functional Polymer Nanoparticles" |
13 | Professor Darrell Irvine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Immunostimulatory and Immune-reactive Polymer Systems as Tools for Immunobiology and Disease Therapy" |
14 | Professor Jennifer Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) "Microscale Patterning of Functional Polymeric Structures" |
15 | Dr. Gareth Crapper (Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings Ltd., UK) "Powder Coatings: New Advances and Remaining Challenges" |
16 | Professor Krystyn Van Vliet (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Chemomechanical Responsivity at the Cell-polymer Interface" |
17 | Professor Qui Tran-Cong Miyata (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan) "Phase Separation of Photo-Reactive Polymer Mixtures: Complexity and Practical Implications" |
2011 conference sponsors
The High Polymer Research Group is grateful to the following companies and organisations for their support of this Conference:
- Agilent Technologies
- AkzoNobel
- Cytec
- DSM
- Elsevier
- Huntsman
- Infineum UK Ltd
- International Specialty Products
- Journal of Polymer Physics
- OMIC
- Unilever
If you would like to sponsor the High Polymer Research Group conference, please contact the group secretary: