2014: Sustainable Polymer Science & Engineering
Back Row: Stephen Miller; Han Meijer; Natalie Stingelin-Stutzmann; Louis Guilette; Steve Rannard.
Centre Row: Hiroshi Watanabe; Sir Richard Friend.
Front Row: Martin Atkins; Brigitte Voit; Tony Ryan (HPRG Chairman); Wim Thielemans; Charlotte Williams.
Absent: Tom Davis; Paula Hammond; Mats Johansson; Ton van Mol
HPRG 54th Meeting
Sunday 27th April - Thursday 1st May, 2014 Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire
Conference Chairmen: Dr Mike Elwell and Professor Steve Howdle
Speakers (in alphabetical order)
1 | Professor Martin Atkins (Queen’s University Belfast) "Gas Fermentation - a next wave of innovation for the production of fuels and chemicals" |
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2 | Professor Tom Davis, (University of New South Wales) "New Polymeric Nanoparticles for Delivery and Imaging Applications" |
3 | Professor Sir Richard Friend (University of Cambridge) "Polymer Electronics" |
4 | Professor Lou Guilette, (Medical University of South Carolina) "Embryonic Origins of Adult Disease: Environmental Contaminants and the Need for a 'Green'er Chemistry" |
5 | Professor Paula Hammond, (MIT) "Electrostatic Assembly of Multi-Agent Delivery Systems for Nano – to Micro Pharmacies" |
6 | Professor Mats Johansson (KTH Stockholm) "Photopolymerisation of Biobased Monomer Systems" |
7 | Professor Han Meijer, (Technical University of Eindhoven) "Fractal Structuring in Polymer Processing" |
8 | Professor Stephen Miller (Florida University) "Programming the Properties and Degradation Behaviour of Environmentally Responsible Polymers" |
9 | Dr. Ton van Mol, (TNO and The Holst Centre) "Flexible lighting and display panels based on organic emitting materials" |
10 | Professor Steve Rannard, (University of Liverpool) "Utilising Polymers to Tackle Chronic Diseases" |
11 | Dr. Nathalie Stingelin-Stutzmann, (Imperial College) "'Cool' Plastics: Towards novel heat management concepts based on solution-processable polymers and inorganic/organic hybrid systems" |
12 | Dr. Wim Thielemans, (University of Nottingham) "Cellulose nano-whiskers as technology platform for advanced materials" |
13 | Professor Brigitte Voit, (IPF Dresden) "High performance polymeric materials and composites by interface design: essential prerequisites for efficient energy use" |
14 | Professor Hiroshi Watanabe, (Kyoto University) "Rheology and Flow/Deformation Mechanism in Multiblock Copolymers" |
15 | Professor Charlotte Williams, (Imperial College) "Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources for Polymer Synthesis" |
The High Polymer Research Group is grateful to the following companies and organisations for their support of our 54th annual conference:
- Agilent Technologies
- AkzoNobel
- Ashland
- Elsevier
- Henkel
- Infineum UK Ltd
- RSC: Polymer Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry Knowledge Centre
- Unilever
- Waters
If you would like to sponsor the High Polymer Research Group conference, please contact the group secretary: