Plenary and Invited Lectures

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Plenary lectures

Last name

First name

Affiliation

Title

Grubbs

Robert H.

California Institute of Technology

Macromolecular Molecules and Materials Using Olefin Metathesis

Buback

Michael

University of Göttingen

Birth, Growth and Death of Radicals ¡V Pulsed Laser Studies into Fundamentals of Polymerization Kinetics

Cheng

Stephen Z. D.

University of Akron

Polymer Single Crystals: An Insight into Low-dimensional Physics Through 2-dimensionally Ordered Structures

Hawker

Craig J.

UC Santa Barbara

DSM Performance Materials Award Lecture:
Design of Performance Polymers for
Microelectronic and Biomedical Applications

Khokhlov

Alexei R.

Moscow State University

Polymers for Fuel Cells Applications

Kunitake

Toyoki

RIKEN, Tokyo

Towards Giant Nanomembranes ¡V Fabrication and Potentials

Lin

Sheng-Hsien

Academia Sinica

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Protein Folding-Unfolding

Lodge

Timothy P.

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Block Copolymers and Ionic Liquids: A New Class of Functional Nanocomposites

Meijer

E. W. Bert

Eindhoven University of Technology

Supramolecular Polymerization Processes

Müllen

Klaus

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Macromolecules, Assemblies, Particles ¡V A Discovery Journey in Materials¡¦ Synthesis

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Invited lectures 

1. Polymerization

Last name

First name

Affiliation

Title

Endo

Takeshi

Kinki Univ

Molecular Designs of Novel Polymers: Application of Lactone Derivatives to Polymer Synthesis

Fukuda

Takeshi

Kyoto Univ

Science and Technology of Concentrated Polymer Brushes

Gnanou

Yves

ENSCPB, Bordeaux

Divergent Carbanionic Polymerization Using an Anionic Terminator Multifunctional Initiator: Application to the Synthesis of Dendrimer-like Polymers and Asymmetric and Miktoarm Stars

Hadjichristidis

Nikos

University of Athens

Non-Linear Macromonomers ¡V A New Route to Complex Macromolecular Architectures

Harada

Akira

Osaka Univ

Polymerization of Cyclic Esters by Cyclodextrins

Hirao

Akira

Tokyo Inst Tech

Precise Synthesis of Functionalized Dendritic Hyperbranched Polymers by Means of Living Anionic Polymerization

Hsu

Chain-Shu

Natl Chiao Tung Univ

Hierachical Superstructures of Sugar-containing Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Kakimoto

Masa-aki

Tokyo Inst Tech

Hyper branched Polymers: Preparation and Application

Khosravi

Ezat

Univ Durham

Design and Synthesis of Novel Self Healing Systems

Kitayama 

Tatsuki

Osaka Univ

Highly isotactic-specific polymerization of methacrylates with pendant unsaturation: Facile synthesis of stereoregular functional polymers

Krichedorf

Hans R.

Univ Hamburg

Multicyclic Polymers by "a2 + b3" Polycondensations

Kubisa

Przemyslaw

Polska Akademia Nauk

Cationic Polymerization of Lactones

Loontjens

Ton

DSM Research

Novel synthetic route for making functional polyurethanes for biomedical applications

Luh

Tian-Yau

Nat'l Taiwan Univ

Double Stranded DNA-Like Polymers

Masuda

Toshio

Kyoto Univ

Design and Functions of Novel Substituted Polyacetylenes

Matyjaszewski

Krzysztof

Carnegie Mellon Univ

Tailoring Nanostructured Functional Materials Using ATRP with PPM Amounts Copper

Moad

Graeme

CSIRO

Advance in RAFT Polymerization

Moroi

Gabriela-Nicoleta

Inst Macromol Chem, Romanian Acad Sci

Transition Metal/Polyesterurethane Metallopolymers

Nishikubo

Tadatomi

Kanagawa Univ

Synthesis of Ladder Cyclic Oligomers and Ladder Polymers by A2 + B4 Type Condensation Reaction of Resorcinol with £\,£s-Alkanedials based on Dynamic Covalent Chemistry

Okamoto

Yoshio

Nagoya Univ

Polysaccharide Derivatives as Powerful Agents for the Separation of Enantiomers by HPLC

Penczek

Stanislaw

Polish Academy of Sciences

Poly(alkylene phosphates) Mimicking Biomacromolecules Backbones: Synthesis and some Applications

Percec

Virgil

Univ Pennsylvania

Bioinspired Synthesis of Nonbiological Systems Exhibiting Biological Functions

Sawamoto

Mitsuo

Kyoto Univ

Transition Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization: Recent Progress in Catalyst Design and Precision Polymer Synthesis

Ueda

Mitsuru

Tokyo Inst Tech

Synthesis of 100% hyperbranched polymers

Yagci

Yusuf

Istanbul Tech Univ

Polymeric Benzoxazines as Precursors for High Performance Thermosets

  

2. Polymer Physics

Last name

First name

Affiliation

Title

Abe

Akihiro

Tokyo Polytech Univ

Thermodynamic Characteristics of Main Chain Liquid Crystals ¡V Role of the nematic conformation in the PVT properties

Allegra

Giuseppe

Politecnico di Milano

Chain Conformation in Polyethylene Solution Crystallization

Berek

Dusan

Slovak Acad Sci

Separation and Molecular Characterization of Complex Polymer Systems by Means of Novel Chromatographic Methods

Chang

Taihyun

Pohang Univ Sci & Tech

HPLC Characterization of Polymers

Gaymans

Reinoud J.

Univ Twente

Influence of Liquid-liquid Demixed vs Crystalline Morphology on the Properties of Segmented Block Copolymers

Hashimoto

Takeji

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Shear-Induced Phase Separation of Entangled Polymer Solutions into Optically Anisotropic Strings: A Precursor Structure of Shish-Kebab?

Ho

Rong-Ming

Natl Tsing Hua Univ

Nanostructures from Self-assembly of Chiral Block Copolymers

Kim

Jin Kon

Pohang Unv Sci Tech

Phase Behavior of Deuterated polystyrene-block-poly(n-alkyl methacrylate) Copolymers by Temperature-dependent FTIR Spectroscopy and Scattering

Kim

Sung Chul

Korea Adv Inst Sci Tech

Sol-gel Transition Behavior of Multi-arm Block Copolymers and Comb-like Copolymers

Koizumi

Satoshi

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

What Determines Hierarchical Structure of Microbial Cellulose: Interplay among Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Kramer

Edward J.

UC Santa Barbara

Physics of Processing Block Copolymers in 2 Dimensions

Kratochvil

Pavel

Acad Sci Czech Rep

Number-average molecular weight from SEC with viscosity detection and universal calibration

Lotz

Bernard

Inst Charles Sadron

The Contribution of Structural Investigations to the Analysis of Polymer Crystallization Processes

Müller

Alejandro J.

Univ Simon Bolivar

Nucleation and Crystallization of Block Copolymer Constituent Chains

Muthukumar

Murugappan

Univ Massachusetts, Amherst

Directed Polymer Assembly and Transport in Electrically Charged Solutions

Netz

Roland R.

Tech Univ München

Polymers at surfaces: adhesion, friction and repulsion: Theoretical approaches

Okui

Norimasa

Tokyo Inst Tech

Temperature Dependence of Crystal Growth Rate and Crystal Form Transition for Linear Polyesters

Reiter

Günter

Univ de Haute-Alsace

Correlations between polymer crystals generated by self-seeding

Rutledge

Gregory C.

MIT

Far from Equilibrium: Molecular Simulation of Engineered Polymer Morphologies

Shibayama

Mitsuhiro

Univ Tokyo

Precision Structural Analyses of High-Performance Polymer Gels

Spiess

Hans W.

Max-Planck Inst Polym

Local chain mobility and chain diffusion in solid and molten polymers

Strobl

Gert R.

Univ Freiburg

Laws controlling polymer crystallization and melting in bulk

Takahara

Atsushi

Kyushu Univ

Precise Design and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Brushes Immobilized on Solid Substrate

Tashiro

Kohji

Toyota Tech Inst

Discontinuous Reorientation of Crystal Lattice and Drastic Lamellar Morphological Change Observed in the Mechanical Deformation Process of Polyethylene as Viewed from the Synchrotron-sourced WAXD/SAXS/Raman Simultaneous Measurements

Toda

Akihiko

Hiroshima University

Branching and Re-orientation of Lamellar Crystals in Polymer Spherulites

Woo

Eamor

Natl Cheng Kung Univ