PROGRAMME

CONFERENCE 2014: 8-11 APRIL 2014

TUESDAY MORNING, 8 APRIL 2014
08:00 - 08:30	Registration
08:30 - 09:00	Opening Address: Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research and Innovation, University of Stellenbosch
09:00 - 09:45	Keynote: BAER, ERIC New nanofiber and nanolayer systems by forced assembly
SESSION 3
NANOMATERIALS AND SMART MATERIALS Session Chairman: Peter Mallon		MORPHOLOGY / PHYSICAL Session Chairman: Albert van Reenen
09:45-10:15	Invited: DUBOIS, PHILIPPE Carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposites: from non-covalent surface treatment of nanotubes to high performance materials	Invited: MATHOT, VINCENT Characterization of metastable polymers by Fast Scanning Calorimetry taking into account (re) organization processes
10:15-10:45	Invited: HA, CHANG-SIK Preparation and properties of polyimide/graphene nanocomposites	Invited: DARGENT, ERIC Role of plasticizing molecules on the amorphous phase dynamics of polylactide
10:45-11:05	Oral: KELNAR, IVAN Effect of nanofillers on behavior of HDPE/PA6 microfibrillar composite	Oral: CHAN, CHIN HAN Glass transition temperature and dielectric behavior in variation with salt content of miscible and immiscible poly(ethylene oxide)-based polymer electrolytes
11:05 -11:30	COFFEE / TEA BREAK
SESSION 4
NANOMATERIALS AND SMART MATERIALS Session Chairman: Peter Mallon		MORPHOLOGY / PHYSICAL Session Chairman: Albert van Reenen
11:30-12:00	Invited: BOITEUX, GISELE Low electrical percolation threshold and charge carrier transport in multiwalled carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites	Invited: HE, JIASONG Supercritical CO2 pre-conditioning promotes y-crystal formation in amorphous syndiotactic polystyrene for enhancing mechanical properties
12:00-12:20	Invited: OLSSON, RICHARD Making flexible magnetic aerogels for fluidics and tough magnetic nanopapers as speaker devices - cellulose nanofibrils as reactor templates	Oral: PUENTE, JORGE ARTURO SOTO Molecular mobility and transport properties of multilayered EVA/EVOH films
12:20-12:40	Oral: ETMIMI, HUSSEIN In situ exfoliation of graphite oxide nanosheets in polymer nanocomposites using miniemulsion polymerization	Oral: ESPOSITO, ANTONELLA Thermally treated poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate): Molecular mobility vs microstructure
12:40-13:00	Oral: JURCZUK, KINGA Making all-polymer fibrillar nanocomposites	Oral: GUMEDE, THANDI Kinetic study of the crystallization of LLDPE and wax in LLDPE/wax phase-change blends used for thermal energy storage
13:00-13:20	Oral: KLUMPERMAN, BERT N-vinyl pyrrolidone-vinyl acetate block copolymers as a drug delivery vehicle	Oral: ROZANSKI, ARTUR Amorphous phase of polypropylene-physical state and its role in selected properties
13:20 -14:00	LUNCH BREAK

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 8 APRIL 2014
SESSION 5
NANOMATERIALS AND SMART MATERIALS Session Chairman: Gisele Boiteux		MORPHOLOGY / PHYSICAL Session Chairman: Jean Marc Saiter
14:00-14:30	Invited: MAURER, FRANS Network formation of graphene oxide in poly(3-hydroxy butyrate) nanocomposites	Invited: NEGAHBAN, MEHRDAD Characterization of the nonlinear response of PEEK and polycarbonate: Large plastic flow, anisotropy of wave speeds, work toughening and thermal ageing
14:30-14:50	Oral: LUYT, RIAAN Preparation and characterization of polymer nanocomposites with piezoelectric properties	Oral: SCHNEIDER, KONRAD Temperature- and deformation-dependent structural characterization of semi-crystalline polymers by x-ray scattering
14:50-15:10	Oral: LEBRUN, LAURENT Preparation and characterization of new bio-nanocomposites	Oral: TASHIRO, KOHJI Recent progress in structural study of crystalline polymers by utilizing quantum-beam techniques
15:10-15:30	Oral: MATHEW, LOVELY Development of polymer bio nanocomposites using nanocellulose obtained from isora fibres	Oral: VAN REENEN, ALBERT Solution and solid state NMR characterization of heterophasic propylene-ethylene copolymers (HEPCS)
15:30-16:00	COFFEE / TEA BREAK
SESSION 6
NANOMATERIALS AND SMART MATERIALS Session Chairman: Gisele Boiteux		MORPHOLOGY / PHYSICAL Session Chairman: Jean Marc Saiter
16:00-16:20	Oral: MOLABA, MAMOHANOE Improving of thermal and electric conductivities of iPP/WAX/Ag nanocomposites through different melt-mixing conditions	Oral: GALESKI, ANDRZEJ The influence of chemical composition and nucleation on aliphatic-aromatic copolyester's crystallization
16:20-16:40	Oral: PFUKWA, HELEN Analysis of polymer-clay nanocomposites by AF4-FTIR	Oral: LI, ZHENG Dynamic fracture property of plastically compressed and aged polycarbonate
16:40-17:00	Oral: DA COSTA RODRIGUES, ALINE Evaluation of the addition of nanofiller on the properties of polyamide used in offshore applications by a factorial design experiments	Oral: OLATUNJI, OLOLADE Development and production of mechanical penetration enhancers (MPEs) from natural polymers extracted from fish scales
19:00	WINE TASTING EVENING: Polymer Science Building, De Beers Street

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 9 APRIL 2014
08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-09:15	Keynote: BROOK, MICHAEL Manipulating polysiloxane surfaces using nature's polymers
09:15-10:00	Keynote: ROWAN, ALAN 'Strain stiffening' the key to biomimetic cytoskeletal materials
SESSION 7
BIOMATERIALS & GREEN POLYMERS Session Chairman: Bert Klumperman		MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE Session Chairman: Goerg Michler
10:00-10:30	Invited: NOLTE, ROELAND Bio-inspired polymer chemistry	Invited: XU, CHUNYE Electroactive polymers and their devices
10:30-11:00	Invited: QIU, ZHAOBIN Crystallization behavior, morphology and properties of biodegradable polymers	Invited: ADHIKARI, RAMESHWAR Nanostructured blends of styrenic block copolymer and epoxy resin: Morphology-deformation mechanism correlation
11:00-11:30	COFFEE / TEA BREAK
SESSION 8
BIOMATERIALS & GREEN POLYMERS S ession Chairman: Bert KIumperman		MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE Session Chairman: Goerg Michler
11:30-12:00	Invited: SCHÖNHERR, HOLGER Tailoring cellular microenvironments by advanced polymer brush-based biointerfaces in 2 and 3 dimensions	Invited: HENNING, SVEN Blend morphology, filler distribution and micromechanical mechanisms of SBR/NR rubber blends
12:00-12:20	Oral: PEREIRA, EMILIANE Influence of different polymers on the dissolution profile of oxaliplatin	Oral: DHOTEL, ALEXANDRE Molecular motions within self-assembled monolayers
12:20-12:40	Oral: CHEN, FEI Structure and properties of wheat gluten/chitosan blends	Oral:DAS, AMIT Phase behavior of carboxylated nitrile rubber
12:40-13:00	Oral: GULE, NONJABULO Biocompatible and thermoresponsive hydrogels evaluated in tissue engineering application	Oral: PFUKWA, RUEBEN Finite nanostructures by controlled hierarchical self-assembly of foldamers
13:00-14:00	LUNCH BREAK
13:00	INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 9 APRIL 2014
14:00-15:30	POSTER SESSION 1
SESSION 9
Session Chairman: Ralph Cooney		Session Chairman: Sven Henning
15:30-16:00	Invited: MURILLO RUIZ, EDWIN Study of the properties of blend of maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene and plasticized starch with hyperbranched poliol polyester	Invited: MICHLER, GOERG Toughness enhancement of nanostructured polymers and nanocomposites
16:00-16:20	Oral:READER, PAUL Hetero bi-functional polymer-polypeptide conjugates	Oral: DUDIC, DUSKO The formation of piezoelectric (ß) phase of polyI(vinylidene fluoride) from electrically treated melt
16:20-16:40	Oral: ZAFAR, FAHMINA Synthesis and characterization of biologically active coordination complexes/polymers from agro-byproduct	Oral: PIONTECK, JÜRGEN Expanded graphite and its derivatives as modifier of properties of thermoplastic polyurethanes
16:40-17:00	Oral: PEREZ, LEON Synthesis of amphiphilic triblock copolymers and their application in the controlled release of biological active substances	Oral: MAZZOCCHETTI, LAURA Graphene and related materials (GRM) as reinforcement in epoxy resins for structural applications
17:00-17:20	Oral: JENNISSEN, HERBERT Multimodal hybrid biomaterials: PDLLA scaffolds for the binding and release of growth factors in bone tissue	Oral : SAUNIER, JOHANNA Interactions between PVC, plasticizer and drugs: Application to PVC infusion sets
THURSDAY MORNING, 10 APRIL 2014
08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-09:15	Keynote: JANA, SADHAN Functional materials design at nanoscal
SESSION 10
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHARACTERIZATION & PREDICTIVE METHODS AND SIMULATIONS Session Chairman: Shigeru Okamoto		PROCESSING, RHEOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Session Chairman: Riaan Luyt
09:15-09:45	Invited: PIREAUX, JEAN-JACQUES Polymer in depth chemical and molecular characterization	Invited: STERZYNSKI, TOMASZ Processing properties of specifically modified thermoplastic polymers
09:45-10:15	Invited: TANDON, POONAM Study of structure, dynamics and electronic properties conducting polymers using quantum chemical calculations	Invited: SOON, TING KUEH (presented by CHAN, CHIN HAN) Influence of thermal treatment on poly(hydroxylalkanotes)s and the reactive blends of poly(hydroxylalkanotes)s and epoxidized natural rubber
10:15-10:35	Oral: SIMOES, RICARDO Simulation of indentation in polymers using molecular dynamics	Oral: SINGH, RAM PRAKASH Amphoteric amylopectin - A novel flocculant
10:35-11:00	COFFEE / TEA BREAK
SESSION 11
Session Chairman: Shigeru Okamoto		Session Chairman: Riaan Luyt
11:00-11:30	Invited: BROSTOW, WITOLD Simulation of scratching behaviour in polymers through molecular dynamics	Invited: MATSUO, MASARU Studies on dynamic tensile modulus and structural changes of polymer-conductive filler composites under electric field investigated as low frequency earthquake countermeasures
11:30-12:00	Invited: TURNER, JOSPEH Quantifying crosslinking of elastomeric protein films using nanoindentation	Oral: PIORKOWSKA-GALESKA, EWA Nucleation of high pressure gamma form in isotactic polypropylene
12:00-12:20	Oral: STRIBECK, NORBERT Nanoscopic straining mechanisms in injection-moulded TPU materials as revealed by SAXS	Oral: STÖCKELHUBER, KLAUS WERNER Enhanced mechanical and dynamic-mechanical properties of blends composed of nitrile butadiene rubber and in-situ synthesized polyurethane-urea via precursor route
12:20-12:40	Oral: PASCH, HARALD Multidetector field-flow fractionation for the comprehensive analysis of complex polymers	Oral: KHUMALO, VINCENT Toughness assessment of thermoplastic nanocomposites by the essential work of fracture (EWF) approach
12:40-14:00	LUNCH BREAK
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 10 APRIL 2014
14:00-15:30	POSTER SESSION 11
SESSION 12
Session Chairman: Valerio Causin		Session Chairman: Pooonam Tandon
15:30-16:00	Invited: OKAMOTO, SHIGERU Enhancement of refractive index constrasts in block copolymer solutions using selective solvent mixtures for photonic crystals	Invited: HEINRICH, GERT Joining physical modeling and advanced testing of dynamic-mechanical properties of rubber nanocomposites
16:00-16:30	Invited: HILLER, WOLF Molar masses of block copolymers determined by SEC and LCCC: A LC-NMR study	Oral: BLAGOJEVIC, SANJA LUCIC Influence of nanosilica modification on the properties of polyacrylate emulsions and films
16:30-16:50	Oral:PHIRI, MOHAU Studies on compositional heterogeneity in ethylene-propylene copolymers using fractionation methods	Oral: HÄRTH, MICHAEL Elongational flow properties of long-chain branched poly(ethylene terephthalate)
16:50-17:10	Oral: PARK, SUNG SOO Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous silica using new triblock copolymer as template under acidic condition	Oral: DESTARAC, MATHIAS Preparation of poly(butylenes terephthalate) powders by melt extrusion with block copolymer additives
19:00	CONFERENCE BANQUET BLAAUWKLIPPEN VINEYARDS: Busses depart 18:00 from Polymer Science Building, De Beers Street
FRIDAY MORNING, 11 APRIL 2014
08:00-08:30	Registration
08:30-09:15	Keynote: HSIAO, BENJAMIN High flux nanofibrous membranes for water purification
09:15-10:00	Keynote: WHITTAKER, ANDREW 19F Molecular imaging agents responsive to in vivo signals
SESSION 13
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION Session Chairman: Jean-Jacques Pireaux		GENERAL Session Chairman: Witold Brostow
10:00-10:30	Invited: BRUN, YEFIM Non-size exclusion chromatographic characterization of complex polymers: challenges and solutions	Invited: HESS, MICHAEL New IUPAC tools for research and teaching
10:30-10:50	Oral: ROBERTSON, DIVANN Solution crystallization and dissolution analysis of polymers as monitored by SCALLS	Oral: HARMZEN, ELRIKA Nanofibrous membranes for the application in post-harvest technologies
10:50-11:20	COFFEE / TEA BREAK
SESSION 14
Session Chairman: Jean-Jacques Pireaux		Session Chairman: Witold Brostow
11:20-11:50	Invited: KILZ, PETER Ultra-high performance macromolecular chromatography: scope and limitations	Invited: CAUSIN, VALERIO The evidential value of polymers in forensic science
11:50-12:20	Oral: MAKAN, ASHWELL Decorative coating under investigation - particle size and particle size distribution in emulsions assessed by AF4-MALLS-UV-RI, C3-MALLS-UV and DLS	Oral: COONEY, RALPH Anti-microbial conducting polymers: Summary & commercialization strategy
12:20-12:40	Oral: STENSON, JOHN Characterization of hyaluronic acid by static, dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering	Oral: MOYANO DIP, ROCIO Evaluation of cardanol resin as calcium naphthenate inhibitor
12:40-13:00	Oral: BRAND, MARGARETHA Investigation of the behaviour of polymers (polar and non-polar) in polar and non-polar solvents with the aid of asymmetrical field flow fractionation and thermal field flow fractionation	Oral: WRIGHT, TREVOR NMR studies on the mechanism of reverse iodine transfer polymerization of styrene
13:00-13:20	Oral: PRETORIUS, NADINE Combined SEC, SFC and ESI-MS for the analysis of complex aliphatic polyesters
13:20-14:30	LUNCH BREAK & PRIZE DISCUSSION
14:30	CLOSING & PRIZE AWARDING SESSION

 

SATURDAY MORNING / AFTERNOON, 12 APRIL 2014 07:30 - 19:00 POST CONFERENCE DAY TOUR, Pick up / drop off at Polymer Science Building, De Beers Street

 

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