BPG 2005 - Annual Meeting of the Belgian Polymer Group
19/05/2005
08:30

Registration and welcome coffee
Poster setting and room check in

10:15Opening remarks
10:30

1st session

10:30

Invited Plenary Lecture:
Bulk and Water Self-Assembly of Polypeptide-Based Block Copolymers

Dr Sébastien LECOMMANDOUX
(UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX I, PESSAC CEDEX, France)
11:20

Nanoporous Thin Films from Self-Assembled Metallo-Supramolecular Block Copolymers

Dr Charles-André FUSTIN
(UCLOUVAIN, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
11:40

Advanced Polymer Architectures with Stimuli-Responsive Properties

Ms Katrien BERNAERTS
( UGENT, GENT, Belgium)
12:00

Novel Radial “All Acrylate” Block Olymers: Synthesis, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties

Ms Mélanie JEUSETTE
(UMH, MONS, Belgium)
12:30Lunch
14:00

2nd session

14:00

Invited Plenary Lecture:
Combinatorial Techniques Applied to Polymer Science

Prof. Ulrich SCHUBERT
(EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
14:50

Thin Film Rupture: From Elastic Fractures to Viscous Fingering

Mr Sylvain GABRIELE
(UMH, Mons, Belgium)
15:10Ab Initio Investigation of the Stereochemistry Effects on 1H and 13C NMR Chemical Shifts of Poly (vinyl chloride) Oligomers
Mr Philippe D'ANTUONO
(FUNDP, NAMUR, Belgium)
15:30Coffee break
16:00

3rd session

16:00Prediction of the Sound Transmission Loss in Laminated Glass Panels
Dr Patrice ROOSE
(CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium)
16:20Diffusion Filtered 1H nmr Spectroscopy as a Simple Tool to Aid the Complete nmr Structural Analysis of Methacrylate endcapped orthoesters and its degradation products
Prof. José MARTINS
(UGENT, GENT, Belgium)
16:40ATRP of Aminated Methacrylates: a Route to Effective Antimicrobial Surfactants, Coatings and Additives
Ms Sandrine LENOIR
(ULG, LIEGE, Belgium)
17:00Coffee break
17:00Poster session and Exhibition
18:00BPG-Council Meeting
20:00Banquet and BPG Party
20/05/2005
08:00

Breakfast

09:00

4th session

09:00

Invited Plenary Lecture:
Crystallization of Polymers in Thin Films

Dr Günter REITER
(INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES, MULHOUSE, MULHOUSE, France)
09:50Development of a Nano-Biosensor: Physical and Chemical Characterization of Protein Modified Layers and Anti-Fouling Surfaces
Dr Francesca CECCHET
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
10:10Oriented Crystallization of Polymers Confined in Nano-Trenches
Dr Zhijun HU
(UCL, LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium)
10:30Thermal Stability and Degradation Pathway of Poly(vinylacetate) and Poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate) in Combination with Halogen-Free Intumescent Flame Retardants
Mr Bart RIMEZ
(VUB, BRUSSELS, Belgium)
10:50Coffee break
11:30

5th session

11:30Opto-Electronic Characterisation of Various PPV and PTV-Derivatives
Ms Sofie FOURIER
(UHASSELT, DIEPENBEEK, Belgium)
11:50Degradable Pluronic® f127-Based Hydrogels
Mr Ives SWENNEN
(UGENT, GHENT, Belgium)
12:10Synthesis and Properties of New Chiral Donor-Embedded Polybinaphtalenes for Nonlinear Optical Applications
Ms Leen DE GROOF
(KULEUVEN, LEUVEN, Belgium)
12:30Lunch
14:00

6th session

14:00Biodegradable Starch/Polyester Melt-Blends by Reactive Extrusion
Dr Jean-Marie RAQUEZ
(UMONS, Mons, Belgium)
14:20

HR-MAS NMR as a Tool for Monitoring the Catalytic Process in the Ring Opening Polymerization Reaction of e - Caprolactone

Mr Kevin POELMANS
(VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
14:40BPG-Best Final Work Award 2005 Oral Communications
14:40Development of Thermo-Responsive Coatings via UV-Crosslinkable LCST-Polymers
Mr Stijn D'HOLLANDER
(UGENT, Gent, Belgium)
14:40Synthesis of Amphiphilic Poly--Caprolactone-Graft-Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Copolymers by Michael-Type Addition and their Use as Nanoparticles stabilizers
Ms Kathy VAN BUTSELE
(ULG, LIEGE, Belgium)
15:00Best Oral Presentation and Poster Awards Concluding remarks
15:30Concluding remarks
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