BPG 2008 - Annual Meeting of the Belgian Polymer Group 22/05/2008
09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:30 Opening Remarks
Dr Dirk BONTINCK (CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium) Prof. Dirk VANDERZANDE (UNIVERSITY OF HASSELT, Hasselt, Belgium)
Session 1:
Polymer Electronics
Chair:
Dr Christine JEROME
10:45 Invitaed Plenary Lecture
Multi-Junction Polymer Solar Cells
Prof. René JANSSEN
11:35 Influence of the Side-Chain on the (supra)molecular Behaviour of Poly(dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]pyrrole)s: From Helical Stacks Towards a Molecular Solenoid
Mr Wouter VANORMELINGEN
11:55 In-plane Orientational Control of Discotic Phthalocyanine Columns
Mr Pierre-Olivier MOUTHUY
12:15 A Potential Route to New Polymer Architectures for Poly(p-Phenylene Vinylene) Derivatives
Mr Jimmy WOUTERS
12:35 Lunch and Poster/Exhibition Session
Session 2:
Functionalised Polymer Systems
Chair:
Prof. Bruno VAN MELE
14:20 Effect of the Addition of Nanoclay on the Extrusion Foaming of Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Ms Laetitia URBANCZYK
14:40 The Importance of Interfaces and Interactions in Polymeric Nanocomposites Revealed by Quasi-Isothermal Crystallization
Mr Hans MILTNER
15:00 A New Approach for Functionalization of Polyurethanes Involving 'click' Chemistry
Dr David FOURNIER
15:20 Poster/Exhibition Session
17:10 Bianual BPG Award 2008 to Dr. James L. Hedrick
Introduction
Prof. Philippe DUBOIS
Award Lecture
Organic Catalysis: A Broadly Useful Strategy for Living Polymerization
Dr. James L. HEDRICK
23/05/2008
08:00 Breakfast
Session 3:
Advanced Polymers for Bio(medical) Application
08:31 Chair:
Prof. Thomas CLEIJ
09:15 Invited Plenary Lecture
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs): Synthetic Receptors with a Large Playground
Prof. Börje SELLERGREN
10:05 Improved anti-fouling properties of hydrogel intraocular lenses by chemical coating with poly(ethylene glycol) derivatives
Mrs Dimitryia BOZUKOVA
10:25 In Situ Bio-Functionalization and Cell Deformation in Microfluidic Channels
Mr Sylvain GABRIELE
10:45 Coffee Break and Poster/Exhibition Session
11:15 Surface Biocompatibilisation of Silicones for Medical Applications
Ms Nele DE SMET
11:35 Novel Amphiphilic and Degradable Sugar-Based Block Copolymers via ROP of Functionalized Cyclic Carbonates
Mr Fabian SURIANO
11:55 Unravelling the Structure of Polymers by Vibrational Raman Optical Activity Spectroscopy: a Joint Theoretical-Experimental Study on Polypropylene
Dr Vincent LIEGEOIS
12:15 Lunch and Meeting Selection Committee of Presentation Awards
Session 4:
Hybrid Material Systems
Chair:
Prof. Alain JONAS
13:30 Nanocomposites as a New Class of Flame Retardants - From Research to Technical Products
Dr Günter BEYER
13:50 Butyl Rubbers and their Applications
Mr Adrian RAWLINSON
14:10 Discotic liquid crystals as a new generation of organic semiconductors. From synthesis to application in organic electronics
14:30 Using Metallo-Supramolecular Associations to Control the Rheology of Copolymer Micelles
Dr Florian STADLER
Special Award Session
Chair:
Prof. Hubert RAHIER
14:50 BPG-Best Final Work Awards 2006
15:10 BPG-Best Oral Presentation and Poster Awards
15:30
Dr Dirk BONTINCK (CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium) Prof. Dirk VANDERZANDE (UNIVERSITY OF HASSELT, Hasselt, Belgium)
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