BPG 2011 - Annual Meeting of the Belgian Polymer Group 12/05/2011
09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 Opening Remarks
Session 1
Session Chair
Prof. Alain JONAS (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
10:10 Polymers on Surfaces to Guide Epidermal Stem Cell Differentiation
Prof Wilhelm HUCK (RADBOUD UNIVERSITY & UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Nijmegen & Cambridge, United Kingdom)
11:00 OC01 - Surface Modified Polyesters via Rapid Prototyping for Tissue Engineering Applications
Ing Thomas BILLIET (UGENT, Gent, Belgium)
11:20 OC02 - Catenane-based Mechanically Linked Polymers
Ms Anne VAN QUAETHEM (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
11:40 OC03 - Π-Conjugated Polymers with Functional Endgroups through Modified Nickel Initiators
Mr Alfons SMEETS (KULEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium)
Session Chair
Prof. Etienne SCHACHT (GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium)
12:00 BPG Award 1 - Exploration of Novel Domino Reactions for the Synthesis of Advanced Polymeric Structures
Ms Fabienne GOETHALS (UGENT, Gent, Belgium)
12:10 BPG Award 2 - Preparation of thermo-responsive hydrogels by stereocomplexation of polylactide
Mr Alexis BOBENRIETH (SMPC UMONS, Mons, Belgium)
12:20 Sandwich Lunch
Session 2
Session Chair
Dr Dirk BONTINCK (CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium)
13:30 Nanotechnology with Stimulus Responsive Polymer Brushes
Prof. Julius VANCSO G. (UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, Enschede, The Netherlands)
14:20 OC04 - Synthesis of Polylactide via Non-organometallic Catalyst: How far Can We Go with Mass Spectrometry?
Mr Julien DE WINTER (UMONS, Mons, Belgium)
14:40 OC05 - Quinoxaline Derivatives with Conjugated Side Chains: a Route Towards Polyquinoxalines for Organic Solar Cell Applications
Ms Lidia MARIN (UHASSELT, Leuven, Belgium)
15:00 Coffee Break
Session 3
Session Chair
Prof. Bruno VAN MELE (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
15:30 OC06 - Preparation of Chitosan-based Nanofibers with Multilayered Structure
Mrs Florence CROISIER (ULG, Liège, Belgium)
15:50 OC07 - Rheology of Nanocomposites
Mr Christophe BLOCK (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
16:10 OC08 - Synthesis of Bridged Oligo- and Polythiophenes to Increase the Dimensionality of Electric Charges Transport
Mrs Maud JENART (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Poster Sessions
16:30 Poster Session 1 and Career Session
17:15 Poster Session 2 and Career Session
18:00 Free time and Council Meeting
20:00 Cocktail and Dinner with BPRI Award Ceremony
22:00 BPG Party
13/05/2011
08:00 Breakfast
Session 4
Session Chair
Dr Christine JEROME (ULG, Liege, Belgium)
09:15 Surface Modification of Polymers Using Atmospheric Plasma Technology: from Adhesion Improvement to Coating Deposition
Dr Dirk VANGENEUGDEN (VITO, Mol, Belgium)
10:05 OC09 - Tetrazine-norbornene Ligation: Promising Additive-free Approach in Polymer Science
Mr Milan STAMENOVIC (UGENT, Gent, Belgium)
10:25 OC10 - Nanofillers: to a New Generation of Aerospace Composites?
Mr David DUMONT (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
10:45 Coffee Break
Session 5
Session Chair
Prof. Dr Filip DU PREZ (GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium)
11:15 OC11 - Templated-hybrid Nanotubes : Conception and Elaboration of New Candidates for Drug Delivery
Ing Cecile ROY (UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium)
11:35 OC12 - Functionalized Cyclopentadithiophene-based Low Bandgap Copolymers for Photovoltaic Applications
Ms Sarah VAN MIERLOO (UHASSELT, Diepenbeek, Belgium)
11:55 OC13 - Identification and Characterization of a Substrate-induced Phase of a Discotic Liquid Crystal
Mr Nicolas DUMONT (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
12:15 Lunch
Session 6
Session Chair
Dr Daniel MAETENS (CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium)
13:45 Block-copolymers and Nanoparticles at the Interface of Immiscible Polymer Blends: Effects on the Stability of the Blend Morphology
Prof. Paula MOLDENAERS (KULEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium)
14:35 OC14 - Versatile Bio-inspired Strategy for Imparting Robust Antibacterial Property to Stainless Steel
Mrs Emilie FAURE (ULG, Liège, Belgium)
14:55 Coffee Break
Session 7
Session Chair
Prof. Philippe DUBOIS (LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Hautcharage, Luxembourg)
15:25 OC15 - Microscopic Morphology and Electrical Properties of the Active Polymer Layer in Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Dr Simon DESBIEF (UMONS, Mons, Belgium)
15:45 OC16 - Carbon Nanotube Dispersions and Composites in PDMS Copolymers by Reverse Addition Fragmentation Transfer in Emulsion and Aqueous Dispersed Systems
Dr Gavin HILL (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
16:05 OC17 - Theoretical Insight into the NMR and UV/vis Absorption Spectra of Thiophene- and Oligothiophene-based Compounds
Dr Vincent LIEGEOIS (FUNDP, Namur, Belgium)
16:25 Award Ceremony for Best Oral Communication and Poster Presentations
16:35 Closing Remarks
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