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