Wednesday 7 September
12:00
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Registration and lunch
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Session 1
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13:00
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Rheology and structure formation in soft matter composites Jan Vermant ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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13:45
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Microfluidic rheometry for the rheological characterisation of polymer solution Francesco Del Giudice Swansea University, UK
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14:00
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Rheological behaviour of NaPSS solutions with excess-salt Anish Gulati and Carlos G. Lopez RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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14:15
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Towards the Realisation of Polymer Opals as Next Generation Functional Materials Chris E. Finlayson, Giselle Rosetta, John J. Tomes and Matthew. M. Gunn Aberystwyth University, UK
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14:30
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Investigating interfacial photopolymerisation of PEGDA hydrogels for bacterial encapsulation Albert Woodward-Rowe, Joseph Keddie, Suzie Hingley-Wilson, Ian Williams, Simon Krings and Anette Christie University of Surrey, UK
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14:45
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Coffee break
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Session 2
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15:15
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DPOLY lecture: Sequence Effects in Calcium-Responsive Biopolymers Danielle J Mai Stanford University, USA
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16:00
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Self-assembly of similarly charged polyelectrolyte chains in dilute aqueous solution Kamendra P. Sharma, Mehak Jain, Shivalika Sharma, Raju K. Singh, and Jyoti R. Seth IIT BOMBAY, India
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16:15
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Characterising conjugated polymers by high-resolution STM imaging Stefania Moro1, Simon Spencer2, Michael Sommer3, Giovanni Costantini1 1Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 2Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 3Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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16:30
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Evaporation of high concentration polymeric respiratory fluid droplets Max Huisman, Wilson Poon and Simon Titmuss University of Edinburgh, UK
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16:45
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SANS study of PPPO in mixed solvents and impact on polymer nanoprecipitation Roisin O'Connell Imperial College London
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17:00
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Founders' Prize Winner Lecture: Polymer Physics as an Enabler of Carbon Sequestration Tony Ryan OBE University of Sheffield, UK
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18:00
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Close
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19:00
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Conference Dinner at Ognisko (located at 55 Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PN. The nearest tube is South Kensington, 5 minute walk from the restaurant)
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Thursday 8 September
08:30
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Registration
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Session 3
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09:00
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Dynamics of ring polymers by neutron scattering: overview and recent developments Valeria Arrighi Heriot-Watt University, UK
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09:45
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Mechanism of alignment of lamellar block copolymer under shear flow J Díaz1, M. Pinna2, A. Zvelindovsky2 and I. Pagonabarraga1 1Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 2University of Lincoln, UK
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10:00
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Towards the Data-Driven Design and Development of Materials Derived from Unstable Mixtures Matthew Jones and Nigel Clarke University of Sheffield, UK
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10:15
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Thermodynamics of Highly Interacting Blend PCHMA/dPS by TOF-SANS William N Sharratt1, Yutaka Aoki1, Sebastian Pont1, Dale Seddon1, Nigel Clarke2, Charles Dewhurst3, Lionel Porcar3 and Joao T. Cabral1 1Imperial College London, UK, 2The University of Sheffield, UK 3Institut Laue Langevin, France
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10:30
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Coffee break
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Session 4
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11:00
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PPG exchange winner lecture: Phase transitions in polyelectrolyte gels Matt Hennessy University of Bristol, UK
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11:45
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From self-assembly to mechanical behaviour: a computational data-driven framework for block copolymers Aravinthen Rajkumar, Peter Brommer, Ćukasz Figiel University of Warwick, UK
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12:00
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Solubility of polyelectrolytes in alcohol-water mixtures in the context of hand-sanitisers Can Hou RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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12:15
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Low-N fluorinated polymers modelled as rod-coil block copolymers J. Greenall3, E. Hancox1, M. J. Derry2, S. Huband4, L. Al-Shok1, J. S. Town1, P. D. Topham2 and D. M. Haddleton1 1University of Warwick, UK 2Aston University, UK, 3University of Lincoln, UK, 4University of Warwick, UK
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12:30
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Structural Colour through Multi-Dimensional Surface Wrinkling Annabelle Tan, Luca Pellegrino, Zain Ahmad, and João Cabral Imperial College London, UK
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12:45
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Lunch and Poster Session
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Session 5
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14:00
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Polymer Films at the Nanoscale: Quantifying the length-scales of polymer-substrate interactions and the impact on physical properties Peter Green, FRSC National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
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14:45
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Deconvolution of microstructural mechanisms in PM6:Y6 solar cells as a function of composition and formulation and their influence on the performance Edgar Gutierrez-Fernandez1,2,3, Albert Harillo4, Sara Marina3, Eduardo Solano5, Junkal Gutierrez6, Agnieszka Tercjak6, Mariano Campoy-Quile4, Jaime Martín3,7,8. 1 XMaS/BM28-ESRF, France 2University of Warwick, UK 3POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country, Spain 4Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain 5ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Spain 6University of the Basque, Spain 7Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science, Spain 8University of A Coruña, Spain
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15:00
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Charge Transport and Interfacial Dipolar Effects in Conjugated Polymers Stavros X. Drakopoulos1, Jing Cui2, Mihai Asandulesa3, Sergei Bronnikov4, Aurora Nogales2, and Kamal Asadi1 1Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK 2Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Spain 3Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romanian Academy, Romania 4Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
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15:15 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 6
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15:45
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Poster Session and Refreshments
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18:00
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Announcement of Likhtman Poster Prize
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19:30
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Arrive at Tower Pier (Located on Lower Thames Street, London, EC3N 4DT. The nearest tube is Tower Hill on the Circle Line from King's Cross) River Cruise will leave promptly at 19:45 (the cruise will end at 21:45)
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Friday 9 September
08:30
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Registration
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Session 7
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09:00
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An industrial perspective of global trends in bio-derived and natural polymers Andy Sweetman Futamura Chemical, UK
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09:45
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Hemicellulose-assisted fibrillation of cellulosic fibers to make holocellulose nanofibrils (hCNF) for ductile thin films as packaging materials Daniel Dax University of Cambridge, UK
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10:00
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Filler surface induced heterogeneous nucleation of polymer crystals Dominic Wadkin-Snaith, Paul Mulheran, and Karen Johnston University of Strathclyde, UK
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10:15
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The effect of Young’s modulus on interfacial failure behaviour of isotactic polyprolylene and hydroxylated γ-Al2O3 Yoshitake Suganuma and James A. Elliott University of Cambridge, UK
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10:30
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Coffee break
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Session 8
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11:00
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How to tune properties of interfaces with polymers; insight from molecular simulation Paola Carbone University of Manchester, UK
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11:45
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Field theoretic simulations of block copolymers and copolymer-homopolymer blends at realistic molecular weights Bart Vorselaars1, Mark Matsen2, Pawel Stasiak3, and Russell Spencer4 1University of Lincoln, UK 2University of Waterloo 3University of Reading, UK 4University of Göttingen
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12:00
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Modelling Crystallisation in Polymers Rasha Algethami University of Sheffield, UK
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12:15
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Physical Aspects of Unmodified and Modified Matrix based Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites – A Data Driven Analysis Nithesh Naik, B. Shivamurthy, Ritesh Bhat, Soumik Roy and Zhanhu Guo Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), USA.
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12:30
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Chitosan oligomer binding to α-chitin crystal; a molecular dynamics study M Hudek, K. Kubiak-Ossowska, K. Johnston, V. Ferro, and P. Mulheran University of Strathclyde, UK
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12:45
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Closing remarks and lunch Poster Awards (In Parallel)
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