Sustainability in Polymer Materials (S-PolyMat 2012)

Topics: Polymers, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Green Chemistry, Keywords: Sustainability, Polymer Processing, Biobased Polymer Chemistry

Date: /20/21/22/23/ May 2012, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, Europe

Web Site, Contact: Ludo.Kleintjens [at] hetnet.nl

  

Official Information:

At present consumption and sales of Polymers are on the rise again. Discussions about the environmental impact and future of Polymers and the necessary innovations have been intensified world wide. Sustainability became a key parameter in R&D of Polymers and Biomaterials. Numerous projects are being carried out on the various aspects of Sustainability, both in academia as in industry. Thus the next Conference in the long chain of well-known Rolduc Polymer Meetings will focus on “Sustainability in Polymer Materials”

S-PolyMat 2012 will allow for 100 Contributed Lectures and will give ample space to present your latest findings as Poster Contribution

Programme S-PolyMat 2012

1. Creating Sustainable Polymers (Bio renewable polymers – Supra-molecular
Chemistry & Self Assembly- Polymers through Fermentation - Controlled
Polymerisations - New (bio-based) monomers)

2. Processing towards Sustainability in Polymer Materials (Sustainable
(Nano-)Composites - Blending/Compounding/Self structuring- Chemical
Modification - Self-healing Materials)

3. Sustainable Performance of Polymer Materials (Functional Polymer
Materials - Tissues/ Fibres & Fabrics/ (Nano-)Membranes-Biodegradable
Polymers-Sustainable Coatings - Sustainability via Recycling/Re-use of
Polymer Materials - Molecular Architecture (incl. Characterisation))

4. Sustainable Applications of Polymer Materials (Medical Applications -
Automotive - Packaging – Sensors)

5. Polymers and Energy (Organic Solar Cells - Low friction Polymer
Materials - Light-weight Polymer Materials- Reality of Cradle-to-cradle
approaches)

Important dead lines:

15-January-2012 Closing Early Bird Registration
15-February-2012 Submission Abstracts.