You-Ping Wu¹, Lei Yang¹, Liqun Zhang¹ and Xiaomei He², (1)Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, (2)Beijing Research and Design Institute of Rubber Industry, Beijing, China

Minna Poikelispää¹, Amit Das², Wilma K. Dierkes³ and Jyrki Vuorinen¹, (1)Department of Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, (2)Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany, (3)Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

R. Christopher Napier, Global Specialty Polymers Technology, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX, Walter Waddell, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX and Dirk Rouckhout, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe, Machelen, Belgium

Somayeh Maghami¹, Wilma K. Dierkes¹, Tanya Tolpekina², Steven Schultz² and J.W.M. Noordermeer¹, (1)Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)R&D, Apollo Vredestein BV, Enschede, Netherlands

Yixian Wu, Department of Macromolecular Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China and Jianfeng Chen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

Deidre Tucker, PhD¹, Richard Webb² and Alfred Olsen², (1)Analytical, SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, IL, (2)Materials Development, SKF, Elgin, IL

Bernard D Cruz, Bangalore Technology Centre, ExxonMobil Chemical, Bangalore, India, Brendan Rodgers, Butyl Technology, The ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Bayway, TX and Bharat B. Sharma, Global Specialty Polymers Technology, ExxonMobil Company India Private Ltd., Bangalore, India