Invited Session 2

Monday, July 11, 2011: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Goodyear Polymer Center Auditorium (The University of Akron)
9:00 AM
1
9:30 AM
2
Catalysts Based On Oxophilic Metals for Streoselective and Highly Productive ROP of Cyclic Esters
Jean-François Carpentier, Equipe Catalyse et Organométalliques, Sciences Chimiques de Rennes CNRS - Université de Rennes 1 - UMR 6226, Rennes, France
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
4
Living Cationic and Radical Polymerization for Precision Polymer Synthesis
Masami Kamigaito and Kotaro Satoh, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
11:30 AM
5
Anionic Polymerization and “Click” Chemistry: Combination of Two Ideal Methods for the Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymers
Nikos Hadjichristidis, PhD, Chemistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece and Athanasios Touris, Chemistry, University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Athens, Greece
12:00 PM
6
Structured Charge In Polymer Design: Introducing Cationic Sites Using Controlled and Living Polymerization Strategies
Timothy E. Long1, Renlong Gao1 and Erin Murphy2, (1)Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, (2)Kraton Polymers
12:30 PM
Lunch (a la carte)
2:00 PM
7
Room Temperature Polymerization of Isobutylene Using Metal Complexes with Weakly Coordination Anions
Brigitte Voit1, Hui Yee Yeong, M.Sc.2, Fritz E. Kühn3, Yang Li3 and Narayanan Radhakrishnan2, (1)Institute Macromolecular Chemistry, Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany, (2)Department of Polymer Structures, Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany, (3)Molekulare Katalyse, Fakultät für Chemie, Technischen Universität München, Garching, Germany
2:30 PM
8
Oxyanionic Polymerization: From Novel Stealth Lipids to Hyper(branched) Poly(ethylene glycol) (b-PEG)
Holger Frey1, Boris Obermeier2, Christine Mangold3, Frederik Wurm4, Anna Maria Hofmann1 and Martina Schömer5, (1)Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany, (2)Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, (3)Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, (4)Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute od Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, (5)Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
3:00 PM
9
NEW Developments IN Photoinitiation of FREE Radical and CATIONIC Polymerizations
Yusuf Yagci, Chemistry, Istanbul Tecnical University, Istanbul, Turkey
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM
10
REDOX Initiated Cationic POLYMERIZATION
James Crivello, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
5:00 PM
12
Alternating Copolymerization of Bislactones with Epoxides
Takeshi Endo, Molecular Engineering Institute, Kinki University, Fukuoka, Japan