Invited Session 3

Tuesday, July 12, 2011: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Goodyear Polymer Center Auditorium (The University of Akron)
9:00 AM
13
Supramolecular Polyisobutylenes: FROM Polarity to MOLECULAR ORDER
Wolfgang Binder, Katharina Hackethal, Olobummo Adekunle, Florian Herbst and Matthias Schulz, Makromolekulare Chemie, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
9:30 AM
14
10:00 AM
15
SYNTHESIS of Polyesters with CONTROLLED Degradation
Ann-Christine Albertsson, Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
16
Cationic Polymerization of Isoprene Co-Initiated by B(C6F5)3 in Aqueous Dispersion: En Route to Natural Rubber Analogues
Sergei Kostjuk1, Samira Ouardad2, Frédéric Peruch2, Judit E. Puskas3, Alain Deffieux4 and Francois Ganachaud5, (1)Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, (2)Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, Bordeaux University/CNRS, Pessac Cedex, France, (3)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, (4)University of Bordeaux, CNRS- LCPO, Pessac, France, (5)Equipe "Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires", Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpelllier, France
11:30 AM
17
General Functionalization Method for Synthesis of Alpha-Functionalized Polymers by Combination of Anionic Polymerization and Hydrosilation Chemistry
Roderic Quirk1, Vijay Chavan2, Chrys Wesdemiotis3 and Aleer Yol2, (1)Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, (2)Institute of Polymer Science, Institute of Polymer Science, Akron, OH, (3)Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
12:00 PM
18
Advances IN Living/CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION IN Waterborne SYSTEMS: NEW Opportunities IN Designing Latexes with Tailored Microstructure and PROPERTIES
Mary Thomson, Ph.D.1, Michael Cunningham, Ph.D.1 and Jason Ness, Ph.D.2, (1)Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, (2)Arkema Group, King of Prussia, PA
12:30 PM
Lunch (a la carte)
2:00 PM
19
Tailored Bulk Polymerization REACTIONS and Polymer Chemical Modifications Via REACTIVE Extrusion: APPLICATION to Bioplastics
Philippe Dubois, Cirmap - Materia Nova, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium, Jean-Marie Raquez, Cirmap - Materia NOVA, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium and Ramani Narayan, Department of chemical engineering and materials science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2:30 PM
20
Free Radical Polymerization with Control by Raft for the Exfoliation of Clay and Graphene
Ron Sanderson, UNESCO Center for Macromolecules, Director, UNESCO Center, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, Hussein Etmimi, PhD, Student, UNESCO Center for Macromolecules, UNESCO Center, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa and Austin Samakande, UNESCO Center for Macromolecules, Mondi PLC pty ltd., Mondipak Plastics Wadeville, Matieland, South Africa
3:00 PM
21
Functional Block Polymers From the Marriage of Metathesis and Transesterification Polymerizations
Marc Hillmyer, UMN Department of Chemistry, 207 Pleasant St. SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM
22
Combining Cationic Ring Opening Polymerization and Click Chemistry for the Design of Functionalized Polyurethanes
Filip Du Prez1, Malgorzata Basko2, Melania Bednarek Sr.3 and Przemyslaw Kubisa3, (1)Department of Organic Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, (2)Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland, (3)Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
4:30 PM
23
Anionic Polymerization of α-Methylene-N-Methylpyrrolidone
Takashi Ishizone, Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
5:00 PM
24
RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION of CYCLIC CARBONATE MONOMERS: Towards GREEN Polymers
Marion Helou, Pierre Brignou, Jean-François Carpentier and Sophie Guillaume, Equipe Catalyse et Organométalliques, Sciences Chimiques de Rennes CNRS - Université de Rennes 1 - UMR 6226, Rennes, France