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Rising Star Session
Thursday, July 14, 2011: 9:00 AM-12:30 PM
Goodyear Polymer Center Auditorium (The University of Akron)
Chair:
Malgorzata Basko, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
9:15 AM
REACTIVE POLYISOBUTYLENES VIA TiCl4-CATALYZED ALKYLATION of AROMATIC SUBSTRATES
David Morgan1, Robson Storey, Professor, of, Polymer, Science, and, Engineering 2, Casey Stokes, Ph.D 1 and James Harrison, Research, Chemist 3, (1)Chevron Oronite, Richmond, CA, (2)School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, (3)Chevron Oronite Company, Richmond, CA
9:30 AM
Modifying Polymer Surface Properties with Additives Made by Living Anionic Polymerisation
Solomon Kimani1, Lian Hutchings 2, Sarah Hardman 1, Norazilawati Sarih 1 and Richard Thompson 1, (1)Department Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
10:00 AM
Dimethyl Allyl Alcohol/B(C6F5)3 AS Initiating SYSTEM for CATIONIC Isoprene POLYMERIZATION: A MODEL STUDY
Samira Ouardad 1, Alain Deffieux 2, Frédéric Peruch1, Sergei Kostjuk 3, Francois Ganachaud 4 and Judit E. Puskas 5, (1)Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, Bordeaux University/CNRS, Pessac Cedex, France, (2)University of Bordeaux, CNRS- LCPO, Pessac, France, (3)Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, (4)Equipe "Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires", Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpelllier, France, (5)The University of Akron, Akron, OH
10:30 AM
Biological Responses and Characterization of Functional and Architecturally Diverse Degradable Polymer Scaffolds
Anna Finne-Wistrand1, Ulrica Edlund 1, Ann-Christine Albertsson 1 and Kamal Mustafa 2, (1)Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Center for Clinical Dental Research, University of Bergen, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Bergen, Norway
12:00 PM
Electrochemical Modulation of Copper Complex Oxidation States In ATRP
Andrew Magenau, Ph.D.1, Nicola Bortolamei 2, Armando Gennaro Jr. 2 and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 3, (1)Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, (3)Chemistry, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
12:15 PM
PLA Composites by In Situ Ring Opening Polymerization
Simona Bronco Sr.1, Francesca Signori Jr. 2, Francesco Ciardelli Sr. 1, Maria Beatrice Coltelli Jr. 3 and Stefania Castiello Jr. 4, (1)Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici UOS Pisa, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici-National Research Council, Pia, Italy, (2)Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici UOS Pisa, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici-National Research Council, Pisa, Italy, (3)Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Spin-PET, Pisa, Italy, (4)Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Pisa, Italy
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