IPCG 2023 Conference Schedule
Please find below the schedule for the International Polymer Colloids Group (IPCG) Conference.
GRS Schedule
GRS Program
Friday 16th of June
15:00 – 16:00 Registration and settling in – Brant House
16:00 – 18:00 Ice breaking activities (Round 1) – Field outside Brant House
19:00 – 20:30 Dinner –Ban Righ Dining Hall
20:30 – 22:30 Ice breaking activities (Round 2) – Grad Club 2nd Floor
Saturday 17th of June
*Lectures/Seminars/Posters in Ellis Hall Room 226*
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast –Ban Righ Dining Hall
9:00 – 10:00 Master Class by John Tsavalas: “Particle Morphology Control in Emulsion Polymerization: The Critical Variables”
10:00 – 11:00 Student Talks (20 min each)
Sara Beldarrain (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU – Spain): Functionalized Latexes as Dispersants and Spacers for Inorganic Particles in Waterborne Coating Formulations.
Yinan Li (Chinese University – Hong Kong): Measuring Nanoparticle-Nanoparticle Interaction by Total Internal Reflection Microscopy.
Zhengao Shi (Chinese University – Hong Kong): Pickering PU silica. Porous Film Fabrication for Synthetic Leather Through Templating Water-borne Polyurethane and Hydrophobic Silica Particles Co-Stabilized Pickering Foam.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Talks (20 min each)
Ainara Agirre (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU – Spain). Synthesis and Characterization of ABS Polymers using Polymerizable Surfactants.
Sandra Smeltzer (Queen’s University – Canada). Structure-Property Relationship of Amphiphilic Block-Random Copolymers.
Thibaut Fevrier (C2PM Lyon CNRS – France). Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization of Vinylidene Fluoride Mediated by Various Reactive Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Chains.
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch–Ban Righ Dining Hall
14:00 – 15:30 Master Class by Mohammad El-Aasser: “My 50-Years Journey with Miniemulsions”
15:30 – 16:30 Student Talks (20 min each)
Magalie Shoumacker (C2PM Lyon CNRS – France). Toward IR-induced Radical (Mini)Emulsion Photopolymerization with Organo-Soluble and Water-Soluble Photoinitiators.
Yung-Chun Lin (University of New Hampshire – USA). Investigation of Radical Diffusion Within Latex Particles During Emulsion Polymerization Through Dynamic Modelling.
Zachary Hollins (University of New Hampshire – USA). Mechanistic Study of Allyl Methacrylate as a Crosslinking Agent in Emulsion Polymerizations.
16:30 – 18:00 Poster Session 1
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner–Ban Righ Dining Hall
20:00 – 23:00 Social activities – Juniper Café
Sunday 18th of June
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast–Ban Righ Dining Hall
9:00 – 10:00 Master Class by Takaya Terashima: “Precision Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Polymers: From Design to Nanostructure Control and Functions”
10:00 – 11:00 Student Talks (20 min each)
Huanhuan Ma (C2PM Lyon CNRS – France). Synthesis of Poly(Methacrylic Acid)-Stabilized SiO2/Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Nanocomposite Colloids by Nitroxide-Mediated Surface-Initiated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly.
Steven Thompson (University of New South Wales – Australia). Utilizing Customizability of Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) for Preparation of Sequenced-Defined Multiblock Copolymers.
Suren Wang (C2PM Lyon CNRS – France). From Surfactant-Free Latexes to Vitrimer Films: The Key Role of the Hydrophilic Macromolecular Stabilizer.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Talks (20 min each)
Alvaro del Castillo (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU – Spain). Epoxy/Styrene-Acrylic Hybrids for Anticorrosive Steel Coatings.
Laura Sinniger (C2PM Lyon CNRS – France). Synthesis of Block Copolymers Based on Ethylene and Methyl Methacrylate by Combining Catalytic Chain Transfer Polymerization (CCTP) and Radical Emulsion Polymerization in Water
Mehdi Naderi (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU – Spain). Synthesis and Characterization of the Redispersible Latexes.
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch–Ban Righ Dining Hall
14:00 – 15:00 Master Class by Samane Mehravar: “Sustainability for Chemical Industries: Tools and Challenges”
15:00 – 15:40 Student Talks (20 min each)
Ana Trajcheva (POLYMAT-UPV/EHU – Spain). Novel Strategies to Reduce End of Reaction VOCs in Acrylic Waterborne Systems.
Emily M. Brogden (University of Warwick – UK). Hard-Soft Polymer Colloid Mixtures for Waterborne Linerless Pressure Sensitive Adhesives.
15:40 – 17:10 Poster Session 2
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner at University Club (IPCG Conference Begins)
