Chain Growth Polymerization - New Chemistry for the New Millennium

March 22-25, 2000
Santa Rosa, California, USA

Invitation & General Information

One of the important goals of this workshop is to bolster the bridge between new polymer architectures (defined in terms of structure-property relationships) with emerging synthetic strategies. Setting the stage will be overview lectures on both polymer architectures and their impact on polymer properties. This will be followed by detailed discussions of new synthetic approaches that will include such topics as living/controlled radical polymerizations, new advances in catalysts for olefin polymerizations, alternative catalysis strategies, and catalytic modification of polymers, environmental aspects. Balance will be provided by interjecting modern calculation approaches, alternative processing methods (supercritical and emulsion technologies, etc.), and industrial considerations into the discussions.

Every lecture (45 min.) will be followed by a 45 min. discussion, based on pre-written questions submitted by participants. Pre-written questions should be submitted by participants to the chairs by 1 March 2000 (preferentially by e-mail). Submitters may have a few minutes to clarify their questions with 1-2 transparencies. A poster presentation will be available.

Chairs

Prof. Kris Matyjaszewski Dept. of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon Univ. 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 tel: 412-268-3209 fax: 412-268-6897 e-mail: km3b@andrew.cmu.edu

Prof. Bruce Novak Dept. of Chemistry North Carolina State Univ. Raleigh, NC 27695 tel: 919-515-2996 fax: 919-513-2828 e-mail: Bruce_Novak@ncsu.edu

 

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Accommodations

The Santa Rosa Hilton is located 50 miles North of the San Francisco, CA, International Airport, nestled in the heart of California Wine Country. Transportation can be arranged from the airport to Santa Rosa.

Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Hilton, 3555 Round Barn Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, Phone: 707-523-7555, Fax: 707-569-5555, http://www1.hilton.com/ Please request the special rates for the polymer group of $109 plus tax.

 

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Registration

 

Registration Fee(s)

	Before February 22, 2000	After February 22, 2000
Member of the Division of Polymer Chemistry	$600	$650
Non-Member	$650	$700
Student Member	$250	$300
Student Non-Member	$300	$350
Non-Participating Guest	$150	$200

In addition to handout material, the fee includes meals, receptions, breaks, and a dinner as listed in the brochure.

To register, send the information below, with remittance (checks made payable to: the Division of Polymer Chemistry), to:

 

Neta L. Byerly
Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.
Virginia Tech
410 Davidson Hall, M.C. 0279
Blacksburg, VA 24061

tel: 540-231-3029
fax: 540-231-2588
e-mail: nbyerly@vt.edu

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Chain Growth Polymerization
March 22-25, 2000

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Programs

Wednesday, 22 March 2000

6:00 PM	REGISTRATION and RECEPTION
7:00 PM	OPENING REMARKS
Session 1 - Importance of Structure - Property Relationship for Polymer Synthesis I
7:15 PM	Matt Tirrell, University of California - Santa Barbara	"Building Functional Polymer Interfaces"
8:45 PM	David Lohse, ExxonMobile Research	"A Call for Advances in the Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymers: Why Chain Architecture Matters"

Thursday, 23 March 2000

7:30 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Session 2- Controlled Radical Polymerization
8:00 AM	Kris Matyjaszewski, , Carnegie Mellon University	"Art of ATRP"
9:30 AM	Craig Hawker, IBM Corp.	"Bringing Diversity to Living Polymerization - The Allure of a Viable LFRP Process"
11:00 AM	BREAK
11:15 AM	San Thang, CSIRO Molecular Science- Australia	"Touring Polymer Synthesis by RAFT"
12:45 PM	LUNCH
2:00 PM	Willie Lau, Rohm & Haas	"Breaking the Solubility Barrier in Aqueous Phase Polymerization"
Session 3 - Advances in Catalysis for Polyolefins
3:30 PM	Bruce Novak, North Carolina State University	"Taylored Catalysts for Taylored Polymerizations"
5:00 PM	DINNER ON YOUR OWN
8:00 PM	Brian Goodall, B. F. Goodrich	"Late Metal Catalysts in Polymer Synthesis"
9:30 PM	POSTER SESSION

Friday, 24 March 2000

7:30 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AM	Richard Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	"Recent Studies of Olefin Polymerization by Zirconium Catalysts that Contain a Diamido/Donor Ligand"
9:30 AM	Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill	"New Polyolefin Structures from Ni(II) and Pd(II) Catalysts: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects"
11:00 AM	BREAK
Session 4- Environmental Aspects of Polymer Synthesis
11:15 AM	Graham Swift, Rohm & Haas	"Biodegradation and Sustainability in the Polymer Industry"
12:45 PM	LUNCH
6:30 PM	DINNER
8:00 PM	Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh	"Making Polymers in and with CO2 -- It's "Green" but is It Practical?"
9:30 PM	POSTER SESSION

Saturday, 25 March 2000

7:30 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AM	Stan Penczek, Polish Academy of Science	"Control of Kinetics and Structures in ROP of Cyclic Esters-Leading to Degradable Polymers"
9:30 AM	David Tirrell (Kent Kirshenbaum), California Institute of Technology	"The Importance of Sequence-Specificity for Control of Polymer Architecture"
11:00 AM	BREAK
Session 1 - Importance of Structure - Property Relationship for Polymer Synthesis II
11:15 AM	Martin Moeller, University of Ulm - Germany	"How Structural Complexity of Polymers can be Employed for the Formation of Nanoscopic Pattern"
12:45 PM	CLOSING REMARKS