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SUNDAY October 15, 2006
1:00 pm REGISTRATION DESK OPENS, [Registration desk will remain open throughout meeting]
2:45 pm OPENING REMARKS by CONFERENCE CHAIR
Prof. Dennis Smith (Clemson University)
3:00 pm OPENING TUTORIAL: Prof. Darryl DesMarteau (Clemson University)
"Why Fluorine? A Centennial Review since Henri Moisson's Nobel Prize for the discovery of Fluorine"
SESSION 1
Synthesis and Characterization – Part I
3:40 pm Dr. Bruno Ameduri (CNRS, Montpellier, France)
“Recent Advances in the Controlled Radical Polymerization of Fluoromonomers”
4:30 pm BREAK
4:45 pm Prof. Mike Chung (Pennsylvania State University)
“Synthesis and Characterization of Fluoropolymers with High dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties Using Control Borane/Oxygen Radical Initiators”
5:15 pm Dr. Scott Schmidt (Arkema Inc)
“Synthesis and Applications of Fluorinated Block Copolymers using Nitroxide Mediate CRP Techniques”
6:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION
7:00 pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN
MONDAY October 16, 2006
7:15 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
SESSION 1 (continued)
Synthesis and Characterization - Part I
8:00 am Prof William Dolbier (University of Florida)
“Novel Fluoropolymers formed by a SRN1 Condensation Polymerization Mechanism”
8:30 am Prof. George Kostov (CNRS, Montpellier, France)
“New Fluorinated Surfactants based on 3,3,3-Trifluoropropene”
8:55 am Prof. Ayusmen Sen (Pennsylvania State University)
“New Fluoroalkene Copolymers through Radical Polymerization”
9:20 am BREAK
SESSION 2
Environmental Impact and Regulatory Issues
9:35 am Dr. Greg Hammond (Environment Canada)
“Fluoropolymer Regulatory Issues in North America and Beyond”
10:05 am Prof Jennifer Field (Oregon State University)
“Fluorochemical Fate During Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Why it Matters”
10:45 am Prof. Scott Mabury (University of Toronto, Canada)
“Tracking the Dirty Byproducts of a World Trying to Stay Clean – Environmental Fate of Precursor Fluorinated Alcohols”
SESSION 3
Coatings and Surfaces
11:15 am Prof. Kenneth J. Wynne (Virginia Commonwealth University)
“Functional Surfaces through Semifluorinated Polymer Surface Modifiers”
11:45 am LUNCH TOGETHER
SESSION 3
Coatings and Surfaces, cont’d
1:00 pm Dr. Joe Mabry (US Air Force Research Laboratory)
"Hydrophobic Nanocomposites Containing Fluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric SilSesquioxanes (POSS)"
1:30 pm Prof. Atsushi Takahara (Kyushu University, Japan)
“Precise Characterization of Surface Nanostructure of Highly Water Repellent Poly(fluoro acrylate)s”
2:00 pm Prof. Harry R. Allcock (Pennsylvania State University)
“Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Surfaces from Fluorinated Polyphosphazenes”
2:30 pm Prof. Karen Gleason (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) of Low Surface Energy Fluorinated Acrylic Homopolymer and Copolymer Thin Films”
3:00 pm Dr. Don Kleyer (Dow Corning USA), Dr. Peter Hupfield, (Dow Corning Ltd, UK), Dr. Yasuo Itami, Dr. Yasuhiro Nakai, and Dr. Tetsuya Masutani (Daikin Industries, Ltd., Japan)
"Perfluoropolyether Silanes, Structural Modification for Enhanced Performance as Surface Treatment Agents"
3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm Prof. Marek Urban (University of Southern Mississippi)
“Synthesis and Film Formation of F-Containing Colloidal Particles Assisted by Bio-active Phospholipids”
4:15 pm Prof. Chris Ober (Cornell University)
“Fluoropolymer Surfaces for the Biology Materials Interface”
4:45 pm Prof Joseph Schlenoff (Florida State University)
“Fluorinated Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Ultrahydrophobic and Biopatterned Materials”
5:15: pm Dr. Romain Severac (DuPont de Nemours, France)
“Water-Soluble Fluorinated Polymers: Interactions with Fluorinated Surfactants”
5:45 pm Dr. Valeri Kapeliouchko (Solvay Solexis, Italy)
“New Enviornment Friendly Fluoropolymer Dispersions”
6:15 pm DAILY SESSIONS END
6:30 pm SOCIAL AND POSTER SESSION
7:30 pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN
TUESDAY October 17, 2006
7:15 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
SESSION 4
Photonic, Optical and Electronic Applications
8:00 am TUTORIAL: Prof. John Ballato (COMSET, Clemson University)
"Fundamentals of Optical Materials: Application Specific Promises and Pitfalls"
9:00 am Dr. William Coggio (3M Company)
“The Role of Low Refractive Index Fluoropolymer Acrylates in Anti-Reflective (AR) Optical Films”
9:30 am Dr. Louay Eldada (DuPont Photonics Technology)
"Advances in Fluoropolymer-Based Optoelectronics for Data Transmission, Processing, and Display"
10:00 am BREAK
SESSION 5
Structure / Property Relationships
10:15 am Prof. Timothy Romack (East Carolina University)
“Precision Syntheses and Characterization of Fluorocarbon-Based Self-Assembling Materials”
10:45 am Dr. Gary Grest (Sandia National Laboratories) and Prof. Dvora Perahia (Clemson University)
“Interfacial Characteristics of Random Semifluorinated Diblock Co-polymers”
11:15 am MORNING SESSIONS END
11:45 pm LUNCH TOGETHER
SESSION 6
Synthesis and Characterization – Part II
1:00 pm TUTORIAL: Prof Joe Thrasher (University of Alabama)
“Characterization of Perfluoroalkylethers by Matrix Assisted Laser desorption Ionization/ Time of Flight (MALDI/TOF) Mass Spectrometry”
2:00 pm Dr. Richard Thomas (OMNOVA Solutions Inc)
“Characterization of a Poly(fluorooxetane) and Poly(fluorooxetane-co-THF) by MALDI Mass Spectrometry, Size Exclusion Chromatography, and NMR Spectroscopy”
2:30 pm Prof. Joe DeSimone (North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina)
“Organic Delivery Vehicles for Probing and Treating Biological Systems: Adapting Fluoropolymer-based Molding Processes for Use in Nano-medicine”
3:00 pm Joshua Orlicki, (US Army Research Laboratory)
“Fatty Acid Based Monomers as Replacements for Styrene in Vinyl Ester Resins”
3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm Prof. Mark McHugh (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Impact of Fluorination on the Solubility of Trifluorovinyl Isopropylidenediphenyl Ether Copolymers in Supercritical Fluid Solvents"
4:15 pm Prof. Paul Deck (Virginia Tech)
"A Diels-Alder Platform for Fluoropolyphenylenes."
4:45 pm Dr. Lotfi Hedhli (Arkema Group)
“Randomly Branched PVDF - Characterization and Applications”
5:15 pm Prof. David Collard (Georgia Tech)
“Polymer and copolymer synthesis and mechanism”
5:45 pm Dr. Matthew Celina (Sandia National Laboratories)
“Polymer Performance, Degradation and Materials Selection”
6:15 pm DAILY SESSIONS END
6:30 pm SOCIAL AND POSTER SESSION
7:30 pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN
WEDNESDAY October 18, 2006
7:15 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
SESSION 7
Membrane and Energy Conversion Applications
8:00 am Dr. Mike Yandrasits (3M Company)
“3M Ionomer for Fuel Cells”
8:30 am Prof. Stephen Paddison (University of Alabama, Huntsville)
“QM/MM Modeling of the Short-Side-Chain Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membrane”
9:00 am Dr. Vincenzo Arcella (Solvay Solexis, Italy)
“Hyflon® Ion Membranes and MEA Activities at Solvay Solexis”
9:30 am Prof. Robert B. Moore (University of Southern Mississippi)
“Morphological and Molecular Dynamics in Perfluorosulfonate Ionomer Membrane Systems”
10:00 am Prof. Stephen Creager (Clemson University)
"Semi-fluorinated Electrolytes for Energy Conversion"
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Prof. Pat Cassidy (Texas State University)
“Fluorine-Containing FDA Polyimide Membranes for Gas Separation containing Nanoparticles”
11:15 am Prof. Tomoyuki Suzuki (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
“Gas Transport Properties of Fluorine-Contained Hyperbranched Polyimide – Silica Hybrids”
11:45 am Prof. Kunio Kimura (Okayama University)
“Low Temperature Preparation of Fluorine-containing Poly(aryl thioether)s and Conversion to Poly(aryl sulfone)s”
12:15pm Prof. Dennis Smith (Clemson University)
“Two Polymerization Mechanisms of Aromatic Trifluorovinylethers”
12:45 pm CLOSING REMARKS
