September 5^th to 9^th 1999

Second circular

 

  

Macromolecules ’99

Polymers in the new millenium

University of Bath

September 5^th to 9^th 1999

 

MacroGroup UK

ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.

European Polymer Federation

The Meeting

Macromolecules ’99 is the fifth meeting jointly organised by the MacroGroup UK and the Polymer Division of the ACS and is also organised under the auspices of the European Polymer Federation. Macromolecules ’99 is the fourth in the series to be held in the UK and continues the tradition of holding these meetings in historic and picturesque venues, on this occasion the city of Bath. Delegates will also have the opportunity to register for the Institute of Physics Polymer Physics Meeting to be held at the University of Sheffield at a special combined registration fee.

The programme will be organised on the traditional format of opening plenary sessions followed by a series of parallel sessions designed to accommodate a wide range of interests in polymer science and technology. Approximately fifty eminent polymer scientists have accepted invitations to present Plenary and Keynote Lectures, which will lead the parallel sessions. There will be opportunities for a significant number of contributed papers and the poster session will be an integral part of the programme. This second circular gives details of the deadlines for submission of contributed papers. Delegates wishing to present a paper at this meeting are strongly advised to adhere to these dates because a significant number of contributions were offered as a result of the first circular. Although the Programme Committee will give preference to high quality contributions, once the programme has been decided, it may too difficult to accommodate papers that are submitted late as oral contributions.

The meeting will also be the occasion on which the MacroGroup medal will be presented for distinguished contributions to Polymer Science.

The venue: The University of Bath

The University is of modern construction and occupies a campus on the outskirts of the city. It is well equipped for conferences with hotel-style en-suite accommodation, has excellent sports facilities within walking distance of the conference centre and there is a regular bus service to the city.

The city of Bath

The city of Bath dates from Roman times and the Roman Baths are still in excellent condition. Much of the city was rebuilt during the eighteenth century, when it became a fashionable place to visit in order to "take the waters". The architecture is spectacular with many wonderful streets, parks, and buildings that make a visit to Bath a delight. Indeed the scale and importance of the architecture led to Bath being named a World Heritage City by UNESCO. Set in the south west of England, Bath is close to some beautiful countryside, the Cotswolds, the Cheddar Gorge, Devon and Cornwall, and interesting centres such as Oxford and Bristol.

Travel to Bath

Bath is located 117 miles (187 km) west of the centre of London, 104 miles (166km) from Heathrow Airport. There are excellent road and rail links between Bath and London and other major cities in the UK. A shuttle bus service will be available from Bath Spa railway station from 2.00pm on Sunday 5^th September to transport delegates from the railway station to the University campus.

The scientific programme of invited speakers

Monday 6^th September

Professor H Finklemann, University of Freiburg

Liquid crystal elastomers

Professor A C Balazs, University of Pittsburgh

Modelling mud, sludge and custard (or colloids in polymer mixtures).

Co-ordination metallocene catalysis

Professor V Gibson, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

New catalysts for controlled olefin polymerization

Professor M Brookhart, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Olefin polymerisations using late transition metal catalysts: mechanistic and synthetic studies

Conventional radical polymerization

Professor B Klumperman, Eindhoven University of Technology

Recent advances in controlled radical polymerisations

Dr S Howdle, University of Nottingham

Supercritical fluids: from polymer synthesis to biomaterials

Living radical polymerization

Professor K Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University

New materials by controlled radical polymerization.

Dr G Moad, CSIRO

Living Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer - or - the Life of RAFT

Surfaces and thin films

Professor T P Russell, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Manipulating polymers in thin films

Professor G Fleer, Wageningen Agricultural University

Analytical approximations to numerical SCF descriptions for polymer adsorption from dilute solutions

Colloids

Dr P A Lovell, UMIST

Polymer colloids -current status and future perspectives

Professor A M Donald, University of Cambridge

Starch - where polymer physics meets food.

Polymer theory

Professor C A Angell, Arizona State University

On the dynamics of relaxation, disentangling and folding in organic and inorganic heteropolymers: a forward look

Professor G R Davies, University of Leeds

How do they move? - Application of molecular simulation techniques to the physics of solid polymers

Electroluminescence

Dr O Iganas, University of Linkoping

From micro- to nano-electronics with macromolecules

Professor J Kido, University of Yamagata

Materials design and device architecture in polymer EL devices

Inorganic liquid crystal polymers

Dr P Styring, University of Hull

Side-chain liquid crystal polymers and ‘Virtual Polymers’ derived from co-ordination complex and heterocyclic containing monomers

Professor R Descheneaux, University of Neuchatel

Ferrocene and [60] fullerene based liquid-crystalline macromolecules: new anisotropic materials

Organic liquid crystal polymers

Professor V Shibaev, Moscow State University

Field responsive chiral photochromic side-chain liquid crystalline polymers and liquid crystalline dendrimers

Professor R Zentel, University of Wuppertal

Liquid crystalline order as a tool to tune macroscopic materials properties

Tuesday 7^th September

Professor T McLeish, University of Leeds

Theory, rheology and neutron scattering on controlled-synthesis branched polymers

Professor H Sakurai, Science University of Tokyo

Tailoring the structure and functions of polysilanes

Stepwise/novel synthesis

Professor Dr H Ritter, Johannes Gutenberg - Universitat Mainz

New types of photosensitive polymers bearing mesoions, nitrones or 3-oxopyridinium betaines

Professor P Hodge, University of Manchester

Ringing the changes - Recent work on cyclic oligomers

Analysis

Professor K Schmidt-Rohr, University of Massachussetts

Solid-state NMR studies of polymer structure and dynamics: Recent results and future challenges

Dr M J Miles, University of Bristol

Future force microscopy: Imaging and beyond

Structure-properties

Professor A J Ryan, University of Sheffield

How do polymer crystals nucleate?

Professor E Malmstrom, Royal Institute of Technology

Modification of dendritic polymers based on bis-methylol propionic acid

Professor C De-Armitt, YKI Institute for Surface Chemistry

Systematic optimisation of dispersant structure to create polypropylene composites with improved mechanical properties and thermal stability

Inorganic polymers

Professor J Chojnowski, Polish Academy of Sciences

Polydimethylsiloxanes regularly interrupted by oxygen - Polysilaethers

Dr M Tanaka, NIMC

Transition metal-catalysed synthesis of thermally stable silicon-containing polymers

Professor R West, University of Wisconsin

Polysilanes

Professor I Manners, University of Toronto

Supramolecular inorganic polymer chemistry: self-assembly of poly(metallocene) block copolymers

Electrorheological fluids

Professor H Block, University of Cranfield

Conducting polymers as substrates in electro-rheology

Mr W Bullough, University of Sheffield

Smart machines and ER fluids

Biodegradation

Professor A-C Albertsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Polymers in the new millenium

Dr G Swift, Rohm and Haas

The facts and fiction on biodegradable polymers

Wednesday 8^th September

Professor W J Feast, University of Durham

Ordered and disordered electroactive polymers: synthesis and properties

Structure properties

Professor M Mackley, University of Cambridge

The use of novel processing techniques to control microstructure and product properties.

Professor R Legras, Catholic University of Louvain

Nanoporous membranes, nanotubules and nanowires: structure properties relationship of monodimensional bodies

Photo degradation

Professor J-L Gardette, URA CNRS 433 - Universite Blaise Pascal

Oxidation of polypropylene - do we know everything?

Biodegradation

Professor E Chiellini, Universita di Pisa

Environmentally degradable polymeric materials-what’s ongoing under the sun?

Professor F Schué Université de Montpellier

Synthesis and degradation of polyesters.

Thursday 9^th September

Professor D Tirrell, Caltech

Control of macromolecular structure and function via the protein biosynthetic apparatus of microbial cells

Professor J McGrath, Virginia Tech

Recent advances in phosphorous containing homo and copolymers, miscible blends and hybrid systems

Structure properties

Dr P Mills, ICI plc

Film Formation-Polymer Process-Properties Interaction

Dr S Rannard, Unilever Research, Port Sunlight

Synthesis of dendritic polymers using novel selective chemistry

Biomaterials

Professor M Vert, CRBA Université de Montpellier

Degradable and biodegradable polymers as sources of bio- and eco-materials : dreams and reality

Professor R Ottenbrite, Virginia Commonwealth University

Biodegradable polymers as drug carriers

Thermal degradation

Professor G. Camino Universita di Torino

Developments in fire retardant polymers: from formulation to chemical approach

Professor G. A. George, Queensland University of Technology

Self assembled monolayers as models for oxidative degradation and restructuring of polymer surfaces

Polymer Physics Group Meeting

Arrangements will be available for delegates to register for Macromolecules ’99 and the annual meeting of the Polymer Physics Group at a specially reduced price. Details of these arrangements are on the registration form.

Contributed papers

The meeting will include oral communications (20 minutes including discussion) and posters. Facilities for the presentation of standard slides and transparencies will be available. Instructions for the presentation of posters will be given on acceptance of the contribution.

Participants planning to present a contributed paper or poster should complete the Author’s form enclosed with this circular and send it together with an abstract, maximum two pages, that conforms to the format set out in the Abstract Form. Abstracts should be received before July 1^st 1999. The Local Organising Committee will be responsible for the organisation of the programme and the schedule of presentations. The Local Organising Committee will inform authors of acceptance of presentations.

Preprints

The abstracts of invited and contributed lectures and posters will be included in a volume of preprints, which will be included in the registration pack of all participants.

Publication

Invited lectures and a limited number of contributed lectures will be published in a special issue of Polymer International. Authors wishing to publish their contribution should indicate this on the Author’s form. The communication should be written as a full paper (maximum 6 pages) using the author instruction, that will be provided by the Secretariat; manuscripts must be received by August 1^st 1999.

Accompanying Persons

A full programme of events will be organised for accompanying persons, which will include visits to local stately homes and places of interest such as Cheddar Gorge and the Cotswolds. The fee will include all entrance charges and lunches will be provided.

Registration

Delegates should register for the meeting by completing the form enclosed with this second circular, which may be photocopied for multiple registrations. Registration may be for the whole period of the conference or on a per diem basis. Please indicate on the registration form(s) the type of accommodation requested for the period of the conference. Hotel-style University accommodation is available but preference will be given to those who attend the whole conference, as such accommodation is limited. Limited University accommodation is available for those who wish to arrive on Saturday 4^th September or stay until 10^th September. Outside of these dates accommodation is available in Bath. Assistance is available for those who wish to stay in a hotel or guest-house.

Payment should accompany registration and should be made in Sterling (GB pounds).

Cheques, Eurocheques or bank drafts, drawn in Sterling, should be made payable to Macromolecules ’99. Cheques drawn in any other currency or foreign cheques drawn in Sterling cannot be accepted.

Payment may also be made by bank credit transfer to:

Lloyds Bank,

Aston University Branch,

Priory Queensway,

Birmingham, B4 7HZ, UK.

Sort code: 30-96-28

Account number: 0330833. Account name: Macromolecules ’99.

Please ensure that all bank charges are paid before transfer, if payment is made by credit-transfer, and that your name is clearly stated on the transaction. It would be appreciated if a photocopy of the transfer details were to accompany the registration form.

Registration Form (MS.word) (don't click - - hold the mouse button down and try to figure out how to save this link as a file)

 

 

Registration fees

Registration fee	Before 1st August	After 1st August
Members of societies affiliated to IUPAC	£200	£240
Non-members	£250	£300
Students	£50	£50
Daily rate	£80	£100
Accompanying person	£120	£120

 

Accommodation

Accommodation is available in student residences at the University on a Bed and Breakfast basis. The University provides three classes of accommodation

2. Standard single bedroom with washbasin £20.75 per night

2. Single bedroom with en-suite shower and WC £29.00 per night

3. Polden Court single bedroom with full en-suite £36.00 per night

4. Polden Court double bedroom with full en-suite £62.00 per night

Reservations should be indicated on the accommodation form that accompanies this second circular. Accommodation in the University is limited and preference will be given to those who register for the whole conference.

The City of Bath, being a tourist city, has a wide range of Hotels and Guest-houses that provide good quality accommodation. Details of this style of accommodation are available on request but the organisers are unable to undertake to make bookings. Please indicate on the accommodation form that you wish to receive details of Hotels and Guest-houses.

Lunches, dinners and Conference Banquet

Morning coffee and afternoon tea on the days of the meeting are included in the registration fee. All other meals are to be paid in advance. Tickets will be included in the registration pack for those meals that are pre-purchased. The cost of the meals is as follows:

Lunch (Self-service) £8.50 Dinner £9.50

Conference Banquet £35.00

Please indicate your requirements on the registration form

 

Social Programme

Sunday evening: buffet dinner served from 7.00 - 8.30 pm followed by mixer.

Monday evening: reception followed by a poster session in the Senior Common Room.

Tuesday evening: reception followed by a poster session in the Senior Common Room.

Wednesday, afternoon: visit to local attractions such as Cheddar Gorge, SS Great Britain and Berkeley Castle.

Wednesday, evening. Reception at the Roman Baths followed by conference dinner to be held at the Guildhall. Alternative arrangements will be made for those not attending the conference dinner.

 

 

 

Local Organising Committee

A J Amass	University of Aston	D Lacey	University of Hull
N C Billingham	University of Sussex	W MacDonald	Dupont Ltd
J R Ebdon	University of Lancaster	G Price	University of Bath
D M Haddleton	University of Warwick	S Rannard	Unilever Ltd
R G Jones	University of Kent	R W Richards	University of Durham
P G Klein	University of Leeds	B J Tighe	University of Aston

International Organising Committee

M Antonnietti	Teltow	A E Ledwith	Sheffield
W J Brittain	Akron	L Monnerie	PCMS, Paris
F Ciardelli	Pisa	S Penczek	Lodz
J M G Cowie	Heriot Watt	F Schue	Montpellier
J Devaux	Louvain	D Seyferth	MIT
A Eisenberg	McGill	R S Stein	UMASS
W J Feast	Durham	M Tanaka	NIMC, Ibaraki
G George	Queensland	R Townsend	Imperial College
J S Higgins	Imperial College	J-P Vairon	UPMC, Paris
K Kramer	Mainz	G Wegner	Mainz
H R Kricheldorf	Hamburg	R Weiss	Connecticut

Further Information

Dr A J Amass, Macromolecules ’99, CEAC, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. Email a.j.amass@aston.ac.uk

Fax (44) 121 359 4094 Tel (44) 121 359 3611