Conferences
20–23 May 2012, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Sustainability in Polymer Materials (S-PolyMat 2012)
S-Polymat 2012 will focuss on the following topics, programmed in 5 partly parallel sessions:
S 1) Creating Sustainable Polymers
- Bio renewable polymers
- Supra-molecular Chemistry & Self assembly
- Polymers through Fermentation
- Controlled Polymerisations
- New (bio-based) monomers
S 2) Processing towards Sustainability in Polymer Materials
- Sustainable (Nano-) Composites
- Blending/ Compounding/ Self-structuring
- Chemical Modification
- Self-healing Materials
S 3) Sustainable Performance of Polymer Materials
- Functional Polymer Materials
- Tissues/ Fibres & Fabrics/ (Nano-)Membranes
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Sustainable Coatings
- Sustainability via Recycling/Re-use of Polymer Materials
- Molecular Architecture (incl. Characterisation)
S 4) Sustainable Applications of Polymer Materials
- Medical Applications
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Sensors
S 5) Polymers and Energy
- Organic Solar Cells
- Low friction Polymer Materials
- Light-weight Polymer Materials
- Reality of Cradle-to-cradle approaches
