Polymers

Dr. Yizhuo Gu

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Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: polymer composite; functional composite; process monitoring; epoxy resin; carbon fiber
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Prof. Dr. Gerald Guerin

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Interests: synthesis of coil-crystalline block copolymers; living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) in solution to prepare: nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery, nanomotors; biomimetic structures

Dr. Martin Hager

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Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
Interests: self-healing polymers; reversible polymer networks; polymers for energy applications
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Prof. Dr. Valeria Harabagiu

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Laboratory of Inorganic Polymers, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41 A, Grigore Ghica Vodă Aley, 700487 Iasi, Romania
Interests: polymer and material science; silicon-containing polymers/copolymers; organic–inorganic (nano)composites; supramolecular chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Laura Hartmann

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Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Interests: synthetic polymer chemistry; sequence-defined polymers; solid phase chemistry; glycoconjugates; glycomimetics; biomimetic hydrogels

Prof. Dr. Mikael Hedenqvist

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Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: physical properties of synthetic and renewable polymers,polymers from renewable resources (proteins and polyaccharides), mass transport and mechanical properties, modelling of polymers and polymer properties, packaging, ageing properties, magnetic materials, blends, micro- and nanocomposites, foams, processing of polymers, electrospinning
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Dr. Kunlun Hong

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1. Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: controlled polymer synthesis (especially via anionic polymerization); polymer molecular characterization; Isotopically labelled polymers; conjugated polymers; charged polymers; stimuli-responsive polymers; polymeric colloids
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Prof. Dr. Richard Hoogenboom

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Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S4, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: polymer chemistry; controlled polymerization; living cationic ring-opening polymerization; responsive polymers; hydrophilic polymers; poly(2-oxazoline)s; supramolecular materials; self-assembly
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Prof. Dr. Sheng-Huei Hsiao

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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
Interests: high performance polymers; redox polymers; electrochromic polymers
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Prof. Dr. Scott M. Husson

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0909, USA
Interests: adsorptive membranes; bioseparations; confocal microscopy; electrospinning; membrane chromatography; polymer thin films; surface modification; thin-film composite membranes; water purification
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Dr. Emanuel Ionescu

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Institut für Material- und Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Straße 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Interests: inorganic polymers; polymer-derived glasses and glass ceramics; polymer-based nanocomposites; polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites; polymers processing
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Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari

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Biomimetic Materials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Interests: bioinspired gels; gels for stem cell delivery; self-assembled micelles for growth factor immobilization; models gels to control cell microenvironment; composite materials with structure at multiple length scales; skeletal tissue engineering
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Prof. Dr. Joannis K. Kallitsis

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Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR-265 04 Rio-Patras, Greece
Interests: Polymer Science; Nanotechnology
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Prof. Dr. Tatsuo Kaneko

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Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi 923-1292, Japan
Interests: high-performance polymers; bio-based polymers; liquid crystals; gels; biomolecules; synthetic chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Sándor Kéki

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Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: polymers; polyurethanes; shape-memory polymers; cationic polymerization; light emitting materials; fluorescent dyes; mass spectrometry
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Prof. Dr. Anzar Khan

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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: click chemistry; post-polymerisation modification; stimuli responsive polymers

Dr. Muhammad Salahuddin Khan

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Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Oman
Interests: organometallic polymers; organic poly-ynes and poly(metall-ynes); coordination complexes; metal organic framework (MOF); lanthanide coordination complexes; solar cells; organic light emitting diodes

Dr. Bon-Cheol Ku

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Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composites Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
Interests: nanocarbon-based polymer composites; carbon fibers/carbon nanotube fibers

Prof. Dr. Jacques Lalevee

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Haute-Alsace (UHA), UMR 7361, IS2M, 15 Rue Jean Starcky, F-68057 Mulhouse, France
Interests: photopolymerization; photochemistry; polymers and lights; photoinitiators; 3D printing (stereolithography)
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Prof. Dr. Agustín Lara-Sánchez

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Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica-Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
Interests: biodegradable Polymers; CO₂ chemistry; hydroelementation reactions

Prof. Dr. André Laschewsky

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1. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Geiselbergstr.69, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
2. Department of Chemistry, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknechtstr.24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Interests: design, synthesis and investigation of new functional monomers and polymers; polymers in aqueous media; self-organization of polymers and functionalization of the assemblies formed; biomimicking by polymer and surfactant systems; correlation of molecular architecture, supramolecular structure and macroscopic properties of polymers
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Prof. Dr. Michele Laus

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Department of Sciences and Technological Innovation, University of Piemonte Orientale, Via T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
Interests: block copolymers for microelectronic applications; controlled/living radical and cationic polymerizations; emulsion; suspension and micellar polymerizations; opals; self-assembling systems; polymeric dopants; materials for 3D printing

Prof. Dr. Ting Lei

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: organic and polymer functional materials; organic electronics; bioelectronics; optoelectronic devices

Dr. Kebin Li

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Medical Devices Research Center, National Research Council Canada, 75, de Mortagne, Boucherville, QC J4B 6Y4, Canada
Interests: high performance polymer membranes for bioanalytical applications; UV curable and thermal set polymers; photolithography and e-beam lithography process; micro-nanofabrication for bioanalytical devices; thermoplastic elastomeric microfluidics; biodegradable and biocompatible polymers for biomedical applications; conductive polymers for printable and wearable electronics

Prof. Dr. Ching-Hsuan Lin

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Interests: polymer chemistry; flame-retardant polymers; materials for printed circuit board; low-dielectric polymers; gas separation membranes; biomass-based polymers
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Prof. Dr. Binyuan Liu

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Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Street, Tianjin 300130, China
Interests: ecological environment (carbon dioxide, biomass, etc.) polymer synthesis and utilization; olefin coordination polymerization and new catalysts; new method for structure-controlled polymerization
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Prof. Dr. Gao Liu

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Applied Energy Materials Group, Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 70R108B, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: polymer chemistry; material sciences; electrochemistry; energy storage; battery; electrode engineering and polymer composite

Prof. Dr. Xiaoyun Liu

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Laboratory of Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology (ECUST), Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Interests: polymer chemistry; high performance polymer

Prof. Dr. Ying-Ling Liu

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
Interests: polymer chemistry; thermosets; functional polymers; membranes; pervaporation; proton exchange membranes; nanocomposites; self-healing polymers; surface functionalization
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Prof. Dr. Katja Loos

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Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: biocatalysis in polymer chemistry; enzymatic polymerizations; green polymer chemistry; biocatalytic monomer synthesis; biocatalytic polymer modification; enzyme immobilization; unraveling the mechanism of biocatalytic polymerizations; biobased monomers and polymers; sustainability; polysaccharides; starch; anionic polymerization; controlled radical polymerization; block copolymer synthesis; supramolecular assembly; block copolymer self-assembly
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