Polymer Microstructural Characterization and Fractionation

This symposium is dedicated to analytical characterization and preparative fractionation techniques for synthetic and biological polymers. The symposium will include topics in the areas of molecular weight, chemical composition, long chain branching, and short chain branching fractionation, with emphasis on modern cross-fractionation and multiple detector systems, high-throughput analytical techniques, and mathematical modeling of polymer microstructures and analytical techniques.

Scope

This topical conference is dedicated to Polymer Microstructural Characterization and Fractionation.

The proposed topics are :

Chromatographic Techniques

  • Size exclusion chromatography (SEC)
  • Field flow fractionation (FFF)
  • Temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF)
  • Crystallization analysis fractionation (CRYSTAF)
  • Crystallization elution fractionation (CEF)
  • Polymer topology fractionation
  • High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Spectroscopic Techniques

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Light scattering

Thermal Analysis and Rheology

  • Calorimetry
  • Thermomechanical analysis
  • Polymer rheology

Cross-Fractionation and Hyphenated Techniques

  • Two-dimensional chromatography
  • Cross fractionation
  • Coupling of alternative fractionation techniques

High-Throughput Analytical Techniques

  • Fast chromatography
  • Fast spectroscopy
  • Fast polymer property screening techniques
  • Data mining and interpretation techniques

Mathematical Modeling of Polymer Fractionation Techniques

  • Models relating polymer microstructure to analytical results

Analytical Techniques for Biopolymers

Publication

This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. However, we encourage the submission of the full articles to Macromolecular Symposia.

Organizers

Professor João B.P. Soares
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Tel: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 33436
Fax: + 1-519-746-4979
jsoares@uwaterloo.caa

Professor Harald Pasch
Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut
(German Institute for Polymers)
Schlossgartenstr. 6
64289 Darmstadt, Germany
Tel: +49-6151-162804
Fax: +49-6151-164198
hpasch@dki.tu-darmstadt.de

Dr Brad Stiles
Manager Analytical Services
Research and Technological Center
Total Petrochemicals
1902 Battleground Road
La Porte, Texas 77571, USA
brad.stiles@total.com

Members of the Scientific Committee

Dr. Benjamin Monrabal, Polymer Char, Valencia, Spain