S2. Polymer Physics and Characterization (PPC)

Invited speakers

Tim Lodge

(UMN-USA)
PPF Councilor & Session Co-organizer

Keiji Tanaka

(Kyushu U.- Japan)
PPF Councilor & Session Co-organizer

Alexei Sokolov

(UTK-USA)
Session Co-organizer

Rong-Ming Ho

(NTHU-Taiwan)
PPF Councilor

Takashi Kato

(U. Tokyo-Japan)
PPF Councilor

Eunji Lee

(GIST-Korea)

Jian-Ping Gong

(Hokkaido U.-Japan)

Karen Winey

(Univ. Penn.-USA)

Muzhou Wang

(Northwestern U.-USA)

Carlos López-Barrón

(ExxonMobil)
Session Co-organizer

Jennifer Laaser

(PIIT-USA)

Michelle Calabrese

(UMN-USA)

Ralm Ricarte

(FAMU-FSU-USA)

Naoko Yoshie

(U. Tokyo-Japan)

Rachel Segalman

(UCSB-USA)

Eugenia Kumacheva

(U. Toronto-Canada)

Kim Hyun

(KRICT-Korea)

Topics

• Self-healing & vitrimers
• Gels, interpenetrated networks, polyelectrolytes, ionomers & ionic liquid
• Stimuli-responsive polymers
• Block polymer self-assembly
• Amorphous and structured polymers
• Theory and simulation
• Dynamics in solution and melts
• Advanced characterization
• Rheology