Contents
SESSION 1. MARKETS AND TRENDS
Paper 1 Market Opportunities for nanopolymers
Dr. Michael Holman, Lux Research Inc, USA
Paper 2 Nanotechnology along the value chain-nanocomposities and systems
Dr Peter Krüger, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany
SESSION 2. PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS
Paper 3 Low friction plastics from POSS masterbatches®
Joseph D Lichtenhan, Bruce Fu, Paul Wheeler, Hybrid Plastics Inc, USA & Rahul Misra & Sarah E Morgan, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Paper 4 The New porous hybrid polymer film for high temperature electromechanical applications
Satu Kortet, Mikko Karttunen & Mika Paajanen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland
Paper 5 The effect of surface modification of filler and two-step processing on the properties of PP based nanocomposites
M.Sc. Pirkko Eteläaho, M.Sc. Sanna Haveri & Prof. Pentti Järvelä, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Paper 6 Synthesis of nanocomposite polymers by UV-radiation curing
Christian Decker, Université de Haute-Alsace, France
SESSION 3. NANO-SCALE PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT
Paper 7 Engineering at the nanoscale-impact on properties of polyamides
Dr. Harald Häger, Dr. Ralf Richter & Thomas Haßert, Degussa GmbH, Germany
Paper 8 Designing functuional additives for competitive edge polymer nanocomposites
P. Casey, A. Ammala & R. Harris, Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Paper 9 Comparing the polyurethane-hectorite and polyurethane-montmorillonite nanocomposites
M.Ö. Seydibeyoglu, F.S. Güner, I. Ece, S. Isçi &N. Güngör, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Paper 10 Fullerene containing polyurethanes
Oleg L Figovsky, E.Badamshina, M. Gafurova & L. Shapovalov, Israel Research Centre “Polymate”, Israel
Paper 11 Efficient use of carbon nanotubes
Dr. Patrick Piccone, ARKEMA, France
SESSION 4. SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
Paper 12 Sustainable development with polymers-nanocomposites and nanocellular materials
Dr. Jan Sandler, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
Paper 13 Nanocomposite barrier coatings
Harris Goldberg, InMat Inc, USA
Paper 14 Rubber-clay nanocomposites
Luca Giannini, Pirelli Tyre, Italy
Paper 15 Multi-walled carbon nanotube reactive thermoplastic composite adhesives
Corey T Love, Andrew Gapin & Vistasp M Karbhari, University of California-San Diego, USA
Paper 16 Flame-retardancy by nanocomposites –from research to technical products
Dr. Günter Beyer, Kabelwerk EUPEN AG, Belgium
Paper 17 The use of nano particles for hydrophobic and self cleaning coatings
Prof. H. Dodiuk-Kenig, P.F. Rios, A. Dotan and S. Kenig, Shekar Collge of Engineering & Design, Israel
Paper 18 Coatings of textile fabrics with nanoparticles
E. Marino, T. Huijser, Y. Creyghton, TNO Defence, The Netherlands
Paper 19 Development of high performance gas sensors using single-walled carbon nanotubes, polymers and composite materials
S.M.C. Vieira, P. Beecher, I. Hannef, F. Florin & W.I. Milne, University of Cambridge, UK & M.A.G Namboothiry, D.L. Carroll, University of Wake Forest, USA & J. Park & S. Maeng, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETR), South Korea
Paper 20 Creating a competitive edge for the European polymer processing industry, driving new added-value products with conducting polymers
Dr. Richard Venables, Rapra Technology, UK
Paper 21 The effects of functionalised nanoclays on the flame-retardancy of polymers
S. Kenig & O. Shepelev, Israel Plastics & Rubber Centre, Israel
