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Provisional Conference Programme
Thursday 13th July 2006
SESSION 5:
NANOFIBRES/ELECTROSPINNING - II
Moderator: Alan Windle (University of Cambridge, UK)
08.30-09.00
‘An integrated model of electrospinning’
Michael Jaffe, Yuki Imura, H.L. LaNieve and George Colins (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
09.00-09.30
‘Molecular orientation in macroscopically aligned electrospun polymer nanofibers’
John F. Rabolt, Meghana Kakade and Steven Givens (University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA) and Bruce Chase (DuPont Central Research, Wilmington, Delaware, USA)
09.30-09.50
‘Electrospinning: three dimensional shaped nanofibre webs through a self-structuring effect’
Luc Ruys, Jan Laperre (Centexbel, Zwijnaarde, Belgium) Etienne Schacht and Luc van Vaeck (University of Ghent, Belgium) and Luc Van Vaeck (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
09.50-10.10
‘Aramid nanocomposites: Investigation of orientational order in PPTA/SWCNT/H2SO4 solutions’
D.P.N. Vlasveld, E. Swierenga, H. Boerstoel, H. Fischer and S.J. Picken (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
10.10-10.40
Coffee Break & Posters
SESSION 6:
MODIFICATION/FUNCTIONALIZATION OF FIBRES - I
Moderator: Robert R. Mather (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
10.40-11.00
‘Functionalised PBO fibres for adhesion to resins’
Tooru Kitagawa (Toyobo Research Center Co. Ltd, Shiga, Japan) and Frank R. Jones (University of Sheffield, UK)
11.00-11.20
‘Toward auxetic fibers: Main-chain liquid crystalline polymers having transverse rod architecture’
Anselm C. Griffin et al. (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)
11.20-11.40
‘Lewis acid-based complexation of polyamide 66 to control hydrogen bonding, extensibility, crystallinity and modulus’
David Salem (ChargedInjection, Princeton, NJ, USA)
11.40-12.00
‘Surface characterization of hair exposed to heat’
Chris Carr (University of Manchester, UK)
12.00-12.20
‘Adhesion issues in PBO/epoxy composites’
E. Mader, S. Melcher, J. Liu, S.L. Gao (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany) and A.D. Bianchi, T. Herrmannsdoerfer, S. Zherlitsyn, S.A. Zvyagin and J. Wosnitza (HLD, Dresden, Germany)
12.20-12.40
‘PP fibers dyeable via nanotechnology’
L. Toshniwal, Q. Fan, S.C. Ugbolue and F.J. Scarano (University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA)
12.40-14.00
Lunch & Posters
SESSION 7:
APPLICATIONS
Moderator: To be confirmed
14.00-14.20
‘The impact of mechanical folding on ballistic armor performance’
Gale Holmes, Jaehyun Kim, William Blair, Walter McDonough and Chad Snyder (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)
14.20-14.40
‘Conductive fibres obtained by carbon black nanoparticles coating’
Karin Widman, Maarit Peltola, Cedric Cochrane, Bohwon Kim and Vladan Koncar (GEMTEX/ENSAIT, Roubaix, France)
14.40-15.00
‘Evaluation of novel electric discharge dissipative fibre’
Anne Kanervo, Jaana Kriikka and Ali Harlin (Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland)
15.00-15.20
‘Mechanics of tirecord reinforced rubber hoses with high strain to serve as shock absorbers in oceanographic buoy moorings’
Walter Paul (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA)
15.20-15.50
Tea Break & Posters
SESSION 8:
MODIFICATION/FUNCTIONALIZATION OF FIBRES- II
Moderator: Frank Jones (University of Sheffield, UK)
15.50-16.10
‘Melt-spinning of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) - A Paradigm Shift’
Theo Tervoort and Paul Smith (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
16.10-16.30
‘Combined Roman systems for material and chemical analysis’
Andrew King (Renishaw plc, Gloucestershire, UK)
16.30-16.50
‘Rheology and phase behavior of low concentrations PPTA in NMP/CaCl2’
Erik Westerhof (Teijin Twaron, Arnhem, The Netherlands)
16.50-17.10
‘Modelling the structure-property relationships of auxetic extruded fibres’
A. Alderson, K.L. Alderson and N. Ravirala (The University of Bolton, UK)
17.10-17.30
‘Harnessing the melting peculiarities of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers for the processing of compacted fiber composites’
Liron Shavit-Hadar, Dmitry M. Rein, Rafail Khalfin, Yachin Cohen, Ann E. Terry and Sanjay Rastogi (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
17.30-17.50
‘Chemically modified poly(p-phenylene benzoxazole) fiber by incorporation of sulfoterephthalic or sulfoisophthalic acid salt’
Guang Li et al. (Donghua University, Shanghai, China)
17.50-19.00
Reception & Poster Session
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