Chain Growth Polymerization - New Chemistry for the New Millennium

March 22-25, 2000
Santa Rosa, California, USA


Invitation & General Information

One of the important goals of this workshop is to bolster the bridge between new polymer architectures (defined in terms of structure-property relationships) with emerging synthetic strategies. Setting the stage will be overview lectures on both polymer architectures and their impact on polymer properties. This will be followed by detailed discussions of new synthetic approaches that will include such topics as living/controlled radical polymerizations, new advances in catalysts for olefin polymerizations, alternative catalysis strategies, and catalytic modification of polymers, environmental aspects. Balance will be provided by interjecting modern calculation approaches, alternative processing methods (supercritical and emulsion technologies, etc.), and industrial considerations into the discussions.

Every lecture (45 min.) will be followed by a 45 min. discussion, based on pre-written questions submitted by participants. Pre-written questions should be submitted by participants to the chairs by 1 March 2000 (preferentially by e-mail). Submitters may have a few minutes to clarify their questions with 1-2 transparencies. A poster presentation will be available.


Chairs

Prof. Kris Matyjaszewski
Dept. of Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
tel: 412-268-3209
fax: 412-268-6897
e-mail: km3b@andrew.cmu.edu
Prof. Bruce Novak
Dept. of Chemistry
North Carolina State Univ.
Raleigh, NC 27695
tel: 919-515-2996
fax: 919-513-2828
e-mail: Bruce_Novak@ncsu.edu

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Accommodations

The Santa Rosa Hilton is located 50 miles North of the San Francisco, CA, International Airport, nestled in the heart of California Wine Country. Transportation can be arranged from the airport to Santa Rosa.

Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Hilton, 3555 Round Barn Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, Phone: 707-523-7555, Fax: 707-569-5555, www.sonomacounty.hilton.com. Please request the special rates for the polymer group of $109 plus tax.


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Registration

Use the on-line registration form.

Registration Fee(s)

Before February 22, 2000After February 22, 2000
Member of the Division of Polymer Chemistry$600$650
Non-Member$650$700
Student Member$250$300
Student Non-Member$300$350
Non-Participating Guest$150$200

In addition to handout material, the fee includes meals, receptions, breaks, and a dinner as listed in the brochure.


To register, Use the on-line registration form or send the information below, with remittance (checks made payable to: the Division of Polymer Chemistry), to:

Neta L. Byerly
Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.
Virginia Tech
410 Davidson Hall, M.C. 0279
Blacksburg, VA 24061

tel: 540-231-3029
fax: 540-231-2588
e-mail: nbyerly@vt.edu


Registration Form
Chain Growth Polymerization
March 22-25, 2000

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Programs

Wednesday, 22 March 2000

6:00 PMREGISTRATION and RECEPTION
7:00 PMOPENING REMARKS
Session 1 - Importance of Structure - Property Relationship for Polymer Synthesis I
7:15 PMMatt Tirrell, University of California - Santa Barbara"Building Functional Polymer Interfaces"
8:45 PMDavid Lohse, ExxonMobile Research"A Call for Advances in the Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymers: Why Chain Architecture Matters"

Thursday, 23 March 2000

7:30 AMCONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Session 2- Controlled Radical Polymerization
8:00 AMKris Matyjaszewski, , Carnegie Mellon University"Art of ATRP"
9:30 AMCraig Hawker, IBM Corp."Bringing Diversity to Living Polymerization - The Allure of a Viable LFRP Process"
11:00 AMBREAK
11:15 AMSan Thang, CSIRO Molecular Science- Australia"Touring Polymer Synthesis by RAFT"
12:45 PMLUNCH
2:00 PMWillie Lau, Rohm & Haas"Breaking the Solubility Barrier in Aqueous Phase Polymerization"
Session 3 - Advances in Catalysis for Polyolefins
3:30 PMBruce Novak, North Carolina State University"Taylored Catalysts for Taylored Polymerizations"
5:00 PMDINNER ON YOUR OWN
8:00 PMBrian Goodall, B. F. Goodrich"Late Metal Catalysts in Polymer Synthesis"
9:30 PMPOSTER SESSION

Friday, 24 March 2000

7:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AMRichard Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Recent Studies of Olefin Polymerization by Zirconium Catalysts that Contain a Diamido/Donor Ligand"
9:30 AMMaurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill"New Polyolefin Structures from Ni(II) and Pd(II) Catalysts: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects"
11:00 AMBREAK
Session 4- Environmental Aspects of Polymer Synthesis
11:15 AMGraham Swift, Rohm & Haas"Biodegradation and Sustainability in the Polymer Industry"
12:45 PMLUNCH
6:30 PMDINNER
8:00 PMEric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh"Making Polymers in and with CO2 -- It's "Green" but is It Practical?"
9:30 PMPOSTER SESSION

Saturday, 25 March 2000

7:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AMStan Penczek, Polish Academy of Science"Control of Kinetics and Structures in ROP of Cyclic Esters-Leading to Degradable Polymers"
9:30 AMDavid Tirrell (Kent Kirshenbaum), California Institute of Technology"The Importance of Sequence-Specificity for Control of Polymer Architecture"
11:00 AMBREAK
Session 1 - Importance of Structure - Property Relationship for Polymer Synthesis II
11:15 AMMartin Moeller, University of Ulm - Germany"How Structural Complexity of Polymers can be Employed for the Formation of Nanoscopic Pattern"
12:45 PMCLOSING REMARKS


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