
The First International Conference on “Green” Polymer Materials 2020
Part of the 1st International Conference on “Green” Polymer Materials 2020 series
5–25 Nov 2020
Green Polymers, Bioapplications, Polymer Synthesis, Modification and Self-assembly, Polymer Colloids
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We hope you enjoyed the conference and we would like to take this opportunity to invite you submit your related work to the joint special issue "Feature Papers of Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Polymer Science".
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Green_Sustainable_Chemistry
Invited Speakers

Title of the talk: Mixed matrix membranes for gas separation: crystalline vs. amorphous fillers
Mariolino Carta completed his PhD in Organic Material Chemistry at Cardiff University in 2008. He then held PDRA positions at Cardiff University until 2014 and at the University of Edinburgh. In October 2017, he was appointed as a lecturer in Chemistry at Swansea University and promoted to senior lecturer in March 2020. His research involves the design and synthesis of novel organic monomers for polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) and their structural modification, with the objective of tailoring the polymeric structures and tuning the physical properties of the final materials.

Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Interests: materials science; biopolymers; bioplastics; bio-composites; sustainability; biodegradation

Chemical Institute of san Carlos, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
The prospering of macromolecular materials based on plant oils within the blooming field of polymers from renewable-resources.
Alessandro Gandini completed his PhD at Keele University in 1965. He has personally researched, and taught in, polymer chemistry, photochemistry and the physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces, in Switzerland, Canada, the USA, Cuba, France, Brazil and Portugal. He has also been a visiting professor in the UK, Italy, Tunisia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, Sweden and Spain. Dr. Gandini’s major research interests include polymers from renewable resources, of which he has been a pioneer. He has published around 480 publications, three books (more than 22,000 citations, h-factor 72), and around 500 communications at scientific symposia, including ~130 invited or plenary lectures. He has directed or co-directed more than 80 doctorate theses. Additionally, he has honorary doctorates from St. Petersburg Forestry Academy and Havana University.

Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering at the National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain
Reliability and thermal aging of polymers intended to severe operating conditions
Alvaro Rodríguez-Prieto is Assistant Professor within the Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering at the National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain, and also provides materials consulting services for the Swiss multinational company SGS. He holds an MSc in Materials Engineering (2007) from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), as well as an MSc (2011) and a PhD degree (2014) in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering from the National Distance Education University (UNED). During 2018, he was Guest Faculty Researcher (Visiting Scholar) at the Applied Materials Division of Argonne National Laboratory (USA). His experience corresponds to more than 14 years of intense professional and research activity in the field of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies for energy applications, including qualification of mechanical equipment for nuclear facilities and materials reliability studies for the oil and gas industries.
materials selection; advanced processing; industrial applications; degradation; reliability; prognosis

Dr Stéphanie Reynaud (F) is Permanent Researcher at the CNRS and project coordinator. She is the co-leader of the scientific axe ‘Materials and polymer physico-chemistry’ of the IPREM institute; she is also the leader of the platform dedicated to the elaboration and characterization of polymers. She is a polymer chemist, and her research interests focus on the design of well-defined polymers and/or polymer particles. She develops eco-friendly process as water dispersed, microwave-assisted and fluidic processes for environmental applications as sensors, artificial photosynthesis and nanoplastics fate and behavior study. Research she carries out is targeting to imagine and create functional polymers based on a comprehensive study of relation structure-properties. Since 2018, she is one of the co-leaders of the team Nanoplastic devoted to the study of the plastic pollution: fate, transport and analysis. The team focuses on the smallest plastic debris called nanoplastic, and IPREM researches within this domain are internationally recognized. She has published 3 patents and around 65 peer-viewed articles for an h index of 20 and 1300 citations. - Co-leader of the Scientific team ‘physico-chemistry of materials and polymers’ - Manager of the scientific and instrumental platform POLYCATS (Polymer characterization Technologies and Synthesis) - Responsible of 5 permanent engineers within the domain of polymer characterization - Member of the IPREM scientific committee - Member of the IPREM laboratory scientific council - Member of the UPPA scientific council - Supervision of 18 PhD students (4 on-going) and of 11 postdoctoral fellows (1 on-going) Since 2003, she has been responsible for 10 industrial projects, leader of 2 ANR projects, task leader within 2 European projects, and numerous projects with institutional partners: 10 as scientific responsible and 7 as scientific partner.
List of Keynotes & Videos from Invited Speakers
Keynotes
Mixed Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation: Crystalline vs Amorphous Fillers
Reliability and Thermal Aging of Polymers Intended to Severe Operating Conditions
Nanoplastics/Microplastics: Preparation of models
Analytical strategy: quantification and behaviour Environmental study
by Stephanie Reynaud
List of accepted submissions (66)
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sciforum-033163 | Design of Cellulose Interfaces Through Self-Assembly of Adhesive Peptides with Intrinsic Stress-Sensitive Properties | N/A | N/A |
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The design of interfaces in green polymer composites is a crucial factor in ensuring mechanical strength in composite materials. While cellulose fibers have high intrinsic mechanical strength, their reinforcing effect in polymer composite materials highly relies on the creation of a tight interface with the surrounding polymer matrix. In parallel, the hydrophilicity of the cellulose has to be compatibilized with often more hydrophobic polymer matrixes. In this study, the cellulose interface has been modified by the self-assembly of polymer-peptide nanoparticles regulating the adhesive strength in the interface. The incorporation of catecholic groups allows physical adsorption at the cellulose surface in parallel with the mimicking of mussel-inspired adhesion in presence of dopamine groups. In this study, the cellulose surface modification has been performed with different concentrations of the adhesive nanoparticles, observing interesting trends in adhesive forces at either the nano- or macroscale length. The nanoscale adhesion has been tested with atomic force microscopy, showing the influence of nanoparticle deposits either as a monolayer or multilayer onto the cellulose surface. The macroscale adhesion was characterized by single-fiber pull out tests indicating an optimum concentration of nanoparticles at the surface to provide high adhesive interface strength. In addition, the nanoparticles show colorimetric and fluorescent response to mechanical shear stresses providing an evaluation tool to explore the interface phenomena upon failure. |
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sciforum-037661 | Using Olive Stone Powder for Biodegradation of Bio-based Polyamide 5.6 | , |
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Polymers are extensively used advanced materials since plastics meet a wide variety of needs in many applications and sectors. The most commonly used polymers in industry are non-biodegradable and petroleum derived. The increasing demand for these types of polymers brings along the problem of accumulation of plastic waste in the environment and depletion of fossil resources. At this point, biodegradability of polymers gains great importance as well as bio-based polymers produced from renewable resources. In this study, bio-based polyamide 5.6 polymer (PA56) was incorporated with olive stone powder (OSP) in order to manufacture a biodegradable polyamide compound, and its degradability was investigated under environmental conditions for 6 months. Bio-based polyamide 5.6, which is recently introduced to the plastics world, was chosen for this study, since bio-based polymers have many advantages over petroleum derived polymers in respect to environmental concerns. Olive stone powder was used as a biodegradation additive. Utilization of olive stone is important not only for being renewable source for bio-polyols, but also for the valorization of the solid waste from the olive-oil industry. The olive stone powder was incorporated into polyamide 5.6 at 10% (w/w) with a twin screw extruder by extrusion compounding method in order to manufacture the biodegradable polyamide compound, PA56/OSP10. The characterization of the manufactured PA56/OSP10 compound was done using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The biodegradability of the PA56/OSP10 compound was examined through a natural soil burial test which lasted for 180 days. The sign of degradation was assessed by both visual observation and weight loss measurements. At the end of 6 months, 5.24% weight loss and surface deformation were determined for the PA56/OSP10 compound. These results suggest that olive stone powder can be considered as a green alternative to conventional biodegradation additives for polymer compounding. |
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sciforum-037688 | Morphological and Properties Characterization of Melt-Spun Poly(Lactic Acid)/Cellulose Nanowhiskers Fibers: Effect of Filler Content | , | N/A |
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In recent years, much attention has been paid to biopolymers as an answer to the environmental issues and to the depletion of fossil resources. However, the application of biopolymers is often limited by their poorly mechanical and thermal properties. In order to be competitive to petroleum based polymers, they need to be modified. The attraction for cellulose nanowhiskers (CNW) as fillers in polymer matrices has largely increased due to the unique combination of their impressive mechanical properties with their high aspect ratio. Indeed, CNW offer many advantages such as high reactivity, renewability, biodegradability and natural abundance. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is one of the most representative bio-based and biodegradable polymers. However, some of its properties, like flexural properties and gas permeability are too low for widespread applications. The production of PLA/CNW bionanocomposites could be therefore, an efficient route to extend their utilization in many fields, with the possibility to adjust properties by filler content adjustment. In the field of textiles, the electrospinning process of various polymers filled with CNW is well documented including various polymeric matrices. Nevertheless, the need to develop new processing techniques, as an extension of conventional plastics industry, remains an important challenge. In this paper, melt spinning process was used to elaborate both neat PLA and PLA/CNW bionanocomposite fibers filled at 1 and 3 wt% in the presence of PLA-grafted-Maleic anhydride (PLA-g-MA) used as the compatibilizer at 7 wt%. The morphology and thermo-mechanical properties of the samples were investigated with respect to filler content ratio. PLA/CNW1 bionanocomposite fibers led to the best results compared to those filled at 3 wt%. Indeed at 1 wt%, SEM showed that CNW were homogeneously dispersed in the PLA matrix compared to 3 wt% loading and almost 18% increase in elongation at maximum force were obtained compared to neat PLA. In addition, a better thermal stability to PLA was observed. |
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sciforum-037433 | Investigation of Surface Alteration of Microplastics by Using UV Irradiation | , , | N/A |
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Microplastics are formed by the degradation of plastic wastes under the action of physicochemical mechanisms in environment, and they are contaminants of emerging concern that have been received considerable attention in recent years due to their adverse impact on living organisms and the environment. However, research on the aging characteristics and mechanism of microplastics is limited. For example, common polymers exposed to the environment are adversely affected by solar radiation (primarily ultraviolet (UV) UV-B), which initiates photooxidative degradation. Thus, exposure to ultraviolet UV radiation may provoke significant degradation of their structure since it results in breaking of the polymer chains, produces free radical and reduces their molecular weight, causing though the deterioration of their mechanical properties after an unpredictable time. In the present study, to improve understanding of aging process of microplastics, four of the most widely used polymers covering a wide spectrum of applications, due to their excellent chemical inertness and high processability in the present study, such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) in the form of thin films were exposed to UV radiation at 254 nm with constant temperature (25 °C) and constant relative humidity (50%) for several times. After exposure, the films were removed from the chamber (after 5, 10, 20, 30, 45 and 60 days of radiation) and UV irradiation influence was evaluated by using FTIR (Fourier-Transform Infrared) Spectroscopy, DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) measurements, XRD (X-Ray Diffraction), Py-GC/MS (Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), while their mechanical properties were also evaluated. From FTIR spectroscopy it was found that new carbonyl, vinyl, and hydroxyl/hydroxyperoxide groups were formed during UV exposure, while XRD, DSC and mechanical measurements boosted the obvious effect of UV irradiation in their crystalline, thermal and mechanical properties. SEM micrographs revealed the significant morphological alterations at the irradiated samples, due to the appearance of defects and holes at their surface, revealing extended decomposition after just 30 days of UV exposure. Finally, the mechanism of thermal degradation of the four polymers before and after UV exposure was studied by Py-GC/MS. Acknowledgments |
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sciforum-037799 | Shape-Memory Properties of 3D Printed PLA Structures | , | N/A |
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Polylactic acid (PLA) belongs to the few thermoplastic polymers that are derived from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugar cane. PLA is often used in 3D printing by fused deposition modelling (FDM) since it is relatively easy to print, does not show warping and can be printed without a closed building chamber. On the other hand, PLA has interesting mechanical properties which are influenced by the printing parameters and geometries. Here we present shape-memory properties of PLA cubes with different infill patterns and percentages. We investigate the material response under defined quasi-static load and varying temperature as well as the possibility to restore the original 3D printed shape. The quasi-static flexural properties are linked to the porosity and the infill structure of the samples under investigation, examined optically and by simulations. Our results underline the importance of designing the infill patterns carefully to develop samples with desired mechanical properties. |
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best Presentation Awards and the Best Paper Awards. Five winners will be selected and each winner will receive a cash award of 500 CHF and a certificate.
The winners will be announced after the conference.
Terms and Conditions:- Submit full paper with video uploaded after short abstract is accepted
- Originality / Novelty of the paper
- Significance of Content
- Scientific Soundness
- Interest to the readers
- English language and style
The winners will be announce in March 2021.
Terms and Conditions:- Submit full paper to the Special Issue
- Originality / Novelty of the paper
- Significance of Content
- Scientific Soundness
- Interest to the readers
- English language and style
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Winners Announced – CGPM2020 Best Paper Awards & Best Presentation Awards
We are so pleased to announce that the winners of CGPM2020 Best Paper Awards & Best Presentation Awards have been selected by the Conference Committee. A total of five papers stand out, and the winner will receive a 500 CHF bonus and award certificate. Come join us and congratulate them!
Best Presentation Awards
Dual/Bi-Stage Curing of Nanocomposites from Renewable Resources upon Volumetric Expansion
by Fabio Blaschke, Philipp Marx, and Frank Wiesbrock
by Celia IDRES, Mustapha KACI, Nadjet DEHOUCHE, Idirs ZEMBOUAI, and Stéphane BRUZAUD
Best Paper Awards
by Sofia-Falia Saravanou, Fotoula Kounelaki, and Constantinos Tsitsilianis
Using Olive Stone Powder for Biodegradation of Bio-based Polyamide 5.6
by Şebnem Gülel and Yüksel Güvenilir
Bio-Polymers in the World of Plasma: Effects of Cold Plasma on Seed Surface
by Pia Starič, Ita Junkar, Katarina Vogel-Mikuš, and Miran Mozetič
We would also like to thank all the authors of the 66 published papers, thank you for your participation, and we look forward to seeing you at the next electronic conference!
The Awards
The award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs and a certificate (for two attendees).
The award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs and a certificate (for three attendees).
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Conference on "Green" Polymer Materials 2020 that will take place exclusively online at: https://cgpm2020.sciforum.net/.
"Green" polymers are a strongly rising field due to, on the one hand, the perceived future decrease of oil resources, and their consequent increasing scarcity and cost. Correspondingly, the public, governments, and industry are well aware of the fact that materials from biogenic resources are the valid alternative to secure the substitution supply preferably at the same or lower cost or even at a higher cost if no feasible alternatives exist. Based on this background, "green" polymer research is vibrantly alive today and gaining growing importance as a research area. This huge interest creates an urgent need for a place enabling the exchange of the latest cutting-edge research in the innumerable areas that are now of interest.
The 1st International Conference on "Green" Polymer Materials 2020 seeks to fulfill this need by offering a completely digital (online) scientific conference. It will allow participants to share their latest research results and receive near-instantaneous feedback from researchers throughout the world through online question-and-answer sessions and discussion groups. In this way, the conference will serve as a platform for advancing the state-of-the-art of ‘green’ polymers.
In order to stimulate scientifically profound discussions among the scientists in the field, both from academy as well as from industry, the conference will be scheduled as a three-week event taking place on 5–25 November 2020. There is no cost to participate.
"Green" polymer materials are involved in a number of application fields of high relevance, now linked to petrochemicals, but in the future most likely to depend on renewable and sustainable materials. This includes the role of bioderived polymer materials in a number of applications such as:
- Polymer adhesives, binders and coatings;
- Polymeric thermoplastics and thermosetting solid materials;
- Polymers in medic(in)al applications such as drug delivery/pharmaceuticals;
- Polymers in microelectronics, high-voltage engineering and automotive (e-mobility);
- Polymers for applications in aircraft and aeronautics;
- Polymers for special applications (e.g., dentistry, sealants, water purification);
- and many others.
All submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the conference committee. Upon acceptance of their abstract, authors will be asked to contribute an extended abstract for the conference proceedings and a slide presentation of their work. The authors of the most outstanding contributions will be invited to submit a full manuscript for potential publication in a Special Issue of the open-access journal Polymers (impact factor: 3.426).
We hope you will choose to be a part of this exciting conference and look forward to welcoming you.
CGPM 2020 Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Antonio Pizzi and Prof. Dr. Frank Wiesbrock
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Sigrid Zhao
Ms. Betsy Feng
Email: [email protected]
Conference Chairs

LERMAB, Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur le MAteriau Bois, Université de Lorraine, 27 rue Philippe Seguin, CS60036, 88021 Epinal, France
will be updated soon.

PCCL - Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria
will be updated soon.
Session Chairs

Prof. Ana Diez-Pascual
Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Prof. Dr. Xiao Hu
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA

Dr. Marián Lehocký
Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic

Prof. Mariaenrica Frigione
Innovation Engineering Department, University of Salento, Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Conference Committee

“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, 41 A, Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi, Romania

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4362, Luxembourg

Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials and Environment, Sapienza - University of Rome;Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy
Video Submissions from Authors
By Celia IDRES, Mustapha KACI, Nadjet DEHOUCHE, Idirs ZEMBOUAI, Stéphane BRUZAUD
Related Paper:
Recyclable Insulating Foams for High Temperature Applications
By Şebnem Gülel, Yüksel Güvenilir
Related Paper:
Using Olive Stone Powder for Biodegradation of Bio-based Polyamide 5.6
Instructions for Authors
Submission
Submission should be completed online by authors by registering with https://sciforum.net/ and using the “Start New Submission” function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200–300 words describing the manuscript for Proceedings) online at this website until 25 September 2020.
- Based on the submitted abstract, the Conference Committee will conduct a pre-evaluation of whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science. All authors will be notified by 5 October 2020 about the acceptance of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author will be invited to prepare a full description of their work (max. 8 pages), optionally accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation/poster, until the submission deadline of 20 October 2020.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available for discussion on https://sciforum.net/conference/CGPM2020 during the time of the conference 5–25 November 2020 and will be published in the journal Proceedings.
- The open access journal Polymers will publish a conference Special Issue, while accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select abstracts for which extended papers may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Polymers (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer review and application of an APC).
Proceedings Manuscripts
Manuscripts for Proceedings must conform to the following structure:
First page:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors’ email addresses
- Abstract (200–250 words)
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgments)
- References
Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables, and references) .
Microsoft Word
Authors must use the Microsoft Word template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and create difficulties related to layout.
Manuscript Preparation
- Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm × 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, and left and right sides).
- Formatting/Style: Papers should be prepared following the style of the CGPM2020 template. The full titles and cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example, [4] or [1–3], and all the references should be listed separately as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
- Author List and Affiliation Format: Authors’ full first and last names must be given. Any abbreviated middle names can be added. For papers written by various contributors, a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should only be listed under Acknowledgments. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
- Figures, Schemes, and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and an explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text with numbers and titles supplied for all tables. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes, and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, figure, or scheme.
Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides, if available, will be directly displayed on the website using Sciforum.net’s proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Video Presentations
Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. The video should be no longer than 20 minutes and be prepared with the following formats:
- MOV
- MPEG4
- MP4
- AVI
- WMV
- MPEGPS
- FLV
The video should be submitted via email before 20 October 2020.
Presentation of Posters
Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. As with papers presented at conferences, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying Proceedings paper will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors’ responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there are no conflicts, please state here “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. This should be conveyed in a separate “Conflicts of Interest” statement preceding the “Acknowledgments” and “References” sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the “Acknowledgments” section.
Copyright
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S1. Polymer Synthesis, Modification and Self-Assembly
The field of polymer synthesis, modification, and self-assembly represents a continuing and interdisciplinary research area connecting chemists, physics, and biologists that are devoted to furthering the scientific and technological advancement of polymeric materials. The constant development of new polymer-based materials is decisive for supporting the growing interest in polymer technology. A large number of research teams are currently making strong efforts toward designing polymer-based products with superior properties to be used in a wide variety of fields. The scope of this session is to provide a forum for presenting and discussing new results on these topics.
S2. Polymer Bioapplications
The Session Polymer Bioapplications covers both applied research as well as basic research with prospective applications within the fields of polymer colloids, thin films and coatings, polymer surface modification, polymer surface interactions, biopolymers, and biomaterials applied in biomedical, biotechnology, food, or cosmetic applications.
S3. Green Polymers: Durability & Aging, Degradation & Biodegradation
Among the different solutions to address concerns about the environmental impacts due to the release of polymers that have reached their “end life” into the environment as well as the depletion of non-renewable resources, the development of “green polymers” has arisen, with the potential for less environmental impact both in the polymer synthesis and disposal phases. Current open issues are related to the ability of green polymers to replace conventional polymers in any common application withstanding the same environmental loads with respect to the synthetic counterparts, as well as to their processes and mechanisms of degradation and biodegradation, once disposed.
S4. Biopolymers: Design, Fabrication, Characterization and Applications
Biopolymers include green materials that are mainly produced by plants, animals, or via biosynthesis, such as structural proteins (silk, keratin, collagen, gelatin, resilin, soy, corn zein, and wheat gluten), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, pectin, alginates, chitin, chitosan, and hyaluronic acid), and nucleic acids (linked nucleotides, DNA, and RNA). Biopolymers from these renewable sources can be fabricated into such functional materials as films, gels, particles, fibers, or composites, and are widely used for various applications such as in nanotechnology, bioelectronics, filters, sensors, tissue regeneration, and drug delivery. This session aims to discuss their design, synthesis, manufacturing, characterization or modeling, and their physical, chemical, and biomedical applications. We cordially invite you to contribute to this session.