INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Prague
Meetings on Macromolecules
58th meeting - 19th discussion conference
19th DISCUSSION CONFERENCE OF P.M.M.
under the auspices of the
INTERNATIONAL
UNION
OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Macromolecular Division
R.G. GILBERT
President
Organized by the
INSTITUTE OF
MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
K. ULBRICH
Director of the Institute
J. LUKÁŠ
P.M.M. Head
P. ČEFELÍN
P.M.M. Coordinator
J. KAHOVEC
P.M.M. Editor
J. JŮZA
P.M.M. Assistant Editor
M. SRPOVÁ
P.M.M. Secretary
E. GRISOVÁ
M. RODOVÁ
P.M.M. Assistant Secretaries
J. HRADIL
P.M.M. Technical Manager
D. KOTÍKOVÁ
P.M.M. Social Programme Manager
Address:
P.M.M. SECRETARIAT
c/o Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
CZ-162 06 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Phone: +420-2-20403332
Fax: +420-2-367981
E-mail:
sympo@imc.cas.cz
IVAN FORTELNÝ
I.
FORTELNÝ
Chairman
Z.
HORÁK, J. HORSKÝ, I. KELNAR, J. KOLAŘÍK,
Z. KRULIŠ, F. LEDNICKÝ, J. MIKEŠOVÁ
P R O G R A M M E
The aim of the Discussion Conference is to bring together the world-renowned scientists and experts to share recent developments in the field of rheology of polymer systems. The discussion will be focused on the description of structure formation and development as well as on problems of rheometry and processing in molten multiphase polymer systems.
1. Relations between rheological properties and structure of molten polymer systems
2. Advanced rheometry and rheological characterization
3. Interrelations between rheological data measured in various flow fields
4. Progress in the description of complex flow of molten polymer systems
The main lectures (see p. 6) and special lectures (see p. 7) will form the backbone of the programme. The presentation time for each main lecture is 40 min, an additional 10 min is reserved for discussion. The presentation time for each special lecture is 20 min, an additional 5 min is reserved for discussion.
Two poster sessions will be arranged for presentation of an unlimited number of poster communications. Posters are to be mounted half a day preceding the corresponding poster session in order to be freely accessible to participants for preliminary inspection (see p. 9).
Two panel discussions will be scheduled (see p. 6).
All sessions will be held in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 6 - Petřiny, Heyrovského nám. 2. The opening ceremony and the opening lecture will take place on Monday, 19 July, in the morning.
English is the working language of the Meeting; no translation will be provided. All materials for publication should be submitted in English.
Projection of 5 x 5 cm slides, overhead projection, and blackboard will be available for lectures and discussions; the slide projector will not function with slides thicker than 2.5 mm. Boards for mounting posters as well as pushpins and felt-tip pens will be available in the poster area.
MAIN LECTURES
The following experts have agreed to present the main lectures:
Y. AOKI (JAPAN)
Long-Time Relaxations in Rubber-Modified Polymer Systems
W. GLEISSLE (GERMANY)
Positive and Negative Normal Stresses in Concentrated Suspensions
R.G. LARSON (U.S.A.)
The Rheology of Entangled Polymer with Long-Chain Branching
M. LAUN (GERMANY)
Wall Slip of Polymer Melts - Measurement and Industrial Relevance
J. MEWIS (BELGIUM)
Rheology of Immiscible Blends, Relation with Structure
R. MULLER (FRANCE)
Phase Deformation and Melt Rheology of Reactive Polymer Blends
J. VLACHOPOULOS (CANADA)
Computer-Aided Polymer Processing Analysis and Design
"Problems of Rheometry and Processing in Multiphase Polymer Systems"
Invited discussion leader: A.YA. MALKIN (RUSSIA)
"Problems of the Description of Structure Formation and Evolution in Molten Multiphase Polymer Systems"
Invited discussion leader: J. LYNGAE-JŘRGENSEN (DENMARK)
SPECIAL LECTURES
The following titles of the special lectures were fixed on 10th November 1998:
J. BARTOŠ, J.
KRIŠTIAK (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)
Experimental Free-Volume Aspects of Polymer Rheology as Obtained
from the PALS Method
M. BOUSMINA, M.
GRMELA (CANADA)
Viscoelasticity and Diffusion in Polymer Matrixes
E. DORMIDONTOVA (NETHERLANDS)
The Influence of Elongational Flow on Hydrogen Bond Formation and
Stability of the Homogeneous Phase in Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer
Systems
G. EDER (AUSTRIA)
Crystallization Kinetics under Flow Conditions
I. FORTELNÝ (CZECH
REPUBLIC)
Coalescence in Polymer Blends: Solved and Open Problems
M. GRMELA, M.
BOUSMINA (CANADA)
Influence of Diffusion on Rheology in Polymeric Fluids: GENERIC
Analysis
B. HLAVÁČEK, J.
SHÁNĚLOVÁ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
The Micro-Rheology and Relaxation Phenomena in the Tg
Vicinity
A. KAŠTÁNEK, M.
BOHDANECKÝ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
What Results Needed for Characterization of Polymer Chain
Structure Can Be Obtained by Treatment of Viscosity Data for Melt
Epoxy Resins?
G. KERCH (LATVIA)
Rheological Behaviour of Polymer Systems in the Vicinity of
Critical Regions
M. KOZLOWSKI (POLAND)
Melt Rheology of Structured Polymer Materials
V. KULICHIKHIN, E.
PLOTNIKOVA, G. KULICHIKHIN, A. SUBBOTIN (RUSSIA)
Some Unusual Rheology-Morphology Relationships in Polymer Blends
G. MARRUCCI (ITALY)
Recent Results on Tube Models for Entangled Polymers
P. NAVARD (FRANCE)
Flow and Orientation of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers in Complex
Geometries
H.C. ÖTTINGER (SWITZERLAND)
On the Role of Thermodynamics and Simulations in Modelling the
Rheology of Polymer Systems
T. PAKULA (GERMANY)
Structure and Viscoelastic Properties of Melts of Complex
Macromolecules
M.T. SHAW, Y.-W. INN
(U.S.A.)
Sharkskin Melt Fracture: A New Perspective
M. SCHNELL, B.A. WOLF
(GERMANY)
Molecular Surfaces: An Advantageous Theoretical Basis to Describe
Viscosities of Polymer-Containing Mixtures as a Function of
Composition
B. VERGNES (FRANCE)
Peroxide-Controlled Degradation of Poly(propylene): Rheological
Behaviour and Process Modelling
D. VLASSOPOULOS (GREECE)
Structure and Viscoelasticity of Interacting Spherical Brushes
V. ZIEGLER, B.A. WOLF
(GERMANY)
Shear Rate and Composition Dependence of the Viscosity of
Two-Phase Polymer Blends and a Concept Concerning Its Correlation
with Morphology
Summaries of main and special lectures and poster communications will be published in the Programme Booklet provided that they have been registered (see General Information, p.13), and their camera-ready texts reach the P.M.M. Secretariat by 30 April, 1999, either on diskettes (preferably) or by e-mail (attachments or direct texts); please note that only Microsoft Word files (versions 6.0/7) or files in RTF format can be processed without difficulties. You may send also hard copies of summaries but not their facsimiles.
The receipt of the summary of a registered poster communication will be confirmed by the P.M.M. Secretariat. On the other hand, unregistered summaries will be neither confirmed nor published or returned.
Summaries, except for their headings, will be printed without editing.
Preparation of summaries
Summaries should not exceed one page of the A4 size. Please keep the following typing specifications (for a sample, see the enclosure at the end of the Circular): width 180 mm, maximum length 220 mm, sufficiently big lettering (characters 2,0-2,5 mm, Times New Roman 15 points as an optimum), single spacing, except where additional space is required for mathematical expressions, chemical equations, or schemes. The text including the heading should be placed 15 mm from the left-hand edge of the paper and must start 40 mm from the top edge of the paper to leave space for a programme number. The heading of each summary should consist of the title of the contribution (in black capital letters), author's (authors') name(s) (in capital letters), and address(es) (department or laboratory, institution, street, city, province or state, postal code, country); the heading (all lines) should not be indented or centred. Figures can be drawn (or their photographs fixed) directly on the sheet; half-tone reproductions are excluded. Figure captions should be positioned below the figures; the size of letters and numbers (including sub- and superscripts) should be between 4 and 5 mm.
If you are submitting a hard copy, please note that it is to be typed on sheets (A4 size) of heavy paper. If a laser or jet printer is not available, please use an electric typewriter (lettering 2 mm as a minimum) with plastic carbon ribbon and correct all errors carefully using a correction ribbon or fluid.
Both main lectures and special lectures will be published in a special volume of Macromolecular Symposia. Their authors are asked to send the manuscripts to the Microsymposium Editor, Dr J. Kahovec, at the P.M.M. Secretariat, by 15 June, 1999 (the receipt will be confirmed).
A maximum of 15 pages is allowed for main lecture and special lecture papers. As the papers are published in camera-ready form, the manuscripts should be typed on special laysheets which will be sent to the authors, along with instructions and sample pages, by the Editorial Office of Macromolecular Symposia.
A possibility of publishing full papers based on poster communications in the field of fundamental research in Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Com-munications (monthly in English) is offered provided that the manuscripts are set up according to the instructions for authors (available on request) and sent directly to the Editorial Office (address: Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic; phone/fax +420-2-3111217, E-mail cccc@uochb.cas.cz. The accepted papers are published within three months.
S O C I A L E V E N T S
WELCOME RECEPTION
Sunday, 18 July, 19:00 - 21:00
An informal
get-together party with cold dishes in the Komenský hall of
residence
(Praha 6, Parléřova 6).
Complimentary for all registered participants.
EXCURSION WITH INFORMAL DINNER
Wednesday, 21 July, 14:00 - 23:00
Visit to one of the historic castles or towns in the vicinity of Prague, followed by an informal dinner.
The excursion will not coincide with any programme session or any event of the Accompanying Persons Programme.
Please book for the excursion using the Registration Form (admission by tickets only).
Price: CHF 90 (extra fee).
FAREWELL TOAST
Thursday, 22 July
A farewell drink after closing ceremony in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry.
Complimentary for all participants.
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAMME
EVENTS
Sightseeings and visits (by coach) will be guided.
Monday, 19 July
12:30-13:30 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Introductory sightseeing in Prague.
Tuesday, 20 July
09:00-17:00 Visit to
a famous castle or well-known spa in Bohemia
(lunch included).
Wednesday, 21 July
09:00-12:30 Visit to Prague Castle (Hradčany).
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Thursday, 22 July
09:00-12:30 Sightseeing featuring the Old Town of Prague.
12:30-13:30 Lunch
BOOKING
For booking and payment, see General Information.
Unregistered accompanying persons and children cannot participate in the scheduled events; neither are they provided with lunch tickets (see p. 19).
All participants, including invited speakers, should register. Registration of participants will take place in the Komenský hall of residence (Praha 6, Parléřova 6), where some participants will stay, on Sunday, 11 July, from 14:00 to 21:00. On Monday, 12 July, the registration will continue (from 08:30) in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Praha 6 - Petřiny, Heyrovského nám. 2).
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 6 - Petřiny, Heyrovského nám. 2.
