Polymers

Prof. Dr. Samuel Kenig

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Department of Polymer Materials Engineering, The Pernick Faculty of Engineering Shenkar College, 12 Anna Frank Street, Ramat Gan 52526, Israel
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; thermoplastics and thermosetting systems composed of nanoclays; carbon nanotubes; nanosilica; poss; graphene; inorganic nanoparticles; effect of process parameters on orientation and properties; advanced polymer nanocomposite coatings
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Prof. Dr. Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil

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Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
Interests: materials engineering; nanomaterials; nanofibers; mechanical properties
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Prof. Dr. Anzar Khan

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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: click chemistry; post-polymerisation modification; stimuli responsive polymers

Dr. Muhammad Salahuddin Khan

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Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Oman
Interests: organometallic polymers; organic poly-ynes and poly(metall-ynes); coordination complexes; metal organic framework (MOF); lanthanide coordination complexes; solar cells; organic light emitting diodes

Prof. Dr. Saad Khan

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Interests: synthesis, design, rheology; soft matter-polymer gels; colloids; associative system; functional nanofibers; biomaterials; aerogels

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet

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Department of Structure of Matther, Thermal Physics and Electronics, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: membrane science and related technologies (materials for membrane formation; membrane engineering; membrane processes); renewable energy (solar energy applications, photo-thermal membranes, blue energy); transport phenomena; machine learning and optimization
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Prof. Dr. Beom Soo Kim

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
Interests: bioplastics; biodegradable polymers; molecularly imprinted polymers; polyhydroxyalkanoates; green synthesis of nanoparticles; bioprocess engineering
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Dr. Bong Hoon Kim

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1. Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea
2. Department of Smart Wearable Engineering, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea
Interests: bio-integrated electronics; wearable devices; self-assembly; 2D materials

Prof. Dr. Byung-Joo Kim

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Department of Nano & Advanced Materials Engineering, Jeonju University, Jeonju 55069, Republic of Korea
Interests: filler–matrix interaction; surface modification of fillers; fiber; CFRP; functional composites; polymer blending
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Prof. Dr. Hyun-Joong Kim

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Laboratory of Adhesion and Bio-Composites, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Interests: adhesion; bio-composites; coatings

Prof. Dr. Ick-Soo Kim

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Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Interests: nanofibers; electrospinning; bio-medical; sensors; carbon materials; food packing; nano-catalysis; supercapacitor; drug delivery
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Prof. Dr. Il Kim

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School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymer synthesis; polymerization catalysis; bionanotechnology; hyperbranched polymers; polypeptides; thermoplastic elastomers
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Prof. Dr. Jonghak Kim

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: graft copolymer; polymer membrane; gas separation; polymer electrolyte

Prof. Dr. Myungwoong Kim

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Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Inha 22212, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymer chemistry; functional polymers; structure-properties relationships; interfacial behaviors; structurally/chemically tailored polymeric materials; micro- and nano-patterning; nano-bio applications
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Prof. Dr. Seong Yun Kim

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Division of Polymer-Nano & Textile Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si 54896, Republic of Korea
Interests: composites; polymer processing
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Dr. Łukasz Klapiszewski

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Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: biopolymers; lignin chemistry; synthesis, characterization and applications of advanced functional materials; hybrid materials, biomaterials; polymer composites, biocomposites; chemical modification of synthetic and natural polymers; application of ligno-cellulosic materials in polymer chemistry; (bio)additives and eco-friendly fillers
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Dr. Olga Klinkova

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Laboratoire QUARTZ (EA7393), ISAE-Supméca, 3 rue Fernand Hainaut, Saint Ouen, CEDEX, 93407 Paris, France
Interests: damage mechanics; solid mechanics; composites; bio-compoistes, polymers, bonding, durability
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Prof. Dr. Venkatesh Kodur

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: FRP, structural engineering; Structural fire engineering; fire safety; Fire resistance evaluation; High-temperature properties

Dr. Chie Kojima

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Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 6 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Interests: dendrimers; stimuli-responsive materials; imaging; drug delivery; cell scaffolds

Prof. Dr. Pavel Kopel

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Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: nanoparticles; materials chemistry; liposomes; bioinorganic chemistry; coordination chemistry; controlled drug delivery; carbon nanomaterials
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Prof. Dr. Sergei V. Kostjuk

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1. Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, 14 Leningradskaya St., 220006 Minsk, Belarus
2. Department of Chemistry, Belarusian State University, 14 Leningradskaya St., 220050 Minsk, Belarus
3. Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, 8-2 Trubetskaya St., 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: polymer design and synthesis including controlled/living cationic polymerization, ring-opening anionic and radical polymerizations; cationic polymerization in aqueous media; polymerization kinetics and mechanisms
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Prof. Dr. Vassilis Kostopoulos

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Applied Mechanics and Vibrations Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, GR‐265 00 Patras, Greece
Interests: composite materials and structures; fracture and fatigue of composites; nano-composites and bio-composites; NDI & E of composites; structural health monitoring of composite structures; LCA of composites

Dr. Adriana Kovalcik

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Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: polyhydroxyalkanoates; polylactide; lignin; biocomposites; modification
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Prof. Dr. Marek M. Kowalczuk

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Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-41819 Zabrze, Poland
Interests: biocompatible and biodegradable polymer systems; polymer mass spectrometry; bioactive oligomers; controlled drug delivery systems; ring-opening polymerization; forensic engineering of advanced polymeric materials
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Prof. Dr. Peter Krajnc

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PolyOrgLab, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Interests: polymers with bimodal and hierarchical porosity; templating methods for macroporosity creation; polymers for adsorption and absorption; polymers for tissue engineering; solid phase synthesis and catalysis
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Prof. Dr. Elena Kramarenko

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1. Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
2. A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds RAS, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: statistical physics of macromolecules; computer simulations of polymers; rheology of polymer composites; magnetic polymer composites; magnetoactive elastomers; polyelectrolytes; polyelectrolyte gels; polyelectrolyte complexes; hyperbranched polymers; dendrimers
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Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kremer

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Division: Molecular Physics, Peter-Debye-Institute for Soft Matter Physics, University of Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Interests: Infra Red (IR)-spectroscopy; Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS); soft matter resaerch; AC- and DC- calorimetry

Dr. Ľuboš Krišťák

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Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, SK-960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
Interests: physics; materials; thermal properties; wood sciences; wood physics
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Kroy

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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Interests: Soft Mesoscopics; nonequilibrium brownian dynamics

Dr. Bon-Cheol Ku

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Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composites Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
Interests: nanocarbon-based polymer composites; carbon fibers/carbon nanotube fibers

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