Polymers

Prof. Dr. Luis Alfonso Trujillo-Cayado

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Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Interests: emulsions; surfactant; rheology; disperse system; nanoemugels; cryo-SEM; multiple light scattering; laser diffraction; nanoencapulation; suspoemulsion
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Dr. Nghia P. Truong

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1. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
2. Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, HCI F531, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: polymer chemistry; nanomedicine; drug delivery; antimicrobial materials
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Prof. Dr. Barbara Trzebicka

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Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland
Interests: physicochemical studies of stimuli sensitive polymers; amphiphilic polymers and their self-organization; polymers for biomedical applications; polymeric bioconjugates and carbon materials
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Prof. Dr. Min-Lang Tsai

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Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
Interests: chitin; chitosan; food processing; polysaccharide
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Prof. Dr. Vessela Tsakova

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Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: conducting polymers; electrochemistry of electroactive materials, electrochemical deposition; electrocatalytic materials; electroanalysis

Prof. Dr. Nicolay V. Tsarevsky

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Department of Chemistry and Center for Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery in Dedman College, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
Interests: polymer chemistry; materials science; catalysis; reaction mechanisms; hypervalent compounds; science education
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Prof. Dr. Hui-Hsin (Anna) Tseng

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Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Interests: synthesis and fabrication of functional membrane; membrane reactor; membranes for energy and environmental applications; membrane processes for a circular economy
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Prof. Dr. Constantinos Tsitsilianis

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Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, Greece
Interests: macromolecular chemistry; block copolymer self-assembly; "smart" micellar nanoparticles; stimuli responsive hydrogels; controlled drug delivery complex systems
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Dr. Mohammad Afsar Uddin

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: π-conjugated oligomer; polymer; polyelectrolytes; organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs); organic photovoltaic cells (OPV); organic field-effect transistor (OFET); electrochromic devices; photodetectors; photocatalyst; rewritable paper; redox flow batteries; bioelectronics; biosensors
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Dr. In Chul Um

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Department of Biofibers and Biomaterials Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Interests: silk; biopolymer; natural fiber; non-woven fabric; wet-spinning; electro-spinning
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Prof. Dr. Marek W. Urban

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Department of Materials Science and Eng. and Department of Chemistry Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Interests: self-Healing polymers; stimuli-responsive polymers; colloidal synthesis; bioactive and adaptive interfaces

Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky

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Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC07, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Interests: intrinsically disordered proteins; protein folding; protein misfolding; partially folded proteins; protein aggregation; protein structure; protein function; protein stability; protein biophysics; protein bioinformatics; conformational diseases; protein–ligand interactions; protein–protein interactions; liquid-liquid phase transitions
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Dr. Henri Vahabi

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Optical Materials, Photonics and Systems Laboratory (LMOPS), Université de Lorraine, F-57000 Metz, France
Interests: flame retardancy; thermal degradation; biobased flame retardants; biopolymers; aging of flame retardant and polymers; fiber-reinforced composites
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Prof. Dr. Lopresto Valentina

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Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
Interests: composites; damage; delamination; NDE; impact load; innovative natural composites
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Prof. Dr. Luca Valentini

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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Perugia, UdR INSTM, Strada di Pentima 4, 05100 Terni, Italy
Interests: graphene; carbon nanotube; polymer physics; functional nanocomposites
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Dr. Patrick van Rijn

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Department of Biomedical Engineering-FB40, W.J. Kolff Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science-FB41, University Medical Center Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: biohybrid systems; polymeric microgels; surface chemistry; biomaterials; biointerfaces; cell biology; biomedical applications
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Dr. Cristiano Varrone

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Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
Interests: chemistry and bioscience; fermentation technology; biorefinery; plastic biodegradation; waste valorization
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Prof. Dr. Stefano Vecchio Ciprioti

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Department of Basic and Applied Science for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, RM, Italy
Interests: thermodynamics of vaporization; thermodynamics of phase transitions; thermal stability; decomposition kinetics; ionic liquids
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Prof. Dr. Ricardo Riguera Vega

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CiQUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: polymeric nanostructures for biomedical applications and on stimuli responsive dynamic polymers

Prof. Dr. José Ignacio Velasco

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Poly2 Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC BarcelonaTech), ESEIAAT, C/Colom 11, 08222 Terrassa, Spain
Interests: polymers; composites; foams; nanocomposites
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Dr. Rebeca Hernandez Velasco

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Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, (ICTP – CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
Interests: polymers; gels; biomedical applications
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Prof. Dr. Dhayalan Velauthapillai

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Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Interests: DSSCs; perovskites; polymer solar cells; quantum dot solar cells; photocatalytic water-splitting; hydrogen production

Dr. Iole Venditti

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Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University of Rome, Via della Vasca navale 79, 00146 Rome, Italy
Interests: nanomaterials; inorganic chemistry; drug delivery; sensing; optical materials; photonics
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Dr. Franck Vernerey

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: solid mechanics; soft matter; theoretical and computational mechanics; dynamic and active networks
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Dr. Barbara Vigani

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Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 12, 27100 Pavia PV, Italy
Interests: Rheology; electrospun fibers; in situ gelling systems; lipid and polymeric nanoparticles; wound dressings; nervous tissue repair
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Dr. Peter Virnau

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Institute of Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, D 55099 Mainz, Germany
Interests: collective behavior of self-propelled particles; nucleation; knots in polymers, proteins and DNA

Prof. Dr. Annamaria Visco

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Department of Engineering, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, ME, Italy
Interests: polymers; biopolymers; composite/nanocomposite polymer based; polymer characterization
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Prof. Dr. Dan Cristian Vodnar

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Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Manastur 3–5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: food biotechnology; food fermentation; bioactivity of natural extracts and chemical synthesized compounds; immobilization and microinjection of enzymes and microorganisms; microencapsulated bioactive powders; in vitro gastrointestinal digestions; developing innovative functional foods; food science; molecular gastronomy
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Dr. Alexey V. Volkov

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A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: membrane design; membrane fabrication; membrane-based separation processes; high-throughput techniques; industry oriented applications
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Prof. Dr. Ilya V. Vorotyntsev

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Laboratory of SMART Polymeric Material and Technology (SMART PolyMaT), Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 9 Miusskaya Sq., 125047 Moscow, Russia
Interests: physical chemistry; polymers; separation and purification processes; membrane; distillation processes; mathematical modeling; ionic liquids; SILMs; poly(RTIL)s; gas sorption; reverse gas chromatography; theory of membrane transport; GC/MS; GC; FTIR
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