Institute for Polymer Research
Celebrating 29 years of official institute status
Institute for Polymer Research
Celebrating 30 Years of Official Institute Status
Light olefins are important petrochemical feedstocks. The separation of olefins (e.g., ethylene and propylene) from their associated paraffins (i.e., ethane and propane) is one of the most difficult separations in olefin/polyolefin industry.
Celebrates 31 Years of Official Institute Status by hosting our Thirty-seventh Annual Symposium on Polymer Science/Engineering 2015 and Annual meeting of Institute for Polymer Research for academic and industrial members.
For further information and how to register please contact the Institute Director
Professor Jean Duhamel, Director
Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 35196
Email:jduhamel@uwaterloo.ca
Or, the symposium Coordinator
Colleen Mechler
Block copolymers are polymer molecules with two (or more) chemical distinct portions, generally labelled A and B. The A and B components tend to be incompatible, which causes the molecules to self-assemble into various elaborate nano-structures with their A and B blocks in separate A- and B-rich domains. Self-consistent field theory (SCFT) has been remarkably successful in predicting the geometry of these ordered phases and the transitions between them.
An interactive intensive short course on Tools for Polymerization. All sessions will include case studies from a variety of polymerization systems (free radical and catalytic), reactors and monomers. Participants can discuss their own examples and interact with the lecturers. The lecturers have organized courses for more than 30 years involving more than 1000 industrial participants representing more than 60 companies worldwide. The examples used represent state-of-the-art.