Download the detailed program in .pdf format here: Sunday, June 3, 2018 ISPAC Short Course: Emerging Trends in Polymer Characterization 7:45 AM Breakfast – Linden Oak 8:00 Registration, All Day – Brookside Foyer Neutron and X-ray Techniques Brookside A Advances in Polymer Characterization Brookside B 9:00 Elastic Scattering Methods for Characterizing Structure Michael Hore, Case Western Reserve University Introduction to interaction-based separations: IC, LCCC and 2D-LC Taihyun Chang, Pohang University 10:30 Break 10:45 Inelastic scattering methods for characterizing mobility Yun Liu, NIST Introduction to size-based separations: SEC, HDC, FFF, and detection methods Andre Striegel, NIST 12:15 PM Lunch (Linden Oak) 1:00 Imaging Soft Materials with X-rays and Neutrons Daniel Hussey, NIST Emerging Trends in Rheology Anthony Kotula, NIST 2:30 Break 2:45 Rheology and Small Angle Scattering Kathleen Weigandt, NIST Polymer Science and Advanced Solid State NMR Ryan Nieuwendaal, NIST 6:00 Reception – Forest Glen Monday, June 4, 2018 7:00 AM Registration, All Day – Grand Foyer Vendor Exhibition, All Day – Grand Foyer 7:00 AM Breakfast – Salon H 8:00 AM Opening Remarks – Dr. Ronald Jones and Prof. Wayne Reed ( Salon F/G) 8:15 AM Materials Science at NIST – Dr. Eric Lin, Director, Material Measurement Laboratory, NIST ( Salon F/G) Advances in Polymer and Soft Materials Rheology Plenary Lectures – Salon F/G 8:30 AM M.01 - DowDuPont Lecture Polyethylene topology and rheology control for recycling applications Jaap den Doelder, DowDuPont 9:00 AM M.02 - Predicting the Linear and Non-Linear Rheology of Polydisperse Linear Polymers Daniel Read, University of Leeds 9:30 AM M.03 - Toward in situ morphology characterization of polymeric fluids under arbitrary processing flows Matthew Helgeson, University of California Santa Barbara 10:00 AM Rheology Discussion Panel 10:30 AM Refreshments Deformation of Soft Materials Salon F Characterization with Chromatography Salon G 11:00 AM M.11 – Rheo-Raman microscopy for polymer crystallization characterization – A. Kotula M.15 – Comparison of fast SEC and UHP SEC for the second dimension in two-dimensional liquid chromatography of polymers – E. Uliyanchenko 11:20 AM M.12 – Effects of Orientation and Deformation Mode in Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Engineered Materials – S. Cotts M.16 – Understanding Polymer Structure by Interaction Polymer Chromatography - C.J.Rasmussen 11:40 AM M.13 – Selective Cell Adhesion on Peptide-Polymer Nano-Fiber Mats - G. Kaur M.17 – Light Scattering without Refractive Index Increment: A New Approach to Calibrate SEC-Light Scattering Setups – D. Lohmann 12:00 PM M.14 – Viscoelastic behavior of polyelectrolyte complexes across coacervate-precipitate transition regime – S. Ali M.18 – Fast Separations of Synthetic Polymers Using Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) - Janco, M. 12:20 PM Buffet Lunch - Salon H 12:30 PM V.1 – Waters (sponsored presentation) Salon G 12:50 PM V.2 – Tosoh Bioscience (sponsored presentation) Salon G 1:10 PM Poster Setup Advancing Materials Science with Big Data Plenary Lectures - Salon F/G 2:00 PM M.04 – Scoping the Polymer Genome: A Roadmap for Rational Polymer Dielectrics Design and Beyond Rampi Ramprasad, Georgia Institute of Technology 2:30 PM M.05 – Towards Polymer Informatics: Databases, Infrastructure and Beyond Debra Audus, NIST 3:00 PM M.06 – Materials-Specific Considerations for Machine Learning Bryce Meredig, Citrine Informatics 3:30 PM Big Data Discussion Panel 4:00 PM Refreshments Computation and Characterization Salon F Molecular Control and Characterization Salon G 4:30 M.21 – From Data Science to Data Stories: Automating advanced analytics for R&D and manufacturing – G. Smits M.24 – Perfect Polystyrene Sulfonate: Synthesis, Characterization and Self Diffusion in Ternary Solutions – P. Balding 4:50 PM M.22 – typyPRISM: A Computational Tool for Liquid-State Theory Calculations of Macromolecular Materials – T. Martin M.25 – Conformational control of tethered functionalized mPEO on anatase nanocrystals surface – R. Simonutti 5:10 PM M.23 – TBA - F. Vargas Lara M.26 – Preparation and Characterization of Polyurethanes from Carbohydrates – H. N. Cheng Poster Exhibition White Oak A Heavy hors d’ouevres and Open Bar 6:30 – 9:00 Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:00 AM Registration, All Day – Grand Foyer Vendor Exhibition, All Day – Grand Foyer 7:00 AM Breakfast – Salon H Advances in Chromatography and Spectroscopy Plenary Lectures - Salon F/G 8:00 AM T.01 – Correlated polymer characterization via SEC-IR Detection with a new QCL Laser Spectrometer and SEC-NMR with a new 60 MHz MR-NMR Spectrometer Jennifer Kubel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 8:30 AM T.02 – Characterization of Complex Synthetic Polymers by Advanced Separations and Detection Techniques David Meunier, DowDuPont 9:00 AM T.03 – HPLC Characterization of Block Copolymers Taihyun Chang, Pohang University of Science and Technology 9:30 AM Chromatography and Spectroscopy Discussion Panel 10:00 AM Refreshments Condensed Phases Salon F Macromolecular Architectures Salon G 10:30 AM T.11 – Two-Dimensional Terahertz (2D THz) Raman Correlation Spectroscopy Study of the Crystallization of Bioplastics – I. Noda T.15 – Synthesis and Characterization of Polyolefins with Precise Control of Branch Frequency and Branch Length – S. V. Orski 10:50 AM T.12 – Imaging Orientation Angles and Order Parameters of Semicrystalline Polymers by Polarization IR and Raman – Y. Lee T.16 – Functional electrospun membranes featuring grafted polymer brushes: The characterization challenge – Y. Liu 11:10 AM T.13 – Multiple Order-to-Order Transitions within Ultrathin Films of Sugar-Polyolefin Amphiphilic Conjugates – S. R. Nowak T.17 – Characterization of the chemical composition distribution of 1-octene based POP/POE by HPLC – J. H. Arndt 11:30 PM T.14 – Liquid-solid transitions of a repulsive system with also a short-range attractive potential – G. Yuan T.18 – Striving for Perfection: “Defect”-Free Polymer Networks for Improved Metrology – J. Sarapas 11:50 PM Buffet Lunch – Salon H ISPAC Leaders of R&D Panel Discussion “The Next Generation of Characterization Needs in Polymer Science” Salon F/G 1:15 PM Pat Brant (ExxonMobil), Naryan Ramesh (DowDuPont), Raj Krishnaswamy (Braskem North America), Peter Maziarz (Pfizer Consumer Health) Discussion Leader: Kate Beers, NIST Macromolecular Architectures Plenary Lectures - Salon F/G 2:30 PM T.04 – ExxonMobil Lecture Molecular Engineering with Anionic Polymerization Lian Hutchings, Durham University 3:00 PM T.05 – New Opportunities for Precision Polyolefins: Design, Characterization and Dynamic Behavior of Nanostructured Polyolefin Block Copolymers Lawrence Sita, University of Maryland 3:30 PM T.06 - Polyhomologation: A Powerful Tool Towards Well-Defined Polyethylene-Based Polymeric Materials Nikos Hadjichristidis, KAUST 4:00 PM Architectures Discussion Panel 4:30 PM Break Condensed Phase Spectroscopy Salon F Advances in Chromatography Salon G 5:00 PM T.21 – Bulk heterojunction interfacial structure from REDOR NMR – R. Nieuwendaal T.25 – Characterization of branched polycarbonate by comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography with multi-detector setup and correlation with Monte-Carlo simulations – N. Appel 5:20 PM T.22 – Characterization of modified silicas with industrial interest – A. M. Netto T.26 – Valorisation of multi-dimensional analytical approaches to unlock complex products characterization. The particular case of apolar commercial synthetic polymers – J. Desport 5:40 PM T.23 – Relating Post Yield Mechanical Behavior in Polyethylenes to Spatially-varying Molecular Deformation Using Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging: Homopolymers – P. Mukherjee T.27 – Size Exclusion Chromatography Characterization of Poly(Ester Urethane) Degradation Products – D. Yang 6:00 PM T.24 - Influencing liquid crystalline gel formation in cellulose ionic liquid solutions by adding water and nanoparticles – A. Rajeev T.28 – Polymer separation beyond SEC – expanding the range from molecules to particles – R. Reed 6:30 PM ISPAC Social Hour Grand Ballroom Veranda Hors d’Ouevres and Open Bar 7:30 PM 2018 ISPAC Banquet Ballroom E Wednesday, June 6, 2018 7:00 AM Registration, All Day 7:00 AM Breakfast Emerging Methods in Scattering Plenary Lectures - Salon F/G 8:00 AM W.01 - Wyatt Technology Lecture Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Systems Michael Hore, Case Western Reserve University 8:30 AM W.02 – Recent Advances in X-ray Scattering Methods for Soft Materials Kevin Yager, Brookhaven National Laboratory 9:00 AM W.03 – Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Lecture Soft matter structure measurement by Polarized Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering Dean DeLongchamp, NIST 9:30 AM Scattering Discussion Panel 10:00 AM Refreshment Pause/Lunch Pickup Tour of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Participants must register for tour through ISPAC website to meet security requirements. 10:30 AM Bus pickup at Marriot Main Lobby 11:15 AM NIST Integrating Sphere Laboratory 12:00 PM Lunch at NIST Cafeteria (not included in registration) Walk thru NIST Museum 1:15 PM Trace Contraband Detection Laboratory 2:00 PM NIST Center for Neutron Research 3:00 PM Arrive at Marriot End of 2018 ISPAC meeting, see you in Japan!!