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Exploring the path from materials and process innovation to commercial application

Day 1 - Wednesday 18 March 2009

8:15

Registration and refreshments

9:15

Chairman's welcome

9:30

Global nano regulations and standards

  • Nano materials within the existing regulatory framework
  • Nano-specific regulation
  • Looking ahead at how regulators will deal with nanotechnology
Dr Anna Gergely, Director of EHS Regulatory, Steptoe and Johnson LLP
10:00

Engineering plastics nanocomposites

  • What can nanocomposites do and not do
  • Exploring ways to make nanocomposites
  • Non-mechanical property improvements
Dr Sachin Jain, Research Scientist, Global Polymer Research, BASF-SE
10:30

Engineering compounds in Central and Eastern Europe - Possibilities for nanocomposites

  • Polyamide
  • PC/ABS
  • PBT based composites
  • The future of nanocomposites
Kalman J Wappel, Head of Consultancy, ECEBD Ltd
11:00

Question and answer session

11:15

Break

11:45

Perkalite: A novel synthetic nanoclay for polyolefins and other resins

  • Characteristics and advantages of Perkalite
  • Current market developments
  • Examples of applications including
    • barrier properties for food packaging applications
    • flame retardancy in Low Smoke Zero Halogen cables
    • improvement of mechanical properties in polypropylene
Dimitri van Agterveld, Research Scientist, Akzo Nobel
12:15

Creating better plastics with Nanomer Nanoclay additives

  • State of the art of nanoclay additive development
  • Flexible incorporation of nanoclay into plastics
  • Property value enhancement of plastic containing nanoclay
Dr Tie Lan, General Manager, Nanocor, Inc USA
12:45

Question and answer session

13:00

Lunch

14:15

How to organise/orient nano-particles via modification and processing

  • Influence of clay modification on 'self-organisation'
  • Building inorganic clay structures in a polymer matrix
  • Orientation of nano-particles via processing
  • Properties of oriented polymer nanocomposite films
Irene Hovens, Project Leader, TNO Science and Industry
14:45

Implications of the constrained polymer region for nanocomposites

  • The effect of the constrained polymer region on gas diffusion
  • The effect of the constrained polymer region on engineering properties
  • Design of better nanocomposites using the constrained polymer concept
Dr Gary W Beall, Director Centre for Nanophase Research, Texas State University
15:15

Question and answer session

15:30

Break

15:45

POSS flow enhancers, high temperature epoxies, dispersants and lubricants

  • Introduction to POSS and current applications
  • Newly discovered - POSS as a high-performance lubricant
  • POSS ultra-high temperature epoxies
  • POSS-flow for high temperature polymers
  • Safety and availability
Chris DeArmitt, Chief Scientist, Hybrid Plastics Inc
16:15

Polymeric nanocomposites with improved performance: The masterbatch approach

  • Efficient preparation techniques to manufacture highly filled masterbatches
    • producing true nanocomposites
  • Examples and experience
Dr Leila Bonnaud, Co-ordinator of Polymer and Composite Research Unit, Materia Nova axbl
16:45

New concepts for nano-engineered fibre reinforced polymer composites

  • Carbon fibre/epoxy composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes
    • collaborative work between K.U. Leuven and Nanocyl
  • Intelligent structuring of matrices reinforced with carbon nanotubes
    • 5-year project at K.U. Leuven
Stepan Lomov, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
17:15

Question and answer session

17:30

Close of conference Day One

19:00

Conference dinner

Informal networking dinner for all delegates, speakers and sponsors. This is included in your registration fee.

Day 2 - Thursday 19 March 2009

8:30

Refreshments

9:00

Chairman's opening remarks

9:15

Creating hierarchical structures in renewable composites by attaching nanocellulose onto natural fibres

  • Why green(er) composites?
  • Challenges with renewable materials (polymers, fibres, composites)
  • Fully renewable nanocomposites: nanocellulose composites
  • A new route to incorporate nanomaterials into composites
  • Nanomaterial enhanced composite interfaces
  • Green hierarchical composites or natural fibre reinforced nanocomposites
Dr Alexander Bismarck, Reader in Advanced Materials, Polymer & Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group, Imperial College London
9:45

Silver nano particle preparation by the use of dendritic or hyperbranched polymers and their antimicrobial application

  • Introduction to dendritic polymers
  • Easy preparation without by-products
  • Describing the antimicrobial effect
  • Application and summary
Dr Stefan Reinemann, Head of the Plastics Department, TITK eV
Michael Gladitz, Scientific Project Manager, TITK eV
10:15

Achieving flame retardancy with nanocomposites for industry applications

  • PVC nanocomposites - Hope or Hype?
  • Nano-magnesiumhydroxide - A new flame retardant?
  • Nanocomposite applications for the new European fire regulation CDP
Dr Guenter Beyer, Lab-Manager, Kabelwerk Eupen AG Belgium
10:45

Question and answer session

11:00

Break

11:30

Carbon nanotubes: Technology and market update

  • Presentation of the carbon nanotubes technology
  • A growing share in t he conductive plastics industry
  • Most promising applications: market update
Olivier Decroly, Global Business Development Director, Nanocyl
Frederic Luizi, Nanocyl
12:00

Carbon nanotube composites

  • CNT composites with polymers, ceramics, metals
  • Properties of composites
  • Applications
Urszula Kosidlo, Research Engineer, Fraunhofer-Institut
12:30

Question and answer session

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Creating of electric conductive structures on moulded parts

  • What is 'mid' (moulded interconnected parts)?
  • CNT as conductive additive
  • Ways to create conductive structures with pp-mid technology
  • Electrical properties
  • Applications of pp-mid materials
Peter Putsch, PP-Mid
14:30

Product stewardship to ensure a safe use of carbon nanotubes

  • Product stewardship
  • Toxicology
  • Safety measures
  • Carbon nanotubes
Dr Jacques Ragot, Global Product Steward, Bayer MaterialScience AG
15:00

Graphistrength carbon nanotubes developments at Arkema

  • Industrial applications of CNT
  • Health and safety of CNTs
Jean-Marc Corpart, General Manager , Arkema
15:30

Question and answer session

15:45

Close of conference

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