JOPC

Polymer

Polymer Chemistry:  Synthesis of copolymers, block-polymers, polyesters, elastomers, polyolefins, polyamides, polycarbonates, rubber, thermoplastics, thermosets, methods for polymerization, etc.

Polymer Analysis and advanced characterization of polymers: Characterization and analysis of polymers, polymeric materials and polymer additives, polymerization mechanism, measurement of molecular weight, size, conformation, structure, properties, and behavior of polymers, separation, spectroscopy, and scattering techniques, structure-property-processing relationships, Characterization, modeling and simulation of molecular and materials properties in bulk, solution, and thin films.

Polymer Physics and Theory: the development of multiscale modeling methodologies, constitutive equations, and new theories; the implementation of efficient algorithms and machine learning schemes for structure-property relationship quantification; and experimental studies for the preparation and characterization of new polymeric materials, including instrumentation and development of new measuring devices.

Polymer Processing and Engineering: thermoforming, compression and transfer molding, rotational molding, extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, plastic foam molding, Advanced multiscale processing methods

Polymer Applications: all kinds of applications (from sensors to actuators, from biomedical engineering to space engineering, and macro scale down to nanoscale) with polymeric materials, proof of concept, structural/system design, performance verification, and characterization.

Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers: polymers of biological origin produced by living organisms, including polysaccharides, proteins, peptides, polyesters, polyamides, etc. polymers from renewable resources and biodegradable polymers

Circular and Green Polymer Science: biodegradable and bio-based polymers; design and development of green polymer systems; mechanical and chemical recycling and energy recovery of polymer and biopolymer-based systems.

PolymerMaterials: Nanocomposites and hybrid nanomaterials, Polymer blends, films, fibers, networks, and porous materials

Polymer Synthesis, Modification, and Self-assembly: Including designer polymer architectures, mechanisms and kinetics, and supramolecular polymerization

TechnologicalApplications: Polymers for energy generation and storage, Polymer membranes for separation technology, Polymers for Opto- and microelectronics

Polymer structures: Polymer Blend, nanocrystal, molecular orientation, polyaromatics, the polymer backbone

Physical properties of polymers: Phase Transformation Temperatures, Density, Specific Gravity, Thermal Conductivity, Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion, Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity, Magnetic Permeability, Corrosion Resistance

Polymer surface and interfaces: Chemical/physical modification of polymer surfaces, self-assembly of polymer chains, nano-particles or micro-particles, nano-mechanical measurements of polymer films, functional polymer surfaces with special wettability, capillary phenomena on polymeric surfaces, mechanical instability (buckling, wrinkling, etc.) of soft polymer surfaces and interfaces, interfacial rheology, polymer tribology, numerical simulations on polymer surfaces, bioinspired polymer materials, biomolecular surfaces and interfaces, characterization methods for interfacial phenomena in polymers, polymer thin films deposited from the vapor phase

Functional polymers: Photoactive polymer, conductive polymer, sensitive polymer, polymer modification, hydrogels, polymeric micelles, block copolymer, polymer nanocomposites, polymer biomaterial

Supramolecular polymers: Graft copolymers, telechelic polymers, hydrogen bonding brush polymer (HBP), hyperbranched polymer, polymer grafts.

Renewable polymer synthesis

Macromolecular structure and function

Synthesis and application of novel polymers

Reactions and chemistry of polymers

Polymerization mechanisms and kinetics

Higher-order polymer structures

Structure-property relationships of polymers