4th ICPB-IUPAC – International Conference on Polymer Behavior

Behavior of Polymers and Polymer-Based Nanomaterials Related to Their Structure

The conference was held in Łódź (Hotel andel’s) on September 20-23, 2010. 10 invited plenary lectures, 36 communications and 32 posters were presented. The invited speakers were Professors: H.H. Kausch (CH), G.Mitchell (UK), M.Huetter (NL), G.J.Vancso (NL), F.J.Balta-Calleja (E), B.Lotz (F), E.Oleinik (Rus), S. Piccarolo (I), R.Seguela (F), G.Michler (D).
The following topics were discussed:

Mechanical and thermal behavior of polymers and polymer based nanomaterials
Properties-structure relationship at multiscale levels
Linkage between different length scales
Microstructure sensitive materials design
Micromechanics
Computational methods, modeling and theory
Molecular dynamics modeling of structural transformations
Innovative methods for characterization at multi scale levels
Structure and properties of nanofilled, crystalline and nanostructured polymer materials