CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Tuesday, May 19th
14:00
14:00 - 19:00
19:30
Start of conference
Accommodation and registration
Welcome diner
Wednesday, May 20th
Session 1
Chair: Stanislav Rangelov
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome: Neli Koseva - Conference chair
9:00 – 9:40
Plenary lecture 1: A polymer chemistry of graphene
Klaus Müllen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
9:40 – 10:05
Keynote lecture 1: From plant oils to plant foils: TAD’s the spirit!
F. Du Prez, O. Türünç, S. Billiet, K. De Bruycker and J. Winne
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University,
Belgium
10:05 – 10:30 Keynote lecture 2: Polymers and proteins dancing together
S. Brocchini
UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:50
11:50 – 12:10
12:10 – 12:30
O 1: Functional polyoxazolines for biomedical applications
Ph. Dimitrov, G. Panambur, V. Balema, K. Kosakowska, S. M. Grayson
Materials Science R&D, Sigma-Aldrich, Milwaukee, United States
O 2: Nanofibre formulations as fast dissolving drug delivery systems
G.R. Williams, D.G. Yu
UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK
O 3: Self-assembly of amphiphilic hexaphenylbenzene
K. Wunderlich, M. Klapper, K. Müllen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
O 4: Novel 9-substituted anthracene derivatives as reversible polymers
bonds
J. Van Damme, L. Vlaminck, G. Van Assche, B. Van Mele, F. Du Prez, O. van
den Berg
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
O 5: Biocompatible and biodegradable chitosan/clay nanocomposites as new
carriers for theophylline controlled release
C. N. Cheaburu-Yilmaz, C. Vasile
“P. Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
End of session 1
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
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Session 2
Chair: Filip Du Prez
14:00 – 14:40 Plenary lecture 2: Artificial muscles - soft & wet nano-machine of the next
era
Yoshihito Osada
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
14:40 – 15:05 Keynote lecture 3: Thermoresponsivity as tool for organization of
macromolecules – the mesoglobules
A. Dworak, B. Trzebicka, D. Lipowska, L. Otulakowski, R. Szweda, D. Szweda,
E. Haladjova, S. Rangelov, Ch. Tsvetanov
Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Zabrze,
Poland
15:05 – 15:30 Keynote lecture 4: Block copolymer/bio(macro)molecules hybrid selfassembled nanostructures of biomedical interest
S. Pispas
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research
Foundation, Athens, Greece
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break
15:50 – 16:10
16:10 – 16:30
16:30 – 16:50
16:50 – 17:10
17:10 – 17:30
O 6: Precision multi-segmented macromolecular line-ups, a display of
unprecedented control over backbone structure and functionality
F. Driessen, F. Du Prez, P. Espeel
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University,
Belgium
O 7: Alkyl-2-cyanoacrylate peculiarities – versatile tools for nanoparticles
design
M. Y. Simeonova
University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 8: Diffusion NMR spectroscopy – applications in polymer chemistry for
the investigation of macromolecular interactions
P. Shestakova, V. Mitova, N. Koseva, T. Hardeman, G. Koeckelberghs, E.
Vassileva
Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 9: A comparative luciferase and antigen expression study between a
protaplex and a rotaplex embedded lipid-nano particles in murine derived
dendritic cell
S. M. Shaheen, H. Akita, S. Rangelov and H. Harashima
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 10: Cryo-TEM visualization of biomedical polymer structures
M. Libera, A. Kowalczuk, B. Mendrek, N. Oleszko, B. Trzebicka, A. Dworak
Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze,
Poland
End of session 2
17:30 – 19:30
19:30
Poster session 1
Dinner
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Thursday, May 21st
Session 3
Chair: Stergios Pispas
8:45 – 9:25
Plenary lecture 3: Biomimetic polymersomes for virus and cell mimicry
Sebastien Lecommandoux
University of Bordeaux, LCPO, Pessac, France
9:25 – 9:50
Keynote lecture 5: Functional materials by non-aqueous emulsion
M. Klapper, R. Dorresteijn, T. Schuster, S.H. Parekh, K. Müllen
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
9:50 – 10:15
Keynote lecture 6: Polymeric biocompatible materials for controlled drug
delivery in supercritical CO2
E. Gracia, C. Gutierrez, I. Gracia, A. de Lucas, J. F. Rodriguez
Institute of Chemical and Environmental Technology, University of Castilla-La
Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
10:15 – 10:35 Coffee break
10:35 – 10:55 O 11: Investigation of macromolecular HPMA-based nanoparticles with
cholesterol intended for drug delivery: internal structure and functionality
in solutions and real blood environment
S. K. Filippov, P. Chytil, P. Konarev, J. Franklin, T. Etrych, A. Bogomolova,
M. Dyakonova, Ch. M. Papadakis, K. Ulbrich, P. Stepanek, D. I. Svergun
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
10:55 – 11:15 O 12: Development of plasticized electrospun PLA-PHB based materials:
structural, thermal and mechanical characterization
M. P. Arrieta, L. Peponi, J. López and J.M. Kenny
Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
11:15 – 11:35 O 13: Engineering hydrophobically modified chitosan derivatives for
pulmonary delivery of antibiotics
Z. Merchant, K. C. Petkar, K.M.G. Taylor, P. Stapleton, K.K.Sawant, S. A.
Razak, N. Kunda, K. Sheikh, I. Y. Saleem, S. Somavarapu
University College London School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom
11:35 – 11:55 O 14: Virus-like nanoparticle formation by interaction of peripherally
functionalized block copolymer micelles with proteins
A. Meristoudi, S. Pispas
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research
Foundation, Athens, Greece
11:55 – 12:15 O 15: Behavior of stannoxane cages as nanofiller in epoxy and acrylate
networks
K. Rodzeń, A. Strachota
Nanostructured Polymers and Composites Department, Institute of
Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha,
Czech Republic
End of session 3
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
14:00
Excursion
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16:00 – 18:30
19:30
POLINNOVA Advisory Board meeting
Official dinner
Friday, May 22nd
8:30 – 10:00
POLINNOVA Advisory Board meeting
Session 4
Chair: Steve Brocchini
10:00 – 10:40 Plenary lecture 4: Combinatorial preparation of biodegradable polymer
networks and tissue engineering scaffolds
Dirk W. Grijpma
University of Twente , Enschedde, The Netherlands
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20 O 16: Synthesis of polymer-drug conjugates based on propylene and
ethylene oxides copolymers
A. M. Borreguero, M. Muñoz, J. C. De Haro, M. Carmona, J. F. Rodríguez
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
11:20 – 11:40 O 17: Quaternized chitosan-based electrospun nanofibrous materials with
antitumor activity
M. G. Ignatova, K. N. Kalinov, N. E. Manolova, I. B. Rashkov
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
11:40 – 12:00 O 18: Interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained verapamil
hydrochloride release
M. S. Simeonov, B. Kostova, E. D. Vassileva
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
12:00 – 12:20 O 19: Functionalizing electrospun fibers with active molecules
A.Šišková, T. Dubaj, A. Opálek, A. Kleinová, P. Rychter, A. Eckstein Andicsová,
Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
End of session 4
12:25 – 13:55
Lunch
Session 5
Chair: Neli Koseva
14:00 – 14:40 Plenary lecture 5: Bioorthogonal click chemistry for the synthesis of
degradable hydrogel materials
Andrew P. Dove
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
14:40 – 15:05 Keynote lecture 7: Biomimetic nanostructures based on amphiphilic block
copolymers
I. A. Dinu, C. G. Palivan, W. Meier
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
15:05 - 15:25
O 20: Organic/inorganic hybrid high performance nanocomposite coatings
O. Yilmaz, M. Karesoja, H. Tenhu
Leather Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University,
Izmir, Turkey
15:25 – 15:45 Coffee break
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15:45 – 16:05
16:05 – 16:25
16:25 – 16:45
16:45 – 17:05
17:05 – 17:25
O 21: New materials based on amphiphilic polysulfone networks
C. Nardi Tironi, K. Wunderlich, M. Klapper, and K. Müllen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
O 22: Small angle neutron scattering investigation of lysozyme loading on
core-shell PnBA-b-PAA micelles
A. Papagiannopoulos, A. Meristoudi, S. Pispas and A. Radulescu
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research
Foundation, Athens, Greece
O 23: Clean preparation of tailored microcellular foams of polystyrene
using nucleant agents and supercritical CO2
C. Gutiérrez, R. Mencía, J.F. Rodríguez, I. Gracia, A. de Lucas, M.T. García
Institute of Chemical and Environmental Technology, University of Castilla-La
Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
O 24: Advanced characterization techniques for polymeric ablative
materials
M. Natali, M. Rallini, J. M. Kenny, L. Torre
University of Perugia, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Terni,
Italy
O 25: Glycolysis of viscoelastic flexible polyurethane foam wastes
D. Simón, A. M. Borreguero, A. de Lucas, J.F. Rodríguez
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha,
Ciudad Real, Spain
End of session 5
17:30 – 19:30 Poster session 2
19:30
Dinner
Saturday, May 23rd
Session 6
Chair: Petar Petrov
8:45 – 9:25
Plenary lecture 6: Polymer electronics and nanotechnology: Challenges and
approaches
Boris Vratzov
NT&D - Nanotechnology and Devices, Aachen, Germany
9:25 – 9:45
O 26: Towards an ideal polymer thermal neutron scintillator
I. Sen, N. Lathiotakis, S. Pispas, P. Petrov
Institute of Polymers,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
9:45 – 10:05
O 27: Sustainable polyesters for powder coating applications from recycled
PET, isosorbide and succinic acid
C. Gioia, M. Vannini, P. Marchese, A. Minesso, R. Cavalieri, M. Colonna , A.
Celli
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
10:05 – 10:25 Coffee break
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10:25 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:05
11:05 – 11:25
11:25 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:05
12:05 – 12:25
12:25 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:45
13:45
O 28: Ion conductive PBI membranes for PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers
V. Sinigersky, H. Penchev, F.Ublekov, I. Radev, V. Georgiev
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 29: Electrochemical synthesis and properties of conducting polymer
layers- influence of low and high molecular weight doping agents
V. V. Lyutov, A. Bund, V. Ts. Tsakova
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia,
Bulgaria
O 30: A combined light scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation study
of the electrostatic complexation between bovine serum albumin and a
block polyelectrolyte
M. Karayianni, R. Radeva, N. Koseva, S. Pispas
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research
Foundation, Athens, Greece
O 31: Poly(3-hexylthiophene) block copolymers as self-assembled platform
for nanoporous thin films
G. Grancharov, V. Gancheva, P. Petrov, J. De Winter, P. Gerbaux,
O. Coulembier, P. Dubois
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 32: Magnetopolyplexes - hybrid vector nanosystems for enhanced gene
delivery
E. Haladjova, S. Rangelov, Ch.B. Tsvetanov, V. Posheva, D. Momekova, G.
Mountrichas, S. Pispas, A. Lederer
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
O 33: Cytotoxicity and cellular uptake of cisplatin immobilized in stabilized
micelles
E. Stoyanova, P. Petrov and N. Koseva
Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Closing remarks
Lunch
End of conference