Program of IDMPC 2017

Please find a pdf version of the program of IDMPC 2017 here.

Sunday September 17, 2017

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration | Reception desk, Leucorea

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Guided city tour | meeting point: courtyard Leucorea

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Evening talk “Reformation and Modern Life” by C. Senkel | Audimax, Leucorea

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Welcome dinner | Brauhaus

8:30 pm – 9:30 pm Guided city tour | meeting point: in front of Brauhaus

Monday September 18, 2017

8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration and mount of posters

9:00 am – 9:15 am Opening | Audimax, Leucorea

9:15 am – 11:45 am Session 1 | Audimax
Connectivity and chain architecture as constraints for polymer crystallization (chair: G. Rutledge)

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr – Avoidance of Density Anomalies as a Structural Principle for Semicrystalline Polymers
9:45 am – 10:15 am
Jens-Uwe Sommer – The role of entanglements for polymer crystallisation
Break (30 min)
10:45 am – 11:15 am
Toshikazu Miyoshi – Chain Folding of Semicrystalline Polymers
11:15 am – 11:35 am
Wolfgang Paul – Crystallization in melts of semi-flexible hard polymer chains: An interplay of entropies and dimensions

 
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch break and posters | Leucorea

1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Session 2 | Audimax
Functional semicrystalline polymers (chair: F. Kremer)

 
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Coffee break | Leucorea

3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Session 3 | Audimax
Crystallization under external control (flow) (chair: M. Beiner)

 

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm Introductory lecture | Audimax
Partially crystalline order in biological macromolecules (chair: J. Balbach)

5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Roland Riek – Amyloids from the origin to the end of life

 

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Poster session and snack buffet | Leucorea

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Presentation of posters with odd number.
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Presentation of posters with even number.

The following topics will be discussed during the poster session

  • Connectivity and chain architecture as constraints for polymer crystallisation – abstracts
  • Crystallization under external control (flow, surfaces, nucleation, confinement) – abstracts
  • Functional semicrystalline polymers – abstracts
  • Partially crystalline order in biological macromolecules – abstracts

A list of all poster presentations can be found here.

 

Tuesday September 19, 2017

8:30 am – 10:30 am Session 4 | Audimax
Partially crystalline order in biological macromolecules (chair: D. Huster)

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Jochen Balbach – NMR investigations of amyloid formation
9:00 am – 9:20 am
Ulrich H.E. Hansmann – Enhanced-Sampling Simulations of Amyloids
9:20 am – 9:50 am
Peggy Cebe – Thermal Behavior of Silk Protein
9:50 am – 10:10 am
Markus Anton – The functional role of nanocrystals in native and artificial spider silk

 
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee break | Leucorea

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Session 5a | Audimax
Crystallization under external control (surfaces and nucleation) (chair: W. Paul)

 
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch break and posters | Leucorea

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Session 5b | Audimax
Crystallization under external control (surfaces and nucleation) (chair: )

 
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee break | Leucorea

3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Excursions or free time

6:00 pm – 7:45 pm Dinner and discussion | Luther-Hotel

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Poster session | Leucorea

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Presentation of posters with label A.
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Presentation of posters with label B.

The following topics will be discussed during the poster session:

  • Connectivity and chain architecture as constraints for polymer crystallisation – abstracts
  • Crystallization under external control (flow, surfaces, nucleation, confinement) – abstracts
  • Functional semicrystalline polymers – abstracts
  • Partially crystalline order in biological macromolecules – abstracts

A list of all poster presentations can be found here.

 

Wednesday September 20, 2017

 
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee break | Leucorea

10:30 am – 12:30 pm Session 7 | Audimax
Connectivity and chain architecture as constraints for polymer crystallization and aggregation (chair: K. Saalwächter)

10:30 am – 11:00 am
Tuomas Knowles – Nucleation processes in protein aggregation
11:00 am – 11:20 am
Pengju Pan – Crystallization of Supramolecular Polymers Linked by Multiple Hydrogen Bonds
11:20 am – 11:50 am
Yongfeng Men – Polymorphs Selection in Random Copolymers
11:50 am – 12:20 am
Dario Cavallo – Rheology of self-nucleated poly(ε-caprolactone) melts

 
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm Closing

12:45 pm End of conference and lunch | Leucorea