Workshop: Electroactive nanocarbon filled polymers/ components

This workshop in Gothenburg on 8 December intends to further explore the various possibilities to prepare polymer nanocarbon composites, the resulting properties, and the integration into functional devices.

For more information and registration, please go to:
https://www.chalmers.se/mmt/EN/news-summary/workshop-electroactive

Location: Chalmersska huset, Södra Hamngatan 11, Gothenburg

Deadline for registration is 2011-11-30.

Programme

Chair: Mikael Rigdahl and Rodney Rychwalski

8.00-8.30 Registration and coffee

8:30-8:40 Mikael Rigdahl
Welcome. Introduction.

8:40-9:00 Rodney Rychwalski
Nanocarbon polymer composites

9:00-9:20 Mikael Fogelström
Graphene - from academic discovery to applications

9:20-9:40 Christer Svanberg/Takashi Mitsuo
Nanotechnology in semiconductive materials for power cable applications: present and trends

9:40-10:00 Elsebeth Schröder
Graphene, nanotubes and molecules: atomic-scale calculations of structure and binding

10:00-10:30 Coffee and bun

10:30-10:50 Kim Bolton
Simulations of PVDF and polymer/carbon nanotube composites

10:50-11:10 Bengt Hagström
Functional textile fibres from polymer nanocomposites

11:10-11:30 Anatoly Vannikov
Photorefractive and photoelectric properties of polymer-CNT composites

11:30– 12: 40 Lunch (buffé)

12:40-13:00 Mikael Skrifvars
Conductive textile fibres and yarns - some concepts and strategies

13:00-13:20 Martin Strååt
Melt-spinning of textile fibers containing high amounts of nanocarbon fillers

13:20-13:40 Anja Lund
Piezoelectric polymer fibres

13:40-14:10 Coffee and cake

14.10-14.30 Stanislaw Gubanski
Solid insulating nanocomposites for electric power applications

14:30-14:50 Henrik Persson
Incorporation of graphene in polystyrene: elongational flow mixing and solvent dispersion

14:50-15:10 Erik Nilsson
Electrical conductivity of immiscible polymer blends with carbon black

15:10 –15:30 Ignacy Jakubowicz
Determination of potential risks for release of nanoparticles from PDVF and PP/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites