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Report from IUPAC-Sponsored
Symposium
15th Bratislava International
Conference on Polymers: Preparation of Nonconventional Polymer Dispersions,
25-28 June 2001, Smolenice, Slovak Republic
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The conference took place at a fairy tale-looking castle of Smolenice
located about 60 km north of the Slovak capital, Bratislava. Both
the interesting venue of the conference and the well-organized scientific
and social programs added to the success of the event. The organization
was competently mastered by Dr. Ignác Capek from the Polymer
Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, with
the efficient help of his team of coworkers.
The scope of the conference covered the preparation of polymer
particles ranging from a few tens of nanometers to the millimeter
size, kinetics of particle formation, and the advanced design of
particle structure. The synthetic approaches using microemulsions,
miniemulsions, and emulsions have been discussed extensively. Specialty
products included magnetic, conducting, and colored colloids, thermosensitive
microparticles, and other objects with unique physico-chemical properties.
Applications in drug delivery and the capture of various active
species have been demonstrated. The titles of several lectures are
illustrative:
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"Kinetics and mechanism of oil/water (o/w) microemulsion
polymerization of styrene" (M. Nomura, Japan)
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"Polymer dispersions as intermediate states during
synthesis of specialty polymers" (K. Tauer, Germany)
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"ESR study on radical polymerization and its application
to microemulsion systems" (M. Kamachi, Japan)
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"Recent progress in reactive surfactants in emulsion
polymerization" (A. Guyot, France)
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"Polymerization in nanostructured media: Application
to the synthesis of associating polymers" (F. Candau, France)
The conference was organized in honor of Dr. Jaroslav Barton, the
former Director of the Polymer Institute, in appreciation of his
40 years of scientific contributions to the development of free
radical polymerization in homogeneous and heterogeneous media. On
the whole, 62 active participants from 10 countries generated a
friendly working atmosphere and presented 15 main lectures, 11 contributed
lectures, and 16 posters. The speakers were recognized experts in
the field. There is a chance that a similarly oriented meeting will
be held in about five years.
Dr. Jaroslav Stejskal
Secretary, IUPAC Commission on Structure and Properties of Commercial
Polymers IV.2
Institute of Molecular Chemistry
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
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