Programme

The conference programme is structured into 4 oral contribution sessions with 4 talks each and 2 poster sessions. Each oral contribution will be 45 minutes including 5-10 minutes for questions.

• Dor Ben-Amotz, Purdue University, USA

Quantifying the Influence of Salts on Nonionic Surfactant Chemical Potentials and Micelle Formation

• Swaminath Bharadwaj, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

A Cosolvent Surfactant Mechanism Affects Polymer Collapse in Miscible Good Solvents

• Ester Chiessi, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Insights on Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Coil-to-Globule Transition in Aqueous Environments by Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation

• Paul S. Cremer, Penn State University, USA

Non-Additive Effects of Electrolytes on Polymer Solubility in Aqueous Solutions

• Christina Geiger, Technische Universität München, Germany

Swelling and Co-nonsolvency-induced Contraction of Thin PMMA-b-PNIPAM Films in Mixed Water/Methanol Vapor

• Jan Heyda, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Thermodynamics of Salt Effects on NIPAM and pNIPAM

• Matej Kanduč, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

How the Shape and Chemistry of Molecular Penetrants Control the Permeability of Responsive Hydrogels

• Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Smart Responsive Polymers: A Computational View

• André Laschewsky, Universität Potsdam, Germany

Switching the Self-assembly of Zwitterionic Polymers by Adding Salts: A Great Puzzle?

• Jagannath Mondal, TIFR Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, India

Unifying the Mechanisms of Protein-Stabilising Osmolytes

• Divya Nayar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Molecular Origin of Urea-driven Hydrophobic Collapse and Unfolding of Polyacrylamides

• Walter Richtering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Swelling of Microgels with Different Architecture in „Simple“ Solvent Solutions: Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Behaviors

• Alfons Schulte, University of Central Florida, USA

Dynamics in Aqueous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Solutions with a Methanol Cosolvent

• Jens-Uwe Sommer, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany

Type-II Phase Transitions of Polymers in Competing Solvents: Theoretical Aspects of Co-Nonsolvency

• Regine von Klitzing, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Microgels Under Alcoholic Intoxication

• Pho T. Bui, Penn State University, USA

Specific Cation Effects on the Nonadditive Behavior of Iodide/Sulfate Mixtures

• Chia-Hsin Ko, Technische Universität München, Germany

Thermal Behavior and Co-nonsolvency Effect of Thermoresponsive Poly(methyl methacrylate)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Diblock Copolymers in Aqueous Solution and Water/Methanol Mixtures

• Lucas P. Kreuzer, Technische Universität München, Germany

Co-nonsolvency-type Behavior of Poly(sulfobetaine) and Poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) Thin Films in Water/Methanol Vapor

• Jakub Polák, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

NiPAM – salt interactions in aqueous solutions

• Julija Reitenbach, Technische Universität München, Germany

Co-nonsolvency Induced Collapse Transition in Thin PMMA-b-PNIPMAM Films

• Yosra Toumia, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Responsivity of PNIPAAm microgels with distinct morphologies to temperature and osmotic stress stimuli

• Denis Zadražil, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Prominent pathways of hydrophobic polymer collapse

• Yani Zhao, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Proline Isomerization Regulates the Phase Behavior of Elastin-like Polypeptides in Water