Program
1st Day (9 June)
Time Speakers Title
09:50 Opening Remarks
10:00 D.C.Bassett et al. (Reading, UK) New Contexts for Polymer Crystallization
10:30 A.Kawaguchi et al. (Shiga,Japan) Textures of Poly(ethylene oxide) on Alkali Halides: Diffusion-limited Aggregates
11:00 G.Ungar et al.          (Sheffield,UK) Chain Tilt and its Development - Evidence from Labelled Long Alkanes
11:30 T.Masuko  (Yamagata,Japan) Transcrystal of Poly(l-lactide)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
01:30 M.Tsuji et al.     (Kyoto,Japan) Lamellar and Crystalline-core Thickness of the Poly(3-oxotrimethylene) Edge-on Lamellae Crystallized Epitaxially from Solution onto Alkali Halides
02:00  B.A.Lotz      (Strasbourg, France) The Growth Front of Polymer Crystals: Selection Processes at Different Length Scales
02:30 A.Toda et al.    (Hiroshima,Japan) Three Dimensional Morphology of Polymer Crystals Forming Banded Spherulites
3:00-3:30 Coffee
03:30 J.M.Schultz  (Delaware,USA) Crystal Twisting in Spherulites: A Self-induced Field Model
04:00 J.K.Hobbs            (Bristol,UK) In-situ Atomic Force Microscopy of Polymer Crystallization
04:30 J.He                   (Beijing,China) Polymorphism Formation and Solid Phase Transition of Syndiotactic Polystyrene
6:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Poster-A
2nd  Day (10 June)
08:30 V.Mathot et al.       (Geleen, Netherlands) Metastability in Polymer Systems Studied under Extreme Conditions: High Pressure, Quasi-Isothermal Conditions and High Scanning Rates
09:00 T.Kikutani et al.  (Tokyo,Japan) Development of Stereocomplex Crystal of Polylactides in High-Speed Melt Spinning and Subsequent Drawing and Annealing Processes
09:30 M.Cakmak et al.  (Akron,USA) Details of Structural Formation Mechanisms during Stretching of L-Poly(lactic acid) Films as Revealed by Real Time Mechano-structural Measurements
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30 G.Eder                   (Linz,Austria) A Kinetic Study of Crystallization of PP under Shear and Elongation
11:00 B.S.Hsiao et al.          (NY,USA) Shear-Induced Crystallization Precursor Structures in Polymer Melt
11:30 K.Fukao et al.  (Kyoto,Japan) Structure Formation of Polymers from the Oriented Glassy States
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-6:00 Excursion
07:30 Banquet
3rd Day (11 June)
08:30 F.J.Balta-Calleja (Madrid,Spain) Density Fluctuations as Precursors of Crystallization in Polymers using Time-resolved X-ray Scattering Techniques
09:00 K.Kaji et al.          (Kyoto,Japan) Spinodal Decomposition Type Crystal Nucleation of Polymers
09:30 P.D.Olmsted            (Leeds,UK) Can Conformation-Density Coupling Influence Polymer Crystallization?
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30 H.Miyaji et al.  (Kyoto,Japan) Morphology, Growth Rate and Lamellar Thickness of Polymer Crystals
11:00 B.Wunderlich  (Knoxville,USA) Reversible Crystallization and Melting in Polymers
11:30 Y.Tanzawa  (Nagoya,Jpana) Growth Rate of Spherulites in Thin Films - Direct Evidence of Failure of Traditional Growth Theory -
12:00-1:30 Lunch
01:30 J.C.Wittmann et al. (Strasbourg,France) Polymer Nucleation via Self-Organization of Molecular Compounds
02:00 S.Z.D.Cheng          (Akron,USA) Nucleation and Crystallization Control in Polymers: Structural and Morphological Probes in Different Length and Time Scales
02:30 M.Hikosaka et al. (Hiroshima,Japan) Induction Period of Polyethylene  - DT dependence and Evidence of Nucleation -
3:00-3:30 Coffee
03:30 G.Strobl  (Freiburg,Germany) Steps in the Transition of an Entangled Polymer Melt into the Partially Crystalline State
04:00 S.Rastogi et al. (Eindhoven,Netherlands) Role of Entanglements in Polymers; A Science Fiction
04:30 A.Galeski et al.  (Lodz,Poland) Crystallization of Polymers: Entanglements, Confined Spaces and Interfaces
6:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Poster-B
4th Day (12 June)
08:30 N.Okui et al.          (Tokyo,Japan) Molecular Weight Dependence of Primary Nucleation and Crystal Growth Rates of Poly(ethylene succinate)
09:00 M.Muthukumar  (Amherst,USA) Modeling Polymer Crystallization from Solutions
09:30 T.Yamamoto  (Yamaguchi,Japan) Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polymer Crystallization from the Melt
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30 G.C.Rutledge et al.  (Cambridge,USA) Molecular Simulation of Polymer Crystallization: Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth
11:00 S.Fujiwara          (Kyoto,Japan) Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Structure Formation of a Single Polymer Chain in Solution
11:30 Closing Remarks