The fourth Functional Polymeric Materials (FPM) series will bring together leaders in polymers and polymeric materials from around the world to describe their most recent and cutting edge discoveries.

The aim of the conference is to capture the multidisciplinary nature of polymer chemistry with topics spanning "basic synthesis and methodology" to "nanoscale and bioinspired materials".

Target Audience

This conference will appeal to academics, students, postdoctoral research associates, industrial scientists and leaders, governmental researchers and those currently involved in the development of polymeric material applications to address the most critical needs in areas such as medicine, energy and sustainability.

Key Sessions

-stimuli-responsive materials
- stimuli-responsive soft matter
- stimuli-responsive hybrid/composite materials
- biomolecular self-assembly
- bioinspired materials
- polymerization catalysis or polymer-modified catalysts
- synthetic methodology
- catalytic self-assembly
- activated catalysis at surfaces and interfaces
- nanoparticle assemblies
- multi-component systems
- organized assemblies
- self-replicating molecular systems
- self-sorting molecular systems
- enzyme responsive materials
- non-equlibrium self-assembly
- translational applications in biomedicine
- translational applications in detection systems
- translational applications in nanotechnology

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Grants Available

9 x $500 grants available to attend the conference, these are available first come first served basis. To apply please email your abstact for either oral or poster presentation to Meredith@fusion-conferences.com by Thursday 26^th April 2018.

Student Offer

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity for students! Register an academic at the earlybird rate of $1,823 and bring a student for only $850. Unfortunately, Postdocs are not eligible. Both registration packages include; accommodation for the 05, 06, 07 June 2018 (on a shared basis for students) and a 24hour all-inclusive food and beverage package for the conference period. Once registered, please contact Meredith Willmott (Meredith@fusion-conferences.com) to obtain a special registration link for your student.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Matthew Becker (The University of Akron)
HOW NEW MATERIALS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ARE CHANGING MEDICINE

Coray Colina (University of Florida)

William Dichtel (Northwestern University)

Eva Harth (University of Houston)

Christine Luscombe (University of Washington)
DESIGNING HIGH DUCTILITY POLYMERS FOR STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS

Rachel O'Reilly (University of Birmingham)
TEMPLATION IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS

Stuart Rowan (University of Chicago)
SYNTHESIS OF POLY[N]CATENANES

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Bryan Boudouris (Purdue University)
THE NANOSCALE FEATURES THAT ALLOW NON-CONJUGATED RADICAL POLYMER GLASSES TO ACHIEVE HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY VALUES

Adam Braunschweig (CUNY Advanced Science Research Center)
COMBINATORIAL DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLE-RYLENE OPTOELECTRONIC SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMER FILMS 

Erik Berda (University of New Hampshire)
FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS FROM SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS

Blair Brettmann (Georgia Institute of Technology)
ENCAPSULATION OF HIGH LOADINGS OF MICROPARTICLES DURING ELECTROSPINNING

Anthony Convertine (University of Washington)
POLYMERIZABLE PRODRUG MONOMERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Kamil Godula (University of California, San Diego)

Melissa Grunlan (Texas A&M University)
AMPHIPHILIC SILICONES WITH BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTI-FOULING BEHAVIOR

Will Gutekunst (Georgia Institute of Technology)
NEW CHEMISTRY FOR LIVING RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION

Padma Gopalan (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
ULTRA-THIN COATINGS FOR GROWTH OF HIGH DENSITY POLYMER BRUSHES

Arthi Jayaraman (University of Delaware)
UNDERSTANDING EFFECT OF POLYMER ARCHITECTURE ON STRUCTURE AND THERMODYNAMICS IN POLYMER SOLUTIONS USING THEORY AND SIMULATIONS

Julia Kalow (Northwestern University)
REACTIVITY-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN PHOTOCONTROLLED POLYMER NETWORKS

Rebekka Klausen (Johns Hopkins University)
A BN AROMATIC VINYL MONOMER FOR FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS 

LaShanda Korley (University of Delaware)
MANIPULATING PHASE INTERACTIONS AND MECHANICS IN SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS

Frank Leibfarth (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
STEREOCONTROLLED CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL ETHERS THROUGH ASYMMETRIC ION-PAIRING CATALYSIS

Nathaniel Lynd (The University of Texas at Austin)
CATALYSIS FOR RAPID AND FACILE LIVING POLYMERIZATION OF EPOXIDES TO FUNCTIONAL POLYETHERS

John Matson (Virginia Tech)
NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC NANOSTRUCTURES: TAPERED (CONE-SHAPED) BOTTLEBRUSH POLYMERS BY SEQUENTIAL-ADDITION OF MACROMONOMERS RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION (SAM-ROMP)

Dawanne Poree (U.S. Army Research Laboratory)
FUNCTIONAL CHEMISTRIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION WARFIGHTER

Megan Robertson (University of Houston)
DISPERSITY-ENHANCED RESPONSIVE PROPERTIES IN POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES

Timothy Scott (University Of Michigan)
SEQUENCE-DIRECTED ASSEMBLY OF DYNAMIC COVALENT OLIGO(PEPTOID)S

Mihaela Stefan (University of Texas at Dallas)
FUNCTIONAL POLYCAPROLACTONES FOR DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS

Nick Tsarevsky (Southern Methodist University)
APPLICATIONS OF HYPERVALENT IODINE(III) COMPOUNDS IN POLYMER SYNTHESIS

Marek Urban (Clemson University)

Adam Veige (University of Florida)
WATER SOLUBLE, PH RESPONSIVE, CONJUGATED, TRANSPARENT, AND INDUSTRIALLY RELEVANT CYCLIC POLYMERS