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The presentation times are inclusive 5 minutes for discussion during and after the talks.
Monday, October 5, 2026
8H45 - 9H00 | Opening Remarks: Günter Reiter |
Chairman: | Günter Reiter |
9H00 - 9H25
| Claudio De Rosa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Revealing the Polymers Molecular Structure from the Crystal Structure and Crystallization: From Polyolefins to Sustainable Polymers |
9H25 - 9H50
| Marco Werner, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany Crystallization of Polymer Networks under Constant Stress and Constant Strain |
9H50 - 10H10
| Jun Xu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Findings Contesting Classical Nucleation Theories |
10H10 - 10H30
| Goran Ungar, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China Polymorphic Self-Poisoning in Polymer Crystallization |
10H30 - 11H30 | Discussions and Coffee Break |
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Chairman: | Murugappan Muthukumar |
11H30 - 11H55
| Pengju Pan, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Stereocomplex Crystallization of Chiral Polyesters |
11H55 - 12H20
| Giuseppe Milano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Molecular Simulations of Polymer Crystallization: From Industrial Processing to Density Fields |
12H20 - 12H40
| Rufina G. Alamo, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA Crystallization Rate Minima in a Wide Range of Undercooling and Role of Ester-Ester Interactions on Nucleation of Long-Spaced Aliphatic Polyesters |
12H40 - 13H00
| Finizia Auriemma, University of Naples Federico II, Italy When High Stereo- And Regio-Regularity Does Not Lead to Polymer Crystallization |
13H00 - 14H30 | Lunch Break at the Conference Site |
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Chairman: | Go Matsuba |
14H30 - 14H55
| Guoming Liu, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing, China The Role of Interfacial Interaction and Diffusion on Polymer Nucleation Kinetics at Large Supercoolings |
14H55 - 15H15
| Davide Tranchida, Borouge International, Linz, Austria Cooling Rate Dependent Organization of Noncrystalline Regions in Isotactic Polypropylene |
15H15 - 15H35
| Rui Zhang, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Homogeneous Crystal Nucleation of Long-Chain Branched Poly(L-Lactic Acid) and Its Link to the Vogel Temperature |
15H35 - 16H30 | Discussions and Coffee Break |
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Chairman: | Wenbing Hu |
16H30 - 16H55
| Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Entropic Theory of Polymer Crystallization, Melting, and Melt Memory: New Concepts and Implications |
16H55 - 17H20
| Christoph Schick, University of Rostock, Germany Homogeneous Crystal Nucleation and Radial Growth Rate of Near-Critical Size Crystal Nuclei |
17H20 - 17H40
| Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Institute of the Structure of Matter, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Order Development in Polymer Surfaces by Laser Processing |
17H40 - 18H00
| Musical Interlude: Gaia Bergamaschi (Flute) and Giovanna Alessandra Prodan (Harp), Freiburg University of Musik, Germany |
19H00 | Conference Dinner |
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Chairman: | Jun Xu |
9H00 - 9H25
| Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Terra Incognita: Understanding Next-generation Polymer Semiconductors Using Fast Calorimetry |
9H25 - 9H50
| Juan Peng, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Tuning the Solution Aggregation and Thin-Film Microstructures of Conjugated Polymers for Field-Effect Transistors |
9H50 - 10H10
| Lucia Fernandez-Ballester, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, USA Generalization of Surface Freezing in P3AT Thin Films |
10H10 - 10H30
| William S. Fall, Institute Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France Will it Nucleate in Time? Towards Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of P3HT Crystallization |
10H30 - 11H30 | Discussions and Coffee Break |
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Chairman: | Thomas Thurn-Albrecht |
11H30 - 11H55
| Dario Cavallo, University of Genoa, Italy Melt Memory in Semicrystalline Polar Homo- and Copolymers |
11H55 - 12H20
| Oleksandr Dolynchuk, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Surface-Induced Ordering and Continuous Breaking of Translational Symmetry in Conjugated Polymers |
12H20 - 12H40
| Joachim Loos, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and MORPHYS, Maastricht, The Netherlands Insights on the Inside of an UHMWPE Fiber |
12H40 - 13H00
| Go Matsuba, Yamagata University, Japan Self-Organizing Structures and Liquid Crystalline Phase Behaviors of Poly(Acrylic Acid)/Poly(Docosyl Acrylate) Based Comb-Like Random Copolymers |
13H00 - 14H30 | Lunch Break at the Conference Site |
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Chairman: | Alejandro J. Müller |
14H30 - 14H55
| Kay Saalwächter, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Relations Between Chain Dynamics and Morphology in Semicrystalline Polyesters |
14H55 - 15H20
| Ricardo Pérez-Camargo, POLYMAT and University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Mixed Crystallization Modes in Random Copolymers: Emerging Crystallization Regimes Beyond Classical Classification |
15H20 - 15H40
| Zhe Ma, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China Flow-Induced Crystallization of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride)
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Chairman: | Günter Reiter |
15H40 - 16H10 | Introduction of Posters |
16H10 - ~ | Discussions and Coffee Break |
~ - 18H30 | Poster Session |
19H00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Chairman: | Tiberio A. Ezquerra |
9H00 - 9H25
| Qiang Fu, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China Polyethylene Reinforced via Formation of Shish–Kebab Crystal Structure |
9H25 - 9H50
| Rose Mary Rita Michell Uribe, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain The Influence of the Intracrystalline Chain Diffusion on the Nonlinear Mechanics of Semicrystalline Polymers |
9H50 - 10H10
| Xia Dong, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing, China External Field Induced Structural Evolution and Property Modulation of Long Chain Polyamide Elastomers |
10H10 - 10H30
| Anna Katharina Sambale, Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany In situ USAXS/WAXS Study on Structure Formation during Crystallization of Polyamide 6 under Processing-Relevant Conditions in a Custom-Built Flow Cell |
10H30 - 11H30 | Discussions and Coffee Break |
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Chairwoman: | Rufina G. Alamo |
11H30 - 11H55
| Yongfeng Men, Changchun Institute of Appl. Chemistry, CAS, China Crystallization Kinetics, Crystallization and Melting Lines of Deuterated and Hydrogenous Isotactic Polybutene-1 |
11H55 - 12H20
| Wenke Zhang, Jilin University, Changchun, China Exploring the Microscopic Structure and Chain Dynamics in Semicrystalline Polymers: A Single-Molecule Study |
12H20 - 12H40
| Aurora Nogales, Institute of the Structure of Matter, Madrid, Spain Dip-Coating Physics in Ferroelectric Polymer Thin films: Controlling Crystalline Orientation Through Flow and Evaporation |
12H40 - 13H00
| Bin Zhang, Zhengzhou University, China Selective Dissolution as a Tool for Detecting Spatial Variations in the Metastability Within Lamellar Polymer Crystals |
13H00 | Closing Comments and Farewell: G.Strobl |
~ | Farewell Lunch and Informal Discussions |