Organized by

                                    Laboratories for Radiation & Polymer Sciences,

                          Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

 

 

                                        Key Note Lecturers

Lecturer

Titles of the lectures

Paul R. Minbiole

 

General Manager

E-Beam Services Inc.

2775 Henkle Drive

45036, Lebanon, Ohio, USA

 

 

Innovation in industrial irradiation: How a service contractor can contribute to the development of new polymer applications

 

 

Prof. Dr. Mag. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

 

FRSC Ordinarius (Chair) for Physical Chemistry,

Director of Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS)

Johannes Kepler University

of Linz,

Altenbergerstr. 69 A-4040

Linz,

AUSTRIA

 

 

 

 

Organic 'Plastic' optoelectronic devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invited Lecturers

 

Lecturer

 

Titles of the lectures

 

Dr. Selmiye Alkan Gürsel

 

Paul Scherrer Institut
General Energy

CH-5232 Villigen,
Switzerland

 

 

 

Polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells by radiation-induced grafting: State of the art at Paul Scherrer Institute

 

Dr. Roberto Benson

 

University of Tennessee,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
TN 37996-2200, USA

 

 

Effect of the radiation component of

space environment on materials and nanomaterials

 

 

Dr. Roger Clough

 

Sandia National Laboratories

Organic Materials Division

(Org 1811)

Mail Stop 0888  NM-87185

Albuquerque  

USA

 

 

 

Radiation oxidation mechanisms in polyolefins, studied by C-13 isotopic labeling

 

Prof. Vladimir Feldman

 

Head of Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry,

Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University,

Moscow 119992

RUSSIA

 

 

 

Long-range electron effects upon irradiation of molecular solids and polymers

 

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Haji-Saeid

 

Section Head,
Industrial Applications and Chemistry Section
IAEA
Wagramerstrasse 5,
A-1400, Vienna,

Austria

 

 

 

The role of IAEA in coordinating research and transferring of technology in radiation chemistry and processing of polymers

 

Dr. Orhun K. Muratoglu

 

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

Massachusetts General Hospital,

55 Fruit Street,

GRJ 1206 Boston

MA 02114 

USA

 

 

 

Radiation chemistry of polyethylenes for total joint applications

 

Prof. Giuseppe R. Palmese

 

Professor and Head

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Drexel University

3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

USA

 

 

 

Control of polymer nanostructure and functionality via radiation grafting

 

Prof. Glyn O. Phillips,

Dr. S. Al-Assaf 

 

Chairman, Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Ltd
2 Plymouth Drive, Radyr
Cardiff CF15 8BL,

UK

 

 

 

 

Application of ionizing radiation to produce new polysaccharides with enhanced functionalities

 

Prof. Seiichi Tagawa

 

The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047,

JAPAN
 

 

 

Application of ionizing radiation on polymer materials for EB/EUV nanolithographies and ion beam-induced nanowire formation

 

Prof. John Kerry Thomas

 

University of Notre-Dame
Chemistry
Stepan Chem. Hall
IN 46556-5670
Notre-Dame

USA
 

 

 

Fundamental aspects of the radiolysis of solid polymers, crosslinking and degradation

 

Dr. David V. Vroom


Palo Alto Ca. 94303

USA

 

 

Innovative applications in radiation processing

 

Dr. Michael R. Wertheimer

 

Professor Emeritus Dept. of Engineering Physics

Ecole Polytechnique

P.O. Box 6079, Station

"Centre-Ville"

Montreal, Quebec H3C 3A7, CANADA

 

 

 

VUV processing of polymers: Surface modification and deposition of organic thin films
 

 

Dr. Masayuki Yamato

 

 

Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and ScienceTokyo Women's Medical University8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku,

Tokyo 162-8666

JAPAN

 

 

 

 

Cell sheet engineering: A clinical application of electron beam  irradiation