Scope

IRaP symposia were initiated with the aim of i) bringing together scientists from research centers, universities and industries involved in radiation polymer science, ii) providing a forum to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and information in this interdisciplinary field and iii) promoting the innovative industrial applications. The series of IRaP symposia have therefore had the particular characteristic of being exclusively dedicated to the effects of ionizing radiation on polymers. Within the context of IRaP symposia ionizing radiation comprises electromagnetic and corpuscular radiations such as gamma rays, accelerated electron beams, heavy ions, X-rays, deep uv and plasma.

Every two years radiation chemists, physicists, polymer chemists and physicists, chemists, physicists, biologists, nuclear and materials engineers working with gamma sources, electron accelerators, X-ray generators, synchrotrons from academia, research institutes and industry meet at the IRaP symposium around the topic of "ionizing radiation and polymers". Despite very specific scope of the meeting every IRaP symposium attracts about 150 scientists from more than 20 countries all over the world giving it a truly international character. Like every international meeting the scientific programme of IRaP is composed of keynote lectures, invited talks and contributed papers in the form of oral or poster presentations. The established IRaP tradition of organizing single sessions helps to bring all the participants together in one room for fruitful discussions, exchange of ideas and information in a very stimulating and lively atmosphere.