Organized by

                                    Laboratories for Radiation & Polymer Sciences,

                          Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
 

 

Main Topics

The topics to be covered during IRaP2006 will include fundamental and applied aspects of radiation effects on polymers and will be comprised of the following main titles:

  • Equipment and processing
  • Radiation chemistry and reaction kinetics
  • Electron, x-ray and gamma irradiation of natural and synthetic polymers
  • Radiation induced grafting for membrane, adsorbent and medical applications
  • Low energy swift heavy ion effects, ion track membranes
  • Plasma, UV and laser treatments, surface and thin films.
  • Crosslinking, curing
  • Hydrogels, biomaterials
  • Radiation resistance, aging and controlled degradation
  • Microlithography using synchrotron, X-ray and e-beam irradiation.
  • Radiation induced chemical processes and damage in biological macromolecules
  • Formation of nanostructures in radiation-induced chemical processes.
  • High temperature irradiation
  • Development of techniques to study the dynamics of radical ion species
  • Charge transport in macromolecules.
  • Health-care and environmental applications.