International GPC Symposium 2000
Techniques for the Characterization of Polymers
and Related Materials
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
AGENDA
Sunday Through Wednesday, October 22 - 25,
2000
The Technical Program will focus on the
characterization of polymers and related materials by separation
techniques. Topics covered include organic GPC at both room temperature
and high temperature as well as aqueous GPC.
Sunday, October
22
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Registration and Welcoming Reception
Monday, October
23
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration
7:30 – 8:20 a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 a.m.
Welcoming
Remarks
Session 1:
Advanced Detection (Viscometry, LS, TREF, CRYSTAF,
etc.)
Moderator: Dr. Thomas H. Mourey,
Eastman Kodak Company
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
"Branching
Topography in Polyethylenes from a Chain-Walking Catalyst"
Patricia M.
Cotts*, DuPont CR&D
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
"Branching
Calculation in Polymers with Multidetector Size Exclusion
Chromatography"
Yefim Brun*, Rick Nielson, Waters
Corporation
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
"Quantitative
Analysis of Star Branched Polymers by Multi-Detector SEC"
Stephen T.
Balke*, University of Toronto
Thomas H. Mourey, Eastman Kodak
Company
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
"A
High-Precision Hybrid TRISEC and 3D-TREF Approach to Polyolefin
Characterization"
Wallace W. Yau*, David Gillespie, Chevron Chemical
Company LLC
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
"Molecular
Characterization of Polymeric Biodegradable Drug Carriers of a New Family
of Amphoteric Poly(amido-amine)s"
Raniero Mendichi* and Alberto
Giacometti Schieroni, Istituto di Chimica delle Macromolecole
(CNR)
11:30 – 12:00 noon
"On
the Accurate Measurement of Solution and Melt Viscosity of Condensation
Polymers"
David E. Niehaus*, M. T. Pottiger, and R. S. Swingle, DuPont
CR&D
12:00 noon – 1:00
p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Poster
Session (Authors present)
Session 1: Advanced
Detection (continued)
Moderator: Dr. Patricia M. Cotts, DuPont
CR&D
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
"A
Critical Evaluation of Data Handling for Low Molecular Weight Species: GPC
and TREF Considerations"
David Gillespie*, Wallace W. Yau, Chevron
Chemical Company LLC
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
"Combination
of CRYSTAF and TREF with Mass Detector and Viscometry for the
Characterization of Polyolefin Copolymers"
B. Monrabal*, A. Ortin, P.
del Hierro, L. Romano, PolymerCHAR
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
"Dynamic
Light Scattering of Chromatographic Separations"
Steven Trainoff*,
Wyatt Technology Corporation
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
"The
Structural Analysis of Polymers Using the Concept of Radius of Gyration,
Hydrodynamic Radius & Molecular Weight Analysis Combined with Size
Exclusion Chromatography"
Trevor Havard*, Todd Bartlett, Precision
Detectors
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
"Investigation
of Separation of Branched Polymers by Size Exclusion Chromatography and
Thermal FFF Coupled with a Multi-Angle Light Scattering
Detector"
Stepan Podzimek*, SYNPO
Tomas Vlcek, University of
Pardubice, Czech Republic
Christoff Johann, Wyatt Technology
Deutschland
Monday Evening
Free
Time
Tuesday, October
24
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
Session 2: Mass
Spectrometry, Field Flow Fractionation
Moderator: Dr. William Long, Montell
Polyolefins
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
"Towards
Understanding the Limitations of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the
Analysis of Wide Polydisperse Polymers"
H.C. Michelle Byrd*, University
of Delaware
P.M. Peacock and C.N. McEwen, E.I. du Pont de Nemours
Company, Inc.
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
"Combining
Thermal FFF and MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry for Polymer Analysis"
S.
Kim Ratanathanawongs Williams and Galina E. Kassalainen*
Colorado
School of Mines
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
"Characterization
of Polyesters by Gradient Polymer Elution Chromatography and Electrospray
Ionization Mass Spectrometry"
Paul J.C.H. Cools*, TNO Chemistry, Dutch
Institute for Applied Research
F. A. Buijtenhuijs, M. W. F. Nielen,
Akzo Nobel Chemicals Research Arnhem
B. Klumperman, A. L. German,
Eindhoven University of Technology
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning
Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
"Computer
Simulation of Polymer Characterization by Combined Size Exclusion
Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry"
Christian Jackson*, DuPont
Performance Coatings
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
"Breaking
the Solvent Barrier: The Use of Organic Solvents in Flow FFF and Aqueous
Solvents in Thermal FFF
M. N. Myers, Y. Jiang, M. E. Miller, and M. E.
Hansen*,
FFFractionation
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
"fFals
in the Characterization of Biopharmaceutical Products"
Bryan Dansart,
Greg Cauchon*, and Janice M. Davis,
Amgen Analytical
R&D
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Poster
Session (Authors need not be present)
Session 3: Gradient HPLC,
FTIR
Moderator: Dr. James Lesec,
University of Paris
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
"Quantitative
Chemical Composition Distribution Analysis of Copolymers by
GPEC"
Shyhchang Huang*, B. F. Goodrich
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
"Characterization
of Crude Residues and Their Corresponding Cracked Products by Means of
Size Exclusion Chromatography and Gradient Polymer Elution Chromatography
Combined with Spectroscopic Techniques"
Thomas Hankemeier*, P.J.C.H.
Cools, A.C. Tas, TNO Chemistry, Dutch Institute for Applied Research and
K. Tjessem, TNW
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
"Determination
of Ethylene Content in Ethylene-Propylene Copolymers by GPC-FTIR"
James
N. Willis* and Stacy S. Powers, Lab Connections
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Dinner and
Entertainment
Wednesday, October
25
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
Session 4: Miscellaneous
Applications, Column Technology, etc.
Moderator: Dr. Wallace W. Yau, Chevron Chemical Company LLC
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
"Predicting
HDPE Melt Index and Molecular Weight Distribution from Gel Permeation
Chromatography Data
W. G. Todd and Clay Enos*, Equistar
Chemicals
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
"Measuring
Molecular Weight by Analyzing Individual Polymer Chains"
Daniel A.
Saucy*, Rohm and Haas Co., Juan de la Mora, Yale
University
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
"Phase
Fluctuation Chromatography for Preparative Separation of
Copolymers"
Iwao Teraoka* and Haifeng Zheng, Polytechnic
University
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
"GPC
Characterization of Polyamides: A Comparative Study Between High
Temperature and Low Temperature Eluents"
Tuan Q. Nguyen*, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
"Column
Design and Applications of High Speed SEC Separations"
C. Dauwe, P.
Kilz*, and G. Reinhold, Polymer Standards Service
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
"High
Resolution GPC Separations of Low Molecular Weight Compounds"
E.
Meehan* and G. Saunders, Polymer Laboratories
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
"Characterization of the Polymerization of Phenol Formaldehyde
Resin Using High Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Liquid
Chromatography"
Eric W. Kendall*, Larry D. Benton and Bruce R.
Trethewey, Jr.,
Wilsonart International, Inc.
12:00 p.m.
Meeting
Adjournment
