Mon, Oct 4, 2021

09:00 – 10:40

PAT – Session 4: Polymers with super properties #1

Chair: Moshe Kol, Tel Aviv University

Yachin Cohen
Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Cellulose solutions and emulsions: From polymer physics to micro-bioreactors

Charles Diesendruck
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Highly stretchable plastics: Effects of folding polymer chains

Roy Shenhar, Ofer Burg
Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Block copolymer-templated fabrication of periodic nanowire arrays with alternating compositions

Yuval Vidavsky, Meredith Silberstein
Space Environment Department, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
Enabling stress-free polymer 3D printing

10:40 – 11:10

Coffee Break

11:10 – 12:40

PAT – Session 5: Polymers with super properties #2

Chair: Charles Eliezer Diesendruck, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Moshe Kol
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Poly(lactic acid): New catalysts, processes and materials

Arkadi Vigalok
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fluorescent probes based on tubular conjugated polymers

Naum Naveh
Polymer Materials Engineering, Shenkar Engineering. Design. Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Vitrimers in a nutshell – thermoplastic and thermoset dual behavior, a win-win situation?

Karthik Ananth Mani, Guy Mechrez
Department of Food Science, Institute of Postharvest and Food Science, Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel
Fabrication of durable superhydrophobic coatings based on novel architecture obtained by Pickering emulsion templating

12:50 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 16:20

PAT – Session 6: Self-assembly in polymers

Chair: Naum Naveh, Shenkar Engineering. Design. Art, Israel

Dganit Danino1, Michal Bachar1, Tanya Turovsky1, Yechezkel Barenholz3, Alejandro Sosnik2, Prakram Chauhan1
1Cryoem Lab of Soft Matter, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2Materials Science and Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Beta-casein micellar nanocarriers for oral drug delivery

Yitzahk Mastai
Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Chiral polymeric micro and nanoparticles: Synthesis and applications.

Patrick Martin, Gleb Vasilyev, Eyal Zussman
NanoEngineering Group, Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Polyelectrolyte complex sponges with pH responsiveness

Ulyana Shimanovich
Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Self-Assembled protein biomaterials

Ayala Lampel
Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Melanin-like materials formed in artificial organelles

16:20 – 16:45

Coffee Break

16:45 – 19:15

PAT – Session 7: Special VIRTUAL sessions for PAT delegates

Chair: Dganit Danino, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Anthony Weiss1,2,3
1Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
3Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tropoelastin and enhanced wound repair (VIRTUAL)

Monika Gosecka1, Piotr Ziemczonek1, Mateusz Gosecki1, Anna Janaszewska2, Monika Marcinkowska2, Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz2
1Polymer Division, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
2Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Self-healable and injectable hydrogel platforms for the gynaecological therapies constructed on star-shaped poly(furfuryl glycidyl ether)-block-poly(glyceryl glycerol ether) as an efficient agent for nifuratel solubility enhancement (VIRTUAL)

João F. Mano
., University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Macromolecular design of natural-based hydrogels for 3D cell culture (VIRTUAL)

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
ATRP for advanced technology polymers (VIRTUAL)

Dogic Zvonimir
., UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Shaping fluid membranes by controlling their gaussian modulus (VIRTUAL)

Ravikumar Majeti Majeti
., The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Making a polyesters` difference to oral drug delivery (VIRTUAL)

19:15 – 20:30

Dinner