Topic: Hydrogels – characterization and applications

12:50 Invited speaker: Professor Erika Eiser, Department of Physics, NTNU, Norway
"Characterizing hydrogel formation of triple-helical polysaccharide crosslinked via chitosan using microrheology"

13:30 Towards Next-Generation Wearable Haptics: Soft Actuator/Sensor Interfaces Enabled by Functionalized PVC Gels
- Kim, Korea University of Technology and Education

13:50 Novel opportunities to control bio-printing
- Schubert, University Erlangen Nürnberg, Institute of Polymer Materials, Germany

14:10 Viscoelastic relaxation of monodisperse Ca-alginate microgel beads via constriction in microfluidic devices
- Kjellevold-Skallerud, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

14:30 Microgels adapt to anionic guest molecules – From nano-ions to amphiphiles
- Simons, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

14:50 How does ultrasound irradiation affect nanoparticle transport in hydrogels?
- Blanco, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Topic: Polymers in solution and condensates

15:40 Invited speaker: Associate Professor Maria Sammalkorpi, Aalto University, Finland
"Toward designing of biomacromolecular materials via computational modelling and phase diagrams"

16:20 Understanding flash nanoprecipitation of polymer particles through multi-scale modelling
- Biswas, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

16:40 Solvent-control for glass transition of polyelectrolyte complexes
- Tolmachev, Aalto University, Finland

17:00 Stability and rheology of telechelic polymer stabilized oil-in-water emulsions
- Mani, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

17:20 Influence of End Groups on the Aggregation of Polymers: A Neutron Scattering Study
- Garthe, University Düsseldorf, Germany