Smart Coatings conference held.Eastern Michigan University's Coatings Research Institute will present Smart Coatings 2005, February 16-18 at the Grosvenor Resort and Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista/Orlando, FL. This three-day conference will focus on advances in such areas as anti-microbial and hygienic coatings; organic nanotechnology based coatings; stimulus and response coatings; and self-assembled intelligent layers. Session 1 on smart coatings will include the following presentations: "21st century materials: Coatings that interact with their environment," Robert F. Brady, Naval Research Lab; "Technology to efficiently fabricate photonic crystal materials for controlling light transmission and chemical sensing applications," Sanford A. Asher, University of Pittsburgh; "Fouling-resistant, active Xerogel coatings doped with peroxide-activating catalysts," Michael R. Detty, SUNY; and "pH-responsive copolymer films by surface-catalyzed polymerization," G. Kane Jennings, Dongshun Bai and Brian M. Habersberger, Vanderbilt University. Session 2 on stimuli responsive coatings will include the following presentations: "Stimuli responsive smart polymer films," Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University; "Thermoset siloxane-urethane fouling release coatings," Dean C. Webster, Partha Majumdar, Abdullah Ekin and Robert Pieper, North Dakota State University North Dakota State University, at Fargo; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1890 as North Dakota Agricultural College, achieved university status in 1960. ; "Synthesis and formulation of a removable conformal coating using Diels-Alder thermally-reversible adducts," J.H. Aubert, D.R. Tallant, P.S. Sawyer and M.J. Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New ; and "Additives containing nanomaterials--paradigm shift in parquet coatings formulations," John Du and Klaus Shulte, BYK Chemie. Session 3 on antimicrobial materials and coatings will include the following presentations: "Anatase an·a·tase n. A rare blue or light yellow to brown crystalline mineral, the rarest of three forms of titanium dioxide, TiO2, used as a pigment, especially in paint. Ti[O.sub.2] nanocomposites for antimicrobial coatings," Guifen Fu, Patricia S. Vary and Chhiu-Tsu Lin, Northern Illinois University ; "Cleanability and antimicrobial efficacy of a titanium dioxide coating," Robert S. Donofrio, Robin Bechanko, Audra Bildeaux and Maryann Sanders, NSF International; "Formulation and evaluation of organic antibicrobial coatings," D.L. Clemans, S.J. Rhoades, J.J. Kendzorski, Q. Xu and J. Baghdachi, Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. ; and "Chitosan-based polymeric core-shell particles as antimicrobial agents for cotton," Pei Li, Weijun Ye, Man-Fai Leung, John Xin, Tsz-Leung Kwong and Kam-Len Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Abbreviated:PolyU or HKPU Traditional Chinese: 香港理工大學 . Session 4 on smart coatings and materials will include the following presentations: "Smart coatings for multifunctional usage," Mark D. Soucek, University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a : "Solar infrared reflective intelligent pigments for exterior applications," Kenneth Loye, Ferro Performance Pigments; "Easyclean effect by using silicone/acrylate copolymers," Janos Hajas, BYK-Chemie USA; "Antimicrobial coatings for steel products," F.A. Myers and L.R. Price, AK Coatings: and "Pressure sensing paints based on fluoroacrylic polymers doped with phosphorescent phos·pho·res·cence n. 1. Persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation. 2. Emission of light without burning or by very slow burning without appreciable heat, as from the slow oxidation of divalent divalent /di·va·lent/ (di-va´lent) bivalent; carrying a valence of two. di·va·lent adj. Bivalent. di·va osmium osmium (ŏz`mēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Os; at. no. 76; at. wt. 190.2; m.p. 3,045±30°C;; b.p. 5,027±100°C;; sp. gr. 22.57 at 20°C;; valence usually +0 to +8. complexes," Brenden Carlson and Gregory D. Phelan, University of Washington. Session 5 on smart polymers and coatings will include the following presentations: "Electroactive polymers and smart coatings for corrosion inhibition of aluminum alloys," Patrick Kinlen, Crosslink Polymer Research; "Synthesis of Si[O.sub.2]/polystyrene nanocomposite particles via miniemulsion polymerization," Sheng-Wen Zhang, Shu-Xue Zhou, Yu-Ming Weng and Li-Min Wu, Fudan University, China: "Electrically conductive polymer coatings as replacements for chromate conversion coatings," Peter Zarras, Nicole Anderson, Roxanne L. Quintana, Andre Guenther, Nicholas Prokupuk, Cindy Webber, Lawrence Baldwin, John D. Stenger-Smith and Joni M. Pentony, NAV See navigation system and navigation bar. AIR-WD: "Oxidative resistive coatings at high temperatures for iron cores," Charles A. Sizemore and Chhiu-Tsu Lin, Northern Illinois University; and "Ca[(OH).sub.2] based stimuli responsive surface coating," Bryan C.G. Glynson, Alistagen. Registration for Smart Coatings 2005 costs $800 for industry members, $400 for academe members and $150 for students. Cost for the symposium dinner, to be held at 7 p.m on Thursday, February 17, is $60. Further information on this symposium is available from Sandra Tanner (734) 487-2203. |
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