Project Meeting & Mid-Term Check

Date : Monday 6^th of May – Tuesday 7^th of May 2019

Venue : DTU - Technical University of Denmark - Anker Engelunds Vej 1 - 2800 Kgs. Lyngby - Denmark

Building 202 – Room : R1005

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Agenda

6^th of May 2019

Project Meeting

9.00   – 10.00              Lecture by Zuowei Wang (University of Reading, UK)

Introduction to Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Elongational Behavior of Polymeric Systems Zuowei Wang

10.00 – 10.30              Coffee break

Synthesis and Dynamics of reversible polymer networks based on sticky chains

10.30 – 11.00             Rheological and mechanical properties of polystyrene with hydrogen bonding and ionic bonding, Wendi Wang (DTU)

11.00 – 11.30              Rheological study of linear copolymer and dual crosslinks system, Consiglia Carillo (FORTH)

11.30 – 12.00              Design and Characterization of Novel Double Dynamic Networks (DDNs) Based on Reversible Covalent Bonds, Larissa Hammer (ESPCI)

12.00 – 12.30              Synthesis and dynamics of model supramolecular polymer networks, Clément Coutouly (UCLouvain)

12.30 – 13.00              Modeling the sticky Rouse model with periodic boundary conditions, Hongwei Liu (UN)

 

13.00 – 14.00              Lunch break

Mid-Term Check

14.00 – 14.05               Introduction: Short introduction by the REA Project Officer and the Project Coordinator on the purpose of the meeting.

14.05 - 14.20               Tour de table: All scientists-in-charge should briefly present their research team and describe their role within the network.

Introduction of the Partner Organisations

14.20 - 14.40               REA Project officer presentation: presentation on the monitoring of project implementation, reporting and purpose of the mid-term check

14.40 – 15.20              Coordinator's report: Presentation of the Network and the progress covering the following aspects:

Management

• Recruitment report;
• Deliverables;
• Milestones;
• Ethical issues, if applicable;
• Management meetings (activities of the Supervisory board, etc.);
• Financial aspects (if necessary);
• Critical implementation risks and mitigation actions;
• Any proposed re-orientations of the networks’ activities.
• Document management and Open Research Data, if applicable

15.20– 15.45               Coffee break

15.45– 17.00               Fellows' individual presentation: Every fellow funded by the project will present herself/himself, his background and present his/her individual research project (foreseen research, training, secondments, etc.). Scientific results are not expected in the presentations at this stage of the project (5 min per ESR)

ESR 1 : Clement Coutouly Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 2 : Rowanne Lyons Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 3 : Larissa Hammer Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 4 : Stefania Traettino Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 5 : Christina Pyromali Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 6 : Wendi Wang Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 7 : Carole Ann Charles Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 8 : Consiglia Carillo Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 9 : Simone Sbrescia Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 10 : Paola Nicolella Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 11 : Hongwei Liu Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 12 : Yanzhao Li Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

ESR 13 : Jianzhu Ju Mid-Term Check presentation 2019

Project Meeting

Structure and Mechanical properties of elastomers

17.00 – 17.30           Diffusing wave spectroscopy in elastomer fracture, Jianzhu Ju (ESPCI)

17.30 – 18.00           Soft Thermoplastic Elastomer: influence of composition and molecular weight on mechanical properties, Simone Sbrescia (DSM/UCLouvain)

 

 

7^th of May 2019

Venue : DTU – Room : Lounge in Building 229 -For Restricted sessions: Building 229 - Room 009

Mid-Term Check

09.00 – 10.30              Restricted session with the fellows (only Project Officer and all the ESR)

                                     Governing Board Meeting (members of the Governing Board)

10.30 – 10.45              Restricted session (Meeting between the coordinator and Project Officer to discuss any issue)

10.45  – 11.15             Coffee break

11.15  – 12.00             Feedback and open discussion: Feedback from the REA Project Officer on the output of the network so far, on possible training areas for future exploitation or the impact on fellows' future careers development (all members of the network)

12.00  – 13.00             Lunch break

Project Meeting

13.00 –  13.30            Synthesis and dynamics of double networks based on slide-ring materials, Rowanne Lyons (UCLouvain)

Structure and Dynamics of metallo-supramolecular star polymers

13.30 –  14.00            Structure and diffusion in DDNs at the nano- to micro- scale, Paola Nicolella (UM)

14.00  – 14.30            Non Linear Viscoelastic Response Of Metallo-Supramolecular polymeric networks (in melt state), Christina Pyromali (FORTH)

14.30  – 15.00            Blend two metal-ligand crosslinks with distinct relaxation modes in telechelic star polymer, Yanzhao Li (UCLouvain)

15.00  – 15.30            Coffee break

Reversible gels and microgels

15.30 – 16.00            Elasto-capillary effect in double dynamic networks, Carole-Ann Charles (CNRS Montpellier)

16.00 – 16.30          Repulsive vs associative microgels, Stefania Traettino (ESPCI)

16.30 – 17.00            Question and answer session and wrap-up (E. van Ruymbeke, UCLouvain)