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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

CZECH CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Prague Meetings on Macromolecules
61st meeting – 41st microsymposium

POLYMER MEMBRANES

PRAGUE, 16 - 19 JULY 2001

SECOND CIRCULAR

INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

41st MICROSYMPOSIUM OF P.M.M.

under the auspices of the

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Organized by the

INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Address:

International Advisory Board

Microsymposium Chairman

Miroslav Bleha

Local Programme Committee

L. Brožová, V. Kůdela, V. Matoušek, Z. Pientka, J. Schauer, M. Šípek, G. Tishchenko

PROGRAMME

SCOPE

The Microsymposium will provide a forum for experts from academia and industry interested in science and technology of membrane materials, both synthetic and natural. Emphasis will be put on theoretical and experimental studies of the relations between the chemical composition, structure, and properties of polymer membranes. Special attention will be devoted to test methods for characterization of membranes and membrane processes.

TOPICS

1. Formation and characterization of membranes

2. Mechanisms of various types of transport processes

3. Application of synthetic and natural membranes

4. New membrane processes

SESSIONS

The main lectures (see p. 6) and special lectures (see p. 7) will form the backbone of the programme. The presentation time for each main lecture is 40 min, an additional 10 min is reserved for discussion. The presentation time for each special lecture is 20 min, an additional 5 min is reserved for discussion.

Two poster sessions will be arranged for presentation of an unlimited number of poster communications. Posters are to be mounted half a day preceding the corresponding poster session in order to be freely accessible to participants for preliminary inspection (see p. 9).

The panel discussion will be scheduled (see p. 6).

All sessions will be held in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2. The opening ceremony and opening lecture will take place on Monday, 16 July, in the morning.

LANGUAGE

English is the working language of the Meeting; no translation will be provided. All materials for publication must be submitted in English.

PRESENTATION FACILITIES

Blackboard, projector of 5 x 5 cm slides, overhead projector, and videoprojector (XGA) with the possibility of connecting to a notebook, to local PC (ZIP, CD, FDD 3.5) or to VHS are available for lectures and discussions (the slide projector will not function with slides thicker than 2.5 mm). Boards for mounting posters as well as pushpins and felt-tip pens are available in the poster area.

MAIN LECTURES

The following scientists have agreed to present the main lectures:

P. Aptel (France)
Recent Progress in Membrane Module Design: Mass Transfer Enhancement by Secondary Flows

A.G. Fane (Australia)
Controlling Membrane - Solute Interactions Is the Key to Successful Membrane Processing

J.A. Howell (U.K.)
Controlled Flux Behaviour of Membrane Fractionation

W.J. Koros (U.S.A.)
Gas Separation Membranes: A Combined Materials Science and Processing Approach

M.H.V. Mulder (Netherlands)
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells

J. Sarrazin (France)
Conducting Polymer Membranes

R. Wódzki (Poland)
Multimembrane Hybrid Systems: Idea, Mechanisms and Performance

Yu. P. Yampolskii (Russia)
Why Are Permselective Polymers Low-Permeable?

PANEL DISCUSSION

The Role of Polymeric Membranes in the 21st Century

Invited discussion leader: M. Wessling (Netherlands)

SPECIAL LECTURES

The following scientists have agreed to present the special lectures:

W. Albrecht, Th. Weigel, Th. Groth, R. Hilke, D. Paul (Germany)
Preparation of Bilayer Hollow Fiber Membranes

S. Alsoy, B. Özbaş (Turkey)
Modelling of Asymmetric Membrane Formation by Dry-casting Method

M.-E. Avramescu, W. Sager, M. Wessling (Netherlands)
Functionalized Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer (EVAL) Membranes for Protein Affinity Separation

M. Bleha, G.A. Tishchenko, K. Meszárosová (Czech Republic)
Polymeric Supports with Metal Ion Complexes for Separation of Biological Mixtures

L. De Bartolo, S. Morelli, E. Drioli (Italy)
The Role of Physico-chemical Properties of Polymeric Membranes and Cell Adhesion in vitro

G.K. Elyashevich, E. Yu. Rozova, G.A. Tishchenko, M. Bleha (Russia, Czech Republic)
Sorptional and Transport Properties of Microporous Polyethylene Films and Composite Membranes

A. Figoli, W.F.C. Sager, M. Wessling (Netherlands)
Polymerised Bicontinous Microemulsion (PBM) Membranes: Preparation, Characterization and Application

D. Fritsch, L. Vakhtangishvili, H.-R. Kricheldorf (Germany)
Highly Branched Sulfonated Polyethersulfones and Polyetherketones: Syntheses and Possible Application in Membrane Processes

S. Marais, Y. Hirata, Q.T. Nguyen, M. Métayer (France, Japan)
Sorption, Diffusion and Permeation Properties of Oxygen and Water Vapor in Copolymers of Ethylene and Polar Monomers

J. Meier-Haack, M. Müller (Germany)
Use of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Systems for Membrane Modification

P. Menut, H. Caquineau, A. Deratani, C. Dupuy (France)
Relations between the Elaboration Process Conditions, Microstructure and the Permeation Properties of Microcellular Poly(ether imide) Membranes

F. Piroux, E. Espuche, M. Escoubes, R. Mercier, M. Pineri (France)
Gas Transport Properties of Sulfonated Block Copolymers: Influence of the Nature of the Nonsulfonated Diamine, Copolymer Structure, and Sulfonic Group Content in Various Hydration States

K. Richau, V. Kůdela (Germany, Czech Republic)
Electrochemical Characterization of Ionically Conductive Polymer Membranes

M. Ulbricht, W. Weigel, V. Kochkodan, T.A. Sergeyeva, S.A. Piletsky (Germany, Ukraine, U.K.)
Molecularly Imprinted Affinity Membranes

P.van De Velde, F. Du Prez, E. Goethals (Belgium)
Synthesis of Novel Polyelectrolyte Complexex as Pervaporation Membranes for Separation of Aqueous Mixtures

O. van Volden, H.D. Hurwitz (Belgium)
Chemical Characterization of the Synthesis of PEHD- and ETFE-film-based Electromembranes Using IR and RAMAN Spectroscopy

I.F.J. Vankelecom, P.A. Jacobs (Belgium)
The Use of Polymeric Membranes in Catalysis

J.-F. Verchère (France)
Facilitated Transport of Carbohydrates Through a Supported Liquid Membrane Containing a Neutral Lipophilic Resorcinol-type Carrier

D.M. Wang, C.Y. Chang, T.T. Wu, J.Y. Lai (Taiwan)
Preparation and Application of Microporous TPX Membranes

A. Wolińska-Grabczyk (Poland)
Optimisation of Transport Properties of Polyurethane-based Pervaporation Membranes by Polymer Molecular Structure Design

POSTER COMMUNICATIONS

Contributions covering unpublished results related to the programme topics can be presented as posters. The number of poster communications is not limited but every poster communication is to be registered for presentation on the Registration Form; the registered poster communication is accepted if the author's participation fee has been remitted.

Boards for mounting poster materials are 120 cm high and 150 cm wide. A label (20 x 30 cm) indicating the programme number of your contribution identical with that of its summary in the Programme Booklet will be at the top of the board.

PUBLICATION OF SUMMARIES

Summaries of main and special lectures and poster communications will be published in the Programme Booklet provided that they have been registered (see General Information, p. 13) and their camera-ready texts have reached the P.M.M. Secretariat by 30 April 2001, either on diskettes or by e-mail. Please note that only files in RTF format or Microsoft Word files can be processed without difficulties. It is recommended to use file names derived from the names of participants. You may also send hard copies of summaries but not their facsimiles.

The P.M.M. Secretariat will confirm the receipt of the summary of a registered poster communication. On the other hand, non-registered summaries will be neither confirmed nor published or returned.

Summaries, except for their headings, will be printed without editing.

Preparation of summaries

Summaries should not exceed one page of the A4 size. Please keep the following typing specifications (for a sample, see the enclosure at the end of the Circular, or on this server in formats: RTF, MS Word 97 template, MS Word 95 document): width 180 mm, maximum length 220 mm, sufficiently big lettering (2.0-2.5 mm, Times New Roman 15 points as an optimum), single spacing, except where additional space is required for mathematical expressions, chemical equations, or schemes. The left margin should be 15 mm; the summary must start 40 mm from the top of the paper to leave space for the programme number. The heading of each summary should consist of the title of the contribution (in black capital letters), author's (authors') name(s) (in capital letters), and address(es) (department or laboratory, institution, street, city, province or state, postal code, country, e-mail); the heading (all lines) should not be indented or centred. Figures can be drawn (or their photographs fixed) directly on the sheet; half-tone reproductions are excluded. Figure captions should be positioned below the figures; the size of letters and numbers (including sub- and superscripts) should be between 4 and 5 mm.

If you are submitting a hard copy, please note that it is to be typed on sheets (A4 size) of heavy paper. If a laser or jet printer is not available, use an electric typewriter (lettering 2.0 mm as a minimum) with plastic carbon ribbon and correct all errors carefully using a correction ribbon or fluid.

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

Both main lectures and special lectures will be published in a special volume of Macromolecular Symposia. Their authors are asked to send the manuscripts to the Conference Editor, Dr J. Kahovec, at the P.M.M. Secretariat, by 30 June 2001 (the receipt will be confirmed).

A maximum of 15 pages is allowed for main lecture and special lecture papers. As the papers are published in camera-ready form, the manuscripts should be typed on special laysheets, which will be sent to the authors, along with instructions and sample pages, by the Editorial Office of Macromolecular Symposia. A diskette with the text of the paper including figures should accompany the hard copy of the manuscript (if possible, not a Macintosh file).

A possibility of publishing full papers based on poster communications in the field of fundamental research in Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications (monthly in English) is offered provided that the manuscripts are set up according to the instructions for authors (available on request) and sent directly to the Editorial Office (address: Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10  Praha 6, Czech Republic; phone/fax +420-2-311 12 71, E-mail cccc@uochb.cas.cz. The accepted papers are published within three months.

SOCIAL  EVENTS

WELCOME RECEPTION

Sunday, 15 July, 19:00 - 21:00

An informal get-together party with cold dishes in the Komenský hall of residence (Praha 6, Parléřova 6).

Complimentary for all registered participants.

EXCURSION WITH INFORMAL DINNER

Wednesday, 18 July, 14:00 - 23:00

Visit to one of the historic castles or towns near Prague, followed by an informal dinner.

The excursion will not coincide with any programme session or any event of the Accompanying Persons Programme.

Please book for the excursion using the Registration Form (admission by tickets only).

Price: CHF 90 (extra fee).

FAREWELL TOAST

Thursday, 19 July

A farewell drink after closing ceremony in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry.

Complimentary for all participants.

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAMME

EVENTS

Sightseeings and visits will be guided.

Monday, 16 July

Tuesday, 17 July

Wednesday, 18 July

Thursday, 19 July

BOOKING

For booking and payment, see General Information.Unregistered accompanying persons and children cannot participate in the scheduled events; neither are they provided with lunch tickets (see Lunches and refreshments).

GENERAL  INFORMATION

REGISTRATION

Final registration

Registration fees

Remittance of fees

Cancellation

RESERVATION OF ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation in the hall of residence

Accommodation in hotels

APPLICATION FOR VISAS

INSURANCE

DEADLINES

CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondence should be addressed to the

IMPORTANT NOTES

ON  ARRIVAL  IN  PRAGUE

CURRENCY, EXCHANGE, CREDIT CARDS

TRANSPORT

Public transport

How to reach the Komenský hall of residence

How to reach the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry

Taxi

ON-SITE REGISTRATION

All participants, including invited speakers, should register. Registration of participants will take place in the Komenský hall of residence (Praha 6, Parléřova 6), where some participants will stay, on Sunday, 15 July, from 14:00 to 21:00. On Monday, 16 July, the registration will continue (from 08:30) in the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Praha 6, Heyrovského nám. 2).

REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCHES

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