The three-day Symposium will consist of poster sessions, invited lectures, and round-table discussions and information exchange on recent advances in polymer characterization approaches, techniques, and applications. Topics will include chromatography and other separation methods, NMR, mass spectrometry, light scattering, rheology, microscopy, viscometry, thermal analysis, thermodynamics, and solution properties of polymers, as well as general contributions on polymer analysis and characterization. Contributions dealing with other techniques or special classes of polymers will also be included. Invited talks will be tutorial in nature and will include state-of-the-art development.
ISPAC is a nonprofit scientific organization. The purpose and scope of ISPAC are to provide an international forum for the presentation of recent advances in the field of polymer analysis and characterization methodologies. This is a unique Symposium that brings together analytical chemists and polymer scientists involved with the analysis and characterization of polymers. In order to promote discussion and information exchange, one-hour discussion periods are scheduled at the end of each technical session. These discussion periods not only deal with invited talks, but also poster presentations as well.
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