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 CALL FOR PAPERS
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION:
RELEVANCE TO ADHESION
To be held June 9-11, 2003
NOVOTEL, Toronto Centre, Toronto, CANADA |
| This symposium continues the tradition set by the first in the series entitled: "Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion" which was
held in Las Vegas, NV, 1993. As with its predecessors, this symposium will be concerned with the technological areas where surface modification
is a key technology which allows for the processing and manufacture of products which would otherwise be unobtainable. Proper adhesion
characteristics are vital to the success of any practical implementation of polymer materials. Though polymers are generally not very adherent,
proper surface modification can result in greatly improved adhesion without altering bulk properties. This symposium is organized to bring
together scientists, technologists and engineers interested in all aspects of polymer surface modification, to review and assess the current state of
knowledge, to provide a forum for exchange and cross-fertilization of ideas and to define problem areas which need intensified efforts.
The invited speakers have been selected so as to represent widely differing disciplines and interests, and they hail from academic, governmental
and industrial research laboratories. This meeting is planned to be a truly international event both in geographic coverage as well as in spirit. The
technical program will contain both invited overviews and contributed original research papers. |
| AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE COVERED ARE:
SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES
- Plasma, ultraviolet, corona and laser irradiation
- Ion beam and flame processing
- Mechanical roughening
- Monolayer deposition, grafting and wet chemical
POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR ADHESION IMPROVEMENT OF:
- Metal layers (metallized plastics)
- Organic coatings, inks, composites, microorganisms
APPLICATIONS AND SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION
- Packaging, composites, biological implants
- Microelectronics, aerospace, marine... etc.
- All methods for characterization of surface chemistry and
morphology, (ESCA, SIMS, AFM ...etc)
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This symposium is being organized by MST Conferences, LLC under the
direction of Dr. K. L. Mittal, Editor, Journal of Adhesion Science and
Technology. A special issue of JAST is planned for this symposium and
further details will be provided in due course. Please notify the
conference chairman of your intentions to present a paper as early as
possible. An abstract of about 200 words should be sent by January
10, 2003 to the conference chairman by any of the following methods:
E-mail: rhl@mstconf.com
FAX: 212-656-1016
Regular mail:
Dr. Robert H. Lacombe
Conference Chairman
3 Hammer Drive
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Contact by phone: 845-226-1393; 845-227-7026
Full conference details and registration via the Internet will be
maintained on our web site:
http://mstconf.com/surfmod4.htm |