
The 2nd International Online Conference on Polymer Science—Polymers and Nanotechnology for Industry 4.0
Part of the 1st International Conference on “Green” Polymer Materials 2020 series
1–15 Nov 2021
Smart Polymer, Additive Manufacturing, Nanotechnologies, Functional Biopolymers, Polymer Recycling, Industry 4.0
- Go to the Sessions
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- A. Smart polymeric Synthesis and Modification for Industry 4.0
- B. Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing
- C. Advanced Functional Testing of Polymeric Materials
- D. Nanotechnologies in Polymer Science
- E. Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers
- F. Applications polymers in the Industry 4.0
- G. Polymer recycling
- Event Details
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- Best Paper Awards Winners Announcement
- Best Presentation Awards Winners Announcement
- IOCPS 2021 is Closed Now!
- IOCPS 2021 | Live Session
- IOCPS 2021 | Live Session Recording
- Welcome from the Chairs
- Conference Chairs
- Session Chairs
- Sessions
- Instructions for Authors
- List of Accepted Submissions
- Sponsors and Partners
- Editions in this series
Best Paper Awards Winners Announcement
The 2nd International Online Conference on Polymer Science—Polymers and Nanotechnology for Industry 4.0 established the Best Paper Awards to acknowledge the support of conference participants and to recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments. Nominated candidates are selected by the committees based on the rigor of their science, the significance of their contribution to the field, and the originality of their work. The Best Paper Award winners are as follows:
Title: Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Particles Obtained Using Liposomes as Templates
by Irene Abelenda Núñez, Ramón G. Rubio, Francisco Ortega, Eduardo Guzmán
https://sciforum.net/paper/view/11222
Title: Light-driven Integration of Graphitic Carbon Nitride into Porous Polymer Networks
by Cansu Esen
https://sciforum.net/paper/view/11590
Each winner will receive a cash award of 300 CHF and an award certification. We look forward to posting your contributions.
Best Presentation Awards Winners Announcement
The 2nd International Online Conference on Polymer Science—Polymers and Nanotechnology for Industry 4.0 established the Best Presentation Awards to acknowledge the support of conference participants and to recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments. Nominated candidates are selected by the committees based on the rigor of their science, the significance of their contribution to the field, and the originality of their work. The Best Presentation Awards winners are as follows:
Helena P. Felgueiras
Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil (2C2T), Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Stamatina Vouyiouka
Laboratory of Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou Campus, Athens, Greece
Each winner will receive a cash award of 300 CHF and an award certification.
IOCPS 2021 is Closed Now!
We are delighted to announce that the 2nd International Online Conference on Polymers Science - Polymers and Nanotechnology for Industry 4.0 (IOCPS 2021) has been closed successfully with 33 accepted presentations and one live session.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to all the participants for their contributions and all the chairs and committee members for their excellent work.
You are also welcome to submit your extended full paper to the conference Special Issue in Polymers, with a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges. More details will be released soon.
In addition, we will soon be organizing the publication of the conference proceedings in the journal Materials Proceedings free of charge. You will receive a notification when your paper is uploaded in the submission system. The editor will send the final version to you for proofreading when all the editorial processes are completed. Please kindly help to finish the publishing process if you are happy for your paper to be published in Materials Proceedings.
The Best Presentation Awards and the Best Paper Awards of the conference will be announced within one week, please find more information at the below sections.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Conference Secretariat:
Ms. Cassie Liu
Mr. Chris Chen
Email: [email protected]
IOCPS 2021 | Live Session
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IOCPS 2021 | Live Session. This FREE webinar will be held on 12 November 2021 at 14:00pm CET. The number of participants to the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterwards.
Please register by clicking the button below. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Cicala |
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Research Keywords |
Prof. Dr. Ana María Díez-Pascual |
Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain Research Keywords |
Prof. Miguel Aldas |
Departamento de Ciencia de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agroindustria, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito - Ecuador Research Keywords |
Program
Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CET |
Prof. Dr. Ana María Díez-Pascual PEEK Composites with Carbon Nanomaterials |
14:00 - 14:30 pm |
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Cicala Hybrid Polymer-based Materials for Additive Manufacturing to Print Metal Parts |
14:30 - 15:00 pm |
Prof. Miguel Aldas Revalorization of Pine Resin Derivatives for the Development of Sustainable Polymeric Materials |
15:00 - 15:30 pm |
IOCPS 2021 | Live Session Recording
Live Session | 12 November 2021, 2:00pm CET
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to participate in the 2nd International Online Conference on Polymers Science—Polymers and Nanotechnology for Industry 4.0 (IOCPS 2021), sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360; IF: 3.426). The meeting is an opportunity for researchers in the field of science of materials science and technology to present their research and exchange ideas with colleagues. This is an electronic conference, removing the need to travel and eliminating participation expenses while still maintaining a rigorous selection of scientific contributions and, at the same time, ensuring the possibility for visibility for your own research.
The conference will be organized around the following general topics, providing a forum for presenting and discussing new results. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Smart polymeric Synthesis and Modification for Industry 4.0
- Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Functional Testing of Polymeric Materials
- Nanotechnologies in Polymer Science
- Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers
- Applications Polymers in the Industry 4.0
- Polymer Recycling
This will be a virtual conference held at Sciforum, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences, from 1 to 15 November 2021.
A number of free live-streaming sessions will be held during the conference including talks from invited speakers. These live sessions will also contain a Q&A section to answer questions from a live online audience.
Accepted abstracts and accepted conference papers will be published in Materials Proceedings. Please check the section ‘Instructions for Authors’ for a detailed description on how to submit your contribution to the conference.
All conference participants will be encouraged to submit a full manuscript to the Polymers conference Special Issue, with a 20% discount on the article processing charge. Conference Papers submitted to the Special Issue must have been extended at least by 50%, and will undergo the standard peer-review process of the journal.
The best conference paper and presentation will receive an award of 300 CHF, as well as an offer to publish an extended paper, free of charge, in the Special Issue of Polymers.
We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Cicala
Prof. Ana María Díez-Pascual
Prof. Shin-ichi Yusa
Sponsored by:
Conference Secretariat:
Mrs. Betsy Feng
Mr. Chris Chen
Email: [email protected]
Conference Chairs

Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Catania, Italy,
UdR-Catania Consorzio INSTM, Catania, Italy

Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan
Conference Committee

Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

CNR-IPCB, Catania, Italy

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Centre for Advanced Engineering Materials, School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Scotland, UK

Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Rende, Italy

National Hellenic Research Foundation, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Athens, Greece

Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council, Portici, Italy

Chemical Technology, Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Frank Wiesbrock
Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Leoben, Austria
Smart polymeric Synthesis and Modification for Industry 4.0

Dr. Sofiane Guessasma
French National Institute for Agricultural Research | INRA, Paris, France
Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey R. Mitchell
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Institute Polytechnic of Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal
Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing

Prof. Dr. Carlo Santulli
School of Sciences and Technologies, University of Cameroon, Camerino, Italy
Advanced Functional Testing of Polymeric Materials

Prof. Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Nanotechnologies in Polymer Science

Prof. Dr. Sabu Thomas
School of Energey Materials, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers

Dr. Marina Patricia Arrieta Dillon
Department of Industrial and Environmental Chemical Engineering, E.T.S.I. Industriales, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers

Dr. Andreia F. Sousa
CICECO and Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Portugal
Polymer Recycling

Prof. Dr. Hai-Feng (Frank) Ji
Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Applications Polymers in the Industry 4.0
Sessions
A. Smart polymeric Synthesis and Modification for Industry 4.0B. Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing
C. Advanced Functional Testing of Polymeric Materials
D. Nanotechnologies in Polymer Science
E. Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers
F. Applications polymers in the Industry 4.0
G. Polymer recycling
Instructions for Authors
Registration for this conference is FREE and the works selected for their presentation on the conference will be published as conference proceedings at no cost.
Submissions should be made by authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 150–300 words) online on this website before 26 August 2021.
- The Conference Committee will notify the acceptance of the abstract by 6 September 2021.
- In case of acceptance, authors will be encouraged to submit their manuscript (short proceedings paper, 3-8 pages) before 29 September 2021. As an alternative, authors of accepted abstracts that do not wish to submit a paper will be able to submit a poster and/or short video presentation (max. 3-5 minutes) before 29 September 2021.
Please note that accepted abstracts that are not accompanied by either a paper or a video/poster will be withdrawn from the system and, as such, will not be included in the proceedings. - Submitted Papers will be evaluated by the Conference Committee. Authors will receive a notification about the acceptance of their papers by 13 October 2021.
- The manuscripts and presentations will be available on the conference website for discussion and rating during the conference, from 1–15 November 2021.
- All accepted proceedings papers and accepted abstracts will be published as one dedicated volume in MDPI Materials Proceedings series journals (ISSN 2673-4605). Publication of proceedings paper is free of charge.
- The open access journal Polymers (IF 3.426) will publish a conference Special Issue. Conference participants are encouraged to submit a full paper to the dedicated Special Issue, and will receive a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC). Please note that this discount cannot be combined with other available institutional or editorial discounts.
Proceedings Paper
Proceedings papers must be prepared in MS Word using the Proceedings template indicated below, and should be converted to PDF format before submission.
Download the template files for your IOCPS 2021 Proceedings Paper here:
The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 8 pages. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal website, and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts should have the following structure:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgements)
- References
For further inquiries, please contact us at [email protected]
Video Presentations
Authors are encouraged to submit video presentations as supporting material. This is an unique way of presenting your work and discussing it with peers from all over the world. The video should be no longer than 3-5 minutes and prepared with one of the following formats: .mp4 / .webm / .ogg (max size: 250Mb). It should be submitted directly to the conference platform before 29 September 2021.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means that you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
List of accepted submissions (34)
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sciforum-048790 | Antitumor cytokine DR5-B-conjugated polymeric poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) nanoparticles with enhanced cytotoxicity in human colon carcinoma 3D cell spheroids. | , , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Self-assembled nanoparticles based on amphiphilic poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (Amph-PVP) were earlier proposed as a new drug delivery system. In current work, we studied antitumor activity of Amph-PVP-based self-assembled polymeric micelles covalently conjugated with the antitumor receptor-specific TRAIL variant DR5-B (P-DR5-B). The Amph-PVP polymer was synthesized by the earlier developed one-step technique (Kulikov et al., Polym. Sci. Ser. D, 2017). To stabilize Amph-PVP associates, the hydrophobic core was loaded with model substance prothionamide. For covalent conjugation with DR5-B, hydrophilic ends of polymeric chains were modified with maleimide, and a DR5-B N-terminal amino acid residue valine was mutated to cysteine (DR5-B/V114C). DR5-B/V114C was conjugated to the surface of polymeric micelles by the selective covalent interaction of N-terminal cysteine residue with maleimide on Amph-PVP. The cytotoxicity of DR5-B-conjugated Amph-PVP polymeric nanoparticles was investigated in 3D multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTS) of human colon carcinoma HCT116 and HT29 cells, generated by the RGD-induced self-assembly technique (Akasov et al., Int. J. Pharm., 2016). In DR5-B-sensitive HCT116 MCTS, the P-DR5-B activity slightly increased compared to that of DR5-B. However in DR5-B-resistant HT29 MCTS, P-DR5-B significantly surpassed DR5-B in the antitumor activity. Thus, conjugation of DR5-B to the Amph-PVP nanoparticles enhanced its tumor cell killing capacity. In current study we obtained a new nano-scaled delivery system based on Amph-PVP self-aggregates coated with covalently conjugated antitumor DR5-specific cytokine DR5-B. P-DR5-B overcomes DR5-B-resistance of the human colon carcinoma MCTS in vitro. This makes Amph-PVP polymeric nanoparticles a perspective versatile nano-scaled delivery system for the targeted proteins. |
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sciforum-048673 | A novel treatment tool for PLA-based encapsulation systems | , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Active compounds encapsulation in polymeric carriers is a technology widely used as it protects and improves the physical characteristics of the active compound and controls its delivery. The effectiveness of polymeric microcapsules (MCs) depends on the barrier properties of the polymeric shell; for a given polymer the latter properties are affected by its molecular weight (MW) and crystallinity (xc). The aim of this study was to modify the MW and xc of the MC shells via solid state polymerization (SSP). SSP might take place in the amorphous regions of the polymer upon heating at temperatures higher than the glass transition point (Tg), but lower than the onset of melting (Tm). Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was chosen as the polymeric carrier and coumarin 6 as the encapsulated compound. PLA is a biobased and biodegradable polymer widely used in drug loading systems, and coumarin 6 is a fluorescent hydrophobic drug that can be used as model compound. SSP effectiveness as a post-encapsulation tool was proven for blank PLA MCs of two molecular weights (MW= 50000 g mol-1 and 20000 g mol-1). SSP led to a 40-50% enhancement of the weight-average molecular weight of the polymeric shell and to an enhancement, from 40 % to up to 70 %, of the mass fraction crystallinity in the case of the low MW-MCs. In an attempt to transfer the gained knowledge to the encapsulation systems, coumarin 6 loaded MCs were prepared. The average size of the MCs was measured at 502nm with a polydispersity index of 1.6 while the encapsulation efficiency was found 15 % for a drug loading of 10 %. UV-Vis measurements show that the compound was fully released after 10 days. Coumarin 6 is found to be thermally stable at temperatures used for SSP, while the study of SSP application in the case of loaded MCs is in progress. |
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sciforum-049709 | Light-driven Integration of Graphitic Carbon Nitride into Porous Polymer Networks | N/A | N/A |
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As a metal-free abundant polymeric semiconductor, carbon nitride has numerous advantages for photo-based applications span from hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, ion transport, organic synthesis and organic dye degradation. In detail, graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) synthesized from nitrogen-rich precursors via thermal polymerization resulting in efficient band gap along with tunable photoluminescence properties, enhances applied polymer supports after proper integration. Regarding that, recent publication detailed an integration process of organodispersible g-CN into highly commercialized resin called poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) through suspension photopolymerization is reported.1 Moreover, surface activation of photo-active beads by endowing acid/base functionality was performed with visible light irradiation succesfully. Furtherly, successful transformation of g-CN embedded porous hydrogels from hydrophilic to hydrophobic via photoinduced surface modification based on g-CN photoactivity employing a non-toxic food additive molecule as a hydrophobization agent also performed.2 Besides, subsequent pore substructuring via introducing secondary network photopolymerized within the pores was reported. The intention of this project was to mimic a water reservoir with nutrients for plants to provide a controllable releasing system by preventing water evaporation in soil applications. Since g-CN is an organic semiconductor exhibiting sufficient charge separation under visible light illumination, a novel method for the oxidative photopolymerization of EDOT was successfully accomplished.3 Thanks to the absence of dissolved anions, so-formed neutral PEDOT is a highly viscous liquid that can be processed and post-doped easily. Thanks for your consideration, Best wishes Cansu Esen
References [1] C. Esen, M. Antonietti and B. Kumru*, J. App. Polym. Sci., 2021, 138, 50879. [2] C. Esen and B. Kumru*, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2021, 17, 1323-1334. [3] C. Esen, M. Antonietti and B. Kumru*, ChemPhotoChem, 2021, 5, 1-7. |
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sciforum-048132 | A novel 3D microporous structure hydrogel with stable mechanical properties and high elasticity and its application in sensing | , , , |
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Hydrogels have recently been increasingly studied due to their similarity to natural soft tissues. However, the stable mechanical properties and elasticity required for hydrogels used in sensing and wearable devices remain challenging. Herein, a novel 3D microporous structure hydrogel with favorable stable mechanical properties and elasticity has been developed via a simple and economical method. The good resilience (94.5%) and less residual strain (11.5%) are realized based on the results after 20 successive cycles at a strain of 300%. The elasticity of the hydrogel is achieved by varying the effective network chain density. The prepared hydrogels have stable mechanical properties and high elasticity, resulting in remarkable performance when used in sensors. The hydrogel-based sensors can accurately and consistently record human activities when used as wearable sensors. This work provides a new way to simply and effectively prepare hydrogels, which has great potential to be widely applicated in sensing and flexible devices such as health-recording sensors, wearable devices, and artificial intelligence. |
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sciforum-047935 | Essential oils-loaded nanofibrous mats inhibitory effect against the Escherichia virus MS2, mimic of SARS-CoV-2 | , , , , , |
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In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified. Hoping to prevent transmission, many countries adopted a mandatory mask use in closed public spaces. However, most mask options display a passive-like action against COVID-19. To overcome such restrictions, this work proposes the incorporation of anti-viral essential oils (EOs) loaded onto a nanofibrous layer that can be adapted to both community and commercial masks. Twenty EOs selected based on their antimicrobial nature were examined for the first time against the Escherichia virus MS2. The most effective were the lemongrass (LO), Niaouli (NO) and eucalyptus (ELO) with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 356.0 mg/mL, 365.2 mg/mL and 586.0 mg/mL, respectively. Polycaprolactone (PCL) was prepared at 14 wt% in chloroform/dimethylformamide (DMF) and processed via electrospinning, with processing parameters being optimized to 23 kV, 0.7 mL/h and 26 cm. Uniform, beadless nanofibers were obtained. Mats were characterized as mechanically resilient, to endure movements arising from mask positioning, and hydrophobic in nature, to repel droplets coming from the exterior. Loading of the nanofibrous mats was accomplished via two ways: (1) physisorption and (2) by combining the EOs with the polymer solution. In both cases, EOs were loaded at 10% of MIC concentration (saturation) for 24 h. Presence of the EOs was confirmed along the mats (UV-visible). Antimicrobial testing via halo determination, verified their diffusion abilities. More importantly, time-kill kinetics testing of the loaded mats attested to the EOs capability to fight the virus MS2 even when bonded to the nanofibers at a smaller concentration than MIC. EOs-physisorbed mats were quicker in their action, while those entrapping the EOs in their polymeric matrix retained the antiviral activity of the mat for longer. Data demonstrated the potential of these EOs-loaded PCL nanofibers mats to work as COVID-19 active barriers for individual protection masks. |
A. Smart polymeric Synthesis and Modification for Industry 4.0
B. Polymer Development for Additive Manufacturing
C. Advanced Functional Testing of Polymeric Materials
D. Nanotechnologies in Polymer Science
E. Biotechnologies and Functional Biopolymers
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