CALL FOR PAPERS

THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON

POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION:

RELEVANCE TO ADHESION

To be held May 21-23, 2001 at the

Robert Treat Hotel; Newark, NJ

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. It is planned to chronicle the transactions in a hard-bound volume of archival quality (to match or exceed the standards of the journal literature) which will serve as a reference work for future generations of investigators.

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)

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 proceedings volume 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 15, 2001 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
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Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

Contact by phone: 845-226-1393

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