Program
Conference Program (Tentative program):
| Date | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1: November 22, 2026 | Conference Courses / Registration | Conference Courses / Registration | POLY-CHAR Scientific Committee Meeting & Reception |
| Day 2: November 23, 2026 | Plenary Presentations | Conference Tour: Temples & Northern Thai Craft Workshop | Welcome Dinner & Cultural Events |
| Day 3: November 24, 2026 | Plenary Presentations & Parallel Sessions | Parallel Sessions | Poster Session & Cocktail Reception |
| Day 4: November 25, 2026 | Plenary Presentations & Parallel Sessions | Parallel Sessions | Closing Ceremony, Award Presentation & Conference Banquet |
| Day 5: November 26, 2026 | Discussion / Optional Excursion | Discussion / Optional Excursion | - |
Conference Courses:
POLY-CHAR conferences offer conference courses on comprehensive Characterization of polymer materials, with no additional cost for students and young researchers who have registered on November 22, 2026. The agenda is as follows:
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| Activity | Resource Person | |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture 1 | Polymer thermal properties: DSC and Flash DSC (non-isothermal DSC, isothermal DSC, crystallization kinetic measurements, flash DSC, and its applications) | Prof. Alejandro J. Müller |
| Lecture 2 | Polymer mechanical properties: Stress-strain curves, plastic deformation mechanisms, impact testing, DMTA, etc. | Prof. Dario Cavallo |
| Lecture 3 | Polymer Viscoelasticity: Viscoelasticity, dynamic response, relaxations and different transitions, mechanical spectroscopy, temperature and frequency scans, TTS and other superpositions. | Prof. Mehrdad Negahban |
| Lecture 4 | Electron Microscopy: Multiscale polymer microscopy to study morphology of polymers for environmentally friendly solutions, with some key words like design for recycling, bio-based polymers and blends, degradation, wear, reduction of microplastic emission, light optical microscopy, TEM and SEM. | Prof. Sven Henning |
| Lecture 5 | Wide Angle X-ray Diffraction: Crystalline structure, polymorphism, degree of crystallinity determination, orientation, etc. | Prof. Guoming Liu |
| Lecture 6 | Small-angle X-ray Diffraction for Polymer Characterization: Long period, lamellar thickness, block copolymer morphology, phase segregation, etc. | Prof. Volker Abetz |
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POLY-CHAR 2026
Smart, Sustainable & Data-Driven Polymeric Materials: From Molecular Design to Circular Applications
November 22-25, 2026 @Chiang Mai, Thailand
Contact Us
Functional Advanced Materials Engineering Laboratory Research Center
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand
Email: fame@siit.tu.ac.th, polychar2026@gmail.com