Nanotechnology in Coatings: emerging applications to be focus at March 2008 ACSeries symposium

JCT CoatingsTech, Sept, 2007

Building on a very successful symposium on Nanotechnology offered in 2005, the FSCT will host an Advancement in Coatings Series program on "Nanotechnology in Coatings: Emerging Applications" in 2008. To be held March 26-28 at the Caribe Royale, in Orlando, FL, this conference will explore emerging applications in nanotechnology and discuss ways that these technologies will impact the user by providing competitive advantages in the development of new coatings products.

This ACSeries program is a two and one-half day symposium featuring 32 paper presentations, supplemented with a keynote and plenary lecture.

Attendees Will Learn

* Nanoscale Design and Synthesis

-- Manufacturing, synthesis and processing of nanomaterials

-- Nanostructuring methods

-- Functionalized nanoparticles

-- Dispersion and Rheology

-- Nanoporous coatings

-- Nanocomposites

-- Environmental and safety issues

-- Encapsulation

-- Milling, dispersion, and stabilization

* Nanomaterials Characterization

-- Characterization and properties

-- Analytical methods

-- Modeling

-- Measurement and Testing

* Markets and Applications

-- Paints, plastics, and inks

-- Composites in automotive, biomedical, electronic, and cosmetic

-- Sensory coatings

* Functional Activity

-- UV Screening

-- Anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-corrosion

-- Heat control and flame resistance

Who Should Attend

Scientists, formulators, engineers, and students from academic, government, and industrial laboratories who are involved in any aspect of coating development using nanotechnologies will benefit in exploring these new methodologies. Managers and sales personnel will benefit by increasing their awareness of the new tools available and their impact on creative innovations and technologies. Anyone involved in the value chain--suppliers and developers of resins, pigments, additives, and other ingredients; those developing new coating products; and those who are developing product specifications and using coatings--will be able to learn something new that will impact and enhance their effectiveness.

Preliminary Schedule

Wednesday, March 26

8:00-8:15 am -- Introduction, Li-Piin Sung, National Institute of Standards and Technology

8:15-9:00 am -- Plenary Lecture -- Advancements in Nanomaterial Applications in Coatings, Raymond Fernando, California Polytechnic State University

9:00-9:30 am -- Non-chrome Anticorrosion Technology Based on Nanosized Materials, Noel Vanier, Cheng-hung Hung, John Schneider and David Waters, PPG Industries

9:30-10:00 am -- Use of Nano-structured Particles Based on Metallic Oxides to Enhance Coatings, Maria Nargiello, Degussa

10:00-10:30 am -- Break

10:30-11:00 am -- Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as UV Absorbers and Scratch Resistant Additives in Coatings, Roger Cayton, Nanophase Technologies Corp.

11:00-11:30 am -- Nanoadditives: Predispersed Nanomaterials to Improve Coatings Performance (UV), Thomas Sawitowski, BYK-Chemie

11:30-12:00 pm -- Nanosized Materials in Coatings: Latest Developments Based on Ti[O.sub.2], BaS[O.sub.4] and ZnS, Harry Staeglich, Sachtleben Chemie GmbH

12:00-12:30 pm -- Combining Longterm UV Protection and Transparency by Using Nano-sized Cerium Oxide and Zinc Oxide, Jeroen van den Bosch and Pascal Verbiest, Umicore Research

12:30-1:30 pm -- Lunch

1:30-2:00 pm -- Nanocomposites Flame Retardants: Characterization and Mechanisms, Jeff Gilam, National Institute of Standards and Technology

2:00-2:30 pm -- Mechanics of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites, YuanQiao Rao, Thomas Blanton, Samuel Chen, John Minter, and John Pochan, Eastman Kodak Company

2:30-3:00 pm -- Preparation and Characterization of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-reinforced Polycyanurate Nanocomposites, Alan Hopkins, The Aerospace Corporation

3:00-3:30 pm -- Break

3:30-4:00 pm -- New Covalently-Modified Organo-Platelet Materials for Nanocomposite Films and Coatings, Peter Barber, Tara Hansen, Hong-sheng Gao, Shigeng Li, Richard Harper, Hanno zur Loye, Julius Brown, David Pond and Harry Ploehn, University of South Carolina

4:00-4:30 pm -- Metallized POSS Cages as Cure Promoters for Urethane Coatings, Joseph Lichtenhan, Paul Wheeler, B. Fu, and Joseph Schwab, Hybrid Plastics, Inc.

4:30-5:00 pm -- A Combinatorial Study of UV-curable Hyperbranched Acrylate/Colloidal Silica Nano-composite Materials, Zhigang Chen, David Christianson, Bret Chisholm, Crystal Beiswenger, Sandeep Patel, Christy Gallagher-Lein, Jongsoo Kim, and Chavanin Siripirom, North Dakota State University

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5:30-7:30 pm -- Welcome Reception

Thursday, March 27

8:00-8:15 am -- Introduction, Li-Piin Sung, National Institute of Standards and Technology

8:15-9:00 am -- Keynote Address -- Nanostructured Polymer Brushes and Coatings, Rigoberto Advincula, University of Houston

9:00-9:30 am -- Directed Self-Assembly of Functional Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films, Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology

9:30-10:00 am -- On the Interface of Polymer and Low Dimensional Solids, Christopher Li, Drexel University

10:00-10:30 am -- Break

10:30-11:00 am -- Characterization of Nanoparticle/Latex Dispersions and Coatings by CryoSEM, Hui Luo, L.E. Scriven, and Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota