26th POLYMER NETWORKS GROUP Meeting Dresden, June 21-25 (2026)
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Tuesday
Time
Large Hall
Small Hall
Lecture Hall
Session
P2 Polyelectrolyte Complexes (Seiffert)
08:30
Kamperman:
Bio-inspired Processing of Polyelectrolyte Complexes
08:40
08:50
09:00
Session
6.2 Hydrogels and Ionogels (Schacher)
4.3 Dynamics: Analysis (Bowman)
8.2 Defect Engineering (Nikoubashman)
09:10
Yoon:
Ionic Hydrogel and Ionogel Networks as Transparent Electrodes for Soft Electroluminescent Devices
Winter:
Self-similar dynamics of dense, monodisperse, soft matter
Cintron-Cruz:
Molecular Descriptors of Primary Loop Cyclization in Highly Crosslinked Network Materials
09:20
09:30
Beyer:
Charge Regulation in Weak Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels
Eivgi:
Subtle Polymer and Material Dynamics Revealed by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
Schäfer:
Defect-Driven Design of Degradable Gels via Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization
09:40
09:50
Agarwal:
Real-Time Monitoring of Lipid Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Using Multi-Angle DLS
Farimani:
Defect-mediated melting of star polymers in varying solvent quality
10:00
Louf:
A Unified Scaling for Freezing Morphodynamics in Polymer Solution Droplets
10:10
Ashrafizadeh:
Contrast-engineered polymer colloids enabling 3D pore-scale tracking in porous media
Kopeć:
Trapping entanglements in hydrogels by controlled polymerisation
10:20
10:30
10:40
coffee break
10:50
Time
Large Hall
Small Hall
Lecture Hall
Session
4.4 Dynamic Networks (Saalwächter)
6.3 Hydrogels (Patrickios)
2.1 Amphiphilic Systems (Kamperman)
11:00
Dreiss:
Self-assembled Polypseudorotaxanes crosslinked by Dynamic disulfide bonds
Gaonac’h:
Probing molecular interactions between polymer and surface through hydrogel friction measurements
Bruns:
Bio-inspired peptide-reinforced amphiphilic polymer conetworks
11:10
11:20
Mori:
Fundamental study on relationship between energy elasticity and internal interactions of ion gels
11:30
Blanco:
Ultrasound-Driven Nanoparticle Transport in Polymer Networks: A Molecular Stick-and-Release Mechanism
Iván:
Bicontinuous nanophasic amphiphilic conetworks, their gels and nanohybrids for advanced applications: from intelligent drug release to highly efficient nanocatalysts and beyond
11:40
Onuh:
Dynamic Porosity Tuning in Multilayered Polymer-Grafted Silica Networks for Adaptive Filtration
11:50
12:00
Ahmadi:
Hierarchical Assembly in Metallo-Supramolecular PEG-Peptide Hydrogels
Shi:
Thermally driven non-equilibrium fates in hydrogels
Ida:
Function Design of Amphiphilic Hydrogels with Designed Nanodomain Structure via PISA Process
12:10
12:20
Brummer:
Locking in performance: tunable reinforcement of complex coacervates via dynamic covalent crosslinking
Liang:
Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement
Bennewitz:
Surface Structure and Nanomechanics of a Micellar Hydrogel
12:30
12:40
Wei:
Tough and Rapidly Relaxing Hydrogels via Programmable Crosslink Kinetics
Sohn:
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CATECHOL-MODIFIED HYDROGELS
Yassin:
Functional Bio-based Thiol-Ene UV-Curable Networks
12:50
13:00
13:10
13:20
13:30
lunch break
13:40
13:50
Time
Large Hall
Small Hall
Lecture Hall
Session
5.3 Breakage and Double Networks (Lang)
3.1 Drug Delivery and Bio-Medical (Dreiss)
7.1 Microgels (Thiele)
14:00
Vernerey:
Network Architecture and Chain Relaxation Govern Fracture of Polymer Networks
Kamaly:
Stimuli responsive covalent nanogels: a chemically versatile drug delivery platform
Karg:
Soft colloids at interfaces
14:10
14:20
14:30
Sakumichi:
Analytical expression for fracture profile in viscoelastic crack propagation: Foundation for de Gennes' viscoelastic trumpet
Şafak:
Biodegradable Polymer Networks based on Poly(propylene fumarate) for Biomaterial Applications
Gwardys:
Electroactive microgels anchored on a gold electrode surface for electrochemically controlled release
14:40
14:50
Filippidi:
Tough, dual networks with epoxy and metal coordination bonds
cancelled
Vrban:
Contact Forces in Microgel Suspensions
15:00
15:10
Liu:
Effect of microstructural evolution on macro-mechanical properties of double-network hydrogels
Duraisamy:
Surfactant-Assisted Viscoelastic Modulation of Fmoc-Phe Hydrogel for Topical Drug Delivery
Plamper:
Interaction of Microgels with Associative Ions and Reactants
15:20
15:30
Nakajima:
Polymer gels whose network strands are superstretched
Tymetska:
Multifunctional alginate and chitosan/alginate hydrogel membranes: a strategy to control infection-driven fibrosis in chronic wounds
Robertson:
Resolving the Nanoscale Architecture of Microgels at the Air–Water Interface
15:40
15:50
16:00
16:10
coffee break
16:20
Time
Large Hall
Small Hall
Lecture Hall
Session
6.4 (Bio-)Printing (Schacher)
4.5 Dynamic Networks (Schlögl)
3.2 Bio-Medical Systems (Dreiss)
16:30
Van Vlierberghe:
Harnessing Light-Curable Chemistry for Superior 3Dprinting of Hydrogels Serving Regenerative Medicine
Bose:
Diels-Alder chemistry: An old workhorse for new sustainable polymer networks
Constantinou:
Ultrasound-Triggered Gelation for Spinal Disc Repair
16:40
16:50
17:00
Schubert:
Novel opportunities to control bio-printing
Hoang:
Development of Dynamic Covalent Networks in Thermo-Responsive Coatings for Battery Safety
Chung:
Mimicking the ‘J-Shaped’ Strain Stiffening of Human Aorta to Control Blood Flow in Ex-Vivo Heart Preservation Device
17:10
17:20
Scheuring:
Beyond Shear: Disentangling Shear and Elongational Stress Effects on Cell Viability in Extrusion-Based Bioprinting
Billet:
Dynamic crosslinking of Acrylic Hot-Melt Adhesives Based on Itaconic-Anhydride Copolymers
Limasale:
Cell-instructive glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels with tunable mechanics and adhesion guiding human epiblast model morphogenesis
17:30
17:40
Rabaux:
Photo-triggered but radical-free gelation for multiscale anisotropy bioprinting
Weber:
Insight in thermal stability and dynamic wetting of PDMS-based covalent adaptable networks
Del Favero:
Magnetic Polymeric Scaffolds for the Mechanotransduction Stimulation in Tendon Tissue Regeneration
17:50
18:00
Ohmura:
Targeted Mechanical Training of Hydrogels via Sonoprinting-Induced In Situ IPN Formation
Brancart:
Diels-Alder-based polymer network design: structure, reactivity, processing and properties relations
Janmey:
Control of cell and tissue stiffness by filamentous biopolymer networks and particle inclusions
18:10
18:20
18:30 - 20:00:
Poster session 1