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Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon is invited as a speaker at the 2025 International Polymer Colloids Group meeting, to be held in Montpellier (France), 22-26 June 2025.
The annual ECIS conference is the flagship event of the European Colloids and Interface Society (ECIS). Its 39th edition will be jointly held with the 5th UK Colloid Science Conference in the historical city centre of Bristol on 7th-12th September 2025.
Prof Anwesha Sarkar from the University of Leeds is the 2024 recipient of the McBain Medal. Anwesha’s research programme focuses on fabrication of biopolymeric microgels and her research has brought significant advancements towards fundamental understanding of their bulk and interfacial behaviour to answer biophysical questions. Besides fabricating innovative microgels using alternative proteins with tailored performance on lubrication, she devises biomimetic soft surfaces with optimized roughness and wetting properties. This has enabled her team to discover the true behaviour of these microgels at biological interfaces such as orally relevant surfaces across scales. Her recent contribution on design and multiscale tribological characterization of plant-based sustainable microgels has enabled a completely new technologically viable platform for next-generation sustainable formulation design with future applications in food, medical devices and allied soft matter formulations.
The McBain Medal is presented annually to an early career researcher (within 15 years of the award of a PhD) for outstanding achievement in colloid and interface science. This full day meeting will honour Prof Anwesha Sarkar and at the same time the Medal will be presented.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon says: “Many congratulations to Prof. Anwesha Sarkar. I am honoured to have been invited to this meeting as a guest speaker. It is going to be a fantastic day.“
This event will be of interest to researchers working on colloid and polymer chemistry, fine chemicals, formulated products, tribology, materials science, bio-interfaces and food.
We have been working hard to expand our portfolio in the environmental behavior of polymer colloids. reactions. Mars Poxon, a talented 1st year PhD researcher in our team, will present their results on obtaining detailed particle size distribution data of polymer colloids dispersed in water using an analytical technique called AF4. The CENTA 2024 meeting is held in Birmingham NEC.
We have been working hard to expand our portfolio in polymer synthesis beyond radical polymerization reactions. Yutong Niu, a talented 1st year PhD researcher in our team, will present his results on synthesizing hydrophobic polyethers from alkanediols using acid catalysts at the Polycondensation 2024 meeting in Lyon, France. His poster is poster number 24, and will be on display on Monday, 16th September 2024, 18h25-19h25 during the poster session.
Josh Davies will attend the 2024 GRS and GRC in Polymer Physics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. On Sunday 21 July he will give a talk on '“Phase Separation, Self-Assembly, and Crystallization of Poly[Ethylene-Co-(Vinyl Acetate)] in Organic Solvents"
The 50th World Polymer Congress will be held at the University of Warwick from 1-4 July 2024. All researchers from prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon’s team, BonLab, will present their work on the latest in sustainable polymer and colloid chemical engineering.
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The Early Career Colloid Network was established to provide a forum for discussion and facilitate knowledge exchange for early career scientists in all aspects of Colloidal Science. It is primarily aimed at early career scientists in academia and industry. ECCo is the annual meeting that brings together the two communities to discuss their current activities and provide training and networking opportunities.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon says: “I am honoured and excited to have been invited to speak at this meeting. I am very much looking forward to meeting all these talented people, sharing stories, talking fun science, and networking.”
Surfex is the UK’s event for the paints, inks, coatings, and surface technology industry. It features an extensive exhibition alongside a comprehensive programme of scientific, technical, and topical industry content.
Join us for the 2nd edition of the Brightlands Polymer Days 2024 (BPD24) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus on May 27 and 28, 2024. A unique convergence of industrial and academic, senior and junior scientists in the field of polymer science, will explore the latest advancements across four key categories:
• Circular and Sustainable Polymers: Discover biobased materials, bonding, debonding, and biodegradability.
• Energy: Explore energy harvesting, storage, transport, and efficiency.
• Health: Dive into hydrogels, drug delivery, bio-printing, and tissue engineering.
• New Insights: Uncover breakthroughs in synthesis, characterization/methods, and theory.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon has been invited to give a keynote lecture in which he will discuss the latest research developments from his team, BonLab, based at the University of Warwick, UK.
Join us to shape the future of polymer science.
See you at BPD24!
The 62nd High Polymer Research Group (HPRG) meeting will take place in Pott Shrigley from Sunday, 28 April, till Thursday, 2nd May 2024. The theme of the meeting is polymers in an age of data. Prof. dr. ir. Stefan A. F. Bon will attend this meeting.
Every year, Warwick ChemSoc, the Chemistry students’ society at Warwick University, organises a fantastic science event for sixth-form students in the region. The Annual Conference On Research in Natural Sciences (ACORNS) aims to encourage young people between 16 and 18 years old to explore the sciences. The one-day event is set up to help students decide whether further study in science would be the path for them by providing the opportunity to experience a series of mini-lectures presented by academics from Warwick University. On the day, there are also opportunities to engage and hear from current Warwick Science students and get a snapshot of what life is like at university.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon says: “Warwick ChemSoc is a fantastic group of people who organise a range of events each year to bring together not only Chemistry students and staff but also Warwick people from other disciplines and people from outside the University. They have a pivotal role in the Department of Chemistry and provide a fantastic environment for learning, career progress, socializing, and well-being. I have always been a strong supporter of Warwick ChemSoc, and I am very happy to contribute again to this years’ exciting ACORNS program.”
The Polymer Club meeting on monday 20 November 2023 will focus on sustainability. The event, organised by the Warwick Cross Faculty Plastics Group, where industry, local and UK government, and NGOs come together will take place at our Scarman Conference Centre at the University of Warwick.
Join us for a day of family-friendly fun and community celebration at Planting Roots! A day filled with hope, excitement, and a shared commitment to a sustainable future. Unleash your creativity in a junk sculpture workshop, explore interactive stalls from the University of Warwick’s engaging researchers, share your voice in a family discussion, learn about Foleshill Community Centre’s Planting Roots Medicinal Garden project, and experience the captivating performance of "Plastic Drastic Fantastic" by Akademi, combining South Asian dance with thought-provoking narratives on plastic. An event to spark curiosity, ignite creativity, and empower the younger generation as guardians of the environment.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon will represent the Warwick Cross Faculty Plastics Group and discuss with you the good, the bad, and the future of plastics as part of the performance plastic drastic fantastic.
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Emily Brogden will attend the UK Colloids 2023 meeting in Liverpool and talk about her and Caterina’s Dasmi’s work on how to fabricate linerless pressure sensitive adhesive labels using a binary mixture of hard and soft polymer latexes.
We will visit Synthomer in Harlow to provide updates on two of our collaborative projects, one on polyester dispersions, the other on non-covalently crosslinked polymer colloids. Alex Fletcher and Naemah Md Nur, both PhD researchers in BonLab, will give talks at Synthomer on their work.
The international conference organized by the International Polymer Colloids Group (IPCG) traditionally is one of the highlights where BonLab showcases their latest work. This year the meeting is held at Queens University in Canada.
Emily Brodgen and Josh Davies, both PhD researchers, will be representing our team and showcase some of the latest research work from our team. Emily will talk and the Graduate Research Seminar on linerless pressure sensitive adhesives made from mixtures of “hard” and “soft” polymer latexes, and both Emily and Josh will have posters at the main conference.
The team will show their latest research highlights at the annual Macrogroup UK YRM, this year to be held at Warwick University. We will have a talk from Emily Brodgen on linerless adhesives made using mixtures of hard and soft polymer latexes. All BonLab team members will present posters with topics including eutectic hydrophobic glasses and liquids, phase separation and crystallization of polymer solutions in organic solvents, and how to keep polyester water-based dispersions colloidally stable if they are semi-crystalline.
