Poster SESSION-1

POLYMER 2006 FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006 POSTER SESSION-1 (COUNCIL ROOM)

(15-40 to 17-30)

1. Synthesis and Characterization

PO-1.1 S. B. Deokar and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Synthesis and Characterization of Beaded Porous Polymers Using High Internal Phase Emulsion Technique PO-1.2 P. H. Basutkar and N. N. Maldar Solapur University Phenylated Polyimides and Poly (amide-imide): Synthesis and Characterization PO-1.3 T. Balakrishnan and P. A. Vivekanand University of Madras Kinetics and Mechanism of Polymerization of Ethyl ethacrylate using Multisite Phase Transfer Catalyst PO-1.4 K. Anverbasha, Ligia Gargallo and T. Balakrishnan University of Madras Copolymers of Phenoxy Ethyl Methacrylate with Butyl Methacrylate Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity Ratios PO-1.5 Mukundamurthy Kannan, and R. Dhamodharan IIT, Madras Synthesis of Polystyrene Three arm Star–via Radical Reversible Addition –Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization PO-1.6 Amalin Kavitha A., Anusuya Choudhury and Nikhil K. Singha IIT, Kharagpur Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of a Methacrylate bearing a Furfuryl Group PO-1.7 H. Satapathy and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur ‘A novel fluoro polymer-Poly (N-fluoro phenyl acrylamide)’ Synthesis, characterization and thermal behaviour PO-1.8 Upasana Mohan and Anuradha Varshney D.G. College, Kanpur Photopolymerization of methylmethacrylate initiated by triphenylbismuthonium ylide PO-1.9 Atanu Kotal, Satyabrata Si, Asim Bhaumik and Tarun K. Mandal IACS, Kolkata Synthesis of Mesoporous Polymer and Carbon by Surface-Confined Living Radical Polymerization PO-1.10 Dhruba P. Chatterjee and Broja M. Mandal IACS, Kolkata Molecular Weight Deviation from Theory in ATRP: Small vs. Large Alkyl Methacrylates 2. Processing, Blends and Composites

PO-2.1 Lovely Mathew and Rani Joseph Newman College, Kerala Dynamic mechanical properties of short isora fibre reinforced natural rubber composites PO-2.2 Mousumi De Sarkar and Ankit Kothari IIT, Kharagpur Usage of Additive based on Cobalt Stearate for the Development of Readily Degradable LDPE PO-2.3 Aamir Hussain Bhat and Ajit Kumar Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Morphological and thermal studies of poly(vinyl alcohol) and modified red mud composite PO-2.4 Ruchi Bana. and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Green Composites: Thermoplastics Reinforced With Wood Dust PO-2.5 B. Rani, Bina Kora Catherine, V. Sekkar, K.Narayanaswamy, K.J.Scariah and T.R.Balakrishnan VSSC, Trivendrum HTPB-Silica Based Polymer Ceramic Composites: Effect of Silica Content on the Network Characteristics

3. Bio-related Polymers

PO-3.1 Nirmala Rachel James and A Jayakrishnan SCTIMST, Trivandrum Hydrogels from gum arabic and gelatin for medical applications PO-3.2 K.K. Nissshi and A. Jayakrishnan SCTIMST, Trivandrum Synthesis and Characterisation of Ampicillin-Gum arabic conjugate PO-3.3 Piyali Basak, R. Ramesh Naidu and Basudam Adhikari IIT, Kharagpur Interpenetrating network hydrogel based on polyvinyl alcohol and poly acrylic acid for drug delivery

4. Nano and Meso Scale Polymeric Materials

PO-4.1 Sunil.P. Lonkar, A. Pratheep Kumar and R.P. Singh NCL, Pune Photo-stabilization of EPDM-Clay nanocomposites: Effect of antioxidant on the preparation and durability PO-4.2 Anjali A. Athawale and Aditi K. Diwan University of Pune Aniline Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles by Gamma Radiation PO-4.3 Anoop Anand K, Rani Joseph and U. S. Agarwal CUST, Kerala PET-SWNT nanocomposites through ultrasound-assisted solution-evaporation PO-4.4 K. V. Aswathy and Rani Joseph CUST, Kerala PET-ZnO nanocomposites: Thermal And Mechanical Properties

5. Self-assembled Polymeric Systems

PO-5.1 Sajal Samanta and Tushar Jana Univ of Hydrabad Thermoreversible Gelation of Polybenzimidazole in Phosphoric Acid PO-5.2 Rabibtrata Mukherjee, Manoj Gonuguntla and Ashutosh Sharma IIT, Kanpur Two Dimensional Patterns from One Dimensional Stamps: Elastic Contact Lithography

6. Functional Polymers

PO-6.1 R. Harikrishna, F. Lijo, S. Ponrathnam and C. R. Rajan NCL, Pune Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polymeric Compositions for Optic Fiber Coating Applications PO-6.2 T.C. Shami, D. Lal and K.U. Bhasker Rao DMSRDE, kanpur Synthesis of a Polyester Polyurethane Resin for Protection against Toxic Chemicals PO-6.3 Mahasweta Nandi, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Asim Bhaumik IACS, Kolkata Novel Mesoporous Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Conducting properties PO-6.4 Debapratim Ghosh and Bijan Das NB Univ. Darjeeling Electrical Conductivity of Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose in Metahnol-Water Mixed Solvent Media at Different Temperatures FRIDAY 11 TH FEBRUARY 2006 POSTER SESSION-2 (COUNCIL ROOM) (15-40 to 17-30) 1. Synthesis and Characterization

PO-1.11 P. K. Bhuyan and D.K. Kakati Gauhati University N, N-diethyldithiocarbamato group induced photo grafting of vinylic monomers onto polyurethane PO-1.12 N. S. Pujari, S. R. Inamdar and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Water Triggered Frontal Polymerization PO-1.13 R. Sankar, S. Rajagopan and T. Kaliyappan Pondicherry Eng. College Synthesis, Characterization and Metal ion uptake properties of poly(2’4- dihydroxyacetophenone – N – phenylimine-formaldehyde)resin and its metal complexes PO-1.14 S. Vijayalakshmi, S. Subramanian, S. Rajagopan and T. Kaliyappan Pondicherry Eng. College Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of poly(8-hydroxy–4 azoquinolinephenyl- acrylate) and its derived metal complexes PO-1.15 R. Mohankumar, S. Senthil and P. Kannan Anna University Synthesis and Characterization of Photocrosslinkable side chain liquid crystalline polymers containing substituted cinnamoyl esters PO-1.16 N. S. Pujari, J. Trivedi, G. C. Ingavle and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Novel beaded polymers from telechelic methacrylic ether esters PO-1.17 Neeta Daniel, Garima Mishra and A.K. Srivastava HBTI, Kanpur p-Acetylbenzylidene triphenylarsonium ylide (p-ABTAY) initiated Radical copolymerization of Acrylonitrile with Vinyl acetate PO-1.18 Neeta Daniel, Anjali Tripathi and A.K. Srivastava HBTI, Kanpur Poly(Vinyl Toluene) as a Template for the Radical Polymerization of Methyl methacrylate using p-Acetylbenzylidene Triphenylarsonium Ylide as an Initiator PO-1.19 S. Bajpai, Stuti, I. Nigam and J.S.P.Rai HBTI, Kanpur Synthesis and Characterization of Crosslinkable Copolymers of MMA and Diacrylate/Dimethacrylate PO-1.20 Shashi Prakash Tiwari, C.L. Gehlot and A. K. Srivastava HBTI, Kanpur Photopolymerization of methylacrylate (MA) in the presence of acetylbenzylidiene triphenylarsonium ylide (p-ABTAY) as an initiator PO-1.21 V. P. Ubale and N. N. Maldar Solapur University Synthesis and characterization of Polyhydrazides From 2,5-bis[4-hydrazino carbonyl methylene phenyl], 3,4-diphenyl thiophene PO-1.22 A. Ghanwat and N. N. Maldar Solapur University Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Containing Co-polyamides from 2,5-bis(4- carboxy methylene phenyl)-3,4-diphenyl thiophene PO-1.23 K. Rajendra Kumar IIT, Chennai Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of p-(Me,Cl) substituted benzyl methacrylates 2. Processing, Blends and Composites

PO-2.6 Joshy M. K., Lovely Mathew and Rani Joseph Newman College, Kerala Mechanical properties of unidirectional isora fibre reinforced polyester and epoxy composites PO-2.7 B. Ramaraj CIPET, Mysore Mechanical and Thermal Properties of ABS and Leather waste composites PO-2.8 Subhasish Paul, D.D. Kale and Suparno Hazra University of Mumbai Studies In Blends of Polypropylene (PP) And Poly Trimethylene Terephthalate (PTT) PO-2.9 Raju P, Nandanan.V and Sunil K.N. Kutty CUST, Kerala Linseed oil and Coconut oil as Plasticizer in Styrene Butadiene Rubber Compounds PO-2.10 K. S. Maya, Benny George and Rani Joseph CUST, Kerala Preparation of in-situ precipitated silica based Natural Rubber compounds using Epoxidised Natural Rubber as Coupling Agent PO-2.11 Rupa Chakrabarti and Debabrata Chakraborty Calcutta University Synthesis And Characterisation Of PVC/PBMA Semi Interpenetrating Polymer Networks PO-2.12 Mahuya Das and Debabrata Chakraborty Calcutta University Influence of Mercerization on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Strip Novolac Resin Composites PO-2.13 Sudipta Goswami and Debabrata Chakrabarty Calcutta University Sequential Interpenetrating Polymer Networks of Novolac resin and Poly (n-Butyl methacrylate)

3. Bio-related Polymers

PO-3.4 Samarendra Maji, Alok Chaurasia, Pradip Kumar Maji, Partha Pratim Sengupta and Basudam Adhikari. IIT, KHARAGPUR Biodegradation of Surface Modified PE film PO-3.5 Kunal Pal, A K Banthia and D K Majumdar IIT, Kharagpur Effect of heat treatment of starch on the properties of the prepared hydrogels PO-3.6 R.K Mishra, J.P Singhal and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Preparation of modified Pectin based hydrogels and their application in drug delivery PO-3.7 Prativa Kumari Nanda and P.L.Nayak Ravenshaw College, Cuttack BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS: XIII: Physicochemical, Thermal, Mechanical, Morphological & Biodegradability Properties of Environmentally-friendly Green Plastics of Soy Protein Isolate Modified with Urea 4. Nano and Meso Scale Polymeric Materials

PO-4.5 Paromita Deb and Mousumi De Sarkar IIT, Kharagpur Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Nanocomposites Comprising Polyvinyl Alcohol and Colloidal Silica PO-4.6 Arjun Maity and Mukul Biswas Presidency College, Kolkata Some Aspects of Carbon Based Polymer Nanocomposites PO-4.7 Ashis Dey, Kousik Dutta and S. K. De IACS, Kolkata Electrical Transport and Dielectric Properties of Zirconia Polypyrrole Hybrid Nanocomposites PO-4.8 Kousik Dutta , Ashis Dey and S. K. De IACS, Kolkata Dielectric and optical properties of SiO2- polyaniline nanocomposites PO-4.9 Ashesh Garai, Biplab K. Kuila and Arun K. Nandi IACS, Kolkata Preparation of Polyaniline – clay nanocomposite: enhancement of Mechanical Property

5. Self-assembled Polymeric Systems

PO-5.3 Debarshi Dasgupta and Arun K. Nandi IACS, Kolkata Multiporous Polymeric Materials Developed from Thermoreversible PVF2 Gels PO-5.4 Rama Ranjan Bhattacharjee, Mukut Chakraborty, Harunar Rashid and Tarun K. Mandal Polyelectrolyte-Mediated Assembly of Thermoresponsive Gold Nanoparticles PO-5.5 Animesh Saha and S. Ramakrishnan IISc, Bangalore Unimer Micelles Based on Hyperbranched Polyethers 6. Functional Polymers

PO-6.5 Sanjib Maji, Soumik Mukhopadhyay, Indranil Das, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Amitabha De SINP, Kolkata Coulomb Gap Influencing Electrical Conduction in Doped Poly Ethylene Dioxy Thiophene PO-6.6 Ganesh C. Ingavle, C. R. Rajan, Rajeev K. Tayal, A. Gaikwad and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Modified Poly (HIPE) Beads for Arsenic Binding PO-6.7 Anjali A. Athawale, A. H.Dhamane and S.V.Bhagwat Univ of Pune Synthesis of Hexane Sulphonic Acid doped polypyrrole and its application as sensor PO-6.8 Saritha Chandran. A, Sunil and K.N.Kutty CUST, Kerala Preparation of Polyaniline coated nylon fibers-effect of etching medium PO-6.9 P.K.Mandal and D.Chakrabarty Calcutta University Studies On Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal And Rheological Behaviour Of Extrusion Blended Polypropylene And Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer In Presence of Compatibiliser PO-6.10 Aruna Palanisamy and B.S. Rao IICT, Hyderabad Photochromic Polyurethane Ionomers with Azobenzene Groups in the Main Chain PO-6.11 S. Radhakrishnan and N.Somanathan CLRI, Chennai Polythiophenes containing hetero aromatic side chains as all base colour emitters for Organic Light Emitting Diodes-I PO-6.12 Sarmishtha Majumdar, Alok Sen and Basudam Adhikari IIT, Kharagpur Taste Sensing with Lipid and Polymer Membranes PO-6.13 Arfat Anis and Ajit Kumar Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Proton Conducting Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Silicotungstic Acid Hybrid Membranes for Fuel Cell Application