<p> POLYMER 2006 FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006 POSTER SESSION-1 (COUNCIL ROOM)</p><p>(15-40 to 17-30)</p><p>1. Synthesis and Characterization</p><p>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</p><p>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 </p><p>3. Bio-related Polymers</p><p>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</p><p>4. Nano and Meso Scale Polymeric Materials</p><p>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</p><p>5. Self-assembled Polymeric Systems</p><p>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</p><p>6. Functional Polymers</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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)</p><p>3. Bio-related Polymers</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>5. Self-assembled Polymeric Systems</p><p>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</p><p>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</p>