Program

Updated on July 21, 2010

All the oral presentations include 30min. talk and 10min. discussion.

August 17, 2010 (Tue.)

10:00-10:10 Opening
Chairman: M. Doi (The University of Tokyo)
10:10-10:50 "Kaleidoscopic morphologies from ABC star-shaped terpolymers"
Y. Matsushita (Nagoya University)
10:50-11:30 "Block copolymer self-assembly involving different length scales"
G. ten Brinke (University of Groningen)
11:30-12:10 "Universality of microphase separation induced by strongly selective solvents in semi-dilute solutions of block copolymers"
S. Okamoto (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
12:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Poster A
Chairman: T. Kawakatsu (Tohoku University)
16:00-16:40 "Relationship between morphology and rheology of immiscible polymer blends"
H. Orihara (Hokkaido University)
16:40-17:20 "Copolymer micelle kinetics and morphology development in immiscible polymers blends with copolymer additives"
D. C. Morse (University of Minnesota)
17:20-17:40 Break
Chairman: H. Watanabe (Kyoto University)
17:40-18:20 "Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) - from single-chain dynamics in polymer physics to intelligent gels in biomedical applications"
C. Wu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
18:20-19:00 "Hydration, phase separation and nonlinear rheology of temperature-sensitive water-soluble polymers"
F. Tanaka (Kyoto University)

August 18, 2010 (Wed.)

Chairman: T. Kanaya (Kyoto University)
9:00-9:40 "Why are double network hydrogels so tough?"
J. P. Gong (Hokkaido University)
9:40-10:20 "Slide-ring network: topological supramolecular architecture"
K. Ito (The University of Tokyo)
10:20-10:40 Break
Chairman: S. Sasa (The University of Tokyo)
10:40-11:20 "Yielding and shear banding in soft glassy materials"
D. Bonn (University of Amsterdam)
11:20-12:00 "Hidden structural ordering in a supercooled liquid: Intrinsic link between glass transition and crystallization"
H. Tanaka (The University of Tokyo)
12:00-13:40 Photo, Lunch
13:40-15:40 Poster B
Chairman: J. Fukuda (AIST)
15:40-16:20 "Nematic colloidal crystals and superstructures"
I. Muševič (J. Stefan Institute)
16:20-17:00 "Colloidal dispersions out of equilibrium"
H. Löwen (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Düsseldorf)
17:00-17:20 Break
Chairman: T. Araki (Kyoto University)
17:20-18:00 "Seeded nucleation of protein crystals"
D. Frenkel (University of Cambridge)
18:00-18:40 "Solvation effects in phase separation of soft matters"
A. Onuki (Kyoto University)

August 19, 2010 (Thu.)

Chairman: S. Komura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
9:00-9:40 "Phase behavior of multicomponent lipid membranes: Rafts on a sea of uncertainty"
M. Schick (University of Washington)
9:40-10:20 "Numerical investigations on dynamics of two component vesicles"
T. Taniguchi (Kyoto University)
10:20-10:40 Break
Chairman: T. Ohta (Kyoto University)
10:40-11:20 "Shape deformations of multi-component vesicles"
M. Imai (Ochanomizu University)
11:20-12:00 "A cell-scale biomimetic model involving lipid vesicles: Study of the amyloid β induced failure of mitochondrial cristae dynamics"
M. I. Angelova (University Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6)
12:00-12:40 "Mechanics and growth of tissues"
J.-F. Joanny (Institit Curie Centre de Recherche)
13:00-18:00 Excursion to Horyuji Temple
19:00 Banquet (Hotel Nikko Nara)

August 20, 2010 (Fri.)

Chairman: J. Yamamoto (Kyoto Univesity)
9:00-9:40 "Non-equilibrium dynamics of 2D liquid crystals driven by transmembrane gas flow"
Y. Tabe (Waseda University)
9:40-10:20 "Non-equilibrium transport of colloidal soft matter: from anomalous transport to self-propelled dynamics"
M. Sano (The University of Tokyo)
10:20-10:40 Break
Chairman: H. Hayakawa (Kyoto University)
10:40-11:20 "Optothermal biophysics: Light driven molecule traps, microscale thermophoresis, imaging of kinetics and autonomous evolution"
D. Braun (Ludwig Maximilians University)
11:20-12:00 "Onsager's variational principle in soft matter dynamics"
M. Doi (The University of Tokyo)
12:00 Closing