POLYMER 2006 FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006 POSTER SESSION-1 (COUNCIL ROOM) (15-40 to 17-30) 1. PO-1.1 PO-1.2 PO-1.3 PO-1.4 PO-1.5 PO-1.6 PO-1.7 PO-1.8 PO-1.9 PO-1.10 Synthesis and Characterization S. B. Deokar and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Synthesis and Characterization of Beaded Porous Polymers Using High Internal Phase Emulsion Technique P. H. Basutkar and N. N. Maldar Solapur University Phenylated Polyimides and Poly (amide-imide): Synthesis and Characterization T. Balakrishnan and P. A. Vivekanand University of Madras Kinetics and Mechanism of Polymerization of Ethyl ethacrylate using Multisite Phase Transfer Catalyst K. Anverbasha, Ligia Gargallo and T. Balakrishnan University of Madras Copolymers of Phenoxy Ethyl Methacrylate with Butyl Methacrylate Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity Ratios Mukundamurthy Kannan, and R. Dhamodharan IIT, Madras Synthesis of Polystyrene Three arm Star–via Radical Reversible Addition –Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization Amalin Kavitha A., Anusuya Choudhury and Nikhil K. Singha IIT, Kharagpur Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of a Methacrylate bearing a Furfuryl Group H. Satapathy and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur ‘A novel fluoro polymer-Poly (N-fluoro phenyl acrylamide)’ Synthesis, characterization and thermal behaviour Upasana Mohan and Anuradha Varshney D.G. College, Kanpur Photopolymerization of methylmethacrylate initiated by triphenylbismuthonium ylide Atanu Kotal, Satyabrata Si, Asim Bhaumik and Tarun K. Mandal IACS, Kolkata Synthesis of Mesoporous Polymer and Carbon by Surface-Confined Living Radical Polymerization 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 PO-2.2 PO-2.3 PO-2.4 PO-2.5 Lovely Mathew and Rani Joseph Newman College, Kerala Dynamic mechanical properties of short isora fibre reinforced natural rubber composites Mousumi De Sarkar and Ankit Kothari IIT, Kharagpur Usage of Additive based on Cobalt Stearate for the Development of Readily Degradable LDPE Aamir Hussain Bhat and Ajit Kumar Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Morphological and thermal studies of poly(vinyl alcohol) and modified red mud composite Ruchi Bana. and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Green Composites: Thermoplastics Reinforced With Wood Dust 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. PO-3.1 PO-3.2 PO-3.3 Nirmala Rachel James and A Jayakrishnan SCTIMST, Trivandrum Hydrogels from gum arabic and gelatin for medical applications K.K. Nissshi and A. Jayakrishnan SCTIMST, Trivandrum Synthesis and Characterisation of Ampicillin-Gum arabic conjugate 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. PO-4.1 PO-4.2 PO-4.3 PO-4.4 Bio-related Polymers Nano and Meso Scale Polymeric Materials 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 Anjali A. Athawale and Aditi K. Diwan University of Pune Aniline Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles by Gamma Radiation Anoop Anand K, Rani Joseph and U. S. Agarwal CUST, Kerala PET-SWNT nanocomposites through ultrasound-assisted solution-evaporation K. V. Aswathy and Rani Joseph CUST, Kerala PET-ZnO nanocomposites: Thermal And Mechanical Properties 5. PO-5.1 PO-5.2 Self-assembled Polymeric Systems Sajal Samanta and Tushar Jana Univ of Hydrabad Thermoreversible Gelation of Polybenzimidazole in Phosphoric Acid Rabibtrata Mukherjee, Manoj Gonuguntla and Ashutosh Sharma IIT, Kanpur Two Dimensional Patterns from One Dimensional Stamps: Elastic Contact Lithography 6. PO-6.1 PO-6.2 PO-6.3 PO-6.4 Functional Polymers R. Harikrishna, F. Lijo, S. Ponrathnam and C. R. Rajan NCL, Pune Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polymeric Compositions for Optic Fiber Coating Applications T.C. Shami, D. Lal and K.U. Bhasker Rao DMSRDE, kanpur Synthesis of a Polyester Polyurethane Resin for Protection against Toxic Chemicals Mahasweta Nandi, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Asim Bhaumik IACS, Kolkata Novel Mesoporous Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Conducting properties 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 PO-1.12 PO-1.13 PO-1.14 PO-1.15 PO-1.16 PO-1.17 PO-1.18 PO-1.19 PO-1.20 PO-1.21 PO-1.22 PO-1.23 P. K. Bhuyan and D.K. Kakati Gauhati University N, N-diethyldithiocarbamato group induced photo grafting of vinylic monomers onto polyurethane N. S. Pujari, S. R. Inamdar and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Water Triggered Frontal Polymerization R. Sankar, S. Rajagopan and T. Kaliyappan Pondicherry Eng. College Synthesis, Characterization and Metal ion uptake properties of poly(2’4dihydroxyacetophenone – N – phenylimine-formaldehyde)resin and its metal complexes S. Vijayalakshmi, S. Subramanian, S. Rajagopan and T. Kaliyappan Pondicherry Eng. College Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of poly(8-hydroxy–4 azoquinolinephenylacrylate) and its derived metal complexes R. Mohankumar, S. Senthil and P. Kannan Anna University Synthesis and Characterization of Photocrosslinkable side chain liquid crystalline polymers containing substituted cinnamoyl esters N. S. Pujari, J. Trivedi, G. C. Ingavle and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Novel beaded polymers from telechelic methacrylic ether esters Neeta Daniel, Garima Mishra and A.K. Srivastava HBTI, Kanpur p-Acetylbenzylidene triphenylarsonium ylide (p-ABTAY) initiated Radical copolymerization of Acrylonitrile with Vinyl acetate 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 S. Bajpai, Stuti, I. Nigam and J.S.P.Rai HBTI, Kanpur Synthesis and Characterization of Crosslinkable Copolymers of MMA and Diacrylate/Dimethacrylate 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 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 A. Ghanwat and N. N. Maldar Solapur University Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Containing Co-polyamides from 2,5-bis(4carboxy methylene phenyl)-3,4-diphenyl thiophene K. Rajendra Kumar IIT, Chennai Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of p-(Me,Cl) substituted benzyl methacrylates 2. Processing, Blends and Composites PO-2.6 PO-2.7 PO-2.8 PO-2.9 PO-2.10 PO-2.11 PO-2.12 PO-2.13 Joshy M. K., Lovely Mathew and Rani Joseph Newman College, Kerala Mechanical properties of unidirectional isora fibre reinforced polyester and epoxy composites B. Ramaraj CIPET, Mysore Mechanical and Thermal Properties of ABS and Leather waste composites Subhasish Paul, D.D. Kale and Suparno Hazra University of Mumbai Studies In Blends of Polypropylene (PP) And Poly Trimethylene Terephthalate (PTT) Raju P, Nandanan.V and Sunil K.N. Kutty CUST, Kerala Linseed oil and Coconut oil as Plasticizer in Styrene Butadiene Rubber Compounds 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 Rupa Chakrabarti and Debabrata Chakraborty Calcutta University Synthesis And Characterisation Of PVC/PBMA Semi Interpenetrating Polymer Networks Mahuya Das and Debabrata Chakraborty Calcutta University Influence of Mercerization on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Strip Novolac Resin Composites 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 PO-3.5 PO-3.6 PO-3.7 Samarendra Maji, Alok Chaurasia, Pradip Kumar Maji, Partha Pratim Sengupta and Basudam Adhikari. IIT, KHARAGPUR Biodegradation of Surface Modified PE film Kunal Pal, A K Banthia and D K Majumdar IIT, Kharagpur Effect of heat treatment of starch on the properties of the prepared hydrogels R.K Mishra, J.P Singhal and A.K. Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Preparation of modified Pectin based hydrogels and their application in drug delivery 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 PO-4.6 PO-4.7 PO-4.8 PO-4.9 Paromita Deb and Mousumi De Sarkar IIT, Kharagpur Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Nanocomposites Comprising Polyvinyl Alcohol and Colloidal Silica Arjun Maity and Mukul Biswas Presidency College, Kolkata Some Aspects of Carbon Based Polymer Nanocomposites Ashis Dey, Kousik Dutta and S. K. De IACS, Kolkata Electrical Transport and Dielectric Properties of Zirconia Polypyrrole Hybrid Nanocomposites Kousik Dutta , Ashis Dey and S. K. De IACS, Kolkata Dielectric and optical properties of SiO2- polyaniline nanocomposites 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 PO-5.4 PO-5.5 Debarshi Dasgupta and Arun K. Nandi IACS, Kolkata Multiporous Polymeric Materials Developed from Thermoreversible PVF2 Gels Rama Ranjan Bhattacharjee, Mukut Chakraborty, Harunar Rashid and Tarun K. Mandal Polyelectrolyte-Mediated Assembly of Thermoresponsive Gold Nanoparticles Animesh Saha and S. Ramakrishnan IISc, Bangalore Unimer Micelles Based on Hyperbranched Polyethers 6. PO-6.5 PO-6.6 PO-6.7 PO-6.8 PO-6.9 PO-6.10 PO-6.11 PO-6.12 PO-6.13 Functional Polymers Sanjib Maji, Soumik Mukhopadhyay, Indranil Das, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Amitabha De SINP, Kolkata Coulomb Gap Influencing Electrical Conduction in Doped Poly Ethylene Dioxy Thiophene Ganesh C. Ingavle, C. R. Rajan, Rajeev K. Tayal, A. Gaikwad and S. Ponrathnam NCL, Pune Modified Poly (HIPE) Beads for Arsenic Binding 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 Saritha Chandran. A, Sunil and K.N.Kutty CUST, Kerala Preparation of Polyaniline coated nylon fibers-effect of etching medium 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 Aruna Palanisamy and B.S. Rao IICT, Hyderabad Photochromic Polyurethane Ionomers with Azobenzene Groups in the Main Chain S. Radhakrishnan and N.Somanathan CLRI, Chennai Polythiophenes containing hetero aromatic side chains as all base colour emitters for Organic Light Emitting Diodes-I Sarmishtha Majumdar, Alok Sen and Basudam Adhikari IIT, Kharagpur Taste Sensing with Lipid and Polymer Membranes Arfat Anis and Ajit Kumar Banthia IIT, Kharagpur Proton Conducting Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Silicotungstic Acid Hybrid Membranes for Fuel Cell Application