The 2004 Symposium is currently being planned and organized. This listing pertains to 2002 congress only:

The Symposium on Electronically Conducting Polymers, I, II

 

 

 

 

 

Symposium:  Electronically Conducting Polymers I

 

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Dr. Benjamin Mattes, Santa Fe Science and

 

Technology, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Toribio Fernandez Otero, Universidad

 

Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

Session:

T2/Isleta 9:30 am - 11:30 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Benjamin Mattes, Santa Fe Science and

 

Technology, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong

 

Wollongong, Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:30-10:00

Electronics Textiles Based on Homogenous Polyaniline

 

Fiber,

B. R. Mattes (invited)

 

 

10:00-10:30

Molecularly Self-Assembled Actuators and  

 

Devices

 

 

R.O. Claus, T. Zeng, K. Huie, J. Huie,

J.B. Mecham, F. Arregui, I. Matias

 

 

 

10:30-11:00

(B)Ionic Liquids: An Elixir for Inherently

 

Conducting Polymer Based Artificial Muscles

 

 

 

G. G. Wallace, J. Ding, D. Zhou, G. M. Spinks  

11:00-11:30

Electrochemical Properties of Conducting  

 

Polymers:  Multifunctionality and Biomimesis

T. F. Otero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Symposium:  Electronically Conducting Polymers II

 

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Dr. Benjamin Mattes, Santa Fe Science and

 

Technology, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Toribio Fernandez Otero, Universidad

 

Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

Session:

T3/Isleta 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Professor J. Gonzalez, Universidad Politecnica

 

de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Krishna C. Persaud,  UMIST,

 

 

Manchester, UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30-2:00

Design and Testing of New Molecular  

 

Mechanisms of Actuation

 

 

J.D. Madden  

 

 

2:00-2:30

Intelligent Conducting Polymer Chemical

 

Sensors,  

K.C. Persaud, R. Bissell  

 

 

2:30-3:00

Electrochemomechanical Characterization  

 

of Polypyrrole Based Artificial Muscles,

J. Gonzalez  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symposium:  Electronically Conducting Polymers II (Con't)

 

 

 

 

 

Chair:

Dr. Benjamin Mattes, Santa Fe Science and

 

Technology, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Toribio Fernandez Otero, Universidad

 

Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

Session:

T4/Isleta 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Professor J. Gonzalez, Universidad Politecnica

 

de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

 

Co-Chair:

Professor Krishna C. Persaud,  UMIST,

 

 

Manchester, UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30-4:00

 Characterization of Novel Thiophene Based

 

Molecular Actuator,

 

 

P. Anquetil, J. Madden, H.H. Yu, T. Swager, I. Hunter

 

 

4:00-4:30

Development of Stable Electrochemical Linear

 

Actuators Using Polyaniline Fibers and

 

Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids,

W. Lu, A.G. Fadeev, B.R. Mattes, 

 

4:30-5:00

A Large-Strained Linear Actuator for Use in
Aqueous Environments, 
K. West