Symposium
Editor, Waldo Argüelles-Monal
Wiley-VCH, 2001, pp. 1-116
ISBN 3-527-30330-8
Preface
The 7th Latin American Symposium on Polymers (SLAP 2000), a joint meeting
with the 5th lbero-American Congress on Polymers and 1st Ibero-American
Symposium on Chitin and Chitosan, was held in Havana, Cuba, from the
20th to 24th of November, 2000. This Congress was organized by the Cuban
Chemical Society, Polymers Section and sponsored by the University of
Havana, the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry, the
Centre for Research on Food and Development (Hermosillo, Mexico) and
the Third World Academy of Sciences.
The SLAPS have been
organized since 1988 as and effort of the Latin American polymer scientists
and businessmen to exchange, discuss and share results on macromolecular
science. It could be stated that SLAP 2000 closed a cycle in the life
of these Latin American and Ibero-American meetings, after having been
celebrated previously in Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Argentina
and Chile. It was a pleasure to welcome 291 delegates coming from Argentina,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Mexico, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, USA and Venezuela. The
program of the meeting included the following topics:
1. Synthesis and characterization of polymers
2. Chemical modifications and specialty polymers
3. Polymer processing
4. Rheology
5. Composites
6. Biomass utilization
7. Biopolymers and natural polymers
8. Polymer degradation
9. Environmental impact and recycling
10. Biomedical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications
11. Polymer physics
In addition to the
above-mentioned topics, the First Ibero-American Symposium on Chitin
and Chitosan also took place. The present volume collects some of the
Invited Lectures presented by well-known specialists, giving an overview
on the main challenges and perspectives in current macromolecular science.
On behalf of the
Organizing Committee of SLAP 2000 I would like to thank all the Latin
and Ibero-American colleagues, as well as those from other regions,
for their participation and support that culminated in this successful
meeting.
W.
Arguelles-Monal
University of Havana
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