Speaker：Prof. Paul Topham, Aston University (UK)

Lecture 1 and Lecture 2: Introduction & Microphase Separation

Time: August 26, 2020（Wednesday）4:00 p.m., Room 324

Lecture 3 and Lecture 4: X-ray Scattering and Microwave Annealing

Time: August 27, 2020（Thursday）7:30 p.m., Room 324

Lecture 5 and Lecture 6: Glass Transition Temperature and Superhydrophobic Fabrics

Time: August 28, 2020（Friday）4:00 p.m., Room 324

Online Meeting: ZOOM

Venue: AISMST (Building #2, KeJiYuan, North Campus)

South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology

August 23, 2020

Brief Biography:

Professor Topham of Aston University in the United Kingdom is currently the Director of the Aston Institute of Materials Research. His research focuses on the synthesis, development and application of ordered polymer materials, including “smart polymers”, highly biocompatible and degradable materials, and polymer brushes. He uses a controlled polymerization technology (a combination of various organic chemical synthesis techniques) to make new polymer materials. These new materials can exhibit different characteristics depending on the material itself and the environment. His current research interests include organic solar cells, rubber, electrospinning, microphase separation, click chemistry, tissue engineering, cell therapy, drug delivery, polymer fiber and water purification technologies. Since joining the University of Aston in 2008 (Graduate Employment Rate ranked 5th in the UK), he has received more than £2.4 million in research funding and served as a deputy head of a large EU joint project (4 million euros). His research has been published in leading journals in a variety of materials and polymers, such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Macromolecules, Langmuir, Soft Matter; and has been invited to write two book chapters (published by Wiley Press). Professor Topham is also a member of the British Polymer Council and has served as the head of his youth association for 5 years and he is the Secretary of the Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC); in 2014 he was awarded the Macro Group UK Young Researchers Medal, and awarded theElements of the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists (Hydrogen) in 2019.