TIMEMONDAY 28.8.

TUESDAY 29.8.
Session 1

WEDNESDAY 30.8.
Session 2Session 1chair: Peter Košovan
8:30

THURSDAY 31.8.
Session 2

FRIDAY 1.9.

Session 1

chair: Renko de Vries

Session 2Session 1chair: Christian Holmchair: Ulrich Scheler

Registration

9:00

Opening
Allocated time for lectures
Contributed: 15 + 5 min
Invited: 40 + 5 min

K. Procházka: History of polyelectrolyte research in Prague

M. Lund: Electrostatic anisotropy and proton fluctuations in amyloid formingpeptides

W. Loh: Miscibility of coacervates: behavior in bulk versus in complex coacervate
core micelles

A. Dahlin: Electrochemically switchable polyelectrolyte
brushesC. Holm: Theory and simulations can explain the apparent ...

9:45
B. Schuler: Probing the dynamics, interactions, and phase separation of biological polyelectrolytes with single-molecule spectroscopy

10:00

H. Tran: Sequence-Controlled Peptoid Polymers

S. Lindhoud: Separation by Polyelectrolyte Complexation

F. Plamper: Electrochemical Deposition of Polyelectrolytes
C. Lopez: Poly(ionic liquids) in solution: transition between ...

10:15
10:30

Coffeechair: Ben Schuler

11:00
Y. Levy: Optimized protein function via
charged disordered regions
11:20

CoffeeCoffeechair: Sarah Perry

chair: Helen Tran

chair: Miroslav Štěpánek

W. de Vos: Hot-pressed polyelectrolytecomplexes as sustainable, stable andion-selective ion exchange membranes

F. Schacher: Polydehydroalanine – aTale about Charge, Complexation, andCoincidence

U. Scheler: Interaction of small molecules to polyelectrolytes

N. Malikova: Polyelectrolyte-based hydrogels: tuning structure and properties
by ion specific effects and addition ofcharged anisotropic nanoparticles

Coffeechair: Watson Lohchair: Felix Plamper

S. Perry: Decoupling the effects ofcharge density and hydrophobicity on
the phase behavior and viscoelasticity
of complex coacervates

J. Zhang: Surface grafted poly(ionicliquid) that lubricates in both non-polarand polar solvents

X. Guo: Functional Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes: New Preparation Methods, Characterization and Applications

R. Lunkad: Both Charge-Regulation andCharge-Patch Distribution Can Drive
Adsorption on the Wrong Side of theIsoelectric Point

E. Zussman: Weak PE – charged nanorod network formation and ordering
under an external electric field

N. Jouault: Probing polyelectrolyte
adsorption in charged nanochannels bystreaming potential measurements

11:40

B. Kayitmazer: Rheology and Thermodynamics of Hyaluronic Acid – Chitosan
Complex Coacervation

S. Yang: Polyelectrolyte Complex Fibers

R. Letteri: Poly(beta-amino ester)s andtheir complexes: tailoring molecular
structure to understand and tune solution properties and lifetime

S. Schneider: pH-dependent swellingand ionisation of weak polyelectrolyte
and polyampholyte networks: A Monte
Carlo study

A. Kishimura: Designer coacervatesas a protein sequestration scaffold
based on the strategy of the dynamic
frustrated charge hotspots

M. Duan: Swelling and shrinking of two
opposing polyelectrolyte brushes

12:00

R. Bansil: The role of charges in the
acid-induced gelation of gastric mucin.

L. Li: Preparation of natural polyelectrolyte complex membranes throughsustainable aqueous phase separation

Y. Zhang: Thermal decomposition processes and mechanism of P(DAC-AM)
with serial caitonicity and molecularweightM. E. Brito: Coarse-grained modeling ofionic microgels: influence of stimulusresponsive swelling on suspension
properties

M. Vahdati: polysaccharide complex
coacervates as multifunctional underwater adhesives

C. Drummond: Electro-responsive
polyelectrolyte-coated surfaces

12:20

C. Dannert: impact of charge on
PAMAM-peptide mediated DNA condensation

K. Nijmeijer: Kosmotropes and chaotropes: Specific ion effects to tailor
layer-by-layer membrane characteristics
and performance

A. Zinchenko: Application of Self-Organized Interpolyelectrolyte Networks as
K. Byś: Charge regulation of heparinFunctional Materials: Reinforcement,mimicking polyampholytes
Adsorption, and Templating

12:40

Lunch

Lunch

chair: Jiang Zhao

chair: Martin HrubýJ. Heyda: From polar monomers and polymers to polyelectrolytes: binding of
weakly hydrated ions

14:15

R. Staňo: Coarse-grained model ofinterpolyelectrolyte complex for seques- H. Tenhu: Responsive polycations withtration of small ions, weak acids andhydrophobic counterions
bases

15:00

J. Zhao: How do polyelectrolytes respond to shear in aqueous solutions?

15:20

C. Hou: Polyelectrolyte conformation inpolar and non-polar solvents

15:40
16:00

chair: Alexander Ayzner

C. Patrickios: Ionic amphiphilic polymer conetworks: simulations, thermodynamic
modeling and experiment

chair: Rita Dias

Closing ceremony, awards and prizes

1Bridging the theory,simulations and experiments

2Polyelectrolyte membranes,
gels and networks

3Polyelectrolyte theory and modeling

4

Conjugated polyelectrolytes
and poly ionic liquids

5

Polyelectrolyte synthesis
and characterization

6

Polyelectrolyte complexes
and coacervates

7

Polyelectrolytes at interfaces

8

Acid-base equilibria in polyelectrolytes

Self-assembling polyelectrolyte systems

chair: Saskia Lindhoud

F. L. Barroso da Silva: Computational simulation studies of macromolecularcomplexes driven by peculiar electrostatic interactions

A. Pich: Polyampholyte Microgels

A. Herrmann: Genetically Engineered
Polyelectrolytes: From anti-icing coatings to dynamic out of equilibrium
coacervates

J. Wang: Design of functional polyelecD. Beyer: Particle-Based Simulations oftrolyte vehicles for delivery of therapeuWeak Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels
tic biomacromolecule drugs

Z. Cernochova: Supramolecular melittin
encapsulation by tuned charge compensation with polymer carriers

E. te Brinke: Polyelectrolyte multilayer
membranes: an experimental review

C. Tribet: Fluidification of a concentrated solution of IgG antibody via
coacervation by short poly(glutamicacid) derivatives.

P. M. Blanco: Adsorption of flexible
proteins in the ‘wrong side’ of theisoelectric point: Casein macropeptide
as a model system

H. Kamizawa: Development ofmultiphase hierarchical structures via
polymer condensate formation

R. McBride: synthesis of high molecular weight water-soluble polymers as
low-viscosity latex particles by RAFT
aqueous dispersion polymerization in ...

T. Mrohs: Crosslinked, Highly Swelling
Diallyldimethylammonium Hydrogels

M. Lorenza: Graphene related materials/Polyelectrolyte complexes as
valuable route for the preparation ofmulti-functional coatings

S. Pineda: acid/base ionization ofoligolysines in presence of oppositely
charged polyelectrolytes

Z. Wang: origin of the entropic driving force in polyelectrolyte complex
coacervation

CoffeeCoffeeA. Ayzner: Rational Design of Intrinsically Semiconducting
Coacervates

Colour code for topical sessions:A. Agrawal: Manipulation of coacervate
droplets with an electric fieldLunchchair: Matthias Ballauf

chair: Andreas Dahlin

Coffeechair: Jan Heyda

chair: Andrij Pichchair: Costas Patrickios

chair: Mariusz Uchman

chair: Fernando Luis Barroso da Silva

chair: Wiebe de Vos

16:30

J. L. Martin Robinbson: Cooperativetransitions involving hydrophobic polyelectrolytes

H. Buksa: Effect of added salt onsynthesis of cationic nanoparticles via
polymerisation-induced self-assembly inaqueous media

S. Yaltur: Applying polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes in sustainable water
treatment processes

M. Ballauff: Interaction of Proteins with
Polyelectrolytes: Hydration Effects

R. Dias: Charge regulation on polyelectrolyte-nanoparticle interactions

E. Zhu: Tunable Organic-Inorganic Macroion Complex Coacervates for Efficient
Water Treatment

16:50

P. Zhang: Supernatant Phase in
Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervation: Cluster Formation, Binodal, andNucleation

J. Li: Emergence of Functional Cyclic
Oligoelectrolytes from Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries

C. Wunder: 3D networking single-ion
polymer electrolytes for sodium-based
batteries

M. Štěpánek: Structure of a Comb
Copolymer-Surfactant Coacervate Elucidated by DOSY NMR and Neutron Spin
Echo Spectroscopy Measurements

D. Notarmuzi: Gas-liquid phase separation, bonding valence and charge
heterogeneity

M. Müller: Water based polyelectrolyte
coatings for biomedical applications
studied by in-situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

L. Nová: Ionization in dense weakpolyelectrolyte systems

R. K. Singh: Self-assembly of Polyethyleneimine in the presence of monovalent counter-ions: a molecular dynamics
investigation

R. Niestroj-Pahl: Polyelectrolyte multilayer coating of ceramic membranes
and their filtration properties

A. Karim: Multiphase complex coacervate droplets from varying charge
densities of polyelectrolytes

A. Gallegos: Ionization and conformation consistency in weak polyelectrolyte
coacervation

A. K. Gupta: Molecular Insights intothe structural and dynamics of anionicpolyelectrolytes in salt solutions - Anatomistic simulation study

917:10J. Sabadini: Can PEO-coacervatesmicelles undergo structural changes as
EO-surfactants aggregates?

L. Tea: Viscosity and morphology ofwater-in-water emulsions stabilized bypolyelectrolyte under shear

Y. Hong: Hydrophobicity-driven reentrant
behaviors of arginine-rich coacervatesand quantitative analysis via label-free
3D phase imaging

T. Alexiou: Effective interactions between double-stranded DNA molecules
in aqueous electrolyte solutions: effects of molecular architecture and ...

10 Biological and bio-inspired polyelectrolytes

17:30C. Strauch: Ionisation and swelling
behaviour of weak polyampholyte coreshell networks – a Monte Carlo study

17:50

G. Chen: A new scaling theory for semidilute polyelectrolyte solutions

Arrival, registration

11

18:00 - 20:00 Welcome party

17:50 - 19:30 Poster Session
Posters: A0, portrait (841 mm x 1189 mm width x height)

19:00 - 22: 00 Social DinnerMiscellaneous topics