An Introduction to Conductive Polymers 2011

2nd November 2011
The BPF Offices, London, EC2A 3JE

Conductive polymers are a relatively novel part of the plastics industry and their full potential is yet to be exploited.

This BPF Seminar will bring together a number of experts, both from academia and from industry, to explore conductive polymers, the market size, their uses and applications, and processing techniques.

The aim of this seminar is to increase awareness in industry of the benefits of conductive polymers, for industry to better understand the processing parameters and the applications in which they are used.

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Dr Peter R Wilson - School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Born and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, graduating with a BEng in Electrical and Electronic ] Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in 1988. Worked in Ferranti (Navigation and Radar Systems Divisions) in Edinburgh from 1988 until 1994 and then moved to Analogy, Inc (based in Swindon and Beaverton, OR, USA). Picked up postgraduate qualifications in Digital Systems Engineering 1992 and an MBA in 1999, before leaving Analogy to return to Southampton in 1999 to complete a PhD degree - ] finishing in 2001.Carrie dout post doctoral research in the school of Engineering Sciences (Southampton) 2001-2002 in the area of Microgrids.

Dr Constantina Lekakou, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at University of Surrey, holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering and PhD as well as being member of the Technical Chamber and the Institute of Chemical Engineers in Greece. Dr Lekakou has diverse research interests such as Inkjet Printing of Electrically Conductive Polymers and experimental studies into the processing of polymers and composite materials or process modelling of fabric/fibre forming, multi-phase flow and curing. She is involved on six innovative research programs such as novel techniques of processing carbon nanotube-polymer composites to optimise structural, electrical and optical processing.

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Dr Emiliano Bilotti of the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University London/Nanoforce. Emiliano graduated cum laude in Materials Engineering from “Federico II”, University of Naples. In 2004 joined Queen Mary for his PhD studies, under the supervision of Prof. Ton Peijs. His research focused on Thermoplastic Polymer / Clay Nanocomposites and the study of new environment friendly flame retardant materials, in the frame of a European STRP project: Nanofire. During his doctorate he developed expertises in different fields of polymer processing and characterisation. He also acquired knowledge in the area of nano-mechanics and nano-objects manipulation using state-of-the-art Scanning Probe Microscopy facilities. He was successively employed as a Research Assistant at QMUL on Inteltex, a project supported by the EC through the Sixth Framework Programme. The overall objective of the project was the development of intelligent multi-reactive textile fibres, via incorporation of conductive nano-fillers in non-conductive polymeric matrix. The conductivity of such fibres varies with external stimuli, such as strain, temperature and vapours in the atmosphere, imparting sensing properties to the fibres.

Since September 2010 he is holding the position of Lecturer in Materials in SEMS and Research and Technology Manager of Nanoforce, a spin-out company of QMUL. 

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Cathy J Curling, founder and CEO of Curling Consulting, an independent Technical Consultancy serving an international advisory portfolio of industry, venture capital, government and university-based clients, is an accomplished international strategic business champion & technologist, experienced in defining, leading & delivering on innovative high-tech programs through to successful industrialisation via international partnerships.As a domain expert in disruptive thin-film, large area electronics, her impressive track record covers a core of displays & sensors, processed with both conventional & printed electronic materials & techniques. Cathy’s early career included technology management within the global corporate businesses of Philips and later as Chief Technology Officer at Plastic Logic, Cambridge UK.

Peter Foot, of Kingston University London, has been leader of the Materials Research Group, Kingston University London since 1995, Director of the Centre for Materials Research from 2008-10 and Professor of Materials Science at Kingston University from 1998 to the present. Peter is currently supervising 9 postgraduate research students at Kingston University and was previously supervisor of 45 successfully completed research students (8 as co-supervisor), and of 9 postdoctoral researchers.

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Tim Marsden, Senior Executive Projects, British Plastics Federation, the UK's leading Plastics Trade Association, where he has been working for more than four year.    Initially responsible for the Construction Groups of the BPF, Tim now looks after the numerous BPF UK and European Research and Development Projects. Tim is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University, where he gained a BA (Hons) Degree in International Business and German.

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