Mar 4 – Mar 8 (2024), five days, 10AB (17:30~20:10)
1. Green and sustainable synthesis of polyester using organocatalyst (conducted by Prof. Toshifumi Satoh, Hokkaido University)
1) Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic monomer
2) Alternating copolymerization of cyclic monomers
3) Self-switchable polymerization of cyclic monomers
4) One-step synthesis of multiblock copolyesters

2. Making plastic factory in microbial cells (conducted by Prof. Ken'ichiro Matsumoto, Hokkaido University)
1) General knowledge of microbial polyesters.
2) Pathways for the polymer biosynthesis
3) Structural control of the polymers
4) Material properties
5) Functions of enzymes involved in the polymer synthesis Engineering methods for expanding the enzyme function

3. Biomedical applications of conducting polymers (conducted by Prof. Shyh-Chyang Luo, National Taiwan University)
1) An Overview of Conducting Polymers
2) Techniques for Synthesizing and Analyzing Conducting Polymers
3) The Role of Conductive Polymers in Scaffold Development for Tissue Engineering
4) Exploring the Fundamentals and Practical Uses of Biosensors and Bioelectronics

4. Water-based polymer emulsion (conducted by Prof. Shih-Huang Tung, National Taiwan University)
1) Fundamentals of colloids
2) Electrostatic stabilization
3) Polymer-induced (steric) stabilization
4) Design of waterborne epoxy resins

5. Electronic and Optoelectronic Polymers (conducted by Prof. Cheng-Liang Liu, National Taiwan University)
1) History of organic electronics and optoelectronics
2) Organic solar cells
3) Organic transistors