26 - 30 October, 2026
16th International Symposium on Ionizing Radiation and Polymers (IRaP2026)
🗓️ 26-30 October 2026
📍 Phuket, Thailand
IRaP 2026 aims to: bring together scientists and engineers from universities, research centres and industrial sectors; promote innovative radiation-processed polymers and their applications; and provide a forum to exchange knowledge and information in this field.
The conference will cover the following main topics:
- Radiation processing of polymers towards UN SDGs, Atoms4NetZero, Atoms4Climate, Atoms4Development
- Fundamentals on ionizing radiations interactions with polymers
- Polymer ageing, polymer structure and properties modifications
- Crosslinking, curing, grafting, and surface modification
- Design of new polymeric materials using ionizing radiations: nanostructures and nanocomposites, functional hydro-/nanogels, 3D/4D printing
- Radiation processing of sustainable polymers: Biopolymers, bio-based polymers, and biodegradable polymers
- Polymers recycling and upcycling
- Modification of polymer structure using swift heavy ions
- Emerging technologies and development of industrial applications
- Polymers for packaging, food, health, biotechnology, coatings, environment, and space applications, etc.
- Irradiation facilities (eBeam/X-rays, Gamma-rays, Swift heavy ions) and process design for polymer processing