From July 17 to 18, 2024, the 5th International Polymer Foam and Porous Materials Summit Forum was held in Shanghai. Prof. Fang Yu and Prof. Peng Junxia, and full-time research assistants Wang Pei and He Yinan of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials attended the meeting.

Prof. Fang Yu gave an invited report titled “High Performance Cross-linked Polystyrene Foams and Porous Nanomembranes - From Density Tunable Blocks to Functional Membrane Materials”. Fang Yu said that when compared with physical foaming, chemical foaming and hollow microbead filling, gel emulsion template method is a new kind of high-strength foam material preparation technology, which provides the possibility of additive manufacturing of high-quality gradient polymer foam material; and as a special form of porous polymer material, porous nano-film has various structures and special properties, which is expected to gain important and wide application in many fields.

The forum was organized by the Polymer Foam and Porous Materials Committee of SAMPE China Mainland Chapter, co-organized by East China University of Science and Technology and Beijing Light World Convention and Exhibition Co., Ltd., and participated by nearly 300 domestic and foreign experts and scholars in the field of foaming and porous materials.