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MoDeSt Society
was established just after the successful Conference (more than 350 hundred
participants!) MoDeSt 2000 held in Palermo in September 2000.
The decision in 2000 to combine these three topics – Modification, Degradation and Stabilization – was taken by Gianni
Camino and Franco La Mantia as a recognition of the overlapping of these
subjects in polymer science and technology.
This association has the general goals of:
- promoting applied research in University laboratories, in public
organisations and in industry;
- spreading scientific information;
- encouraging teaching of modification, degradation and
stabilisation of polymers.
In particular, the
association will aim to encourage:
- communication and transfer
of information between specialists of different scientific aspects of processes
for modification, degradation and stabilisation of polymers;
- the establishment of links between industry and public research
laboratories;
- the acknowledgement of the importance of teaching, research and
development in the field of modification, degradation and stabilisation of
polymers;
- the stimulation of common projects or networks in this area;
- cooperation with other national and international organisations
involved in fields relevant to the modification, degradation and stabilisation
of polymers.