The group members delivering oral presentations at the conference (from top: Shuang Liu, Yahui Liu, and Teng Cui)

From July 20th to 25th, 2025, the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Rheology (A-PRCR 2025) was successfully held in Kobe, Japan. Members of our research group, including professor Qian Huang, associate professor Shuang Liu , and the students Teng Cui and Yahui Liu, participated in the conference. 

During the conference, Prof. Shuang Liu delivered an oral presentation titled "Universality and nonuniversality in nonlinear shear rheology of entangled polystyrene solutions." The student Teng Cui, who just received her M.Sc degree in June, made an oral presentation with the title "Rheology of Entangled Linear PS Chains Mixed with Unentangled Linear, Star, or Crosslinked PS Chains". The second-year master student Yahui Liu also gave an oral presention titled "Rheological and mechanical properties of associative polymers based on metal-coordinated bonds". Prof. Qian Huang participated in the organization of the session "Experimental Techniques".

The conference attracted 306 participants from 24 countries and regions, including 99 young students, highlighting the vitality of academic continuity and development. In terms of geographical distribution, Japan, as the host country, had the largest delegation with 168 participants. The Chinese delegation consisted of 47 members, followed by South Korea with 32, Canada with 12, and India with 7. Germany and Australia each had 6 participants, while the United Kingdom had 5, and the United States had 2. Scholars from other countries, including Belgium, Brazil, Greece, and others, also attended the conference, fully reflecting its international appeal and global reach.

Conference website: Asia-Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology