The VI International Conference on "Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites" was held on June 2012 (Ischia-Italy). This was the fourth of a series of biennial workshops on "polymers timescales" resulting from a joint initiative of the Second University of Naples-SUN and the University of Naples Federico II. Scientists from chemistry to physics to engineering areas formed a homogeneous community as the contributions, even if spanning on very different topics, subtend the concept of timescale of polymer based materials.

From the Contents: Percolation effects on entangled polymer rheology and the glass transition.- Cooperative facilitation approach to glassy dynamics.- Logarithmic-like relaxation of hydrated peptides.- Relaxation times of nano-colloid flocculation induced by adsorbing and non-adsorbing polymers.- Electroactive functional hybrid layered nanocomposites.- Biodegradation of high molecular weight polylactic acid.- Biodegradable composites filled with halloysite nanonotubes: Calorimetric investigations and structural issues.- PCL loaded with sol-gel synthesized organic-inorganic hybrid fillers: From the analysis of 2D substrates to the design of 3D rapid prototyped composite scaffolds for tissue engineering.