Programme
Aqueous or non-aqueous solution chemistry has
proven to be a powerful tool to produce nanoparticles and
nanomaterials with finely tuned morphological, compositional and
structural characteristics. Control of size, shape, surface and
assembly properties of nanoscale materials are fundamental steps
towards their study in fundamental research and their implementation
in technological devices.
In spite of the immense progress in nanoparticle research, the
reported synthesis strategies are often isolated efforts without
offering any underlying physical or chemical principles that would
allow either the generalization of the processes involved for any
kind of nanomaterial or the development of a mechanistic
understanding of nanoparticle formation.
The symposium will provide a platform for the presentation of
state-of-the art synthesis procedures to collect and summarize
general reaction principles to make first steps towards a rational
synthesis design for inorganic nanomaterials. The symposium will
focus on chemical methods that make it possible to tune the particle
size and/or morphology on the nanoscale. Special attention will be
given to works combining original syntheses and mechanistic
investigations, elaborating the key parameters for tailor-made
nanomaterials. Instrumental techniques to measure in-situ kinetics,
as well as nucleation and growth models with a special attention to
phenomena at the growing surface will be highly appreciated. Due to
their rich chemistry and the variety of possible applications, metal
oxides are the key -but not exclusive- materials of the symposium. In
addition to nanoparticles, larger objects could enter the topic on
condition that they are nanostructured or if the mechanism of their
formation involves nano-building blocks.
The symposium aims at covering a wide panel from experimental
chemistry to theoretical physics to promote exchange of views and
ideas. In this context, communications from various scientific
communities will be welcome.
Keywords:
- nucleation, oriented growth, templated growth
- nanoparticles, metal oxides, nanostructures, self-assembly
- precipitation, sol-gel chemistry, solvothermal syntheses,
rational synthesis design....
- in-situ measurements,nucleation and growth theory/models
Invited speakers (confirmed):
- C. Chanéac (UPMC, Paris, France): " Some relevant parameters
for the design of nanoparticles by aqueous chemistry"
- M. Epifani (IMM-CNR, Lecce, Italy): "Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
by Sol-Gel Transition in a Coordinating Environment: General
Principles, Formation Mechanism and Applications"
- C. Feldman :" Ionic Liquid based Approach to Nanoscale
Functional Materials"
- A. Gedanken (Bar-Ilan University, Israel): " Producing metal
oxide nanoparticles by the sonochemical, microwave and RAPET
techniques."
- M. Grätzel:"Electric Power Generation from Sunlight by
Mesoscopic Solar Cells"
- T. Hyeon (Seoul National University, South Korea): " Synthesis
and Biomedical Applications of Uniform-sized Oxide
Nanocrystals"
- L. Lipinska (ITME, Warsaw, Poland): " Synthesis by sol-gel
method of nanocrystalline compounds within
Y_{2}O_{3}(Nd_{2}O_{3})-Al_{2}O_{3} system for optical
applications"
- S. Pratsinis (ETH Zurich, Switzerland): "Flame aerosol
synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles"
- C. Sanchez (UPMC, Paris, France):"Bottom up approaches to
Inorganic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanostructured
Materials"
- R. Seshadri (University of California, Santa Barbara, United
States): " Magnetic oxide nanoparticles: Large scale preparation,
magnetism, and core/shell architectures"
- B. Smarsly (MPIKGF, Potsdam, Germany): " "Soft Epitaxy":
Surfactant-mediated Generation of Iso-oriented Crystalline,
Mesoporous Metal Oxide Layers"
- A. Turkovic ( RUDJER BOSKOVIĆ INSTITUTE, Zagreb, Croatia):
"SAXS Characterization of Mesoporous Thin Films: A Brief
Review"
- H. Weller ( University of Hamburg, Germany): "Tailored
Nanoparticles and Nanocomposits for Materials and Life Science
Applications"
- D. Zitoun ( Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpellier, France):
"Doped ZnO: a case study for the influence of solvent and
structure"
