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AsiaNANO poster prize winners

Congratulations to the poster prize winners at the Asian Conferene on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology which took place from the 10th – 13th October in Sapporo, Japan. The conference was attended by 330 participants from over 10 different countries. There were 79 oral (31 invited) and 182 poster presentations. Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons provided sponsorship in the form of poster prizes which were handed to the following winners:

Chee Leng Lay (University of Singapore) for her poster titled: Transformative Two-Dimensional Array Configurations by Geometrical Shape-shifting Protein Microstructures, Ryo Iida (Hokkaido University): Thermoresponsive assembly of gold nanospheres and nanorods, Satoshi Nakamura (Hokkaido University): Immobilization of AuNRs by assistance of a DNA brush and Zhepeng Zhang (Peking University): Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of MoS2/h-BN van der Waals Heterostructures on Au Foils.

The conference included recent hot topics on chemical and physical aspects of nanostructures as well as their fabrication and characterization technologies with its main focus on revolutionary approaches and results developed newly in nanochemistry and nanomaterials for the last two years. Further information can be found on the website.

Poster prize winners

Poster prize winners with Professor Masahiko Hara of Tokyo Institute of Technology/RIKEN (far left).

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LANE 2016, 9th International Conference on Photonic Technologies

Materials Horizons will be supporting LANE 2016, 9th International Conference on Photonic Technologies, in Fürth, Germany, during 19th-22nd September 2016. We will be providing two Best Presentation Prizes comprising a certificate and years online subscription to Materials Horizons.

LANE 2016 offers a platform for international exchange of ideas, opinions, perspectives, results and solutions concerning photonic technologies.

Especially recent developments in the field of

Laser Material Processing

  • Beam sources & components
  • Laser beam welding, brazing & soldering
  • Laser beam cutting & drilling
  • Surface treatment & forming
  • Laser assisted processes

including

  • Experimental results
  • Simulation & modeling
  • Sensing & control

are of interest. In order to open up the capability of light, it is essential to look ahead. Against this background LANE 2016 wants to enhance the

Emerging Technologies

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Precision processing with ultrashort laser pulses
  • Fast laser beam manipulation

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8th Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium 2016

Materials Horizons is thrilled to announce its support of the 8th Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium 2016 in the form of two poster prizes including a certificate and a free online subscription to Materials Horizons (worth £2000). You will also be able to find our flyers in your delegate bags.

The conference will run from 20th -22nd July 2016 in the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Major topics in GCCES2016, include (but not limited to):

Biomolecular and Biomedical Science Chemical Engineering Processes and Systems
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Chemical Engineering Education
Chemical Engineering Science Environmental Benign Processes and Sustainability
Functional Materials Membrane Technology
Molecular Computations in Chemical Engineering Polymer Science and Engineering

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META’16, the 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics

Meta 2016 logo

Materials Horizons is delighted to announce its support of META’16, the 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics in the form of a poster prize including a certificate, copy of the first ever issue of Nanoscale Horizons and also a free online subscription to one of Materials Horizons, Nanoscale, Journals of Materials Chemistry A, B or C (worth in excess of £1500). You will also be able to find our flyers in your delegate bags.

Since its foundation in 2008, META has grown into the major conference in the field of Nanophotonics, Metamaterials and Photonic Crystals, with events spanning four continents: Marrakesh (2008), Cairo (2010), Paris (2012), Dubai (2013), Singapore (2014) and New York (2015).

Be a part of META’16 and take the opportunity to present your recent results, and meet and network with experts. The program will facilitate discussions on various current hot topics such as metasurfaces, topological effects in optics, two-dimensional materials, light-matter interaction in nanocavities, plasmonic circuits, thermal engineering, quantum photonic systems, etc. Featuring several plenary, keynote and invited speakers, the program will provide insights into the latest trends and strategies actionable to deal with the practical challenges faced by the community.

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Poster prize winner!

Congratulations to Lingyan Julia Zhu (University of California, Riverside, USA), who was awarded a Materials Horizons poster prize at the University of California Symposium for the Chemical Sciences which took place from the 21st – 23rd March 2016 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead conference centre.

The symposium is the first of its kind and brought graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the University of California together, to network and start up new collaborations. Further information about the symposium can be found here.

© Beverly Chou

Courtesy of Beverly Chou (from left) Lingyan Julia Zhu with Jennifer Griffiths (RSC)

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Materials Horizons supports Graphene2016 conference

The Graphene2016 conference will be taking place in Genoa, Italy from the 19th 22nd April 2016 will cover the whole value chain of “Graphene and 2D Materials Innovation” from most recent scientific discoveries to breakthroughs in large scale material production and integration towards the development of innovative and competitive commercial applications.

The Graphene Conference is a consolidated event and considered the largest European event in Graphene and 2D Materials. 2016 will stand as a cornerstone event during which all communities will be able to share a common vision of the present and future of 2D materials-based science and technologies.

The deadline for the early bird fee at Graphene2016 is February 26, 2016 and can save you €100.

The number of abstracts (poster and oral) submitted in this edition has clearly exceeded the past editions (around 450 requests).

Please note the upcoming deadlines:

Early Bird Registration Fee February 26th, 2016

Post-deadline poster submission March 18th, 2016

There will be a total of 71 keynote & invited speakers with 102 oral contributions and 341 poster contributions along with talks, workshops and an exhibition.

Further details can be found on the website: www.grapheneconf.com

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Poster prize winner at the Active and Adaptive Materials Conference

Dr. Rein V. Ulijn (left) with Materials Horizons poster prize winner Noemie-Manuelle centre

Materials Horizons congratulates Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne for her poster prize award at the Active and Adaptive Materials Conference which took place at the City University of New York, New York from the 22nd – 23rd October 2015.

The conference focused on a number of different research fields in nano-molecular chemistry and featured with International speakers: Dr. Lee Cronin of the University of Glasgow, Dr. David G. Lynn of Emory University, Dr. Jan van Esch from Delft University of Technology and Dr. Samuel I. Stupp amongst others. A poster session was held on the ground floor with one of the prizes being awarded from Materials Horizons.

Further information about the conference can be found here.

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Prize winners at 6th EuChemS conference on Nitrogen Ligands

Materials Horizons would like to congratulate the prize winners from the 6th EuChemS conference on Nitrogen Ligands which took place in Beaune, France from the 13th-17th September. A number of Royal Society of Chemistry journal prizes – including Materials Horizons – were awarded to the following attendees for their work:

  • MedChemComm: Sophie Laine (CNRS, France)
  • Chemical Science: Neeladri Das (Patna University, India)
  • Dalton Transactions: Nicole Kindermann (Goettingen, Germany), Florian Schendzielorz (Goettingen, Germany) & Charles Lochenie (Bayreuth, Germany)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers: Amandine Conte-Daban (LCC Toulouse, France) & Yasin Kuzu (Dortmund, Germany)
  • Materials Horizons: Maxim A. Faraonov (Chernogolovka, Russia)

Previous conferences have been held in Alghero (1992), Como (1996), Camerino (2004), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (2008) and Granada (2011) with the intention of attracting scientists with an interest in the field of metal-nitrogen ligand chemistry from Europe, abroad and in particular, young scientists.

Further information about the conference can be found on the website.

Poster prize winners

Prize winners at 6th EuChemS conference

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Active and Adaptive Materials

This  two-day symposium will focus on active and adaptive nanomaterials on October 22nd and 23rd, 2015 at CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center. In addition to presentations from Internationally-recognized leaders in nano-molecular chemistry, there will be contributed talks, tours of the facility and a poster session in the ground floor lobby.

Confirmed Speakers:

Samuel I. Stupp – Northwestern University
Joanna Aizenberg – Harvard University
Lee Cronin – University of Glasgow
Jan van Esch – Delft University of Technology
David G. Lynn – Emory University
Elisa Riedo – CUNY Advanced Science Research Center & The City College of New York
Nathan Gianneschi – UC San Diego
Adam Braunschweig – University of Miami

For more details and to register please visit nanoscienceny.com or click here
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Poster prize winners at FPi-12

Big congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 12th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems (Fπ-12) which took place in Washington, USA from the 19th – 24th July.

Matthias Stolte (Universitat Wurzburg, Germany) and Amir Mazaheripour (UC Irvine) were awarded first place poster prizes sponsored by Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, whilst the runner up prizes were sponsored by Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Journal of Materials Chemistry C. These were presented to: Sahika Inal (CMP-EMSE, France), Nathan Kirchhofer (UCSB), Ana Fokina (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz) and Suhyun Jung (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology). Titles of their winning posters can be found here.

The symposium regularly attracts world-wide participants who meet to discuss their new achievements in research fields. Another symposium, scheduled for 2017 will take place in Hong Kong and will be titled Fπ-13. Further information about the symposium including the program and speakers from this year can be found by clicking here.

Poster prizes winners at FPi-12

Poster prize winners at FPi-12 standing with Christine Luscombe (far right) who is the Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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