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International Liquid Crystal Elastomers Conference 2017

 

The International Liquid Crystal Elastomers Conference (ILCEC) will be held from 16-18 October, at Rice University in Houston, Texas. ILCEC 2017 will bring together chemists, physicists, and engineers to share both fundamental advances and discuss application opportunities for this exciting class of materials. The conference will focus on recent advances including reconfigurable network chemistries, localization of mechanical properties, advances in theory and simulation, and material physics.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Registration is now open – click here to sign up today and visit the ILCEC website for more information.

 

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IMRC 2017 – Soft and Biological Matter symposium

 

We are pleased to announce the Soft and Biological Matter symposium which will take place at the 25th International Materials Research Congress, from 20-25 August in Cancun, Mexico.

The symposium, supported by Soft Matter, will explore the fundamentals (structure, mechanics, rheology, dynamics) and applications of such systems. The symposium will cover both experimental and modelling studies, and will encourage discussions and cross-fertilization of ideas.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Colloids
  • (Self-)propelled particles & Collective motion
  • Granular materials, complex fluids and rheology
  • Micro and Nanofluidics
  • Soft matter aspects of biological tissues and tissue engineering
  • Soft and hard interfaces

Confirmed invited speakers:

Early bird registration ends on 30 June – click here to register now or visit the IMRC website for more information.

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Association in Solution IV

 

The 4th ECI Association in Solution Conference, which will take place between 31 July – 4 August at Memorial University, Canada, will aim to bring together scientists from physics, chemistry, biology and engineering to discuss recent advances in the area of self-assembled and related systems.

The conference cuts across key, emerging areas in the biological, chemical, physical sciences along with nano- and micro-scale engineering. The topic is central to many major industries including food, cosmetics and consumer products, pharmaceuticals and energy.

The Scientific Committee for the conference includes:

The conference will also include awards for the best oral and poster presentations, supported by Soft Matter.

Abstract deadline for poster presentations is 31 May – click here to submit now and or visit the conference website for more details.

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European Colloid and Interface Society Conference 2017

 

The 31st conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society will be held from 3-8 September 2017 at the Complutense University of Madrid. The annual ECIS conference is a major event for the colloid science community, whose primary goal is to bring together all major disciplines of colloids and interfaces, enabling participants to exchange knowledge, communicate with each other the results of their recent research, and to network with colleagues for new collaborations.

The ECIS 2017 will cover fundamental and applied advances in the fields of interfaces, dispersed systems, wetting, complex fluids, micro-and nano-engineered materials, upconversion nanoparticles, ion specific effects, self-assembly of surfactants, polymers and proteins, and advances in theory and instrumentation.

Plenary lectures will be given by the laureates of the Overbeek 2017 and Solvay 2017 prizes and awards will be given for the best oral presentations and poster presentations, some of which will be supported by Soft Matter.

Plenary speakers confirmed:

Abstract submission deadline for poster presentations is 30 May – click here to enter now and find out further information on the ECIS website.

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Ring Polymers Workshop 2017

The Ring Polymers Workshop, which takes place from 25-27 September in Hersonissos, Crete, will discuss recent advances and applications in the field of ring polymers. The format of the workshop will include invited and contributed (oral and poster) presentations, as well as ample time for both formal and informal discussions.

Invited speakers include:

For a full list of invited speakers please click here.

Early bird registration ends 10 May – to register now or book accommodation, visit the ring polymers website.

 

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13th International Conference on Materials Chemistry

The 13th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC13), which is the flagship event of the RSC’s Materials Chemistry Division, will take place from 10-13 July at the ACC Liverpool, UK.

Themes to be covered include:

  • Energy and environment
  • Magnetic, electronic and optical materials
  • Materials design
  • Nanomaterials
  • Soft matter and biomaterials

Plenary speakers confirmed:

Poster submission deadline is 1st May – click here to submit now or visit the MC13 website for more information.

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Mechanical Forces in Biology 2017

 

The Mechanical Forces in Biology symposium, which takes place at EMBL Heidelberg from 12-15 July, aims to unite the field of mechanobiology, by bringing together world-leading experts in the generation and sensing of forces from the molecular scale to the organismal scale, with an important emphasis on the combination of physics and computer modelling with molecular genetics and live-imaging in vitro or in vivo.

The field is currently expanding rapidly and the event aims to provide a comprehensive overview of this progress as well as aiming to capitalise on the opportunities for new collaborations. Topics covered in the symposium include: force generation; mechanosensing; mechanotransduction; cellular morphogenesis and tissue morphogenesis.

Keynote speakers confirmed:

Registration is open until 31 May and abstract submission ends 19 April – click here to enter now or visit the website for further information.

 

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UK Colloids 2017

 

This is the third colloid science conference in this series and will be held at Manchester Central from 10-12 July 2017. It is being jointly organised by the RSC Colloid and Interface Science Group and the SCI Colloid and Surface Science Group and will provide a perfect opportunity for UK and international researchers interested in colloid and interface science to meet, present and discuss issues related to current developments in this field.

Confirmed plenary speakers include:

The deadline for abstract submission is 18 April – click here to submit now and visit the website for full programme updateslist of speakers and further information.

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Thermodynamics 2017

 

The Thermodynamics 2017 conference, held at the John McIntyre Conference Centre will be the 25th meeting in a series of biennial thermodynamics conferences initiated in 1964 by Harold Springall, championed throughout the 1960s and 1970s by Max McGlashan and Sir John Rowlinson.

The format of the conference is based on invited lectures, oral presentations, short presentations and poster prizes, supported by Soft Matter. A number of awards will be given to recognised researchers and young scientists. The conference aims to attract about 200 researchers and presenters from academia and industry from around the world. In 2017, the main themes of the conference will include Advances in molecular simulation; Interfacial and confined phenomena; Engineered self-assembly; Carbon capture and other industrial applications; Non-equilibrium thermodynamics; Challenges and advances in fluid phase equilibria.

Plenary speakers confirmed:

Prof. Debra Bernhardt (University of Queensland, Australia)

Prof. Pablo Debenedetti (Princeton University, USA)

Prof. Ruth Lynden-Bell (University of Cambridge, UK)

Dr Francois-Xavier Coudert (Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, France)

Prof. Martin Trusler (Imperial College London, UK)

Prof. Carlos Vega (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)

Prof. Nigel Wilding (University of Bath, UK)

Registration and abstract submission is now open – click here to register, or find out more on the Thermodynamics website.

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Twisted 2017

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10-12 May, 2017, University of Luxembourg

Soft Matter is pleased to support Twisted, a two-day conference on the physics, chemistry and applications of cholesteric lyotropic liquid crystals developing in colloidal suspensions of chiral nanorods.

The motivation for the conference is the rapidly growing interest in liquid crystals formed by nanocrystals of cellulose or chitin, filamentous viruses, carbon nanotubes and similar rod-like nanoparticles in suspensions in water or other isotropic solvents, and topics will be covered in four sessions:

  1. Advanced materials derived from chiral nanorods (keynote speaker: Mark MacLachlan)
  2. Theory and simulations of cholesteric phases (keynote speaker: Mark Wilson)
  3. Chiral nanorod suspensions: from particle tuning to self-assembly (keynote speaker: Derek Gray)
  4. The route to applications (keynote speaker: Silvia Vignolini)

Confirmed invited speakers include:

There are also 12 slots for contributed talks and two poster sessions. See the program for full details.

 

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