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Poster prize winners at the 66th Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Symposium

Congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 66th Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Symposium which took place from the 10th – 12th September in Fukuoka, Japan.  CrystEngComm and Dalton Transactions provided support in the form of poster prizes which were awarded to Takumi Hanaya (University of Tokyo) for his poster titled: ‘Synthesis and Photocatalysis of Mixed Valence Tin Oxide Clusters within Polyoxometalates’ and Takafumi Enomoto (Institute of Molecular Science) for his poster: ‘Near-infrared Light Induced Electron Transfer Reaction Using Distorted Phthalocyanine’.

The symposium is an opportunity for members to exchange ideas in order to contribute to advances in the field of coordination chemistry in Japan. The society is currently composed of 725 ordinary members, 23 Emeritus members, 267 student members, and 12 companies from legal entities. Further information can be found on the webpage.

JSCC 2016 winners

From left to right, front row: Dalton Transactions winner, Takafumi Enomoto and CrystEngComm award winner, Takumi Hanaya bottom right. Standing to the right of Takumi Hanaya is Professor Hiroshi Nishihara, president of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) and a member of the Dalton Transactions Advisory Board.

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Prize winners at the 24th Symposium on Organic Crystals

Congratulations to our CrystEngComm prize winner Tomonori Ikegami (Hokkaido University) who was awarded for best oral presentation at the 24th Symposium on Organic Crystals which took place at Hiroshima University, Japan from the 1st – 3rd November 2015.

The symposium was organized by the Organic Crystals Division of the Chemical Society of Japan. Hiromitsu Urakami, our RSC representative for Japan was in attendance and commented that the award was “very well received” by the attendants at the symposium.

The president of the Organic Crystals Division, Professor Rui Tamura (Kyoto University) was also on hand to present awards.

(Far left) Professor Rui Tamura (Kyoto University & Organic Crystals Division President) with Hiromitsu Urakami (RSC) and award winners

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Poster prize winners at ECM29

(Far left) Professor Christer Aakeroy (Associate Editor, CrystEngComm) with the poster prize winners

Many congratulations to the following CrystEngComm poster prize winners: Josefina Perles (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain), Laura Valles Rios (Freie Universitat, Berlin) and Shu Tsukui (Kyoto University, Japan) who were presented with their certificates by our Associate Editor, Professor Christer Aakeroy at the 29th European crystallographic meeting which took place in Rovinj, Croatia from the 23rd-28th August 2015.

The meeting took 4 years of preparation and stemmed from the Executive Committee of the Croatian Crystallographic Association (CCA) accepting an invitation of the European Crystallographic Association to present the bid to host the ECM29 in Croatia.

Further information about the meeting can be viewed here.

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Poster prize winners at The 2nd ICSU/IUPAC Workshop

CrystEngComm would like to congratulate the following who were awarded poster prizes for their contributions at the 2nd ICSU/IUPAC Workshop on Crystal Engineering which took place in Como, Italy from the 30th August – 1st September 2015.

  • Vijith Kumar (Politecnico di Milano, Italy): ‘Dynamic Separation of Homologous Dicarboxylic Acids by Nonporous Organic Solids’
  • Hannes Kulla (BAM, Germany): ‘Direct in Situ Analysis of Milling Reactions using Synchrotron XRD and Raman Spectroscopy’
  • Luca Catalano (Politecnico di Milano, Italy): ‘Modular Preparation and Dynamic Characterization of Halogen-Bonded Crystalline Molecular Rotors’
  • Davide Capucci (University of Parma, Italy): ‘Stabilization of Drug Molecules Through Co-Crystallization and Their Solubility Properties’

Participation at the workshop was free and and consisted of invited lectures by internationally renowned leaders in the field with plenty of opportunities for young scientists’ networking with both peers and recognized leaders in the field.

Further details about the event can be found on the website.

CrystEngComm poster prize winners (from top to bottom: Luca Catalano & Vijith Kumar)

CrystEngComm poster prize winners (from top to bottom: Hannes Kulla & Davide Capucci)

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2nd ICSU/IUPAC Workshop on Crystal Engineering

The 2nd ICSU/IUPAC Workshop on Crystal Engineering will be held in Como, Italy on August 30-September 1, 2015.

The Chairmen of the Workshop, Pierangelo Metrangolo and Giuseppe Resnati, invite you to participate in this memorable event.

2nd ICSU/IUPAC Workshop on Crystal EngineeringThis international workshop will also serve as the mid-term meeting of the ICSU project CONvINCE “CONcepts and termINology in Crystal Engineering” and of the IUPAC project no. 2012-044-1-100 “Basic Terminology of Crystal Engineering”. The objectives of these projects are to produce guidelines for terminology in the area of crystal engineering.

The program of the workshop will comprise invited lectures by internationally renowned leaders in the field. Poster presentations are also scheduled and opportunities are planned for young scientists’ networking with both peers and recognized leaders in the field.

Participation is free and limited to a maximum number of 150 attendees, which will be selected on a first come first served basis.

The deadline for registration and abstract submission is June 30, 2015.

Full details of the Workshop can be found here.
For more information, please contact the:
Scientific Secretariat: johanna.syvanen@polimi.it or the Organizing Secretariat: chiara.stefanetti@centrovolta.it

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IUPAC project meeting and workshop: Topology representations in coordination networks, MOFs and other crystalline materials

A follow up to the IUPAC project on the somewhat controversial issue on terminology of metal-organic frameworks and coordination polymers deals with the question of how we describe and communicate the structures of MOFs, PCPs and related network forming compounds.

The use of topology is very efficient in describing, disseminating and even designing such new materials, and the IUPAC task group deals with the project: Terminology guidelines and database issues for topology representations in coordination networks, metal-organic frameworks and other crystalline materials. As it turns out, network topology is also important, albeit sadly neglected, for the group 14 allotropes and even polymorphs of water.

The task group invite all who are interested to a workshop in Samara, Russia 21-23 May 2015 under the devise ”Describe, Disseminate and Design”. The workshop will feature talks by prominent scientist highlighting the network topology approach from many different angles, from mathematics to chemical synthesis and will also help the task group to gather viewpoints from the community. There will also be a poster session.

You can register and submit an abstract until 30th April 2015.

If you are interested but can’t make it, why not send thoughts directly to the project chair, Lars Öhrström or on twitter @larsohrstrom #IUPACmof2

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Communicating Crystallography

The Chemical Crystallography Group of the British Crystallographic Association recently held its 2014 autumn meeting — “Communicating Crystallography” — in conjunction with the Royal Society of Chemistry, on 19th November 2014 at Burlington House, London.

With 2014 being the UNESCO International Year of Crystallography, there was no better time to have a meeting to showcase and discuss crystallography-based outreach and education.

Three sessions of talks encompassed the theme of “Communicating Crystallography” from educational, publishing and data presentation points of view. The session on publishing was delivered by the Royal Society of Chemistry and showed how crystallography (and chemistry) can be disseminated through a range of channels — journals, databases and social media.

Topics covered during the sessions included: outreach to students and the general public; communication of results in journals, databases and social media; and curation of data. The insights gained from the meeting have relevance well beyond the confines of chemical crystallography.

Communicating Crystallography From left to right: Simon J. Coles,
Guy Jones, Serin Dabb and David Sait
present at “Communicating Crystallography”.

The speakers and the audience were excellently engaged, creating a very successful and enjoyable meeting. Thanks go to all involved!

View the talks from the meeting here.


This Blog post is based on material kindly provided by Carl Schwalbe (Aston University), Natalie Johnson (University of Newcastle) and Simon J. Coles (University of Southampton; Chair of the Chemical Crystallography Group).

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International Conference on Structural Chemistry of Molecules and Materials

The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to jointly host the International Conference on Structural Chemistry of Molecules and Materials (SCOMM14) with the University of Calcutta, Jadavpur University and IISER-Kolkata.

It will take place at the Center for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CRNN), University of Calcutta from the 30th November to 2nd December 2014.

CRNN

The conference is being organized to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) and covers contemporary problems of crystal engineering, materials synthesis, chemical structure and dynamics.

Confirmed Speakers

Professor Gautam Desiraju (IIS Bangalore)

Professor Kumar Biradha (IIT Kharagpur)

Professor Neil Champness (University of Nottingham)

Professor Susan Bourne (University of Cape Town)

Professor Len MacGillivray (University of Iowa)

Professor Russell Morris (University of St Andrew’s)

Professor Chilla Malla Reddy (IISER Kolkata)

Professor George Shimizu (University of Calgary)

Professor Michael Ward (University of Sheffield)

It will focus on all aspects of structural chemistry, including multidisciplinary areas, and will offer the opportunity for scientists from many different countries to exchange their scientific experience as well as to intensify their cooperation to partners.

For full details of confirmed speakers, venue information, and registration. See the website.

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Report from FD170 Mechanochemistry

Posted on behalf of Elizabeth Woodhouse, Publishing Editor

I recently attended Faraday Conference 170 held at McGill University, Montreal, Canada from 21st – 23rd May 2014. The program was chaired by Tomislav Friscic (McGill University) and covered all aspects of mechanochemistry with the aim of bringing together experts in milling mechanochemistry and sonochemistry, organic synthesis, metal-organic and inorganic materials chemistry, physical chemistry, pharmaceutical scientists and green chemistry.

MontrealFD170 stand

LEFT: A slightly cloudy Montreal skyline. RIGHT: Ready for registration

William Jones (University of Cambridge) opened the conference with an introductory lecture and the discussions began with talks from Leonard MacGillvray (University of Iowa), Graeme Day (University of Southampton) and Tamara Hamilton (Barry University) on the subjects of mechanochemistry of organic molecules, soft materials and pharmaceuticals.

The second day featured discussions on the mechanochemistry of inorganic compounds and coordination-based materials, with Audrey Moores (McGill University) discussing her research on the solvent-free synthesis of biomass-stabilzed gold nanoparticles. The afternoon session focussed on the mechanistic understanding, use in catalysis and scale-up of mechanochemistry and included a discussion led by Achim Stolle (Friedrich-Schiller University) on the scale-up of organic reactions in ball mills.

 

Loving Cup ceremonyGurpaul Kochhar receiving the RSC Skinner prize

LEFT: The Loving Cup ceremony RIGHT: Gurpaul Kochhar receiving the RSC Skinner prize from Professor Peter Skabara with Dr Tomislav Friscic, co-chair of the organising commitee

The conference dinner included the poster prize giving and the Loving Cup ceremony – a Faraday tradition! Gurpaul Kochhar was presented the RSC Skinner prize for his poster on ‘Predicting reaction barriers under mechanochemical conditions’ Congratulations Gurpaul!

The final day of the conference covered discussions on sonication and macromolecular mechanochemistry and the conference closed with concluding remarks given by Kenneth Suslick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). The next Faraday Conference is FD171: Emerging Photon Technologies for Chemical Dynamics and will be held on the 9th-11th July in Sheffield.

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7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies

CEC poster prize at 7th ICMAT

CrystEngComm poster prize presented by Professor Desiraju, which Pramod's supervisor collected on his behalf

The conference “7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies” was held in Singapore from 30 June- 5 July 2013. CrystEngComm sponsored a poster prize in Symposium X–Crystal Engineering of New Materials. The winner was Pramod Kumar Goswami from IIT-Delhi, with his poster titled “Salts, Salt Co-crystal Hydrate, Co-crystals and Co-crystal Polymorphs of P-aminosalicylic Acid”. Congratulations to Pramod!

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