Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Many congratulations to Yuta Yoshizaki (Osaka Prefecture University), Naoki Yamada (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Tatsuto Kageyama  (Yokohama National University), Yasuyuki Yoshida  (Kansai University) and Taito Sekine  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)  for their poster prize wins at the 3^rd International Conference on Biomaterials Science in Tokyo, Japan 28th – 30th November 2016.

On the picture, from left: Prof Yuichi Ohya (Kansai Univ) who received the certificate on behalf of Yasuyuki Yoshida, Sekine, Yoshizaki, Kageyama, Yamad and Prof Nobuhiro Nishiyama (committee chair)

All five prize winners will receive free electronic access to Journal of Materials Chemistry B for one year.

Topics discussed at the conference included:

230 delegates attended the conference. There were 24 invited talks, 46 oral presentations and 135 poster presentations.  Further information about the conference can be found on their website.

The winning posters were:

Yuta Yoshizaki (Osaka Prefecture University)
pH-Sensitive polymer-modified liposome-based immunity inducing system: the effect of inclusion of cationic lipid and CpG-DNA.

Naoki Yamada (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Novel glutamine-based polymeric ligand for transporter-mediated tumor targeting

Tatsuto Kageyama (Yokohama National University)
Large-scale preparation of hair follicle germs using oxygen-permeable PDMS microarray chips.

Yasuyuki Yoshida (Kansai University)
Temperature-responsive Biodegradable Injectable Polymer Systems Forming Covalently Cross-linked Hydrogel by Thiol-ene Reaction.

Taito Sekine (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Surface force and vibrational spectroscopic analyses about interfacial water of oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated monolayers: To understand mechanisms underlying “bioinertness”.

We are pleased to announce that the 3rd International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO-2017)  will be held in Oxford, United Kingdom from 18th – 20th September 2017 at the Mathematical Institute.

Registration and abstract submission will open in March with Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Materials Horizons and Energy & Environmental Science providing poster prizes at this conference.

Confirmed invited speakers include: Michael Graetzel, Maksym Kovalenko, Eli Yablonovitch, Christophe Ballif, Henk Bolink, Christoph Brabec, Stephan Buecheler, Jinsong Huang, Seigo Ito, Alex K-Y. Jen, Michael McGehee, Tsutomu Miyasaka, Aditya Mohite, Nam-Gyu Park,Annamaria Petrozza, Jao van de Lagemaat, Aron Walsh, Nie Zhao

Please visit the conference website at www.psco-conference.org  for further information.

We look forward to seeing you in Oxford,

Henry Snaith, Mohammad Nazeeruddin, Filippo De Angelis & Annamaria Petrozza, 
Organisers and Scientific committee of the 3rd International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO-2017)

Mr. Kyohei Hisano to the right and Professor Takahiro Seki of Nagoya University the Conference Chair to the left.

Many congratulations to Kyohei Hisano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) for his poster prize win at the PhoSM 2016 Conference  which took place on the 24th – 27th November 2016  in Nagoya, Japan.

Kyohei was awarded the Journal of Materials Chemistry C poster prize and will receive free electronic access to the journal for one year for his poster titled: Photoalignment Control via Masked Photopolymerization without Polarized Light nor Alignment Layer

Topics discussed at the conference included the synthesis and design of photoresponsive molecules, photoalignment in liquid crystal materials and systems, physics and computer modeling of photoinduced effects.

153 delegates attended the conference from over 15 different countries. There were 55 oral presentations and 42 poster presentations.  Further information about the conference can be found on their website.

During the 21^st-24^th of June 2016 the very first edition of POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT (http://polymat-spotlight.eu) took place in the beautiful city of San Sebastian in Northern Spain.

POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT is a newly created international forum that aims at bringing together world-leading academics and key industries interested in emerging and technologically-relevant macromolecular materials. Organised by Prof. Aurelio Mateo-Alonso, the first edition of POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT was devoted to Novel Approaches to 2D and Porous Polymers, including synthesis, properties and applications.

This conference has been organised by POLYMAT (http://polymat.eu) a research centre on macromolecular materials ascribed to the University of the Basque Country, which is also member of the network of Basque Excellence Research Centres (BERC). The trigger for this initiative has been the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 through the project 2D-INK, a Future and Emerging Technologies action (FET Open).

The conference venue was the Miramar Palace with one of the most spectacular views of the city. The program was organised to promote interactions between researchers with plenty of time for discussion during sessions, cocktails, coffee breaks and lunches, all taking place in the Miramar Palace.

Overall, 6 Plenary lectures and 13 Keynote lectures from recognised experts from all over the globe were arranged over the four days of the conference, including those of Professors Markus Antonietti, Maurizio Prato, Donglin Jiang, Nazario Martin, Graham Bodwell and Colin Nuckolls. The program was completed with 13 contributing lectures, 18 flash presentations and 31 posters, attracting >100 participants. To ensure the visibility of the contributing lecturers by including their talks in-between two invited (Plenary or Keynote) lectures.

With the support of Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Horizons, three prizes were awarded to the best posters.

Given the great welcome that POLYMAT SPOTLIGHT has received, it will be organised on biyearly basis from now on. Indeed, the organisers are already working on the 2018 edition.

More photos can be found at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142817369@N04/albums/72157670123885276

The 3^rd Functional Oxide Thin Films for Advanced Energy and Information Technology conference will be taking place from the 5^th – 8^th July 2017 in Rome, Italy.

The purpose of this meeting is to foster the exchange of ideas between the relevant energy and information themes, with the overall aim of sparking extensive discussions on the advances that materials physics and chemistry can make in thin film applications.

Key Sessions Include: Engineering and control of defects in complex oxides, fabrication and synthesis of oxide thin films and heterostructures, advanced characterization techniques for thin films, electronic and ionic transport in oxide thin films, magnetism and dielectric properties in oxide thin films, nanoionic and nanoelectronic oxide thin films: towards application, thin film oxides in energy conversion and storage applications, thin film oxides in information technology.

Confirmed keynote speakers include; Scott Chambers (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Chang-Beom Eom (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Jean-Marc Triscone (University of Geneva), Schmitt Thorsten (Paul Scherrer Institut), Harry Tuller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Darrell Schlom (Cornell University), Jochen Mannhart (Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research).

To view all of the conference speakers or for further information concerning the conference, please visit: https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference68.php

There is an Earlybird registration deadline of the 25^th January 2017 and the final registration deadline of the 17^th May 2017.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is delighted to be supporting this event.