Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

We are delighted to annouce the upcoming Recent Appointees in Materials Science (RAMS) 2015 conference which will take place at the University of Warwick over 2 days (16-17^th September) and is the only National conference specifically aimed at new Academic appointees (Lecturers, Research Fellows and Postdocs) in Materials Science.

The RAMS 2015 conference will include symposia with plenary and contributed oral presentations and a poster session covering a broad range of subjects in Materials Science, networking opportunities as well as panel discussions to encourage collaboration, stimulate discussions and provide an open forum for advice. Please visit the conference website for more information on the conference programme, confirmed invited speakers and venue: http://rams2015.org/

The conference will incorporate Plenary lectures from leading UK materials scientists, Prof. Aron Walsh and Prof. Mary Ryan. Sessions on essential training and development and information on funding opportunities will be delivered through panel discussions led by successful Academics and representatives from funding bodies. RAMS is targeted towards Academics at the start of their career and aims to help recent appointees to build their national collaborative networks, exchange experiences and benefit from peer support.

We encourage Early Career Academics to submit an abstract for a contributed oral presentation or poster through our online system. Abstracts will be competitively assessed. Deadline for abstract submission: 30^th June

Registration will cost £125, including meals and refreshments throughout, on-campus accommodation on 16^th Sept and conference banquet (to be held at Warwick Castle). Registration will open shortly and will close on 1^st September. Delegates not requiring accommodation can register for the reduced rate of £70.

A limited number of bursaries are available for those with limited travel budgets and will be assessed on an individual basis. This conference has been made possible through generous support from the Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Division, Royal Society of Chemistry Journals, Institute of Physics Publishing and Materials and Characterisation Group, Royal Microscopic Society and the University of Warwick Materials Global Research Priority, Warwick Manufacturing Group and Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick. The conference has been organised by: Dr Claire Dancer (Warwick Manufacturing Group), Dr Gemma-Louise Davies (Department of Chemistry) and Dr John Murphy (School of Engineering), University of Warwick, UK.​​​​

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is delighted to announce the the upcoming 9^th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS-9) which will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in Queensland, Australia from the 17^th – 20^th August 2015.

The conference will facilitate discussion on the fundamental challenges for synthesis chemistry and industrial applications of mesostructured materials. Professors Markus Antonietti from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Dongyuan Zhao from Fudan University will be amongst the international plenary speakers attending.

Register

Early bird registration will close the 15^th June 2015

Submit your abstract

Abstracts will be compiled in an abstract book which will be made available to conference delegates. A $500 AUD prize will be awarded to five of the best posters.

Congratulations to Mr S. J. Pawar from North Maharashtra University and Mr. S. P. Mundinamani from Karnatak University for winning the Nanoscale and Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prizes, respectively, at the 5th DEA-BRNS Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-2014).

Mr Pawar receiving the Nanoscale poster prize

Mr Pawar won the Nanoscale prize for his poster entitled “Silver Nanoparticle Based Catalytic Conversion of 4-nitrophenol to Paracetamol in Aqueous Medium”, and Mr Mundinamani’s poster entitled “Supercapacitors Based on CdO Thin Films” won the Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prize.

The conference took place at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai on the 9-13th December 2014. Further information about the conference can be found on the event website.

ISMC-2014

We are pleased to announce the 35th Australasian Polymer Symposium which will be held at the QT Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia, on 12-15th July 2015.

Browse the programme

The programme is live so take a look now. Keynote speakers include: Professor David Haddleton, Dr Elodie Bourgeat-Lami and Professor Zhibo Li.

Submit your abstract

There are a range of themes covering many areas of polymer research running throughout the symposium, so check out the themes and submit your abstract now.

Register

Registration is NOW OPEN. Register before 13th March for the Early Bird discount. Sign up for what is sure to be another stimulating polymer science forum in 2015.

The 2nd Workshop on Shape-Responsive Fluorophores will be held at the Telluride Intermediate School in Colorado, USA on June 23 – 27th 2015.

The workshop will focus on the phenomenology, origin, and the practical application of shape-selective fluorophores, and will include a wide variety of both theorists and experimenters working actively on these systems. We expect that the Telluride meeting will bring together the scientists, both academic and industrial, from all over the world.

Several topics will be explicitly discussed: an aggregation-induced emission phenomenon in a wide range of organic fluorophores; the fluorescent rotors; mechanofluorescence; encapsulation of fluorescent probes in small hosts; and the development of turn-on fluorescent ligands for proteins and DNA/RNA.

The Early Bird (discounted) registration deadline is 15 January 2015. For more information, the Workshop website is available here.

Also of interest

We are delighted to announce that Journal of Materials Chemistry C is planning to produce a themed issue on the topic of Shape-Responsive Fluorophores in early 2016. Please e-mail the Editorial Office at materialsc-rsc@rsc.org if you are interested in contributing an article. The Guest Editors for this issue are the Telluride meeting organisers Dr Kyril Solntsev (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Professor Ben Zhong Tang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).

This themed issue will have a broad, inclusive scope and will cover all the aspects of the recent exciting progress in shape-responsive fluorophores, including the synthesis, characterisation, and applications of molecules and functional materials; within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C (materials for optical, magnetic and eletronic devices).

The submission deadline for this themed issue is 1 September 2015.

Manuscripts can be submitted using the Journal online article submission service. Please clearly state that the manuscript is submitted in response to the call for papers for the themed issue on Shape-Responsive Fluorophores.

The 12th International Symposium on Functional pi-Electron Systems (Fpi-12) will be held in Seattle, Washington, USA on July 19 – 24^th 2015.

These conferences have become one of the major conferences in the area of organic electronics, and we hope that Fpi-12 will follow the success of previous Fpi conferences organized in Japan (Osaka in 1989, 1999, and 2006 and Kobe in 1992), USA (Santa Cruz in 1995, Ithaca in 2004, Atlanta in 2009), Europe (Ulm, Germany, in 2002, Graz, Austria, in 2008 and Arcachon, France in 2013), and China (Beijing, in 2011).

Fpi-12 is expected to attract 400-500 participants from all over the world to discuss their new achievements in research fields including:

• design and synthesis of new π-conjugated molecules and polymers
• organic and polymeric semiconducting materials for thin film transistors
• organic and polymeric photovoltaic and photo-detective materials and devices
• organic light-emitting materials for display and lighting application
• hybrid/perovskite materials and devices
• conjugated polymers and oligomers in chemo/bio-sensors
• bioelectronics

Abstract submission is open till January 31^st 2015.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B would like to congratulate Won Hoon Choi (Kyung Hee University) and Dawoon Song (Chungbuk University) who were

Won Hoon Choi (pictured) won for his poster prize titled: Mutation in the Core Particle Enhances Mammalian Proteasome Activity by Open-Gate and Dawoon Song was awarded for his title: Synthesis and evaluation of novel 2,4-diaminopyrimidines bearing substituted tetrahydrobenzoazepines for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor as anticancer agents. awarded Poster prizes at the Korean Chemical Society Fall Meeting which took place at the Kimdae jung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea from the 15th – 17th October 2014.

The KCS (Korean Chemical Society) meets twice a year and aims to cover all aspects of chemistry. A workshop on scientific publishing was hosted by Dr. Richard Threlfall on the final day of the meeting which provided information on the full publishing process with the intention of enabling authors to gain the best outcome in journal publishing.

Further information about the organisation can be found here.