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Antoniel C. Carolino Campos receiving his poster prize

Parashuram Kallem receiving his prize

Journals of Materials Chemistry A are delighted to announce the Poster Prize winners at the IX Ibero-American Conference on Membrane Science and Technology which took place in Santandar, Spain from the 25^th-28^th May this year.

The conference also known as CITEM was a forum for scientists and technicians from Ibero-American countries to meet and discuss the latest research trends and technologies used in membrane processes and as usual, scientists from non-Latin American countries were also welcomed.

During the conference, a poster prize for best oral communication was presented to Naser Tavajohi Hassankiadeh from Hanyang University, South Korea, for his communication: “Preparation hollow fiber membrane by combination of thermally induced phase inversion and non-solvent induced phase inversion with green solvent”.

Further prizes for best poster communications were awarded to Antoniel C. Carolino Campos from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for his communication: “Synthesis and characterization of films of silver nanoparticles dispersed in poly(urethane urea) for the separation of petrochemical gases” and Parashuram Kallem from Institute of nanoscience of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, for: “Incorporation of vinylimidazolium based Ionic liquid in well-defined straight porous PBI membranes: Novel polymeric ionic liquid/PBI membranes for high temperature fuel cell applications”.

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The 2015 International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology is a biannual international symposia held in India under The Society of Polymer Science India  and offers a unique opportunity for the international as well as national researchers working on the diverse areas of polymer science and technology to share and discuss the recent developments in:

• Polymer synthesis
• Polymer blends and composites
• Supramolecular polymers and self assembly
• Conducting polymers
• Polymers in energy applications and sensors
• Sustainable polymers and biological applications
• Polymeric nanomaterials
• Elastomers and rubbers

This meeting will comprise of several plenary sessions, key note lectures and talks by leading polymer scientists from around the globe and an opportunity for graduates and post doctoral researchers to participate in an extensive poster presentation session.

The meeting will be running from the 23rd – 26th January 2015 with registration opening in July 2014.

For more information please visit www.macro2015.org or via email.

The  5th  Interdisciplinary  Symposium  on  Materials  Chemistry (ISMC–2014), is jointly organised by the  Society  for  Materials  Chemistry  (SMC)  and the Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, Mumbai, India, during December 9th-13th, 2014.  The symposium is supported by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). This Symposium will focus on contemporary  research in the field of  materials  chemistry. 

 The deliberations of the symposium  will  cover the following topics:

•  Nuclear materials
•  High purity materials
•  Nanomaterials and clusters
•  Carbon based materials
•  Fuel cell materials and other electro-ceramics
•  Biomaterials
•  Polymers and soft condensed matter
•  Materials for energy conversion
•  Thin films and surface chemistry
•  Magnetic materials
•  Catalysis
•  Chemical sensors
•  Organic and organometallic compounds
•  Computational material chemistry

Researchers working in the above mentioned areas are encouraged to participate in ISMC-2014.

Important Dates:

Last date for submission of papers     : August 20, 2014
Acceptance of papers                              : September 30, 2014
Payment of registration fees                 : October 20, 2014