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10^th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies  – LANE 2018 takes place 3 – 6 September 2018 in Fürth, Germany.

The meeting offers a platform for an international exchange of ideas, opinions, perspectives, results and solutions concerning photonic technologies. In order to give a detailed overview, the conference aims not only at scientific contributions, but integrates the industrial perspective and their relevance for application, as well.

Especially recent developments in the field of:

Laser Material Processing:

• Beam sources & components
• Laser beam welding, brazing & soldering
• Laser beam cutting & drilling
• Surface treatment & forming
• Laser assisted processes

including

• Experimental results
• Simulation & modelling
• Sensing & control

and

Emerging Technologies:

• Additive Manufacturing
• Precision processing with ultrashort laser pulses
• Fast laser beam manipulation
• E-Mobility/Batteries

Materials Horizons is delighted to support LANE 2018 with two prizes for the best talks.

Register before 4 June 2018 for early bird rates, or 9 August 2018 for standard rates.

Visit the conference website for more information: https://www.lane-conference.org/

The 12^th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena – Metamaterials’2018, will comprise a 4-day Conference (27–30 August), and a 2-day Doctoral School (31 August–1 September).

Organized by the METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL (www.metamorphose-vi.org) and hosted by Aalto University (Espoo, Finland), this Congress follows the success of Metamaterials 2007-2017 and continues the traditions of the highly successful series of International Conferences on Complex Media and Metamaterials (Bianisotropics) and Rome International Workshops on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and Telecommunications.

The Congress will provide a unique topical forum to share the latest results of the metamaterials research in Europe and worldwide and bring together the engineering, physics, applied mathematics and material science communities working on artificial materials and their applications from microwaves to optical frequencies, as well as in acoustics, mechanics, hydrodynamics and thermodynamics.

Plenary Speakers include:

• Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania – Metamaterials for Informatics.
• Martin van Hecke, Leiden University/AMOLF – Complex Mechanical Metamaterials.
• Stefano Maci, University of Siena – Metasurface Design.
• Arno Rauschenbeutel, Technische Universität Wien – Chiral Quantum Nanophotonics.

Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry C are delighted to support Metamaterials’2018 with student prizes.

Register before 25 June 2018 for early-bird registration rates. Visit the conference website for more information.

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Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C are pleased to support the 2018 International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (ICYRAM2018).

This conference aims to give researchers from around the world the opportunity to engage and network with peers, industry and friends, in the field of advanced materials.  Specifically ICYRAM2018 gives a platform for researchers up to 15 years post-PhD to present their R&D.  From 4 – 5 November 2018, Adelaide in South Australia will be the global focus for the scientific presentations, conversations, and chance meetings that will set forth the future discoveries and innovations to drive society forward. This 4th edition of ICYRAM, will build on the original mission by providing a fair and equitable event for all early stage researcher’s to meet, discuss and network in a safe and welcoming environment.  Whether they be specialised materials researchers or those who utilise and apply materials to their R&D – ICYRAM2018 welcomes all.

Important Dates!

• 30^th March 2018 – Abstract submission deadline
• 30^th June 2018 – Early bird registration closure

For more information and how to submit an abstract please visit the conference website

We are delighted to congratulate the poster prize winners from 4th International Congress on Next Generation Solar Energy, which took place 4 – 7 December 2017 in Cali, Columbia.

The meeting was a great success and discussed recent developments in advanced photovoltaics including special sessions on perovskites, organics and hybrids. The applied aspects of photovoltaics and renewable energies were specifically addressed by an industry day, and the direct social impact of using solar cells in order to enhance the life of Wayúu community in Guajira Colombia was discussed.

Congratulations to…

• Juan David Villada, Universidad del Valle (Colombia)

• Juanita Hidalgo, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

• Juana Marlene Pinanjota, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador)

Poster prizes were sponsored by Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Journal of Materials Chemistry C. All posters were judged by Professor Nazario Martin (Editor-in-Chief  JMC A), Professor Wolfgang Tress (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), and Dr Juan Pablo Correa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) before being awarded by Dr Walter Torres (Universidad del Valle).

Some excellent speakers are confirmed, including members of the Materials Horizons Editorial Board: Editor-in-Chief Professor Seth Marder, Scientific Editor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, and Editorial Board member Professor Kazuo Takimiya.

Congratulations to the poster prize winners at chem2Dmat, which took place in Strasbourg on 22 – 26 August 2017. Both prize winners received a signed certificate and a free online subscription to the sponsor journal for a year.

First Poster Session AWARDS

KEMPT Roman

Title: Intercalation of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: from Bulk to Monolayer Stacks

One year online subscription to RSC Materials Horizons delivered by Paolo Samori

Second Poster Session AWARDS

Elaheh MOHEBBI

Title: Bottom-up synthesized covalent organic nanowires by halogen-based molecules on Ag (110) surface

One year online subscription to RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry C delivered by Paolo Samori

The 37th annual Christmas Meeting of the Royal Society of Chemistry Solid State Chemistry Group is hosted by the University of Reading and will run from lunchtime on Monday 18th December to lunchtime on Tuesday 19th December. Further details about the venue and how to get there can be found here.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
Prof. Peter Bruce (University of Oxford)
Prof. Paul Wright (University of St Andrews)
Prof. Nora de Leeuw (University of Cardiff)
Prof. Antoine Maignan (CRISMAT, Caen, France)

Submit a poster to be in with a chance of winning one of three poster prizes sponsored by Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Journal of Materials Chemistry C!

The 9^thannual Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials Research Conference (RPGR2017) is taking place between the 19^th to the 22^nd of September 2017 in Singapore. (www.rpgr2017.com)

RPGRis the premier conference focused on graphene and other novel two-dimensional materials in the Asia-Pacific region. This year the conference is jointly organized by National University of Singapore – Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Phantoms Foundation.

Poster prizes available from Materials Horizons!

Latest Speakers announced– 42 in total (as of 25/07/2017):

Li-Xian Sun (Guilin Univ. of Electronic Technology, China) / Mark Thompson (Talga, Australia) / Rezal Khairi Ahmad (NanoMalaysia Berhad, Malaysia) / Norbert Fabricius (KIT & ISC, Germany) / Ahmed Elmarakbi (University of Sunderland, UK)

Check the full list here: www.rpgr2017.com/2017/speakerski.php

Congratulations to the winners of the Materials Horizons poster prize at the 13th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC13). The poster prize was awarded to Abbas, Sara; Buchaca-Domingo, Ester; El-Tall, Omar; Kim, Taesoo; Caraveo, Alfonso; Stingelin, Natalie; and Amassian Aram from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia for their poster entitled Solution-Processed Smart Window Platform Based on Plasmonic Electrochromic and Photonic Coatings.

Other prizes were awarded from  Journal of Materials Chemistry B , Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Soft Matter, Biomaterials, and more!