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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Nanoscale Best Speaker Prize at the “China-Singapore Young Chemist Forum”: Dr. Yuangang Zheng (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore) and Prof. Hailin Peng (Peking University, China).

Nanoscale Best Speaker Prize winners at China-Singapore Young Chemist Forum

The Prizes were presented by the Chairs of the two Forums, Prof. Hua Zhang (Singapore) and Prof. Haoli Zhang (China), and were part of the 28th Chinese Chemical Society Congress which was held at Chengdu, China from the 13-16 April 2012.

Nanoscale will be awarding further Prizes over the summer so watch this space!

We are delighted to announce that two Nanoscale Poster Prizes were awarded at the recent NanoFormulation2011, held in Singapore, 26 June to 1 July 2011, as part of ICMAT.

Lok Kumar Shrestha with David Higgins

The winners of the Nanoscale Poster Prizes were Johannes Kluge and Lok Kumar Shrestha:

Stability of Amorphous Nano-formulations: the solubility of Ketoprofen in colloidal PLGA
Authors: Johannes Kluge; Gerhard Muhrer and Marco Mazzotti

Structure and dynamics of non-ionic surfactant micelles in non-aqueous media
Authors: Lok Kumar Shrestha; Rekha Shrestha, Takaaki Sato. Kenji Aramaki; Katsuhiko Ariga

Johannes Kluge with David Higgins

Nanoscale will be awarding further Poster Prizes over the summer so watch this space!

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We are delighted to announce that two Nanoscale Poster Prizes were awarded at the recent Nanoplasmonics workshop in Sanxenxo, Spain.

The International Workshop on Nanoplasmonics for Energy and the Environment was held from 8-10 June 2011, and the Nanoscale Poster Prize winners were:

• Beatriz Hernández Juarez (IMDEA Nanoscience) on “SILICA ENCAPSULATION OF QUANTUM DOTS”
• Nicolas Vogel (Max Planck Inst Polymer Research) on “COUPLING OF PLASMON MODES IN NANO-CRESCENT DIMER STRUCTURES FABRICATED BY COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY”

The winners were presented with a prize certificate by the Conference Chair, Luis Liz-Marzán, as well as a financial award.

Nanoscale will be awarding further Poster Prizes over the summer so watch this space!

Nominations for the 2011 Prizes and Awards are now open

The RSC currently presents around 60 prestigious Prizes and Awards annually to scientists in all the main chemical science disciplines allowing for the greatest range of scientists to be recognised for their work; individuals, teams and organisations working across the globe.

There are nine categories of awards including specific categories for Industry and Education so whether you work in business, industry, research or education recognition is open to everyone.

Our Prizes and Awards represent the dedication and outstanding achievements in the chemicals sciences and are a platform to showcase inspiring science to gain the recognition deserved.

Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences?

View our full list of Prizes and Awards and use the online system to nominate yourself or colleagues.