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Nanofair 2014 – 10th International Nanotechnology Symposium

23 May 2014

The 10th International Nanotechnology Symposium – Nanofair 2014 – will be held at the International Congress Center Dresden, Germany between the 1st-3rd July 2014.

The theme for Nanofair 2014 is “New ideas for industry” and will provide a forum for presenting current research and exchanging ideas and information between scientists and engineers for industry, research laboratories and academia. Contributions presented at the conference will cover fundamental scientific aspects as well as application orientated research and development. Specific topics include:

Functional nanocomposites
Nanostructured surfaces
Nanomaterials for life sciences
Nanomaterials for energy applications
Nanoelectronics & photonics
Processing aspects of nanomaterials
Nanoanalytical methods
Carbon nanotubes & graphene

In addition, the 2nd Dresden Nanoanalysis Symposium of the Dresden Centre for Nanoanalysis will be held as part of nanofair 2014 on the 2nd July. This international symposium will provide highlights in the field of nanoanalysis and its applictions in materials science and engineering, advanced electronics, energy research and other branches.

Registration deadline is the 6th June 2014 – click here to register today.

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Blurred bonds rationalised by heavy atom tunnelling

14 May 2014

Written by Jennifer Newton for Chemistry World

A new theoretical study of anti-aromatic systems has attributed the unusual way that their π-bonds shift to quantum tunnelling. These intriguing findings suggest that even though heavy atom tunnelling is rare, its effect is far from negligible.

Quantum-mechanical tunnelling is a process by which a particle can cross a potential barrier without having enough energy to go over it. It is a completely quantum effect based on the wave nature of the particle and is connected to the de Broglie wavelength, which gets shorter as the mass of the particle gets higher. Therefore, only the lightest particles can tunnel, and in chemistry it means that it is almost impossible for anything but hydrogen. Or that is what we were taught at university . . . .

Interested in learning more? Read the full story at Chemistry World

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Top 10 most-downloaded articles: January–March 2014

08 May 2014

Take a look at the most-downloaded RSC Advances articles from the months of January, February and March 2014 and let us know what you think!

A pathway to diphosphorus from the dissociation of photoexcited tetraphosphorus
Lee-Ping Wang, Daniel Tofan, Jiahao Chen, Troy Van Voorhis and Christopher C. Cummins
RSC Adv., 2013,3, 23166-23171
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43940B, Paper

Using a two-step deposition technique to prepare perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) for thin film solar cells based on ZrO2 and TiO2 mesostructures
Dongqin Bi, Soo-Jin Moon, Leif Häggman, Gerrit Boschloo, Lei Yang, Erik M. J. Johansson, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel and Anders Hagfeldt
RSC Adv., 2013,3, 18762-18766
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43228A, Communication

Role of graphene/metal oxide composites as photocatalysts, adsorbents and disinfectants in water treatment: a review
Ravi Kant Upadhyay, Navneet Soin and Susanta Sinha Roy
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 3823-3851
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA45013A, Review Article

A decade advancement of transition metal-catalyzed borylation of aryl halides and sulfonates
Wing Kin Chow, On Ying Yuen, Pui Ying Choy, Chau Ming So, Chak Po Lau, Wing Tak Wong and Fuk Yee Kwong
RSC Adv., 2013,3, 12518-12539
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA22905J, Review Article

Mg-doped TiO2 nanorods improving open-circuit voltages of ammonium lead halide perovskite solar cells
K. Manseki, T. Ikeya, A. Tamura, T. Ban, T. Sugiura and T. Yoshida
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 9652-9655
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47870J, Communication

Efficient monolithic quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on poly(ionic liquids) and carbon counter electrodes
Yaoguang Rong, Zhiliang Ku, Mi Xu, Linfeng Liu, Min Hu, Ying Yang, Jiangzhao Chen, Anyi Mei, Tongfa Liu and Hongwei Han
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 9271-9274
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47084A, Communication

Recent development of direct asymmetric functionalization of inert C–H bonds
Chao Zheng and Shu-Li You
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 6173-6214
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46996D, Review Article

Ni supported high surface area CeO2–ZrO2 catalysts for hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming
Mohamed A. Ebiad, Dalia R. Abd El-Hafiz, Radwa A. Elsalamony and Lamia. S. Mohamed
RSC Adv., 2012,2, 8145-8156
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20258A, Paper

Size-controlled silver nanoparticles synthesized over the range 5–100 nm using the same protocol and their antibacterial efficacy
Shekhar Agnihotri, Soumyo Mukherji and Suparna Mukherji
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 3974-3983
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA44507K, Paper

An overview of the engineered graphene nanostructures and nanocomposites
Jiahua Zhu, Minjiao Chen, Qingliang He, Lu Shao, Suying Wei and Zhanhu Guo
RSC Adv., 2013,3, 22790-22824
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA44621B, Review Article

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20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS 2014)

05 May 2014

The 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS 2014) will be held at the University of Coimbra, Portugal from the 22nd-27th June 2014.

SIS 2014 will provide the ideal forum to stimulate ideas and establish collaborations as well as to initiate discussions on the most diverse topics of surfactant and colloid science, ranging from biocolloids to nanostructured interfaces, from self-assembled materials to formulations.

Click here to register for this conference.

Topics that will be presented on at the conference include:

– Adsorption at interfaces	– Polymeric and polymerizable surfactants
– Wetting, spreading and capillarity phenomena	– Bioderived and bioinspired surfactants
– Interfacial tension, interfacial rheology and interfacial forces	– Surfactant-polymer and -biopolymer interactions
– Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films	– Surfactants in pharmaceutics and life sciences
– Electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena	– Surfactants in energy production and environment
– Surfactant phase behavior and self-assembly	– Surfactants in tribology
– Thermodynamics and kinetics of surfactant-based systems	– Surfactants in nano- and microtechnology
– Solubilization and reactivity in self-organized systems	– Self-assembled materials
– Micelles, emulsions and microemulsions	– Modelling and simulation
– Vesicles, liposomes, niosomes, colloidosomes	– Techniques in surfactant research

As well as 30 invited lectures, 5 Plenary lectures have also been confirmed:

Colin Bain (University of Durham, UK) – Dynamics of surfactants at interfaces
Henk N.W. Lekkerkerker (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) – Muddy Water-Clay Colloid Mixtures: From Liquid Crystals to Drilling Muds
Maria Graça Miguel (Coimbra University, Portugal) – From Surfactants to Cells
Yeshayahu Talmon (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) – The Coming of Age of Cryo-EM in the Study of Surfactants in Solution
Kenichi Yoshikawa (Kyoto University, Japan) – Real-world Modeling of Living System with Surfactant: Self-organized Structure and Dynamic Function

To find out more about this exciting event, please visit the conference website.

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