Self-Organised NanoStructures in Liquid Crystals

15th-18th September 2008, Calabria, Italy.

This symposium is funded through the European Science Foundation under the EUROCORES programme (SONS II).

Update (12th September): Travel claim form. This must be returned by 20th October 2008.

Update (7th September): Scientific programme, Bus schedule.

Venue: Grand Hotel San Michele Cetraro, Calabria, Italy.

Symposium Chair: Martin Bates (SCALES), Vice-chair: Isabel Saez (LC-NANOP).

This meeting will be a joint symposium between networks in the Self-Organised NanoStructrures (SONS II) programme of the ESF. The general themes of the symposium are the structure and properties of complex liquid crystalline materials and other self-organised nanostructures. The topics covered will include nanostructured materials, synthesis of 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional nano-objects, hierarchical self-assembly, theoretical models and simulations, molecular and supramolecular electronics, opto-electronics properties of self-assemblies and self-assembled nanomagnets.

Presentations will be given on synthesis, morphological, structural and properties characterisation, X-ray, NMR, modelling and simulation. There will also be poster and discussion sessions.

Speakers:

SCALES network: Goran Ungar, Carsten Tschierske, Volker Abetz, Robert Holyst, Martin Bates, Jani Dolinsek.

LC-NANOP network: John Goodby, Heinz Kitzerow, Eva Gorecka, Isabel Saez, Robert Deschenaux, Jose-Luis Serrano, Daniel Guillon, Bertrand Donnio.

Confirmed speakers from other networks: Uta Schlickum (FunSMARTS), Saif Haque (SOHYD), Sergei Chvalun (invited guest).

We also have a limited number of funded places available for members of other EUROCORES SONS II projects. Please contact Martin Bates by 30 April 2008 if you would like to attend.

 

The programme and travel details will appear later in the year.