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History & Previous Discussions


Michael Faraday at Savoy Place, London, UK, reproduced by permission of Leo Reynolds
The Faraday Division is particularly well known for its Faraday Discussions, which have formed the basis of the RSC's work from the very beginning.

The first discussion meeting was held over a hundred years ago in 1907 in London and debated "osmotic pressure". The Faraday Division traces its origins to 1903 when the Faraday Society was founded. 

In 1972 the society relinquished its autonomy to become the Faraday Division of the Chemical Society, and subsequently the RSC, following a merger with the Society for Analytical Chemistry and the Royal Institute of Chemistry. The Division greatly values its interdisciplinary character, particularly its links with physicists and biophysicists, and the amalgamation has further strengthened the links with other chemists.


Lipids and Membrane Biophysics: Faraday Discussion 161

11 - 13 September 2012, Burlington House, London, UK

Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: Faraday Discussion 160

3 - 5 September 2012, Queens College Oxford, UK

Crystallisation - A Biological Perspective: Faraday Discussion 159

23 - 25 July 2012, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces: Faraday Discussion 157

25 - 27 June 2012, Assisi, Italy

Tribology: Faraday Discussion 156

2 - 4 April 2012, University of Southampton, UK

Faraday Discussion 155: Artificial Photosynthesis

5 - 7 September 2011, Edinburgh, UK

Faraday Discussion 154: Ionic Liquids

22 - 24 August 2011, Belfast, UK

Faraday Discussion 153: Coherence and Control in Chemistry

25 - 27 July 2011, Leeds, UK

Faraday Discussion 152: Gold

4 - 6 July 2011, Cardiff, UK

Faraday Discussion 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials

18 - 20 April 2011, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 150: Frontiers in Spectroscopy

6 - 8 April 2011, Basel, Switzerland

Faraday Discussion 149: Analysis for Healthcare Diagnostics and Theranostics

06 - 08 September 2010, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 148: Spectroscopy, Theory and Mechanism in Bioinorganic Chemistry

5 - 7 July 2010, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 147: Chemistry of the Planets

14 - 16 June 2010, Brittany, France

Faraday Discussion 146: Wetting Dynamics of Hydrophobic and Structured Surfaces

12 - 14 April 2010, Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Faraday Discussion 145: Frontiers in Physical Organic Chemistry

02 - 04 September 2009, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 144: Multiscale Modelling of Soft Matter

20 - 22 July 2009, Groningen, The Netherlands

Faraday Discussion 143: Soft Nanotechnology

15 - 17 June 2009, London, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 142: Cold and Ultracold Molecules

15 - 17 April 2009, Durham, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 141: Water - From Interfaces to the Bulk

27 - 29 August 2008, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 140: Electrocatalysis - Theory and Experiment at the Interface

07 - 09 July 2008, Southampton, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 139: The Importance of Polymer Science for Biological Systems

26 - 28 March 2008, York, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 138: Nanoalloys - From Theory to Applications

3 - 5 September 2007, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 137: The Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Microparticles

2 - 4 July 2007, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Faraday Discussion 136: Crystal Growth and Nucleation

2 April 2007 - 4 April 2007, University College London, United Kingdom