Theme: Nanomaterials

Plenary Speaker on Monday 2 July: 

Paul Alivisatos, University of Berkeley, USA

Topic: Colloidal Crystal Materials

Keynote Speaker: 
Paul Braun, University of Illinois, USA

Self-assembly approaches for the synthesis of ordered materials based on colloidal crystals, their characterisation and applications including photonic band gap structures, porous polymers, biomaterials, nanostructured ceramics, semiconductors and thermoelectric materials.

Topic: From Nanotubes to Nanowires

Keynote Speakers:
Alan Windle, University of Cambridge, UK
Siegmar Roth, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Germany

This symposium brought together researchers who make nanotubes and those who exploit their properties.

Topic: Hierarchical Porous Materials

Keynote Speaker: 
Ram Seshardri, University of California, USA

Synthesis and characterisation methods for materials with structures designed over a range of length scales from micro to macro. Applications of hierarchical materials which require such multilevel structure, including chemical activity, bioactivity, electronic, magnetic or optical properties. 

Topic: Nanoparticles

Keynote Speakers:
Christopher Murray, IBM Corporation, USA
Stephen Mann, University of Bristol, UK

The nanoparticle session focuses on the latest advances in the synthesis, analysis, manipulation and application of nanocrystalline materials.

Topic: Photoactive Thin Films and Particles

Keynote Speakers:
David Cole-Hamilton, University of St Andrews, UK
Martyn E Pemble, University College Cork, Ireland