Topic: Hierarchical Porous Materials

A major goal of material science is to produce hierarchical materials that are ordered on all length scales, from molecular (1-100 Å) via nano (10-100 nm) to macro (1-100 micron). The multilevel architectures are capable of conferring unique properties to the structure. Hierarchical materials are prepared via "bottom-up" self-assembly techniques, or "top-down" methods including selective placement of functional organic and inorganic species positioned in well-defined geometries to optimize function such as chemical activity, electronic, optical, or magnetic response. 

Session: Hierarchical Porous Materials - Wednesday 4 July (pm)

Keynote:  Hierarchically porous inorganics: template free routes to porous functional materials
Ram Seshardri 
University of California, USA

Functionalised metal oxoclusters as nanosized building blocks for the development of inorganic-organic hybrid materials
Silvia Gross*, Francesco Faccini, Helmut Fric, Silvia Rizzato, Ulrich Schubert and Andrea Caneschi
University of Padova, Italy

Tailoring porous silica particle and pore size using sol-gel processing techniques and post-synthesis treatments
D A Keane*, J Hanrahan, M Copley, J D Holmes and M A Morris
University College Cork, Ireland

Ultra-thin Silicalite-1 films as model catalysts
L Tosheva, L H Wee and A M Doyle*
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Functional nano-materials and living systems
Luisa De Cola*, Zoran Popovic and Matthias Otter
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany

Ordered mesoporous silicas inside bioactive ceramic scaffolds for local drug release
V Cauda, R Mortera, S Fiorilli, B Onida*, E Vernè, C Vitale Brovarone, G Croce, M Milanesio, D Viterbo and E Garrone
Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Growth of conductive nanowire arrays within aligned nano-channel substrates
Nikolay Petkov*, Richard Phelan, Ju Xu, Daire Cott, Barbara Platschek, Michael A. Morris, Thomas Bein and Justin D Holmes
University College Cork, Ireland

Polysiloxanes incorporating polyhedral silsesquioxane nanoparticles
Mogon Patel*, Paul R Morrell, Tom Martin, Jon Meegan, Anthony C Swain and Julian J Murphy
Atomic Weapons Establishment, UK