China-UK Symposium on Frontiers of Supramolecular Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) organised a joint symposium at the 27th CCS Congress in Xiamen in June 2010 on the topic of Frontiers of Supramolecular Chemistry.  This was the first time that the RSC and CCS had organised a symposium at the highly successful Chinese Chemical Society meeting.

The programme was extremely interesting and some exciting discoveries in supramolecular chemistry were demonstrated. The many and varied talks stimulated interaction and the exchange of ideas and experience between scientists in the two countries, facilitated by the many varied opportunities for networking.

Programme

Professor Xi Zhang: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Supramolecular amphiphiles for controlled self-assembly

Dr Jonahtan Nitscke: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Molecular systems architecture: figuring out the rules

Professor Minghua Li: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Adademy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Supramolecular chirality in the LB film and self-assembled gel systems

Professor Rein Ulijn: WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Dynamic peptide-based nanomaterials

Professor He Tian: East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Bright supramolecules with logic and sensing functions

Professor A.P. de Silva: Queen's University, Belfast, UK
2010: A small space odyssey with luminescent molecules

Professor Zhanting Li: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Supramolecular chemistry of hydrogen bonded aromatic foldamers