Symposium B
Synthesis and Architecture of Nanomaterials
Chairs
Srinivasan M P, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Hua Chun ZENG, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Co-Chairs
Jim Yang LEE, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Shu-Hong YU, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Christopher ROBERTS, Auburn University, United States
Jin-Ho CHOY, Ewha Womans University, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Correspondence
Srinivasan M P, National University of Singapore, Singapore Email: chesmp@nus.edu.sg Tel: 6516-2171 Fax: 6779-1936 Mailing Address: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Office: E5-02-24, 4 ENGINEERING DRIVE 4, SINGAPORE.
Scope of Symposium
Discrete nanomaterials have a limited scope of applications, due to potential cytotoxicity or difficulties in separation and recovery after use. Furthermore, advanced functional materials nowadays are normally not a single-phase solid, but a highly organized multi-component materials system. To prepare these new functional materials, architectural aspects of design and synthesis must be investigated, because the ways of compositional and structural organizations in product materials will give significant impacts on their ultimate performance. The scope of this symposium is therefore to provide an overview on recent advancement and R&D activities in the field of synthesis of functional inorganic, organic, polymeric and biomaterials (e.g., nanocomposites and nanohybrids) with a particular emphasis on architectural design and organization. Scientific topics that will be addressed in this symposium are nanomaterial synthesis under various preparative conditions (e.g., solution-based, ionic liquids, hydrothermal, and supercritical conditions etc), size/shape manipulation, and surface functionalization of complex nanomaterials. Tiered organizations among different constructional components and nanobuilding blocks will also been addressed including related architecture of interior porosity and modification of exterior surface texture. Technological topics for these highly organized functional materials will be directed to their emerging applications in pharmaceuticals, consumer products, electronics, chemical sensing, catalysis, energy recovery and environmental protection.
Invited Speakers
Jin-Ho CHOY, Ewha Womans University, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
P. Davide COZZOLI, Institute Nanoscience CNR,
Mohamed EDDAOUDI, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia; University of South Florida, United States
Yu HAN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Michael H. HUANG, National Tsing Hua University,
Nicholas A. KOTOV, University of Michigan,
D. MANGALARAJ, Bharathiar University,
Ravi NAIDU, CRC CARE Pty Ltd,
Markus NIEDERBERGER, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich,
Limin QI, Peking University,
Christopher ROBERTS, Auburn University,
Toshiharu TERANISHI, University of Tsukuba,
Rajender S. VARMA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Shu-Hong YU, University of Science and Technology of China,
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