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Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
From the journal Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC Volume 30 Issue 6

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Solid State Chemistry

by Milan Drábik, Peter Komadel, Tomáš Grygar

The IUPAC-sponsored 8th Conference on Solid State Chemistry (SSC 2008) was focused on the branches of solid-state and materials chemistry. Held from 6 to 11 July 2008 in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, the event attracted not only scientists but the producers of new materials and technologies. The scientific program of SSC 2008 comprised seven sessions:

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Materials

  • Crystal, Electronic and Magnetic Structure

  • Electrochemistry and Molten Salts

  • Chemistry of Glasses

  • Novel Inorganic Materials

  • Nanomaterials

  • Layered Compounds, Clathrates, and Intercalates

  • Deposited Films and Surface Chemistry

SSC 2008 was the continuation of the former Conference on Solid State Chemistry, which was held biannually in the Czech and Slovak Republics. It was organized by the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology of Slovak University of Technology, and the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University. The conference continues to provide a friendly atmosphere for the exchange of new results and ideas within and between the groups active in different areas of solid state and materials chemistry.

The conference, which took place at the Družba Conference Center of Comenius University, had over 200 participants from 29 countries, and featured 18 invited talks, 73 lectures, and 146 posters. The complete list of presentations is available at <www.ssc2008.sav.sk>. Following is a sampling of the invited talks and speakers:

  • What Is “Materials Chemistry”? (P. Day, UK, the outcomes of the IUPAC project 2005-001-1-200 —Towards Defining Materials Chemistry)

  • Multifunctionality and Switching in Magnetic Molecular Materials (E.M. Coronado, Spain)

  • Electrochemistry of Refractory Metals in Molten Salts; Application for Creation of New and Functional Materials (S. Kuznetsov, Russia)

  • Ion Transfer Across a Polarized Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Membrane (Z. Samec, Czech Republic)

  • Highly Efficient Nanocrystalline Titania Films for Photocatalysis; Applications to Solar Energy Conversion Devices (P. Lianos, Greece)

The contributions to SSC 2008 will be published in three international journals. The authors of invited talks have been officially invited by the scientific editor of Pure and Applied Chemistry to submit manuscripts, with anticipated publication at the beginning of year 2009. In addition, lecturers will have the option of submitting manuscripts of research articles, communications, or reviews based upon lectures or posters to the Central European Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Papers.

The 9th Conference on Solid State Chemistry will be held in mid-September 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. A web-page containing an online “expression of interest” form is already active:<www.ssc2010.cz>.

Milan Drábik <Milan.Drabik@savba.sk> is a senior scientist in the Ceramics Department of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. He is an associate member of Division II of IUPAC and was a member of the Organizing Committee of SSC 2008, as well as conference editor.

Peter Komadel <Peter.Komadel@savba.sk>) is the head of the Department of Silicates, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. He is president of the Slovak Clay Group and was Chairman of the organizing committee of SSC 2008.

Tomáš Grygar <grygar@iic.cas.cz> is head of the Analytical Laboratory at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic. He is a member of the organizing committee of SSC 2010.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2008.30.6.26

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. From the Editor
  3. Contents
  4. Membership in IUPAC
  5. Making Modernity at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
  6. Pure and Applied Chemistry at Your Fingertips
  7. Reflections on 40 Years of Involvement
  8. Libby and the Nuclear Hourglass
  9. CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry
  10. Inviting Young Chemists to the 42nd IUPAC Congress in Glasgow
  11. XML Gold Book–2.0 release
  12. Revision of the Silver Book
  13. A Glossary of Concepts and Terms in Chemometrics
  14. Options for IUPAC Engagement in SAICM Implementation
  15. Provisional Recommendations
  16. Recommendations on Measurement and Analysis of Results Obtained on Biological Substances Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (IUPAC Technical Report)
  17. Nomenclature for Rotaxanes and Pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)
  18. Solubility Data Series
  19. Self-Healing Materials: An Alternative Approach to 20 Centuries of Materials Science
  20. International Vocabulary of Metrology–Basic and General Concepts and Associated Terms
  21. Systematic Nomenclature of Organic, Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry
  22. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins: Proceedings of the XIIth International IUPAC Symposium
  23. The Chemistry of the 21st Century–State of the Art
  24. Polymers at the Frontiers of Science and Technology
  25. Solid State Chemistry
  26. Carbohydrates
  27. Organic Synthesis
  28. World Water Forum
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  32. Mark Your Calendar
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