SIS2020 - conference postponed!
In connection with the COVID-19 epidemic we decided to change the date of the SIS conference from 2020 to 2021.
The exact date will be given later but we are thinking about the end of June or July 2021.
Persons who have paid for participation in the conference can apply for a refund of funds paid.
Best regards
Kash Mittal, Konrad Terpiłowski and Emil Chibowski
23rd International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution...
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 23rd International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS2020), which will be held in Lublin, Poland, on June 26th - July 1st, 2020.
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Merry Christmas...
Have a cheerful, holly, jolly, and a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!
SIS2020 Organizing Committee
Warning - accommodation...
The SIS2020 Organizing Committee is not represented on the reservation of accommodation by any external company. The SIS2020 participants (excluding plenary lecturers) should book accommodation on their own.
Any e-mails with the booking offer do not come from the Organizing Committee!
In case of any problems with accommodation, please contact the designated persons: dr Agnieszka Wiącek () or dr Ewa Skwarek ().
See more details on "Accomodation" subpage >LINK<
8th International Symposium on “Surfactants in Tribology”
8th International Symposium on “Surfactants in Tribology”
Organizers: Girma Biresaw (Peoria, IL, USA) and Kash Mittal (Hopewell Jct., NY, USA)
Surfactants perform a wide range of functions in tribology. These include basic lubrication functions such as control of friction and wear, as well as controlling a wide range of lubricant properties. Examples of lubricant properties that can be modified with the application of surfactants include: emulsification/demulsification, bioresistance, oxidation resistance, rust/corrosion prevention, etc. Surfactants also spontaneously form a wide range of organized assemblies in polar and non-polar solvents. These include: monolayers; normal/reverse micelles; o/w and w/o microemulsions; hexagonal and lamellar lyotropic liquid crystals; and uni- and multi-lamellar vesicles. The tribological properties of these organized surfactant structures have yet to be fully investigated and understood. More recently, there has been a great deal of interest in certain surfactant organized assemblies such as self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). These structures are expected to play critical roles in the lubrication of a wide range of products, including microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS).
Whereas there is a great deal of literature on the topics of surfactants and tribology separately, there is very little information on the subject of surfactants and tribology together. This is despite the fact that surfactants play many critical roles in tribology and lubrication. This symposium is tasked with filling this gap in the literature linking surfactants and tribology. The first symposium on “Surfactants in Tribology” was held as a part of the 16th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS) in Seoul, South Korea, June 4-9, 2006 (SIS-2006). Following the smashing success in Seoul, subsequent such symposia were successfully held at all the venues of SIS around the globe. We expect the Symposium in Lublin to be equally successful and would like to invite you to submit your abstract and participate. Oral and poster presentations are welcome. If you require special invitation or have other questions, please contact Girma Biresaw at . Please make sure to select the “Surfactants in Tribology” track when submitting your abstract at the SIS2020 website: www.sis2020.umcs.eu.
Colloids and Interfaces Travel Awards in 2020...
The application period is now open for the two Colloids and Interfaces Travel Awards in 2020. The applications for both awards will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Colloids and Interfaces, Dr. Reinhard Miller.
The award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs for each winner and an offer to publish a paper free of charge and without a fixed deadline in Colloids and Interfaces after successful peer review and processing. It provides financial assistance for winners to present an oral presentation and/or poster at an international academic conference related to a colloids or interfaces topic in 2020.
More details at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/colloids/awards (up to 30 November 2019).
Symposium on “Adsorption layer dynamics at liquid interfaces”
Symposium on “Adsorption layer dynamics at liquid interfaces”
Organizers: Saule Aidarova (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Libero Liggieri (Genova, Italy) and Reinhard Miller (Darmstadt, Germany)
Surfactants are omnipresent in our modern world and help to solve many problems in technological processes. In most cases, technologies work under highly dynamic conditions so that not only the thermodynamic surface activity of a surfactant is an important quantity. In various situations, the dynamic interfacial quantities, such as the adsorption kinetics, the interfacial response to external perturbations, and the interplay between interfacial quantities and any liquid flow adjacent to the interface, become of major concern. Along with classical single surfactants, we will also look into systems containing proteins, polymers, nanoparticles and their mixtures with all types of surfactants.
This symposium aims at representing a platform for contributions dedicated to the dynamics of adsorbed layers at liquid-fluid interfaces. We seek for presentations on progresses in fundamental science as well as in various types of practical applications. Fundamental questions deal, for example, with growing, oscillating and rising bubbles and drops in liquids containing surface active species, including experimental and simulation work. Foams and emulsions under dynamic conditions, in practice as well as in laboratory studies, also represent an interesting group of scientific themes.
Keynote lectures will be giving overviews on certain scientific fields, which then will be complemented by oral and poster contributions dedicated to the various aspects of interfacial dynamics mentioned above. Please, submit your contributions to the conference organizers selecting the special sessions dedicated to this symposium as part of the overall “Surfactants in Solution” conference.
For questions and comments, please, come back to Reinhard Miller ().
Plenary Speakers...
Ramón G. Rubio
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Ramon G. Rubio has been a Professor of Physical Chemistry since 1995, and the director of the Physical Chemistry Department since 2010. He has also been the manager of the National Program of Chemistry (2009-2012) and the director of the Spectroscopy facility of the Complutense University (2015-2018). His current research interests are to understand the interfacial rheology, including particle laden ones, in connection with the stability of emulsions and foams; understanding the dynamics of particles in bulk and confined and crowded systems; developing colloidal systems for delivering insecticides and to study polymer+surfactant systems for cosmetic applications. He is the author of 211 papers and 26 book chapters, and editor of a book and two special issues of Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. He is member of the advisory board or three journals.
Jong-Duk Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Jong-Duk Kim has been a Professor and the director of the Molecular & Interface Engineering Lab in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, since 1983. Recently he completed his term as the Director of KAIST's Energy Environment Research Center (2010-2014). His current research interests are to develop transcellular delivery devices for drugs, contrast agents, and electrical charges; graphene-based supercapacitors and asphaltene removal for bitumen. He is the author of more than 250 international papers and chapters, and a book, Interfacial Phenomena (Korean, 2000).
Brian Grady
University of Oklahoma, USA
Brian Grady is employed at the University of Oklahoma as Douglas and Hilda Bourne Chair in Chemical Engineering in the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering. He has over 150 refereed journal papers and book chapters. He has served in a number of leadership roles in professional societies, including President of the Society of Plastics Engineers and Chair of the Surfactants and Detergent Division of the American Oil Chemist Society. He is also the Director of the Institute for Applied Surfactant Research at the University at Oklahoma, only the 3rd person to hold that title since the inception of the Institute 30 years ago.
Kazimiera Anna Wilk
Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
Kazimiera Anna Wilk graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Wrocław University of Technology, Poland (currently Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, WUST) in 1976 and obtained her PhD (1979) as well as DSc (1991) degrees in chemical sciences there. In 2001 she was promoted to the Full Profesor title. At present she is the chairman of the Chemical Engineering Discipline Council at WUST. She is also involved in activities for science in Poland, being a member of both the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles, and the Scientific Excellence Council in the Chemical Engineering discipline. Her scientific and research activities are in the field of innovative colloidal materials such as high added value surfactants as well as micro- and nanocarriers for sustained release of bioactive substances.
