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Séminaires hors-ville 2010 / Summer schools 2010

note: the deadline for registring for the summer schools is May 31!

 

 

Chimie I

From Structure to Function in Nanonmaterials

Date: Auguts 22 - 26, 2010

Location: Eurotel Victoria, Villars, Suisse

Organizers:

  • Prof. Katharina Fromm (University of Fribourg)

Speakers:

  • Prof.  Fraser Stoddard (Northwestern University ): Molecular Switches, Coordination Polymers/MOFs, Polyrotaxanes and Polycatenanes
  • Prof. Makoto Fujita (Tokyo University): Non-covalent Assemblies: Design, Synthesis and Function
  • Prof. Yann Garcia (Université de Louvain, Belgique): Magnetism: From Molecules to Materials
  • Prof. Michael Fröba (Hamburg University): Synthesis, characterization and application of micro- and meso-porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials
  • Prof. Andreas Taubert: Bioinspired hybrid materials and Ionic liquids as solvents, reactants and building blocks for advanced materials

Topics:

This Summer School will focus this year on the relationships between structure on one hand and properties on the other, with a special focus on functional nanomaterials. One of today’s hot topics, this interdisciplinary adventure combines molecular with materials' synthesis and covers aspects from characterization, applications in biology to e. g. magnetic properties of nanomaterials.

Conference website and registration:

http://www.chem.unifr.ch/kf/villars%20copy/index.html

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Chimie II

Unconventional Synthetic Methods

Date: August 29 - September 2, 2010

Location: Eurotel Victoria, Villars, Suisse

Organizers:

  • Prof. Christian BOCHET (Université de Fribourg)

Speakers:

Topics:

Organic synthesis has reached a level where nearly all reaso­nab­ly stable substances could be considered as synthetic targets. How­ever, while reaching the target is an important endeavor for itself, such syntheses have little use in medicinal and/or industrial che­mistry, as the lengths and the costs still are several orders or mag­nitude above what would be acceptable. Such syntheses were de­ve­loped with a focus on the target and not on the meth­ods, using well established (“conventional”) reactions. On the other hand, much less studied processes could potentially make a synthetic route much more efficient. As these processes are less used, they are less taught in a chemistry curriculum, with the consequence that they are even less used. We propose to break this cycle by devot­ing an entire summer school to such reactions, with a selection of themes such as photochemistry, stereoselec­tive radical reactions, microwave-assisted reactions, C-H acti­vation and others.

Conference website and registration:

http://www.chem.unifr.ch/villars/

 

Chimie III

Nanoelectrochemistry

Date: Spetember 5-9 2010

Location: Eurotel Victoria, Villars, Suisse

Organizer:

  • Prof. Thomas Wandlowski, Dr. Peter Broeckmann (University of Bern)

Speakers: (T= tutorial, R: ?)

  • Prof. Philippe Alongue (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau): Introduction into SPM methods at electrified solid/liquid interfaces (T) Structure – property relations in electrochemically fabricated magnetic nanostructures (R)
  • Prof. Matthias Arenz (University of Kopenhagen): Fuel cells: fundamentals and applications (T and R)
  • Prof. Serge Lamay (University of Twente Enschede): Electrochemical Nanofluidics and fundmanetals of ion screening (T and R)
  • Prof. Tamas Pajkossy (Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Electrochemical methods: An introduction into time-dependet current-voltage measurements (T); What is double layer impedance/capacitance and what can be learned from it (R)
  • Prof. Eckhard Spohr (Univ. of Essen-Duisburg): Computer Simulations of liquid/solid interfaces (T); Modeling condensed phase reactions at electrifiedinterfaces: proton discharge at charged metal surfaces (R)
  • Prof. Antonio Rodas (Universitad di Alicante): Surface infrared spectroscopy (external and internal reflection approaches) in electrochemistry (T and R)
  • Prof. R. Schuster (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology): Electrochemical Machining and Microstructuring (T and R); Electrochemical Microcalorimetry (T and R)
  • Dr. Nenard Markovic (Argonne National Laboratory): Electrochemistry at well-defeined bimetallic surfaces : From single crystals to nanoclusters in electrocatalysis (T and R)
  • Dr. Tom Moffat (National Institute of Standards, Gaithersburg): Electrochemical processing for advanced metallization in microelectronics: Fundamantals and Applications (T,R)
  • Dr. Thomas Suter (EMPA, Dübendorf): Nanoelectrodes and Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Methods and Applications (T); Microscopic Corrosion Research (R)
  • Dr. Maarten van Brussel (Metrohm Autolab BV): A practical tutorial on potentiostats/galvanostates and impedance spectroscopy; on-site demonstrations of basic experiments with state-of-the-art Autolab systems


Topics:

The summer school “Nanoelectrochemistry” has its roots in "Interfacial Electrochemistry“ as an interdisciplinary science bridging between chemistry, physics, materials and life sciences. Tutorial lectures on fundamental concepts and techniques will be complemented with state-of-the-art applications. The course will start with a basic introduction into the electrochemical double layer and electro-chemical measuring techniques. Subsequently, fundamentals and modern applications of in-situ structure-sensitive methods, such as scanning probe techniques and vibrational spectroscopies at electrified solid/liquid interfaces shall be discussed with a specific focus on exploring structure – reactivity correlations at functional electrified interfaces. Specific application blocks will focus on frontier case studies in (nano-) electrocatalysis, metal deposition, micromachining and nanocrystals as unique novel materials in molecular-scale electrochemistry.

Conference website and registration:

http://www.dcb-server.unibe.ch/groups/wandlowski/villars2010/

 

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