International Symposium Fundación Areces: “Graphenes: the materials of the XXIst Century”

fundacion_areces1International Symposium Fundación Areces: “Graphenes: the materials of the XXIst Century”

 

Date: October 21st, 2015

Place: Valencia, Salón de Actos de la Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de la UPV

Organizers: Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and Fundación Areces

 

The last years of the twentieth century has witnessed intense research in the preparation and study of the properties of new carbon allotropes that were unknown until recently. The list of new carbon nanoforms includes fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and finally diamond nanoparticles and graphenes. While plastics have been considered as one of the materials of the XXth century, the potential new applications of graphene and the possibility that offers this nanomaterial makes that graphenes are widely regarded as the material of the XXIst century.

The conference is aimed to present the basic science and technology of graphene. Thus, Prof. Guinea presents the current state of the art in the potential of graphene in microelectronics. Prof. Mullen has developed innovative synthetic strategies of graphene based on bottom-up. Prof. Su will present his research using graphene to promote reactions. Prof. Serp will introduce the use of graphene as support material of nanoparticles and the unique properties derived from this synergy. Prof. Nguyen discussed new properties that are available in plastics as a result of the introduction of graphene and related materials in its formulation. And, Dr. Charola will comment on the markets in which graphene is being used.

 

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Program

9:00 – 9:30     Opening ceremony

9:30 – 10:30   Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen (Title: Bottom-up versus Top-Down Synthesis)

10:30 – 11:30 Prof. Su (Title: Graphene/diamond hybrid materials for Catalysis)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:00   Prof. Nguyen (Title: Nanocomposites of carbon-based nanofillers: synergistically improving mechanical properties through modular, flaw-tolerant fabrication)

13:00 – 14:00   Prof. Guinea (Title: Graphene: recent fundamental advances)

14:00 – 16:00   Lunch

16:00 – 17:00   Prof. Serp (Title: Few Layer Graphene Synthesis on Transition Metal Catalysis and Their Use in Catalysis)

17:00 – 18:00   Mr. Charola (Title: Advances in Technology Development for the Production and Applications of Graphene Materials)

18:00 – 19:00   Prof. García (Title: Biopolymers as Precursors of Graphenes and 2 D Materials)

19:00 – 19:30   Concluding remarks

 

 

LIST OF SPEAKERS

– Prof. Dr. Klaus Muellen, Director Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany

Title: Bottom-up versus Top-Down Synthesis

 

– Prof. Dang-sheng SU, Professor and Head of Catalysis and Materials Division at the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science

Title: Graphene/diamond hybrid materials for Catalysis

 

-Prof. SonBinh T. Nguyen, Professor of Chemistry in the Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Title: Nanocomposites of carbon-based nanofillers: synergistically improving mechanical properties through modular, flaw-tolerant fabrication

 

-Prof. Francisco Guinea, Senior Researcher at IMDEA nanoscience institute.

Title: Graphene: recent fundamental advances

 

-Prof. Philippe Serp, Laboratorie de Chimie de Coordination. Université de Toulouse

Title: Few Layer Graphene Synthesis on Transition Metal Catalysis and Their Use in Catalysis

 

-Dr. Iñigo Charola, Business Development Director, Graphenea

Title: Advances in Technology Development for the Production and Applications of Graphene Materials)

 

-Prof. Hermenegildo García, Professor of Chemistry, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Title: Biopolymers as Precursors of Graphenes and 2 D Materials