Technical Sessions
The conference consists of technical sessions and symposiums that cover broad scientific and technological subjects in the areas of colloids, surfaces and interfaces.
Details of technical sessions are shown below.
- 1. Surfactants and Amphiphilic Materials
- 2. Molecular Films
- 3. Soft Matter and Biosystems
- 4. Fine Particles, Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
- 5. Dispersion and Aggregation
- 6. Solid Surfaces: Adsorption, Catalysis, Wetting, Adhesion and Electrochemistry
- 7. General Topics in Colloid and Interface Science
1. Surfactants and Amphiphilic Materials
Session Keywords
(1) Synthesis and Solution Properties of Surfactants (2) Molecular Assembly and Phase Behavior (3) Gels and Liquid Crystals (4) Emulsions (5) Foaming and Antifoaming (6) Applications and Development (7) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Tomokazu Yoshimura (Nara Women’s Univ.), Kenji Aramaki (Yokohama National Univ.), Masaaki Akamatsu (Kyoto Univ.), and Clara Imura (Ochanomizu Univ.)
2. Molecular Films
Session Keywords
(1) Insoluble Monolayers/Langmuir-Blodgett Films (2) Self-assembled Monolayers (3) Adsorbed Monolayers (4) Bilayers (vesicles, liposomes, etc.) (5) Multilayers (LBL, etc.) (6) Particle Layers (7) Interfacial Characteristics (air-liquid, liquid-liquid, solid-liquid) (8) Applications and Development (9) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Cathy McNamee (Kyoto Univ.), Homare Arima (Kyoto Univ.), Hiroki Matsubara (Hiroshima Univ.), and Haruka Minato (Okayama Univ.)
3. Soft Matter and Biosystems
Session Keywords
(1) Soft-material Colloids and Interfaces, Gels (2) Active Matter, Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Systems (3) Biomolecules, Biomaterials, and Biomimetics (4) Molecular Crowding Systems (5) Drug Delivery, Biomedical Systems (6) Applications and Development (7) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Yoshiko Takenaka (AIST), Akira Kakugo (Kyoto Univ.), Daisuke Banno (Keio Univ.), Tatsuo Akitaya (Asahikawa Medical Univ.), and Takashi Nakanishi (NIMS)
4. Fine Particles, Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
Session Keywords
(1) Synthesis and Fabrication (2) Structure and Properties (3) Functions and Applications (4) Theoretical and Computational Sciences (5) Applications and Development (6) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Mineo Hashizume (Tokyo Univ. of Sci.), Kosuke Sugawa (Nihon Univ.), Chechia Hu (National Taiwan Univ. of Sci. and Tech.), Chika Takai (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.), and Masaki Matsubara (National Inst. of Tech., Sendai College)
5. Dispersion and Aggregation
Session Keywords
(1) Dispersion Stability and Theory (2) Dispersion Dynamics (3) Highly Concentrated Dispersions (4) Electrokinetic and Transport Phenomena (5) Surface and Interfacial Forces (6) Rheology (7) Colloidal Crystals, Films, Deposits and Assemblies (8) Applications and Development (9) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Yasuyuki Kusaka (AIST), Motoyoshi Kobayashi (Univ. of Tsukuba), Michinari Kohri (Chiba Univ.), Tatsushi Isojima (Nihon Lʹoréal K.K.), and Ryohei Seto (Toyota Central R&D Labs)
6. Solid Surfaces: Wetting, Adsorption, Catalysis, Adhesion, and Electrochemistry
Session Keywords
(1) Structures, Properties, and Functions of Solid Surfaces (2) Wettability: From Superhydrophobicity to Superhydrophilicity (3) Porous Materials and Nano Confined Space (4) Adsorption (5) Catalysis (6) Synthesis and Fabrication of Functional Solids (7) Surface Forces and Tribology (8) Electrochemistry (9) Applications and Development (10) Analytical Techniques
Organizers
Satoshi Watanabe (Kyoto Univ.), Koki Urita (Nagasaki Univ.), Motohiro Kasuya (Komatsu Univ.), and Mizuho Yabushita (Tohoku Univ.)