18th International Symposium on the Reactivity of Solids

The scope of the symposium involves areas ranging from basic research to applied and material sciences, from aspects of technology, economy and ecology. The subjects discussed cover basic and applied aspects of new materials design, advanced methods of preparation and characterization, mechanisms of reactions involving solids, structure property relations, and new horizons of the materials application.
The aim of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to extend current knowledge, promote progress, and open up new vistas in the field.

Since 1948 a group of distinguished scientists from all over the world and from a wide range of fields gathered at the International Symposium on the Reactivity of Solids to discuss recent results and future experimental developments in the fields of the reactivity of solids. A characteristic feature of this symposium is that it is not a function of a particular society but is arranged by a local organizing committee, with input from many past attendees, and lives on the enthusiasm and on the scientific curiosity of a world-wide community. The flavor is distinctly international and decidedly interdisciplinary.
A special focus will be devoted to reactivity of materials for energy and environment.

TOPICS

1- Transport Phenomena in Solids: Point Defects and Reactivity of Solids

2- Reactivity and nanomaterials

3- Reactivity and Catalysis

4- Reactivity of Materials for Energy and Environment

5- Reactivity and composite materials

6- Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Systems (Batteries, thermoelectrics, solar cells, ...)

7- Reactivity of Solids in the Geologic and Planetary Environment

8- Novel materials and new synthesis routes

9- Chemistry in unconventional media (ionic liquids, supercritical fluids, ...)

10- Advances in Characterization of Reacting Solids

11- Theory and modelling

Chronology

1948 Â Paris, France
1952 Â Geteborg, Sweden
1956 Â Madrid, Spain
1960 Â Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1964 Â Munich, Germany
1968 Â Schenectady, USA
1972 Â Bristol, United Kingdom
1976 Â Geteborg, Sweden
1980 Â Cracow, Poland

1984 Â Dijon, France
1988 Â Princeton, USA
1992 Â Madrid, Spain
1996 Â Hamburg, Germany
2000 Â Budapest, Hungary
2003 Â Kyoto, Japan
2007 Â Minneapolis, USA
2011 Â Arcachon, France
2013Â Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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