SIS2022 - Virtual Poster Sesson
The virtual poster session
will be available to registered participants (after logging in)
on Wednesday, September 14
from 12 p.m to 8 p.m. (UTC+1 timezone)
in the "Symposium" -> "Virtual poster session" menu >LINK<
Virtual participation...
Please be advised that virtual participation in the oral sessions is planned in the form of live MS Teams meeting. More details (links and passwords) will be sent soon to the participants' e-mail addresses.
Virtual poster session will be available for logged in users at the website.
SIS2022 interactive map...
For the convenience of the SIS2022 participants, an interactive map has been developed with important conference venues marked:
Extended deadline for registration!
We would like to inform that the deadline for registration, originally scheduled for 15th June 2022, has been extended by two weeks and the new deadline is 30th June 2022.
A limited number of places remain!
Additionally, abstracts submission has been also extended by one week and the new deadline is 10th July 2022. Abstracts can be submitted after logged in by editing user profile [or simply ->click here<-].
COVID-19 rules in Poland...
Pursuant to the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 25 March 2022 on establishing specific restrictions, orders, and prohibitions in relation to the state of epidemic, from 28 March 2022 onwards, all restrictions on travel to the Republic of Poland are lifted, which means there is no obligation to:
- present COVID certificates when crossing the border;
- test for SARS-CoV-2;
- undergo the so-called entry quarantine.
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 of three journals.
Jingcheng Hao
Shandong University, Jinan, China
Jingcheng Hao is employed at the Shandong University (Jinan, China) where he is currently Full-Professor and Director of the Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education. His research focuses on colloid and interfacial sciences, including surfactants in solution and self-assembly at all scales in bulk solutions and at surfaces. He has published over 450 articles including original papers, reviews, books and book chapters as well as 8 patents. Since 2018, Dr. Hao serves as a Senior-Editor of Langmuir and he is member of the Editorial Boards of many scientific journals, such as Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. or Colloids Surf. A..
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 Detergents Division of the American Oil Chemists Society. He is also the Director of the Institute for Applied Surfactant Research at the University at Oklahoma, only the 3rd person to hold this title since the inception of the Institute 30 years ago. His research interests include surfactants in solution, surfactant adsorption at the liquid-solid interface, biodegradable polymers, structure-property relationships of polymers, polymer composites, carbon nanotubes in polymers, polymer-coated surfaces, polymer film recycling, ion-containing polymers, X-ray characterization techniques (scattering, absorption).
Kazimiera Anna Wilk
Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
Kazimiera Anna Wilk obtained her both PhD (1979), and DSc (1991) from the Wrocław University of Technology, Poland (currently Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, WUST). In 2001 she was promoted to a full profesor title in chemical sciences/chemical technology. At present she is a head of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratory (Department of Engineering and Technology of Chemical Processes, Faculty of Chemistry, WUST). She is also actively involved in activities for science in Poland, being a member of the Scientific Excellence Council in the Chemical Engineering discipline. Her scientific activities focus on design, synthesis and characteristics of innovative colloidal materials, such as products with added value (specialty surfactants and decorated block copolymers or polyelectrolytes), as well as colloidal drug micro- and nanocarriers for mono- or combination therapies and nanotheranostics. She is the author of more than 250 international papers, patents and book chapters.
SIS2022 - registration opening...
We would like to remind that
the registration for the conference
is opened from February 1, 2022.
To register for the 23rd International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution please go to menu: Symposium... -> Registration
Participants of the SIS2020 who have paid the conference fee do not have to register again. People who uploaded abstracts (but did not pay) have to register again.
NOTE: If you need a visa, you have to register and pay the conference fee at first in order to to receive confirmation document from the organizers.
8th International Symposium on “Surfactants in Tribology”
8th International Symposium on “Surfactants in Tribology”
Organizers: Polina Prokopovich (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom) 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 Polina Prokopovich at . Please make sure to select the “Surfactants in Tribology” track when submitting your abstract at the SIS2022 website: www.sis2022.umcs.eu.
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 ().