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Symposium Q: Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials

• 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

• April 9 - April 13, 2012
• Moscone West Convention Center | Marriott Marquis - San Francisco, California-
• Meeting Chairs: Lara A. Estroff, Jun Liu, Kornelius Nielsch, Kazumi Wada

Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials

Titanium dioxide has diverse applications in our world as a photo-excited material.  In addition, fundamental understanding of the electronic behavior of photo-excited TiO₂ is of particular importance in improving the efficiency of TiO₂ upon excitation by sunlight.  This symposium will bring together experts in TiO₂-related surface and solid-state science, experts in the materials science of TiO₂, and specialists in nanoscience as applied to TiO₂. Applications in photovoltaic and electrochromic science, solar hydrogen generation, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, batteries, super-capacitors, self-cleaning and environmental remediation through solar excitation, and other areas involving nanoparticle TiO₂, are solicited.

Session topics will include (but will not be limited to):

• TiO₂ nanomaterials synthesis and characterization
• Fundamental properties investigation: experiment and calculation
• Property control and modification: optical, electronic, and catalytic
• Solar cells and photovoltaics
• Photocatalytic fuel (hydrogen) generation
• Photocatalytic CO2 reduction and selective photo-oxidations for organic synthesis
• Electrochromic devices, fuel cells, batteries, and supercapacitors
• Sensors and detectors
• Superhydrophilic, amphiphilic, and antifogging surfaces
• Environmental photocatalysis
• Indoor and outdoor air-pollution control

Invited speakers include:

Hironori Arakawa (Tokyo Univ. of Science, Japan), Flemming Besenbacher (Aarhus Univ., Denmark), Won Yong Choi (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Korea), P. Davide Cozzoli (National Nanotechnology Lab, Italy), Oliver Diwald (Friedrich-Alexander Univ., Germany), Michael Graetzel (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology), Craig Grimes (Nanjing Univ. of Technology, China), Jinghua Guo (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Liyuan Han (National Inst. for Materials Science, Japan), Michael Henderson (Pacific Northwest National Lab), Michael Hoffman (California Inst. of Technology), Greg Kimmel (Pacific Northwest National Lab), Brian O'Regan (Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Gianfranco Pacchioni (Univ. di Milano, Italy), Mario Pagliaro (National Research Council - Inst. of Nanostructured Materials, Italy), Nam Gyu Park (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), Kentaro Teramura (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Geoffrey Thornton (Univ. College London, United Kingdom).

Symposium Organizers

Xiaobo Chen
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Dept. of Chemistry
Kansas City, MO 64110
Tel 816-235-6420, Fax 816-235-2290
 chenxiaobo@umkc.edu  

Gavin Tulloch
Dyesol
(3 Dominion Pl.)
P. O. Box 6212,
Queanbeyan, NSW 2620, Australia
Tel 44-7817441037
gtulloch@dyesol.com 

Can Li
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
457 Zhongshan Rd.
Dalian 116023, China
Tel 86-411-84379070, Fax 86-411-84694447
canli@dicp.ac.cn

John T. Yates, Jr.
University of Virginia
Dept. of Chemistry,
McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Tel 434- 924-7514
johnt@virginia.edu