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Conference

12th International Sol-Gel Workshop
Sydney, Australia

Scientific Program

Fundamentals and Future Directions in a Multidisciplinary Community
Chairs: J.R. Bartlett and C.J. Barbé

K-1 SolGel Processing of Complex Functional Materials by Jeff Brinker
K-2 The Integration of Sol-Gel Science in Nanobiotechnology by Bruce Dunn
K-3 Advances in Characterisation Methods – Multiple length scales across multiple disciplines by Florence Babonneau
 

SolGel Chemistry: Design and Reactivity of Functional Precursors
Chairs: C.J. Brinker and J.N. Hay
 

I-1 Geometrical Molecular Structure Design Concept in Approach to Homo- and Heterometallic Precursors of Advanced Materials in Sol-Gel Technology
Vadim Kessler
O-1 Electronic State and Photosensitivity of Metal Alkoxides Chemically Modified with Diketones
Y. Kowada, Hyogo Univ., Japan
O-2 Mixed Oxide Materials Prepared from a Single Source Precursor: A Time Resolved SAXS Study of the Gelation and the Calcination Process
V. Torma, Institut für Materials chemistry, Technische Universität, Austria
O-3 Cancelled

Routes to Colloids, Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials: SolGel Chemistry in Confined Media and Control of Nanostructural Evolution
Chairs: F.O. Ribot and V. Kessler
 

I-2 Monolithic silica and carbon exhibiting three-modal, hierarchical porosity
Jarl Rosenholm
O-4 Wide-band acoustic characterization of a sol-gel matrix
M. Gindre, Univ. Paris VI, France
O-5 All alkoxide sol-gel route to CoO-TiO2 nano-powders
G. Westin, Department of Materials Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Sweden
O-6 Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Particles by Sol-Gel Chemistry
J.N. Hay, Univ. Surrey and QinetiQ, UK
O-7 Template Mediated Hybrid from Dendrimer
N.R. Choudhury, Ian Wark Research Institute, Univ. SA, Australia
O-8 Formation of SiO2 Nanoparticles in a NP-5 Water-in-Oil Microemulsion
K. S. Finnie, ANSTO, Australia
Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrids: Inorganic Nanoclusters in Polymeric Networks
Chairs: P. Innocenzi and G. Calleja
I-3 Organofunctional Metal Oxide Clusters as Building Blocks for Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials
Ulrich Schubert
O-9 Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials Based on Nanobuilding Blocks Assembled through Electrostatic Interactions
F.O. Ribot, Univ. Paris VI, France
O-10 Formation, Self-Ordering and Structure of Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Networks
L. Matejka, Acad. Science, Czech Republic
O-11 Control of the Morphology of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Elaborated by Reactive Processing without Solvent
V. Bounor-Legaré, Univ. Lyon 1, France
O-12 Synthesis of Polymetallorganosiloxane Xerogels Using a Sol-Gel Method
Y.L. Zub, Nat. Acad. Science, Ukraine
O-13 Sol-Gel Technology in the Control of PossTM Functionality: A New Generation of Materials
J. Matisons, Flinders Univ., Australia
O-14 Effects of pH on Gelation Time, Degree of Condensation and Porosity in Bridged Polysilsesquioxanes
D.A. Loy, Los Alamos, USA
Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrids: Interpenetrating Networks
Chairs: D.A. Loy and U. Schubert
I-4 Hybrid Materials with Polymerisable Organic Functional Groups: a Structure-Property Outook
Plinio Innocenzi
O-15 Real time Study of UV Induced Photopolymerization in Hybrid Sol-Gel Glasses
C. Croutxé-Barghorn, Dep. Photochemistry, France
O-16 cancelled
O-17 Bridged Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Xerogels and Si/C/N-Ceramic Membranes: New Non-oxide Materials Derived from Polysilsesquicarbodiimide Gels
E. Kroke, Fachbereich Materialwissenschaft, Fachgebiet Disperse F, Germany
O-18 Preparation of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Gel Films Based on Polyvinyl­-polysilsesquioxane
Y. Abe, Tokyo Univ. Science, Japan
O-19 C60 Based Hybrid Nanocomposites Obtained in the Presence of Ultrasounds
M. Zaharescu, Institute of Physical Chemistry, “I.G. Murgulescu”, Romania
O-20 Layer-by-Layer Paving of Liposomal Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid “Cerasome” on Substrates
K. Katagiri, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Mesostructured and Supramolecular Materials ; Synthesis and Applications of Silicate Systems with Periodic Structure and Engineered Porosity
Chairs: M. Lu and R. Caruso
I-5 New Approach for the Organisation and the shaping of Organo-Bridged Silicas
Michel Wong Chi Man
O-21 Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles using a Double Surfactant System
H. Imai, Keio Univ., Japan
O-22 Templated Synthesis of Tailored Clays (based on sol-gel techniques) to Yield Increased Pore Volumes for Sorption and Exchange
K. M. Powell, Univ. Surrey, UK
O-23 Core-shell Approach to Formation of Ordered Nanostructured Materials with MPEG-b-PDLLA
J.H. Chang, Korea Inst. Of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, Korea
O-24 Cobalt Incorporation into Co-condensed Mesoporous Silicas
N.J. Coville, South Africa
Mesostructured and Supramolecular Materials : Synthesis and Applications of NonSilicate Systems with Periodic Structure and Engineered Porosity
Chairs: F. Babonneau and M. Wong chi Man
I-6 Templated Synthesis of Non-Silicate Metal Oxides
G.Q. Max Lu
O-25 Spongelike Macroporous TiO2 Monoliths Prepared from Starch Gel Template
M. Iwasaki, Kinki Univ., Japan
O-26 Surfactant Templated Mesoporous Titania Anion Exchanger
V. Luca, ANSTO, Sydney, Australia
O-27 Template Synthesis of Metal Oxides
R.A. Caruso, Univ. Melbourne, Australia

Coatings and Membranes : Structural Evolution and Characterisation
Chairs: P.A. Sermon and J.E. ten Elshof
 

I-7 New Sol-Gel Routes for High-Permittivity Thin Film Preparation
P. Belleville
O-28 Relationship Between Surface Skin and Defect Formation during Sol-Gel Spin-Coating
D.P. Birnie, Univ. Arizona, USA
O-29 Preparation of Titania Nanosheets-Precipitated Coatings on Substrates by Treating SiO2-TiO2 Gel Films with hot water under vibrations
A. Matsuda, Toyohashi Univ., Japan
O-30 A Microstructural Zone Model for the Morphology of Sol-Gel Coatings
M.A. Aegerter, Schott Glass Germany; INM, Germany
O-31 Aluminophosphate Thin FilmsFilms
P.E. de Jongh, Philips, The Netherlands
0-32 Radiative Striations of Spin-Coating Films: Surface Roughness Measurement and In-Situ Observation
H. Kozuka, Kansai University, Japan
Coatings and Membranes : Properties and Novel Applications
Chairs: M.A. Aegerter and H. Kozuka
I-8 Cancelled
O-33 Sol-Gel Derived Inorganic Scintillators
J-M. Nedelec, Univ. Blaise Pascal & ENSCCF, France
O-34 Nanostructured Ion-selective MCM-48 Membranes
J.E. ten Elshof, Univ. Twente, The Netherlands
O-35 Sol-Gel Coating of Thin Display Glasses - Problems and Remedy
G. Guzman, Corning S.A., France
O-36 Sol-Gel Layers for Surface Modification of Non-Woven Textiles
A. Lobnik, Univ. Maribor, Slovenia
 

Sol-Gel Optics : Processing and Applications
Chairs: R. Almeida and B-S. Bae
 

I-9 Sol-Gel Encapsulation of Molecules to Generate Functional Optical Materials
B.C. Dave
O-37 High Refractive-Index Microspheres of Optical Cavity Structure
Y. Arai, Tokyo Inst. Technol., Japan
O-38 Synthesis and Photoluminescence Features of Urea and Urethane Cross-Linked Siloxane Poly(Ethyleneoxide) Hybrids Derived from Carboxylic Acid Solvolysis
L. Fu, Univ. Aveiro, Portugal
O-39 Incorporation of Highly Luminescent Quantum Dots in Hybrid OrganicInorganic Matrix
A. Martucci, Univ. Padova, Italy
O-40 Spectral Hole-Burning in Femtosecond Laser-Irradiated Eu3+-Doped Aluminosilicate Glasses
G.J. Park, Nagoya Inst. Technol., Japan
 

Sol-Gel Technology for Optoelectronics and Photonics : Processing and Applications
Chairs: B. Dave and A. Martucci
 

I-10 Self-Photopatterning of Photosensitive Sol-Gel Hybrid Materials for Fabrication of Micro-Optic Devices
ByeongSoo Bae
O-41 Photoluminescence Stabilization in Erbium-Doped Silicate Sol-Gel Planar waveguides
R.M. Almeida, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
O-42 Synthesis of Thermoplastic Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Polymers for Optical Fibre Fabrication
X. Luo, ANU, Australia
O-43 Narrow Band Polarized Light Emission from Organic Micro-Cavity Fabricated by Sol-Gel Technique
L. Xu, Fundan Univ., China
O-44 Photo-Electrochemistry of Ormosil’s Sandwiched Bacteriorhodopsin
P.C. Pandey, Banaras Hindu Univ., India
O-45 Electrochemical and Electrochromic Properties of Ni Oxide/Hydroxide Film Deposited by Sol-Gel Technique
Y-E Sung, K-JIST, Korea
 

Functional and Biologically Active Species in SolGel Matrices Encapsulation and Function
Chairs: B. Dunn and A. Osaka
 

I-11 Recent Advances in the Application of Sol-Gel Materials for Biochemical and Biomedical Applications
David Avnir
O-46 Screening of Inhibitors Using Proteins Entrapped in Sol-Gel Derived Materials
J.D. Brennan, McMaster Univ., Canada
O-47 Gelation of Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Silicates Monitored by NMR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
G. M. Moran, UNSW, Australia