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Sponsored SOL - GEL IN SMALL DIMENSIONS: NANOPARTICLES AND THIN FILMS August 24-27, 2008 Alghero (Sardinia), Italy. |
Welcome to the new sol-gel revolution….Todays ever increasing demand for multifunctional materials requires stronger multidisciplinary approach to materials manufacturing as well as the merging of tradional scientific disciplines (chemistry, physic, biology,…) into new cross-boundaries technologies. Moreover, these novel technologies have to offer enough flexibility to bridge the gap between polymers, ceramics or metals, between organic and inorganic materials, or more widely between the mineral and biological world. Sol-gel technology has emerged as a serious candidate to solve these modern technical challenges. Its chemical nature allows for infinite functionalization of the precursors and thus facilitating development of new composites and hybrid materials. The low processing temperature of sol-gel technology combined with the intrinsic bio-compatibility and environment friendliness of ceramics makes sol-gel technology an ideal candidate for the fabrication of bio-active materials. In addition, the ability of sol-gel technology to manipulate the structure of materials at the molecular level as well as its ability to precisely control the nature of interfaces makes it a method of choice for the processing of nano-materials and nano-engineering of interfaces . Since the pioneering work in the 1970’s, sol-gel technology has evolved considerably and founds its way in a wide range of practical applications from catalyst support, to thermal insulation, from solar cells to oxygen food sensors or sunscreen formulations. This increasing success of sol-gel technology at solving technological challenges as well as the variety of its field of applications has called for a federative action. Responding to this demand of the sol-gel community, the International Sol Gel Society was created in August 2003. The society's mission is threefold:
To achieve these goals the society needs the critical
support of industrial partners. SPONSORSHIPPartnering with ISGS through Sponsorship gives you a unique opportunity of exposure through the web site and ISGS publications and events organization. As a sponsor of ISGS you will have the following benefits
ISGS is a non profit organization and therefore the sponsorship is tax exempt SPONSORSHIP FEESIndustrial Companies : $2000 Organizations and Small Companies : $1000 Contact : Prof. Eric
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