The 18th SIS will be held in Melbourne, Victoria, on the 14 19 November 2010. The conference includes the Kash Mittal Award Lecture, as well as a Special Symposium `Surfactant Science & Technology: Retrospects and Prospects`.
Introduction and historyThe Surfactants in Solution conference series was initiated in 1976, when it was first held in Albany, New York, under the chairmanship of Kash Mittal.
Two more meetings were held in the USA (Knoxville and Potsdam) before the symposium became truly international: Lund (1982), Bordeaux (1984), New Delhi (1986), Ottawa (1988), Gainesville (1990), Varna (1992), Caracas (1994), Jerusalem (1996), Stockholm (1998), Gainesville (2000), Barcelona (2002), Fortaleza (2004), Seoul (2006) and Berlin (2008).
The title Surfactants in Solution has been retained for this series of conferences although the breadth of topics covered has widened considerably over the years.
A particular feature of the SIS conferences has been the coverage of both fundamental and applied research, presenting a great opportunity and platform for scientists to meet people working on the basic aspects of surfactants and interface science.
A particular feature of the SIS conferences has been the coverage of both fundamental and applied research, presenting a great opportunity and platform for scientists from industrial research and development (R&D) organisations to meet people working on the basic aspects of surfactants and interface science.
The 18th SIS, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia, will follow this tradition.
The conference will include the Kash Mittal Award Lecture, as well as a Special Symposium `Surfactant Science & Technology: Retrospects and Prospects` which honours the recent publication of Kash Mittal s 100th edited book.
Topics to be covered - Adsorption at interfaces: gas/liquid, liquid/liquid, solid/liquid
- Wetting, spreading and detergency
- Superhydrophobicity and superspreading
- Interfacial tension, elasticity and rheology
- Interfacial interactions and surface forces
- Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films
- Electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena
- Micelles, emulsions and microemulsions
- Solubilisation
- Reactivity in micelles and other organised systems
- Surfactant phase and self-assembly behaviour
- Polymeric and polymerizable surfactants
- Bioderived and bioinspired surfactants
- Phase behaviour in multicomponent systems
- Surfactant-polymer and -biopolymer interactions
- Self-assembled materials: fundamentals and applications
- Surfactants in pharmaceutics and life sciences
- Surfactants in energy production (oil/gas/unconventional)
- Surfactants in tribology
- Surfactant based delivery systems
- Formulation and processing technologies
- Surfactants in nano- and microtechnology
- Surfactants and the environment
- Modelling and simulation
- Synchrotron and neutron techniques in surfactant research
- New techniques in surfactant research
- Vesicles, liposomes, niosomes, colloidosomes
- Surfactants in mineral processing.
For more information see the Surfactants in Solution 2010 website [external link].
Who Should AttendAcademic and industrial researchers with an interest in both fundamental and technological aspects of surfactant behaviour in solution and at interfaces.
