Intl. Symp. on Solid State Chemistry for Applications and Sustainable Development

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This major symposium is in honor of the distinguished work and lifetime achievements of Prof. Alain Tressaud, a renowned figure in the field of solid state chemistry, fluorinated materials and materials sciences.

Prof. Alain Tressaud was educated at University of Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France, where he obtained his Doctorate in Physical Sciences in 1969. His international career began in 1972, when he worked as a NATO Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley under the mentorship of Prof. Neil Barlett. He subsequently became a senior research fellow at CNRS in 1976, and then Research Director, beginning in 1982 (Emeritus since 2009). Additionally, he has been an Invited Scientist at: University California, Berkeley (1982), Philipps Universität, Marburg (1982), Kyoto University (1986), Universidad La Laguna, Spain (1991), NPL, New Delhi, (1994), Aichi Institute Technology, Japan (2000). He was also Invited Professor at Kyoto Univ. during several months (2009) and Associate Scientist at Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia since 1998. He has been fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Belgium since 2007, where he served as its President in 2017-18. He is the Founder of CNRS French Network on Fluorine.

To date, Alain Tressaud has authored more than 360 papers in International Journals and 12 international patents. He has organized numerous international meetings, presented more than 65 invited lectures in international symposia, and more than 60 invited seminars in industrial or university centers. His accolades include the Grand prix CEA de l'Académie des Sciences (2008), "Award for creative work in fluorine chemistry", American Chemical Society (2011), and the Henri Moissan International award (2012).

Prof. Tressaud is member of the Academy of Sciences & Arts, (Austria), Société Française de Chimie (since 1974; Distinguished Member, 2015), American Chemical Society, Fluorine Division (since 1987), and Fluorine Group of the RSC (since 2002).

Among the many notable breakthroughs achieved by A. Tressaud, the highlights include:

Discovery of high or unusual oxidation states in d transition elements:
The isolation of very unusual oxidation states such as Ni³⁺, Cu³⁺, Co⁴⁺, Cu⁴⁺, Ir⁴⁺, Pd³⁺, were initiated during his post-doctoral stay in 1972 at University of California - Berkeley in Neil Bartlett's laboratory, and carried out during several decades in the scope of regular international cooperations, in particular with Japanese, German, American and Russian teams.

New series of ferrimagnets and ferromagnets: The discovery of these new families of compounds had a decisive impact on researches carried out by other classes of scientists because they provided :
- solid state physicists with experimental objects allowing them to test theoretical magnetic ordering models,
- crystallographers and solid state chemists with original architectures in which the constituting species could consist in layers, chains, trimers, tetramers, rings, etc.

Graphite intercalation compounds (GIC) and carbon - fluorine system: Most classes of pristine carbon materials were investigated (nano-graphene, natural graphite, HOPG, carbon blacks, carbon nano-wires and nano-tubes,…) and have allowed to assess the relationships between the nature of C-F bonding and the observed electronic conductivity. In the domain of energy storage, rf-plasma fluorination of carbon anodes have allowed increasing the performances in the capacity of Li-ion batteries.

Beside the discovery of new high-temperature superconductors obtained by intercalation of F-species, the relationships existing between the reactive species present in F2 atmosphere or in CF₄ rf-plasmas and the characteristics of the final superconducting ceramics could be explained.

Improvement of surface properties of materials via low-temperature plasma fluorination: The drastic effect of surface modification using radio-frequency cold plasmas (room temperature) can be illustrated by switchable hydrophobic/hydrophilic surface properties allowing to efficiently use treated porous alumina in lithographic offset processes (Agfa-Gevaert patent, 2006).

In more recent years, the interests of Alain Tressaud's research team have also been focused on various mixed-anion compounds and nano-sized materials . Among the important achievements, we may point out:
- Synthesis of thermally stable Al and Fe oxy(hydroxyl)fluorides as catalysts for the synthesis of CFCs substitutes,
- Determination of the electronic transitions at the origin of absorption in the visible range for rare-earth (oxy-)fluorosulfides, and the use of these materials as red or yellow pigments (Rhodia patent, 1999),
- New series of oxyfluorinated UV absorbers for the protection of wood and various materials,
- Chemical storage and secured delivery of fluorine (Comurhex-Areva patent, 2006)
- Magnetism of new heteroleptic transition metal complexes based on 4d and 5d metals (Nature Commun., 2016)
- Relationships between the nature of C-F bonding in nano-carbons and nano-graphene and their electronic conductivity, in particular as electrodes in Li-batteries (Chem Com., 2018).

Besides the importance of the results obtained in solid-state chemistry at the fundamental level, numerous applications are concerned in varied applied fields: catalysis and fine chemistry / medical techniques and biomaterials / microelectronics / opto-electronics / nuclear industry / automotive / wood protection / energy storage, etc.

A special focus will be proposed on the applications of fluorides and fluorinated materials, and their involvement in sustainable development.

Examples will be drawn also from industrial developments -including the environmental impact of chemical processes-, from energy generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from emerging technologies (e.g., photonic, micro-electronics and biomedical devices), illustrating the key role in enabling technologies that can offer promising solutions to achieve renewable and sustainable energy pathways for the future.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
A round table discussion open to everyone interested will be organized at a specific date and time during the symposium. It will be a platform for high level representatives of various industries, technologies, and academic disciplines to freely discuss and debate all topics of this symposium, and identify positive and efficient pathways towards sustainability in industrial practices, technologies, and research.

You are cordially invited to actively participate in this symposium by submitting and presenting a paper, or by attending the round table. We look forward to meeting you at the Cyprus, October 2019.

CHAIRS

Florian Kongoli
FLOGEN Technologies
Canada

Miguel A. Alario Franco
Complutense U. of Madrid
Spain, [Bio]

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Prof. Miguel Á. Alario-Franco (born 1942) is Emeritus professor at Universidad Complutense in Madrid (UCM) where he obtained a D.Sc. in 1970 and a professorship in 1976. A pioneer in the development of Solid State Chemistry both as an academic discipline and as a research topic in Spain and abroad, he founded at UCM the S.S. Ch group, including the High Pressure Synthesis and the Electron Microscopy Laboratories and headed it between 1974 and 2012. His wide and positive mentoring activities benefited a large number of scientists, over 150, many of them foreigners, in particular Ibero-American.
Member (1991-) and President (2009-2012) of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, he is Honorary member of the Materials Research Society of India (1998-), C-Member of the Academy of Sciences of the República Argentina (2008-), H-Member Academy of Sciences of Colombia (2010-) H-Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth (2015) and member of the EURASC (2018-). Co-author, with J.L. Vicent, of the first text on Superconductivity in the Spanish language and co-editor of six meetings Proceedings.
Among the different research lines that he has developed, stand out his studies on non-stoichiometry and extended defects, and also the relationships between structure, microstructure, composition and properties of non-molecular materials, mainly, but not exclusively, High Tc Superconductors and Ionic Conductors.
Amidst the Prizes and awards that he has received, one can mention the Rey Jaime I Prize on Materials Science (1991). The México Prize in Science and Technology (2009). The Senior Research Award of the Spanish Solid State Chemistry and Physics Conferences (2010). The Miguel Catalán Prize of Madrid (2010) and the Gold & Diamonds Medal of Madrid Autonomous Community Chemist’s College (2016).

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Jean Etourneau
U. of Bordeaux
France, [Bio]

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Jean Etourneau is Emeritus Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux. He is member of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, Dr Honoris Causa of the Technical University of Darmstadt (one of the leading Universities of Technologies in Germany). He got his PhD in Physical Sciences in 1970 at the University of Bordeaux. He became the head of the Solid State Chemistry Laboratory in 1986 (CNRS Unit) and he founded in 1995 the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux (ICMCB, one the most important CNRS Unit in Materials Science in France). He was Scientific Advisor of several international research institutions (e.g. NIMS in Tsukuba, Japan), member of bi-national organisations (e.g. CEFIPRA, Indo-French Center) and President of French national committees in Research and Higher Education. He created in 2008 the European Multifunctional Materials Institute (EMMI), a tool to integrate Research and Education through European actions in the FP6, FP7 & Horizon 2020 programmes. He has published more than 350 papers in the field Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science devoted to the chemical and physical properties of borides, intermetallics and high Tc superconductors. Both collective and integrative activities carried out by Jean Etourneau at local, national and international levels have been recognized by the French government through following distinctions: Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, Commandeur des Palmes Académiques & Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

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Soteris Kalogirou
Cyprus U. of Technology
Cyprus, [Bio]

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Professor Soteris Kalogirou is at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences and Engineering of the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. He is currently the elected Chair of the Department. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glamorgan in 1995. In June 2011 he received from the University of Glamorgan the title of D.Sc. He is recently elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, letters and Arts.
For more than 30 years, he is actively involved in research in the area of solar energy and particularly in flat plate and concentrating collectors, solar water heating, solar steam generating systems, desalination and absorption cooling. Additionally, since 1995 he is involved in a pioneering research dealing with the use of artificial intelligence methods, like artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic, for the modelling and performance prediction of energy and solar energy systems.
He has a large number of publications as book chapters, international scientific journals and refereed conference proceedings. He is Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy, and Editorial Board Member of another fifteen journals. He is the editor of the book Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Renewable Energy Systems, published by Nova Science Inc., co-editor of the book Soft Computing in Green and Renewable Energy Systems, published by Springer, editor of the book McEvoy’s Handbook of Photovoltaics, published by Academic Press of Elsevier and author of the books Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems, and Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems, published by Academic Press of Elsevier.
He has been a member of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) since 1992 and is a member of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) and International Solar Energy Society (ISES).

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Fernand D. S. Marquis
San Diego State U.
USA, [Bio]

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Rodrigo Martins
EURASC & IUMRS
Portugal

Kenneth Poeppelmeier
Northwestern U.
USA, [Bio]

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Expertise and Selected Honors, Awards:
Hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis; x-ray and neutron diffraction; float-zone (FZ) growth of single crystals; solid state inorganic chemistry of mixed metal oxides and multiple anions materials; noncentrosymmetric compounds
Foreign member, Spanish National Academy: Real Academia de Ciencia, Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales (2016); 20 years of Service and Dedication to Inorganic Chemistry (2013); Visiting Professor for Senior International Scientists, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011); Vistantes Distinguidos, Universid Complutenses Madrid (2008); Lecturer in Solid State Chemistry, China (2005); Chemistry Week in China Lecturer (2004); Institut Universitaire de France Professor (2003); Natural Science Foundation of China Lecturer (1999); JSPS Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1997); AAAS Fellow, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993); National Science Council of Taiwan Lecturer (1991)

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Bernard Raveau
U. of Caen
France, [Bio]

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Bernard Raveau is Emeritus Professor at the University of Caen, where he received his PhD degree (1966). Founder of CRISMAT, the CNRS-ENSICAEN Laboratory for Crystallography and Materials in 1986 and of the CNRT Matériaux (National Research Centre of Technology for Materials) in 2000, he is a specialist of crystal chemistry of transition metal oxides. He is Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Member of Académie des Sciences,Member of the Indian Academy, Member of the Academia Europea and Fellow of the Royal Society.
He has authored 1400 journal publications mainly devoted to high Tc superconducting cuprates, CMR manganites, magnetic and thermoelectric cobaltates and transition metal phosphates. Additionally, he is co-author to 3 books: “Crystal Chemistry of High Tc Superconducting copper oxides” (1991); “Transition Metal Oxides” (1995); and “Cobalt oxides: from Crystal Chemistry to Physics” (2012). He is the recipient of numerous awards, including: European Prize Italgaz, Grande Médaille d’Or de la Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, Médaille d’Argent du CNRS, Grand Prix Pierre Sue de la Société Chimique de France, Bernd Matthias Prize, Distinguished Fellow of the Bangalore Nehru Centre, Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, Commandeur des Palmes Académiques.

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Yuichi Shimakawa
Kyoto U.
Japan, [Bio]

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1987–2003: Principal researcher, Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Japan
2003–present: Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan

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Mikio Takano
Okayama/Kyoto
Japan