Solid State (MC9)

Convener:

Edmund Cussen, University of Strathclyde, UK

Programme:

Tuesday 4 August (morning and afternoon)

Wednesday 5 August (morning)

Keynote Speakers

Recent developments in hybrid inorganic-organic framework materials
Anthony K. Cheetham, University of Cambridge, UK

From heat to electricity: Bulk thermoelectric nanostructures
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University, USA

Targetted synthesis of inorganic materials
Matthew J. Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool, UK

Award Lecture

Computer modelling as a tool in the chemistry of materials
C. Richard A. Catlow, University College, London, UK
(Winner of the RSC Liversidge Lectureship Award 2008)

Speakers

Electron and hole doping studies of the high-Tc parent material NdFeAsO
Jan-Willem G. Bos, University of Edinburgh, UK

Structural studies of low doped lithium nitridometallates, Li3-x-yMxN (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu)
Donnie K. Carmichael, University of Glasgow, UK

Preparation and characterisation of the ternary nitride-fluoride Ce2MnN3F2-delta
Maria G. Francesconi, University of Hull, UK

CMR in cuprates?
Abbie C. Mclaughlin, University of Aberdeen, UK

Iron and oxygen - the perfect match
Elaine A. Moore, The Open University, UK

A symmetry-reversing metal-insulator transition in the high pressure perovskite PbRuO3
Jennifer A. Rodgers, University of Edinburgh, UK

Spontaneous patterning of functional porous and composite materials
Ram Seshadri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Polyoxometalate-based metal-oxide nanostructures
Carsten Streb, University of Glasgow, UK

Computational high throughput prediction and identification of Covalent Organic Frameworks
Abbie Trewin, University of Liverpool, UK

Magnetic properties of FePt nanoparticles assembled on Al2O3
Oktay Yildirim, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Symposium Information

The chemistry of the solid state concerns the interrelationships between bonding, structure and properties of continuous, extended solids.  The highly variable nature of chemical bonding leads to a wide-range of different physical properties in solids and this field continues to provide surprising and exciting challenges several decades on from the ground breaking work of the pioneers of the 1950's.  

This symposium is concerned with the exploitation of bonding both to synthesise new solids and to adjust the properties of existing phases to develop useful functional materials. In addition to discussing new compounds and novel synthetic methods, abstracts that reflect a broad description of solid state chemistry are sought. It is anticipated that sessions will include discussions of:

• magnetic and magnetoresistive materials
• framework phases
• superconductors
• multi-ferroic and non-centrosymmetric phases
• optical materials

Contributions that reflect the interfaces of chemistry with other disciplines are particularly welcome and may share some common interests with other MC9 symposia including those below.