Symposium: Sol-Gel Materials: From Fundamentals to Advanced Applications

Scope of the Symposium:
The Sol-Gel Process is one of the most widely used procedures for the synthesis of advanced ceramics, nanomaterials, hybrid and nanocomposite materials and a versatile tool for coating technology. Several commercial products based on sol-gel technology are on the world market, such as the 3M™ Cubitron™ Abrasive Grain, The estimated expansion rate of the sol-gel business worldwide is 7.96% according TechNavio’s analysts for the period from 2012 to 2016. Its wide success is due to simple and low temperature routes to produce a widespread number of multifunctional materials with applications in corrosion protection, art and historical patrimony conservation, optic materials and coatings, electronic coatings, catalysis, energy storage and production, biocatalysis and biosensors, environmental remediation, gas separation and storage, drug delivery, clinical analysis, image contrast agents, hard coatings, smart windows, radiation sensors, among other applications. In this symposium we intend to contemplate works on most of these areas, so as to give the participants an opportunity to learn and expand their awareness of the versatility and power of this methodology for obtaining materials aimed at advance applications.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas:

Sol-Gel Chemistry and New Precursors for Sol-Gel Chemistry
Aerogels
Sol-Gel for Photonics and Optical Devices
Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites through Sol-Gel process
Sol-Gel Process For Corrosion Protection
Sol-Gel Materials and Photocalysis, Photosynthesis, Photochromism
Sol-Gel for Dentistry and Medical Devices
Sol-Gel and Heterogeneous (Bio) Catalysts
Magnetic and Photomagnetic Materials through Sol-Gel process
Sol-Gel and Materials for Energy Production, Transport, and Storage

Tentative list of invited speakers:

Dominik Eders, Universität Münster, Alemanha
Nanocarbon-inorganic hybrid materials as next-generation photocatalysts

Shirley Nakagaki, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil
Preparation of catalytic solids based on silica obtained by the sol-gel process and different complexes

Jean M Ribeiro Gallo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brasil
Design of heterogeneous catalysts for biomass conversion

Nelcy Della Santina Mohallem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
Characterization of thin films prepared by sol-gel process with ferroelectric and magnetic properties

Watson Loh, Universidade de Campinas, Brasil
Surfactant and polymer dispersions with liquid crystalline cores

Miguel Jafelicci Júnior, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Brasil
Magnetic Nanoparticles surface Functionalization

Marivalda de Magalhães Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
Sol-gel method as a route for bioactive glass synthesis: from nanoparticles to hierarchical scaffolds

Mateus Borba Cardoso, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncroton, Brasil
Bactericidal Properties of Nanoparticles Obtained Through Sol-Gel Approach

Sara A. Bilmes, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sol-gel chemistry for the design of living inorganic materials

Sandra Helena Pulcinelli, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brasil
Nanostructure , swelling, and drug delivery profile of hydrophilic/hydrophobic ureasil-polyether hybrid blends

Tânia Beatriz Creczynski Pasa, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Advances in nanotechnology and relationships with nanotoxicology and environment

Maurizio Ferrari, IFN-CNR, CSMFO Lab., Trento, Itália
Photonic Glasses and Confined Structures

Symposium Organizers:

Andrea S de Camargo
Universidade de São Paulo (IFSC/USP)
Edilson Benvenuti
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Eduardo J Nassar
Universidade de Franca
Katia J Ciuffi
Universidade de Franca
Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves
Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLRP/USP)
Sidney J. L. Ribeiro
Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (IQ/UNESP)
Ubirajara Pereira Rodrigues Filho
Universidade de São Paulo (IQSC/USP)