CRC 1411 International Symposium

To coincide with the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center 1411 entering its fourth year, we held a 2-day International Symposium from 20-21 March 2023. The event brought together researchers from around the world to showcase the latest progress in the targeted design of particulate products supported by rigorous optimization of structure-property and process-structure functions. Based around our four research areas, the symposium featured keynote talks by leading experts and rising stars in the field in addition to talks by CRC 1411 researchers. The programme also included a poster session, providing attendees with the opportunity to network and engage with cutting edge results from one of the hottest areas of particulate science and technology.

• Programme

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  Monday 20 March Monday 20 March

  Arrival and welcome Arrival and welcome

  08:00	Arrival and registration
  08:45	Welcome address	Wolfgang Peukert CRC 1411 Coordinator

  Session 1: Porous materials and nanoparticle chromatography (09:00 - 12:15) Session 1: Porous materials and nanoparticle chromatography (09:00 - 12:15)

  09:00	Methods for the vacuum-driven assembly of microspheres	Gert Desmet Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  09:45	Mesoporous material polymer functionalization and resulting properties	Annette Andrieu Brunsen TU Darmstadt, Germany
  10:30	Coffee break
  10:50	Watching paint dry – From colloidal droplets to complex nanostructures	Arash Nikoubashman Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
  11:35	Synthesis of hierarchical porous materials for nanoparticle chromatography (CRC 1411 Project B01)	Umair Sultan Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, FAU
  11:55	Chromatographic classification of gold nanoclusters and nanoparticles by liquid chromatography (CRC 1411 Project B04)	Lukas Gromotka Institute of Particle Technology, FAU

  Lunch (12:15 - 13:20) Lunch (12:15 - 13:20)

  From 12:15 to 13:20 Lunch will be served in the cafeteria. Lunch vouchers will be provided.

  Session 2: Functional nanoparticles (13:20 - 15:10) Session 2: Functional nanoparticles (13:20 - 15:10)

  13:20	Room-temperature Aqueous Synthesis of Metallic Alloy Nanoparticles Enabled by Microreactor	Satoshi Watanabe Kyoto University, Japan
  14:05	Continuous flow synthesis of patchy particles with tailored morphology and optical properties (CRC 1411 Project A03)	Julia Seifert Nanostructured Particles Research Group, FAU
  14:25	Luminescent Nanoparticles: Photophysics, Mechanistic Studies, and Applications	Ute Resch-Genger Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Germany

  Coffee break (15:10 - 15:30) Coffee break (15:10 - 15:30)

  Session 3: From structure to function for optical materials (15:30 - 16:55) Session 3: From structure to function for optical materials (15:30 - 16:55)

  15:30	From bioinspired structure formation to particle based metamaterials	Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research
  16:15	Strategies for increased color saturation in colloidal photonic crystals (CRC 1411 Project A05)	Gudrun Bleyer Self-Assembled Materials Research Group, FAU
  16:35	Topology, material and shape optimization for particle ensembles (CRC 1411 Project D05)	Nico Nees Chair of Continuous Optimization, FAU

  Round Table Discussion - Diversity in STEM fields: Ongoing experiences with active promotion (17:00 - 18:00) Round Table Discussion - Diversity in STEM fields: Ongoing experiences with active promotion (17:00 - 18:00)

  Moderators:
  Ana-Sunčana Smith and Nicolas Vogel

  Poster session and buffet in IZNF (from 18:00) Poster session and buffet in IZNF (from 18:00)

  Tuesday 21 March Tuesday 21 March

  Session 4: Comprehensive characterization (09:00 - 12:35) Session 4: Comprehensive characterization (09:00 - 12:35)

  09:00	Quantitative Study of Nanomaterials for Life Science Applications	Ivo Nischang Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  09:45	Multidimensional nanoparticle property characterization using sedimentation analytics (CRC 1411 Project C04)	Paola Cardenas Lopez Institute of Particle Technology (Advanced Colloid Characterization Group), FAU
  10:05	Characterisation of functionalised surfaces and porous materials (CRC 1411 Project B03)	Carola Schlumberger Institute of Separation Science & Technology, FAU
  10:25	Coffee break
  10:45	Spectroscopic electron microscopy in two and three dimensions	Georg Haberfehlner Graz University of Technology, Austria
  11:30	Towards micron-scale 3D imaging with atomic detail	Philipp Pelz FAU, Germany
  12:15	Scale-bridging tomography of hierarchical porous materials for chromatography applications (CRC 1411 Project C01)	Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research, FAU

  Lunch (12:35 - 13:45) Lunch (12:35 - 13:45)

  From 12:35 to 13:45 Lunch will be served in the cafeteria. Lunch vouchers will be provided.

  Session 5: Design and optimization (13:45 - 16:55) Session 5: Design and optimization (13:45 - 16:55)

  13:45	Enhancement of electrokinetic transport in micro- and nanochannels by tuning surface properties	Olga Vinogradova Moscow State University, Russia
  14:30	A multi-scale model hierarchy for material flow problems	Simone Göttlich University of Mannheim, Germany
  15:15	Coffee break
  15:30	Continuous flow synthesis and population-balance modelling of InP quantum dots (CRC 1411 Project A02)	Zhuang Wang Chair of Particle Science and Technology, UDE
  15:50	The Design of Particulate Products: An Approach Based on Reliable, Minimum, Pseudo-Elementary Step Mechanisms Plus Mechanism-Enabled Population-Balance Modeling	Richard Finke Colorado State University
  16:35	Design of particulate products: From synthesis to color (CRC 1411 Project D03)	Lukas Pflug Chair of Continuous Optimization, FAU

  Close and departure (from 16:55) Close and departure (from 16:55)

  The coordinator of the CRC 1411 for the proposed next funding period, Nicolas Vogel, will make some closing remarks.