Thématiques

Themes

CMAC¹ will cover several aspects of materials science, with diverse applications.

There are three main themes, listed below. Plenary lectures will highlight advances across the themes and keynote speakers will describe leading work within each theme.

• Theme 1: Functional inorganic materials  (Clays minerals, silica, geopolymers)  and applications

 This topic concerns natural inorganic materials, and their functionalization that leads to composite materials with new or ameliorated properties. Are of particular interest in this topic Inorgano-organo nanohybrids materials from clays & clay minerals, silica, geopolymers, layered-double-hydroxydes, apatite, with applications in water treatment, sensors, and catalysis and energy.

• Theme 2: Porous materials (MOFs, COFs, Mixed oxides) and Applications

All porous materials (nano-, micro-, meso- and macrosized porous inorganic, organic and hybrid materials) formed by coordination bonds or covalent bonds between organic ligands and metal ions or clusters are welcome.  Are expected the experimental and computational studies related to their synthesis, approaches to prediction, synthesis, characterisation and application in gas separation, catalysis, energy storage, luminescence, and electrochemical sensors.

• Theme 3: Bioresources-based materials and Biofuels

Bio-based materials and lignocellulosic biomass known to be abundant in nature and exhibiting interesting functional properties that allow their applications in various technologies are welcome. Are also concerned hybrid materials from biomass, and biochars. Their applications in energy generation, storage and conversion, biotechnology, biomedicine; as well as other areas of sustainability including recycling, critical materials use and green chemistry are also concerned by this topic.