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The Applied Materials Chemistry (AMC) laboratory headed by Prof. Carmela Aprile specializes in materials synthesis and their catalytic applications, with a particular focus on sustainable processes. One of the group's strengths is also represented by advanced characterization techniques, in particular solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, which is being developed in close collaboration with Dr Luca Fusaro.

Our research focuses on the design, synthesis, property studies and molecular engineering of nanostructures, highly organized and hierarchical self-assembled porous materials, bio-integrated and bio-inspired living materials, including sheet-like materials through immobilization of living organisms and biomaterials for catalysis, photocatalysis, CO2 conversion and water separation, energy storage and conversion, artificial photosynthesis, nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, cell therapy and biomedical applications.

The CBO specializes in organic chemistry in general, and more particularly in glycosciences for the multi-step synthesis of organic molecules or molecular probes aimed at various applications (biochemistry, virology, bacteriology, medicinal chemistry, green chemistry and catalysis...).

The Laboratoire de Chimie et d'Electrochimie des Surfaces (CES) began its activities in 1998 with a focus on the chemistry and electrochemistry of structured surface materials.The CES aims to design surface and interface materials and manufacture them using chemical processes, in particular electrochemistry, self-assembly and soft chemistry. These surface materials can be assemblies of organic and/or inorganic films, thin or ultra-thin, on metal substrates, metal oxides and polymer films.

Our research focuses on modeling the optoelectronic and mechanical properties of organic semiconductor materials. Understanding these properties allows us to establish a structure-property link and molecular-scale design rules enabling improved performance of these materials.

We study evolutionary methods for the optimization of optical systemsThe development of optical systems usually involves an optimization stage in which a set of parameters leading to maximum efficiency is sought. The complexity of these optimization problems increases exponentially with the number of parameters to be determined. We have developed evolutionary methods (genetic algorithms, PSO) to solve these optimization problems more efficiently.

We study the atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis and characterization of low-dimensional materials, ranging from carbonaceous materials such as nanotubes or graphene to other 2D materials such as boron nitride (hBN) or transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS2, WSe2, etc...).

At the 12th International Congress on Mesostructured Materials (IMMA), held from July 8 to 12 in Montpellier, Prof. Bao-Lian Su was re-elected President of the International Mesostructured Materials Association (IMMA).

Program 8:50 | Welcome, registration, and poster setup9:20 | Welcome speechFirst morning session 9:30 | Vladimir N. Uversky - University of South Florida, USA - "Dancing protein clouds: strange biology and chaotic physics of intrinsically disordered proteins" 10:15 | Marie Skepö - Lunds Universitet, Sweden - "Structural and conformation properties of IDPs: computer simulations in combination with experiments" 11:00 | Coffee breakSecond morning session11:30 | Peter Tompa - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium - "Fuzzy interactions of IDPs driving biomolecular condensation"12:15 | Sonia Longhi - Aix-Marseille Université, France - "Intrinsic disorder, phase transitions, and fibril formation by the Henipavirus V and W proteins"13:00 | Lunch and poster sessionAfternoon session14:30 | Sigrid Milles - Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Germany - "Intrinsically disordered proteins in endocytosis: an NMR and single molecule fluorescence perspective"15:15 | Jean-François Collet - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium - "How disorder controls the transport of lipoproteins in the cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria" 16:00 | Closing speech16:10 | Networking Beer Time at "Le Chapitre"VenueUniversity of Namur, auditorium Pedro Arrupe (PA02), rue de Bruxelles, 65-67 - 5000 Namur (#21 on the campus map) Download the programme (PDF) Download the campus map Registration guidelines Registration feeStudents (PhD students included): 25 €Seniors: 40 €Payment - Bank transferPayable before 6 December on the account:Name: Université de Namur - ASBLIBAN: BE10 2500 0740 2704BIC: GEBABEBBPlease mention your name/CPO4136330 /e-mail in the payment communication. Abstract guidelines Send us your abstract before 6 December by email: pdid.meeting@unamur.beFormat: Word document, maximum 1 page A4, Times New Roman  Registration All deadlines (registration, payment, abstracts) : 6 December 2024

The CPB, through the multidisciplinary research it develops, is part of three institutes: NISM for the biomaterials side, NARILIS, for the medicinal chemistry-biotechnology side and ILEE for the environmental aspects.