Small is beautiful
McBain Medal
winner Andrew Cooper to present
‘Nanostructured Materials – Synthesis,
Processing, Applications’
London, 4 December 2007
 The McBain medal will be presented for the second time at a meeting to be held in London on 4 December 2007 at SCI’s international headquarters in Belgrave Square, London, UK. Established by the Colloid & Surface Chemistry Group of SCI and the Colloid & Interface Chemistry Group of the RSC, it honours a younger scientist who has made a significant contribution to colloid and interface science. This can cover a broad area, expanding beyond the traditional boundaries of the field, to include those applying colloid and interface science in areas such as physics, engineering and biological, medical, formulation, polymer, ‘nano’ and ‘soft matter’ science.
Candidates should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, typically under 40 years of age, and will have advanced the science or technology of the field in a significant way. The award winner will be presented with a medal and prize following a lecture at a symposium on a subject related to their research.
This year’s winner is Andrew Cooper from the University of Liverpool whose work in the area of high-throughput experimentation for producing nanomaterials (emulsions and particles) received the recognition of his peers. The one-day symposium will offer an excellent opportunity for all scientists dealing with synthesis, processing and application of nanomaterials to attend invited talks by leading experts in the field.
The plenary lecturer is Joseph DeSimone of North Carolina University, US, who was named ‘Enterpreneur of the year in technology for the Carolinas in 2001’ by Ernst & Young. He will present his recent work ‘Engineered drug therapies enabled by fabrication processes from the electronics industry’. Steve Howdle from Nottingham University will be giving a talk in the area of polymer synthesis: ‘Supercritical fluids: polymer synthesis and polymer processing’ while Bernie Binks of the University of Hull will tell a fascinating story about how to produce new structures by employing nanosized particulates: ‘From foams to dry water: Phase inversion of nanoparticle-stabilised materials’.
Steve Rannard from the University of Liverpool will explain how to synthesise anisotropic particles in his presentation ‘Direct single phase synthesis of anisotropic polymer nanoparticles’. Urlich Schubert from the University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands will take the audience into the world of production of functional materials in his talk: ‘Tailor-made functional materials’. The final presentation by medal winner Andrew Cooper will cover his work in the area of synthesis of nanomaterials: ‘Emulsions, particles and porosity: Hierarchical functional materials using colloids’.
The meeting will provide an opportunity for scientists working in the area to keep up to date with the latest developments in high-throughput experimentation. Chemspeed Technologies (www.chemspeed.com) and Radleys Discovery Technologies (www.radleys.com) will present their newest products in the field of high-throughput experimentation and LOT Oriel-UK (www.lot-oriel.com) will describe its characterisation techniques.
Colloid & Surface Chemistry Group
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