ISSPIC

ISSPIC or International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters is an established biennial conference series on fundamental science of atomically small particles, organized since 1976. The conference topics typically include atomic and molecular clusters and their assemblies, supported and free-standing Nanostructures and -particles, and other nanometer-scale systems.

History and development

The first ISSPIC conference was held in 1976 in Lyon. The idea to organize an international meeting of scientists who research the nanomolecular and atomic structures was given by pioneers in nanophysics such as Jean Farges, Jacques Friedel, Walter Knight, Ryogo Kubo, and Bernhardt Mühlschlegel.[1] Friedel was also the chairman of the first conference.

The main theme of the first couple of ISSPIC symposiums was fundamental studies on the finite-size effects of atomic and molecular clusters.[1] The discussion emphasized the physical aspects.[1] At the beginning the conference was organized every fourth year but since 1988 it was held every two years. The conference has become a fundamental event on the area of the nanoscience and the research of nanoclusters during the last decades.

Conference topics

Scientists, such as chemists, physicists and nanotechnogists, who do the research on the area of atomic or molecular clusters and structures, nanoparticles and nanostructures, introduce and discuss about the latest results and scientific achievements in the ISSPIC conference. The discussion also provides new approaches into these topics.

On 12 September 1990 during the 5th ISSPIC which was held in Konstanz, Germany, Richard Smalley and Wolfgang Kratschmer presented their report on large-scale production of C60 (fullerenes).[1] This discovery caused a huge growth in materials science of nanocarbons. It also revealed the essential role of chemistry in the utilization of molecular clusters as a functional unit of the new materials.[1]

A great part of the latest research results which were introduced in the conference in Fukuoka, Japan in 2014 were related to gold and silver nanoparticles.[1] The research has mainly focused on the metallic nanostructures recently. One of the growing research interests has been the ligand-protected metallic clusters.[1] In addition to gold and silver, other metals such as platinum, palladium, copper, nickel, zirconium and niobium are used in the experiments and also metalloid materials like silicon.[2] Other issues were different type of molecular structures and magnetic, optical, chemical, and thermal properties of those structures.

Conference list

year location chair and co-chairs
XX 2020 San Antonio, United States Robert L Whetten, Miguel Jose-Yacaman
XIX 2018 Hangzhou, China Lai-Sheng Wang, Min Han
XVIII 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland Hannu Häkkinen, Tanja Lahtinen, Mika Pettersson
XVII 2014 Fukuoka, Japan Atsushi Nakajima, Akira Terasaki
XVI 2012 Leuven, Belgium Peter Lievens, Margriet Van Bael, Ewald Janssens
XV 2010 Oaxaca, Mexico Ignazio Garzon, Gabriela Diaz, Cecilia Noguez
XIV 2008 Valladolid, Spain Julio Alonso, Luis Balbas
XIII 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden Eleanor Campbell, Arne Rosen
XII 2004 Nanjing, China Guanghou Wang
XI 2002 Strasbourg, France Catherine Brechignac, Hellmut Haberland, Ludger Wöste
X 2000 Atlanta, United States Uzi Landman
IX 1998 Lausanne, SwitzerlandJ. Buttet, A. Chatelain, R. Monot
VIII 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark Sven Bjornholm
VII 1994 Kobe, JapanSatoru Sugano
VI 1992 Chicago, United States R. Stephen Berry
V 1990 Konstanz, Germany Olof Echt, Ekkehard Recknagel
IV 1988 Aix-en-Provence, FranceJacques Friedel, Marcel Gillet
III 1984 Berlin, Germany Karl-Heinz Benneman, Jaroslav Koutecky
II 1980 Lausanne, SwitzerlandJ. P. Borel
I 1976 Lyon, France Jacques Friedel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tatsuya Tsukuda, Akira Terasaki & Atsushi Nakajima: Preface to Special Issue on Current Trends in Clusters and Nanoparticles The Journal of Physical Chemistry, J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 10795−10796. Retrieved on 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Topical issue: ISSPIC 16 – 16th International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters The European Physical Journal (EPJ D), 2014. Retrieved on 10 December 2015.

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