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Solution
Chemistry
The
27th International
Conference on Solution Chemistry (ICSC), held under the auspices
of IUPAC, took place from 2631 August 2001 in Vaals, Netherlands,
near the city of Aachen, Germany. Fifteen invited speakers (six
plenary lectures and nine section lectures) reported on advances
in solution chemistry, covering the following topics:
- Molecular
liquids
- Non-electrolyte
solutions
-
Electrolyte solutions
-
Ionic liquids and molten salts
-
Colloids in liquids
There
were an additional 55 oral presentations and 44 poster presentations.
The meeting was attended by 110 participants and 40 accompanying
persons from 24 countries. The lectures and posters were of high
scientific quality, representing both progress of theory and reliable
experimental work.
Accommodation
of all participants in and nearby the conference hotel, which was
surrounded by a beautiful landscape, allowed for individual and
group discussions and a late-evening visit of the poster exhibition.
The conferences social program included a welcome party, a
common excursion to Maastricht, and an evening performance by a
magician.
The
chairman and convenor of the ICSC meetings Bernard Gill of Leeds,
resigned from his duties after 20 years of service in this position.
The participants sincerely thanked him for his efficient work. I.
Persson of Uppsala, Sweden, was elected as his successor. The ICSC
community is very thankful to the organizers of the 27th ICSC for
the efficient and successful meeting. The meeting was organized
by M. Zeidler, J. Richter, W. Stahl, and A. Doelle. The conference
series will continue in 2003 at Debrecen, Hungary and in 2005 at
Ljubljana, Slovenia. Plenary lectures are published in the November
2001 issue of Pure and Apllied Chemistry, and for which
B. Gill acted as conference editor.
J.
Barthel
Professor at Universität Regensburg, Germany.