Schedule

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Timetable (times in Greece)

Hybrid (in-person and online) meeting.
All the sessions will take place in AΘΕ10 Lecture Theatre, North Building,
Department of Chemistry, University of Patras
Wednesday 24th September 2025, 8:30 – 13:50
08:30 – 09:00Arrival and registration
09:00 – 9:15Welcome address
Session 1: Crystallisation, polymorphism and phase changes
Wednesday 24th September 2025, 9:15 – 10:55
Chair: Sarantos MARINAKIS
(Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, GR)
09:15 – 09:45Devis Di Tommaso
Impact on amorphous structure on CO2 electrocatalysis.
Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK
09:50 – 10:20Christina MICHALOPOULOU                                                                                         
Dissolution of CaCO3 crystals formed in microchips.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
10:25 – 10:55Panagiota NATSI                                                                                                 
Graphene oxide coatings for calcitic heritage materials: CaCO3 precipitation and dissolution in marble after treatment.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
11:00 – 11:30break
Session 2: Materials and applications
Wednesday 24th September 2025, 11:35 – 13:50
Chair: Petros G. Koutsoukos                                                                                                                                          
(Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GR)
11:35 – 12:05Andreas TZACHRISTAS
Isolation and analysis of microplastics in environmental samples.
Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR                                                                        
12:10 –12:40Eleni PETSALI
Enhancing aluminium recycling through advanced spectroscopic sorting techniques – the RecAL project.
Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI)/CERTH, GR.                                                                        
12:45 –13:15Georgia KASTRINAKI (over zoom)
Evaluation of solid electrolyte interface at lithium-ion batteries by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI)/CERTH, GR.                                                                        
13:20 –13:50Philipp KUKURA (over zoom)
Towards quantitative and universal single molecule biophysics with mass photometry
(Distinguished lecture)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
& Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford, UK                                                                      
 Lunch break

Timetable (times in Greece)

Thursday 25th September 2025, 09:15 – 13:50
Session 3: Intermolecular forces and spectroscopy in the gas and condensed phase
Thursday 25th September 2025, 09:15 – 10:55
Chair: Varvara SYGOUNI                                                                                                                                     
(Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, GR)
09:15 – 09:45Mihalis FAKIS
Femtosecond spectroscopy as a tool to explore excited state dynamics and non-linear optical properties of quadrupolar and octupolar chromophores.
Department of Physics, University of Patras, GR
09:50 – 10:20Fanis MISSIRLIS
Biology meets Chemistry: Spectroscopic inconsistencies from bench to tissue of xanthurenic acid complexes with zinc.
Departamento de Fisiologia, Biofisica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigacion de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Mexico City, MX
10:25 – 10:55Cristina PUZZARINI (over zoom)
Discovery of molecules in space: the role of rotational spectroscopy.
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, IT
11:00 – 11:30Break                                                                                                                                                                                       
Session 4: Materials and applications
Thursday 25th September 2025, 11:35 – 13:50
Chair: Jannis SAMIOS                                                                                                                                    
(Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GR)
11:35 – 12:05Anthoula PAPAGEORGIOU
N-heterocyclic carbene functionalised surfaces.
Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
12:10 – 12:40Georgios BAMPOS
Understanding electrocatalytic systems through physicochemical analysis: from reaction mechanisms to functional materials.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
12:45 – 13:15Kun Viviana TIAN (over zoom)
CO2-utilisation in the operating environment – from nanoscopic diffraction & scattering to bulk relevance.
Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, CA
Mesoscale Engineering Halcyon, Rome, IT
Mesoscale Energy Halcyon Canada, Toronto & Calgary, CA
13:20 – 13:50Gregory A. CHASS
Tracking disorder and dynamics in the condensed phase in cements, electrolytes, and beyond.
Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Global Institute of Computational Molecular & Materials Sciences (GIOCOMMS), Toronto, CA
 Conference photo & Lunch break

Timetable (times in Greece)

Friday 26th September 2025, 09:15 – 13:50
Session 5: Dedicated to the memory of Kostya TRACHENKO
Friday 26th September 2025, 09:15 – 10:55
Chair: Cillian J. COCKRELL
(Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University, UK)
09:15 – 09:45Oliver DICKS (over zoom)
Evolution of the amorphous state.
University of British Columbia’s Quantum Matter Institute, CA
09:50 – 10:20John E. PROCTOR (over zoom)
Novel theoretical and experimental approaches to fluid equations of state.
Materials and Physics Research Group, School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
10:25 – 10:55Martin T. DOVE
Some thoughts on why silica glass is so interesting.
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sihuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, CN
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
11:00 – 11:30Break
Session 6: Dedicated to the memory of Kostya TRACHENKO
Friday 26th September 2025, 11:35 – 13:50
Chair: Martin T. DOVE                                                                                                                      
(Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR)
11:35 – 12:05Cillian J. COCKRELL
The importance of atomic interactions and diffusivity in liquid heat transport.
Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University, UK
12:10 –12:40Sarantos MARINAKIS
Interactions and clustering of free radicals in the liquid phase.
Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, GR
12:45 –13:15Alessio ZACCONE (over zoom)
Nonlinear glassy dynamics with Kostya: from supercooled liquids to human. population growth.
Department of Physics, University of Milan, Milan, IT
13:20 –13:50Eva ZARKADOULA (over zoom)
Understanding ion-matter interactions: A journey through atomistic modelling.
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
 Discussion on the Special Issue in memory of Kostya TRACHENKO & Lunch break

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