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 – 09:00 | Arrival and registration |
| 09:00 – 9:15 | Welcome 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 – 09:45 | Devis 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 – 10:20 | Christina MICHALOPOULOU Dissolution of CaCO3 crystals formed in microchips. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece |
| 10:25 – 10:55 | Panagiota 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 – 11:30 | break |
| Session 2: Materials and applications Wednesday 24th September 2025, 11:35 – 13:50 Chair: tbc (Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GR) | |
| 11:35 – 12:05 | Andreas TZACHRISTAS Isolation and analysis of microplastics in environmental samples. Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR |
| 12:10 –12:40 | Eleni PETSALI Enhancing aluminium recycling through advanced spectroscopic sorting techniques – the RecAL project. Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI)/CERTH, GR. |
| 12:45 –13:15 | Georgia KASTRINAKI Surface analysis by Raman spectroscopy for energy storage applications. Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI)/CERTH, GR. |
| 13:20 –13:50 | Philipp KUKURA 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: tbc tbc | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | tbc |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | tbc |
| 10:25 – 10:55 | tbc |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Break |
| Session 4: Materials and applications Thursday 25th September 2025, 11:35 – 13:50 Chair: tbc (tbc) | |
| 11:35 – 12:05 | tbc |
| 12:10 – 12:40 | tbc |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | Kun Viviana TIAN 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 – 13:50 | Gregory 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: Sarantos MARINAKIS (Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University, UK) | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Martin T. Dove tbc Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sihuan University Chengdu, Sichuan, CN School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | Eva ZARKADOULA Understanding ion-matter interactions: A journey through atomistic modelling. Center for Nanophase Materials Science of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA |
| 10:25 – 10:55 | Oliver DICKS tbc University of British Columbia’s Quantum Matter Institute, CA |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Break |
| 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 – 12:05 | Cillian J. COCKRELL The importance of atomic interactions and diffusivity in liquid heat transport. Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University, UK |
| 12:10 –12:40 | Sarantos MARINAKIS Interactions and clustering of free radicals in the liquid phase. Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, GR |
| 12:45 –13:15 | Alessio ZACCONE Nonlinear glassy dynamics with Kostya: from supercooled liquids to human population growth. Department of Physics, University of Milano, IT |
| 13:20 –13:50 | tbc |
| Discussion on the Special Issue in memory of Kostya TRACHENKO & Lunch break | |