Science Day “Surface, Coatings & Particles Engineering”

28.10.09- 28 October 2009 - This day will be an opportunity for the CCMX academic members to share and discuss results of their projects. The programme includes a presentation by an invited speaker from industry. This meeting is also open to industry participants.



 

SCIENCE DAY “SURFACE, COATINGS & PARTICLES ENGINEERING”

Wednesday 28 October 2009

8:30-17:15

ETH Zürich
ETH Zentrum - Room HG E 23
Rämistrasse 101
8092 Zürich

This day will be an opportunity for the CCMX academic members to share and discuss results of their projects. The programme includes a presentation by an invited speaker from industry. This meeting is also open to industry participants.

Who should attend

All reseachers involved in the CCMX-SPERU projects and researchers from industry.

Deadline for registration EXTENDED

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Participation Fee & Registration

 

Programme 

8:30

 

Welcome

 

Prof. Heinrich Hofmann

 

Director CCMX-SPERU

8:40

Nanocrystalline ceramic thin film coating without sintering: project overview

Dr. Jennifer Rupp

ETHZ

8:50

Electrode thin films for micro-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Thomas Ryll

ETHZ

9:10

Yttria-stabilized Zirconia Thin Films by Spray Pyrolysis

Barbara Scherrer

ETHZ

9:30

Microfabrication for micro-Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Rene Tölke

ETHZ

9:50

Power Characteristics of micro-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Anna Evans

ETHZ

10:10


Coffee break

10:40

Optimal doping for enhanced SnO2 sensivity and thermal stability

Antonio Tricoli

ETHZ

11:00

Microstructural engineering of functional electroceramic coatings by laser ablation

Sebastian Heiroth

Paul Scherrer Institute

11:20

Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia thin films by RF-sputtering: structure, properties and stresses

Ruggero Frison

Paul Scherrer Institute

11:40

Nanocrystalline thin films prepared by flame spray deposition

Nikolaos Karageorgakis

Empa

12:00


Lunch & Networking

13:30

INVITED SPEAKER from Industry -  A Bright Future for Polymers

Dr. Rudolf Koopmans

Dow  GmbH

14:00

Smart functional foams: project overview

Dr. Urs T. Gonzenbach

ETHZ

14:10

Particle-stabilized foams for bio-applications

Dr. Urs T. Gonzenbach

ETHZ

14:30

Particle-stabilized metallic foams and emulsions

Adrienne Nelson

ETHZ

14:50

Smart functionnal polymeric foams

Joanna Wong

ETHZ

15:10

Development of novel methods for surface modification and investigation of cell-particles interaction for superparamagnetic nanoparticles: project overview

Prof. Philippe Renaud

EPFL

15:30


Coffee break

15:50

DEP-based microfluid particle processors: new results with living cells

Prof. Philippe Renaud

EPFL

16:10

Low cost microfluidics device for SPIONs manipulation: Filter and microreactor

Dr. Helmut Knapp

CSEM

16:30


Color without colors: size limited resonant waveguides

Dr. Alexander Stuck

CSEM

17:00

Conclusions

Prof. H. Hofmann

Director CCMX-SPERU

17:15


End of the meeting

 

Download the leaflet with the detailed programme of the day here.

 

More information: please contact Nathalie Jongen (Phone 021 693 4696).

 

 

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