This year's Materials for Tomorrow conference took
place November 3-4, in the conference center of the Student Union
Building at Chalmers University of Technology, and the main topic was "Materials in the Year of Light", a celebration of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015), proclaimed by the United Nations.
The conference included a popular science exhibition called "Material i våra liv", which welcomed approximately 1200 students from upper middle school and high school. The students were also offered popular science talks by PhD students in a parallel session in lecture hall Palmstedtsalen.
Program, lecture hall RunAn
Tuesday, Nov 3
08.45-09.00 Welcome address, video
09.00-09.30 Rachel Segalman, University of California, Santa Barbara: Designing Polymer and Hybrid Thermoelectrics
09:35-10.05 Mikael Käll, Chalmers University of Technology: Metal Nanoparticle Optics: from Molecular Nanosensors to Nanoscale Light-driven Propellers
10.05-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-11.15 Aránzazu del Campo, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research: Guiding cell interaction with biomaterials with light
11.20-11.50 Annika Enejder, Chalmers University of Technology: Shining New Light on Biomaterials - Nonlinear Microscopy of Tissue-Mimicking Materials
11.55-12.25 Richard Neutze, University of Gothenburg: Potential Impact of X-ray Free Electron Lasers on Life Science
12.25-13.25 Lunch break
13.25-13.55 Åsa Johansson, SCA: Material development challenges in a fast moving hygiene business
13.55-14.25 Speaker TBA
14.25-14.45 Coffee break
14.45-15.15 Kristina Edström, Uppsala University: Light on Battery Materials
15.15-15.45 Göran Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology: The dynamical Casimir effect – or how to create light out of nothing by moving a mirror
15.45-17.45 Poster session
17.45-18.30 Jesper Rönndahl
18.30 - Dinner for faculty members / activity for PhD students and PostDocs (external events)
Speaker at the faculty dinner: Lars Hultman, The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Wednesday, Nov 4
09.00-09.30 Isabel Diaz, Addis Ababa University/Spanish National Research Council: Natural Zeolites in Ethiopia: Mitigation of Fluorosis
09.35-10.05 Francis Aish, Foster and Partners: Simplicate and add lightness
10.05-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-11.15 Jesper Andersen, Max IV Laboratory, Lund University: MAX IV Laboratory – Vision and Status
11.20-11.50 Andreas Menzel, Paul Scherrer Institut: Advanced X-ray Imaging – Unique Insights into the Nanoworld
11.50-12.50 Lunch break
12.50-13.20 Linda Höglund, IRnova: Antimony based Type - II superlattices for infrared detection
13.20-13.50 Ludvig Edman, Umeå University: Organic light-emission
13.50-14.20 Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley: Semiconductor Nanowires for Artificial Photosynthesis of value-added Chemicals
14.20-14.40 Concluding remarks, announcement of winners of photo contest and poster prizes
14.40-15.10 End of conference, coffee served
Program, lecture hall Palmstedtsalen
Tuesday, Nov 3
09.00-09.30 Johanna Andersson: Hur suger en svamp upp vatten?
09.35-10.05 Victor Gray: Solljusoptimering - Från bly till guld
Kristina Karlsson Vad kan vi använda skogen till i framtiden?
10.10-10.40 Johnas Eklöf. Nanoelektronik
Maria Pihl: Battle of Bacteria - kampen mot de små
10.45-11.15 Patric Wallin: Odlat kött - Ett bidrag för att lösa framtidens matproblem
Behabitu Tebikachew: Organic Compounds for Molecular Electronics
11.20-11.50 Amaia Diaz De Zerio: Future Solar Cells made of plastic
Caroline Janson: Vad ska vi tanka våra bilar med i framtiden?
Wednesday, Nov 4
09.00-09.30 Johanna Ekberg: Termiska barriärskikt
Milene Zezzi Do Valle Gomes: The use of immobilized enzymes to convert CO2 to methanol
09.35-10.05 Anders Lennartsson: Molekylär lagring av solenergi
Marcus Josefsson: Nanoteknik - för bevarandet av vårt moderna kulturarv
10.10-10.40 Alexander Leicht Additiv Tillverkning - Ett (nytt) sätt att tillverka produkter
Emma Adams: Cleaning poisonous gases from car exhausts
10.45-11.15 Elof Köhler: Termoelektrisk energiskördare för gasturbiner
Petri Murto: Light that You Cannot See – Displays that You Cannot Read