Title: Protecting the World’s Electronics

Abstract:

Water damage is the second biggest killer of smartphones (with scratched or broken screens at number one). Dr. Coulson will explore the range of water protection technologies that are now available and will explain the potential benefits that can be achieved with each. Demand for such technologies is increasing as consumers are taking their phones into harsher and harsher environments and becoming more and more reliant on them for everyday life. In this presentation we will review and compare the various water protection technologies spanning from protection against humidity and weather, to splashes and spills and immersion of at least 2 metres depth for 30 minutes and show how they can increase reliability and durability of electronic devices.

P2i is a spin-out from the UK Ministry of Defence (Dstl) based on the original research work carried out at Durham University in the late 90’s.

Today, P2i have successfully scaled-up for mass manufacturing across a range of key sectors, with over 500 million electronic devices processed. P2i is now the Global Leader in Liquid Repellent Nanotechnology. Dunkable® is the latest addition to P2i’s product family, which is a system level solution that delivers IPx8 level protection, giving ruggedized performance without compromising on aesthetics or product design.

Biography:

Dr. Stephen Coulson has worked in the nano-coating industry for over twenty years. He developed a series of hydrophobic coatings during his Ph.D. studies at the U.K.’s Durham University. This research was sponsored by the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence, through Dstl, to investigate uses for liquid repellent nano-coatings to protect soldiers’ uniforms from chemical attack. The coatings that Dr. Coulson developed provided the highest levels of defense against liquids, without affecting the breathability of the material. Dr. Coulson then went on to found P2i in 2004 to commercialise the many commercial applications of the technology. After several years of success in the lifestyle, filtration and life-science sectors, Dr. Coulson and the P2i team further optimised the technology for the electronics market and now the technology is used by some of the biggest manufacturers in the consumer electronics world. After leading the R&D team to deliver the coating technology for P2i’s Splash-proof, Barrier Coating, and Dunkable® products, Dr. Coulson is now focused on the productization of these technologies to embed them into the electronics sector.

Title: Photo and Thermal degradation of Plasticized para- Substituted polystyrene in solid films

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Biography:

Professor Al Ani has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years from Southampton University - England , UK,  and postdoctoral studies from Texas University, Austin, Texas - USA .He was a visiting professor at Liverpool University at the Inorganic and industrial department, Liverpool – England, UK.. He has a professor post at Baghdad University, Department of Physical Chemistry – Iraq, a professor of physical chemistry at Oran university of science and technology – Algeria, also at the Hashemite University – Jordan.  He was dean of Faculty of Pharmacy (2014 – 2017) at Jadara University, Jordan. Currently, he is Head of the Pharmaceutical Sciences at Jadara university – Irbid , Jordan. He has published more than 48 original articles in international journals, and attended more than 19 international conferences around the world.

Title: A study for optical and structural properties of CuInS2 nanoparticles

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Copper indium sulfide (CuInS₂) is one of the most promising ternary materials to be used in many applications because of its suitable optical band gap, cost-effective and non-toxic. CuInS₂ nanoparticles have been synthesized at different copper to indium (Cu/In) molar ratios; 0.1, 0.5, 0.8, 1.2, and 1.4. Subsequently, these were deposited on glass substrates and under annealing temperature 300 ^°C via the electrospinning method. The optical properties have been analyzed at room temperature using UV-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy which revealed a decrease in the optical bandgap from 1.52 to 1.32 eV with increasing Cu/In molar ratio. The structural properties have been analyzed in detail by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the patterns shown improvement in the quality and size of the ternary crystals with increasing the Cu/In molar ratio.

Biography:

Dr. Ali Abu Odeh has extensive experience in the academic field which extends to more than 21 years. He is currently an assistant professor at Khawarizmi International College. Prior to his current role, he worked in the colleges of Engineering in the United Arab Emirates University and Qatar University. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Nanoelectronic Engineering from University Malaysia Perlis in 2018. His master's degree was in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology since 2007. He published many peer-reviewed papers with impact factor in ISI and Scopus indexed journals. He is an editorial board member, peer-reviewer, and keynote speaker for many journals and conferences. He received two awards for his research in the University Malaysia Perlis.

Title: Unlocking Nature's nano-engineering potential

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Nature's supreme dexterity in hierarchical structuring manifests itself in the remarkable complexity of higher organisms that arises from cell differentiation. But even some of the simplest organisms present in abundance at the Earth surface demonstrate tremendous ability to create intricate nanostructures, including using hard and stiff materials, such as silica and calcium carbonate. As a case in point, we consider unicellular green algae, diatoms. These CO2 capturing, photosynthesizing organisms produce around a quarter of oxygen contributed to the atmosphere by this mechanism, and generate a quarter of all biomass on the planet. A key feature of diatom algae is the nanostructured exoskeleton, known as frustule, that is made from amorphous hydrated silica. I shall overview some key aspects of this Nature's nano-fabrication facility, and touch upon their significance in the context of different disciplines, from mineralogy to electronics."

Biography:

Alexander M. Korsunsky is a specialist in the engineering microscopy of materials and structures for optimisation of design, durability and performance. He has made numerous contributions to science in the areas of materials mechanics, microscopy, residual stress evaluation and modelling, eigenstrain theory and structural integrity. He founded the Multi-Beam Laboratory for Engineering Microscopy (MBLEM) in the University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, and Centre for In situ Processing Studies (CIPS) in the Research Complex at Harwell. His research group pursues studies of a wide range of natural and engineered materials, from flax fibres, seashell nacre and human dental tissues to zirconia ceramics and porcelain veneers, advanced aerospace alloys, films and coatings, and materials for energy.

Title: Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine

Biography:

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a year at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at the treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers and registered 14 UK and International patents. On editorial boards of 41 journals. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialization of his research. During his career, Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include the development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement; include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently, he is working on the development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene-based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology. He has commercialised a novel functionalised graphene oxide for medical and other industrial applications. He also commercialised new biodegradable nanocomposite materials for medical and other industrial applications.

Title: 28 years of nano-pore analysis by NMR Cryoporometry : background, capabilities, comparison with other techniques, instrumentation & protocols, and recent developments

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NMR Cryoporometry (NMRC) is a powerful technique for the measurement of pore-size distributions and total porosities on a pore length scale from sub 1nm to over 1micron.
This technique is suitable for measuring pore-sizes in a wide range of polymers and porous materials, including porous glass, rock, clays and porous carbons including biochar. It offers various advantages over other techniques, including the ability to study wet samples. By swelling rubbers and polymers with added organic liquids cross-link density and nano- to micro-porous properties of the polymer may be obtained. In biochar, progressive changes to the quantity and mobility of hydrocarbons, as well as changes in pore-blocking, as a function of preparation temperature, have been demonstrated.
The capabilities of NMRC have in recent years been extended in a number of directions, to greater sensitivity, to sub-nanometric pore sizes (lower temperatures) and to above micron sized pore-sizes (tiny melting point depressions). NMRC has been used to probe the effect of using different probe liquids on measured pore volume.
in the nearly 30 years that Lab-Tools have been developing NMRC, the protocols have evolved.
The data formats have been formalised, and the programs to access and display the NMRC control variables and results data have been optimised. Some of these protocols are now encoded into Graphical User Interface (GUIs) and their associated process and graph windows.
As part of the evolution of NMRC, Lab-Tools have developed a highly compact precision NMR time-domain relaxation spectrometer, based on a Field Programmable Gate array (FPGA) module, with associated Peltier thermo-electrically cooled variable temperature probe, which together make a high-performance NMR Cryoporometry instrument. A high proportion of the R.F. circuitry in a digital form, implemented as firmware in the FPGA. The FPGA module is credit-card sized, and the NMR receiver and NMR transmitter are each even smaller. The advantage of using the Peltier cooling is that one obtains the precision temperature control and smoothness needed by NMR Cryoporometry, particularly near the probe liquid bulk melting point. This enables the NMRC measurement of pore diameters in excess of 1 micron. The measurement protocols that have been developed will be outlined.
Complete with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for control and on-line analysis, this precision instrument is particularly suitable for material science studies both in the field and in university, research institute, company and even school laboratories.
A range of international companies, universities and research institutes are now using NMRC as part of their arsenal of research tools to study their samples (see references).

Biography:

Beau Webber gained his PhD at the University of Kent, UK (thesis : "Characterising Porous Media"). He has published 50 papers in refereed journals, and is a called upon referee. He makes use of a wide range of measurement techniques for studying porous materials and liquids contained in them and has made extensive use of Central Facilities neutron scattering instrumentation at Grenoble, Paris and Abingdon, for these studies. He is director of Lab-Tools (nano-science) Ltd. a small UK spin-off research laboratory that performs academic and commercial contract nano- to meso- materials-science research, studying the structure, dynamics and phases of liquids and their solids (and also gas hydrates) in confined geometry and at and near surfaces. Lab-Tools also designs, implements and sells the cutting-edge NMR instrumentation needed to carry out this research, including NMR relaxation spectrometers and NMR cryoporometers.  

Title: Prof. Dr. Osman Adiguzel

Biography:

Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has already been working as professor. He published over 50 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 100 conferences and symposia in international and national level as participant, invited speaker or keynote speaker with contributions. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last four years (2014 - 2018) over 50 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by South Asian Institute of Science and Engineering (SAISE),

Title: Sustainable Development in Low Carbon, Cleaner and Greener Energies and the Environment

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The increased availability of reliable and efficient energy services stimulates new development alternatives. This article discusses the potential for such integrated systems in the stationary and portable power market in response to the critical need for a cleaner energy technology. Throughout the theme several issues relating to renewable energies, environment, and sustainable development are examined from both current and future perspectives. It is concluded that green energies like wind, solar, groundsource heat pumps, and biomass must be promoted, implemented, and demonstrated from the economic and/or environmental point view. Biogas from biomass appears to have potential as an alternative energy source, which is potentially rich in biomass resources. This is an overview of some salient points and perspectives of biogas technology. The current literature is reviewed regarding the ecological, social, cultural and economic impacts of biogas technology. This article gives an overview of present and future use of biomass as an industrial feedstock for production of fuels, chemicals and other materials. However, to be truly competitive in an open market situation, higher value products are required. Results suggest that biogas technology must be encouraged, promoted, invested, implemented, and demonstrated, but especially in remote rural areas.

Biography:

Dr. Abdeen Mustafa Omer (BSc, MSc, PhD) is an Associate Researcher at Energy Research Institute (ERI). He obtained both his PhD degree in the Built Environment and Master of Philosophy degree in Renewable Energy Technologies from the University of Nottingham. He is qualified Mechanical Engineer with a proven track record within the water industry and renewable energy technologies. He has been graduated from University of El Menoufia, Egypt, BSc in Mechanical Engineering. His previous experience involved being a member of the research team at the National Council for Research/Energy Research Institute in Sudan and working director of research and development for National Water Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Sudan. He has been listed in the book WHO’S WHO in the World 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 200 review articles, 17 books and 150 chapters in books.

Title: Graphene based nanocomposite and its application in repair and replacement of of human organs

Biography:

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a year at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at the treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers and registered 14 UK and International patents. On editorial boards of 41 journals. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialization of his research. During his career, Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include the development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement; include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently, he is working on the development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene-based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology. He has commercialised a novel functionalised graphene oxide for medical and other industrial applications. He also commercialised new biodegradable nanocomposite materials for medical and other industrial applications.

Title: Graphene based nanocomposite and its application in repair and replacement of of human organs

Biography:

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a year at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at the treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers and registered 14 UK and International patents. On editorial boards of 41 journals. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialization of his research. During his career, Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include the development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement; include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently, he is working on the development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene-based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology. He has commercialised a novel functionalised graphene oxide for medical and other industrial applications. He also commercialised new biodegradable nanocomposite materials for medical and other industrial applications.