Program at a glance
Over the recent years the science of gold has become a highly multidisciplinary field. The conference will draw experts of different fields, from catalysis, biomedicine, organometallics, nanoparticle synthesis, plasmonics, optics and photonics, electronics, as well as precious metals purification and recycling.
- Synthesis of nanoparticles and nanostructures
- Including: nanocages, nanostars, nanorods, nanoshells, nanourchins, nanotubes, nanodiscs and mesoporous materials
- Gold-containing molecular and supramolecular complexes
- Including: organometallics, metal-organic frameworks (MOF) and nanoclusters
- High-purity gold synthesis and recycling
- Including: recycling, urban mining and analytical chemistry (for high-purity gold)
- Catalysis
- Including: heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and self-cleaning surfaces
- Electrochemistry
- Including: electrochemical sensors, electrochemical biosensors and enzymatic fuel cells
- Plasmonics (fundamentals, engineering and systems)
- Including: plasmons, photoacoustic, photothermal, photodynamic, optoacoustic research
- Electronics, optics and photonics
- Including: electronics, optics, optoelectronics, photonics, wearable electronic and wearable sensors
- Biomedical applications of gold: in vivo applications and technologies, injectable nanoparticles and pharmacology
- Including: diagnosis, therapy, cancer, cardiovascular, infectious, immunology, imaging, antimicrobial, virus, bacteria neurology, photoacoustic, photothermal, photodynamic and optoacoustic
- Biomedical applications of gold: sensors and devices
- Including: biosensors, biological sensors and electrochemical sensors for biomedical applications
- Energy
- Including: fuel cells, photovoltaic, solar cells, batteries, energy devices, solar energy, energy conversion and energy production
- Environment
- Including: recovery, effluents, environmental technologies, bacteria, other living organisms and bioreactors in minerals processing and extractive metallurgy, green synthesis and synthesis of gold nanoparticles from plant extracts
- Computational approaches, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Including: computational approaches, machine learning and artificial intelligence
