Les Rencontres Scientifiques d’IFP Energies nouvelles - International Conference on Colloids and Complex Fluids: Challenges and Opportunites - COLLOIDS 2012
17-19 October 2012
IFPEN/Rueil-Malmaison
Call for papers
www.rs-colloids2012.com/5-Announcements
Advances in the field of colloid and complex fluid sciences will lead to the development of new efficient and eco-friendly solutions designed to address some of the energy and environment-related challenges of the 21st century.
Colloids and complex fluids sciences are a growing and flourishing field and significant progresses have been made in terms of designing, characterizing, understanding and modeling colloidal systems and their flow properties.
The objectives of this conference are to share advances in this field and discuss their potential to address scientific challenges in the oil and gas and new energies sectors. Among potential applications are enhanced oil recovery, flow assurance, water management, catalyst and nanoparticle synthesis, CO2 capture and storage, clean and efficient engine, biomass transformation and any other application dedicated to the development of new energies.
The scientific topics on the agenda include: flow in confined systems (porous media, microfluidics), dynamic interfacial phenomena, bubble/drops and capillary phenomena, nanoparticle design, multiscale simulation, smart/responsive systems, rheology and flow properties of colloidal systems, and in situ characterization techniques.
The program of this international conference will be structured to encourage interaction and stimulate the exchange of ideas between players from the worlds of academic research, applied research and industry.
For more information about this conference (regularly updated):
www.rs-colloids2012.com
Contacts
Scientific correspondent
Jean-François Argillier
IFP Energies nouvelles
Applied Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Division
Tel.: +33 1 47 52 67 66 - jean-francois.argillier@ifpen.fr
Scientific committee
John R. de Bruyn, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Didier Espinat, IFPEN, France
Hans-Joachim Freund, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
Benjamin Herzhaft, IFPEN, France
George J. Hirasaki, Rice university, USA
Dominique Langevin, Université Paris Sud, France
Junbai Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jacques Livage, Académie des Sciences, France
Geoffrey Maitland, Imperial College London, UK
Michel Moan, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
Mukul M. Sharma, The University of Southern California, USA
Henri Van Damme, ESPCI, France
David A. Weitz, Harvard University, USA
Zhenghe Xu, University of Alberta, Canada
IFP Energies nouvelles Organizing commitee
Lahcen Nabzar, Direction Ingénierie de réservoir
Denis Uzio, Direction Catalyse et Séparation
Guillaume Vinay, Direction Mécanique appliquée - colloids2012@ifpen.fr
Conference organization
Sabine Lalanne
IFP Energies nouvelles
Direction des Relations Institutionnelles et de la Communication
Tel: +33 1 47 52 60 94 - sabine.lalanne@ifpen.fr
Administrative secretariat
Elisabeth Convers
CWT Meetings & Events
Tel.: +33 1 41 33 69 44 - econvers@carlsonwagonlit.fr
Under the auspices of the French Academy of Sciences
