This site was created and is maintained by Kurt Kolasinski in
the Department
of Chemistry at West Chester
University. It contains links to a variety of sites of societies
related to surface science, catalysis, nanoscience, chemistry and
physics.
American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS)
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science, "Triple A-S" (AAAS), is the world's largest
general scientific society, publisher of Science.
AAAS seeks to "advance science and innovation
throughout the world for the benefit of all people." To fulfill this
mission, the AAAS Board has set the following broad goals:
· Foster communication among scientists, engineers and the
public;
· Enhance international cooperation in science and its
applications;
· Promote the responsible conduct and use of science and
technology;
· Foster education in science and technology for everyone;
· Enhance the science and technology workforce and
infrastructure;
· Increase public understanding and appreciation of science and
technology; and
· Strengthen support for the science and technology enterprise.
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The
American Chemical Society is a self-governed individual membership
organization that consists of more than 163,000 members at all degree
levels and in all fields of chemistry. The organization provides a
broad range of opportunities for peer interaction and career
development,
regardless of professional or scientific interests. The programs and
activities conducted by ACS today are the products of a tradition of
excellence in meeting member needs that dates from the Society's
founding
in 1876.
American Chemical Society - Division of Colloid & Surface Science
The Division of Colloid and Surface
Chemistry is one of the most active Divisions in the American Chemical Society
with approximately 2500 members throughout the world. The research
interests of the Division members are inherently interdisciplinary and
diverse, e.g., our members investigate the interaction of surfaces with
fluids having molecular densities spanning the range from liquids to
ultra-high vacuum. Among disciplines represented in the Division are
physical chemistry, chemical physics, materials science, biochemistry,
electrochemistry, and chemical engineering.
American Physical Society (APS)
...represents actively its more than 40,000
members in the arena of national, international, and governmental
affairs
...publishes the world's most prestigious and widely-read physics
research journals
...conducts over 20 national, divisional and regional meetings
every year
...develops and implements effective programs in physics education
and outreach
...fosters the health of the profession through its
career and development initiatives and its committees on women
and minorities
...informs its members of the latest developments through APS News,
Physical Review Focus, What's New, and articles in Physics Today
...communicates with the public and policymakers via the national
media and a public web site, www.physicscentral.com
...monitors the human rights of
scientists around the globe
...recognizes professional accomplishment with a spectrum of
prizes, awards and the election of APS Fellows
American Vacuum Society (AVS)
The AVS Science and Technology Society is a nonprofit
organization which promotes communication, dissemination of knowledge, recommended practices,
research, and education in the use of vacuum and other controlled
environments to develop new materials, process technology, devices, and
related
understanding of material properties for the betterment of humanity.
The AVS is comprised of 10 technical divisions, 2 technical groups,
18 local-area chapters and about 6000 members worldwide. The Society
provides stimulating symposia, short courses, and educational outreach
both at the national and local levels.
CATS - Catalyst
testing and evaluation service
CATS is a service aimed at
evaluating, optimising and commercialising new compounds and materials
as catalysts
Catalysis Section of the Royal
Dutch Chemical Society
The
Catalysis Section of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society is an
organization with about 700
members , both in academia and in industry. The Section is
co-organizer of theNational Catalysis & Chemistry Conference. This
national catalysis conference will combine and replace a range of
smaller meetings. The section is the parent organization of the Dutch
Zeolite Association.
Catalysis Society of
Japan
Chemical Society of
Japan
DECHEMA Catalysis
Activities (Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und
Biotechnologie )
Die DECHEMA ist eine
gemeinnützige wissenschaftlich-technische Gesellschaft mit Sitz
in Frankfurt am Main. Sie wurde im Jahr 1926 gegründet. Mehr als
5.000 Naturwissenschaftler, Ingenieure, Firmen, Organisationen und
Institute gehören ihr heute als Mitglieder an. Die Aufgabe der
DECHEMA ist es, die Entwicklung von chemischen Technologien und
Verfahren
aktiv zu begleiten und neue Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Entwicklung
für die Praxis aufzuarbeiten.
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
(DPG)
Die
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) ist weltweit die
älteste und mit mehr als 45.000 Mitgliedern die größte
physikalische Fachgesellschaft. Die Namen der Mitglieder - sowohl
jetzt als auch in der Vergangenheit - gleichen einem "Who is Who" der
Physik. Unter ihren ehemaligen Präsidenten finden sich zahlreiche
weltberühmte Forscher, darunter auch Max Planck und Albert
Einstein.
Electrochemical Society
Founded in 1902, The Electrochemical Society
has become the leading society for solid-state and electrochemical
science and technology. ECS has 8,000 scientists and engineers in over
75 countries worldwide who hold individual membership, as well as
roughly 100 corporations and laboratories who hold contributing
membership.
European Federation of Catalysis
Societies (EFCATS)
EFCATS is a federation of catalysis
societies from 24
European countries.
The main effort of EFCATS is the organisation of EUROPACAT , a
biennial European congress on catalysis.
The objectives of EFCATS can be found in the Constitution.
European Materials Research
Society
The European Materials Research
Society
(E-MRS), a non profit scientific association founded in 1983, is
focussing
on creating the synergy between interdisciplinary, innovative
technologies,
diffusing and exchanging information and promoting technology transfer
from
public institutions towards industry. The main objective of E-MRS is to
promote
and enhance the efficiency of research in European countries in the
field
of Advanced Materials; in addition, to give quick informations on the
development
of science and technology in their area in the rest of the world,
through
our links with other MRS societies belonging to the International
Unions
(IUMRS).
Federation of European
Materials
Research Societies
Networking for European
materials
scientists and engineers.
Institution of Chemical Engineers
(IChemE)
Welcome to the Institution of
Chemical Engineers' main website. IChemE is a leading international
body, providing services for and representing the interests of those
involved in chemical, biochemical and process engineering world-wide.
Institute of Applied Catalysis
The origins of iAc lie in the Foresight Programme
of the Office of
Science and Technology of the Department of Trade and Industry . In its first
report in 1995, the Chemicals Panel identified catalysis as the central
technology to secure wealth generation and environmental sustainability
for the UK chemicals and materials industries of the next century.
Other Foresight Panels recognised the considerable impact on such
diverse business sectors as energy
production and conversion, pollution control, transport, sensors
and pharmaceuticals. The consensus was that in catalysis there
was "a clear perceived innovation gap in the UK between academe
and industry". The highest priority was the establishment of
a National Institute of Applied Catalysis. iAc operates as a virtual organisation , with
no bricks and mortar. It works through the best catalysis groups in the
country, both industrial and academic. The institute currently has 13 industrial members
along with over 70 individual academics from
nearly forty universities.
Institute of Clean Air Companies
(ICAC)
The nonprofit national association
of companies that supply air pollution monitoring and control
systems, equipment, and services for stationary sources.
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Institute of Nanotechnology
The Institute of Nanotechnology has
been established since January 1997, however, the history of the
Institute goes back even further as it grew out of the Centre in
Scotland for Nanotechnology, which was part-funded through the UK’s
National Initiative on Nanotechnology (NIoN) between 1994 and 1996.
Since its establishment the Institute has grown in size and influence,
culminating in winning a major EU contract to lead a 2.7 million euro
NanoNetwork of Networks - 'Nanoforum', for four years, beginning July
2002.
The Institute is presently active in the following spheres
- providing information to the public
- alerting industry to new developments
- encouraging information exchange between
scientists
- identifying and coordinating new research
projects
- promoting education and training
Institute of Physics (IOP)
The Institute
of Physics is a leading international professional body and learned
society, established to promote the advancement and dissemination of
physics.
International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
The International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) serves to
advance the worldwide aspects of the chemical sciences and to
contribute to the application of chemistry in the service of
Mankind. As a scientific, international, non-governmental
and objective body, IUPAC can address many global issues involving
the chemical sciences.
International Union of Pure
and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
To stimulate and facilitate
international cooperation in physics and the worldwide development of
science.
Italian Group
of Catalysis
The Italian Group of Catalysis (Gruppo Interdivisionale di Catalisi,
GIC) is an interdivisional group of the Italian Chemical Society ( Società Chimica Italiana ,
SCI). More than 500 academic and industrial researchers belong to this
group. The scope is the coordination of the activities in the field of
catalysis, the promotion of interdisciplinar approaches to catalysis
and the education of young researchers. Each year, GIC is organizing
alternating a school on catalysis or a national meeting, as well as
have organized through its members several international congresses on
catalysis. GIC belongs to EFCATS
, the European Federation of Catalysis.
Materials Research Society (MRS)
The Materials Research Society is a
non-profit organization which brings together scientists, engineers and
research managers from industry, government, academia and research
laboratories to share findings in the research and development of new
materials of technological importance.
Founded in 1973, and currently in its 29th year of
existence, MRS now consists of more than 12,000 members from the United
States and over 50 other countries. The Society
is different from that of single discipline professional societies
because it encourages communication and technical information exchange
across the various fields of science affecting materials. MRS sponsors
two major annual Meetings
offering approximately 75 topical symposia. The Society recognizes
professional and technical excellence, conducts
Symposium Tutorials, and encourages technical interaction among
college students through University
Chapters , and among materials professionals through regional Sections .
MRS also promotes communication exchange through
publication of symposium proceedings, MRS Bulletin , Journal of Materials
Research , and other
publications , databases and videotapes related to current research
activities.
Nanoscale Physics & Technology
Group of the IOP
Scope: Research, technology and public
awareness, related to the physics of nanoscale structures.
Special
features: The Group will organise the CMMP
syposium and similar meetings on Nanoscale Physics and Technology, and
highlight the role of physics in nanoscale science and technology.
Generally, it will serve and support those members of the Institute
with an interest in the physics of 1-100 nm structures and the
development of such structures for new technologies.
National Academies (USA)
The National Academies consist of
four organizations: the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National
Research Council. The National Academy of
Sciences
was created in 1863 by a congressional charter approved by President
Abraham Lincoln.
National Nanotechnology Initiative (USA)
NICE - A Network for Industrial
Catalysis in Europe
The advancement of catalysis is
critical to the long-term development of the chemical and petrochemical
industries in Europe. In July 1996, with the help of CEFIC and under
the SUSTECH
EFCATS EFCE , both
represented on the Steering Group, have been recognized as having a key
role to play in this endeavour. The Group will provide a forum for
co-operation between industrial partners and academic centres to bring
forward research programmes to meet European needs against global
competition Initiative, a group of companies with diverse
interests in catalysis and catalytic processes met to form a Steering
Group for a Network for Industrial Catalysis in Europe (NICE). The
driving force was a desire to create an industrially led focus for
academic research in targeted, application based areas. and
North American Catalysis Society
(NACS)
The North American Catalysis Society
was founded in 1956 to promote and encourage the growth and development
of the science of catalysis and those scientific disciplines ancillary
thereto; to provide educational services to members and other
interested individuals; to organize and participate in professional
meetings of scientists; to report, discuss and exchange information and
viewpoints in the field of catalysis; to serve as a central exchange
for
the several catalysis clubs concerning information on their activities;
and to provide liaison with foreign catalysis societies, with the
International Congress on Catalysis, and with other scientific
organizations and individuals, no pecuniary gain or profit to members,
incidental or otherwise, being contemplated.
Physical Society of Japan
The Physical Society of Japan
(JPS) is an organization of some 20,000 physicists, researchers as well
as educators, and engineers. The primary purposes of the JPS are to
publish
research reports of its members and to provide its members with
facilities
relating to physics. The JPS was founded in 1877 as the first society
in
natural science in Japan.
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Welcome to the Royal Society
of Chemistry, the leading organisation in Europe for advancing the
chemical sciences. Supported by a network of 45,000 members worldwide
and an internationally acclaimed publishing business, our activities
span education and training, conferences and science policy, and the
promotion of the chemical sciences to the public.
Royal
Society of Chemistry, Applied Catalysis Group
The mission of the Applied Catalysis
Group is to promote the interests, both within the RSC and externally,
of all members of the Industrial Affairs Division working in or having
a professional interest in applied catalysis.
The responsibilities of the Applied Catalysis Group
initially will be to:
- promote a multi-disciplinary approach to applied
catalysis, especially in technical meetings organised by the RSC and
others
- provide a forum for highlighting research and
development needs for industrial applications
- enhance the usefulness of existing
interest groups and organisations in catalysis, both within
and external to the RSC, to the benefit of ACSG members
- explore novel approaches to collaborative
relationships between industry and academia
- provide a voice for industry in the development
of national research programmes
- forge links with trade associations and others
with an interest in applied catalysis
Royal Society
of Chemistry, SURCAT group
The Surface Reactivity and
Catalysis Group (SURCAT) specialist interest group represents those
with interests, experimental or theoretical, directed towards reaction
processes involving solid surfaces, and
especially chemisorption and heterogeneous catalysis. It encourages
discussion within this area by organising, or participating in the
organisation of, regular national and international meetings. The
membership of ca.380 is from both UK and international laboratories and
has extensive representation from industry. The Group holds annual
meetings and discussion workshops.
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Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
The Surfaces in Biomaterials
Foundation is dedicated to exploring creative solutions to technical
challenges at the BioInterface by fostering education and
multidisciplinary cooperation among industrial, academic, clinical, and
regulatory communities.
The Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
exists to:
- provide a forum which allows interaction and
dissemination of surface and interfacial information, while protecting
proprietary industrial interests,
- ensure the sponsorship of future workshops and
symposia,
- further the exchange of information and ideas
within the surface science and biomedical communities, and
- help in the understanding of interfacial issues
common to many researchers and development engineers.
User Groups &
Bulletin Boards
The purpose of this list is to
provide information about User Groups, relevant sub-groups of national
societies and surface science bulletin boards. Please feel free
to e-mail new additions and corrections to r.m.nix@qmul.ac.uk
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