Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials - 2012

There are two Poster Sessions arranged on May 10 and May 11 afternoon. The size of the poster boards is 90 cm (width) and 110 cm (height). Please prepare your posters accordingly.

Poster Board Size: 90 cm (width) x 110 cm (height)

Please refer to 'Confirmed Speakers' in the index on the left for List of Posters.

PROGRAM

Wednesday, May 9: Hall A

Time	Tutorial: Recent Trends in Materials Science
0830 – 0840		Welcome

0840 – 0920	TL	Polymer Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Preparation and Applications Stoyko Fakirov University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
0920 – 1000	TL	Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials and their Application to Sense Toxic Gases Jatinder V. Yakhmi Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
1000 – 1040	TL	Basis of Structural Analyses on Fiber or Polymer Films by X-Ray Scattering Shinichi Sakurai Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
1040 – 1110		Tea Break

1110 – 1150	TL	Structural Characterization of Nanomaterials Surendra Gautam Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
1150 – 1230	TL	Characterization of Polymers by Vibrational Spectroscopy Heinz W. Siesler University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
1230 – 1330		Lunch Break

1330 – 1410	TL	Nanostructuring and Microstructuring Martin Steinhart University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
1410 – 1450	TL	Green Material and Materials for Future Jean Marc Saiter University of Rouen, Rouen, France
1450 – 1530	TL	Health and Environmental Implications of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Suresh Valiyaveettil National University of Singapore, Singapore

TL: Tutorial Lecture

1600 - 1630	Inauguration
1700 – 2000	Reception

Thursday, May 10: Hall A

Time	Thursday, May 10: Hall A
0840 – 0900	SL1	IUPAC: What it is exactly, and which interest for chemistry and chemists all over the world? Nicole Moreau
0900 – 0930	KL1	Role of electron microscopy in developing advanced materials Goerg H. Michler
0930 – 1000	KL2	Application of block copolymer thin films to nanotechnology Hirokazu Hasegawa
1000 – 1030		Tea Break
Symposium: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering I
1030 – 1050	OP1	Nanomedicine: A new and improved technology or a double edge sword Bikash Medhi, Ajay Prakash
1050 – 1110	OP2	Engineering Polymeric Nano-Micelles for Controlled Drug Delivery Dhanjay Jhurry, Archana Bhaw-Luximon, Roubeena Jeetah, Anisha Veeren, Yeshma Jugdawa, Nowsheen Goonoo
1110 – 1125	OP3	The influence of temperature on the photosensitizing activity of amphiphilic polymer-porphyrin systems Nadya A. Aksenova, Solovieva A.B.
1125 – 1140	OP4	Polymer-modified paclitaxel an example of engineering bioactive materials Jeong-Sun Sohn, Michael Hess, Byung-Wook Jo
1140 – 1155	OP5	Tissue engineering: integration of animal tissue culture and nanotechnology Prashanta Kumar Pal
1155 – 1210	OP6	Joshi B D spectroscopic and quantum chemical study of ondansetron hydrochloride Bhawani Datt Joshi, Poonam Tandon, Alejandro Pedro Ayala
1210 -1300		Lunch Break
Symposium: Structure-Property Relationship I
1300 – 1320	OP 7	Soft matter poses hard questions: how can we untangle messy materials? Jeffery L. White
1320 – 1340	OP 8	Crystallization of polymer blends and composites A. K. Gupta
1340 – 1355	OP 9	Thermal relaxation of optical texture in side-chain type liquid crystalline polymer Yutaka Tanaka , Yosuke Yukimoto
1355 – 1410	OP 10	Vibrational spectra of biomolecular systems in aqueous media by the method of molecular dynamics simulation. Vineet Gupta, Poonam Tandon, Birendra P. Asthana
1410 – 1425	OP 11	Aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on gold clusters : A DFT study on the reaction mechanism Sangita Karanjit, Karan Bobuatong, Ryoichi Fukuda, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai
1425 – 1440	OP 12	Study of polymorphism in anti cancerous imatinib mesylate: a quantum chemical approach using electronic and vibrational spectra Anubha Srivastava, B. D. Joshi, Poonam Tandon, A. P. Ayala, A. K. Bansal
1440 – 1600		Poster Session II + Tea Break
		Synthesis & Application of New Materials I
1600 – 1620	OP13	C₃ Symmetric Buckybowls, Sumanenes Suhei Higashibayeshi
1620 – 1640	OP14	SiC nanofibres produced by the combustion synthesis as the nanocomposites fillers Agnieszka Dąbrowska, Andrzej Huczko
1640 – 1655	OP15	Simultaneous preconcentration and determination of nickel and cobalt using functionalized nanosized silica particles by ICP-OES M. Rasul Jan, Maria Sadia
1655 – 1710	OP16	Analysis on ZnO nanorod based dye-sensitized solar cells with organic natural dyes Indra Bahadur Karki, Jeevan Jyoti Nakarmi, Pradip Kumar Mandal, Suman Chatterjee
1710 – 1725	OP17	Preparation and characterization of ionic liquid/sulphonated poly (ether) ketone based composite polymer electrolyte membranes for the non-humidified fuel cell Rajender Singh Malik, Veena Choudhary
1725 – 1740	OP18	In-situ synthesis and characterization of Fe³+ doped polyaniline/MWCNTs nanocomposite electrode for supercapacitor application Debasis Ghosh, Soumen Giri, C. K. Das
1740 – 1800	OP19	Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by using BioPolymer material and application as alcohol vapor sensor Vasant V. Chabukswar, Nishigandh S. Pande, Sanjay Bhavsar, Amit Horne, K. Handore
Time	Friday, May 11: Hall A
0830 – 0900	KL3	Functional materials for water purification Suresh Valiyaveettil
0900 – 0930	KL4	Semi-crystalline supramolecular polymers and their use in the design of hot-melt adhesives and smart coatings François Tournilhac, France Chabert and Ludwik Leibler
0930 – 1000	KL5	Nondestructive testing of polymer morphology by NMR Bernhard Blümich
1000- 1030		Tea Break
Symposium: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering II
1030 – 1050	OP20	Characterization of morphological, thermal & mechanical properties of biopolymer blends Heinz W. Siesler
1050 – 1110	OP21	Supercritical Fluids: New approach to advanced biomaterial processing and modification Vladimir K. Popov
1110 – 1125	OP22	Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable functional polymeric material for lubricating oil Pranab Ghosh
1125 – 1140	OP23	12-Tungsosilicic acid anchored to SBA-15: Synthesis, characterization and application for Biodiesel production by esterification of free fatty acids and transesterification of riglycerides. Anjali Patel
1140 – 1155	OP24	Synthesis & Characterization of Hydrogels based on Acrylic Acid Acrylamide Network. Effect of Reaction Parameters Ramesh Dogra, Seema Gautam
1155 – 1210	OP25	Viscosity of sodium polystyrenesulfonate in presence of cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide in methanol-water mixed solvent media Ajaya Bhattarai , Bijan Das
1210 – 1300		Lunch Break
Symposium: Synthesis & Application of New Materials II
1300 – 1320	OP26	Molecular materials for electronic devices Jatinder V. Yakhmi
1320 – 1340	OP27	Precise heterogeneous sulfonation of polystyrene for polymer electrolyte membrane with supramolecular Structure Sunit Henderana
1340 – 1355	OP28	Cyclodextrins functionalization: simple routes to amphiphilic and nanoscopic polymer networks Gaumani Gyanwali, Mathis Hodge, Jeffery L White
1355 – 1410	OP29	Functionalization of sumanene by electrophilic aromatic substitution Binod Babu Shrestha, Sangita Karanjit, Shuhei Higashibayashi , Hidehiro Sakurai
1410 – 1425	OP30	Tailoring the microstructure of Al₂O₃- SiO₂ wet foams for porous ceramics Ashish Pokhrel, Jung Gyu Park, Ik Jin Kim
1425 – 1440	OP31	Supramolecular host-guest complex of amphiphilic species in aqueous solution Chanchal Kumar Roy, Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan
1440 – 1455	OP32	Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) based hybrid membranes for fuel cell applications Deeksha Gupta, Veena Choudhary
1455 – 1600		Poster Session II + Tea Break
Symposium: Synthesis & Application of New Materials III
1600 – 1620	OP33	Studies on poly(methyl methacrylate)/graphene nanocomposites Sandeep Nath Tripathi, Veena Choudhary
1620 – 1640	OP34	Development of microwave absorbing materials based on dbsa-doped polyaniline/Pb(Zr_0.52Ti_0.48)O₃ nanocomposites Chapal K. Das
1640 – 1655	OP35	Dielectric properties and surface morphology of carbon ions beam irradiated polycarbonate/polystyrene composite films Bhupendra Singh Rathore, Mulayam Singh Gaur, Kripa Shanker Singh
1655 – 1710	OP36	A modified polymerization technique for electrical conductive poly (methyl methacrylate)/ multi-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposites with minimum possible MWCNT loading Nilesh K. Shrivastava, B. B. Khatua
1710 – 1725	OP37	Preparation and characterization of Zr doped polyaniline for supercapacitor application Soumen Giri, Debasis Ghosh, Avinandal Mandal, Chapal K. Das
1725 – 1740	OP38	Electrical and magnetic conduction properties of polythiophene doped with FeCl₃ Deepali S. Kelkar, Ashish B. Chourasia
1740 – 1755	OP39	Calculation of scattering patterns of OBDD and OBDG Shigeru Okamoto, Kengo Nomura, Yukihiro Nishikawa Hideaki Takagi, Katsuhiro Yamamoto
Time	Friday, May 11: Hall B ((Parallel Sessions))
Symposium: Structure-Property Relationship II
1030 – 1050	OP40	Study of thermal degradation using TGA/DTA-FT IR and theoretical interpretation of vibrational spectra of biodegradable polymers Poonam Tandon
1050 – 1110	OP41	Effect of photo-oxidation on morphology, mechanical and physical properties of nano CaCO₃-silicone rubber composites Navinchandra G. Shimpi, Satyendra Mishra, Ananda D. Mali
1110 – 1125	OP42	Polymer modification supercritical carbon dioxide medium Peter S Timashev
1125 – 1140	OP43	Structural and vibrational spectroscopic investigation of N-(phenyl) 2, 2-dichloroacetamide and its mono-chloro derivatives with quantum chemical calculations Archana Gupta, Neetu Choudhary, Poonam Tandon
1140 – 1155	OP44	Surface modification of polymers by uniform atmospheric pressure argon glow plasma Raju Bhai Tyata, C S Wong, Rajendra Shrestha, Deepak Prasad Subedi
1155 – 1210	OP45	Laboratory scale synthesis of geopolymer from various construction wastes Arvind Pathak, Vinay Kumar Jha
1210 –1300		Lunch Break
Symposium: Reuse, Recycling & Sustainability of Materials
1300 – 1320	OP46	Biochar derived from dead dairy cattle as a resource of phosphorus Teruo Matsunaka , Karen Mari Ikemori
1320 – 1340	OP47	Wear behaviour of glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites filled with pine bark dust Amar Patnaik, Sandhyarani Biswas, Alok Satapathy
1340 – 1355	OP48	Higher-order crystalline structures of poly(d,l lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) blends ND Tien, Yukihiro Nishikawa, TP Hoa, Masatsugu Mochizuki, Masatoshi Tosaka, Sono Sasaki, Shinichi Sakurai
1355 – 1410	OP49	Natural polymer present in exhausted tea leaves - as an adsorbent for heavy metals Bindra Shrestha, Pushpa L. Homagai, Megh R. Pokhrel, Kedar N. Ghimire
1410 – 1425	OP50	Heavy metals extractable forms in sludge from waste water treatment plant Sadhana Pradhanang
1425 – 1440	OP51	Preparation and utilization of bio-polymer for the removal of metal ions from waste water Jagjit Kour, Puspa Lal Homagai, Megh Raj Pokhrel, Kedar Nath Ghimire
1440 – 1455	OP52	Preparation and application of electrochemical sensor for the monitoring of Pb (II) Krishna Badan Nakarmi, Krishan Ojha, Amar Prasad Yadav
1455 – 1600		Poster Session II + Tea Break
Symposium: Bio/Nano-Materials
1600 – 1620	OP53	Polymer solar cells : An overview Ram P. Singh
1620 – 1640	OP54	Nano-modification of hard coatings synthesized by PVD and IBAD Branko Skoric, Damir Kakas, Andrej Plecenik, Peter Kus, Aleksandar Miletic, Milan Arsenovic
1640 – 1655	OP55	Novel strategy for the fabrication of spider-wave-like nano-nets in electrospun nylon-6 mat Hem Raj Pant, Cheo, Sang Kim
1655 – 1710	OP56	Interfacial treatment of dye-sensitized solar cell using in-situ photo-polymerized iodine doped polythiophene Iseul Lim, Nabeen K. Shrestha, Sung-Hwan Han
1710 – 1725	OP57	Synthesis and characterization of a novel analogue of amodiaquine: 5-(7-Chloroquinolin-4-ylamino)-2-hexamethyleneimin-1-ylmethylphenol Shanta Pokhrel Bhattarai, Paras N. Yadav
1725 – 1740	OP58	Microwave-assisted green synthesis and anti-microbial activities of some isoxazolyl -4-thioxo- 1,3,5-triazin-2-ones Akkal Deo Mishra
1740 – 1800	OP59	Synthesis & characterization of (N)4-substituted 2-pyridineformamide thiosemicarbazones Bhushan Shakya, Paras Nath Yadav

Saturday, May 12: Hall A

Time	Saturday, May 12: Hall A
0830 – 0900	KL6	Green composites using bamboo fibers Toru Fujii, Kazuya Okubo
0900 – 0930	KL7	Design of soft matter nanorod arrays in self-ordered nanoporous alumina hard templates Martin Steinhart
0930 – 1000	KL8	From polymer blends to nanofibrillar polymer-polymer and single polymer composites S. Fakirov, D. Bhattacharyya
1000 –1030		Tea Break
Symposium: Structure-Property Relationship III
1030 – 1050	OP60	Dynamics of polymers on silica nanoparticles Frank D. Blum
1050 – 1110	OP61	Spontaneous orientation of the bcc lattice for spherical microdomains formed in a block copolymer thin film Shinichi Sakurai, Konomi Honda, Tsukasa Miyazaki, Hiroki Ogawa, Sono Sasaki
1110 – 1125	OP62	Preparation and characterization of PVDF-SiO₂ nanocomposites with high thermal stability Ajay Pal Indolia, M.S. Gaur
1125 – 1140	OP63	Improvement of fatigue property of carbon fiber reinforced plastics enhanced with nano-sized synthetic polymer fibers Emi Kawai, Kazuya Okubo, Toru Fujii
1140 – 1155	OP64	Heat capacity measurements of poly(methyl methacrylate) adsorbed on silica nanoparticles Bal Kumari Khatiwada, Frank Blum
1155 – 1300		Lunch Break
Workshop: All About Bamboo
1300 – 1320	WP1	Natural and synthetic polymer composites reinforced by bamboo Jean M. Saiter, A. Esposito, L. Dobircau, J. Tuner, R. Adhikari
1320 – 1340	WP2	Commercial bamboo fibres – their structure and properties Dorota Wojciechowska, Barbara Lipp-Symonowicz
1340 – 1355	WP3	Mechanical behaviour of short bamboo fiber reinforced epoxy composites filled with alumina particulate Sandhyarani Biswas, Kishore Debnath, Amar Patnaik
1355 – 1410	WP4	Comparative study of mechanical, morphological and thermal behaviour of bamboo flour reinforced biodegradable polymer Netra Lal Bhandari, Rameshwar Adhikari
1410 – 1425	WP5	New materials in fine arts Marianna Payovitch, Larissa Dobircau, Jean Marc Saiter
1425 – 1440	WP6	A multidisciplinary approach on the development of a new economic activity focused on 100% biocomposites reinforced by bamboo fibers in Upper Normandy (France) Jean-Marc Llorens,Larisa Dobircau, Jean-Marc Saiter
1440 – 1455	WP7	Bamboo Society Presentation
1455 – 1525		Tea Break
1525 – 1625		Closing Ceremony and Farewell

SL: Special Lecture, KL: Keynote Lecture, OP: Oral Presentation, WP: Workshop Presentation

Sunday, May 13: Excursion