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Miniaturization of electronic and magnetic devices spurred unprecedented, technological developments in information processing and storage. As a consequence, the progress in microelectronics exerts an increasing impact on modern societies. Downscaling mechanical devices and machines is expected to have a similar technological and societal impact. Although the field is still in its infancy, research in the past three decades has shown that the concepts of macroscopic device and machine can be transferred to the molecular or supramolecular level. Moreover, it has become evident that applications of molecular devices and molecular machines, enabled by appropriately integrating/interfacing them with their surroundings, could provide radically innovative solutions to significant problems in many areas of technology and medicine. The scientific maturity of this research and its great potential for breakthrough applications were testified by the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 to three founding fathers of the field, namely, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa.
The conferences will be held every two years in an European country, and will target scientists who are active in the field of molecular machines and their components (motors, switches, rotors, actuators, etc.). The focus will be on the specific functions (directed motion, pumping, sensing, assembly, information storage, processing…) that arise from coupling to an energy source or trigger (light, redox, concentration gradient, electric, magnetic fields, etc.) and their interaction with the environment (solution, surface, polymers, biological systems, etc.).
The format of the conferences is highly innovative: Only young scientists give talks, with ample room for discussion; senior scientists are welcome as chairs, tutorial advisors and discussion panelists. The contributions will feature intro talks (presentation of research program by emerging group leaders), idea pitches (short ads of project concepts by young researchers), vision statements (reflection on general problems, prospects and emerging areas by established senior scientists), and beyond science (selected contributions on cultural, socio-economic, political and artistic aspects related to science).
The first Mach-5 conference will be held at the Plön Castle, Northern Germany, on 11-14 September 2022, organized by Prof. Rainer Herges (Kiel University) and Prof. Alberto Credi (University of Bologna), and partly supported by a donation of Prof. Fraser Stoddart, the European Research Council (ERC), through an Advanced Grant to Alberto Credi, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Nobel laureate Prof. Ben Feringa will give the opening lecture of the conference 2022.
Future editions of the meeting are scheduled in the summer of 2024 near Bologna, Italy, and in 2026 near Strasbourg, France.
Information on participating / attending:
Regular participation fee: 640,00 EUR
Accompanying person: 490,00 EUR
Conference dinner: 40,00 EUR
Conference excursion: 30,00 EUR
Date:
09/11/2022 16:30 - 09/14/2022 14:30
Registration deadline:
09/06/2022
Event venue:
Schloss Plön, Schloßgebiet 91
24306 Plön
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Chemistry
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
08/31/2022
Sender/author:
Eva Sittig
Department:
Presse, Kommunikation und Marketing
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event72328
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