BZA 2002 at Heriot-Watt

British Zeolite Association
25^th Annual Meeting

Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University
Sunday 4^th August to Friday 9^th August 2002

Itinerary

Sunday 4^th August
4.00 pm onwards	Registration
Monday 5^th August
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor Russell F Howe - University of Aberdeen Microporous Semiconductors
10.30 - 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.30	Petr Nachtigall – J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Theoretical study of the effect of local environment on the properties of active sites in Cu/zeolite systems
11.30 – 12.00	Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez – The Royal Institution of Great Britain On the efficient synthesis of metal ions substituted solid acid and redox AlPO-5 catalyst
12.00 – 12.30	Zdenek Sobalik - J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic On the redox properties of H-zeolites
12.30	Lunch
Afternoon	Free
18.30	Dinner
19.30 – 20.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor M J Rosseinsky - University of Liverpool Metal-organic frameworks: design, flexibility and chirality.
20.30 – 21.00	Lesley Devaney - University of Wolverhampton Amazing Maize? Happy or Not Happy – that is the question!
21.00 – 21.30	Aurora Molina – University of Leeds A novel fusion method for zeolite synthesis from fly ash.
21.30	Ceilidh
Tuesday 6^th August
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor Raul F Lobo - University of Delaware, USA. Shared Patterns of Disorder in High-Silica Zeolite Structure
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.30	Huub Maas – University of Bern Trapping energy from injecting energy into dye-zeolite nano antennae
11.30 – 12.00	Luis A Villaescusa – University of St Andrews NMR measurements of the Si-F distance in zeolite STF
12.00 – 12.30	Robert Raja – The Royal Institution of Great Britain Engineering active sites in bifunctional nanopore and bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts for one-step, solvent-free processes.
12.30	Lunch
Afternoon:	Visit to the Burrell Museum
18.30	Dinner
19.30 – 20.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor A. Rabdel Ruiz-Salvador - University of Havana, Cuba Recent topics on modelling natural zeolites
20.30 – 21.00	Alexandra Simperler – The Royal Institution of Great Britain Probing the acid strength of seven high-silica zeolites with acetonitrile – A Molecular mechanics and quantum chemical study
21.00 – 21.30	Takashi Tatsumi – Yokohama National University Japan Preparation of Ti-MWW as a highly active oxidation catalyst by a post-synthesis method.
Wednesday 7^th August
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor P Ratnasamy National Chemistry Laboratories, Pune, India Reactive oxygen species in Titanosilicate molecular sieves.
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.30	Faezeh Farzaneh – University of Alzahra, Tehran Investigation of incorporated molybdenum in microporous molecular sieves such as Silicalite (I), zeolite Y and Clinoptilolite as selective catalysts for epoxiation reactions.
11.30 – 12.00	Michael Stockenhuber – Nottingham Trent University Synthesis, structure and reactivity of iron-sulphur species in zeolite ZSM-5
12.00 – 12.30	Hubert Koller – University of Münster, Germany Variable anchoring of boron in zeolites.
12.30	Lunch
Afternoon:	Optional excursion: Distillery tour & Whisky tasting:
18.30	Dinner
19.30 – 20.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor Poul Norby - University of Oslo, Norway In-situ studies of hydrothermal synthesis of microporous materials.
20.30 – 21.00	Richard W Joyner – Nottingham Trent University The influence of preparation conditions and host structure on the nature of redox sites formed in iron zeolites.
21.00 – 21.30	Hermann Gies – Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Synthesis of zeolites under high hydrothermal pressure.
Thursday 8^th August
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor A Zecchina University of Turin, Italy The vibrational spectroscopy of small molecules adsorbed in zeolites and zeolitic materials: a review
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.30	Guillaume Maurin – The Royal Institution of Great Britain Modelling the effect of hydration in Na⁺ Mordenite
11.30 – 12.00	German Sastre – Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, Spain Influence of loading on the molecular diffusivity of hydrocarbons in large pore zeolites
12.00 – 12.30	Arjan Giaya – Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., USA Fluid confinement in cylindrical pores: implications for adsorption in microporous and mesoporous materials
12.30	Lunch
Afternoon:	Optional excursion: The Edinburgh Dungeon
18.30	Conference Banquet
Friday 9^th August
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary Speaker: Professor J. S. Bradley - University of Hull, Hull UK. Non-Oxide Sol-Gel and Polymer Precursor Routes to Porous Non-Oxide Solids
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.30	Jirí Cejka – J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Mesoporous Alumina as a support for hydrodesulphurization catalysts.
11.30 – 12.00	Karen Edler –University of Bath Formation mechanisms for surfactant-templated silica films grown from acid solutions.
12.00 – 12.30	Satoshi Inagaki – Waseda University, Tokyo Flow synthesis of mesoporous materials using filtrate of the alkaline dissolution of ZSM-5 zeolite
12.30	Lunch