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Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
NEWSLETTER No.1 /2012
www.facs-as.org
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Contents Page
Messages 1-3 Message from the President (2011-2013) 1 Message from the Chairman of 15ACC 2-3
FACS Executive Council (2011-2013) 4 FACS EXCO Members (2011-2013) 4
FACS Projects and the Project Directors 5-6 FACS Projects and the Project Directors (2011-2013) 5-6
FACS Activities 7-32 Report on the 14th ACC at Bangkok 7-13 Minutes of the 59th EXCO Meeting 14-28 ACS-FACS (A2CS) Symposium Report 29-32
FACS Awards 2011 (Papers) 33-49FACS Foundation Lectureship Award 2011 in Inorganic Chemistry 33-35 Distinguished Young Chemist Award 2011 in Inorganic Chemistry 36-41 Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement Award 2011 42-44 Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award 2011 45-49
Profiles of Selected Member Societies 50-58Chemical Society of Thailand (Secretariat) 50-51 Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (15ACC) 52-53 Bangladesh Chemical Society (16ACC) 54-55 Chemical Research Society of India (New Society) 56-57 Cambodian Chemical Society (New Society) 58
Directories (Contact) 59-65Member Societies 59-62 FACS Fellows 63-64 FACS Life-time Members 65-68
Announcements 69-72Nomination of FACS Awards 2013 69 The 15th Asian Chemical Congress (15ACC) 70-72
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`xáátzxá Message from the FACS President
Dear FACS Members: It is my great
pleasure to greet you as the president of FACS. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your kind support to FACS
for many years and especially to thank you very much for making time in your busy schedule during the 16th General Assembly of FACS and attending the 14th Asian Chemical Congress in Bangkok last year. I also hope that you all took that moment to meet new friends and visit your old friends, as well as to enjoy Thai food and cultural experiences. As you know, the 14th ACC would never have turned into wonderful and joyful event without your attendance.
I would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the leadership of our Past President, Professor Chunli Bai, and the hard works of all the members of the past FACS Executive Committee, and members who helped in many FACS projects during 2009-2011. FACS still can grow bigger and stronger as a one family of Asian Chemists with time. I am very pleased to inform you that at the 16th General Assembly of FACS there was an approval for the two new Chemical society members, Cambodian Chemical Society and Chemical Research Society of India, which has made the total number of FACS members to be 30 now.
All the chemists celebrated worldwide the achievement of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind according to the International Year of Chemistry, IYC 2011. The year 2011 has been marked as the point from which the chemists of the world can
refocus priorities for chemistry to lead the way in achieving a better and more readily sustainable world environment in which we all must live together. Though FACS has played an enormous role in bringing the Asian chemists to work together and developing the Asian chemistry, it is timely for FACS to build the strong partnerships with the other international chemistry organizations so that the world problems can gradually be solved with the joint forces of all the world chemists.
At the present, FACS has already had a three-year collaboration agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) for a shared interest in engaging the Asian / U.S. chemical communities in collaborations, research, education, and meetings. Under this agreement, the 1st Asia America Chemical Symposium (A2CS) has been launched since March 2011 in Anaheim, USA, followed by the 2nd A2CS in September 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand and the 3rd A2CS in August 2012 in Philadelphia, USA. We shall also look for the 4th A2CS in August 2013 in Singapore. FACS is now considering to have the partnership with European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuChemMS).
I am excited about the opportunity to serve FACS in this capacity and look forward to working with all FACS members. I also eager to see everyone at the 17th General Assembly next year. Be sure to mark your calendar now for August 20-23, 2013 in Singapore, before then I wish you a successful and productive year. Finally, let me invite you to share your comments and suggestions. Sincerely yours,
Supawan Tantayanon President, FACS (2011-2013)
`xáátzxá Welcome Message
from the Chairman of the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (15ACC)
Significance & Impact of the Homecoming of the Asian Chemical Congress (ACC)
The Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) was born in Singapore in 1985 when chemistry research in Asia was at its infancy by world standard. After three decades of vigorous development, a check with the Essential
Science Indicators of ISI Web of Knowledge (Dec 2011) suggested that there are 10 FACS members among the top 25 countries/territories in the world based on total citations of (or 8 out of 25 based on papers published). This is a remarkable feat that has far exceeded our expectations.
What is next? We, as Asian, FACS members and chemical scientists, will and can go as far and wide as we want chemistry to go. This optimism is not without base:
� Chemistry has evolved over the years from an insulated subject to one that underscores the development of three major areas of science (molecular science, materials science & life science) and technology (nanotechnology, biomedical technology, and engineering technology). The influence of chemistry can only grow. Today, chemistry is the most cited field in China, India, S Korea, Iran & Malaysia and second most cited in countries such as Japan, Thailand, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Singapore.
� There are three key challenges facing humankind: energy, health & environment. There is no better approach than tackling them at their molecular roots. This is where innovation can be best cultured and
applied. It is also where molecular science can have its biggest impact. Is there any subject that fits and feeds molecular science better than the Science of Molecules – Chemistry?
� The article “Emerging Economies Drive Gobal R&D Growth” published by R&D Magazine in 22 Dec 2009 (M Grueber & T Studt) pointed out that the R&D investment (as % of GDP) in Japan (3.41%) far exceeded that of a powerhouse such as USA (2.85%) whereas China (1.50%) and Asia (1.95%) also surpassed those of the “Rest of the World” (outside USA and Europe) (1.23%). In terms of global share of total R&D spending, Asia (34.6%) has also caught up with USA (34.8%) whereas the combination of Japan (12.3%) and China (12.2%) even exceeded Europe (23.2%). These upward trends of R&D in many Asian countries, notably the likes of China, India, S Korea & Singapore have been evident since mid-2000’s.
� Education and research often come hand-in-hand as a package. Recent data from the World Bank suggested that many Asian countries take the stand that investment in education is the best means to prepare for the future. This is witnessed from the high % of government expenditure in education in places like Hong Kong (24.1%), Saudi Arabia (19.3%), Thailand (20.3%), UAE (23.4%) & Nepal (19.5%), which exceeded even the Scandinavians (Finland 12.4%), Norway 16.1%, Sweden 12.9%,) and USA (13.8%). This education priority will further strengthen the R&D manpower base for Asia.
� Return to the scientist ranking database of the Essential Science Indicators of ISI Web of Knowledge, do
`xáátzxá you notice the common occurrence of names of Asian origin such as Wang, Liu, Zhang, Li, Kim, Chen, Xia, Wang & Yamamoto among the world’s top 25 most cited chemists?!
After 28 years and passing through 13 cities, the ACC has finally returning to its birthplace – Singapore. This once new-born baby has matured into a fit youth who is eager to venture out and take on the world. It is not only a milestone for ACC and FACS, but also a testimony to our community that if we take care of chemistry, chemistry will take care of us.
Singapore will seize this moment to bring our research and education practitioners in Asia under one roof, and create an
interactive platform with scientists around the world to foster collaboration in tackling global challenges of unprecedented magnitude. It provides a forum for rising stars and aspiring students to interface with pioneers & leaders. It is the moment for us to learn from the present and past while we are charting for our future. It is an occasion that no one associated with chemistry or collaborating with chemists should miss.
T. S. Andy Hor President
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry Chair, Organising Committee, 15th ACC
Dec. 2011 [email protected]
About 15ACC
The Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) is held at two yearly intervals hosted by the members of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) which comprises of 30 chemical societies of countries and territories in the Asia Pacific.15th ACC @ Singapore will be an exciting
conference in chemistry for the Asian community to strengthen current networks and to establish new collaborative links within Asian community and also with the rest of the world. The scientific program comprises sessions that illustrate the relevance and value of chemistry in modern science and technology.
Plenary Speakers:
Akira SuzukiHokkaido University Sapporo, Japan
Richard R. SchrockMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, USA
Ei-ichi NegishiPurdue University West Lafayette, USA
Barry TrostStanford University Palo Alto, USA
Venue:Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore Date:Aug 20-23, 2013
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President Prof. Dr. Supawan Tantayanon Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Chulalonkorn University Payathai road, Patumwan Bangkok 10330, Thailand Phone: +6622187641 Fax: +6622187641 Email: [email protected] President-Elect Prof. Dr. Andy Hor Tzi Sum Singapore National Institute of Chemistry CMA International Consultants Pte Led 1 Liang Seah Street, #02-12 Liang Seah Plance Singapore 189022 Phone: +65-6336 2328 Fax: +65-6336 2583 Email: [email protected] Immediate Past President Prof. Dr. Chunli Bai Chinese Academy of Science Sanlihe Lu, Beijing 100864, China Phone: +86-10-68596706 Fax: +86-10-68512458 Email: [email protected] Secretary General Prof. Dr. Supa Hannongbua Department of Chemistry, Head Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University Bangkok 10900, Thailand Tel +66-2-5625555 ext 2111 Fax +66-2-5793955 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Prof. Datin Dr. Zuriati Zakaria Institut Kimia Malaysia 127 B, Jalan Aminuddin Baki Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Kuala Lumpur 60000, Malaysia Phone: +603 7728 3272 Fax: +60-3-77289909 Email: [email protected] Coordinator of Projects Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon Institute Kimia Malaysia 127 B, Jalan Aminuddin Baki Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Kuala Lumpur 60000, Malaysia Phone: +603 7728 3272 Fax: +60-3-77289909 Email: [email protected]
Director of Scientific Affairs Prof. Dr. Kyung Byung Yoon Department of Chemistry, Sogang University 1 Sinsu-dong, Mapo-gu Seoul 121-742, Korea Phone: +82-2-7152569 Fax: +82-2-7064269 Email: [email protected] Editor of Publications Prof. Dr. Long Lu Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China Phone: +86-21-54925199 Fax: +86-21-54925372 Email: [email protected] Secretary General-Elect Dr. Dien Pandimen Pidilite Innovation Centre P/L 61 Science Park Road The Galen # 03-11/12 Singapore 117525 Phone: +65 6774 5758 Fax.: +65 6774 5319 Email: [email protected] Representative from East & Pacific Asia Prof. Dr. Tomatsu Takahashi Catalysis Research Center Hokkaido University Sapporo, 001-002, Japan Phone: +11-706 9149 Fax: +11-7069150 Email: [email protected],
[email protected] Representative from Southeast Asia & Papua Prof. Dr. Muhamad Abdulkadir Martoprawiro Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science Institut Teknologi Bandung Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia Phone: +62-22-2502103, +628-122-122-2424 Fax: +62-22-2504154 Email: [email protected] Representative from South & West Asia Prof. Dr. Sultan T. Abu-Orabi Jordanian Chemical Society C/O Association of Arab University P.O. Box 401, Jubeyha Amman – 11942, Jordan Phone: +962-6-5062048 Fax: +962-6-5062051 Email: [email protected],
cÜÉ}xvàá 9 à{x W|ÜxvàÉÜá ;ECDD@ECDF< FACS PRO ECTS A D PRO ECT DIRECTORS (2011-2013) ACE (Asian Chemical Education etwork) Director Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu (Taipei) Graduate Institute of Science Education National Taiwan Normal University Taipei 116, Taipei Phone: +886-2-7734-6796 FAX: +886-2-2930-9082 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Christina A. Binag (Philippines) Research Center for the Natural Science University of Santa Tomas Espa�a, Manila 1015 Philippines Phone: + 731 4031 or 406 1611 loc. 4037 FAX: + (63+2) 731 4031 Email: [email protected] Advisor Prof. Masato M. Ito (Japan) Faculty of Engineering, Soka University 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan Phone: +81-426-91-9448 FAX: +81-426-91-9312 Email: [email protected] A AC (Asian etwork of Analytical Chemistry) Director Prof Hian-Kee Lee (Singapore) Chemistry Department National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Phone: 65 65162995 Fax: 65 67791691 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof Guan-Huat Tan (Malaysia) Chemistry Department University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Phone: 603 79674247 Fax: 603 79674193 Email: [email protected]
A EC (Asian etwork of Environmental Chemistry) Director Dr. Ross Sadler (Australia) c/- School of Public Health Griffith University, Logan Campus University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland AUSTRALIA, 4131 Phone: +61-7-3382-1029 Fax: +61-7-3382-1034 E-mail: [email protected] Co-Director Professor Yongguan Zhu (China) Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085, China Phone: +86-10-6293-6940 FAX: +86-10-6292-3563 Email: [email protected],
[email protected] A RAP (Asian etwork of Research on Anti-diabetic Plants) Director Prof. M. Mosihuzzaman (Bangladesh) Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Md. Nordin Hj. Lajis (Malaysia) Department of Chemistry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Phone: +603-89468082 Email: [email protected] ChI (Asian Chemical Information etwork) Director Prof. Xiao ia Li (China) Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100190, China Phone +86-10-62554066 ; Mobile 13683611709 Fax: +86-10-62561822 Email: [email protected]
cÜÉ}xvàá 9 à{x W|ÜxvàÉÜá ;ECDD@ECDF< Co-Director Prof. Yoshimasa Takahashi (Japan) Department of Knowledge-based Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho 1-2 Toyohashi 441, Japan Phone +81-532-44-6878 Fax: +81-532-44-6873 Email: [email protected] A GC (Asian etwork of Green Chemistry) Director Prof. Yang Farina Abdul Aziz (Malaysia) School of Chemical Sciences Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Phone: +60389213901 Fax; +60389215410 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Ismunandar Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Institut Teknologi Bandung Chemistry Building, room 2234 Jl. Ganeca 10 Bandung, Indonesia, 40132 Phone: +6222 2502103 ext. 223 Fax: +6222-2504154 Email: [email protected] A MSC (Asian etwork of Microscale Chemistry) Director Dr. Abdulaziz A. Alnajjar (Kuwait) Applied Science Department College of Technological Studies P. O. Box 34484 Adailiya 73255 Kuwait Phone: +965-99721827 FAX: +965-25445525 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Alexandre Pokrovsky (Russia) The first vice-president of Kazan Unesco associated Center on Microscience experiments. Director of Microscience experiments project of IOCD. Third Frounzenskaya street -6-3, Moscow 119270 Tel: +7.499.24210.95 (Moscow); +33.1.47837032 (Paris) FAX: +33.1.47.83.70.32 Email: [email protected];
A MC (Asian etwork of Metallic Chemistry) Director Prof. Yasushi ishihara ( apan) Department of Chemistry, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku Okayama 700-8530, Japan Phone: +81-86-251-7855 Fax: +81-86-251-7853 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Fu-Yu Tsai (Taipei) Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials National Taipei University of Technology 1, Sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao E. Rd., Taipei 106, Taipei Phone: +886-2-2771-2171 ext 2437 Fax: +886-2-2731-7174 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof Yanzhong Li (China) Department of Chemistry East China Normal University 3663 Zhongshan Road (North), Shanghai 200062, China Phone: +86-21-62233969 Fax: +86-21-62233969 Email: [email protected]
PMC ( atural Product and Medicinal Chemistry etwork)
Director Prof. David Winkler (Australia) CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies Private Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, 3169, Australia Phone: +61-3-9545-2477 Fax: +61-3-9545-2446 Email: [email protected] Co-Director Prof. Dr. Le Thi Anh Dao (Vietnam) Email: [email protected] HA (History and Archives) Director Prof. Barry oller (Australia) National Research Center for Environmental Toxicology (NRCET), University of Queensland 39 Kessels Road Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia Phone: +61-7 3274 9221 FAX: +61-7 3274 9003 Email: [email protected]
DGTVV exÑÉÜà Report of the 1 th Asian Chemical Congress (1 ACC)
14th Asian Chemical Congress 2011
(14ACC), taken place in Bangkok, Thailand between 5th and 8th September 2011, was the largest chemical congress in Asia celebrating IYC. Hosted by the Chemical Society of Thailand under the Patronage of Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, the Congress was a unique and exciting forum for meeting the challenge put forth by the event s theme: CONTEMPORARY CHEMISTRY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUFFICIENCY . ith around 1,800 attendees from 48 countries / territories, 1262 scientific papers, 2 Nobel laureates, 23 Symposia, 5 orkshops, Scientific exhibition and many special events, the Congress was the largest chemical congress ever held in Bangkok.
The Asian Chemical Congress (ACC)
is the biannual congress traditionally hosted by the members of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) which comprises of 28 chemical societies of countries and territories in the Asia Pacific. ithin the year 2011, the congress is celebrating the International Year of Chemistry announced by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) aiming to place importance on and promote the chemical scientific works which make the 14th ACC 2011 the largest international chemical congress in region.
The Congress included FACS General
Assembly, 6 plenary lectures, 23 symposia, oral and poster presentations, 5 workshops, and state-of-the-art scientific exhibitions. The Congress featured two Nobel laureates in chemistry: Yuan Tseh Lee (1986, Chinese Taipei) and Ada Yonath (2009, Israel) and four distinguished chemists: Yongyuth Yuthavong (Thailand), Minoru Isobe (Japan), Keiji Morokuma (Japan) and Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci (Austria), as the Plenary Lecturers. The scientific program, besides the six Plenary Lecturers, includes 8 general sessions as follows;
� Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
� Materials and Polymer Chemistry � Physical and Theoretical Chemistry � Organic Chemistry and Green
Chemistry � Chemical Education � Inorganic Chemistry, Nanochemistry
and Catalysis � Natural Products, Chemical Biology
and Medicinal Chemistry � Industrial Chemistry Innovation
DGTVV exÑÉÜà The scientific program, besides the 6 Plenary Lecturers and 8 general sessions, also featured: � Four FACS Awards Lectures:
� Foundation Lectureship Award 2011 in Inorganic Chemistry
(Shie-Ming Peng, Chinese Taipei) � FACS Distinguished Contribution to
Economic Advancement Award 2011 (Pailin Chuchottaworn, Thailand)
� FACS Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award 2011
(Kazuko Ogino, Japan) � FACS Distinguished Young Chemist
Award 2011 in Inorganic Chemistry ( ai-Yeung ong, Hong Kong, China)
� 14ACC also provides the attractive current topics in chemistry resulted in 23 Symposia in 45 concurrent sessions:
Separation, Storage, and Utilization of CO2
Assembly of Nano and Micro-particles into Functional Materials
Green Chemistry in Curriculum Recent Advances in Functional Materials I
Recent Advances in Functional Materials II (RAFM II)
Flow Techniques and Downscaling for Analytical Sciences
Cheminformatics Membranes for Molecular Separation Recent Progresses in Fast Kinetics and Their Application
Medical Applications of Nano Materials
International Year of Chemistry 2011 Future Chemical Perspectives in Asia
Recent Progresses in Lab on a Chip and Its Applications
Medicinal Chemistry Elsevier Symposium General Synthetic Chemistry
Asia America Chemical Symposium (A2CS) ater Resources and Quality
Renewable Energy I: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Renewable Energy II: Polymer-Based Solar Cells
Renewable Energy III: Artificial Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Production
Recent Trends in Heterocyclic Compounds
Novel Synthesis of Nano Materials and Applications
Novel Compounds for Display and Lighting Devices
Medical Applications of Biopolymers ANRAP (Asian Network for Research on Anti-diabetic Plants)
� There are five workshops held by
collaboration with international organizations as following :
IUPAC orkshop on Recent Advances of Natural Products
Joint Thai UK orkshop on Frontiers in Drug Discovery Research, supported by Royal Society of Chemistry
FACS workshop on Small Scale Chemistry
UNIDO workshop on Green Industry, Organic Pollutant and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP)
Sandia National Laboratory workshop on Chemical Security Engagement
DGTVV exÑÉÜà � The scientific papers were organized
(47 general oral concurrent sessions and 31 poster concurrent sessions) in the following areas:
Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Materials and Polymer Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Organic Chemistry and Green Chemistry
Chemical Education Chemistry, Nanochemistry and Catalysis
Natural Products, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry Innovation
� 85 papers are published in the 14ACC Proceedings and selected lectures are invited for the Pure and Applied Chemistry special issue, Novelty in Green Analytical Chemistry by James Bull as scientific editor and Gate Grudpan/Supa Hannongbua as congress editors.
� The Congress offered special activities
and events that celebrated the International Year of Chemistry.
� A Half-day symposium organized by David Black featured internationally prominent chemists (Yasuhiro Uozumi (Japan), Anjali Rahatgaonkar (India), Tientong Thongpanchang (Thailand), and Zhixiang Yu (China)) speaking on the topic Future Chemical Perspectives in Asia .
� 16 international young chemists were announced to obtain IUPAC Young Chemists Awards for partial travelling supports to participation in 14ACC.
� 2 RSC young Chemists in Analytical Chemistry were supported.
� 100 Thai young chemists were supported by Bangkok Bank for registration fees to present their research works at 14ACC, namely Bangkok Bank Young Chemists and to celebrate IYC.
During the 14ACC, three important meetings were held including 16th FACS General Assembly, 60th FACS Executive Committee meeting and the 7th Asian Chemical Editorial Societies (ACES) meeting. Some memorable social activities gave attendees a taste of Thai culture. The welcome reception and banquet, organized by Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi included typical local Thai Traditional dance, music and delicious Thai food.
14ACC was made possible by the financial support and collaboration of the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS), IUPAC, The Elsvier Properties SA, Kavli Foundation, Royal Society of Chemistry. The Department of Chemistry from seven local universities: Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University, Chiang Mai University, Khon Kaen University, Mahidol University, Prince of Songkla University and Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. In addition, a number of private companies, including IRPC Public Company Limited, Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, the Siam Cement Group, Mettler-Toledo (Thailand) Limited, L OREAL (Thailand) Limited, and others made important contributions to the Congress.
DGTVV exÑÉÜà 1 ACC Participations
umber of Contributions from countries Territories Country
Territories Total Country Territories Total Country
Territories Total
Thailand 475 Philippines 12 Egypt 2
Japan 318 Switzerland 9 Hungary 2
Korea 226 Hong Kong 6 Mexico 2
China 62 Sweden 6 Saudi arabia 2
USA 47 Vietnam 6 Slovenia 2
Chinese Taipei 44 Turkey 5 Cambodia 1
Indonesia 36 Australia 4 Fiji 1
Malaysia 29 Brunei 4 Finland 1
India 26 Pakistan 4 Italy 1
Bangladesh 24 Canada 3 Nepal 1
Singapore 23 France 3 New Zealand 1
Australia 22 Jordan 3 Oman 1
Iran 22 Kuwait 3 Papua New Guinea 1
United Kingdom 18 Russia 3 Poland 1
Germany 16 Columbia 2 Spain 1
Israel 13 Czech Republic 2 Sri Lanka 1
Total Countries Territories 1 Contributions
umber of Participants
Participation FACS delegates Invited Speakers Speakers Participants umber 41 183 331 421
Participation Students Organizing committees
One-Day-Pass Accompanying persons
umber 401 21 70 59
Participation Exhibitors Press Staffs VIP Guests umber 90 20 50 100
Total 1
DGTVV exÑÉÜà Photos of the 1 th Asian Chemical Congress
1 ACC OPE I G CEREMO Y
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn s Representative gave
Opening Speech on September 2011
Prof. Supawan Tantayanont, President, Chemical Society of Thailand under the Patronage of Professor Dr. Her Royal
Highness Princess Chulabhorn, reported about the 14th Asian Chemical Congress.
Prof. David St. Black, the IUPAC, Secretary General gave a Message from
IUPAC
Prof. Chun Li Bai, FACS President, gave a elcome Message
Professor Chunli Bai FACS President presented FACS Awards 2011
Prof. Shie-Ming Peng Prof. Pailin Chuchottaworn
DGTVV exÑÉÜà
Prof. Kazuko Ogino Prof. ai-Yeung ong
PLE ARY LECT RES
Prof. Yuan Tseh Lee The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
Prof. Ada E. Yonath The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Prof. Minoru Isobe National Tsing Hua University, Chinese Taipei
Prof. Emeritus, Nagoya University, Japan
Prof. Keiji Morokuma Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Prof. Yongyuth Yuthavong Senior Scientist, National Science
Technology Development Agency, Thailand
Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
DGTVV exÑÉÜà At 1 ACC Ban uet
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Plodprasop Surasawadee, welcomes all
attendees
Traditional Thai Performance
CLOSI G CEREMO Y
Prof. Andy Hor President, Singapore National Institute of
Chemistry (SNIC)
FACS Flag hand over from the Chemical Society of Thailand (14ACC) to Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (15ACC)
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`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz Minutes of the th FACS EXCO Meeting
The Schedule of the th FACS EXCO Meeting FRIDAY MARCH 2 , Arrival SAT RDAY MARCH 2 The th FACS EXCO Meeting
( 00am 00pm Hyatt Regency Seville Room)
IAC Continental Breakfast Hyatt Regency-OC, Barcelona Room (8:00am-9:00am) 00 12 00 FACS EXCO Meeting
IAC Luncheon Hyatt Regency-OC, Barcelona Room (12:00pm 1:00pm) ACS President Elect, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will be speaking during the luncheon.
13 00 1 30 FACS EXCO Meeting 1 .30 1 00 Meeting with IAC Representative of ACS 1 00 1 00 FACS EXCO Meeting
ACS Board Reception and Dinner (6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Hyatt Regency Garden 2 and 3) S DAY MARCH 2 2011 oin ACS Board of Directors Meeting
� 10:00am 12:00pm: Hyatt Regency, Grand Ballroom F/G): During the open meeting of the ACS Board of Directors, Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon will give a presentation on the origins, purposes, activities and strategic interests of FACS. We will also use this occasion to conduct a signing ceremony to formalize the FACS / ACS Collaboration Alliance Agreement. � 5:30pm 7:30pm, Hyatt Regency-OC, Grand Ballroom A/B IAC IUPAC/USNC Reception for International Participants
MO DAY MARCH 2 2011 Symposium
� 8:30am 4:30pm, Hyatt Regency-OC, Imperial Room “International Collaboration in the Chemical Sciences: Best Practices”
T ESDAY MARCH 2 2011 Presidential Symposium
� 9:00am 4:30pm, Disneyland Hotel, Ballroom 1 Asian-America Chemical Symposium (A2CS)
� 6:30pm 10:00pm, Marriott Marquis Center/South Ballroom 2011 ACS Awards Banquet Ceremony and General Meeting of the Society
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz Asia America Chemical Symposium
2 1st ACS ational Meeting Disneyland Hotel Magic Ballroom
Anaheim California March 2 2011
Morning Energy 9:00 a.m. elcome and Introductory Remarks 9:15 a.m. Renewable Energy from Biological Resources Datuk Dr. Soon Ting Kueh, Institut Kimia Malaysia. 9:45 a.m. Photovoltaic Effects of Zeolite-Encapsulated CdS and PbS Quantum Dots Prof. K B Yoon, Sogang University, Korea 10:15 a.m. Renewable and Sustainable Energy: Current Research Balasubramanian Viswanathan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 10:45 a.m. Triarylene Linked Organic Dyads for Sensitized Solar Cells Prof. Tahsin Chow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11:15 a.m. Question and Answer Afternoon Food 1:30 p.m. Introductory Remarks 1:45 p.m. The Oil Palm: From Food to Oleochemicals, Biofuel, Biomaterials and
Phytonutrients Prof. Datin Dr Zuriati Zakaria, Institut Kimia Malaysia 2:15 p.m. Research and Development of Food Production in Thailand Supawan Tantayanon and Supa Hannongbua, Chemical Society of Thailand 2:45 p.m. Development of Grain-Based Anthocynin-Rich Natural Health Products
El-Sayed M. Abdel-Aal, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph Food Research Center, Ontario, Canada
3:15 p.m. The Use of Different Starches for Extruded Foam Products Victoria Finkenstadt, Agricultural Research Service USDA, Peoria, IL 3:45 p.m. Question and Answer WED ESDAY MARCH 30, Departure Staying at Hyatt Regency Orange County 11999 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim/Garden Grove, California, USA 92840 Tel: +1 714 750 1234 Fax: +1 714 740 0465 http://www.orangecounty.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz The th FACS EXCO Meeting
otice is hereby given that the th FACS EXCO Meeting will be held as follows
Date Saturday March 2 2011
Time 00am 1 00pm
enue Hyatt Regency Seville Room Anaheim CA SA
Agenda
1. Apology (Prof. Chunli Bai is absent)
2. Approval of the Agenda
3. Opening Address by Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon
. Approval of the Minutes of the th EXCO Meeting
. Matters after the th EXCO Meeting
. Preparation Report for the 1 th Asian Chemical Congress
. Report from the Immediate Past President
. Report from the Coordinator of Projects
. Report from the Treasurer
10. Reports from the Director of Scientific Affairs
11. Report from the Editor of Publications
12. Other Matters (IYC 2011 if any)
Participants ame Position at EXCO Attendance Email Address
Chunli Bai President NO [email protected]
Supawan Tantayanon President-Elect YES [email protected]
Ting-Kueh Soon Immediate Past President YES [email protected]
Long Lu Secretary General YES [email protected]
San H. Thang Treasurer YES [email protected]
Tahsin J. Chow Coordinator of Projects YES [email protected]
Kyung Byung Yoon Director of Scientific Affairs YES [email protected]
Noriyuki Suzuki Editor of Publications YES [email protected]
Supa Hannongbua Secretary-General Elect YES [email protected]
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz Apology Professor Chunli Bai is unable to attend the 58th FACS EXCO Meeting. Professor Noriyuki Suzuki will leave at the late night of March 27, 2011. 3. Opening Address by Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon
. Approval of the Minutes of the th EXCO Meeting
All items were approved.
. Matters after the th EXCO Meeting a) FACS ACS Collaboration Alliance Agreement
Dr. Nancy B. Jackson, President of ACS 2011, sent a letter to Prof. Chunli Bai, President of FACS, attached the draft of the Collaboration Alliance below:
BILATERAL COLLABORATIO ALLIA CE THEMES
American Chemical Society (ACS)
and the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS)
ith a shared interest in engaging the Asian / U.S. chemical communities in collaborations,
research, education, and meetings, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS), agree to enter a three-year collaboration alliance characterized by mutual benefit, impact and a commitment to cooperation in service to chemical scientists, engineers and professionals represented in our respective organizations. In furtherance of a productive relationship for U.S. / Asian chemistry, the ACS and FACS agree to the following joint engagements and activities for the period of 2011 to 2013: � Joint development and co-authorship of one editorial annually in the FACS Newsletter
and Chemical and Engineering News (C EN) ACS Comments, focusing on U.S. / Asian collaboration activities in chemistry research, education and public outreach;
� Coordination of efforts to support and develop activity at our respective meetings to feature joint contributions of US and Asian chemistry to humankind and global challenges;
� Invitations to senior leaders of ACS and FACS leadership to attend and participate in our respective national meetings and congresses where cooperative activities will be evaluated and refined;
� Cooperation and the development of Asian / U.S. contributions to the 2011 International Year of Chemistry and beyond, including coordination of efforts to enhance the public appreciation of chemistry;
� Establishment of links to each other s websites and the ACS Network to help catalyze ACS and FACS member research collaboration, co-authorship, funding proposal
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz development, recognition, meeting content provision, resources for outreach to the general public, and educational exchange.
e agree to hold a signing ceremony of this collaboration alliance on the occasion of the 2011
ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, California. b) Asia America Chemistry Symposium (A2CS) Prof. Supawan Tantayanon sent Emails to Prof. Chunli Bai and Datuk Dr. Soon, and other EXCO members as well, regarding to Asian-America Chemical Societies (A2CS). She has discussed the matters with Nancy and Dr. Marinda
u during PACIFICHEM 2010. ACS would provide the invited speakers a one-day conference registration and two-night accommodation. Each speaker had 30 minutes for presentation and Q A. The symposium started at 8:30am, March 29, 2011. Datuk Dr. Soon Ting Kueh presented a lecture on Renewable Energy from Biological Resources. Prof. K B Yoon on Photovoltaic Effects of Zeolite-Encapsulated CdS and PbS Quantum Dots, Prof. Tahsin Chow on Triarylene Linked Organic Dyads for Sensitized Solar Cells, Prof. Datin Dr Zuriati Zakaria on the Oil Palm: From Food to Oleochemicals, Biofuel, Biomaterials and Phytonutrients, Prof Supawan Tantayanon and Supa Hannongbua on Research and Development of Food Production in Thailand c) FACS ewsletter 2010 approved and published Being revised several time and finally approved by Profs. Chunli Bai, Supawan Tantayanon, Datuk Dr. Soon Ting Kueh and Long Lu, et al, the new issue of FACS newsletter was printed on November 29, 2010. It was distributed to all EXCO members and member societies. Over 100 samples of the newsletter were distributed at the Pacifichem 2010, in December at Honolulu, USA, at the booth for Chemical Society of Japan. d) ew FACS fellows Prof. Noriyuki Suzuki sent an Email to Prof. Long Lu regarding the possibility of new FACS fellows. Two recent Nobel Laureates were promoted. Both Professor Akira Suzuki and Professor Ei-ichi Negishi gave their private consent on this matter. All EXCO members agreed to accept them and would recommend them to be approved in 16GA. e) The Indian Chemical Society back to FACS Professor Suresh C. Ameta, Past President of the Indian Chemical Society, sent an Email to Prof. Tamotsu Takahashi, who forwarded it to Prof. Long Lu. Prof. Ameta indicates that the Indian Chemical Society is willing to participate in the meetings of FACS. The right person for contact is Prof. D. C. Mukherjee, Secretary of Indian Chemical Society via Email.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz f) Activities of FACS EXCO Members Prof. Long Lu participated in the EuCheMS General Assembly and meeting of Presidents on 14-15 October, 2011 in Bled, Slovenia on behalf of Prof. Chunli Bai. Prof. Supawan Tantayanon and Prof. Noriyuki Suzuki participated in the 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2010. g) Leadership of Member Societies changed Prof. Roger Stapleford CEO of RACI sent a note by Email that the new President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) is Prof. David ood. His e-mail address is [email protected]. The best communication channel would be through him via [email protected]. Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad sent an Email to tell that he is the new President of Bangladesh Chemical Society. Mr. Can Zhang sent an Email to tell that Professor Jiannian Yao is the new President of Chinese Chemical Society. In responses to the Emails to announce the nominations for FACS Awards and Citations 2011, Prof. Nak Joong Kim and Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng sent cover letters showing that Prof. Nak Joong Kim is the new president of Korea Chemical Society and Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng is the new President of Chemical Society Located in Taipei. h) Announcement of The 12th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences E ASIA12 African
ournal of Chemical Education (A CE) The 12th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences EUASIA12 was organized in the island of Corfu, in Greece, April 16-21, 2012. Dr. Sotiris K Hadjikakou sent an E-mail to Prof Chunli Bai, to announce the Eurasia-12, in together with the invitation letter, the pre-registration form and the website of the conference (http://eurasia12.uoi.gr/). e have circulated the information to all FACS member societies and announced the Eurasia-12 and put the downloadable the invitation letter and the pre-registration form at the FACS website. Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu, Project Coordinator, ACEN, asked to make a link to African Journal of Chemical Education (AJCE) published by FASC in FACS website. http://www.faschem.org/images/african journal of chemical education.pdf i) Poster of all FACS Presidents Professor Supawan Tantayanon prepared the poster of all FACS presidents and exhibited it at UNESCO headquater in the January, 2011. j) EuCheMS Invitation Ms Evelyn K McEwan MA EuCheMS General Secretary, sent a letter to Long Lu on Feb. 10, 2011 to invite President or one Representatives of FACS to attend EuCheMS General Assembly 13-14 October 2011 in Belgrade.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz . Preparation Report for the 1 th Asian Chemical Congress
Professor Dr. Supawan Tantayanon presented this progress report on the Preparation for the 14th Asian Chemical Congress which would be held in 5-8 September 2011 Bangkok, Thailand. The International Year of Chemistry 2011 makes this congress special. Two Nobel Laureates and some eminent scientists from all over the world were invited to present keynote and plenary lectures:
ame of speaker Title of Lecture Indication of Subject Area Prof. Dr. HRH Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol Natural Products Chemistry
Prof. Yuan T. Lee (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986)
Elementary Processes Involved in Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
Prof. Ada E. Yonath (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009) The Amazing Ribosome
Prof. Minoru Isobe New Molecular Science from Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry Related to Natural Products
Prof. Yongyuth Yuthavong Drug Development at the Interface of Chemistry Biology
Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Organic Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion: From Photovoltaic Electricity to Synthetic Fuels Using CO2 Recycling
Prof. Joseph ang Motion-Based Biosensors
The scientific works would be presented in general sessions 1. Analytical and Environmental Chemistry 2. Materials and Polymer Chemistry 3. Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 4. Organic Chemistry and Green Chemistry 5. Chemical Education 6. Inorganic Chemistry, Nanochemistry and Catalysis 7. Natural Products, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry 8. Industrial Chemistry Innovation
Special topics would be covered in 21 Symposia 1. Green Chemistry in Curriculum 2. Recent Advances in Functional Materials I 3. Recent Advances in Functional Materials II (RAFM II) 4. Cheminformatics 5. International Year of Chemistry 2011 6. Flow Techniques and Downscaling for Analytical Sciences 7. Medicinal Chemistry 8. FACS - ACS Symposium
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz 9. Renewable Energy I: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 10. Renewable Energy II: Polymer-Based Solar Cells 11. Renewable Energy III: Artificial Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Production 12. Separation, Storage, and Utilization of CO2 13. Membranes for Molecular Separation 14. Assembly of Nano and Microparticles into Functional Materials 15. Novel Compounds for Display and Lighting Devices 16. Recent Progresses in Fast Kinetics and Their Application 17. Recent Trends in Heterocyclic Compounds 18. Novel Synthesis of Nano Materials and Applications 19. Medical Applications of Nano Materials 20. Recent Progresses in Lab on a Chip and Its Applications 21. Medical Applications of Biopolymers OTE One symposium will propose a symposium under A RAP
and Workshops
1. Joint Thai UK orkshop on Frontiers in Drug Discovery Research 2. IUPAC orkshop in Recent Advances of Natural Products 3. orkshop on Small Scale Chemistry 4. UNIDO workshop on Green Industry, Organic Pollutant and Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POP)
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Analytical and Environmental Chemistry 13 13 0
Materials and Polymer Chemistry 12 12 0
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 13 13 0
Organic Chemistry and Green Chemistry 12 10 2 Chemical Education 5 1 4
Inorganic Chemistry, Nanochemistry and Catalysis 13 13 0
Natural Products, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry 13 13 0
Industrial Chemistry Innovation 9 3 6
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz 14ACC will also present the exotic culture and spectacular Thai. These are organized in special theme party which you will enjoy memorably.
Opening Ceremony Plenary Hall 3 S CC Monday September 2011 Fee is included in the registration fee. It is the honor having Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn presidingover the opening ceremony and giving special keynote lecture. Welcome Reception Plenary Hall 3 S CC Monday September 2011 Fee is included in the registration fee. A warmth and special welcome program is prepared for all participants. Theprogram lets you feel the friendliness and heritage culture of Thai. An activityallows the delegates to get to know each other as well as to mingle with thetop notch and high caliber speakers. A magnificent Thai performance will bepresented. a delicious cocktail will be served to participants. Cultural Tour Grand Palace Tour Monday September 2011 13 00 1 00 Ticket: Complimentary for international delegates and accompanying ONLY The Royal Grand Palace is the nation s landmark and the most praised royal monument in Thailand. The 61-acre complex includes: at Phra Kaeo, the holiest Buddhist site in thecountry, housing the most important image, the Emerald Buddha; the GoldenChedi; the Pantheon of the Chakri Kings; and the Eight Colored Towers. Ban uet Aksara Theatre Wednesday September 2011 Ticket: 10 March 30 June 2011: USD 70 1 July On-site: USD 90 Remark: Ticket is included transfer from QSNCC to Aksara theatre. This is an evening of socialization and acquaintances. A night of opportunityfor both delegates and speakers to mingle with each other and to share andexchange scientific ideas in order to advance the technology and practices forthe best successful future of chemistry. Delectable and tasty Thai cuisine and international food buffet will be servedto all participants at the Ramayana Restaurant.
Closing Ceremony Plenary Hall 3 S CC Thursday September 2011 Fee is included in the registration fee
The Chemical Society of Thailand (C.S.T.) truly believes that besides the valuable scientific knowledge, all participants trip to Thailand, The Land of Smile, will be an impressive and memorable.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz . Report from Immediate Past-President
Prof. Datuk Dr. Soon Ting Kueh proposed a revised version for FACS Statues Rules and Regulations and Operating Procedures , The related parts were listed below: Chapter 3. FACS EXCO Meeting 3.1 The Executive Committee (EXCO) of FACS shall comprise the following as accordance
to the FACS Statutes adopted at the FACS 16th General Assembly held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 5, 2011:
President President-Elect Immediate Past-President Secretary General Treasurer Secretary General-Elect Coordinator of Projects Editor of Publications Director of Scientific Affairs One representative from each of the three regions as defined in 3.3
3.2 The representative, to be elected among the member societies within the region, will come from a member society of country/territory that is not already represented in the Executive Committee.
3.3 Memberships of FACS will be classified into the following three regions: EAST PACIFIC ASIA SOUTHEAST ASIA PAPUA SOUTH EST ASIAChina Brunei Darussalam Bangladesh Japan Indonesia India Korea Malaysia Nepal Hong Kong Philippines Pakistan Russia Singapore Sri Lanka Taipei Thailand Iraq Australia Vietnam Jordan New Zealand Papua New Guinea Kuwait Fiji Saudi Arabia
3.4 The role of the regional representative is to be a liaison between the FACS EXCO and
member societies of the region. 3.5 The representative is to be elected among the member societies within the region after
the election of the principal office bearers during the General Assembly. He or she shall hold office for one term only.
3.7 For persons holding the posts of Treasurer, Coordinator of Projects, Editor of Publication and Director of Scientific Affairs, the maximum number of terms is two. However, in certain cases, it may be extended for one more term.
3.10 The quorum for EXCO Meeting shall be seven (7) EXCO members. In the event of a quorum not being attained, the meeting shall continue as an informal EXCO Meeting; however no formal motions can be passed.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz . Report by the Treasurer
Prof. San H. Thang reported the following various FACS accounts and the FACS subscription status: A. The balance of the FACS account kept in Australia under RACI General Ledger ( No. 2-4170) as at
February 28, 2011 is: A D . 1 The above balance of AUD 48,748.61 down from the opening balance of AUD 50,370.54 (as reported at the 58th EXCO in Dead Sea, Jordan on October 7, 2010) was due to two payments totalling AUD 1,621.93 (seed moneys to ChIN project, and reimbursement to 13ACC FACS Foundation Lectureship Awardee, Prof. Hian Kee Lee s travel cost) (ref: Supporting Info 1 hand-out).
Beginning balance A D 0 3 0. Expenses (USD) AUD
13ACC FACS Foundation Lectureship Awardee s travel cost (Prof. Hian Kee Lee) (SGD 750.00)
- 606.70
FACS 2009 2010 Seed Money for FACS ChIN Project (Prof. Xiaoxia Li)
1,000.00 - 1,015.23
Closing Balance (as at February 2 2011)
A D . 1
B. Current balance of the Foreign Currency Account under Account name: Federation of Asian
Chemical Societies held with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is: SD2 1.33 (balance obtained via phone banking as @ March 15, 2011)
- The latest transaction statement number 004 (Date printed December 31st 2010) from the Commonwealth Bank shows balance of USD 27,321.01 (ref. Supporting Info 2 handout).
Beginning balance
(as reported at the 58th EXCO meeting in Dead Sea Jordan, Oct 7 2010) SD2 2. 1
Subscription fees received from Members (Year): USD The Hong Kong Chemical Society (2010) 300.00 The Chinese Chemical Society (2012) 600.00 The Bangladesh Chemical Society (2010) 110.46 The Kuwait Chemical Society (2009 2010) 1,167.84 The Saudi Chemical Society (2010) 600.00 The Himpunan Kimia Indonesia (2010 2011) 230.32
Net received total (in USD): 3,008.62 Final balance total SD2 1.33
The amount of USD 230.32 is the subscription due (2010 2011) from the Himpunan Kimia
Indonesia which was deposited on March 11th 2011 by Ms Siti Darwati. This amount is not yet shown on the latest bank statement which will be available at the end of March 2011.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz C. Cash on-hand (in USD): SD . As a result of the following activities, cash on-hand is USD 885.58 up from USD 760.00 as reported at the 58th EXCO meeting in the Dead Sea, Jordan :
Items Cash
received ( SD)
Cash Payment
( SD)
Cash on-hand ( SD)
Opening (as reported at the 58th EXCO meeting in Dead Sea, Jordan)
0.00
Reimbursement to the Treasurer for bank clearance fee of three USD cheques (Hong Kong Chemical Society; Chinese Chemical Society; The Saudi Chemical Society)
30.00 - 30.00
Reimbursement to the Treasurer for IUPAC Associated Organization Fee (2010)
50.00 - 50.00
2010 Subscription for the Thailand Chemical Society 300.00 + 300.00 Reimbursement (KR 110,000.00) to Prof Kyung Byung Yoon for the Plaque presented at the Cambodian Chemical Society Inauguration Ceremony
94.42 - 94.42
Total : . D. The dormant FACS Account kept in IKM : the Treasurer reported the current balance as following:
Accounts Balance at th EXCO (RM)
Current Balance At th EXCO (RM)
Maybank Current Account (No. 562535-177723) 3,269.01 4,196.01 Maybank Fixed Deposits (No. 212530-064600) 161,499.68 163,257.43
Total : 1 . 1 3. For details, see hand-out (Supporting Information 3).
The increase of RM 927.00 from RM 3,269.01 at the 58th EXCO to the current balance of RM 4,196.01 in the Maybank Current Account (No. 561535-177723) is being the payment of USD 300.00 for the Institut Kimia Malaysia s 2010 FACS subscription due. The increase of RM 1,757.75 for the Maybank Fixed Deposits Account is being the interest earned after maturity. E. Subscription notices/FACS Yearly Subscription List Philippines Federation of Chemistry Societies; Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon; and the Chemical Society of Vietnam did not up-to-date on their 2010 subscription. Friendly reminder had been sent by the Treasurer in Dec. 2010 but to no avail. Indian Chemical Society continues to be a problem in making dialogue with. Subscription notices for the current year 2011 were sent by airmail and email respectively in March 2011.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz . Receive and approve Report from the Coordinator of Projects
Prof. Tahsin J. Chow reported the 10 Projects and a Sub-project, Project Directors, and their activities. Asian Chemical Education Network (ACEN)
Director: Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu 4 activities have been held.
Asian Network of Analytical Chemistry (ANAC) Director: Prof. Masaaki Tabata 6 activities have been held and a proposal for coming two years was given.
Asian Network for Environmental Chemistry (ANEC) Director: Prof. Ross Saddler A proposal for coming two years was given but no concrete activity was mentioned.
Asian Network for Research on Anti-diabetic Plants (ANRAP) Director: Prof. Mohammed Mosihuzzaman 3 activities have been held.
Asian Pasific Food Analysis Network (APFAN) Director: Prof. Pieter Scheelings No activity and proposal.
Asian Chemical Information Network (ChIN) Director: Prof. Xiaoxia Li 4 activities have been held. Main activities are development of new version of FACS website and its maintenance. A proposal for coming two years was given.
Green Chemistry (GC) Director: Prof. Chee-Cheong Ho No concrete activity was mentioned but a proposal for coming two years was given.
Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Projects (MCNP) Director: Prof. David inkler Financial report (use of seed money) rather than academic activity and a proposal for coming two years were given.
Low-Cost Instrumentation-Microscale Chemistry (LCI-MSC) Director: Prof. Datin Dr. Zuriati Zakaria 2 activities have been held and a community from some member societies was organised.
History and Archives of FACS (ARCHIVE) Director: Prof. Barry N. Noller Main activity is digitising FACS General Assemblies, EXCO Meetings.
Asian Network of Metallic Chemistry (ANMC) Director: Yasushi Nishihara 5 activities have been held.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz 10. Report from Director of the Scientific Affairs Prof. Kyung Byung Yoon suggested 13 one-day Symposiato the organizer of 14ACC. The topics were listed below.
1) Renewable Energy I: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
2) Renewable Energy II: Polymer-Based Solar Cells
3) Renewable Energy III: Artificial Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Production
4) Separation, Storage, and Utilization of CO2
5) Membranes for Molecular Separation
6) Assembly of Nano and Microparticles into Functional Materials
7) Novel Compounds for Display and Lighting Devices
8) Recent Progresses in Fast Kinetics and Their Application
9) Recent Trends in Heterocyclic Compounds
10) Novel Synthesis of Nano Materials and Applications
11) Medical Applications of Nano Materials
12) Recent Progresses in Lab on a Chip and Its Applications
13) Medical Applications of Biopolymers 11. Report on FACS ewsletter Prof. Noriyuki Suzuki, Editor of Publications, reported Newsletter publication and proposal. Publication of FACS ewsletter o.1 2010
e have published the Newsletter No. 1/2010 in December 2010. e send the copies to the listed below according to the Statutes of FACS. 1) 25 copies to the member societies, except for Iraqi Chemical Society. 2) One copy to the life-time members. 3) One copy to the EXCO members. 4) One copy to the authors. 5) Two copies to the related chemical societies; e.g. IUPAC, EuCheMS, ACS, RSC, GDCh. 6) Several copies to the companies that provided the advertisement, e.g. Shimadzu, P.I., JEOL. 6) e brought copies to Pacifichem 2010.
`|Çâàxá Éy à{x HLà{ FACS EXCO `xxà|Çz Proposal for FACS ewsletter o.1 2011 Expected Contents, authors and lengths of manuscripts
Message from the President
by Dr. Chunli Bai 1-2p
Message from the Immediate Past President
by Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon. 1-2p
Minutes of the 15th General Assembly approved at 57th EXCO meeting at Xiamen.
by Prof. Long Lu, Secretary-General 10p
Minutes of the 57th EXCO meeting at Xiamen (approved at 58th EXCO,
by Prof Long Lu, Secretary-General 4-6p
Minutes of the 58th EXCO meeting at Dead Sea (approved at 59th EXCO,
by Prof Long Lu, Secretary-General To be approved 4-6p
Meeting Announcement of the 14th ACC at Bangkok (2011).
by Chairperson, Prof Supawan Tantayanon, President Elect 2p
Meeting Announcement of the 12th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences
(at Corfu, Greece, April 16-21, 2012).
by Dr. Sotiris K. Hadjikakou, University of Ioannina, Greece
General Secretary of the Conference 1p
Announcement of other chemistry meetings held in Asia. 1p
For example, 15th ACC at Singapore.
2010 Profiles of the FACS Member Societies
by Each Chemical Societies 16p
Directories 9-10p
total 40-50p March, 2011: The request mails will be sent to all authors and societies. 15th April, 2011: Reminder mails were sent to the authors who had not submitted. 31th May, 2011: A deadline for the submittal is the end of May. May, 2011: Printed issue will appear in May.
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ACS ational Meeting Tuesday August 21 2012
Background The ACS/FACS symposium East Meets West: Innovative Research for Health and Medicine, co-sponsored by the ACS Committee on International Activities (IAC) and Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS), was held on August 21st, 2012 at the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia. This ACS Presidential event, hosted by ACS Office of International Activities, with nominal co-sponsorship from ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division, featured ten dynamic researchers, five each from ACS and FACS. Representative FACS countries included Thailand, Singapore, China, and Malaysia. ACS speakers represented five different US-based universities. The symposium was divided into morning and afternoon sessions, with the morning session focusing on the theme of synthesis and manipulation of bio-materials and the afternoon focusing more on techniques used to probe their applications for health and medicine. Presentations First, Prof Millicent O. Sullivan, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, USA, discussed her group s research on Histone-mimetic peptides to study how materials go in/out of cells during gene transfer. Next, Prof Supa Hannongbua, Department of Chemistry, Kasetsart University, Thailand, presented her research group s approach of using cheminformatics (computer/information techniques) to design new HIV-1 drugs in the reverse transcriptase inhibitor family. After that, Prof Sean Brady, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, Rockefeller University, USA, discussed broad use of Genomic approaches for the discovery of new bioactive bacteria which can be applied toward health and medicine. Prof Apichart Suksamrarn, Department of Chemistry, Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand, wrapped up the morning session with his presentation on synthetic modifications of natural products as drug candidates. In the afternoon session, Prof Su Xiaodi, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry presented her work on Nanoplasmonics, a new technology used to probe nano-size materials. Next, Prof So-Jung Park,
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, USA, extended of this concept and discussed nature s use of self-assembly as a tool to control the organization and properties of nano-size particles and polymers. She was followed by Prof Neel Joshi, yss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, USA, who described a broad approach to engineer biomaterials from existing proteins and peptides. Prof Alexis Ostrowski, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, USA, then discussed her work on using light to control the release of nitric oxide, a promising technique for cancer treatment. Dr. Hong-Boon Lee, Drug Discovery Research, Cancer Research Initiative Foundation (CARIF), Malaysia, described her cancer research using Zebrafish as a tool for discovering anti-cancer
compounds from Malaysian natural products. Prof Jiang Biao of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrapped up the afternoon session discussing China s innovation in the drug discovery process and its projected rapid growth in pharmaceutical research and development.
e t Step The speakers expressed great enthusiasm for the symposium, welcoming the opportunity to share common research interests with colleagues from another part of the world, with whom they don t often interact. Much interest was expressed on ways to sustain the momentum and further exploration for collaboration. An opportunity to foster this type of international collaboration might be found within regular scientific conferences, for example, the 2013 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), which will be held August 19-23, 2013 in Singapore. This conference also features the 4th Asia-America Chemical Symposium (A2CS) on Advanced Materials. Special topics such as this or other cross-cutting topics of interest to FACS regions, i.e. health, energy, could be the focal point to convene scientists from ACS and FACS to forge new grounds in scientific collaboration for innovation.
Biographies A2CS Symposium Speakers
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Supa Hannongbua was born in 1964, Roi-et, Thailand. B.Sc. in Chemistry (1987) and M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (1989) from Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand, and Dr.rer.nat
(1991) from Innsbruck Univ., Austria, Postdoctoral Study (1995) under Prof. B.M. Rode s supervision. She started as a member of Department of Chemistry, Kasetsart University in 1989, Assistant Professor in 1995, Associate Professor in 2004 and Head of Chemistry Department in 2010. She obtained several Awards such as 1997 Young Scientist Award, 2002 T AS Young Scientist Award in Thailand, 2006 L Oreal for omen in Science, Member of Thai Academy of Science and Technology, TRF Senior Research Scholars (2007-present) and Editorial Board of Current Computer-Aided Drug Design. Member of Kasetsart University Council (2010-2012) and the Secretary-general of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) (2011-2013). Research interest is based on Computer-Aided Molecular Modelling and Drug Design, Protein-based drug design, Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Conducting polymer, Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon. Published about 90 publications, and 4 Book Chapters.
Sean F. Brady graduated with a degree in molecular biology in 1993 from Pomona College in Claremont, California. He received his Ph.D. in organic
chemistry from Cornell University in 2001. In 2002, he moved to Harvard Medical School as a fellow in the Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology. He was named an instructor in the department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School in 2004. In 2006 he moved to The Rockefeller University as an assistant professor. In 2009 Sean became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist. Sean s research interests center on both the discovery and functional characterization of new genetically encoded small molecules. One area of particular interest is the development of methods to access new biologically active small molecules from uncultured bacteria.
Dr Hong Boon Lee obtained her first degree in Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge in 1996, where she was supported by the Lee
Foundation. In the next three years, she did her PhD research with Dr Shankar Subramanian at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. Her PhD thesis on new strategies of preparing small molecules rapidly for drug discovery processes was fully funded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical (formerly known as Zeneca Pharmaceutical). Following her PhD, she won a research fellowship from the ellcome Trust, UK to continue her research in making small molecule mimics of biologically-active proteins under the guidance of Prof Kevin Burgess at Texas A M University, USA. Dr Lee returned to Malaysia in August 2001 and joined CARIF to conduct research in cancer in January 2002. She is now a Group Leader in the Drug Discovery team in CARIF, looking into ways to tab into the Malaysian biodiversity for natural compounds to fight cancer. Dr Lee has published about 30 manuscripts in the area of small molecule drug discovery. �
Ale is D. Ostrowski is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Center for Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University in
Ohio. Her group s research focuses on developing photo-responsive nanomaterials for biological applications. She received a B.A. in Chemistry from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California and her PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Ostrowski conducted her dissertation research in the laboratory of Professor Peter C. Ford as an NSF-IGERT fellow. Her dissertation research focused on understanding the photochemistry and photophysics of semiconductor quantum dots systems for therapeutic delivery of nitric oxide. Following her PhD, Dr. Ostrowski was a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA postdoctoral fellow at The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab where she synthesized and characterized upconverting nanoparticles for use in bioimaging. �
TEVf fçÅÑÉá|âÅ Millicent Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, where she also is an Affiliated Faculty
Member at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Sullivan graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering and a Certificate in Engineering Biology in 1998. Subsequently, she attended Carnegie Mellon University as a Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellow, where she earned her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering with Professor Todd Przybycien in 2003. As a Ruth L. Kirchstein NIH postdoctoral fellow, Sullivan worked with Professor E. Helene Sage in the Matrix Biology/Hope Heart Program of the Benaroya Research Institute. In 2006, Sullivan moved to the University of Delaware, where her laboratory develops novel biomaterials for drug delivery, gene delivery, and tissue engineering applications. Their work includes novel synthetic and self-assembly approaches for the production of peptide and polymer-based materials, as well as mechanistic investigation of intracellular delivery pathways. Sullivan is a faculty member in the Delaware Biomaterials COBRE, a member of the Penn Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine (CT3N), an Affiliate Member of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, and has recently received awards including an NSF CAREER award and a Merck Faculty Fellow Award.
So- ung Park obtained her Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 2002 under the guidance of Prof. Chad Mirkin with a thesis on DNA-mediated assembly of nanostructured materials:
structure, properties, and biodetection applications. Her PhD work was recognized by the Nobel laureate signature award for graduate education in chemistry. Then, she did
her postdoctoral research with Prof. Paul Barbara at University of Texas at Austin, where she studied the photophysical properties of conjugated polymers and nanoparticles in device environment. She joined the faculty of the department of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 2005. Her current research focuses on controlling materials properties by the self-assembly of nanoparticles and amphiphilic polymers. She recently received the NSF career award, ARO young investigator award, and Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award.
Prof. Apichart Suksamrarn received his B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1970 from Mahidol University, Thailand and was subsequently awarded M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry in 1972 from the
same university. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1975 from the University of Cambridge, U.K. He received his postdoctoral training at CSIRO, Division of Organic Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia in 1985. He started his career in 1975 as an academic supervisor at the Department of Teacher Education, Ministry of Education. In 1981, he moved to Ramkhamhaeng University where he is now a Professor in Organic Chemistry. Professor Suksamrarn has conducted research in the studies of biologically active natural products and the use of chemistry and biotechnology to modify the structures and enhance the biological activities of natural products. His research focus is on natural products drug discovery, with particular emphasis on bioreductive prodrug design and drug targeting. He has published over 125 papers in international peer reviewed journals. In 1998, he was presented with the Outstanding Scientist Award from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King. He was the recipient of the National Outstanding Researcher Award from the National Research Council of Thailand in 2001.
TEVf fçÅÑÉá|âÅ eel oshi is an Assistant
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Harvard s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his BS from Harvey Mudd
College and his PhD (organic chemistry) from University of California, Berkeley. He has authored 11 publications and holds two patents. Neel draws on synthetic chemistry, protein engineering, and programmed self-assembly in his quest to engineer new biomolecules based on the design principles found in nature. His research focus is two-fold: using directed evolution to develop new proteins to perform important functions and controlling the self-assembly of certain proteins to create different types of nanostructures for different purposes. The biomaterials that could result from these dual efforts will be used to address problems at the forefront of medical imaging, tissue engineering, and drug delivery.
Dr. Xiaodi Su received her PhD (majored analytical chemistry) in 1995 from Nankai University, China. She was a postdoctroal fellow in Tianjin University, China (1996-1997) and a Research Associate in National
University of Singapore (1997-1998) before she joined the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE). Currently she is a senior scientist in the Materials Analysis Characterization Group in IMRE and leads a research group pursuing research in cross-disciplinary fields of chemistry, materials science and biology. She has published more than 70 research papers in prestigious journals and owns 10 patents. She has initiated and completed a number of research projects as a project investigator. She recently received two grants awarded by the Cross Council Office, A-STAR. She has been a (co)supervisor of seven PhD and three Master students in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), and Sheffield University (UK).
Dr. Biao iang is Professor of Chemistry of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of editorial advisory board of Chemical Communication,
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom. He received his PhD in 1988 from Lanzhou University. After two years as postdoctoral research in the organometallic chemistry at SIOC, he spent three years as a visiting scientist working on the medicinal chemistry in DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Co., at the DuPont Experimental Station, Delaware, USA. In 1995, he returned to SIOC, where he is currently professor and was director from 2001 to 2009. Now he is a vice president of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Science. Dr. Biao Jiang is a Co-chair of the chemicals technical options Committee and member of technology and economic Assessment panel of United Nation environmental Program (UNEP) since 2005. He is a member of RIKEN Advisory Council. The research project of Professor Jiang s group involves the development of new methodology in asymmetric synthesis, total synthesis of marine natural alkaloids and steroids, fluorine-containing bioactive molecular, as well as organic process research and development of green chemistry.
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Shie-Ming Peng Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
[email protected] Metal string complexes are linear molecules consist of a linear transition metal framework helically wrapped by four organic ligands (Figure 1). 1 Because of this special one-dimensional conformation, metal string complexes are of considerable significance for their potential applications as molecular wires. 2
Fig 1. Trinuclear metal string complexes.
The story for developing metal string complexes should be traced back to the synthesis of Ni3(dpa)4Cl2 (dpa dipyridylamido anion) in 1968. 3 At that time, a structure of this compound was proposed to contain a paramagnetic trinickel core. In 1991, the exact structure of this complex, in which there is a linear Cl Ni Ni Ni Cl chain surrounded by four dpa ligands, was solved ambiguously. This novel geometry, Ni3(dpa)4Cl2 and its analogue, Cu3(dpa)4Cl2, caught my attention in the mid- 90s. My group began to synthesize compounds of M3(dpa)4Cl2 (M CoII, CrII, RuII, and RhII) 4 first and subsequently longer linear oligometallic complexes. The key is to prepare oligopyridylamido ligands with tunable lengths (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Oligo-�-pyridylamido ligands and metal string complexes. Accordingly, a number of pentametal complexes M5(tpda)4Cl2 (M NiII, CoII,
CrII and RuII, tpda2 tripyridyldiamido), heptametal complexes M7(teptra)4Cl2 (M
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tetrapyridyltriamido) and nonametal complexes M9(peptea)4Cl2 (M NiII and CrII, peptea4 pentapyridyltetraamido) have been prepared and characterized. 1 Since all these compounds contain a linear metal-atom chain, the compounds are thereafter termed Metal String Complexes by me. It is well-known that paddlewheel dinuclear transition metal compounds, mainly synthesized and studied by Professor F.A. Cotton, 5 are great examples for studying metal-metal bonds. At the initial stage of the development of metal string complexes, the research interests focus on the studies of multinuclear metal-metal bonds since the geometry of metal strings is considered as an extended version of paddlewheel dinuclear transition metal compounds. As the number of metal centers increases, many types of multinuclear metal-metal bonds evolve. The achievements on the metal-metal bonding of the extended multimetal systems in my work significantly expanded the scope in the field of chemical bonding.
In addition to the fundamental researches, Professor Cotton suggested that metal string complexes may have potential to be molecular wires due to their linear framework. 6 Based on this interesting assumption, I worked together with Professor Chun-hsien Chen to quantitatively measure the conductance of metal string complexes by a measurement scheme named STM-BJ (scanning tunneling microscopy-breaking junction). 7 The conductance of metal string complexes shows positive correlation with the metal-metal bond orders. Moreover, the conductance can be fine-tuned by the adjustment of the bond orders via either chemical or electrochemical oxidation, indicative of a potential molecular switches. My group further explores naphthyridyl-modulated metal string complexes (Figure 3) 8 which are less anionic and thus do not compensate the positive charges at the central oligonickel core as what the oligopyridylamido ligands do. Consequently, the formation of reduced units of mix-valence Ni2(napy)4
3+ takes place within the linear metal framework.
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3+ unit has a great electron mobility which significantly enhances the conductance of metal string complexes, a great breakthrough to the rational design of molecular wires with superior conductance. My work on metal string complexes has been well recognized as an outstanding contribution to science worldwide. The design and the realization of the interesting metal strings have shown exceptional creativity and intellectual depth. It is also important to note that the longest metal string complex, Ni11(tetra)4Cl2
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recently been reported by my group (Figure ). 9 This unprecedented long metal string complex is a great landmark in this research field, and makes significant progress of science.
Figure . The longest metal string complex, Ni11(tetra)4Cl2
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7 S.-Y. Lin, I- . P. Chen, C.-h. Chen, M.-H. Hsieh, C.-Y. Yeh, T.- . Lin, Y.-H. Chen, S.-M. Peng, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 959.
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9 R. H. Ismayilov, .-Z. ang, G.-H. Lee, C.-Y. Yeh, S.-A. Hua, Y. Song, M.-M. Rohmer, M. B nard, S.-M. Peng, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50 (2011) 2045.
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Distinguished Young Chemist Award 2011 in Inorganic Chemistry
Metallopolyynes and Metallophosphors ew Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications
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Organometallic molecules are shown
to play increasing vital roles in organic electronics, optoelectronics and nanotechnology. For instance, they hold great promise as versatile functional materials for use in energy interconversions. The transformations of light into electricity and electricity into light in solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), respectively, are two complementary concepts that have attracted much recent research interest. The chemical and physical properties of such organometallic material can be fine-tuned simply by varying its chemical structure to develop the best material to fit a particular energy conversion application. These metal-containing compounds are very useful in energy-generating (solar cells) and energy-saving (OLEDs) applications (A) Multifunctional Metallopolyynes and their Oligomers Our research contribution in this area was focused on metallopolymers which combine the processing advantages of polymers with the functionality due to the metal centers. Organometallic poly(aryleneethynylene) derivatives containing heavy metal salts are recognized for their exciting functional properties, structural variability and emerging applications and they can also be used to sample triplet emission from soluble and processable materials. These materials have applications as sensor protectors against intense laser beam, as converters for
light/electricity signals in OLEDs and solar cells and as patternable precursors to magnetic metal alloy nanoparticles (Fig. 1).
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forbidden long-lived phosphorescence can be directly probed experimentally using optical methods since the incorporation of heavy atoms into the polymer backbone promotes efficient intersystem crossing that enables radiative decay from the triplet state.
e have made unique contributions in elucidating the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the triplet excited states at the molecular level and fine-tuning the triplet level over a wide energy range through optimization of the R group. This enables us to gain a deep understanding of the evolution of singlet and triplet excited states with the polymer structure. The approach was also extended to their oligomeric congeners and the d10 gold(I) and mercury(II) neighbors. Harvesting of organic triplet emissions harnessed through the heavy-atom effects of group 10 12 metals was studied in various molecular and polymeric metallized systems. e have established the functional properties of this class of materials by structural variations of the metal groups or their auxiliary ligands and the central spacers (e.g. J. Chem. Phys., 1 , 110, 4963; Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 3506; Macromolecules, 200 , 37, 4496; Chem. Mater., 200 , 18, 1369). e have addressed the trade-off optimization problem between the phosphorescence parameters and optical bandgaps. A novel approach based on conjugation interruption using main group elements was pioneered by our team to significantly boost the phosphorescence decay rates and the results are remarkable in regard to achieving comparable orders of magnitude for the radiative and nonradiative phosphorescence decay rate constants (Chem. Commun., 200 , 2420; Chem. Eur. J., 200 , 12, 2550; Dalton Trans., 2002, 4587). The use of chalcogen atoms can even render the phosphorescence readily observable at room temperature for Pt polymers. Very recently, we accomplished a new metallopolyyne with by
far the lowest bandgap of 1.44 1.47 eV and the absorption edge can be extended into the near-infrared region (Dalton Trans., 200 , 5484, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2010, 31, 861). The impact of our systematic work has been summarized in several well-respected invited review articles (Coord. Chem. Rev., 200 , 250, 2627; Dalton Trans., 200 , 4495; Comment Inorg. Chem., 200 , 26, 39; J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., 200 , 15, 197, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2010, 31, 671). (ii) Mercury Alkynyls as Templates for
ew Organometallic Materials and Polymers Our team has extended the excellence in metallopolymers of platinum(II) to those of mercury(II). Over the past few years, mononuclear, dinuclear and polynuclear metal alkynyl systems of mercury were extensively investigated in terms of their intriguing photophysical behavior and mercurophilic interactions (Coord. Chem. Rev., 200 , 251, 2400; Organometallics, 2001, 20, 5446; Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4475; Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 200 , 2066; Chem. Eur. J., 200 , 12, 2550; Chem. Mater., 200 , 18, 1369). e have communicated the first example of soluble high-molecular-weight phosphorescent mercury(II) polyyne �HgC�CArC�C � n in which organic triplet emissions can be harvested by the strong heavy-atom effects of mercury ion (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 4064). If they can be further activated to be multifunctional, the work has great potential to excel in optoelectronic fields that demand low manufacturing cost and light energy harvesting from the triplet state. The development of analytical protocols based on mercury(II) acetylides for the rapid and cheap control of environmental mercury pollutants represents a key goal of analytical green chemistry that
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certainly deserves further examination (J. Organomet. Chem., 200 , 691, 1092; Inorg. Chim. Acta, 200 , 360, 109). Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques also offer many new exciting opportunities in the design of molecular devices. e fabricated LB films of heteropolyoxometalate/organomercury acetylide hybrid composites and other related materials which display highly organized lamellar structure and interesting photoelectric behavior (Chem. Mater., 200 , 19, 1704; J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem., 200 , 46, 3193).
(iii) Optical Power Limiting (OPL) of Highly Transparent Metallopolyynes ith the rapid development of laser technology in the photonic era, the damage of human eyes, optical sensors, and sensitive optical components caused by exposure to powerful wavelength-agile laser pulses has stimulated many researchers to develop effective optical limiters possessing high solubility, fast response speed, good linear transparency and high linear transmission.
e report some solution-processable colorless homo- and heterometallic polyynes which reveal superior OPL/transparency trade-offs (Chem. Mater., 200 , 17, 5209; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 200 , 45, 6189; Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 17, 963; Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 19, 531; Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 2541). Among these, the first example of a soluble heteronuclear platinum-mercury polyyne polymer was presented which was shown to be highly transparent in the visible regime. It displays excellent OPL capabilities at a high linear transmittance of 92 , which outperforms that of current state-of-the-art visible light-absorbing competitors such as C60, metalloporphyrins and metallophthalocyanines. Coupling of mercury(II) unit to the platinum(II) polyyne main chain breaks the -conjugation to a
certain extent but favorably optimizes the transparency/nonlinearity trade-off, which could be important advances for the fabrication of practical eye protection devices. (iv) Metallopolyynes as ew Functional Materials for Organometallic Photovoltaics Solar energy has the capacity to meet the increasing global energy needs. Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology significantly reduces atmospheric emissions, preventing the environment from the detrimental effects of these gases. Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on conjugated organic polymers have been extensively studied due to their great potential for cost-effective photovoltaic devices. However, one possible approach which has not been commonly explored involves the use of metal-containing polymers. In this context, we invented a soluble platinum(II) metallopolyyne containing 4,7-di-2 -thienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole with a low bandgap of 1.85 eV. The bulk-heterojunction cells consisting of this metallated polymer and PCBM (1:4 blend ratio, PCBM 6,6 -phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester) exhibited a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.1 � 0.9 in spite of the simple device structure (no TiOx spacer layer) and no thermal annealing (Nature Mater., 200 , 6, 521). This is the first low-bandgap metallopolyyne that shows such high efficiency. The work can open a completely new venture towards high-efficiency polymer solar cells to capture sunlight for efficient power generation, which contrasts with the purely organic donor materials currently in use. Properties of these polyplatinynes, including their chemical structures, absorption coefficients, bandgaps, charge mobilities, accessibility of
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triplet excitons, molecular weights and blend film morphologies, critically influence the device performance (Macromol. Chem. Phys., 200 , 209, 14; Acc. Chem. Res., 2010, 43, 1246). Our group has then developed a novel synthetic strategy that allows for tuning of the optical absorption and charge transport properties as well as the solar cell efficiency of these metallopolyynes using different number of oligothienyl rings (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 200 , 129, 14372; Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 18, 2824). Their photovoltaic responses and PCEs depend to a large extent on the number of thienyl rings along the main chain. On the other hand, the absorption of these materials can also be tuned to traverse the near-visible and near-infrared spectral regions. e have nicely demonstrated efficient near-infrared photocurrent spectral responses (up to 900 nm) for extremely low-bandgap metallopolyynes (Dalton Trans., 200 , 5484; Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2010, 31, 861). (v) Functional Metallopolymers as Precursors to Magnetic Metal Alloy
anoparticles One of the latest applications of metal-containing polymers is as precursors for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles (NPs) via thermal or radiation treatment. Although many of the most desirable properties are exhibited by metal alloy NPs, metallopolymer precursors to polymetallic NPs have proven more difficult to synthesize to date, as they require both the controlled incorporation of different metal atoms into the macromolecular architecture and also appropriate ancillary ligation that does not interfere with the formation of the desired alloy NP product. Yet, reports of patterned FePt NP thin films are extremely rare. e have recently developed an elegant one-step synthesis of ferromagnetic FePt
NPs from some novel air- and moisture-stable, film-forming bimetallized polyferroplatinyne polymer precursors, which can be utilized directly as functional templates to fabricate FePt NP array patterns by various lithographic methods (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 200 , 47, 1255; Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 1034). Future work will focus on the generalization of this approach to other magnetic metal alloy NPs and the creation of patterned magnetic films for the fabrication of spintronic switching devices and devices for high-density magnetic data storage in which the convenient and rapid patterning of magnetic NPs is highly desirable. (B) Functional Metallophosphors for High-Performance Color-Tunable and White Light OLEDs Although there is a large body of literature information about phosphorescent iridium(III) and platinum(II) complexes, utilization of their derivatives playing multifunctional roles for electrophosphorescent (EL) OLEDs remains to be studied. To advance the development of novel metallophosphors to fill this gap, we takes advantage of the characteristic of metal groups coupled with the bipolar character of new charge balance ligand systems (see Figure 2, J. Mater. Chem., 200 , 19, 4457; Coord. Chem. Rev., 200 , 253, 1709; J. Photochem. Photobio. C: Photochem. Rev., 2010, 11, 133; Chem. Asian J., 2011, 6, 1706). A novel class of trifunctional platinum(II) cyclometalated complexes have been reported in which the hole-transporting triarylamine, electron-transporting oxadiazole and electroluminescent metal components are integrated into a single molecule (Inorg. Chem., 200 , 45, 10922). Such multifunctional phosphorescent Pt complexes can be utilized for the fabrication
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of neat emissive layer OLEDs (Organometallics, 200 , 24, 4079). e have also prepared highly robust, amorphous iridium(III) complexes which possess dual functions (light emission and hole transportation) and very short phosphorescence lifetimes. These dyes show orange electrophosphorescence with very high EL efficiencies. End-capping of the fluorene core with NPh2 group in the phosphor was shown to offer advantages in terms of lowering the first ionization potential, enhancing thermal stability and hole transport character, and inducing good morphological stability as compared to the parent 2-pyridinylfluorene congener (Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 16, 838). Efficient all-phosphor dual-color white-light OLEDs ( OLEDs) have also been fabricated which use blue phosphor FIr(Pic) and the new orange phosphor doped into separate layers (Chem. Mater., 200 , 18, 5097; US Patent No.: US 7,652,136 B2). Likewise, we have reported highly efficient OLEDs employing robust green electrophosphorescent multi-component iridium(III) guest complexes derived from 2- 3-(N-arylcarbazolyl) pyridine and this approach can facilitate hole transport and enhance EL efficiencies by about 55 as compared to the prototypical fac- Ir(ppy)3 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 200 , 45, 7800; Appl. Phys. Lett., 200 , 95, 133304). Given the ease of synthesis and performance advantage inherent to these carbazole-based phosphors, extension of the system to other emission colors using different substituents on the pyridine ring is particularly challenging (Chem. Asian J., 200 , 4, 89). Highy efficient simple two-element OLEDs with excellent color stability were fabricated using a iridium-carbazolyl orange triplet emitter in conjunction with a blue singlet emitter. By using a system where the host singlet is resonant with the blue fluorophore singlet
state and the host triplet is resonant with the orange phosphor triplet level, this device structure achieved peak EL efficiencies of 26.6 cd/A and 13.5 lm/ that are superior to other two-element all-fluorophore or all-phosphor counterparts (Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 18, 928; Appl. Phys. Lett., 200 , 92, 083301). Generally, a dilemma facing dopant-based red OLEDs was realized in which efficient and bright dopants are not red enough, and red-enough dopants are not efficient and bright. Highly efficient OLEDs exhibiting saturated red EL with Commission Internationale de L Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates at x 0.67, y
0.33 have attracted increasing attention for their applications in full-color flat-panel displays. Optimization of the OLED efficiency/color purity trade-off is thus a key issue for the realization of highly efficient phosphors with good color purity of red EL. Recently, highly efficient pure red OLEDs based on multi-component iridium electrophosphors functionalized with hole-transporting carbazole modules and triphenylamine dendrons have appeared in another two seminal papers. These bifunctional complexes and dendrimers give a peak efficiency of about 12 with excellent CIE coordinates of (0.68, 0.32) to (0.70, 0.30) and offer an attractive avenue to developing metal phosphors with optimized efficiency/color purity trade-offs for pure red-emitting devices (Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 18, 319; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 200 , 46, 1149). A new and versatile strategy was developed for the phosphorescence color tuning of cyclometalated iridium phosphors by simple tailoring of the phenyl ring of ppy with various main-group moieties in Ir(ppy-X)2(acac) and Ir(ppy-X)3 (X B(Mes)2, SiPh3, GePh3, NPh2, POPh2, OPh, SPh,
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SO2Ph). This can be achieved by shifting the charge-transfer character from the pyridyl groups in traditional Ir ppy-type complexes to the electron-withdrawing main-group units, which is conceptually different from the classical color tuning protocols in the literature. This color tuning strategy using electron-withdrawing main-group moieties provides a novel access to iridium(III) phosphors with improved electron injection/electron transporting features essential for highly efficient, color-switchable OLEDs (Adv. Funct. Mater., 200 , 18, 499; Chem. Asian J., 200 , 3, 1830). Although OLEDs can challenge standard incandescent light bulbs in terms of power efficiency (PE), a high color rendering index (CRI) is needed for true color reproduction. Single-dopant OLEDs with green Pt triplet emitters were developed recently in which the blue fluorescence is coupled with green phosphorescence and red aggregate bands (Chem. Commun., 200 , 3574; J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 7472). These simple OLEDs emit white light of the best record quality CIE at (0.354, 0.360), CRI of 97 and CCT at 4719 K ever produced by OLEDs even at brightness 15000 cd/m2. It is possible to duplicate sunlight this way and the white light produced is better than that by other benchmark lighting sources currently in use. Such stratagem can also avoid the use of the more sophisticated stacked OLED design and represents a significant breakthrough to address the bottle-neck problem on the white color quality/brightness/efficiency trade-offs that is necessary for pure white light of great commercial value. On the other hand, while the relatively low PE and luminous efficiency (LE) have become the most pressing problem facing PLEDs, the most widely used and effective approach at present to circumvent this problem has
focused on the fluorescent host-phosphorescent dopant system. e recently reported some highly efficient white polymer light-emitting diodes ( PLEDs) with a single emitting layer containing sky-blue triplet emitting and some efficient yellow/orange metallophosphors doped into a polymer matrix with an appropriate ratio (Adv. Mater., 200 , 21, 4181. A forward viewing LE exceeding 40 cd/A was achieved, with the corresponding PE over 20 lm/ . hen all the photons are taken into account for illumination, a maximal total LE of 85 cd/A and a maximal total PE of 40 lm/ can be obtained in PLEDs.
PLEDs with a record-high total power efficiency of 50 lm/ (corresponding to an external quantum efficiency of 28.8 and a luminous efficiency of 60 cd/A) were also demonstrated very recently based on two newly synthesized yellow-emitting iridium complexes functionalized with the sterically hindered diarylfluorene chromophores (Adv. Mater., 2011, 23, 2976). In 2012, we also reported the first study in which the light-emitting efficiency of the solution-processed
OLEDs can approach that of the competitive fluorescent lamp (Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 1873). The high efficiency of the
PLEDs, together with the simplicity of the device, makes the devices promising candidates for large area, low-cost solid-state lighting sources.
Figure 2. Some journal cover highlights for our OLED research.
ctÑxÜá Éy YTVf TãtÜw ECDDDistinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement Award 2011
Industrial Chemistry & Innovation
Pailin Chuchottaworn IRPC Public Company Limited, Thailand
Chemistry is long considered as one of the main pillars of science because of its uniqueness and its connections with other fields of basic sciences such physics, biology, material science, etc. The evolution of chemistry science has been gradual since the time of alchemists until it becomes a well established and respected independent field of basic science. ith our current understanding of chemistry, it is safe to say that, all creatures on earth are created by right chemistry Chemical processes also have been helping maintaining, improving and augmenting living stand for mankind (see Fig. 1). Today everything surrounding us including the 4 basic physical needs, e.g. foods, clothes, habitats and medications all are consisted of and/or originated from various kinds of chemical substances via chemical processes by one way or the other.
Fig. 1. Chemical evolution and mankind
Chemical evolution along with the development of humanities has progressed significantly in all countries around the world.
The evolution of human society has been
advancing rapidly from the ancient agrarian era into the modern society by the erupt of industrial revolution and from now into the era of knowledge and intelligence as shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Phase of human society developments Recently, every business organizations strive forward with the innovation strategies in order to stay ahead in extremely competitive industrial environment. Also the novel trend of changes in business direction from a resource based strategies to a knowledge and intelligence based strategies. Since all natural resources are being depleted at faster rate due to its finite nature, these make the chemical innovation become more important and be the major savior to sharpen the organization s winning competitive edge, especially in those
ctÑxÜá Éy YTVf TãtÜw ECDDcountries which natural resources are scarce. For instance, South Korea, Japan and Switzerland are known as the countries with the most innovative developments.
Fig. 3. Process from research to
commercialization
Research and development is the first tool to create many new innovative ideas and technologies which help improve living quality. Undeniably the R Ds in chemical field has played a major role and contribute most to this extent as captured in Fig 3. For example, we have new performance materials for garments, new classes of medicines that address the latest erupt of epidemics, new generations of food supplements and pesticides that help generate more food supplies, new materials for housing and transportation, etc. Chemical industry plays important roles in enabling, connecting, complimenting and advancing other branches of industries to generate new technologies for all the innovative services and products.
However, chemical industry like any others
has two faces which mirroring each other. It has not only created positive impact, but also generated the negative side as well. It is accused of generating more greenhouse gases, more carcinogens, more pollutions and toxic
wastes, etc. ith all these in mind, new younger generations tend to move away from chemistry by perceiving chemical industry as the one being responsible for all pollutions and damages to their environment. Hence study and work in the field of chemistry or chemical related are less noble and unattractive when compared with the others.
Therefore, the current generation of
chemical practitioners, who must take on this sacred duty to rejuvenate and to revitalize the understandings and images of chemical science. So, our industry will last together with the existence of mankind.
For examples of the chemical process
innovations; IRPC public company limited which is the first fully integrated petrochemical complex in Southeast Asia, has been operating and improving the production procedure to create green products for environmental-friendly. IRPC developed 5 new innovative styrenic groups which are 1.) Green ABS, 2.) Anti-Dripping Additive, 3.) Impact Modifier MBS, 4.) Anti-Bacteria, 5.) Powder ABS. Especially, Green ABS is new innovation for ABS resin. According to US government has recommended to use bio-based plastics made from non food chain or uneatable natural plant sources for replacement of synthesis plastics as shown in EPEAT� (Electronic Products Environment Assessment Tools) and minimum content of renewable/bio-based plastic material, shall contain an average of at least 10 percent renewable or biobased plastic. So, Green ABS is specially formulated
ctÑxÜá Éy YTVf TãtÜw ECDDby reducing used 20-40 of the synthetic rubber in an Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) with natural rubber instead. IRPC, claimed to be a pioneer of this ABS resin innovation. It cuts the amount of synthetic rubber content in ABS, which has a wide application like producing electric appliances and automobile dashboards, by 20-50 . By infusing natural rubber, the Green ABS offers opportunities of cutting carbon dioxide emission by 0.7 million tonnes a year. At the same time, by using 10 of natural rubber as a replacement, Green ABS has had a healthy connotation in that it cuts the usage of Butadiene, a carcinogen. Green ABS sees an increasing demand from oversea firms which want to reduce the carbon footprints.
Moreover, IRPC successfully developed
the vehicle tyres for environmental-friendly and safety for healthy products which are called TDAE (Treated Distillate Aromatic Extract) and RAE (Residue Aromatic Extract). The tyre and rubber industry has been growing up all over the world. The market for Runner Process Oil (RPO), also known as extender oil or aromatic oil, as one of the key components for rubber formulation, is also growing along side with the industry. The RPO is known as a substance that mostly contains Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs), the substance that has been proven to be a Carcinogen, triggering mutation and altering the human cells. Because of that, the European Union has announced a EU regulation about limitation on the usage of these substances, not to contain PAHs over than 10mg per 1kg of rubber.
Furthermore, the European Tyre Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) has agreed with the regulation and requires all suppliers of both oil and rubbers to follow the regulation. The regulation has concluded to be enforced starting from 1 January 2009. It is the regulation that caught IRPC attention and foresees the future of the RPO to invest on its research and development in order to study and formulate a new RPO with low PAHs content. TDAE and RAE are a kind of aromatic extract used as a raw material for tyres and rubbers, similar to RPO. Its unique properties are far beyond the normal RPO. Its sustains high Viscosity Gravity Constant (VGC), the property needed in order to formulate high quality tyres and rubbers, while also delivered lower carcinogenic substances, calculated by Polycyclic Aromatic Content (PCA) passing EU regulation. IRPC is the first producer in Thailand that used their own advanced technology to produce these products. TDAE and RAE are also widely accepted by the top multination tyre producers throughout the world.
These chemical process innovations are
the one of important step toward the future developments for better goodness of environmental friendliness and healthier society in order to make our world to be a better place.
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Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award 2011 Development Promotion and Dissemination of
Microscale Chemistry and Green Chemistry Education
Kazuko OGINO. Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
[email protected] 1. Introduction
The year 2011 was the International Year of Chemistry. The unifying theme was Chemistry our life, our future. Chemistry has contributed so much for the improvement of the quality of human life. Our understanding of the material nature is grounded in the knowledge of chemistry, and we are using so many products of chemical industry. During the past decades, we learned that the use of such products has profound and sometimes severe effects on our environment. Therefore, chemical education is very important for future responsible citizens. In Japan, however, some students are not interested in chemistry. 1 One reason is the way chemistry is taught: scarcity of hands-on experiments. 2 In the study of chemistry, actual experience of experiment is important as Cunfucius said: Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Let me do it and I will understand. I have been engaging in activities of green chemistry education and encouragement and development of chemistry experiments, especially Microscale Chemistry (MC). 2. Development of E periments on Coordination Chemistry
I started my carrier as a coordination chemist. In early1970s, I began educational activities since I found that coordination chemistry is not familiar to high school teachers. To make the education of coordination chemistry more attractive, late Professor Kazuo Saito (Chemistry Department, Tohoku University, then) and I organized a group of high school teachers to develop experiments on coordination chemistry.
e developed an experiment on the
reversible absorption of oxygen by the use of cobalt(II) ammine complexes. For example, the oxygen content in the air can be estimated by this method. 3 This experiment has been employed in many workshops for both teachers and students.
Many transition metal complexes have characteristic colors, and are suited for the dramatic experiments. By the use of metal complexes, we developed experiments integrating various basic concepts. In addition to experiments on metal complexes, we utilized modern materials such as photochromic spiropyrans and SP- and QAE-Sephadex, through which students can feel some features of contemporary chemistry. 3. E periments on Ion E changers
In 1988, I developed experiment Metal Ions on Ion Exchangers: isualization of Behaviors of Complex Ions . The aim is to give some images on coordination chemistry and to let students recognize that transition metals are precious resources.
The experiment involves ion exchange column chromatography and the use of chelate resins. Ordinary column chromatography experiments tend to be time-consuming. e decided to develop time-saving experiments which are accompanied colorful changes taking place every minute. e succeeded in developing such experiment by the use of tiny columns. The size of the exchanger bed is about 0.7 cm in diameter and 2 cm in height. Through these experiments we found the advantages of downsizing of experiment scale. Together with several junior and senior high school teachers, we started new research to develop various
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microscale experiments.
. Development Promotion and Dissemination of Microscale Chemistry
The general advantages of MC are the reduction of environmental impacts (reduction of energy, chemicals, wastes), and the improved laboratory safety. However, MC is not just miniaturizing conventional equipment or reducing amount of reagents used, more importantly, there should be some innovation and creativity. Some excellent MC experiments are more effective and attractive than ordinary ones. Therefore, the development of such experiments is important. In 1993 we started to develop MC in all basic area of high school chemistry.
Despite the importance of hands-on-experiments, number of experiments has been decreasing remarkably in Japan. One of the reasons is: Experiments are regarded as waste of time. 2 e thought that the development of excellent MC, which is time-saving and effective, is important. e developed attractive microscale experiments on the following basic topics: 1) Acids and bases, 2) Properties of metal ions, 3)Oxidation-reduction reactions, 4) Activity series (Ag, Cu, Fe, Zn and Pb), 5)Electrolysis of some aq. solutions, 6) Measurement of volumes of hydrogen and oxygen by the electrolysis of water, 7)Chemical equilibrium and Le Ch telier s principle (Acid-base equilibrium, solubility equilibrium, and complex formation equilibrium), 8) Galvanic cells, 9) Fuel cells, 10) Lead storage battery, 11) Reaction rate, 12) Titrations, 13) Properties of amino acids, 14) Ion exchange, 15) Some reactions of transition metal ions, 16) Separation of several organic compounds, etc. Low price glass and plastic wares such as 12- and 24-well plates, strips, vials, syringes and droppers are used. These are available in any countries at low prices.
One example of our MC experiment is the electrolysis of water in a micro Hoffman voltammeter made of two plastic
1-mL syringes and disposable stopcocks as shown in Figure 1. 5 Each student can measure the volumes of gases evolved during electrolysis quantitatively as it does not occupy large area and can be constructed at low cost. In a typical experiment, evolution of 0.40 mL oxygen and 0.80 mL hydrogen can be observed in 5 min.� Even primary school pupils can manipulate the apparatus. The experiment has been carried out in many workshops for both students and teachers in and outside Japan (Figure 2).
Figure 1 Microscale Hoffman Apparatus for Electrolysis consist of 1 mL syringes, disposable stopcocks, pins and a 12-well plate. Every student can manipulate his/her own apparatus. It is portable.
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Figure 2 orkshop held in Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (up) and in the UNESCO training in Microscience, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia in 2007(down).
In MC, students can experience various
reactions by themselves. In addition, students can challenge exploring activities instead of the cookbook experiments following the manual, because microscale experiments are safe and can be carried out in a short time. Exploring activities can increase students positive attitude and nurture innovated and creative thinking.
e practiced such activities in chemistry class and in workshops.
e have been working to popularize MC to make chemistry classes more attractive and effective in deepening students understanding. e have organized many workshops in and outside Japan to popularize MC. In addition to experiments we developed, some other experiments such as 11 yen battery 6 are introduced. It is now getting popular in some Asia-Pacific countries.
Among the positive impacts associated with MC, consolidation of the environmental awareness and the creation of the sense of Green Chemistry (GC) are included. 7 Both MC and GC approaches address pollution prevention and are relevant to science majors as well as non-science majors and high school students.
. Green Chemistry Education Our life has been supported and
enriched by wide varieties of chemical products which have been invented by
chemists and realized by chemical industries. However, some chemicals have caused pollution and some chemicals caused entirely new environmental problems which were hitherto not experienced in human history and exceeded our scientific knowledge when they were introduced. The movement has arisen during 1990s to minimize negative impacts to environment by chemicals. In Japan, The Green Sustainable Chemistry Network Japan (GSCN) was launched in March 2000. Green Sustainable Chemistry (GSC, http://www.gscn.net/) is defined as Chemical technologies to realize the human and environmental health, minimization of energy and resource consumption . In Japan, sustainability is stressed and the expression Green Sustainable Chemistry is formal. It is similar to GC, and the abbreviations of GC and GSC are not differentiated here.
To promote GC, education is essential. I was among the first members in GSCN and have been engaging in activities of the dissemination of GC in high schools, and colleges. GC education is effective in nurturing students interest in chemistry, and in enhancing reliability of science and technology. Some of our activities are described below.
5.1 Textbook on GC: e edited the
book Chemistry and Environment: Introduction to Green Chemistry 8 . The main issues in this book are: Chemistry is indispensable in understanding environmental problems; Chemists are working to improve the quality of air, water, etc. and to protect environment. Chemists are working to find new and innovative methods for making many useful and environmentally benign products. This textbook is widely adopted in universities and colleges. e also prepared a brochure on GC for high school students.
5.2 Resources on GC: In Kagaku to
Kyoiku (Chemistry and Education, a
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monthly journal published by CSJ), resources on GC have been provided systematically since 2005 by the education group of GSC Network. In 2009, the articles were compiled to a booklet, which have been distributed to teachers.
5.3 Activities of Tohoku Association of
Chemical Education: The Tohoku Association of Chemical Education is organized by several college and high school teachers and graduate students in and around Sendai. e have been studying GC and exchanging information on GC technologies.
The concept of GC can also be introduced to chemistry class through MC; MC is a laboratory-based green chemistry approach. Since 1998, I have been proposing to teach GC through MC. 6. International Activities:
Prof. R. M. Pike 9 made an excellent review on the history of MC. MC has been developed by many researchers worldwide from the early period of 20th Century. However, international cooperation has not been active till recently. Over the past two decades, there has been a worldwide initiative undertaken in developing microscale approach, and international cooperation has become active.
Since 1996, I have met many researchers of MC in several International Conferences on Chemical Education (ICCE), and I have been involved international initiative in developing MC. Through these experiences, I realized that the international cooperation is very important for the advancement of MC.I have been giving many papers on MC in ICCEs and Asian Chemical Congress (ACC). The lecture I gave in September 2011 at 14th ACC was introduced in October 3 issue of Chemical Engineering News. 10
In 1997, we proposed a symposium “Environmentally Benign Chemistry Including Microscale Chemistry,” for Pacifichem 2000. The symposium invited
many eminent speakers in three categories (1. Environmentally Benign Laboratory, 2. Educational Perspectives of Green Chemistry, 3. Understanding Environment through Chemistry), and attracted a large number of audiences.
e recognized the significance of the exchange the information and experiences in the development and implementation of both MC and GC education. I also organized symposia Microscale Chemistry and Green Chemistry in Pacifichem 2005 (Co-organizers: M. M. Singh and
inghong Chan of Hong Kong Baptist University) and Green Chemistry and Micro/Small Scale Chemistry in the Curriculum, in Pacifichem 2010 (Co-organizers: M. Kirchhoff of American Chemical Society and S. Tantyanon of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand).
International meetings on MC and GC education have been frequently organized recently. The 1st International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry was held in Mexico in 2000 (Organizer: J. Ibanez of Universidad Iberoamericana), followed by the 2nd International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry (Organizer:
inghong Chan) held in Hong Kong in 2001, and people from American Continents, Europe and Asia attended it. Latest one was the 6th International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry held in Kuwait in March 2011 (Organizer: Abdul Aziz Al-Najjar of Kuwait Chemical Society). e invited some competent chemists to Japan and organized symposia on MC and GC education. For example, Prof. Ning-Huai Zhou in 2004, late Prof. V. Obendrauf of Austrian Microscale Chemistry Center in 2006 and in 2007, and Dr. M. Livneh of Bar Ilan University, Israel in 2008.
Acknowledgment I would like to thank those who have
worked with me or supported me in the activities in chemical education, especially members of Microscale orking Group, CSJ and of Tohoku Association of
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Chemical Education. I am grateful to the community of International Microscale Chemistry to have shared information and experiences and have stimulated me to work on MC and GC education..
Our activities have been supported by series of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI, 01580269, 06680166, 09680184, 11694054, 17011005, 19500716 and 21500863).
References 1 Results of investigation on the status of
high school education carried out in 2003; http://www.nier.go.jp/kaihatsu/katei h14/H14 h/summary.htm T10 (in Japanese).
2 K. Ogino, K. Hanaya, Y. Ikegami, I. Otsuki, K. Sasaki, K. Shoji and T. Tanaka, The Situation of Senior High School Chemical Education in Tohoku District of Japan ––– From the Results of uestionnaire to Chemistry Teachers on 1995, Bull. Coll. Med. Sci. Tohoku Univ., , 49-58 (1997)
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Porto, Portugal, August 1988; K. Ogino, Microscale Experiments on Ion Exchanger, in Microscale Chemistry Experimentation for All Ages (Ed, by P. Schwarz et al..), pp.322-326Academic Arab College for Education, 2006; K.Ogino, Kagaku to Kyoiku (Chemistry and Education, Monthly Journal published by CSJ), 50, 584 (2002); 50,704 (2002); 50, 771
2002 5 K.Ogino, Chemical Education Journal,
Vol.10, http://chem.sci.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/cejrnlE.html 2008
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516, 1998 8 K.Ogino, T. Takeuchi and H. Tsuge,
Environment and Chemistry: Introduction to Green Chemistry, 2nd Ed., Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 2009 (in Japanese)
9 R.M.Pike, Through the Years with Microscale Chemistry, in Microscale Chemistry Experimentation for All Ages (Ed, by P. Schwarz et al..), pp.13-24 Academic Arab College for Education, 2006
10 A. Maureen Rouhi, Big Dreams for Tiny Experiments, Chemical Engineering News, October 3, pp.41-42, 2011; http://pubs.acs.org/cen/education/89/8940education2.html
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá Chemical Society of Thailand The FACS Secretariat (2011-2013)
Chemical Society of Thailand (C.S.T.) under Royal Patronage was founded in 1980 with the main purpose of collaborating with other international chemical societies. C.S.T. under Royal Patronage has since organized various activities and currently has approximately 900 members. Missions and Goals Philosophy Applying chemical knowledge for social developments, safer environments, and improved living standards
ision C.S.T. brings a community of chemistry professionals both in academics and industry together to improve domestic and international societies. Goals � Improve and create positive images for chemistry professions � Inform the society to better understand chemistry � Involve in the improvement of chemistry professions and development of chemical
industries in Thailand � Participate in international activities 1) umber of Members (annual fee paid numbers) 1,100 2) Annual Budget (in SD): 30,000 3) List of Periodic publications Chemistry- An Asian Journal, and Asian-Journal of Organic Chemistry ( both are jointly owned by the chemical societies of countries in Asian region)
) Profile of the Current President Dr. Supawan Tantayanon
Dr. Supawan Tantayanon is currently the Director of the graduate multidisciplinary program on Technopreneurship and Innovation Management of the Graduate School, and Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She first joined the chemistry department as an instructor in 1975. She has initiated and established three new academic programs namely: the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Petrochemistry and Polymer Science in 1985, the Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in
Technopreneurship and Innovation Management in 2007 and the International Bachelor Degree Program in Applied Chemistry in 2007. Tantayanon is the Founding Director of Petroleum and Petrochemical College, the first college of Chulalongkorn University. From 2003 to 2007, Tantayanon was the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science. She has been the consultant to the Petrochemical companies for more than 10 years. She is also an affiliate associate professor
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at orcester Polytechnic Institute since 1993 and adjunct professor in Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, Canada since 2009. Her areas of interest and expertise include: research in organic and polymer synthesis, green chemistry, and alternative energy; and educational topics in chemical safety, green chemistry, and small-scale chemistry. Tantayanon received a B.Sc. with honors in chemistry from Chulalongkorn University, and a M.S. in organic chemistry from Mahidol University in Thailand, in 1973 and 1975, respectively. She received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from
orcester Polytechnic Institute in 1982 and a Diploma in polymer science from Ferrara University in Italy in 1993. Tantayanon is currently a member of the editorial board of Polymer International, John iley Sons, Ltd. She has held numerous national and international positions, including the 2002-2003 President of the Pacific Polymer Federation, the 1997-2003 President of the Polymer Society of Thailand, and the 2003-2007 Vice President of Science Society of Thailand Under the Patronage of His Majesty the King, the Director of the Green Chemistry Institute (Thailand Chapter) since 2002, and the President of the Chemical Society of Thailand under the Patronage of HRH Princess Chulabhorn since 2007. Tantayanon is the 2011-2013 President of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies.
) Planned Local and international Conferences in 2012 2013 Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference (PACCON 2013), January 23-25, 2013, Bangsaen, Chonburi, Thailand, with a theme of Global Chemical Sciences for Green Society
) umber of Permanent Staff 2 ) RL www.chemsocthai.org
) Address and Permanent Contact Point
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, PhayaThai Road Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Contact point A/ Prof. Supawan Tantayanon President, Chemical Society of Thailand E-mail: [email protected]
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá Singapore ational Institute of Chemistry (S IC)
To be the host of 1 th Asian Chemical Congress The Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) was established in March 1970 as a national body for chemists and chemistry in Singapore. It is among the founding members of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS), Asian Chemical Editorial Societies (ACES) and Singapore National Academy of Sciences (SNAS). To promote chemistry and chemical sciences, the SNIC organises conferences, symposia and seminars, industry workshops, and a variety of professional and social events for its members. It also hosts the Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad and Singapore Chemistry Olympiad as well as preparing the Singapore national team to participate in the International Chemistry Olympiad. Among the range of outreach programs is the biennial National Chemistry eek, Crystal Growth Challenge and Chem.Com. In partnership with four major companies in Singapore, viz, GSK, BASF, Hyflux and GIST, it launched the annual SNIC-Industry Award in 2010. The signature conference of SNIC is the biennial Singapore International Chemistry Conference (SICC). In recent years, two specialised conferences viz. International
Conference on Molecular Functional Catalysis, and International Conference on Green Sustainable Chemistry have also been launched and run biennually. SNIC has an active Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). It has close working relationship with other major chemistry bodies such as the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society. The Institute is governed by a voluntary Council consisting of the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, the Honorary Asst. Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary Asst. Treasurer, four Ordinary Members each serving a two-year term and a maximum of two co-op Members each serving 1-year term. A detailed description of SNIC is found in the article Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, Helping Singapore Punch Above Its eight authored by its President in the Chemistry An Asian Journal (2011), which is a journal owned by ACES and published by VCH- iley with the Impact Factor recently surged to a remarkable 4.188, surpassing many established journals in chemistry.
1� umber of Members
(Annual fee paid numbers) Membership as at May 2012 Associate : 11 Corporate : 1 Fellow : 12 Member : 142 Student Member: 37 Life Fellow : 32 Life Honorary Fellow: 6 Life Member : 74
Total Membership 31 2�Annual Budget (in SD)
The SNIC is a non-profit organization and does not operate on a fixed annual budget. It has no government, institutional or corporate funding but depends on membership fees, revenue from conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as other forms of sponsorship.
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá 3 List of Periodic Publications
�Profile of Current President
Professor Andy Hor is the current president of SNIC. He is Professor of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and currently seconded to the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) of the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A STAR) as its Executive Director. To date, he has published 293 papers captured in the eb of Science in the area of organometallic materials and catalysis with 5041 total citations and 568 citations in 2011. He is a fellow of SNAS and fellow of RSC. He is on the international advisory board of Dalton Trans. (RSC), Inorg. Chim. Acta (Elsevier) and Chem. Asian J. (VCH- iley), Editor of Journal of Molecular Engineering Materials and Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Chemistry. Professor Andy Hor obtained his B.Sc.(Hons) from Imperial College and doctorate from Oxford University, UK and did his postdoctoral research at Yale University of USA. He was born in Hong Kong and came to Singapore in 1984 to join NUS to start his academic career.
� umber of Permanent staff There is no permanent staff except the Council with secretariat support from CMA. � RL (website) www.snic.org.sg
�Postal Address
SNIC Secretariat: c/o IMRE, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602 �Contact point
SNIC Secretariat Tel: 6336 2328 Fax: 6336 2583 Email: [email protected] �Planned Local International
Conferences. � 2nd International Conference on
Molecular Functional Catalysis (ICMFC-2) http://snic.org.sg/icmfc2012/, 30-31 July 2012
� 7th Singapore International Chemistry Conference (SICC-7) http://www.sicc7.org, 16-19 December 2012
� 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-15) http://15acc.org/, 20-23 August 2013
� 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC-41), http://www.iccc41.org/ 21-25 July 2014.
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá Profile of Bangladesh Chemical Society To be the host of the 16th Asian Chemical Congress 1 umber of Members (Annual fee paid numbers) 4000 (including Life, Ordinary and Associate members) 2 Annual Budget (in SD) 40,000 for 2012 3 List of Periodic Publications � Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society (Half-yearly) � Rashayan (Popular Journal of Chemistry in Bengali, Half-yearly) � News Bulletin (Half-yearly)
Profile of Current President
Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad CChem, FRSC (www.chemhome-bcs.org/pdf/president profile.pdf)
Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad is the current President of the Bangladesh Chemical Society. He was the Vice-chancellor (2001-04) and is former Chairman of the Department of Chemistry (2009-12), Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. Prof. Ahmad obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Dhaka University, Bangladesh in 1968 and 69 respectively and Ph.D. from Cairo University, Egypt in 1981. He was the Honorarary Principal Research Fellow at the European Research and Teaching Centre on Environmental Education at Bradford University, UK. Prof. Ahmad is the life member of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies and Bangladesh Chemical Society. He is a former Honorary Director General of the Institute of Chemists and Chemical
Technologists, Bangladesh and General Secretary of Bangladesh Chemical Society. He is the Chief Editor of the Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society and member of the editorial boards and reviewers of different national and international journals. Prof. Ahmad also held different important academic and administrative positions at Jahangirnagar University and at National level. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (1988-90), Provost, Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall, and Director of the Teachers students Centre and Coordinator of the Centre of Environmental Studies at Jahangirnagar University. He was the President of the Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association and President of the Federation of the Bangladesh University Teachers Association. Prof. Ahmad is a reputed academician and researcher. His research interests are in the areas of environmental and coordination chemistry. He has 70 research papers published in various national and international journals. He has also presented more than 75 papers in international and national seminars/conferences and workshops.
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá He is an internationally renowned environmental scientist and was a member of RAINS ASIA , an international acid rain research group. He has supervised more then 35 Ph.D./M. Phil/ and M.S. students. Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad also held various important assignments outside the University. He was the Chairman and Treasurer of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh, Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Member of the Higher Education Reform Committee and Member of the Board of Governors, BPTAC. He was also the Chairman of the Research Board of
BPTAC. He is the President of Bangladesh International Farakka Committee, a water righteous and environment organization (www.farakkacommittee.com) Prof. Ahmad is the author and Editor of more than 30 books. He is a regular contributor in national dailies, weeklies and popular magazines and has already published more than 270 popular articles. Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad was awarded the Bangladesh National Award, Ekushey Gold Medal for his valuable contribution in the field of Education in 2006.
umber of Permanent staff Full-time 1 and Part-time 2
RL (website) www.chemhome-bcs.org
Postal Address 10/11, Eastern Plaza
Sonargaon Road, Hatirpool Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh Telephone: 8802-8614683
Contact point (i) Professor Jasim Uddin Ahmad President, Bangladesh Chemical Society Tel: 880-1711-692150 (mobile) e-mail:[email protected] (ii) Dr. Husna Parvin Nur General Secretary, Bangladesh Chemical Society Tel: 880-1711-521533 (mobile) e-mail:[email protected]
Planned Local International Conferences � Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2012, 07-09 December, 2012
Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka
Bangladesh � Host of 1 ACC to be held in Dhaka in 201
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
A ew Member Society of FACS since 2011
The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) was established in 1999 as part of the 50th Anniversary of the Country s Independence. Currently, the CRSI represents around 1600 lifetime members, who participate in the study, practice, teaching and promotion of chemistry.
The main objectives of the
CRSI are to recognize, promote and foster talent in chemistry and chemical sciences and to improve the quality of chemical education at all levels. The CRSI organizes conferences, seminars, workshops, symposia and other related programmes to facilitate and promote research in all branches of chemistry. 1. Number of Members (Annual fee paid numbers): 1600 2. Annual Budget (in USD): 50,000 3. List of Periodic Publications: Newsletters (Half-yearly and Annual Newsletters) 4. Profile of Current President Professor S. Chandrasekaran
5. Number of Permanent staff: One 6. URL (website): http://crsi.org.in 7. Postal Address: Chemical Research Society of India Department of Inorganic Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India 8. Contact point Prof. Govindasamy Mugesh Department of Inorganic Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012, India Phone: +91-80-23602566 Fax: +91-80-23602566 Email: [email protected] 9. Planned Local/International Conferences: � Mid-year meeting at Central
Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, during July 21-22, 2012.
� 15th National Symposium in Chemistry at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in Feb. 1-3, 2013.
Honorary Professor, Dept. of Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India M.Sc: University of Madras (1967) Ph.D: University of Madras with Prof. S. Swaminathan (1972) Research Associate: Harvard University, USA (Prof. E. J. Corey, 1973-75; 1976-77) Research Associate: Syntex Research, Palo Alto, Calif. USA (Dr. J. A. Edwards, 1975-76)
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (1978-80) Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT, Kanpur, India (1981-85) Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT, Kanpur, India (1985-1989) Professor, Dept.of Organic Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore (1989-2011) Positions held at IISc since 1
May 1989�- July 2011� � Professor, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, IISc, July 1991�-�July 1997 Coordinator, Integrated Ph.D Program Chemistry July 1997�- May 2003 Chairman, Dept. of Organic Chemistry May 2003�- July 2010 Chairman, Division of Chemical Sciences Aug 2006 July 2010 Convener, Divisional Chairmen, IISc Aug�2010���July�2011�������Dean,�Faculty�of�Science,�IISc��Fellow:� Indian Academy of Sciences (1989);�Associate Editor: Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Chem. Sciences) (1991-2000);Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (1992); Fellow: The Third orld Academy of Sciences, Italy (2000);�Member:�Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Chemistry (1995-2001);�Member; Chairman, National Committee of IUPAC at INSA� (2008-11); Bureau Member: IUPAC (2001-2009); Member, Executive Committee-IUPAC� (2007-2009); National Convener, KVPY (2011- ). Secretary, Indian Academy of Sciences� (2004-09);� Treasurer, Indian Academy of Sciences�(2010-12); President, Chemical Research Society of India (April 2011-14); Chairman, Task Force on Green Chemistry, DST(2006-present); Regional Editor-Tetrahedron Letters; Basudeb Banerji Medal Prize, Indian Chemical Society (1988);� Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, CSIR (1989); Honorary Professor: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research;
Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecturer (2001) INSA, New Delhi ; Silver Medal- Chemical Research Society of India (2002);� 125 Years-Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science-Commemoration Lecturer (2002); Amrut Mody Chair Professor of Chemistry, IISc (Nov 1998-Oct 2001); Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science, IISc (2004); Material Research Society of India Medal-2005; AV Rama Rao Foundation Lecture Award of JNCASR, Bangalore; JC Bose National Fellowship of DST (2006-13); Ram S.Goyal Prize in Chemistry-2006, Member, Intl.�Advisory Board, Chem. An Asian Journal, Hindustan Lever Research Professor, JNCASR, Bangalore(2011- ), Member, Editorial Board, Molecules. Vice Chairman, National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST), 2011-14. Research Interests Development of New Synthetic Methodologies; Organometallic Chemistry; Synthesis of Natural Products; Catalysis; Organic Materials
cÜÉy|Äxá Éy fxÄxvàxw `xÅuxÜ fÉv|xà|xá CAMBODIA CHEMICAL SOCIETY (CCS)
The CCS is a professional scientific society based in Cambodia that has mission to promote and develop education, research, service and dissemination in the field of pure and applied chemistry. Founded by the Prakas of Ministry of Interior dated 09th March 2009, CCS currently has more than 146 members at all degree-levels in chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields from public and private universities, and renowned research institutions. At the early stage of its development, CCS seeks for strengthening and enhancing chemistry
education and scientific inquiry at university and high school levels in Cambodia, and achieving its goals through networking and collaborating with its relevant national and international counterparts. 1) umber of Members
(annual fee paid numbers) 146 2) Annual Budget (in SD) 8,000 3) List of Periodic publications:
The Bulletin of Cambodian Chemical Society (one per year)
) Profile of the Current E ecutive Ddirector
Dr. Sieng Huy Education 1 3- Diploma in Litterateur of the secondary school teacher from
cole Normal Sup rieur , Phnom Penh. 1 - BS in Chemistry, Royal University of Phnom Penh; 1 2- Ph.D in Chemistry, Dagestan University, Soviet Union;
Academic Position Administrative Position - Lecturer of Chemistry at the Royal
University of Phnom Penh - Professor of Chemistry at the Royal
Academy of Cambodia (RAC) - To be a member of Executive
Committee for Doctor Degree s student at RAC.
1 3 2003 Deputy Head of Department of Chemistry of the Royal University of Phnom Penh 2003 2011 Director of Department of Chemistry and Food of the Institute of Sciences and Technology Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC). 2011 2012 Vice President of the Institute of Science and Technology, Royal Academy of Cambodia
) Planned Local and international Conferences in 2012 2013 3rd International Symposium on Chemistry and life, August, 2012, in Cambodia Training orkshop on Introducing the experimental works in Grade 10- 12 to Chemical Teachers in 2012-2013 Cambodian-Malaysian Chemical Conference, October 19-21, 2012 in Siem Reap, Cambodia 4rd International Symposium on Chemistry and life, August, 2013, in Cambodia 6 mber of Permanent Staff one
) RL ccs-cambodia.blogspot.com ) Address and Permanent Contact
Point Cambodian Chemical Society(CCS) No 72, Street 598, Boeung kak II, Toul Kork, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. Contact Point Dr. Sieng Huy, Executive Director Cambodian Chemical Society. Phone: + 855 16 839 279 E-mail: huy [email protected]
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President Prof. David ood 1/21 Vale St., North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia Phone: +61-3-9328-2033 Fax: +61-3-9328-2670 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.raci.org.au
President Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad 10/11, Eastern Plaza, Sonargaon Road, Hatirpool Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh Phone: +880-2-8614683 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.chemhome-bcs.org
President Dr. Hj Ibrahim Hj Abd. Rahman c/o Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Universiti Brunei Darussalam Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong Brunei Darussalam, BE1410 Phone: +673 2463001 ext 1344 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] URL: www.bruneichemistry.net
Executive Director Ms. Sieng Huy, PhD. No.72, Street 598, Boeung kak II, Toul Kork, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Tel: (855) 16 839 279 Email: huy [email protected]
President Prof. Jiannian Yao No. 2, 1st North Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian Beijing 100190, China Phone Fax: +8610-62568157 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] (contact) URL: www.ccs.ac.cn
President Assoc. Prof. Dr. Surendra Prasad Department of Chemistry, USP Suva, Fiji E-mail: prasad [email protected] URL: www.usp.ac.fj/index.php id cssp
. President Prof. Raymond . Y. ong Department of Chemistoy The Hong Kong Baptist University
aterloo Road, Kowloon Ting. Hong Kong SAR, China Phone: +852-3411-7074 Fax: +852-3411-7348 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.hkchemsoc.org
President Prof. M.C. Chattopadhyaya, Allahabad 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata - 700 009,
est Bengal, India Phone : 91-033-2360 9497 Fax Phone : 91-033-2350 3478 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.indianchemsoc.org
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President S. Chandrasekaran Honorary Professor, Dept. of Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560 012, India Tel:+91-80-2293 2404; 2360 2423 (off); Tel: +91 80 2360 1269 (Res) Fax:+91-80-2360 0529 Email: [email protected]
President Dr. Drs. Mirzan Razzak Himpunan Kimia Indonesia c/o Indonesian Institute of Sciences Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong 15310, Indonesia Phone: +62-21-7560929, +62-812-2122-2424 Fax: +62-21-7560549 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.kimiawan.org
President Prof. Yousif Ali Al-Fatahi P. O. Box 8011, Salihiyah Banghdad, Iraq Fax: +62-21-5379327 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
President Prof. Ehud Keinan [email protected], [email protected] Ms. Hanna Attali, CEO Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel. Phone: +972 4 8293766 Fax: +972 4 8293913 Email: [email protected] (contact)
President Prof. Yasuhiro Iwasawa 1-5 Kanda Surugadai Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8307, Japan Phone: +81-3-3292-6161 Fax: +81-3-3292-6318 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.csj.jp/index-e.html
President Prof. Sultan T. Abu-Orabi Al-Adwan P. O. Box 13070 Amman 11942, Jordan Phone: +962-3-2250521 Fax: +962-3-2250431 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.jorchem.org
President (2012) Professor Duckhwan Lee, Ph.D. Dept. of Chemistry, Sogang University Seoul, 121-742, Korea Tel.: +82-02-750-8445 E-mail: [email protected] Contact Person: Myeong-Sook Kim 34-1, 5-ga, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-075, Korea Phone: +82-2-953-2095; Fax: +82-2-953-2093 E-mail: URL: http://eng.kcsnet.or.kr/
President Dr. Abdulaziz Alnajjar College of Technological Studies Public Authority for Applied Education Training P O Box: 34484, Adeilia, 73255 Kuwait Tel: +965 24810877; Cell: +965 99721827 E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected] E-mail: kw [email protected] URL: www.kcskw.org
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President Datuk Dr. Ting-Kueh Soon 127B Jalan Aminuddin Baki, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: +603-7728-3272 Fax: +603-7728-9909 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.ikm.org.my
President Prof. Purevsuren Barnasan Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Mongolian Academy of Sciences Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar-51, Mongolia Phone: +976-1-45920 Fax: +976-11-453133 E-mail: [email protected]
President Dr. Ram Narayan Jha Post Box No. 6145, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: +977- 9841454013/ 9841390927 Fax: +977-1-4336151 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] URL: www.ncs.org.np
. President Assoc. Prof. Gordon Rewcastle Richard Rendle P.O.Box 39-112 Harewood, Christchurch 8545 New Zealand Phone: +64-3-359 7275 Fax: +64-3-359 7248 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.nzic.org.nz
President Dr. Din Mohammad Country Coordination Centre in Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan Phone: +92-51-9290129 30 Fax: +92-51-9290128 E-mail: [email protected]
President Armando M. Guidote Jr., PhD Associate Dean for Research and Creative ork Loyola Schools Department of Chemistry Ateneo de Manila University Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights Quezon City, Philippines 1108 Tel:(632)-4266001 x5046 or x5620 Fax:(632)-4265663 or (632)-4261323 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.philippinechem.org
President Dr. Basil Shelton Marasinghe P.O. Box 140, University of PNG NCD, Papua New Guinea Phone: +675-326-7223 Fax: +675-326-0369 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.icpng.org.pg (under construction)
President Prof. P. D. Sarkissov Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya pl. 9, 125190 Moscow, Russia Phone: +007-095-925-7285 Fax: +007-095-928-1315 E-mail: [email protected]
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President Prof. T.S. Andy Hor The Secretariat to the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry CMA International Consultants Pte Ltd 1 Liang Seah Street, 02-12 Liang Seah Place Singapore 189022 Phone: +65-6336 2328 Fax: +65-6336 2583 E-mail: [email protected] URL: snic.org.sg
President Prof. M. D. P. De Costa 41/22, Kotte Road, elikada, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka Phone : +94-11-2863154, 4615230 Fax: +94-11-2861653, 2861231 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.ichemc.com
President Dr. Ahmed Al-Gamdy Department of Chemistry King Saud University P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Phone: +966-1-4676028 Fax: +966-1-4675888 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.schems.org.sa
President Dr. Chien-Hong Cheng P.O. Box 1-18, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taipei Phone: +886-2-278-98573 5 Fax: +886-2-265-30438 E-mail: [email protected] URL: chemistry.org.tw
President Prof. Supawan Tantayanon Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Chulalongkorn University Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Phone: +66 2 218 7641 Fax: 66 2 254 1309 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.chemsocthai.org
President Prof. Le Quoc Khanh 2 Pham Ngu Lao-Hanoi, Vietnam Phone: +84-4-8267498 Fax: +84-4-8267498 E-mail: [email protected]
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Professor Sir John Comfort (Australia) Nobel Laureate (1975) Professor Yuan T Lee (Taipei) Nobel Laureate (1986) Professor Hideki Shirakawa (Japan) Nobel Laureate (2000) Professor Ryoji Noyori (Japan) Nobel Laureate (2001) Dr Koichi Tanaka (Japan) Nobel Laureate (2002) Professor Aaron Ciechanover (Israel) Nobel Laureate (2004) Professor Avram Hershko (Israel) Nobel Laureate (2004) Professor Osamu Shimomura (Japan) Nobel Laureate (2008) Professor Kamchorn Manuapichu (Thailand) FACS President 1979-81 Tan Sri Dr B C Sekhar (Malaysia) FACS President 1981-83 Dr Mahdi H Hnoosh (Iraq) FACS President 1983-85 Professor H H Huang (Singapore) FACS President 1985-87 Professor Sang Up Choi (Korea) FACS President 1987-89 Dr Tom H Spurling (Australia) FACS President 1989-91 (Also FACS Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement 2003) Professor Guang Xian Xu (China) FACS President 1991-93 Dr M Mohinder Singh (Malaysia) FACS President 1993-95 Professor Fortunato Sevilla III (Philippines) FACS President 1995-97 Professor H Ohtaki (Japan) FACS President 1997-99 (deceased)
Dr Johnsee Lee (Taipei) FACS President 1999-2001 Professor B N Noller (Australia) FACS President 2001-03 Professor Ho Si Thoang (Vietnam) FACS President 2003-05 Professor Junghun Suh (Korea) FACS President 2005-07 Datuk Dr Soon Ting-Kueh (Malaysia) FACS President 2007-09 Professor Chunli Bai (China) FACS President 2009-11 Professor Supawan Tantayanon (Thailand) FACS President 2011-13 Professor R C Mehrotra (India) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1987 Professor San Shul Shim (Korea) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1989 Professor John hite (Australia) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1991 Professor Alan Bond (Australia) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1993 Professor You Xiao Zeng (China) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1995 Professor Atta Ur Rahman (Pakistan) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1997 Professor Akira Fujishima (Japan) FACS Foundation Lectureship 1999 Professor Paul Haddad (Australia) FACS Foundation Lectureship 2001 Professor Chi Ming Che (Hong Kong) FACS Foundation Lectureship 2003 Professor Ng Soon (Malaysia) FACS Foundation Lectureship 2007 Professor Lee Hian Kee (Singapore) FACS Foundation Lectureship 2009 Professor Shie-Ming Peng (Taipei) FACS Foundation Lectureship 2011
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Dr. John Kingston (Australia) FACS citations 1991 Dr. Jack Cannon (Australia) FACS citations 1991 Dr. Sim Keng Yeow (Singapore) FACS citations 1995 Dr. M. Hanoosh (Iraq) FACS citations 1995 (deceased) Dr. Howard Bradbury (Australia) FACS citations 1997 Professor John ebb (Australia) FACS citations 1997 Professor Amando Kapauan (Philippines) FACS citations 1997 Dr. Phillip Marriott (Australia) FACS citations 1999 Professor H Akimoto (Japan) FACS citations 2003 Professor K V Sane (India) FACS citations 2003 Professor S H Goh (Singapore) FACS citations 2003 Professor Tahsin J Chow (Taipei) FACS citations 2005 Princess Professor Dr. HRH Princess Chulaborn Mahidol (Thailand) FACS citations 2006 Professor Masato M Ito (Japan) FACS citations 2007
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Australia Prof. Barry oller National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD, 4108, Australia A Prof. David Clift School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University Clayton Campus 662 Blackburn Road Clayton 3168, Australia Dr. Dong Yang Wu Gate 5, Normanby Rd Clayton South Vic. 3168, Australia Mr. Graeme Paul 46 Cannons Pde. Forestville N. S. . 2087, Australia Dr. ack Cannon Chemistry Department The University of estern Australia Nedlands A 6907, Australia Prof. ohn Webb OAM Australia India Institute The University of Melbourne 201 Grattan St Victoria 3010, Australia [email protected] Phone: +61 3 8344 9378 Dr. eil Galbraith 46 Fox Street 3Riverview, NS 2066, Australia Prof. Philip Marriot Department of Applied Chemistry Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology GPO Box 2476V Melbourne Victoria, Australia Dr. San H. Thang CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic 3169 Australia
Bangladesh Prof. Dr. asim din Ahmad Department of Chemistry Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh Prof. Kazi Ali Azam Department of Chemistry Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh Prof. M Ali Hossain Schools of Environmental Science and Management Independent University, Bangladesh House 3, Road 10, Baridhara Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh Prof. Mohammed Mosihuzzaman International Centre for Natural Product Research (ICNPR) Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS) (An Enterprise of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association) 59/Darussalam, Kallyanpur Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh [email protected] Phone: +8802 8837055 India Dr. M Kanthimathi Central Leather Research Institute Adyar, Chennai 600 020, INDIA
apan Prof. Akira akamura OM Research 7-2-1308 Minami-Ougimachi Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0052, Japan Prof. Akira Oku Material Reclamation Laboratory Research Institute for Production Development 15 Shimogamo-Morimoto-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0805, Japan
Prof. Akio Yamamoto Room 210, 2-1-26 Nishiwaseda Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan [email protected] Phone Fax: +81-3-3204-6274 Prof. Eiichi Kimura 4-9-3 Misuzugaoka-Higashi Hiroshima 731-5111, Japan Prof. Etsuro Iwamoto Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Lifestyle Design Yasuda omen s University 6-13-1 Yasu-Higashi Asa-Minami-ku Hiroshima 731-0153 Japan Dr. Gohfu Suzukamo Green Synthesis Catalysis Techno-res 19-10-1008 Shin-ashiyakami, Suita-shi Osaka 565-0804, Japan [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +81-6-6875-0334 Fax: +81-6-6875-0334 Prof. Haruo Hosoya 1-8-23 Shibafuji, Kawaguchi-shi Saitama 333-0854, Japan Dr. Hideko Koshima Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology Graduate School of Science Engineering Ehime University 3, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan Dr. Hiroki Hamada The Faculty of Science Department of Life Science Oakyama University of Science 1-1 Ridai-cho 1-2 Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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Dr. Kentaro Tanaka Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi Nagoya 464-8602, Japan Prof. Kin-Ya Akiba Advanced Res. Ctr, Sci. Eng.
aseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555, Japan Dr. Koa Tasaka 52-5-101 Matsugaya, Hachioji-Shi Tokyo 192-0354, Japan [email protected] Phone: +81-42-675-0723 Fax: +81-42-675-0723 Prof. Koichi arasaka Nanyang Technological University CBC, SPMS 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 Singapore Prof. Makoto Misono Japan Science and Technology Agency Sanbancho bldg. 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0075, Japan Dr. Makoto Handa Material Science Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Technology Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matue-shi Shimane 690-0823, Japan Prof. Masahiro Mikuriya School of Science Technology Kwansei Gakuin University Kobe-Sanda Campus (KSC) 2-1 Gakuen Sanda-shi, 669-1337, Japan Prof. Masao Tsukayama 40-5 Ebisuyama, Hachiman-cho, Tokusima-shi, Tokushima 770-8077, Japan
Prof. Masato M. ITO Faculty of Engineering Soka University 1-236 Tangi-Cho, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8577, Japan Prof. Masayoshi Okano 2-6-13 Danbara, Minami-ku Hiroshima 732-0811, Japan Prof. Minoru Eda Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Aomori University 2-3-1 Koubata, Aomori-shi Aomori 030-0943, Japan Prof. Minoru Isobe Chemistry Department National Tsing Hua University 101, Sec 2, Kuang-Fu Rd., Hsinchu 30013, Taipei Dr. Mitsuhiro Kusaba Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Faculty of Engineering Osaka Sangyo University 3-1-1 Nakagaito, Daito-shi Osaka 574-8530, Japan Prof. Mitsuhiko Shionoya Graduate School of Science Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Prof. arihiko Fukamiya Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science, Hiroshima University 1-7-1 kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima-shi, 739-8521, Japan Dr. orikazu Miyoshi Department of Chemistry Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences University of Tokushima 1-1 Minamijosanjima 1-2 Tokushima-shi, 770-8502, Japan
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akayama 640-8482, Japan
Prof. Shun-ichi Murahashi Department of Applied Chemistry Okayama University of Science 1-1 Ridai-cho Okayama 700-0005, Japan [email protected] Phone: +81-(0)86-256-9513 Fax: +81-(0)86-256-4292 Dr. Soichi Tokizane Faculty of Letters, Library and Information Science Aichi University 1-1 Machihata-cho, Toyohashi-shi 1-2 Aichi 441-8522, Japan [email protected] Phone: +81-532-47-4467 Fax: +81-532-47-4197 Prof. Takao Yotsuyanagi 2-9-10 Nakayama-yoshinari Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi Miyagi 989-3203, Japan Prof. Takeshi ozumi Seijo 5-23-11, Setagaya-ku Tokyo 157-0066, Japan [email protected] Prof. Tameyuki asu 1-14-26 Kyodo, Setagaya-ku Tokyo 156-0052, Japan Prof. Tatsuo Higa Suntopia 2-603 1-3-31 Aza Anja, Naha-shi Okinawa 900-0003, Japan Prof. Tetsuo Otsubo 5-8-22 Shikigaoka, Hatsukaichi-shi Hiroshima 738-0036, Japan Prof. Toshifumi Hirata 164-34 Saijyo-cho, taguchi Higashi-Hiroshima-shi Hiroshima 739-0036, Japan Prof. Toratane Munegumi Dept of Materials Chemistry and Bioengineering, Oyama National College of Technology 771 Nakakuki, Oyama-shi Tochigi 323-0806, Japan
Mr. Toru Doi 4-6-21 Fukagawa, Asakita Hiroshima 739-1751, Japan Prof. Tsukasa Ikeda Dept. of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Utsunomiya University 7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya-shi Tochigi 321-8585, Japan Prof. Tsuyoshi Arakawa Kinki University Faculty of Humanity-Oriented Science and Engineering Department of Biological and Environmental Chemistry 11-6 Kayanomori, Iizuka-shi Fukuoka 820-8555, Japan Prof. Yoshitaka Masuda 1-818 Laurel Heits Ikedacho, Kita-ku Osaka 530-0033, Japan Prof. Yoshito Takeuchi 2-26-9 Kohinata Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 112-0006, Japan Prof. Yukihiro Shoyama Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science Nagasaki International University 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch, Sasebo Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan [email protected] Phone: +81-956-20-5653 Dr. Yuushou akayama Dept of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University 1-4-1 Kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima-shi Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan Prof. Yuzo Yoshikawa 4-3-8 Tsushima-Higashi Okamaya-shi, Okayama 700-0081, Japan
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Papua ew Guinea Dr. Philip Bladon c/o Hoskins Secondary School P. O. Box 14 Hoskins
est New Britain Province Papua New Guinea Philippines Dr. Benigno D. Peczon President and CEO Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines Rm. 303 Puno Building
47 Kalayaan Ave. Diliman Quezon City, Philippines [email protected] or [email protected] Ms. Caroline Salido 2-F Salido Compound Homeowner Drive, Manotoc Subdivision Sto. Nino Karikina MM, Philippines Dr. Ester Garcia Institute of Chemsitry Palma Hall, Pavilion 1 University of the Philippines Dilkman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines [email protected] Phone: +632-981-8500 Loc. 3652 Fax: +632-9205427 Dr. Fortunato Sevilla III Chemistry Department College of Science University of Santo Tomas Espana, Manila, Phlippines [email protected] Phone: +632-731-5728 Ms. Rosario Arim Senior Science Research Specialist Food Science and Technology Food and Nutrition Research Institute Department of Science and
Technology Bicutan, Taguig, MetroManila Philippines [email protected] Phone: +632-837-2071 Loc. 2300 Sri Lanka Prof. S. Sotheeswaran Institute of Chemistry Ceylon 341/22, Kotte Road elikada, Rajagiriya Sri Lanka [email protected] Phone: +9477419909 Fax: +94112861231 Taipei Professor Tahsin . Chow Research Fellow Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica Nankang, Taipei 115, Taipei Thailand Ms. Sumitra Boonbumrung Institute of Food Research and Product Development Kasetsart University PO Box 10403 Kasetsart Bangkok 10903, Thailand Ms. Areeya Padrayuttawat 223/235 Saeree-Bangna, Panvithee Rd. Bangprlang. Bangbor Samutprakarn 10560, Thailand Others Dr. Mohammad Mansoob Khan Department of Applied Sciences Higher College of Technology, P. O. Box 74, Alkhuwair, Code 133 Muscat, OMAN
FEDERATIO OF ASIA CHEMICAL SOCIETIES (FACS)c/o Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University,
Phaya Thai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandTel: +66-2-218-7641; Fax: +66-2-254-1309; E-mail: [email protected],
April 24, 2012 All FACS Member Societies, Calling for omination of FACS Awards 2013 I wish to inform you that the Federation of Asian Chemical Society will be presenting the following Awards at the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (15ACC) that will be held in Singapore, from August 20-23, 2013.
(a) Foundation Lectureship Award 2013 in Organic Chemistry (b) Distinguished Young Chemist Award 2013 in Physical Chemistry (c) Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement Award (d) Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award (e) FACS Citations for contributions to Chemistry in the Asia-Pacific Region Nominations are invited from member societies for the above Awards. Only one nomination is allowed for each Award. The closing date for submission of the nominations is March 31, 2013. Please submit the nominations to Associate Professor Dr Supa Hannongbua, the Secretary General of FACS at the following address: Associate Professor Dr. Supa Hannongbua FACS Secretariat c/o Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Kasetsart University Bangkok 10900, Thailand Tel +66-2-5625555 ext 2111 Fax +66-2-5793955 e-mail: [email protected] I am attaching a set of Rules for the FACS Awards for your reference.
e look forward to receive nominations from your society. Thank you and with best wishes. Yours sincerely,
Associate Professor Dr. Supa Hannongbua Secretary General Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
Chemistry at the Centre of Molecular Science & Nanotechnology
In conjunction with
1st Asian Chemistry Research Fair (ACRF-1) 2013 and
The 4th Asia-America Chemical Symposium (A2CS) on Advanced Materials
August 19-23, 2013 • Resort World Sentosa, Singapore
Organised by
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)
Under the auspices of
Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS)
www.15acc.org
IntroductionThe Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) is held at two yearly intervals hosted by the members of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) which comprises 28 chemical societies of countries and territories in the Asia Pacific.
15th ACC @ Singapore will be an exciting conference in chemistry for the Asian community to strengthen current networks and to establish new collaborative links within Asian community and also with the rest of the world. The scientific program comprises sessions that illustrate the relevance and value of chemistry in modern science and technology.
15 ACC will cover but not limit to the following technical themes:
• Biological Chemistry • Chemical Analysis & Characterisation • Chemicals from Biomass • Chemistry in Urban Living • Chemistry Education in Emerging Asian Economies • Education in Chemistry • Functional Foods • General Chemistry • Green Synthesis & Catalysis • Metal-Organic Frameworks • Molecular Photonics & Electronics • Molecular Therapeutics & Diagnostics • Polymers & Supramolecules • Sustainable Energy • The Interface Between Chemistry & Materials • Water Chemistry and Engineering
15 ACC also features the following 3 special sessions to celebrate the success in Asian Chemistry Related Research.
• Asian Rising Stars • History of ACC • Pioneers from Asia
LanguageThe official language of 15 ACC is English.
Invitation to Present Papers at 15 ACCInterested presenters for 15 ACC, either oral (15 minutes) or poster (size A0), are invited to submit a softcopy of 1-page abstract using the template downloaded (www.15acc.org/forms) online following the submission instructions. The deadline of submission is 15 March 2013.
15ACC Secretariat1 Liang Seah Place, #02–11 Liang Seah Street, Singapore 189022Tel: (65) 6336 2328 Fax: (65) 6336 2583Email: [email protected]
15th Asian Chemical Congress (15 ACC) 2013August 19-23, 2013 • Resort World Sentosa, Singapore
RegistrationAll delegates for 15 ACC, either oral (15 minutes) or poster (size A0), are requested register online via the link of www.15acc.org/registration following the instructions. The deadline of early bird registration is 30 Mar 2013.
Registration Fees Early-bird
(before 30 Mar 2013)Regular
(from 1 Apr – 18 Aug 2013) On-Site Registration
Presenters & Delegates S$670 S$750 S$850
FACS Members S$640 S$680 S$750
Full-Time Students S$540 S$600 S$700
Registration online is required.
Only 15 ACC registered delegates are given the access to the conference events. Registered delegated are also entitled to the following privileges:
• Attendance at the 15 ACC reception• Attendance at all scientific programmes of 15 ACC• Lunches and tea-break refreshment during 15 ACC
Social ProgrammesThe following social programmes have been arranged for 15 ACC participants:• 15 ACC welcome reception on Monday, 19 Aug, 2013• 15 ACC conference gala dinner on Friday, 23 Aug, 2013 (per pax: advanced booking S$130; on-site S$150)
Important DatesFirst announcement brochure: 20 Jul, 2012Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 Feb 2013Final announcement brochure: 31 May 2013Deadline for early-bird registration: 30 Mar 2013
AccommodationsSpecial accommodation rates have been obtained for 15 ACC participants at selected hotels. Interested delegates are invited to book through 15 ACC website online.
15ACC Website: www.15acc.org Further information on 15 ACC can be found at 15 ACC website that is updated regularly.
First Asian Chemical Research Fair (ACRF-1)This is a premium education & school research initiative for selected students in the pre-university and senior secondary schools to showcase their research projects of exceptional qualities to an international audience of pioneering researchers and frontier scientists in a dedicated forum at 15 ACC. All projects will be presented as posters on Day 1 of 15 ACC and judged by a panel comprising Nobel Laureates and eminent scientists. Shortlisted projects will be orally presented on Day 4 of 15 ACC and awarded at the Conference Banquet. First prize would include a sponsored-trip to an international conference.
Students of pre-university and senior secondary schools from all FACS member society countries are encouraged to participate. Other international students of comparable qualification are also welcome. A special discounted registration rate is applied.
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC)
Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)
As a famous comprehensive research center with long history, numerous talents, first- class experimental conditions, tremendous contributions, and high reputations, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is involving itself in basic research, application research and high-tech innovation research. Now, SIOC has a staff 569, including 350 scientific personnel, eight academicians of CAS and 51 professors. In addition, there are 447 graduate students.
SIOC, founded in June, 1950, is one of the first fifteen institutes established by Chinese Academy of Sciences, following the merger of the Institute of Chemistry of the former Central Academy of Sciences with the Institute of Chemistry and Institute of Materia Medica of the former Peking Academy of Sciences.
Started from the research of antibiotics and macromolecular chemistry, SIOC scientists have made tremendous contributions to the development of nation’s science, economy and defense in the past 60 years. “The total synthesis of crystalline bovine insulin (collaboratively)”, “Isolation and structure elucidation of bio-macromolecules like the ribosome- inactivating protein trichosanthin”, “Initiation of the steroid pharmaceutical industry and antibiotic research in China and the development of medicines for family planning”, “Total synthesis of yeast ala-tRNA (collaboratively)”, “Isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of bio-small molecules like the anti-malarial drug-Qinghaosu (Arteannuin)”, “Two important frontiers of physical organic chemistry: aggregation of organic molecules and radical chemistry”,
“Development of fluorine-containing plastics and functional materials of national urgency” clearly illustrated the contributions.
In 1998, SIOC was selected as one of institutes that firstly enter the CAS “Knowledge Innovation Program”. Since then, it focuses its research on three major scientific themes, i.e., population & health, resource & environment, space and materials, and making great efforts to strengthen basic researches, particularly in the cutting-edge areas like chemical biology, modern organic synthetic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, physical organic chemistry and computer chemistry & cheminformatics. At present, it has 12 labs, including two state key laboratories (State Key Lab of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, State Key Lab of Organometallic Chemistry), and one CAS Key Lab of Organofluorine Chemistry. SIOC also publishes 3 professional Journals included by SCI: Acta Chimica Sinica (Hua Xue Xue Bao), Chinese Journal of Chemistry and Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry.
A total of more than 330 research results won prizes by Ministry, Province or Municipality including 93 national prizes. Moreover, SIOC scientists has published 7609 academic papers and 355 granted patents.
SIOC has established worldwide academic contacts with universities and research institutions and placed a high value on creating collaborative projects with national and foreign enterprises as well as universities. SIOC is striving forward in full swing to create a more prosperous future in academic and talent development
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)
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