MULTISMART SCHOOL OF GELS
Aula Magna (TD 0301CC), ESTCE
Universitat Jaume I, Castelló
Wednesday 13/03/24
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome.
9:15 – 10:30 Introduction to soft materials (Part 1) – Jan van Esch, Technical UniversityDelft, NL
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to soft materials (Part 2) – Jan van Esch, Technical University
Delft, NL
12:00 – 13:30 Materials Discovery through Exploration of Biomolecular Space – Rein V.
Ulijn, City University New York, US
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:30 Rheology: Part I – Peter Schmiedel, Henkel, DE
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 – 18:30 Rheology: Part II – Joachim Venzmer, Evonik, DE
Thursday 14/03/24
9:00 – 10:30 X-ray and neutron scattering: valuable tools for elucidating the structure of
hierarchically organized systems (Part 1) – Thomas Sottmann, University of Stuttgart, DE
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 13:00 X-ray and neutron scattering: valuable tools for elucidating the structure of
hierarchically organized systems (Part 2) – Thomas Sottmann, University of Stuttgart, DE
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:30 Electron Microscopy: an unprecedented view on supramolecular self-
assembly (Part 1) – Marc Stuart, University of Groningen, NL
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 – 18:30 Electron Microscopy: an unprecedented view on supramolecular self-
assembly (Part 2) – Marc Stuart, University of Groningen, NL
Friday 15/03/24
9:00 – 10:30 Molecular Characterisation of Gels: Solution and solid-state NMR toolkit for
deciphering relationships between molecular and macroscopic properties. –
Juan Carlos Muñoz-García – Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, ES
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:30 Green principles: theory and practice – Eduardo García-Verdugo, Universitat
Jaume I, ES
12:30 – 13:15 Biosurfactants – Joachim Venzmer, Evonik, DE
13:15 Closing Remarks