PrefaceThe ELKIN is a forum for the discussion of new advances in theoretical and applied electrokinetics. The conference is held biannual inside and outside Europe. Although electrokinetics is and remains the central theme of the meetings, the emphasis may change from one meeting to the other. Topics covered by the symposia include:

basic principles of electrokinetic phenomena electrokinetics of complex surfaces electrokinetics of low dielectric fluids electrokinetic self-assembly AC electrokinetics /microfluidics environmental electrokinetics / electrokinetics at biointerfaces

HistoryElectrokinetics is one of the oldest branches of colloid science. It dates back to Reuss, who in 1809 published a paper on migration phenomena in suspensions of clay particles under the influence of an applied electric field. The paper was written in French and submitted to a Russian journal, located in Moscow, several years before Napoleon got there. This event is now almost two centuries ago, but the field of electrokinetics is still very much alive. Specialized conferences in the field of electrokinetics are more recent. The first zeta potential symposia took place in Germany and Austria in the seventies and eighties of the past century. At that time contacts across the Iron Curtain were difficult and only a few representatives from the East and West could be present, so the meetings remained rather local. The first international symposium with participants from many countries took place in Granada, Spain, 1993. At that occasion an International Advisory Board was established of which the main task was to promote the continuation of these conferences and control their quality. After Granada, ELKIN conferences have taken place in different countries inside and outside Europe. Since 1998 the conferences are held biannually.

Tsukuba meeting will focus on the soft interface, the relation between fundamental and application (industry & environment). It will be also important for the new organization in the Asian countries including, Australia and New Zealand.

The 10th International Symposium on Electrokinetic Phenomena （ ELKIN 10th ） 

Tsukuba UniversityTsukuba, JAPANMay 20-24, 2012

Electrokinetics in Nano, Bio, and Environmental SciencesSoft interface, fundamental to application

 The Electrokinetic Society of Japan

Venue

PrefaceThe ELKIN is a forum for the discussion of new advances in theoretical and applied electrokinetics. The conference is held biannual inside and outside Europe. Although electrokinetics is and remains the central theme of the meetings, the emphasis may change from one meeting to the other. Topics covered by the symposia include:

basic principles of electrokinetic phenomena electrokinetics of complex surfaces electrokinetics of low dielectric fluids electrokinetic self-assembly AC electrokinetics /microfluidics environmental electrokinetics / electrokinetics at biointerfaces

HistoryElectrokinetics is one of the oldest branches of colloid science. It dates back to Reuss, who in 1809 published a paper on migration phenomena in suspensions of clay particles under the influence of an applied electric field. The paper was written in French and submitted to a Russian journal, located in Moscow, several years before Napoleon got there. This event is now almost two centuries ago, but the field of electrokinetics is still very much alive. Specialized conferences in the field of electrokinetics are more recent. The first zeta potential symposia took place in Germany and Austria in the seventies and eighties of the past century. At that time contacts across the Iron Curtain were difficult and only a few representatives from the East and West could be present, so the meetings remained rather local. The first international symposium with participants from many countries took place in Granada, Spain, 1993. At that occasion an International Advisory Board was established of which the main task was to promote the continuation of these conferences and control their quality. After Granada, ELKIN conferences have taken place in different countries inside and outside Europe. Since 1998 the conferences are held biannually.

Tsukuba meeting will focus on the soft interface, the relation between fundamental and application (industry & environment). It will be also important for the new organization in the Asian countries including, Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/~colloid/ELKIN.html

ELKIN 2012

International Advisory Board- Prof. A. Abdel-Fattah, USA- Dr. S. F. Alkafeef, Kuwait- Prof. Dr. M. Z. Bazant, USA- Prof. Dr. T. Bellini, Italy- Prof. L. Boinovich, Russia- Prof. C. Cametti, Italy- Prof. E. Chibowski, Poland- Dr. N. de Jaeger, Belgium- Prof. Dr. A. V. Delgado, Spain- Prof. S. S. Dukhin, USA- Prof. J. Duval, France- Prof. C. Grosse, Argentina- Dr. R. Jack, GB- Prof. N. Kallay, Croatia- Prof. L. Lapcik, Czech Republic- Dr. M. Lozada y Cassou, Mexico- Prof. J. Lyklema, The Netherlands- Prof. J. Masliyah, Canada- Prof. N. Mishchuk, Ukraine- Prof. H. Ohshima, Japan- Dr. R. O´Brien, Australia- Prof. D. C. Prieve, USA- Prof. Dr. A. Ramos, Spain- Prof. Dr. V. Ribitsch, Austria- Prof. J. B. Rosenholm, Finland- Dr. K. Stana-Kleinschek, Slovenia- Dr. E. Tombasz, Hungary- Prof. C. Werner (Chairman), Germany- Dr. L. Yezek, USA

 

http://www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/~elkin12/Tel: +81(0)29 853 4862E-mail: elkin12@envr.tsukuba.ac.jpContact :Yasuhisa Adachi , Tsukuba University

Organizing CommitteeChairman: - Yasuhisa AdachiCo-Chairman & Sec. General: - Satoshi Nishimura- Ryoichi Yamamoto- Shinichi Takeda- Takeshi Nashima- Motoyoshi Kobayashi- Hideyuki SugiokaDomestic Board:- Akihiko Tanioka- Setsuo Ooi- Takeo Yamaguchi- Ko Higashitani- Kimiko Makino- Koji Asami- Yasushige Mori will be updated.Executive Commitee:- Kazuho Nakamura- Munehide Ishiguro- Takanori Akagi- Yukio Nagasaki- Hirofumi Kanoh- Sosaku Ichikawa- Naoyuki Ishida- Kazuyoshi Ogawa- Yoko Tsujimoto- Pi-Chao Wang- Nobuhiko Nomura will be updated.Academic Director:- Hiroyuki Ohshima

Pre-seminars:March 11-12th, 2011 International workshop “Electrokinetics in relation to colloidal flocculation and sedimentation”August 27th, 2011 Electrolintics and microbiologySeptember 7-9th, 2011 The 63rd Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Interface ChemistryNovember 24th, 2011 Electrokinitcs and Oreo-nanosciencesImportant date:October 1st, 2011 registration open

Invited speakers- Hans J. Lyklema- Tom Healy- Hiroshi Maeda- Ehud Yariv- David Waite- Jerome Duval- Huan-Jan Keh- Filip Beunis- Todd Squires- Andrei Dukhin- Staffan Wall- Masaki Sano will be updated