12th Tihany Symposium on Radiation Chemistry August 26, 2011

The series of “Tihany” Symposia on Radiation Chemistry aims to promote worldwide scientific and technical collaboration among scientists involved in various aspects of radiation research and applications in a stimulating and thought provoking environment. The first Symposium was held in Tihany in 1962 and since then has been held approximately every four years. Most recent meetings were in Sopron (2002) and Eger (2006). Now it is our pleasure to announce the 12th Tihany Symposium. The scientific program of the Symposium covers all the major disciplines of both basic and applied radiation chemistry, with invited speakers, oral and poster contributions from participants. Generous time frame will be allocated to open discussions.

Scientific scope

· Fundamental processes in radiation chemistry

· Electron beam-, ion beam-, photon-, laser-, plasma- and gamma irradiation applications

· Chemistry of exotic atoms (e. g. positronium, negative ions, positron annihilation)

· Radiolysis of inorganic and organic systems

· Radiation chemistry of biological systems

· Radiation chemistry of nanoscale systems

· Macromolecular systems (polymerization kinetics, crosslinking, grafting, etc.)

· Radiation sterilization (current issues, pharmaceuticals, etc.)

· Biomedical materials (biocompatible surfaces, hydrogels, drug delivery, etc.)

· Environmental protection (e. g. wastewater-, sludge-, flue gas treatment, recycling, etc.)

· Food irradiation, identification of irradiated food, packaging materials

· Radiation resistant materials (sterilization, deep space, nuclear reactors, etc.)

· Dosimetry and process control

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