International Symposium on Advanced Inorganic Materials Held in USTB

On Oct. 22nd, the International Symposium on Advanced Inorganic Materialswas held atUSTB. Prof. Jiang Jianzhuang chaired the symposium and Prof. Zhang Xueji delivered the opening speech.

Under the theme “Inorganic Materials: New Concepts, New Methods and Applications”, representatives at the symposium had an in-depth discussion over the applications of inorganic materials commonly usedby the international community. This symposium served as a platform for communication and cooperationbetween domestic and overseas experts and scholars studying in the field of inorganic materials. It strengthened the connections of USTB with leading research institutions at home and abroad, which will aid in its drive to continuedevelopinginnovative theories and applicationsfor new inorganic materials.

Five experts from abroad, including Prof. Russell Morris from the University of St. Andrews, and over 200 domestic experts including Prof. FengShouhua, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, were invited to attend the meeting together with teachers and post-graduate students from the department of chemistry at USTB. Four topics—functional molecular materials, metal-organic frameworks and coordination polymers, molecular sieve and functional ceramics and functional inorganic nanoparticles—were discussed at the symposium.

In the past decade, with the remarkable achievements in inorganic chemistry and materials science made by our domestic experts, our country now ranks third in the world by the total number of academic accomplishments in thefield (based on the number of papers collected by SCI). However, there is still a long way to go for our country to catch up with the levels of the advanced world in terms of original innovative ability and international influence. Therefore, it is essential for us to better communicate and cooperate with the foreign academic world, learning their advanced scientific research ideas, keeping pace with the academic pioneers and being up-to-date with the latest research methods so as to improve the quality of our scientific research in inorganic materials and to upgrade our capacity for innovation.

Launched by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this International Symposium is a high-level international academic conference in the field of inorganic chemistry. Its selectionof USTB as the host for the symposium was a decision of great significance for the school. This not only recognized the achievements of USTB in chemistry but also gave the school a valuable opportunity to learn from and cooperate with world leaders in this field. This symposium helped to build on USTB’s foundation and knowledge of theapplications of inorganic materials.

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