Sektionen för ytkemi och materialkemi

Sektionen för ytkemi och materialkemi har till ändamål att främja ytkemin och materialkemin i Sverige och att vara svensk kontaktorganisation i internationella frågor rörande ytkemi och materialkemi. Sektionen ska vara ett forum för yt- och materialkemister inom landet samt bidra till ökade kontakter mellan industri, universitet och högskolor. Andra ändamål är att anordna föredrag, kurser och symposier samt bedriva samhällsinformation. Se här för visionsdokument för sektionen från 2023.

Welcome to the annual symposium of the Surface and Materials Chemistry Section Annual Meeting 4-6 November 2026, in Umeå

– Where surfaces meet solutions!

The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Surface and Materials Chemistry Section of the Swedish Chemical Society brings together researchers from academia and industry to explore the latest advances in surface and materials science. Join us in Umeå – gateway to the Swedish Arctic – for three days of inspiring science, lively discussions, and networking in a unique northern setting.

Theme:  Materials and Surfaces for Sustainability and Health: From Northern Resources to Molecular Solutions

The program, see here, features keynote lectures by leading experts, invited talks spanning the full breadth of surface and materials chemistry, an interactive poster session, and a conference dinner. The meeting runs lunch-to-lunch for convenient travel. Read more here.

Participants will also have the opportunity to tour the analytical facilities of the Chemical and Biological Center (KBC; https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/), including the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy, the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and the NMR platforms.

Whether your research focuses on mineral processing or membrane biophysics, battery materials or biosensors, this meeting offers something for you. The breadth of topics encourages cross-disciplinary discussions that can open doors to new research directions and collaborations. We look forward to welcoming you to Umeå!

During the meeting, 5th of November at 16.15, in Umeå and via zoom, the Annual Proceedings of the Section for Surface and Materials Chemistry will be held. For the agenda and zoomlink, see here.

Welcome!

Jean-François Boily, chair of the organisation committee

Welcome to the annual meeting of the Surface and Materials Chemistry Section

Self-assembly in Life and Materials Science

4-6 November 2024, Stadshallen, Lund

The theme of this year’s meeting is fundamental and applied questions regarding the properties of self-assembled systems in life and materials sciences. The symposium will be jointly organised by the Surface and Materials Chemistry section of the Swedish Chemical Society and the newly formed, VR-funded COMMONS Centre of Excellence, focused around fundamental self-assembly properties of biomembranes and biomolecules. Registration fee for PhD/Master student is 2400 SEK and for regular participants the fee is 3400 SEK (as a non member of the Swedish Chemical Society the fee is 3900 SEK).

The symposium runs lunch-to-lunch between Monday 4th of November and Wednesday 6th of November. See the program here.

Registration is closed.

Confirmed speakers

Motomu Tanaka, Heidelberg University
Debora Berti, University of Florence
Thanh Nguyen, University College of London
Joachim Rädler, LMU München

Vito Foderà, University of Copenhagen
Alexander Büll, Technical University of Denmark
Hanna Barriga, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Giovanna Fragneto, ESS
Margaret Holme, Chalmers University of Technology
Daniel Aili, Linköping University
Fredrik Höök, Chalmers University of Technology
Fredrik Tiberg, Camurus
Joshua Jackman, Sungkyunkwan University
Anna Rising, Karolinska Institute
Kevin Roger, Toulouse University
Nikol Labecka, Lund University
Andreas Carlsson, Lund University
Andriani Tsompou, Malmö University
Valentina Guerrero Florez, Linköping University
Karlis Berzins, University of Copenhagen

Welcome!

The local organising committee

Anna Fureby, Martin Malmsten, Tommy Nylander, Felix Roosen-Runge, Joakim Stenhammar

Materials for tomorrow 2023 vid Chalmers

Konferensen Materials for tomorrow 8-10 november 2023 blev en succé med över 300 registrerade deltagare. Alla var på plats vid Chalmers.
Konferensen organiserades av Martin Andersson och Maria Abrahamsson från Chalmers och Hanna Ulmefors och Leif Karlsson från Sektionen för yt- och materialkemi från Svenska Kemisamfundet.