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NCS2012: Program (preliminary)

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Thursday 1 November

8:00–12:30       Registration

9:00–9:20         Opening ceremony and Welcome address of Mitko Georgiev
                        Rector of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy

Session 1        Chairing: Thomas Kerestedjian

9:20–9:50         Venelin Krastev* (invited), Ginka Eksner

* Faculty of Physics, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

100 years X-ray diffraction history: from Röntgen discovery to top-of-the art synchrotron source applications

9:50–10:30       Georgi Kirov (invited)

                         Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Morphological crystallography in the era of electron microscopy – state of the art and challenges

10:30–11:00     Coffee break

Session 2        Chairing: Thomas Kerestedjian

11:00–11:30     Rositsa Nikolova, Vladislav Kostov-Kytin

                         Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS

Crystal chemistry of “glasserite” type compounds: state of the art and challenges

11:30–12:00     Tsveta Stanimirova

                         Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

                         A case of cation exchange ability of anionic clay

12:00–13:30     Lunch break

Session 3        Chairing: Ognyan Petrov

13:30–14:10     Valentin Popov (invited)

                         Faculty of Physics, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Vibrational properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes

14:10–14:50     Svetoslav Nikolov (invited)

                         Institute of Mechanics, BAS

The multiscale modeling of biomaterials as a tool for understanding the design principles in nature

14:50–15:20     Evdokiya Salamanova, Denitsa Tsoneva

                         Institute of Molecular Biology-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria

Classical Molecular Dynamics simulations: Applications and limits. Thermo­stability of proteins – first results

15:20–15:50     Coffee break

Session 4        Chairing: Daniela Kovacheva

15:50–16:30     Boryana Mihailova (invited)

                         Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hamburg

Nanoscale structure and transformations in the ferroelectric solid solution PbZn_1/3Nb_2/3O₃-PbTiO₃ near the morphotropic phase boundary

16:30–17:10     Svetoslav Stankov* (invited), M. Miglierini, A. I. Chumakov, I. Sergueev,
                            Y. Z. Yue, B. Sepiol, P. Svec, L. Hu, R. Rüffer

* Institute for Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

                         Vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics of nanocrystalline materials

17:10–17:50     Miroslav Abrashev (invited), N. Todorov

Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia

Monitoring of the structural distortions of perovskite-like oxides using Raman spectroscopy

17:50–18:20     Bas ter Mull

PANalytical

Exploring new horizons with Empyrean

18:20–20:00     Poster session and Welcome party – Library of UCTM

Friday 2 November

Session 5        Chairing: Zara Cherkezova-Zheleva

9:30–10:10       Ana Proykova (invited), V. Antonov, S. Pisov

                         Faculty of Physics, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Induced magnetism in defective graphene

10:10–10:40     Zhana Georgieva*, S. Zareva, R. Nikolova, B. Shivachev, T. Tosheva,
                        S. Varbanov, R. Bontchev, G. Gencheva

                         * Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”

Novel coordination polymers of transition metals with tridentate ligands containing tertiary phosphine oxide groups – synthesis and structural characterization

10:40–11:10     Coffee break

Session 6        Chairing: Galina Gencheva

11:10–11:50     Elena Dyulgerova (invited), Ognyan Petrov*

                         * Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS

Structural and chemical diversity in apatites: bio-mineralization and biomaterials

11:50–12:20     Angela Gusiyska*, E. Dyulgerova, O. Petrov

                         * Dental Medicine Faculty, University of Medicine, Sofia

High-energy milled biphase calcium phosphate ceramics – application in endodontics

12:20–13:30     Lunch break

Session 7        Chairing: Rossitsa Nikolova

13:30–14:10     G. de la Flor, S. V. Gallego, E. S. Tasci, J. M. Perez-Mato,
                        M. I. Aroyo (invited)

Depto. de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain

                         The Bilbao crystallographic server: new databases and tools

14:10–14:40     Maria Lalia-Kantouri (invited)

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Crystal and molecular structures of potential anticancer Co(II) compounds with salicylaldehyde derivatives and dipyridylamine

14:40–15:10     C. E. Quiroga, A. B. Romero, Rossitza Pentcheva

Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Pressure and strain induced transitions in correlated oxides: insights from AB initio calculations

15:10–15:40     Coffee break

Session 8        Chairing: Rossitsa Nikolova

15:40–15:50     Pance Naumov (invited) – Ambassador of IUCr

                         Crystallography in SE Europe – an overview

15:50–16:30     Pance Naumov (invited)

New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto, Japan

Energy conversion in the solid state: Back to the macroscale?

16:30–16:40     Georgi Evtimov

Product Manager RETSCH for Bulgaria, Verder Bulgaria EOOD

16:40–17:30     Annual meeting of the Bulgarian Crystallographic Society
                        Chairing: Ognyan Petrov
                        Annual Report and Planning Further Activities

17:30–18:30     Poster session – Library of UCTM

18:30                Cocktail – Library of UCTM

Saturday 3 November

Session 9        Chairing: Georgi Avdeev

9:30–10:10       Nikolay Nedyalkov, Anna Dikovska (invited)

                         Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Fabrication of nanostructures for SERS application

10:10–10:40     Zara Cherkezova-Zheleva

                         IInstitute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Study of nano-sized and catalytic materials by means of Moessbauer spectroscopy

10:40–11:00     Coffee break

Session 10      Chairing: Peter Tzvetkov

11:00–11:30     Georgi Avdeev

                         Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Geometric dependencies, synthesis and structure of mono- and double-cation substituted LiMn₂O₄ spinels

11:30–12:00     Diana Nihtianova*, P. Tzvetkov, N. Velichkova, A. Yordanova,
                          I. Koseva, V. Nikolov

* Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography – BAS

* Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry – BAS

Synthesis, XRD and TEM investigations of Al_2–xIn_x(WO₄)₃ solid solutions

12:00–12:30     K. Hegetschweiler, V. Velcheva*, St. Todorova, G. Momekov, G. Gencheva

* University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”,
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy

PtIV complexes of 1,3,5-triamino-1,3,5-trideoxy-cis-inositol – Single-crystal structure and cytotoxic effects

12:30–13:00     Andi Zaidan*, Vl. Ivanova, P. Petkov

* University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Bulgaria
* Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia

Crystallization of amorphous Ge-Te-In system

13:00–13:30     Concluding remarks

POSTER SESSION

P_1. R. Atanassova, R. D. Vassileva, R. I. Kostov – Growth morphology, trace element content and colour peculiarity in natural amethyst crystals

P_2. Zh. Bunzarov, T. Dimov, I. Iliev, Y. Tzoukrovsky – Magneto-optical effect in MgSO₃.6H₂O single crystals

P_3. G. Chernev, E. Todorova, S. Djambazov, I. M. Miranda Salvado – Structure of hybrid biomaterials containing chitosan

P_4. L. Dimowa, B. Shivachev, S. Petrov – Design and application of a high temperature holder for in-situ powder X-ray diffraction experiments

P_5. L. Dimowa, B. Shivachev, S. Petrov – Natural and Zn exchanged clinoptilolite: in situ high temperature XRD study of structural behavior and cation positions

P_6. N. I. Dodoff – A DFT/ECP-small basis set modelling of cisplatin: molecular structure and vibrational spectrum

P_7. M. Gabrovska, D. Crisan, K. Tenchev, R. Edreva-Kardjieva, D. Nikolova, M. Crisan – Structure and reducibility of the mixed metal oxides obtained from Ni-Al layered double hydroxides

P_8. R. Gavrilova, R. Petkov – Investigation on the structure and properties after thermal treatment of copper-aluminum alloys, additionally alloyed with ni and modified with Mo

P_9. R. Gegova, R. Iordanova, A. Bachvarova-Nedelcheva, Y. Dimitriev – Synthesis and characterization of TeO₂/TiO₂ powders obtained through Te (VI) precursor

P_10. V. Idakiev, D. Dimitrov, T. Tabakova, K. Ivanov – Catalytic abatement of air pollutants on gold catalysts supported on mesoporous nanostructured oxides

P_11. V. Ivanova, E. Kashchieva, S. Vasilev, Y. Dimitriev – Glass-crystalline and Composite materials containing lead molybdate crystals

P_12. Vl. Ivanova, A. Zaidan, Y. Trifonova, P. Petkov – Thermo-induced effects in ternary chacogenide films

P_13. N. Izmirova, P. Uzunov, I. Tomova, M. Baeva – Spherulites as a state of the matter

P_14. N. Kaneva, A. Ponomareva, L. Krasteva, K. Papazova, G. Suchaneck, A. Bojinova,
V. Moshnikov, A. Apostolov, D. Dimitrov – Surface and structural properties of nanosized iron doped ZnO photocatalytic thin films

P_15. N. Kaneva, S. Siuleiman, I. Gracheva, S. Karpova, V. Moshnikov, D. Dimitrov,
K. Papazova, A. Bojinova – Nanosized composite thin films of SiO₂-ZnO for photocatalytic decomposition of organic dyes – structure and characterization

P_16. K. Koleva, N. Velinov, T. Tsoncheva, I. Mitov, B. Kunev – Preparation, structure and catalytic properties of ZnFe₂O₄

P_17. H. Kolev, K. Kostov, G. Tyuliev, C. Christov – Theoretical and experimental study of minerals precipitation and their chemical composition on the surface during seawater evaporation at natural conditions

P_18. K. Kossev, L. Dimowa, R. Nikolova, B. Shivachev – Synthesis and crystal structure of oxonium 2,4,8,10-tetrahydroxy-1,3,5,7,9,11-hexaoxa-2,4,6,8,10-pentaboraspiro[5.5]undecan-6-uide hydrate

P_19. K. Kossev, L. Dimowa, R. Nikolova, B. Shivachev – Synthesis and crystal structure of magnesium chlorate crystallohydrate

P_20. K. Kossev, N. Petrova, R. Nikolova, B. Shivachev – Crystal structure and properties of carbamide and thiocarbamide adducts of tetraalkyl ammonium hydrogen sulphate

P_21. B. Kostova, N. Petrova, V. Petkova, L. Konstantinov – The high energy milling effect on position of CO₃-ions in the structure of sedimentary apatite

P_22. N. G. Kostova, M. Fabián, A. Eliyas, A. Zorkovská, P. Baláž – Synthesis of zinc based mixed oxides by mechanochemical activated method

P_23. V. Kostov-Kytin, R. P. Nikolova, T. Kerestedjian – Temperature-induced phase transformations of the “glaserite” type zirconosilicate Na₃HZrSi₂O₈.0.4H₂O

P_24. L. K. Krasteva, K. I. Papazova, A. S. Bojinova, N. V. Kaneva, A. A. Apostolov – Synthesis and characterization of ZnO and TiO₂ powders, nanowire ZnO and ZnO–TiO₂ thin films for photocatalytic applications

P_25. M. Kuneva – Surface phase detection of proton-exchanged layers in LiNbO₃ and LiTaO₃ by IR reflection spectroscopy

P_26. I. Markova, T. Petrov, I. Denev – Cu and Cu-Sn nanoparticles and their porous nanocomposites based on carbon foam

P_27. M. Markova-Velichkova, V. Tumbalev, L. Stoyanov, S. Veleva, D. Nihtianova,
M. Mladenov, R. Raicheff, D. Kovacheva – XRD and TEM characterization of the morphology of ZnO powders prepared by different methods

P_28. I. Mihailova, T. Radoykova, D. Mehandjiev – Preparation and characterization of catalysts from metallurgical slags

P_29. G. Patronov, I. Kostova, D. Tonchev – Study of zinc-borophosphate compositions doped with samarium and manganese

P_30. A. Peltekov, B. Boyanov, V. Petkova, Z. Cherkezova-Zheleva – Thermal, X-ray and Mössbauer study of natural FeAsS

P_31. P. Petkova, V. Nedkov, J. Tacheva – The structural distortion and Zeeman splitting of the complex Cr(H₂O)₆³⁺

P_32. P. Petkova – The behaviour of Os ions in the tetrahedral oxygen coordination

P_33. I. Piroeva, L. Dimowa, S. Atanasova-Vladimirova, B. Shivachev – A simple and rapid scanning electron microscope preparative technique for observation of biological samples: application on bacteria and DNA samples

P_34. I. Piroeva, L. Dimowa, S. Atanasova-Vladimirova, N. Petrova, B. Shivachev – Synthesis, structural and non-linear optical properties of TeO₂–GeO₂–Nd₂O₃ glasses

P_35. D. Rabadjieva, S. Tepavitcharova, R. Gergulova, K. Sezanova, R. Titorenkova,
E. Dyulgerova, O. Petrov – Synthesis and structural characterization of Mg and Zn ion modified calcium phosphate ceramics

P_36. D. Raichev, S. Siuleiman, A. Bojinova, K. Papazova, D. Dimitrov – Preparation and photocatalytic activity of nanosized composite ZnO/TiO₂ thin films

P_37. N. Saliyski, R. Harizanova, I. Gugov, M. Müller, C. Rüssel – The Pb₄Yb₃F₁₇:Er³⁺ crystal phase – synthesys and photoluminescence

P_38. H. Sbirkova, G. Radoslavov, P. Hristov, B. Shivachev – Expression and crystallization of glycerol kinase from Thermomomospora curvata

P_39. D. Staneva, D. Marinkova, D. Cenova, R. Betcheva, L. Yotova – Biocompatible textile materials with immobilized trypsin for biomedical application

P_40. A. Stoyanova, N. Ivanova, A. Bachvarova-Nedelcheva, R. Iordanova, H. Hitkova,
M. Sredkova – Nonhydrolytic preparation of Fe-doped TiO₂ nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activities for reactive black 5 degradation

P_41. R. Titorenkova, R. Nikolova, N. Petrova, S. Bakardjieva, D. Rabadjieva,
S. Tepavitcharova, L. Konstantinov – Structural characteristics of ion-modified β-tricalcium ceramics compared with analogous commercial products for medical application

P_42. I. Tomov, S. Vassilev – Nullifying the extinction effect in the Integral breadth measurement

P_43. L. Tsvetanova, L. Dimowa, S. Ferdov, R. Nikolova – Crystal structures of Mg²⁺, Ba²⁺ and Cs⁺ exchanged ETS-4 at RT and 120 K

P_44. Y. Tzvetanova, I. Piroeva, Y. Kalvachev – Thaumasite crystallization in zoned skarns from Zvezdel-Pcheloyad deposit (Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria)

P_45. S. Uzova, B. Bogdanov, C. Uzov, A. Nikov, V. Velev, T. Angelov – Crystal structure of polycaprolactam. I. Gamma–alpha transition

P_46. S. Uzova, B. Bogdanov, C. Uzov, A. Nikov, V. Velev, T. Angelov – Crystal structure of polycaprolactam. II. Perfection of the crystalline phase

P_47. L. Vladislavova, R. Harizanova, G. Avdeev, I. Gugov – Crystallization of barium titanate in inverse sodium-alumoborosilicate glasses with high concentration of 3d-transition metals

P_48. L. Yotova, D. Marinkova, D. Danalev, J.-M. Ringeard, S. Serfaty, P. Griesmar – Investigation of newly synthesized biocompatible materials as biofilm carriers

P_49. L. Yotova, S. Yaneva, Tz. Velinov – Silica-based hybrid materials as biocompatible coatings for xenobiotics sensors

 

 

 

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