Conveners
Plenary: Liu
- Hendrik Swart (University of the Free State)
Plenary: Vestergaard
- Gugu Mhlongo (CSIR/UFS)
Plenary: Hanlon
- Brian van Soelen (University of the Free State)
Plenary: Leach
- Andrew Forbes (U. Witwatersrand)
Plenary: Rogers
- Odireleng Ntwaeaborwa (University of the Witwatersrand)
Plenary: Gledhill
- Buyi Sondezi (University of Johannesburg)
Prof.
Xiaogang Liu
(Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543 and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore 117602)
26/06/2018, 09:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles exhibit unique luminescent properties, including a
large Stokes shift, a sharp bandwidth of emission, high resistance to optical blinking, and
photobleaching. Uniquely, they can also convert long-wavelength stimulation into short-
wavelength emission. These attributes offer the opportunity to develop alternative
luminescent labels to organic fluorophores and...
Prof.
Mun'delanji C Vestergaard
(Kagoshima University)
26/06/2018, 14:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
Development and application of bio-based and bio-inspired technologies to (i) screen for, identify and quantify molecules of interest; (ii) profile and characterize molecular activities/events; and (iii) help elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms is a major field with applications in various sectors including biomedical, environmental, energy, food and agriculture. With students and...
Prof.
Lorraine Hanlon
(University College Dublin)
27/06/2018, 09:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
Small robot telescopes occupy a particular niche in the astronomy ecosystem by virtue of their autonomous scheduling capabilities, rapid response times and flexible operations. These characteristics offer a wealth of use cases, three examples of which are explored in this talk.
Located at Boyden Observatory, Watcher is a robotic telescope owned by University College Dublin, developed and...
Dr
Jonathan Leach
(Heriot-Watt University)
28/06/2018, 09:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
Technology at the quantum limit promises significant advances in computing, communication, sensing and metrology, and imaging. The UK and many other countries around the world have recently provided significant investment in the development and realisation of such technologies. In this talk, I will discuss the UK’s quantum technology landscape and highlight my group's activities in applied...
Dr
David Rogers
(Nanovation)
28/06/2018, 14:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
Recently, there has been a surge in interest for the wide bandgap (Eg ~ 4.9 eV) semiconductor
gallium oxide (Ga2O3). A key driver for this boom is that single crystal wide area bulk β-Ga2O3
substrates have become commercially available [1] and a variety of methods have been shown to
give high quality epitaxial growth [2,3].
Although Ga2O3 has a number of polymorph forms (α-, β-, γ-, δ- and...
Prof.
Irvy (Igle) Gledhill
(U. Witwatersrand)
29/06/2018, 09:00
Track H - Plenaries
Oral Presentation
“The Principle of Universality of Science advocates the free and responsible practice of science as fundamental to scientific advancement and human and environmental well-being. Such practice, in all its aspects, requires freedom of movement, association, expression and communication for scientists, as well as equitable access to data, information, and other resources for research.” In this...
