Aim & Scope

The scope of the symposium involves areas ranging from fundamental research to applied and material sciences including aspects of technology, economy and ecology. The topics will cover basic and applied aspects related to the reactivity of both organic and inorganic solids focusing on new materials design, advanced methods of preparation and characterization, mechanisms and kinetics of of topotactic, mechanochemical and photochemical reactions involving solids, structure property relations, and new horizons of materials application.
The aim of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to extend current knowledge, promote progress, and open up new prospects for all interested and participating solid state chemists.

Since 1948 a group of distinguished scientists from all over the world and from a wide range of fields gathered at the International Symposium on the Reactivity of Solids to discuss recent results and future experimental developments in the field. A distinctive feature of this symposium is that it is not attached to any international science organization but is hosted by a local organizing committee with input from many past attendees. Therefore, it lives on the enthusiasm and on the scientific curiosity of a world-wide community. The flavor is definitly international and decidedly interdisciplinary.

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