31st icsc-2009

     The 31st International Conference on Solution Chemistry (ICSC-31) was held 21–25 August 2009 in Innsbruck, Austria with Prof.Bernd Michael Rode as the local chairman. This conference series covers a wide range of topics related to solution chemistry, such as spectroscopy, thermodynamics, and kinetics to name just a few, addressing experimentalists and theoreticians alike. 

    Seventeen outstanding plenary and invited lectures were given by renowned scientists. The topics of the plenaries were solution NMR stuctures of proteins (J. Wüthrich), porous coordination polymers (S. Kitagawa), ab initio-based water potentials for simulation studies (S. Xantheas), and the hydration structures of metal ions in solution (I. Persson). Additionally, 33 oral contributions were presented and two poster sessions were held. A total of 29 countries were represented in this conference. The best poster award was given to Matjaz Boncina for his poster entitled “Thermodynamics of the ion–lysozyme association”. Pierre Turq presented details of the next ICSC meeting to be held in 2011 in La Grande Motte, France....