Plenary Speakers

Prof. Francois Beguin
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Title of the lecture: Electrochemical energy storage with carbons
Abstract-P1.pdf

Prof. Wolfgang Maser
Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB), Spain
Title of the lecture: Carbon nanostructures: Revolutionary objects for tackling real-world challenges.
Abstract-P2.pdf

Prof. Emilia Morallon
University of Alicante, Spain
Title of the lecture: Carbon-based electrocatalysts for energy generation reactions

Prof. Peter Scharff
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Title of the lecture: Copernican revolution in carbon science

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Barbara Apicella
CNR-STEMS, Istituto di scienze e tecnologie per l'energia e la mobilità sostenibili, Italy
Title of the lecture: Carbon as a pollutant and as a nanomaterial: spectroscopic and chemical diagnostics for unveiling its structure

Dr Karolina Jurkiewicz
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Title of the lecture: Catalytic graphitization of non-graphitizing carbons
Abstract-K3.pdf

Prof. Alexander Kromka
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Title of the lecture: Engineered Diamond Surfaces & Heterostructures: Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Life Science Applications
Abstract-K4.pdf

Framework program of the conference

Framework program of the 11th Torunian Carbon Symposium - Copernican revolution in carbon science - pdf format

Book of Abstracts -pdf format

Sunday, 15.09.2024

16:00 - 18:00 REGISTRATION (The University Hotel, 83A Szosa Chełmińska Street, Toruń)
17:00 - 18:00 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING

  All session will take place in the conference venue "Od Nowa" Academic Centre of Culture and Art (37A Gagarina Street, Toruń)

Monday, 16.09.2024

8:00 – 9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:20 CONFERENCE OPENING

9:20 - 10:40 SESSION 1 New trends in carbon materials technology I
Chairman: prof. Aneta Frączek-Szczypta
9:20 - 10:10 PLENARY LECTURE I Maser W, Carbon nanostructures: Revolutionary objects for tackling real-world challenges.
10:10 Just D, Selective sorting of single-wall carbon nanotubes using conjugated polymers in organic solvents
10:30 Pacuła A, Electrocatalysts, adsorbents for arsenic removal and components for polymer composite membranes based on pyrolytic carbon deposited on metals/metal oxides derived from hydrotalcite-like materials

10:50 - 11:20 COFFEE BREAK

11:20 - 13:10 SESSION 2 New trends in carbon materials technology II
Chairman: prof. Anna Boczkowska
11:20 - 11:50 KEYNOTE I Jurkiewicz K, Liszka B, Gancarz P, Walkowiak M, Smykała S, Talik E, Lamrani T, Nokielski P, Ilavsky J, Catalytic graphitization of non-graphitizing carbons
11:50 Kopacz M, Szewczyk P, Długoń E, Stachewicz U, Electroconductivity enhancement of electrospun PVDF fibers by selective MWCNT electrophoretic deposition
12:10 Lorenc-Grabowska E, Potential of using spent magnetic carbonaceous adsorbents in blast furnace coke blends
12:30 Ślesiński A, Frąckowiak E, Electrolytic water disinfection and hydrogen production from real wastewater
12:50 Bulátkó A, Farkas A, Madarász J, Mohai M, Sebestyén Z, László K, Comparison of thermally and chemically reduced graphene oxide cryogels

13:10 - 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 3 Carbon materials for energy conversion and storage I
Chairman: prof. Grażyna Gryglewicz
14:30 - 15:20 PLENARY LECTURE II Beguin F, Electrochemical energy storage with carbons
15:20 Gajewska K, Enhanced energy density of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide aerogel-based symmetric supercapacitor in aqueous electrolytes
15:40 Sroka S, Galek P, Menzel J, Fic K, Płatek-Mielczarek A, Fundamentals and implication of PZC determination for activated carbons in aqueous electrolytes for Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM) applications

16:00 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION + COFFEE BREAK

19.00-21.00 TORUŃ TOUR
 

Tuesday, 17.09.2024

9:00 - 10:40 SESSION 4 Carbon materials for energy conversion and storage II
Chairman: prof. Paweł Szroeder
9:00 - 9:50 PLENARY LECTURE III Morallon E, Carbon-based electrocatalysts for energy generation reactions
9:50 Frackowiak E, Klimek A, Matei Ghimbeu C, Tailoring the properties of salt-templated carbons for energy storage systems
10:10 Minta D, Gonzalez Z, Gryglewicz G, Diclofenac electrochemical detection: from modified glassy carbon electrode to miniaturized inkjet-printed setup

10:50 - 11:10 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 - 13:00 SESSION 5 Experimental, theoretical and modeling approaches to carbon materials
Chairman: prof. Mirosława Pawlyta
11:10 – 11.40 KEYNOTE II: Apicella B, Russo C, Tregrossi A, Ciajolo A, Carbon as a pollutant and a nanomaterial: spectroscopic and chemical diagnostics for unveiling its structure
11:40 Kumar D, Bial̥oruski M, Lagutko P, Piskorz W, Kotarba A, Functionalized Carbon Surfaces by Plasma: the Role of Surface Morphology
12:00 Lipták K, Czégény Z, Mohai M, Németh P, Szegedi, Truc T, András T, László K, Investigation on N-doped and N, S-dually doped resorcinol-formaldehyde carbon xerogels for fuel cell application
12:20 Furmaniak S, Gauden P, Błajet-Kosicka A, Kamedulski P, Sztyler M, Possibilities of using computer simulations and theoretical methods to model and explain adsorption phenomena on the example of adsorption of pyrrole, furan, and thiophene in the pores of activated carbons
12:40 Kurtulus S, Graphene and Borophene competing or plumbing to each other?

13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 6 Carbon materials for medicine and biology
Chairman: prof. Andrzej Kotarba
14:30 - 15:00 KEYNOTE III Kromka A, Engineered Diamond Surfaces & Heterostructures: Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Life Science Applications
15:00 Wilk S, Medina-Cruz D, Zambrzycki M, Dziadek M, Webster T, Benko A, Surface chemistry of carbon nanotubes governs their biomedical applications
15:20 Stodolak-Zych E, The effect of carbon fiber morphology on the cellular response of cells in fibrous substrates for tissue engineering application
15:40 Nozdrenko D, Matvienko T, Motuziuk O, Gonchar O, Franskevych D, Nurishchenko N, Soroca V, Stetska V, Scharff P, Prylutskyy Y, Post-traumatic correction of the mechanokinetics of skeletal muscle contraction by administering water-soluble C60 fullerene

16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:30-17:30 SESSION 7 Synthetic carbon and graphite used in industry
Chairman: prof. Sandra Paszkiewicz
16:30 Gubernat M, Wielowski R, Szatkowski P, Szatkowska M, Kmita A, Jeleń P, Benko A, Zambrzycki M, Piekarczyk W, Fraczek-Szczypta A, Study of the suitability of selected phenol-formaldehyde resins as precursors of carbon-carbon composite materials
16:50 Zambrzycki M, Gubernat M, Wielowski R, Piekarczyk W, Frączek-Szczypta A, Carbon-carbon composite rocket motor nozzles prepared by filament winding method

19:00 - 22:00 CONFERENCE DINNER (Hotel Przystanek Toruń*** & Restauracja Lokomotywa, ul. Chłopickiego 4, 87-100 Toruń)
 

Wednesday, 18.09.2024

9:00 - 10:50 SESSION 8 Novel carbon structures and composites
Chairman: prof. Elżbieta Frąckowiak
9:00 - 9:50 PLENARY LECTURE IV Scharff P, Copernican revolution in carbon science
9:50 Pawlyta M, Hard carbons and their application as anodes in Na-ion batteries
10:10 Szroeder P, Ziółkowski P, Sahalianov I, Tailoring electrocatalytic properties of sp2-bonded carbon nanoforms by doping

10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 SESSION 9 Trends in carbon sciences and applications
Chairman: dr. Maciej Gubernat
11:00 Szewczyk P, Stachewicz U, Steering triboelectric and mechanical properties of polymer fibers with carbon black
11:20 Wielowski R, Czaja P, Piekarczyk W, Gubernat M, Frączek-Szczypta A, Study of the graphitization trajectory of low- and medium-textured pyrolytic carbons under additional heat treatment
11:40 Pazdyk-Słaby W, Electrospun carbon-ceramic nanocomposites CNFs-SiC for environmental protection
12:00 Kumar D, Functionalization of graphenic surfaces via plasmas: surface electronic properties, wettability and biocompatibility

12:20 CONFERENCE CLOSING

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

Framework program of the Toruń City Walking Tour

16 September 2024 (Monday) 19:00 - 21:00

2 groups 35 people each (polish/english guide)

Meeting point: in front of Horzyca Theater

Public transport from conference venue: the easiest way is to take tram no. 1 or 4 towards the center and get off at Plac Teatralny stop. Travel time 17 min.

2-hour sightseeing route:

OLD TOWN:

• medieval city walls, gates (Klasztorna, Mostowa), towers (the famous Leaning Tower), granaries,
• Nicolaus Copernicus House - outside
• Old Town Square with the Town Hall and beautiful tenement houses (Toruń's baroque gem - the famous Tenement House under the Star), Artus Court, the Flisacza Inn, the Copernicus and Flisak monument, the Toruń pillory
• medieval churches - St. Mary's, St. John's Cathedral - place of baptism of Nicolaus Copernicus - from the outside
• charming streets with a unique Gothic atmosphere (ul. Kopernika, Piekary, Ducha Sw., Droga Krolewska - ul. Zeglarska, Lazienna, Szeroka, Szewska, etc.)