Preface

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The 10th International Symposium on
Electrokinetic Phenomena (ELKIN 10th)  
ELKIN 2012
Electrokinetics in Nano, Bio, and Environmental
Sciences Soft interface, fundamental to
application
Tsukuba University Tsukuba, JAPANMay 20-24, 2012
Venue
Preface The ELKIN is a forum for the discussion
of new advances in theoretical and applied
electrokinetics. The conference is held biannual
inside and outside Europe. Although
electrokinetics is and remains the central theme
of the meetings, the emphasis may change from one
meeting to the other. Topics covered by the
symposia include basic principles of
electrokinetic phenomena electrokinetics of
complex surfaces electrokinetics of low
dielectric fluids electrokinetic self-assembly
AC electrokinetics /microfluidics environmental
electrokinetics / electrokinetics at
biointerfaces History Electrokinetics is one of
the oldest branches of colloid science. It dates
back to Reuss, who in 1809 published a paper on
migration phenomena in suspensions of clay
particles under the influence of an applied
electric field. The paper was written in French
and submitted to a Russian journal, located in
Moscow, several years before Napoleon got there.
This event is now almost two centuries ago, but
the field of electrokinetics is still very much
alive. Specialized conferences in the field of
electrokinetics are more recent. The first zeta
potential symposia took place in Germany and
Austria in the seventies and eighties of the past
century. At that time contacts across the Iron
Curtain were difficult and only a few
representatives from the East and West could be
present, so the meetings remained rather local.
The first international symposium with
participants from many countries took place in
Granada, Spain, 1993. At that occasion an
International Advisory Board was established of
which the main task was to promote the
continuation of these conferences and control
their quality. After Granada, ELKIN conferences
have taken place in different countries inside
and outside Europe. Since 1998 the conferences
are held biannually. Tsukuba meeting will focus
on the soft interface, the relation between
fundamental and application (industry
environment). It will be also important for the
new organization in the Asian countries
including, Australia and New Zealand.
Preface The ELKIN is a forum for the discussion
of new advances in theoretical and applied
electrokinetics. The conference is held biannual
inside and outside Europe. Although
electrokinetics is and remains the central theme
of the meetings, the emphasis may change from one
meeting to the other. Topics covered by the
symposia include basic principles of
electrokinetic phenomena electrokinetics of
complex surfaces electrokinetics of low
dielectric fluids electrokinetic self-assembly
AC electrokinetics /microfluidics environmental
electrokinetics / electrokinetics at
biointerfaces History Electrokinetics is one of
the oldest branches of colloid science. It dates
back to Reuss, who in 1809 published a paper on
migration phenomena in suspensions of clay
particles under the influence of an applied
electric field. The paper was written in French
and submitted to a Russian journal, located in
Moscow, several years before Napoleon got there.
This event is now almost two centuries ago, but
the field of electrokinetics is still very much
alive. Specialized conferences in the field of
electrokinetics are more recent. The first zeta
potential symposia took place in Germany and
Austria in the seventies and eighties of the past
century. At that time contacts across the Iron
Curtain were difficult and only a few
representatives from the East and West could be
present, so the meetings remained rather local.
The first international symposium with
participants from many countries took place in
Granada, Spain, 1993. At that occasion an
International Advisory Board was established of
which the main task was to promote the
continuation of these conferences and control
their quality. After Granada, ELKIN conferences
have taken place in different countries inside
and outside Europe. Since 1998 the conferences
are held biannually. Tsukuba meeting will focus
on the soft interface, the relation between
fundamental and application (industry
environment). It will be also important for the
new organization in the Asian countries
including, Australia and New Zealand.
 The Electrokinetic Society of Japan
http//www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/colloid/ELKIN.html
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International Advisory Board - Prof. A.
Abdel-Fattah, USA - Dr. S. F. Alkafeef, Kuwait -
Prof. Dr. M. Z. Bazant, USA - Prof. Dr. T.
Bellini, Italy - Prof. L. Boinovich, Russia -
Prof. C. Cametti, Italy - Prof. E. Chibowski,
Poland - Dr. N. de Jaeger, Belgium - Prof. Dr. A.
V. Delgado, Spain - Prof. S. S. Dukhin, USA -
Prof. J. Duval, France - Prof. C. Grosse,
Argentina - Dr. R. Jack, GB - Prof. N. Kallay,
Croatia - Prof. L. Lapcik, Czech Republic - Dr.
M. Lozada y Cassou, Mexico - Prof. J. Lyklema,
The Netherlands - Prof. J. Masliyah, Canada -
Prof. N. Mishchuk, Ukraine - Prof. H. Ohshima,
Japan - Dr. R. OBrien, Australia - Prof. D. C.
Prieve, USA - Prof. Dr. A. Ramos, Spain - Prof.
Dr. V. Ribitsch, Austria - Prof. J. B. Rosenholm,
Finland - Dr. K. Stana-Kleinschek, Slovenia - Dr.
E. Tombasz, Hungary - Prof. C. Werner (Chairman),
Germany - Dr. L. Yezek, USA  
Organizing CommitteeChairman - Yasuhisa
Adachi Co-Chairman Sec. General - Satoshi
Nishimura - Ryoichi Yamamoto - Shinichi Takeda -
Takeshi Nashima - Motoyoshi Kobayashi - Hideyuki
Sugioka Domestic Board- Akihiko Tanioka -
Setsuo Ooi - Takeo Yamaguchi - Ko Higashitani -
Kimiko Makino - Koji Asami - Yasushige Mori
will be updated. Executive Commitee- Kazuho
Nakamura - Munehide Ishiguro - Takanori Akagi -
Yukio Nagasaki - Hirofumi Kanoh - Sosaku
Ichikawa - Naoyuki Ishida - Kazuyoshi Ogawa -
Yoko Tsujimoto - Pi-Chao Wang - Nobuhiko Nomura
will be updated. Academic Director- Hiroyuki
Ohshima
Invited speakers- Hans J. Lyklema - Tom Healy -
Hiroshi Maeda - Ehud Yariv - David Waite - Jerome
Duval - Huan-Jan Keh - Filip Beunis - Todd
Squires - Andrei Dukhin - Staffan Wall - Masaki
Sano will be updated
Pre-seminars March 11-12th, 2011 International
workshop Electrokinetics in relation to
colloidal flocculation and sedimentation August
27th, 2011 Electrolintics and microbiology Septemb
er 7-9th, 2011 The 63rd Divisional Meeting on
Colloid and Interface Chemistry November 24th,
2011 Electrokinitcs and Oreo-nanosciences Importan
t date October 1st, 2011 registration open

• http//www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/elkin12/
• Tel [phone]E-mail elkin12_at_envr.tsukub
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• Contact Yasuhisa Adachi , Tsukuba University