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International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Chemistry (ICAMSC – 2020)

The Department of Chemistry, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, is organizing an “International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Chemistry (ICAMSC – 2020)” from August 10 -12, 2020.

The event is organized in association with Amrita Centre for Research and Development (ACRD).

ABOUT

The Amritapuri campus, nestled in the backdrop of the beautiful village of Vallikavu, provides warmth and serenity to its visitors. It provides a homely atmosphere to the students. Located close to the international headquarters of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math, the campus provides an environment that harmoniously blends learning and research. The technical excellence of the campus has made it a learning hub for students from all around the globe. Advanced research facilities help enhance one’s appetite for learning.

Scope of the Conference

The International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Chemistry (ICAMSC – 2020) aims to bring together the research scholars and the leading scientists from academic and industrial sector to exchange the knowledge and share their experiences and research outcomes about all aspects of Material Science and Chemistry. It provides a premier interdisciplinary forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications.

Topics of interest for the submission of abstract include, but are not limited to:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • 2D and 3D Nano Materials
  • Nano technology
  • Solar Energy Materials
  • Crystalline Porous Materials
  • Batteries and Solid Electrolyte Materials
  • Optical, Electrical and Magnetic Materials
  • Carbon & Graphene- based Materials
  • Polymers, Ceramics and Composite Materials
  • Advanced Biomaterials
  • Materials in Green Technology
  • Surface Science and Engineering
  • Metals, Alloys, Metallurgy and Materials
  • Materials Physics and Chemistry
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Computational Materials
  • Biosensor and Bio-electronic Materials
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Coordination Complexes
  • Natural Product Synthesis
  • Functional Inorganic Materials
  • Drug Design
  • Homogeneous, Heterogeneous and Biocatalysis
  • Peptide & Protein Synthesis
  • Small Molecule Activation
  • Environmental and Green Chemistry
  • Advanced Analytical Techniques
  • Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry

About the Department

The Department of Chemistry, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, started functioning at Amritapuri campus in 2002. The department enjoys the status and privilege of a well flourishing inevitable academic entity of this campus, which offers about 40 courses on advanced and applied areas of chemistry and also courses on Environmental Sciences handled by 17 expert members of faculty. The department also possesses a classical chemistry lab which has been structured with a vision of transforming it into an excellent centre for research in the frontier areas of applied chemistry and allied branches.

About Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary research academia that is accredited ‘A’ by NAAC and is ranked as one of the best research institutions in India. Amrita is spread across six campuses in three states of India – Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, with the headquarters at Ettimadai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham continuously collaborates with top US Universities including Ivy league Universities and top European Universities for regular student exchange programs and has emerged as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in India. The institution is managed by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Presentations

The participants are requested to submit the abstracts to icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu. Abstracts must include the manuscript title, author(s), affiliation(s), contact details and key words (max. 6 words). Total content of the abstract should be no less than 250 words and no greater than 500 words. The abstract should clearly demonstrate the scope of the proposed paper or poster. It should also contain enough information for the reviewers to make an informed decision. Graphics may be included and will not form part of the word count. The decision of the evaluation committee will be intimated in due course.

The successfully presented papers in the conference will be considered for publication in the Materials Today Proceedings or in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals RSC Advances or Materials Advances or Journal of Materials Engineering and Performancefrom Springer.

The successfully presented papers in the conference will be considered for publication in the MATERIALS TODAY PROCEEDINGS or in a reputed International Journal of ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY or after the regular peer review process as per the requirements of the publishers. Additional publication processing charges will be applied wherever necessary.

Articles will be published after the regular peer review process as per the requirements of the publishers. Additional publication processing charges will be applied for publication in Materials Today Proceedings and RSC Advances, However, for publication in Materials Advances and Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, there won’t be any Article Processing Charges applied.

How to Submit

Articles for RSC Advances or Materials Advances should be submitted through normal submission process (through Scholar One). During the submission you will be asked whether the manuscript has been submitted for a themed collection, please tick yes and write the conference title (ICAMSC-2020) in the free-text box. Please also contact the conference organizers to inform them of your submission.

Articles for Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance should be submitted (in full form) to icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu for initial screening before 15th August 2020. After the initial approval, authors will be given instructions for submitting the article to the journal.

For publishing with Materials Today Proceedings – instructions will be updated soon.

DATES
Abstract Submission Opens June 29, 2020
Abstract Submission Closes August 5, 2020
Registration Opens July 7, 2020
Registration Closes August 8, 2020
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
  • Prof. Moris S. Eisen
    Technion, Haifa
  • Prof. Rasika Das
    UT Arlington, Texas, United States
  • Prof. Oxana V. Kharissova
    UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Prof. A. G. Samuelson
    IISc, Banglore
  • Prof. M. V. Rajasekharan
    University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
  • Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph
    IIST, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Prof. C. T. Aravind Kumar
    Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
  • Prof Pattayil Joy
    NCL Pune
  • Prof. Girish Kumar
    Cochin University of Science & Technology
  • Prof. Shanthi Nair
    Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
  • Prof. Asoke Banerji
    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam
  • Prof. Rajakumar Balla
    IIT Madras
  • Prof. V. K. Revankar
    Karnatak University, Dharwad
  • Prof. A. Sakthivel
    Central University Kerala, Kasaragod
  • Prof. S. M. A. Shibli
    Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Dr. S. Nagarajan
    Central University of Tamil Nadu, Kangalancherry
  • Prof. Shantanu Bhowmik
    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Committees and Chairs

Department of Chemistry,
Amrita School of Arts and Sciences,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Amritapuri Campus, Clappana P. O.
Kollam, Kerala, India Pin: 690525

Contact

+91 9946525930
  +91 9847215097
  +91 9495188217
  +91 7594072189
+91 9400046444
  +91 9142035497
icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu

PUBLICATION PROCEDURE

Details About the Publication Procedure

As all of you are aware we are collaborating with four esteemed journals for the publication of the papers presented in our conference. You are free to choose where you would like to publish depending upon the scope of the journal, however kindly have us informed about your decision (If your presented work is already published or you want to go for other journals – please reply to this e-mail with the details of the communication).

If you choose to to send your article for publication in RSC ADVANCES (Dead line: August 31, 2020)

  1. Format your article as per the Journal Guidelines
  2. Submit your article through Journal Homepage
  3.  During the submission you will be asked whether the manuscript has been submitted for a themed collection, please tick yes and write the conference title (ICAMSC-2020) in the free-text box.
  4. E-mail us @ icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu the details of your article submission – so that we can confirm your association with ICAMSC2020 to the chief editor of RSC ADVANCES.
  5. Kindly note that, peer reviewing process will takes place according to journal policy and we, ICAMSC2020, do not have any role to play in this.
  6. Article processing fees will be applied as per the policy.

If you choose to to send your article for publication in MATERIALS ADVANCES (Dead line August 31, 2020)

  1. Format your article as per the Journal Guidelines
  2. Submit your article through Journal Homepage
  3.  During the submission you will be asked whether the manuscript has been submitted for a themed collection, please tick yes and write the conference title (ICAMSC-2020) in the free-text box.
  4. E-mail us @ icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu the details of your article submission – so that we can confirm your association with ICAMSC2020 to the chief editor of MATERIALS ADVANCES.
  5. Kindly note that, peer reviewing process will takes place according to journal policy and we, ICAMSC2020, do not have any role to play in this.
  6. There are no submission charges for Materials Advances, and no article processing charges until mid-2022. As part of the submission process, authors will be asked to agree to the Materials Advances open access terms & conditions.

If you choose to to send your article for publication in Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (Dead line – August 20, 2020)

  1. Format your article as per the Journal Guidelines
  2. Send us your article to icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu with all the necessary supporting data for the initial screening.
  3. Your article will be sent to the journal personal for a quick quality check after the approval – you will be given instructions for submitting the article.
  4.  Please do not upload your articles directly to the journal.
  5. There are no submission charges for this journal.

If you choose to to send your article for publication in MATERIALS TODAY PROCEEDINGS (Dead line – August 20, 2020)

  1. Format your article as per the Journal Guidelines
  2. Wait for our further instructions for submission of the articles to the journal portal.
  3.  Please do not upload your articles directly to the journal without our consent.
  4. There will be an article processing charge of Rs.3500 per article – We will update you with the method of paying the fees soon after the communication of the article.

For further queries regarding the publication E-mail us at – icamsc2020@am.amrita.edu

SPEAKERS

Prof. W. D. Jones
Prof. W. D. Jones

University of Rochester, New York

Prof. Suresh C. Pillai
Prof. Suresh C. Pillai

Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

Prof. Boris I. Kharisov
Prof. Boris I. Kharisov

University Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey

Prof. P. V. Aravind
Prof. P. V. Aravind

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Prof. Sabu Thomas
Prof. Sabu Thomas

M. G. University, Kottayam

Prof. E. D. Jemmis
Prof. E. D. Jemmis

IISc, Bangalore

Prof. A. Ajayaghosh
Prof. A. Ajayaghosh

CSIR – NIIST

Prof. A. B. Halgeri
Prof. A. B. Halgeri

PPISR Bangalore

Prof. M. Padmanabhan
Prof. M. Padmanabhan

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam

Prof. Radhakrishnan K. V
Prof. Radhakrishnan K. V

CSIR – NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. V. Suresh
Prof. V. Suresh

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Prof. V. Ganesh
Prof. V. Ganesh

CSIR-CECRI,
Sekkalakottai


Prof. Jing Li
Prof. Jing Li

Rutgers University, Piscataway

Prof. R. S. Swathi
Prof. R. S. Swathi

IISER, Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. Bice S Martincigh
Prof. Bice S Martincigh

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Prof. Amita (Pathak)
Prof. Amita (Pathak)

Mahanty IIT Kharagpur, India

Dr. Maya Jacob John
Dr. Maya Jacob John

CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

      Prof. Moris S. Eisen
Prof. Moris S. Eisen

Technion, Haifa

Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph
Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph

IIST, Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. Oxana V. Kharissova
Prof. Oxana V. Kharissova

UANL, Monterrey, Mexico

Prof. A. G. Samuelson
Prof. A. G. Samuelson

IISc, Banglore

Prof. M. V. Rajasekharan
Prof. M. V. Rajasekharan

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

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Prof. Rasika Das mmmmm

UT Arlington, Texas, United States

Prof. C. T. Aravind Kumar
Prof. C. T. Aravind Kumar

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Prof. Girish Kumar
Prof. Girish Kumar

Cochin University of Science & Technology

Prof. Shanthi Nair
Prof. Shanthi Nair

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Prof. Asoke Banerji
Prof. Asoke Banerji

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam

Prof. V. K. Revankar
Prof. V. K. Revankar

Karnatak University, Dharwad

Prof. A. Sakthivel
Prof. A. Sakthivel

Central University Kerala, Kasaragod

Prof. S. M. A. Shibli
Prof. S. M. A. Shibli

Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr. S. Nagarajan
Dr. S. Nagarajan

Central University of Tamil Nadu, Kangalancherry

Prof. Shantanu Bhowmik
Prof. Shantanu Bhowmik

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Prof. Rajakumar
Prof. Rajakumar

Balla IIT Madras

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