COST Chemistry actions D1-D7

Directorate-General For Research And Innovation European Commission

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Activity report 1995-1996
Industrial research and development

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• Sciences et techniques

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-RESEARCH-AND-INNOVATION-EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 20
• Langue: English
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ISSN 1018-5593
COST
European cooperation
European Commission
on scientific and
technical research
Activity report 1995-96
COST CHEMISTRY ACTIONS D1-D7
T. Kowall, F. Foglia, L. Helm, A. E. Merbach, Chem. Eur. J., 1996, 2, 285-94
Directorate-General
Science, Research and Development
EUR 18154 EN EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Edith CRESSON, Member of the Commission
responsible for research, innovation, education, training and youth
DG XII/B.1 — RTD actions: Cooperation with non-member countries and
international organisations — European Economic Area, COST, Eureka and ls
Contact: Mr G. Rivière
Address: European Commission, rue de la Loi 200 (SDME 1/53),
B-1049 Brussels — Tel. [phone]; fax [phone] Activity report 1995-96
COST CHEMISTRY ACTIONS D1-D7
Edited by:
Sylvie Bénéfice-Malouet
Bernd Reichert
Amira Abou-Hamdan (expert)
on behalf of the management and technical committees
COST Chemistry Secretariat
European Commission, DG XII/B.l
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels
Tel. [phone]; fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998
ISBN 92-828-2603-1
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Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
Printed in Italy CONTENTS
THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE COST CHEMISTRY 4
Introduction from the Chairman
Present status of signatures of the Memorandum of Understanding 7
Statistic of Concerted Research Funds for COST Chemistry Actions D1-D7 8
Address List Technical Committee Chemistry 11
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION Dl5
Objectives of the COST Action Dl6
Projects in COST Chemistry Action Dl 20
Address List Management Committee Dl 32
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D2
Objectives of the COST Action D2
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D28
Address List Management Committee D2 5
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D39
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D3 61
Address List Management Committee D3 7
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D4 8
Objectives of the COST Action D42
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D43
Address List Management Committee D4 10
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D55
Objectives of the COST Action D56
Catalysis 107
Surface Analysis
Theory
Highly Dispersed Systems4
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D5 10
Address List Management Committee D5 131
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D65
Objectives of the COST Action D66
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D68
Address List Management Committee D6 14
COST CHEMISTRY ACTION D79
Objectives of the COST Action D7 150
Projects in COST Chemistry Action D72
Address List Management Committee Action D7 161
INDEX OF KEYWORDS 165 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
COST CHEMISTRY
CHAIRMAN: Prof. André E. MERBACH
Institut de Chimie Minérale et Analytique
Université de Lausanne,
Bâtiment de Chimie (BCH)
CH-1015 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND The Technical Committee COST Chemistry
The Technical Committee COST Chemistry
Introduction from the Chair
We have launched the COST Chemistry Actions in 1991 and since the beginning the scientific
activities have been very successful and growing. Presently twenty two COST countries are actively
participating to the Chemistry Actions.
The COST Chemistry activities of the ongoing Actions so far corresponds to more than one hundred
projects in which more than six hundred research groups are involved in collaborative programs.
According to the information given by the participating groups, the total budget involved in
collaborative research in COST Chemistry is now reaching 300 MECU. As we indicated in the
previous report, this data must be interpreted carefully according to the difficulty in obtaining
homogenous information from all the different countries. Nevertheless once again it gives an idea of
the impressive and probably unique level of the collaborative research under the way within the
COST Chemistry. The seven first Actions (D1-D7) are now coming to the end of their programmes
with the exception of D4 and D5 which will possibly have an exceptional one year prolongation. A
new Action 'Chemistry of Metals in Medicine' (D8) has been launched last year, and four others
(D9-D12) have been accepted and will start in the near future. The first seven Actions D1-D7 which
are ending, are currently under evaluation by committees involving external referees, even from non
European countries. This evaluation procedure is very important and its seriousness will contribute to
further increase the credibility of the COST Chemistry Technical Committee and Management
Committees.
In the last report, we announced the launching of the Alliance AllChemE involving the organisations
representing the European Scientific Community. The report produced by AllChemE : Chemistry,
Europe and the future, and sent all around Europe to the governments and institutions in charge of
scientific policies is considered as a very important document. It has been edited in English, German,
French and Italian and we hope that it will contribute to promote Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering in Europe.
In December 1996, the mandate of the first Chair and Vice Chairpersons arrived to its end. The
Technical Committee decided to create an Executive Board consisting of Past-Chairman, the
Chairman and the Vice-Chairman who will work together with the Scientific Secretariat.
COST Chemistry Actions have played a major role in the building up of the scientific co-operation
in Europe. By promoting Chemistry, we have contributed to the progress of the European Science
and to the reinforcement of the European concept. We have to pursue efforts for the benefit of
Chemistry, of Science, of then economic activity and the quality of life of European
citizens.
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Prof. Gilbert Balavoine Prof André E. Merbach
Past-Chairman of the Technical Committee Chairman of the Technical Committee
CNRS-Chimie de Coordination, Institut De Chimie Minerale et Analytique,
205 Route de Narbonne Universite de Lausanne, BCH
31077 Toulouse, CH-1015 Lausanne,
FRANCE SWITZERLAND