October 21, 2022
Program


Plenary Session (Room 272) https://rtucloud1.zoom.us/j/5204285574


9:309:40 Opening ceremony Prof. M. Turks, Dean of Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, RTU


9:40-10:00 Prof. Māris Turks, RTU FMSAC ITOC, ITOC-i(y)nes


10:00-10:20 Assoc.prof. Kaspars Traskovskis, RTU FMSAC IAC, Development of organic materials for photonics


10:20-10:40 Prof. Dagnija Loča RTU FMSAC IGCE, Biomaterials for bone engineering and local delivery of therapeutic agents


10:40-11:00 Raivis Eglītis, RTU FMSAC IMSE, Photochromic titanium dioxide: past, present and future


11:00-11:20 Doc. Pāvels Onufrijevs, RTU FMSAC ITP, Nano- and femtosecond laser technology for GeSn epilayers: potential for IR devices


11:20-11:40 Prof. Remo Merijs-Meri, RTU FMSAC IPM, Polymers, their composites and nanocomposites: from laboratory to practical application


11:40-12:00 Baiba Lukaševiča RTU FMSAC IDT, The evolving role of design


Lunch 12:00-13:00


Poster Session (second-floor passage)
13:0014:00

Oral Presentation Sessions
14:00-15:10


General Materials Science (Room 271)
14:00-14:10  Ramona Dūrena Amphoteric aqueous Zn-MnO2 rechargeable battery with 2.4 V open-circuit potential
14:10-14:20  Agija Stanke The promotional effect of potassium on iron-based silica-supported catalyst for the hydrogenation of
carbon oxides
14:20-14:30  Liga Britala Inert coatings for cycle life extension of cathodes for Li-Ion batteries
14:30-14:40  Mārtiņš Randers Hydrosodalite synthesis from illite clay by alkali-thermal treatment
14:40-14:50  Dārta Ūbele-Kalniņa Improving surface wettability on hydroxyapatite coatings by electrical polarization
14:50-15:00  Agnese Stunda-Zujeva Comparison of antioxidant activity in various spirulina containing products
15:00-15:10  Kristīne Irtiševa Development of peat binder biocomposites and their physical properties


Polymer Materials and Composite Materials (Room 272) https://rtucloud1.zoom.us/j/5204285574
14:00-14:10  Anda Barkāne Modified cellulose nanocrystals for UV-assisted additive manufacturing resin reinforcement
14:10-14:20  Madara Žiganova Structural and thermal properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxy-
valerate)
14:20-14:30  Ritvars Bērziņš Modification of cellulose-type fibers with naturally renewable cardanol and incorporation into recycled
polypropylene
14:30-14:40  Mārtiņš Nābels-Šneiders Preparation of biopolymer cellulose laminates
14:40-14:50  Kristaps Zvirgzds Use of agricultural production residues in the production of board materials
14:50-15:00  Zanda Iesalniece Rapeseed straw fiber reinforced recycled polypropylene/polyethylene composites
15:00-15:10  Osvalds Verners A comparison of contact electrification mechanisms of selected polymers, surface functionalization
molecules, and ionized water


Chemistry of Organic Compounds (Room 445)
14:00-14:10  Rūdolfs Beļaunieks Use of propargyl silanes for the selective synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes via 1,2-silyl migration
14:10-14:20  Aleksejs Burcevs Synthetic pathways to purines as molecular systems for a photo-catalysis
14:20-14:30  Anastasija Gaile Investigation of quinone hydrazones/thiosemicarbazones as potential bifunctional ligands for metal ion
complexation
14:30-14:40  Ralfs Pomilovskis Polymer developments from tall oil fatty acids using Michael addition
14:40-14:50  Laimdota Vilcēna Betulin integration method into solutions for needleless electrospininng
14:50-15:00  Armands Maļeckis Synthesis and fluorescent properties of novel benzanthrone α-aminophosphonates
15:00-15:10  Vladislavs Kroškins Rh catalyzed C-H amination of pentacyclic triterpenoids