The
APES President's Message
It is a great
pleasure for me, on behalf of the Council of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society
[APES], to present the Proceedings of the Third Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium
[APES'01] to the scientific community. This Symposium has been organized, under
the auspices of the Society, by
As the Founding
President of the Society and then an elected one for two more terms, it is
particularly satisfying to me to see the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society and the
Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia grow in strength and maturity. Continuing with the spirit of the First
APES, held at the City University of Hong Kong in 1997, and the Second APES
held - due to the efforts of Professor Yuanzhi XU -
at the Zhejiang University in 1999, this Symposium,
although aimed primarily at the Asia-Pacific countries, has also been open to
participants from all over the world. The main aims of our Symposia are to
bring together as many EPR/ESR spectroscopists as possible and to promote and
facilitate collaboration
among the EPR/ESR community.
For the first time two Satellite Meetings: Symposium A: 2001 ESR Dosimetry
and Dating and Symposium B:
International Workshop on Advanced EPR Applied to Biosciences, have also been arranged. This is a very positive development,
which shows that the idea of the APE Symposia is expanding and attracting other
specialized areas of applications of EMR (encompassing EPR and ESR). Thanks are due to Prof. M. Ikeya and Prof. A. J. Hoff for their effort in organizing,
in coordination with Prof. A. Kawamori, the Symposium
A and B, respectively.
During the Symposium the 3rd Meeting of the
Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society was held.
We were privileged to have with us Prof. John R. PilbroW, President of the International EPR/ESR Society, who
delivered an Address to the participants of the Meeting. The 26 APES members
were present. The new APES Council
has been elected as follows: President: Prof. C. Rudowicz (Hong Kong);
Vice-President: Prof. S. V. Bhat (India);
Vice-President: Prof. H. Ohta (Japan); Secretary: Dr
Y. Y. Yeung (Hong Kong); Representatives from:
Australia/New Zealand: Dr. G. Hanson; Japan: Prof. J. Yamauchi; P. R. China:
Prof. Y. Li; India: Prof. K.P. Mishra; Rep. of Korea: Prof. S.O. Kang; Vietnam:
Prof. T. T. Nguyen; Russia - Far East: Prof. A. Ziadtinov.
It was decided at the APES Meeting that the fourth
Symposium (APES'03) will be held at the Indian Institute of Science in
On behalf of the
APES Council I would like to thank all hard working Members of the APES'01
Local Organising Committee for their dedicated effort. Under the skilful leadership of Prof. A.
Kawamori, helped especially by Prof. H. Ohta (Secretary) and Prof. T. Takui
(Treasurer), the APES'01 has been a very successful Symposium. Support from the
International Advisory Committee in nominating the invited speakers and
maintaining the high standard of this Symposium is also much appreciated. I also wish to express the
Society's gratitude to all sponsors for their financial support. Thanks are due
to all speakers and participants, who by attending this meeting have helped to
make this Symposium a successful event. Special thanks are due to Prof. A. Kawamori for her dedicated two-terms
service as the Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society. We all wish Prof. A. Kawamori
an enjoyable and fruitful retirement.
This
volume of Proceedings includes the papers submitted within the time limit set
by the publisher. All papers have
been refereed by the members of the Review Panel who are experts in their own
areas. The efforts of all the
reviewers and Elsevier in achieving high standard of scientific and technical
quality of the Proceedings are gratefully acknowledged.
Czeslaw Rudowicz
President
The Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society
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