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The First Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium organised
by the Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of
Hong Kong, was held in January 20 - 24, 1997, at the City University of
Hong Kong. The Symposium was attended by about 140 participants from 22
different countries, among whom 110 were from Asia-Pacific, Europe and
North America whereas 30 were from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan.
There were 8 invited plenary lectures and 3 invited plenary talks, 114
oral presentations, and 69 poster presentations, comprising together 183
presenta-tions.
The interdisciplinary character of the EPR/ESR spectroscopy
was reflected in the Scientific Programme, which consisted of the plenary
sessions and four parallel sessions
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biology, life and medical sciences
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physics and materials science
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chemistry, earth and environmental sciences
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new developments and cross-disciplinary areas
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The meeting featured the following plenary lectures :
Prof. S. H. Choh (Republic of Korea): EPR study of
paramagnetic defects in LiNbO3 single crystals .
Prof. Richard Cammack (UK): Bio-medical applications
of EPR spectroscopy .
Prof. C.A.J. Ammerlaan (The Netherlands): Magnetic
resonance spectroscopy of rare-earth doped semiconductors .
Prof. J. M. Spaeth (Germany): Electrical detection
of EPR and ENDOR : New possibilities for the study of defects in semiconductors
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Prof. John R. Pilbrow (Australia): Pulsed and CW EPR
in materials science .
Dr. Richard Bramely (Australia): EPR meeting the challenges
of new mate-rials .
Prof. M. Ikeya (Japan): New applications of electron
spin resonance - dating, dosimetry and microscopy .
Prof. Noboru Hirota (Japan): Chemically induced dyna-mic
electron polarization (CIDEP) studies of photochemical reactions at different
magnetic fields;
and plenary talks:
Prof. Mitsuhiro Motokawa (Japan): Submillimeter wave
ESR of magnetic materials in high magnetic fields .
Prof. Yves Servant (France): EPR studies of spin transitions:
A review .
Prof. A. Romanyukha (Russia): Comparative study of
different EPR mate-rials for use in clinical dosimetry.
The Symposium has provided opportunities for interaction
between specialists in many different fields. We were fortunate that many
distinguished scientists had joined the Symposium. The Symposium has provided
also an opportunity to bring the state-of-the-art knowledge of EPR to Hong
Kong and Southern China.
During the Symposium the Inaugural Meeting of the Asia-Pacific
EPR/ESR Society was held. A Welcome
Address from Prof. Jim Norris, the President of the International
EPR/ESR Society was read at the
Inaugural Meeting. The 62
researchers from Asia-Pacific region present have elected the
Provisional Council as follows :
| President |
Prof. Czeslaw Rudowicz (Hong Kong) |
| Vice-President |
Prof. Asako Kawamori (Japan) |
| Secretary |
Dr Y. Y. Yeung (Hong Kong)
[nominated later by the President] |
| Treasurer |
Prof. Hiroaki Ohya-Nishiguchi
(Japan) |
| Representatives |
Prof. John Pilbrow (Australia/New
Zealand) |
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Prof. Asako Kawamori (Japan) [also
Vice-President] |
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Prof. R. Y. Zhan (Peoples' Republic
of China) |
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Prof. S. V. Bhat (India) |
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Prof. S. H. Choh (Republic of
Korea)
Prof. N.T. Nguyen (Vietnam)
Prof. A. Ziadtinov (Russia - Far East) |
It appears that the Symposium was a great success judging
by the positive feedback received from many participants. Moreover, the
Asia-Pacific participants gathered at the Inaugural Meeting of the Asia-Pacific
EPR/ESR Society unanimously voted a proposal that the second Asia-Pacific
EPR/ESR Symposium be held, not in another country as suggested by the LOC
Chairman, but again at CityU in Hong Kong in 1999. However, since continuing
organisation of the Symposium would involve significant University resources,
at this time the University does not feel able to support a second event
in the next few years.
Efforts will be made to find alternative arrangements
for the next Symposium. As President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society,
I will try to convince researchers from other institutions within the Asia-Pacific
region to take over the organisation of the Symposium. Probably we should
follow the pattern adopted by the European Federation of EPR Groups. The
European EPR Symposium is to be organised every three years in a different
European country with a national EPR Group in charge of the local organization
being also responsible for handling the financial affairs.
On behalf of the Local and International Organizing Committee
I would like to thank the organisations who financially supported the Symposium,
namely, Lee Hysan Foundation, The Croucher Foundation and Beijing-Hong
Kong Academic Exchange Centre.
This was the first international conference our local
team and I have been organising. The administrative and printing costs
had been kept to a minimum. We had not hired a professional conference
organiser. instead we have provided as many travel and accommodation grants
to our colleagues in need as possible as well as waived the registration
fee for about 40% of the participants. We were helped in this regard by
the caring attitude of our Invited Speakers who opted for a standard accommodation
instead of an upper class hotel. This Symposium may be compared to a 'home-made
cake'. Thank you to all who have helped to successfully 'bake the cake',
especially the hard working colleagues from the Local Organizing Committee.
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 listed later in this volume, who are
experts in their own areas. The efforts of all the reviewers and Springer-Verlag,
Singapore in achieving high standard of scientific and technical quality
of the Proceedings are gratefully acknowledged.
Czeslaw Rudowicz
Chairman
Local and International Organizing Committee
First Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium
Post scriptum (November 1997)
The Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society will
provide the logistic support and coordination for the organization of the
future Symposia. The President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society has
recently conducted a search for an Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR group willing to
host the next Symposium. After consultations with the potential hosts it
has just been decided that the
2nd Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium will be held at Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, P.R. China,
15 - 19 November 1999 ( actual day changed
to 30 October - 03 November 1999 ). Prof. Yuanzhi Xu, the Chairman
of the Local Organizing Committee, is the member of Magnetic Resonance
Special Committee, Chinese Physical Society.
The Second Announcement and Call for Papers will be circulated in
January 1998. If your name was not on the namelist of the participants
of the 1st Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium please provide us
with your name and full address. For more information contact:
Prof. Yuanzhi XU, Chairman, LOC
The 2nd Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium
Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
Phone: +86 571 7984095 or +86 571 7951352;
Fax: +86 571 7984095 or +86 571 7951895;
E-mail: xyz@public.hz.zj.cn
or
Prof. Czeslaw Rudowicz, The President
The Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society
Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong
Kong,
83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
Phone: (852) 2788-7787 Fax: (852) 2788-7830 E-Mail: APSEPR@CITYU.EDU.HK |
