13th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media - Bologna 2016: Conference Handbook and Book of Abstract

Welcome to Bologna MRPM13, the 13th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media, an AMPERE Event organized under the auspices of Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna. The Conference will be held at the University’s prestigious School of Engineering and Architecture, which has made available its excellent facilities. The conference series was founded by the University of Bologna, where the first meeting was held in 1990. MRPM2, held in 1993, was hosted by the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, MRPM3 in 1995 at the Université Catholique of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and MRPM4, in 1997, in Trondheim, Norway. The conference returned to Bologna for its fifth edition in 2000. MRPM6 was organized in 2002 at the University of Ulm, Germany, and MRPM7 in 2004 in Palaiseau, France. After MRPM7, the community joined the Groupement Ampere as the MRPM Division, and the Conferences, now called the “Bologna MRPM Conferences,” became Ampere Events. MRPM8 returned to Bologna in 2006; MRPM9 in 2008 was hosted by the Schlumberger Research Center (Cambridge, MA, USA); MRPM10 in 2010 at the University of Leipzig, Germany; MRPM11 in 2012 at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK); and MPM12 in 2014 at the University of Wellington, NZ. MRPM Conference Proceedings were initially published as special issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRPM1 to MRPM8) while MRPM9 and MRPM10 came out as part of the AIP Conference Proceedings Series. Since MRPM11, proceedings have been published as special issues of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. In addition, since MRPM8 (2006), poster presenters may submit papers based on their posters for inclusion in special issues of the open-access on-line journal Diffusion Fundamentals. As was the practice at previous conferences, all authors of the Invited and Oral communications are invited to prepare a manuscript for inclusion in the MRPM13 Proceedings. After review, contributions will be published in a special issue of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. The manuscripts should be no more than four printed pages and comply precisely with the Journal’s editorial indications. MRPM conferences look at progress achieved by magnetic resonance in furthering understanding porous media and fluids inside the pore-space. The meetings are also intended to encourage contact among people from different academic and industrial backgrounds. Researchers in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and Industrial Applications will benefit from the exchange of ideas, experiences and new approaches. Topics of MRPM13 will include innovative techniques to study structures, the behavior of fluids and their interactions in a wide range of natural and artificial materials, including rocks, cements, biological tissues, foodstuffs, wood, particle packs, sediments, pharmaceuticals, zeolites, and bioconstructs. Advances in hardware, methodology, data acquisition and processing are also on the agenda for discussion. The Giulio Cesare Borgia Prize for Young Researchers will be awarded at the end of the Conference. The Prize (three thousand Euro offered by our DICAM and DIFA Departments, University Bologna) was established in “memory of the contribution made by Giulio Cesare Borgia to the development of Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media and for the particular attention he always paid to the enthusiasm, passion, and courage of young people who undertook the difficult and adventurous path of scientific investigation in this fascinating area of research”. The award will be resented to an emerging (usually under 35 year old) scientist whose presentation at the Conference shows greatest promise for future scientific leadership. Contributions to the Conference are as follows: Invited speeches (20 minutes + 5 minute discussion), Oral presentations (12 minutes + 3 minute discussion), and Poster presentations during the Poster Session. Posters will be numbered; the numbered poster list is printed in the Scientific Programme. The Organizing Committee would like to thank all sponsors and donors for their support. These include: Università di Bologna (IT); Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia (DIFA, U. Bologna, IT); Dipartimento DICAM (U. Bologna, IT); Scuola di Ingegneria e Architettura (U. Bologna, IT); Stelar s.r.l. (IT); Bruker Biospin GmbH (DE, IT); Niumag (China); Oxford Instruments (UK); MR Solutions (UK); Pure Devices GmbH (DE); Jeol S.p.A. (IT); Lab-Tools Ltd (UK). The Organizing Committee is also very grateful to Prof. Ezio Mesini, President of the School of Engineering and Architecture, for making available the conference venue at the School, and to Professors Ezio Mesini and Ferruccio Trifirò, President of the Accademia dell’Istituto delle Scienze di Bologna, for hosting the NMR School in the Academy's Ulisse Hall. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I wish you an enjoyable and fruitful time in Bologna. August 21st 2016 Villiam Bortolotti Chair, Bologna MRPM13 DICAM, University of Bologn