May 20 - 25, 2007
Sicily, Italy

For the last 23 years the Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA) conferences organized by the International Adsorption Society (IAS) have been a unique meeting opportunity for those interested in adsorption phenomena and adsorption-based technologies since the very first FOA conference in 1983. FOA9 is intended to provide a unique opportunity for international exchange between scientists and engineers of all disciplines, academia and industry, and between novice and expert.

Adsorption phenomena are operative in most natural physical, biological, and chemical systems, and are exploited today in thousands of applications, from catalysis, to bulk separations, to purification of waste streams. Research is active in: developing new adsorbent materials, from meso-porous adsorbents to chiral stationary phases; applying molecular modeling to predict adsorption properties; developing new processes for both gas and liquid separations; exploring new fields of applications, e.g. for energy systems, environmental applications, life sciences, and others. Those who have an interest in adsorption will find FOA9 well worth attending.