Flash DSC Conference

METTLER TOLEDO's award-winning Flash DSC is a MEMS-based chip calorimeter, which has revolutionized Fast Scanning Calorimetry with its ability to analyze reorganization processes that were previously impossible to measure using conventional DSC. Flash DSC – with heating rates that exceed a range of 7 decades – is the ideal complement to conventional DSC.

Further information

Our Flash DSC webinar presents new application possibilities (e.g. the investigation of crystallization processes). To learn more about METTLER TOLEDO's break-through technology, please visit our thermal analysis webinar portal and select Flash DSC.

Join us for the Flash DSC conference in 2021

2021

The conference is held between December 6 and 8

The fifth METTLER TOLEDO Flash DSC Conference will be held between December 6 and 8, 2021 (9 am to 3 pm CET). Presentations will be held onsite close to the city of Zurich in Switzerland. The conference will also be hosted online to enable remote participation.

The Flash DSC conference provides the ideal academic platform for researchers in the field of fast scanning chip calorimetry to interact and build partnerships with colleagues and experts from around the world.

Program: Will be updated continuously

The call for proposals is open now!

Conference location 2021:

Greifensee, Switzerland
Online (Microsoft TEAMS)

Conference fee:

1 day: 150 USD
2 days: 250 USD
3 days: 300 USD

Free of charge for speakers.

For participants:

Please register. Once your payment has been received, we will send you the TEAMS access codes

For speakers:

Please get in touch with Mrs. Veronica Feroce veronica.feroce-ring@mt.com

Time (CET)	Monday, December 6^th
10:00 - 10:40	Prof. Christoph Schick Isothermal melting-recrystallization kinetics by Flash DSC
10:40 - 11:20	Dr. Florian Spickermann In-situ high energy synchrotron diffraction during Flash DSC
11:20 - 12:00	Prof. Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli Kinetics of nucleation and fast crystallization processes in semi-crystalline polymers
12:00 - 12:40	Dr. Isabella Gallino Flash-DSC studies of reactive Al/Ni-based multilayers
12:40 - 13:00	Break
13:00 - 13:40	Dr. Paulina Szymoniak Spatial inhomogeneity, interfaces and complex vitrification of epoxies and epoxy-based nanocomposites
13:40 -14:20	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Determination of the stability of metastable crystalline phases
14:20 - 15:00

Time (CET)	Tuesday, December 7^th
10:00 - 10:40	Dr. Phillip Dumitraschkewitz FDSC of AlCu and AlZr
10:40 - 11:20	M.Sc. Cameron Quick An improved methodology for heat flow correction in UFH 1 sensors: heat capacity during rapid processing of aluminium alloys
11:20 - 12:00	Prof. Akihiko Toda Temperature Modulated FSC applied to polymer crystallization and melting
12:00 - 12:40	Prof. Hu Wenbing Tamman analysis on the nucleation selection of polymorphic crystals of PLLA/PDLA blends
12:40 - 13:00	Break
13:00 - 13:40	Prof. Andreas Schönhals Thermal behavior of high performance polynorbornenes – Fast Scanning Calorimetry and more
13:40 -14:20	PhD Sandra Hultmark Vitrification of octonary perylene mixtures with ultralow fragility
14:20 - 15:00

Time (CET)	Wednesday, December 8^th
10:00 - 10:40	M.Sc. Silvester Bolka Crystallization behavior of filled thermoplastics
10:40 - 11:20	M.Sc. Katalee Jariyavidyanont Kinetics of crystal nucleation and crystallization in polyamide 11
11:20 - 12:00	Prof. John Perepezko Flash DSC analysis of nucleation and glass formation
12:00 - 12:40	M.Sc. Stefan Stanko Phase characterization of a binary AuGe alloy using electron microscopy and flash differential scanning calorimetry
12:40 - 13:00	Break
13:00 - 13:40
13:40 -14:20	Dr. Nicolas Delpouve Structural relaxation of materials under environmental conditions
14:20 - 15:00

The fourth METTLER TOLEDO Flash DSC Conference will be held between November 25 and 27, 2019, in Zurich, Switzerland.

Program:

Not yet defined. We are waiting for your proposals.
Visit our conference page for details on speakers and topics from previous years: www.mt.com/ta-conferences

Conference location 2019:

Monday: Swissotel: Welcome and first presentations
Tuesday: Swissotel
Wednesday: Swissotel

Conference fee: 250 USD

NEW

Thursday (optional one-day course): Basic or Advanced Flash DSC instrument training
Friday (optional one-day course): Advanced Flash DSC instrument training

Training Course Fee:

350 USD for conference participants
675 USD for non-participants

METTLER TOLEDO offers free lunch for all conference attendees, including the conference dinner on Tuesday.

If you have any questions about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Veronica Feroce (veronica.feroce-ring@mt.com).

Monday, November 25, 2019
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome-Coffee
08:30 – 09:15	Welcome (Mettler-Toledo Team)
09:15 – 10:00	Prof. Jörg Löffler Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology, ETH Zurich - Switzerland	Studying phase transitions in slow motion: metallic glass-forming systems determined via ultrafast calorimetry
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Prof. John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin, Madison - USA	Flash DSC analysis of nucleation and relaxation reactions in metallic glass alloys
11:15 – 12:00	Prof. René Androsch Universität Halle - Germany	Crystallization of polyamide 11
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Mr. Alex Balzer Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta - USA	Establishing structure/property interrelations in organic semiconductors using fast calorimetry
14:15 – 15:00	Dr. Klaus Könnecke Consultant - Germany	Innovation in Standardisation: Development of an International Standard for Analysis of Plastics using FSC
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15	Prof. Dr. Christoph Schick University of Rostock - Germany	Thermal stability of crystal nuclei
16:15 – 17:00	MChem Cameron Quick Montanuniversität Leoben - Austria	Assessing the capabilities of the Flash DSC 2+ in the context of heat capacity measurements
17:00 – 17:15	Q & A

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome-Coffee
08:30 – 09:15	Prof. Dr. Andreas Schönhals BAM, Material Research Center, Berlin - Germany	Combining broadband dielectric spectroscopy with advanced calorimetry to reveal the multiple glassy dynamics in discotic liquid crystals
09:15 – 10:00	MSc. Paulina Szymoniak BAM, Material Research Center, Berlin - Germany	Flash DSC Investigations on electro-spun fibers containing nanoparticles
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Dr. Daniele Cangialosi Materials Physics Center (CFM/MPC), San Sebastian - Spain	Exploiting Flash DSC to characterize equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics in amorphous polymers
11:15 – 12:00	Dr. Rodney Priestley Princeton Center for Complex Materials - USA	Flash Calorimetry of Polymer Films Deposited by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Dr. Timur Mukhametzyanov Kazan Federal University - Russia	Investigation of the protein properties using Flash DSC
14:15 – 15:00	Mr Charles Hirst MIT, Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge MA - USA	Developing a method to measure radiation damage in metals using calorimetry
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15	Mrs Rachel Connick MIT, Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge MA - USA	Investigating radiation damage in polymers for nuclear forensic applications
16:15 – 17:00	Asst. Prof. Dr. Mithun Chowdhury Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science, IIT Bombay – India	Decoupling of Glassy dynamics and Viscosity in Poly(n-butyl) methacrylate Thin Films
17:00 – 17:15	Q & A
18:30 – 22:00	Conference Dinner at Restaurant Giesserei, Zurich-Oerlikon

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome-Coffee
08:30 – 09:15	Mrs Martha Schulz Universität Halle - Germany	The effect of intracrystalline chain dynamics on reorganization and melting of semicrystalline polymers
09:15 – 10:00	Dr. Xavier Monnier Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia-San Sebastián - Spain	Flash DSC to investigate glassy dynamics of complex polymeric systems
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Dr. Isabella Gallino Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken – Germany	Flash calorimetry studies of vitrification kinetics versus atomic mobility in metallic glass forming Liquids
11:15 – 12:00	Dr. Nicolas Delpouve Université de Rouen Normandie, UFR Sciences et Techniques Technopôle du Madrillet - France	Characterization of the amorphous fractions in semi-crystalline polymers from Flash DSC
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Prof. Wenbing Hu University Nanjing - China	Flash DSC characterization of materials thermal conductivity
14:15 – 15:00	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Mettler-Toledo Analytical - Switzerland	The formation of differently structured glasses in bulk metallic glass alloys
15:00 – 15:15	Q & A, Coffee Break & closing of the conference

The conference is held between the 27^th and 29^th of November in Zürich, Switzerland.

Program: Similar to 2013 and 2015 (please see tab 2013 and 2015)

Monday: Welcome and first presentations at Swissotel
Tuesday: Presentations at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Wednesday: Presentations at Swissotel

Conference fee: 250 USD

METTLER TOLEDO offers free lunch for all conference attendees, including the conference dinner on Tuesday.

We will also cover travel costs for those presenting their Flash DSC research work.

NEW

Thursday: Optional Flash DSC instrument training course
(for conference participants 350 USD, for others: 675 USD)

To register as a speaker, please get in touch with Mr. Urs Jörimann: urs.joerimann@mt.com

If you would like to take part as a participant and/or in a training course, please contact Mrs. Veronica Feroce: veronica.feroce-ring@mt.com

The conference will be held at Swissotel in Oerlikon, Zürich. Conference attendees are granted a special price. Therefore, make sure you contact the hotel in advance at +41 44 317 3111 or send an email to zurich@swissotel.com.

More information can be found here: http://www.swissotel.com/hotels/zurich

Detailed Program:

Monday, November 27, 2017 (Swissôtel Zurich)
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome-Coffee
08:30 – 09:15	Welcome (Mettler-Toledo Team)
09:15 – 10:00	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Mettler-Toledo Analytical - Switzerland	The new, high temperature Flash DSC 2+
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Prof. Dr. Thomas Thurn-Albrecht Universität Halle - Germany	Fast scanning investigations on crystallization of polyurethanes
11:15 – 12:00	Prof. René Androsch Universität Halle - Germany	Morphology of polymers crystallized in a Flash chip calorimeter
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Mr. Jaime Martín Pérez POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián - Spain	Evaluation of the composition of intermixed phases in bulk heteojunction solar cells via the glass transition
14:15 – 15:00	Mr. Charles Hirst (Prof. Mike Short) MIT, Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge MA - USA	Quantifying Radiation Damage in Materials Using Stored Energy Fingerprints
15:00 – 15:45	Mr. Silvester Bolka FTPO, Faculty of Polymer Technology (Head of Centre for Cooperation with Industry) - Slovenia	Thermal behavior of polyamide recyclate
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00	Prof. Dr. Christoph Schick University of Rostock - Germany	The Flash DSC 1 as a tool for quantitative measurements: Thermophysical properties of thermally labile and high volatile compounds like cytosine
17:00 – 17:45	Dr. Jiři Orava University of Cambridge - UK	Exploring the Highly-Unrelaxed Non-Crystalline States of Metallic-Glass-Forming Liquids
17:45 – 18:00	Q & A

Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich)
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00	Departure bus (Ryffel) from Swissôtel to ETH Hönggerberg
08:30 – 09:15	Dr. Güven Kurtuldu (Team Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler/Dr. Mihai Stoica) Institute of Metals Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich - Switzerland	Phase competition between metastable quasicrystal and approximant phases in a bulk glass-forming liquid
09:15 – 10:00	Mrs Anne Gohn (Team Alicyn M. Rhoades) Penn State, The Behrend College - USA	Flow Induced Crystallization in PA66
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Dr. Daniele Cangialosi Materials Physics Center (CFM/MPC), San Sebastian - Spain	Simultaneous measurement of molecular dynamics and glass transition in polymer nanospheres by Flash DSC
11:15 – 12:00	Dr. Rodney Priestley Princeton Center for Complex Materials - USA	Tuning Melting Temperature and Crystallinity of Polyethylene by MAPLE Processing as Measured by Flash-DSC
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45	Prof. Dr. Stefan Pogatscher Montanuniversität Leoben - Austria	Phase transitions in Au based metallic glasses studied via the Flash DSC 1
14:45 – 15:30	Dr. Timur Makhametzyanov Kazan Federal University - Russia	Investigation of protein unfolding at high heating rates using Flash-DSC
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45	Dr. Christoph Gögelein ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH - Germany	Kristallisationskinetik von synthetischen Kautschuken
16:45 – 17:30	Prof. Sindee Simon Texas Tech University, Lubbock – USA	Tg of Polymer Nanorods
17:30 – 17:45	Q & A
18:00	Departure bus (Ryffel) from bus-stop ETH Hönggerberg
18:30 – 22:00	Conference Dinner (Restaurant Waid, Zurich-Höngg) & afterwards transfer to Zurich-Oerlikon

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 (Swissôtel Zurich)
Time	Speaker	Topic
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome-Coffee
08:30 – 09:15	Prof. Akihiko Toda Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University - Japan	Flash DSC to understand polymer crystallization and melting
09:15 – 10:00	Prof. John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin, Madison - USA	Flash DSC Studies on Stabilization, Polyamorphism and Nanochristalization in Glasses
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Dr. Isabella Gallino Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken – Germany	Hierarchical aging pathways and reversible fragile-to-strong transition upon annealing of a metallic glass former
11:15 – 12:00	Mr. Matthew Vincent Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - USA	Correlating Initial Melting and Crystallization Temperatures Using the Flash DSC1: Method Development and Determination of an Equilibrium Melting Temperature Using the Nonlinear Hoffman-WeeksAnalysis
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Prof. Wenbing Hu University Nanjing - China	Comparing the crystallization kinetics between polyamide 6 and polyketone via Flash DSC measurement
14:15 – 15:00	Dr. Nicolas Delpouve Université de Rouen Normandie, UFR Sciences et Techniques Technopôle du Madrillet - France	Contribution of Flash DSC for investigation of physical aging in PLA based systems
15:00 – 15:45	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Mettler-Toledo Analytical - Switzerland	Melting and crystallization behavior of differently filled polypropylenes
15:45 – 16:00	Q & A

The conference is held on December 7 to 9 in Zürich, Switzerland

Program: Similar to 2013 (please see tab 2013)

Monday: Welcome and first presentations
Tuesday: Presentations and visit of the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (ETH)
Wednesday Presentation (morning) and personal discussions
and farewell (afternoon)

Conference fee: 250 USD

METTLER TOLEDO will sponsor lunch and dinner for all conference attendees.

For those presenting their research, METTLER TOLEDO will sponsor lodging and travel.

To register as a speaker, please get in touch with Mr. Urs Jörimann urs.joerimann@mt.com

For registration as a participant, please inform Mrs. Veronica Feroce veronica.feroce-ring@mt.com

Program Flash DSC Conference 2015

Monday, December 7, 2015 (Greifensee)
Time		Speaker
09:00 – 10:00	METTLER TOLEDO	Welcome
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Prof. Dr. Christoph Schick University of Rostock, Germany	Reliable absolute vapor pressures of extremely low volatile compounds from fast scanning calorimetry
11:15 – 12:00	Prof. Dr. René Androsch Universität Halle, Germany	Application of Tammann's crystal nuclei development method for analysis of crystal nucleation in poly(lactic acid)
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:15	Prof. Dr. Peggy Cebe Tufts University Boston, USA	Quantitative Heat Capacity Measurements on Challenging Materials using Flash DSC
14:15 – 15:00	Prof. Dr. Wenbing Hu University Nanjing, China	Flash DSC measurement of protein crystallinity
15:00 – 15:45	Prof. Dr. Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis	Crystallization and nucleation kinetics of polymers and bio-based polymers by Fast Scanning Calorimetry
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00	Paul Vermeulen and Bin Chen (Prof. Dr. Ir. Bart Kooi) RUG (University of Groningen), Netherlands	Crystallization behavior of fragile liquids, investigated using Flash DSC and Electron Microscope
17:00 – 17:45	Yao Jiahao, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing/China	Ultra-fast calorimetric study of Au and Mg-based metallic glasses
17:45 – 18:30	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Mettler-Toledo Analytical, Switzerland	Characterization of the short time stability of polymers by Flash DSC

19:30 – 22:00	Welcome Dinner (Restaurant Schifflände, Maur)

Monday, December 7, 2015 (Greifensee)
Time		Speaker
09:00 – 10:00	METTLER TOLEDO	Welcome
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Prof. Dr. Christoph Schick University of Rostock, Germany	Reliable absolute vapor pressures of extremely low volatile compounds from fast scanning calorimetry
11:15 – 12:00	Prof. Dr. René Androsch Universität Halle, Germany	Application of Tammann's crystal nuclei development method for analysis of crystal nucleation in poly(lactic acid)
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:15	Prof. Dr. Peggy Cebe Tufts University Boston, USA	Quantitative Heat Capacity Measurements on Challenging Materials using Flash DSC
14:15 – 15:00	Prof. Dr. Wenbing Hu University Nanjing, China	Flash DSC measurement of protein crystallinity
15:00 – 15:45	Prof. Dr. Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis	Crystallization and nucleation kinetics of polymers and bio-based polymers by Fast Scanning Calorimetry
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00	Paul Vermeulen and Bin Chen (Prof. Dr. Ir. Bart Kooi) RUG (University of Groningen), Netherlands	Crystallization behavior of fragile liquids, investigated using Flash DSC and Electron Microscope
17:00 – 17:45	Yao Jiahao, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing/China	Ultra-fast calorimetric study of Au and Mg-based metallic glasses
17:45 – 18:30	Dr. Jürgen Schawe Mettler-Toledo Analytical, Switzerland	Characterization of the short time stability of polymers by Flash DSC

19:30 – 22:00	Welcome Dinner (Restaurant Schifflände, Maur)

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 (ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich)
Time		Speaker
09:00 – 09:45	Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler and Mr. G. Kurtuldu Head of Institute of Metals Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich	Flash DSC studies of Mg-based glasses and quasicrystal-forming alloys
09:45 – 10:30	Prof. Dr. Alicyn M. Rhoades, PhD Plastics Engineering Technology, Penn State, The Behrend College	Exploring the microstructure of injection molded PBT via First Heat Analysis
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45	Mr. Silvester Bolka, Master Engineer of Polymer Technology Head of Centre for Cooperation with Industry, Polymer Technology College VSTP, Slovenia	DSC – powerful tool for detection of hidden defects of injection molded parts
11:45 – 12:30	Prof. Dr. Claus Wrana Mettler-Toledo Analytical, Switzerland	The Flash DSC - A Novel Method for the Characterization of the Kinetics of Crystallization
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Final Discussion
Official end of the conference