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ECIS 2026 – DETAILED PROGRAMME
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DAY 0 – SUNDAY 06/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
19:00 – 22:00	Registration
19:30 – 22:00	Welcome reception

DAY 1 – MONDAY 07/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
08:00 – 08:20	Registration
08:20 – 08:40	Welcome reception
08:40 – 09:30	PLENARY TALK PL1 Eleonora Secchi (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Nonlinear rheology and mass transport in bacterial biofilms: a polymer-network perspective CHAIR: Irene Adroher-Benítez (University of Granada, Spain)
09:30 – 10:00	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Jordi Faraudo (ICMAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)	CHAIR: Dorota Matyszewska (University of Warsaw, Poland)	CHAIR: Kai Sotthewes (University of Twente, Netherlands)	CHAIR: Eduardo Marques (University of Porto, Portugal)
10:00 – 10:15	KEYNOTE T3-K1 Monika Österberg (Aalto University, Finland) Role of interfacial interactions in unlocking the full potential of plant-based nanomaterials	T1-O1 Agata Michalska (University of Warsaw, Poland) Towards drug delivery systems triggered by ion-selective interactions	T2-O1 Biganska Olga (L’Oréal Research and Innovation, France) Multiscale engineering of green oregano essential oil delivery: From interfacial control to deep skin imaging and clinical efficacy	T6-O1 Quinn Besford (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Germany) The sweetest polymer nanoparticles: Opportunities ahead for glycogen in nanomedicine
10:15 – 10:30		T1-O2 Fatemeh Soleimani (The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Spain) Hexosomes and cubosomes from PDMS–PEG block copolymers as potential drug carriers	T2-O2 Arunitha Koodaliedathil Sreeprakash (University of Twente, Netherlands) Coalescence of droplets stabilized by potato protease inhibitor: Microfluidic investigation on the effect of temperature and adsorption time on protein functionality	T6-O2 Isabelle Feller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Programmable fabrication of biohybrid microswimmers: Templated spore outgrowth using polar-localized membrane-nanobody fusion proteins
10:30 – 10:45	T3-O1 Gijs Konings (Wageningen University, Netherlands) Adhesive nanoparticles control emulsion properties via tuneable interdroplet linking	KEYNOTE T1-K1 Costanza Montis (University of Florence, Italy) Multiphase lipid nanoparticles: Exploiting topological frustration for enhanced nucleic acid delivery	T2-O3 Anna Tarrats-Duran (Universitat Ramon Llull – Institut Químic de Sarrià, Spain) Sustainable, microplastic-free encapsulation of lipophilic fragrances using sodium alginate for cosmetic formulations	T6-O3 Haichao Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Anomalous transport phenomena of active particles in porous media
10:45 – 11:00	T3-O2 Joao Victor Mattioni (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) Towards active bijels: Prussian-blue stabilized bicontinuous emulsions as electrode modifiers		T2-O4 Kosuke Sano (Tohoku University, Japan) Controlled self-organization of gold nanorods in aqueous dispersion via surface modification with oligo(ethylene glycol)-based ligands	T6-O4 Miriam Martinez (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) Insect dynamics: Motion and fluctuations
11:00 – 11:15	T3-O3 Jesse Steenhoff (Van ‘t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Netherlands) Understanding the structure of bicontinuous, particle-stabilised emulsions	T1-O3 Roncin Hugo (CEA Paris-Saclay, France) Fate of self-assembled squalene non-lamellar liquid crystalline nanoparticles acting as painkillers in a biomimetic medium assessed by scattering techniques	KEYNOTE T2-K1 Amanda Ellis (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Metal phenolic network nanolayer coatings on cathode active materials for lithium ion battery performance	T6-O5 Salvatore Lombardo (Universidad de Girona, Spain) Decoupling interfacial and bulk stabilization in natural wax Pickering emulgels using cellulose nanofibers
11:15 – 11:30	T3-O4 Véronique Schmitt (Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal CNRS U-Bordeaux, France) Control of partial coalescence in solid-oil-in-water emulsions as a tool to tune the texture	T1-O4 Marina Ayala (Universidad de Valladolid., Spain) Bioinspired engineering of surface coatings for protein corona control		T6-O6 Eleftheria Diamanti (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece) Enzyme-activated polymeric composite hydrogels for enhanced transdermal delivery of encapsulated phycocyanin
11:30 – 11:45	T3-O5 Steven Armes (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) Where colloid science meets space science: Synthetic mimics for nitrogen-based polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cosmic dust	T1-O5 Aaron Elbourne (RMIT University, Australia) Ultra-small gold nanoparticle adsorption and uptake is directed by bio-membrane composition	T2-O5 Margarida Esteves (University of Coimbra, Portugal) From waste to interface: Tuning amino acid surfactants derived from used cooking oils	KEYNOTE T6-K1 Andrij Pich (DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Germany) Functional compartmentalized anisotropic colloidal gels
11:45 – 12:00	T3-O6 Minke Yang (Bioproducts Institute, Canada) Dual jamming of bio-based CNC-stabilized bijel fibers via continuous solvent transfer induced phase separation	T1-O6 Mingrui Liao (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom) The role of supramolecular aggregation for cationic peptide in fast bacterial killing	T2-O6 Rondepierre Gaelle (L’Oreal Research and Innovation, France) Diffusion kinetics of dyes out of hair fibre: Link with fibre properties and impact on cosmetic performances
12:00 – 12:15	T3-O7 Adeline Perro (ISM, France) Stimuli-responsive microgels-based capsules constructed from all-aqueous coacervate droplets	T1-O7 Marta Gallo (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany) pH dependence of the structure of drug-free lipid nanoparticle dispersions (LNPs)	T2-O7 Christin Krämer (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, France) U(VI)-Si colloids: Metastable phases that should not be overlooked in the environment	T6-O7 Jaime Gabriel Trazo (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS) / Université Paris-Saclay, France) Photoswitchable and valence-free plasmonic superstructures by depletion-induced self-assembly
12:15 – 13:45	LUNCH BREAK
	CHAIR: Minghan Hu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)	CHAIR: Eleonora Secchi (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)	CHAIR: Monika Österberg (Aalto University, Finland)	CHAIR: Ilaria Clemente (University of Siena, Italy)
13:45 – 14:00	T3-O8 Gerhard Nägele (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany) Modeling crossflow filtration: Effect of shear on particles-enriched polarization and cake layers	KEYNOTE T1-K2 Dorota Matyszewska (University of Warsaw, Poland) The effect of antiviral drugs on the surface properties and stability of model lipid viral envelopes.	T2-O8 Thomas Willers (KRÜSS GmbH, Germany) Viscosity and dynamic surface tension measurement: A guideline for appropriate measurement	T4-O1 Mingjie Li (University of Melbourne, Australia) A 3D-printed microfluidic approach for fabricating microcapsules in aqueous one-phase systems (AOPS)
14:00 – 14:15	T3-O9 Maria Clara Dos Santos Oliveira (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazil) Understanding interfacial stabilization in one-step W/O/W Pickering double emulsions using cellulose nanofibrils and oleic acid		T2-O9 Bing Qin (SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Co., China) Oligomeric surfactant-enhanced leaching coupled with bioremediation for petroleum-contaminated soils	T4-O2 Matilde Tancredi (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Rhamnolipid coacervate microdroplets via microfluidics: Generation, morphology, and interfacial properties
14:15 – 14:30	T3-O10 Bradley Green (Lund University, Sweden) Emulsions of hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents stabilised with poloxamer surfactants and stearate salts	T1-O8 Marek Grzelczak (Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain) Membrane-targeted nanoparticles for neuronal photo-modulation	KEYNOTE T2-K2 Antara Pal (Malmö University, Sweden) Unravelling structural changes of pea globulins during heat treatment as studied using atomistic model-based SAXS	T4-O3 Marek Bekir (University of Potsdam, Germany) Light induced motion manipulation of micro-sized colloids in external flow – aggregation, fractioning and analysis
14:30 – 14:45	T3-O11 Nicole Galenkamp (Lund University, Sweden) When membranes get crowded: Interfacial constraints on protein binding and remodeling	T1-O9 Vincenzo Taresco (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) Exploiting the mechano-responsiveness of polydiacetylene nanoparticles to track polymeric nanoparticle blends during cellular uptake		T4-O4 Yevgeniya Karibjanova (University of Toulouse, France) Rapid microfluidic osmotic compression of proteins to establish equations of state and phase diagrams
14:45 – 15:00	T3-O12 Felix Abik (University of Helsinki, Finland) Pickering or not Pickering? Deformation of lignin nanoparticles at the air-water and oil-water interfaces	T1-O10 Debora Briganti (University of Florence, Italy) Engineering size-controlled amorphous magnesium calcium phosphate nanoparticles via molecular and polymeric stabilization for drug delivery applications	T2-O10 Damiano Bandelli (University of Florence, Italy) Elucidating surfactant–solvent interactions in dilute regimes to control nanostructured fluids features	KEYNOTE T4-K1 Erin Koos (KU Leuven, Belgium) Connecting recovery rheology to structural rearrangement in capillary suspensions
15:00 – 15:15	T3-O13 Benjamín Oliva (CNRS, France) Dynamics and controlled assembly of solid lipid domains at interfaces	T1-O11 Piotr Kuich (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland) Layer-by-layer approach as a tool for enhanced functionality: Surface engineering of vesicular-type nanocarriers co-loaded with persistent luminescence nanoparticles and photosensitizers	T2-O11 Eva Theresia Müller (Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Germany) Hydrotrope-controlled pKa shifts and supramolecular reorganization in glycyrrhizic acid hydrogels for advanced solubilization
15:15 – 15:30	KEYNOTE T3-K2 Valérie Ravaine (University of Bordeaux, France) When nano-ions bind to microgels: From intra- to inter-cross-linking in suspension and at interfaces	T1-O12 Hongye Li (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Understanding molecular interactions between dengue virus capsid protein and lipid droplets	T2-O12 Joshua Tyler (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) A highly anisotropic and hydrolytically degradable Pickering emulsifier for oil-in-water emulsions	T4-O5 Ana Jiménez Amaya (BCMaterials, Spain) Optothermophoresis-induced patterning of gold nanoparticles on solid substrates
15:30 – 15:45		T1-O13 Paolo Di Gianvincenzo (CICbiomaGUNE, Spain) Preparation, characterization and anticancer activity of β-cyclodextrin nanosponges formulated with two chemotherapeutic drugs	T2-O13 Céline Adamo (University of Florence / CSGI, Italy) Modulating fibroin self-assembly in green consolidants for fragile silk artifacts	T4-O6 Anna Pajor-Świerzy (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Poland) Core@shell nanomaterials as conductive inks for flexible printed electronics
15:45 – 16:00	T3-O14 Gökçe Tidim (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) From solution to interface: Structural evolution of pH-responsive O‑carboxymethyl‑chitosan microgels with varying cross‑linking	T1-O14 Rashad Kariuki (RMIT University, Australia) Interactions of gold nanoparticles and model membranes	T2-O14 Nasim Fadaie (Queen’s University, Canada) Amyloid–chitosan aerogels for efficient removal of pharmaceutical contaminants and heavy metals	T4-O7 Shunsuke Sato (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Temporal decoupling of viscosity growth and particle aggregation in shear-induced gelation
16:00 – 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Valérie Ravaine (University of Bordeaux, France)	CHAIR: Constanza Montis (University of Florence, Italy)	CHAIR: Amanda Ellis (University of Melbourne, Australia)	CHAIR: Andrij Pich (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
16:30 – 16:45	T3-O15 Manaswini Gowtham V (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands) Foam films stabilized by microgel particles: Insights from the dynamic thin film balance	T1-O15 Nizar Alsharif (Lund University, Sweden) Polymer-coated TiO₂ nanoparticles: Mechanistic insights into antimicrobial activity via particle–membrane interactions	KEYNOTE T2-K3 Joseph Keddie (University of Surrey, United Kingdom) Colloidal coatings on cellulose fiber bottles for the sustainable packaging of liquids	T4-O8 Kazue Kurihara (Tohoku University, Japan) Resonance shear measurements reveal a new perspective on boundary lubrication
16:45 – 17:00	T3-O16 Stefan Wellert (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) From bulk to confinement: Slowing dynamics in bicontinuous microemulsions	T1-O16 Tommy Nylander (Lund University, Sweden) Sponge phase lipid nanoparticles interacting with biomimetic membranes: Lipid exchange and delivery of proteins		T4-O9 Francisco J. Vazquez-Perez (Institut de Physique de Nice, France) Rheological and microstructural characterization of non-brownian hydrogel suspensions
17:00 – 17:15	T3-O17 Oya Korkut (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands) Structure–mechanics coupling in particle-laden liquid-liquid interfaces	T1-O17 Giulia Gabbricci (University of Siena, Italy) Semisolid lipid nanoparticles with thermoresponsive properties: Structural and rheological characterization	T2-O15 Anyi Carolina Ropero Barrera (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Nanostructured complex polymer films with long-lasting antimicrobial efficacy	KEYNOTE T4-K2 Yunpeng Zhang (Forschungzentrum Juelich, Germany) An optofluidic microplatform for quantifying structure–stress–flow coupling in complex fluids under extensional microflow
17:15 – 17:30	T3-O18 Diat Olivier (CNRS, France) Facetted liquid foam under free and force drainage	T1-O18 Elena Del Favero (University of Milan, Italy) Camouflaging lipid particles with cell membranes for effective gene delivery to cancer cells	T2-O16 Hoang Yen Nguyenova (Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic) Magneto-plasmonic nanocomposites as selective and sensitive sensors for water remediation
17:30 – 17:45	KEYNOTE T3-K3 Regine Von Klitzing (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Long-range interfacial repulsion across aqueous solutions of high ionic strength	T1-O19 Paula Antelo-Riveiro (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) PRISM: a phase-resolved surface equation of state enabling automated analysis of Langmuir isotherms	T2-O17 Sofia Rogers-Ruiz (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Functionalized cotton fibres for sustainable antimicrobial textiles	T4-O10 Camille Brigodiot (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Enhanced adsorption-limited process for model surfactants in the EDGE microfluidic device
17:45 – 18:00		T1-O20 Simona Sennato (National Research Council (CNR), Italy) Triphenylphosphonium bolaamphiphile-liposomes loaded with resveratrol and Trolox: Mitochondriotropic formulations with therapeutic potential in neurodegeneration and cancer	T2-O18 Joyce Lemmer (University of Bath, United Kingdom) Predicting the size of surfactant micelles incorporating hydrophobic additives – Quantitative model vs experimental data	T4-O11 Agnes Åhl (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Hierarchical structuring and rheology of lignin–polylactic acid blends for additive manufacturing
18:00 – 18:15	T3-O19 Nissa Nurfajrin Solihat (Aalto University, Finland) Engineering lignocellulosic nanomaterials: From Pickering emulsions to air‑dried high‑performance foams	KEYNOTE T1-K3 Eduardo Marques (University of Porto, Portugal) Stimuli-responsive bio-inspired catanionic vesicles: From molecular design to tunable biocargo delivery	T2-O19 Nadia Flarup Laursen (Aarhus University, Denmark) Characterization and structural analysis of egg yolk plasma	T4-O12 Diego Díaz (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Droplet elasticity reduces the contact time on superhydrophobic surfaces
18:15 – 18:30	T3-O20 Mariam Arif (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Impact of particle-size polydispersity on colloidal crystallization and thin-film structures		T2-O20 Nicole Rosik (Innospec, United Kingdom) Investigating physicochemical characteristics of artificial sebum for sustainable cleansing.	T4-O13 Ana Sánchez-Iglesias (Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain) Tailoring gold bipyramids for photothermal applications
18:30 – 20:00	POSTER SESSION 1 (Topics 1, 2 & 3) + DRINKS

DAY 2 – TUESDAY 08/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
08:00 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 08:40	Updates
08:40 – 09:30	PLENARY TALK PL2 Alberto Fernández-Nieves (University of Barcelona, Spain) Points, disclinations and walls – Defects in confined passive and active nematics CHAIR: Miguel Ángel Fernandez-Rodriguez (University of Granada, Spain)
09:30 – 10:00	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Eva Noya (Instituto de Química-Física Blas Cabrera, CSIC, Spain)	CHAIR: Daniel Harries (Hebrew University, Israel)	CHAIR: Antara Pal (Malmö University, Sweden)	CHAIR: Yunpeng Zhang (Forschungzentrum Juelich, Germany)
10:00 – 10:15	KEYNOTE T1-K4 Federica Sebastiani (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) mRNA-lipid nanoparticles as a vaccine platform: Structural effect of cholesterol substitution with an adjuvant lipid	T3-O21 Klemen Bohinc (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) Influence of lipid shape and headgroup charge on bilayer behavior	T8-O1 Alberto Scacchi (University of Turku, Finland) Data-driven density functional theory for phase coexistence & partitioning in multicomponent colloid–polymer mixtures	T9-O1 Ueli Töpfer (Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Switzerland) Directed transport and current reversal of active colloids under traveling wave illumination
10:15 – 10:30		T3-O22 Bastien Rousseau (ICMPE / UPEC, France) Stabilization of water-in-water emulsions by macromolecular complexation at the interface	T8-O2 Keita Saito (RIKEN, Japan) Direct measurement of osmotic pressure and a pair potential in colloidal dispersions	T9-O2 Carlo Rigoni (Institute of Science and Technology of Austria, Austria) Photoconductive nonpolar liquids based on azobenzene
10:30 – 10:45	T1-O21 Michalina Zaborowska-Mazurkiewicz (University of Warsaw, Poland) Molecular Insights into Janus Kinase Inhibitor Interactions with Model Intestinal Epithelial Membranes: From Langmuir Monolayers to Asymmetric Bilayers	KEYNOTE T3-K4 Valeria Castelletto (University of Reading, United Kingdom) Minimal peptide sequences that undergo liquid−liquid phase separation via self-coacervation or complex coacervation with ATP	T8-O3 Constantina Sofroniou (Loughborough University, United Kingdom) Self-assembly and network formation in difunctional and monofunctional associative rheology modifiers	T9-O3 Gianluca Mazzotta (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Lyotropic liquid crystals alignment using magnetite NPs for production of anisotropic mesoporous materials
10:45 – 11:00	T1-O22 Aliséa Vignal (Université de technologie de Compiègne, France) Towards a mechanistic understanding of water-in-water emulsion stabilization by bio-based polymers		T8-O4 Megumi Suyama (Tohoku University, Japan) Tuning solid-state photoluminescence of AuCu14 nanoclusters: Influence of dendron-shell spacing and dynamics	T9-O4 Abhimanyu Nowbagh (Heinrich Heine University, Germany) Clustering of active colloids in crowded environments
11:00 – 11:15	T1-O23 Jaime García Concejo (Universidad de Valladolid., Spain) Multinanostar gold-silica nanoparticles for dual cancer therapy	T3-O23 Hayden Robertson (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Nanoscale landscapes: Unveiling the lateral and vertical architecture of microgels at fluid interfaces	KEYNOTE T8-K1 Fatima Hassouna (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic) Colloidal and interfacial properties of silicon nanocrystals and their impact on lithium ion battery performance	T9-O5 Tommaso Gentili (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) From light to motion: IR-driven actuation in adaptive lanthanide MOF crystals
11:15 – 11:30	T1-O24 Javier Reguera (University of Valladolid) Synthesis of sub-10 nm gold nanostars for applications in sensing, catalysis, and hyperthermia	T3-O24 Jonathan Martín-González (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU), Germany) Universal double emulsions made simple		T9-O6 Indira Barros (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India) Electric and magnetic field-driven assembly of patchy and DNA-linked anisotropic colloids
11:30 – 11:45	T1-O25 Björn Braunschweig (University of Münster, Germany) Light-induced drug release to interfaces with lipid monolayers	T3-O25 Birgit Felderer (Biofisika Institute, Spain) MicroRNA-induced structural changes in reconstituted HDL probed by synchrotron SAXS	T8-O5 Akari Yoshida (Tohoku University, Japan) Synthesis of oligothiophene dendron-modified Au nanoparticles and their effects on optical properties and self-assembled structures	KEYNOTE T9-K1 Erica Pensini (University of Guelph, Canada) Shear-direction-sensitive mechanoelectric transduction in a soft ionic paste under anisotropic interfacial boundary conditions
11:45 – 12:00	T1-O26 Francesca Baldelli Bombelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Decoding bio–nano interactions: From protein corona formation to cellular and membrane responses.	T3-O26 Geert Schulpen (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Influence of supramolecular structure on hydrogel strength	T8-O6 Johanna Mirande-Ney (Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, France) Self-segregation of polymer and salt along hydration gradients in evaporating aqueous solutions
12:00 – 12:15	T1-O27 Juan José Valle-Delgado (Aalto University, Finland) Nanocellulose hydrogels for biomedical applications: Using atomic force microscopy techniques to understand and control cell adhesion and spheroid formation	T3-O27 Tuukka Levä (VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland) Thin nanocellulose coatings as tunable selective layers for membrane separation	T8-O7 Ofer Manor (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Using wetting, capillary forces, and ultrasonic waves to extract oil from a drop containing oil/water mixtures	T9-O7 Matthew Roniger (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) Bubble dynamics-driven control of local microstructure in colloidal gels using ultrasound
12:15 – 13:45	LUNCH BREAK
	CHAIR: Juliana Carvalho (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials, São Paulo)	CHAIR: Klemen Bohinc (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)	CHAIR: Serena Cozzolino (Uppsala University, Sweden)	CHAIR: Jennifer Gilbert (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
13:45 – 14:00	T1-O28 Maxime Guichonnet (Laboratoire de Génie Chimique de Toulouse, France) Single-polynucleotide lipid nanoparticles: Ultrafast assembly and multiscale structure	KEYNOTE T3-K5 Kai Sotthewes (University of Twente, Netherlands) When grains generate power: Electro-active colloidal interfaces for triboelectric energy harvesting	T7-O1 Michael Gradzielski (Institute for Chemistry, Germany) Water-soluble interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPECs) – Effect of hydrophobic modification on structure and solubilisation	TS2-O1 Andrea De Marco (University of Padova, Italy) Differential dynamic microscopy as an alternative to dynamic light scattering for turbid nanoemulsions
14:00 – 14:15	T1-O29 Noemi Gallucci (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Making endotoxins visible with engineered F/ZnO nano-bio-interfaces		T7-O2 Nika Kutalia (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides/Université Paris-Saclay, France) Reconfigurable liquid crystals of plasmonic nanorods	TS2-O2 Zhibin Guo (Bettersize Instruments, China) Characterizing complex colloidal systems via advanced light scattering techniques
14:15 – 14:30	T1-O30 Sourov Chandra (Aalto University, Finland) Synergistic opto-electrochemical dual transduction for advanced biosensing	T3-O28 Luis Fernando Jiménez-Hernández (Institut de Ciència dels Materials (ICMUV), Spain) Colloidal routes to thermoregulating coatings from phase change materials polymer nanocapsules	KEYNOTE T7-K1 Marco Laurati (University of Florence, Italy) Block-like monomer distribution and heterogeneous collapse of thermoresponsive copolymer microgels	TS2-O3 Luigi Talarico (Università di Siena, Italy) Photoactivated modulation of lipid nanosystems: A structural and kinetic study
14:30 – 14:45	T1-O31 Gerardo Odriozola (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana–Azcapotzalco, Mexico) When a disk becomes a square: Three-step melting of hard superdisks in two dimensions	T3-O29 Juan Pablo Fuenzalida Werner (University of Navarra, Spain) Engineering protein-based colloids		TS2-O4 Sergey Filippov (DWI, Germany) The crosstalk between DOSY NMR and neutron spin echo spectroscopy: What can we learn about the chain dynamics of block and gradient poly(copoly-2-oxazoline) micelles and relative unimer population?
14:45 – 15:00	T1-O32 Marco Fornasier (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Understanding response of lipid nanoparticles’ structure to phospholipase D activity	T3-O30 Sylvain Faure (CEA, France) Contaminated phyllosilicates colloids separation by particulate flotation foams for excavated or in-situ soils decontamination	T7-O3 Evelyn Gettinger (Bielefeld University, Germany) Super-resolution imaging of nanoscale monomer distribution in copolymer microgels	KEYNOTE TS2-K1 Ilaria Clemente (University of Siena & CSGI, Italy) Unraveling the microfluidic assembly kinetics of lipid nanoparticles under laminar flow conditions: An in situ time-resolved SAXS study
15:00 – 15:15	T1-O33 Margherita Recanatini (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) Investigating the interaction between microbial glycolipids and bio-mimetic membranes	T3-O31 Kevin Roger (CNRS, France) How phospholipids stabilize macro and nanoemulsions?	T7-O4 Omar A. Abdelaziz (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany) Gelatin-based hydrogel materials for controlled sorption and release of metoprolol
15:15 – 15:30	KEYNOTE T1-K5 Jordi Faraudo (ICMAB-CSIC, Spain) How a few help all: Cooperative crossing of lipid membranes by COSAN anions	T3-O32 Dominik Horinek (University of Regensburg, Germany) Dissecting the interactions of superchaotropic ions	T7-O5 Raffaele Mezzenga (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Resolving the liquid-to-glass transition(s) of water under soft nanoconfinement	TS2-O5 Marcos Lopez Hernandez (Aarhus University, Denmark) Isolating interfacial scattering in emulsions: A SAXS-based bulk subtraction approach for pro-tein-stabilized emulsion systems
15:30 – 15:45		T3-O33 Sandrine Delpeux – Ouldriane (CNRS – ICMN, France) Hybrid alginate beads embedding lipid mesophase nanoparticles: Pollutant trapping validation	T7-O6 Julian Thiele (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany) Polymer microgels as synthetic mimics of cellular compartments and nucleoprotein condensates	TS2-O6 Yi-Cheng Lai (National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan) Probing the nucleation and growth of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles in dropwise synthesis by small-angle X-ray scattering
15:45 – 16:00	T1-O34 Elio Cinar San Segundo (Universidad de Granada, Spain) Closed-loop control and spatiotemporal tracking of hydrogel extrusion and cell morphology	T3-O34 Elisa Silva Ferreira (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazil) Highly stable aqueous foams with nanocelluloses and pectins	T7-O7 Oliver Mcdowell (Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB), France) Counterion-mediated growth of ruthenium nanoparticles stabilised by polymerized ionic liquids for future catalysis applications	TS2-O7 Max Allen (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) Morphology evolution during the drying of polyurethane dispersions for high-performance coatings
16:00 – 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Anna Salvati (University of Groningen, Netherlands)	CHAIR: Aurora Pérez-Gramatges (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)	CHAIR: Marco Laurati (University of Florence, Italy)	CHAIR: Sofia Magkiriadou (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
16:30 – 16:45	TS2-O20 Luc Girard (CNRS, France) Solvent extraction for metal recovery: Composition and distribution of organic and ionic species at the water/oil interface	T3-O35 Saule Aidarova (Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan) Application of nanoparticle-surfactant composites for the foam and emulsion stabilization	KEYNOTE T7-K2 Wuge Briscoe (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) LipoGels: Robust self-lubricating physically cross-linked alginate hydrogels embedded with liposomes	TS2-O8 Isabella Scarpa (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazil) Dose and cell division drive intracellular nanoparticle redistribution revealed by correlative synchrotron imaging
16:45 – 17:00	T1-O36 Antonio Luis Medina-Castillo (Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada) Design of Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials for Optical Sensing Applications	T3-O36 Irene Russo Krauss (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Controlling assembly at the air-water interface through protein-nanoparticle pairing: The effects of protein structure, flexibility and NP interaction.		TS2-O9 Markus Retsch (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Gradient particle dispersions: A versatile platform for polymeric colloids, photonic materials, and responsive assemblies
17:00 – 17:15	T1-O37 Urs Gasser (PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network	T3-O37 Giovanni Li Destri (University of Catania, Italy) Macro- and nano-scale electrostatics govern self-assembly, interactions, and self-healing at charged aqueous surfaces	T7-O8 Martin Reifarth (University of Potsdam, Germany) A polymer-supported microcontact printing (μCP) routine for submicroscale patterning of capillary-active interfaces and hydrogels	KEYNOTE TS2-K2 Juliana Carvalho (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazil) Fractionation-free quantification of nanoparticle-protein interactions by synchrotron SAXS
17:15 – 17:30	T1-O38 Marc Jamin (Université Grenoble Alpes, France) Deciphering electrostatic and allosteric determinants of thermoresponsive liquid–liquid phase separation in rabies virus phosphoprotein	T3-O38 Marina Rukhadze (I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia) Temperature induced electrical percolation in mixed reverse microemulsions	T7-O9 Kornelia Gawlitza (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Germany) Ratiometric detection of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids using dual fluorescent nanoparticles and a miniaturised microfluidic platform [1]
17:30 – 17:45	KEYNOTE T1-K6 Armando Maestro (Materials Physics Center, Spain) From spiral nanostructures to membrane fusion: Force-directed self-assembly of viral peptides at soft interfaces	T3-O39 Kang Wang (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) A predictive hydrodynamic criterion for Pickering foam formation by hybrid eulerian multiphase population balance modeling	T7-O10 Emmanouela Filippidi (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics / IESL-FORTH, Germany) Enrichment of higher charge density subspecies of random polyelectrolyte copolymer in complex coacervate	TS2-O10 Jure Kovač (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Slovenia) Angle-dependent absorption correction for reliable absolute-scale SAXS and SWAXS in Kratky-type geometry
17:45 – 18:00		T3-O40 Ville Lovikka (University of Helsinki, Finland) Disintegration of colloidal lignin in emulsion interfaces as monitored and triggered by atomic force microscopy	T7-O11 Miroslav Štěpánek (Charles University, Czech Republic) Polyelectrolytes with guanidine structural motifs: From internal chain dynamics to the formation of interpolyelectrolyte complexes	TS2-O11 Keishi Akada (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Japan) Impact-induced millisecond clustering during shear melting of colloidal crystals
18:00 – 18:15	T1-O39 Vince Engelborghs (KU Leuven, Belgium) Quantifying the structural evolution of Pseudomonas putida biofilms under flow	KEYNOTE T3-K6 Daniel Harries (Hebrew University, Israel) When alcohols break the rules: Nonmonotonic forces in soft membrane stacks	T7-O12 Ramón Rial (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Cyclable photomodulation of supramolecular gels in deep eutectic solvents	TS2-O12 Wim Thielemans (KU Leuven, Belgium) 3D imaging and understanding the structure of the chiral nematic assembly of cellulose nanocrystals in suspension
18:15 – 18:30	T1-O40 Miriam Peña Figueroa (Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), Spain) Interaction and integration of amphiphilic single-chain nanoparticles into lipid model membranes		T7-O13 Andrea Scotti (Lund University, Sweden) A neutron enters a bar and meets a microgel, a cubosome, and a spaghetti strand…three tales on small-angle neutron scattering with contrast variation	TS2-O13 Roberto Cerbino (University of Vienna, Austria) ShearView: An open-source compact rheometer for integrated rheo-microscopy
18:30 – 19:20	PLENARY TALK (María Miguel Prize) AW1 Adrián Sánchez-Fernández (University of Santiago de Compostela) Solvation-by-design: Amphiphile self-assembly and biomolecular adaptation in deep eutectic solvents CHAIR: Luciano Galantini (University of Rome, Italy)

DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY 09/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
08:00 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 08:40	Updates
08:40 – 09:30	PLENARY TALK PL3 Anna Salvati (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Understanding how drug carrier physico-chemical properties shape their interactions in complex biological environments and with cells CHAIR: Pierandrea Lo Nostro (University of Florence, Italy)
09:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK + POSTER SESSION 2 (Topics 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, S1 & S2)
	CHAIR: Alberto Striolo (University of Oklahoma, USA)	CHAIR: Adrián Sánchez-Fernández (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)	CHAIR: Erica Pensini (University of Guelph, Canada)	CHAIR: Dominik Horinek (University of Regensburg, Germany)
11:00 – 11:15	KEYNOTE T8-K2 Eva Noya (Instituto de Química-Física Blas Cabrera (CSIC), Spain) Design of colloidal particles to form 3-dimensional axial quasicrystals	T6-O8 Tuuli Virkkala (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland) Interfacial hydrogel formation and entropic effects in adsorption of mixed-linkage glucans on cellulose surfaces	T9-O8 Diane Rebiscoul (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, France) Interaction of protein-functionalized silica with f-block elements	KEYNOTE TS1-K1 Duccio Tatini (University of Siena, Italy) Data-driven approaches to investigate intermolecular interactions and self-assembly in complex fluids: From data fusion to 2D correlation analysis
11:15 – 11:30		T6-O9 Efstathia Mantzari (Aalto University, Finland) Towards bio-inspired underwater adhesives: Barnacle cement protein 19 structural ensembles via molecular modelling	T9-O9 Amin Rahimzadeh (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Acousto-responsive microgels: A non-invasive approach for microgel dehydration
11:30 – 11:45	T8-O8 Reza Azizmalayeri (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany) Influence of ambient vapor composition on the stability and breakup of liquid jets	KEYNOTE T6-K2 Minghan Hu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Colloidal robots with physical intelligence	T9-O10 Alexander Reinauer (University Stuttgart, Germany) Mean-field calculation of the electrophoretic mobility of hard colloid and charged liquid droplets	KEYNOTE TS1-K2 Steven Van Kesteren (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Programming ionic colloidal crystals into nanoelectronic architectures
11:45 – 12:00	T8-O9 Léna Vincent (Soft Matter Science and Engineering Laboratory (SIMM), France) Stabilization of water-in-water emulsions by complex coacervate core micelles		T6-O17 Alvaro Domínguez (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) The mechanism of self-phoresis
12:00 – 12:15	T8-O10 Maximilian Theis (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Double gradients, double control: Advancing core-shell particles	T6-O10 Raj Kumar (Paul Pascal Research Center (CRPP), France) Light-driven self-propulsion of rod-like fd-virus functionalized Janus particles	KEYNOTE T9-K2 Darja Lisjak (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Surface-selective hybridization of magnetic nanoplatelets for the manipulation of ferrofluids with magnetic and electric fields	TS1-O1 Tariq Muhammad (University of Toulouse, France) Modified Poisson-Boltzmann models capturing ion correlations: a machine-learning approach using molecular dynamics data
12:15 – 12:30	T8-O11 Manuela Walteros León (KU Leuven, Belgium) Temperature-induced structural transitions of cationic vesicle dispersions	T6-O11 Luigi Paduano (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Precision delivery of siRNA using human transferrin receptor-targeted lipid nanocarriers: Linking nanoscale structure to in vivo performance		TS1-O2 Paul Großkopf (ILL/FAU, France/Germany) Data fusion and machine learning for the particle sizing of lipid nanoparticles
12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH BREAK
	CHAIR: Thomas Zemb (INP-Toulouse, France)
14:00 – 14:20	MEMORIAL TALK M1 Didier Roux (Académie des Sciences Paris, France) From micro emulsion to fluctuating membranes: a tribute to Professor Pierre Bothorel
14:20 – 14:40	MEMORIAL TALK M2 Michael Gradzielski (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Heinz Hoffmann – A life of passion for colloid science
14:40 – 15:30	PLENARY TALK ECIS (Overbeek Gold Medal) AW2 Roland Netz (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) The surface potential of water and electrolytes: Bridging experiments, theory and simulations CHAIR: Tommy Nylander (Lund University, Sweden)
15:30 – 16:00	CONFERENCE PICTURE. MEETING AT ASSEMBLY POINT FOR EXCURSION
16:00 – 21:00	EXCURSION

DAY 4 – THURSDAY 10/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
08:00 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 08:40	Updates
08:40 – 09:30	PLENARY TALK PL4 Matej Kanduč (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Cavitation in water: a matter of the weakest link CHAIR: Wuge Briscoe (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
09:30 – 10:00	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Federica Sebastiani (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)	CHAIR: Emanuela Zaccarelli (CNR Institute of Complex Systems, Italy)	CHAIR: Hans-Jürgen Butt (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)	CHAIR: Epameinondas Leontidis (University of Cyprus, Greece)
10:00 – 10:15	KEYNOTE T2-K4 Bauduin Pierre (ICSM – CEA Marcoule, France) Using foam to separate ions: Superchaotropic effects as a new route toward sustainable chemistry	T7-O14 Jacopo Vialetto (University of Florence, Italy) Controlling the structure of star-like copolymer microgels through the monomer chain length to modulate softness and deswelling	T5-O1 Jantinus Wisman (University of Twente, Netherlands) Humidity-sensitive mechanical properties of paper	T8-O12 Melanie Gettinger (Bielefeld University, Germany) Impact of the sapogenin gypsogenin on the structure and phase behavior of DMPC vesicles
10:15 – 10:30		T7-O15 Matthias Karg (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) Recent progress in studying the phase behavior of deformable colloids at fluid interfaces: Why in situ techniques are needed.	T5-O2 Xicheng Bao (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany) Contact line friction of bubbles	T8-O13 Christoph Haessig (KU Leuven, Belgium) Using biology: How softness and shape anisotropy determine the percolation threshold of red blood cell networks
10:30 – 10:45	T2-O21 Giuseppe Vitiello (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Sustainable colloidal carbon nanodots: From green synthesis to physicochemical-functional insights	KEYNOTE T7-K3 Serena Cozzolino (Uppsala University, Sweden) Study of polymer pseudo-brushes by rheo-NR	T5-O3 Paola Brocca (University of Milano, Italy) The role of ions in the first nanometer below the water-air interface detected by nanometric capillary waves as observed by the LIFI interferometer.	T8-O14 Max Hohenschutz (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Hydration and water-mediated binding of superchaotropic closo-dodecaborates
10:45 – 11:00	T2-O22 Sarah Verkempinck (Laboratory of Food Technology, Belgium) Processing-induced structural changes in pea proteins and their impact on interfacial functionality and emulsion stability		T5-O4 Lea Delance (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research – Germany, France) Contact line instabilities in sliding viscoelastic drops	T8-O15 Luciano Galantini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) On the self-assembly of porphyrins and bile salts: The supramolecular chiral induction by steroidal surfactants
11:00 – 11:15	T2-O23 Carolina Jesus (University of Coimbra, Portugal) From biomass to interface: Carob pulp sugar extraction, synthesis, functional characterization of new cationic sugar-based surfactants	T7-O16 Izabella Leszczyńska (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) Molecular level insight into behavior of ternary polyelectrolyte complexes	KEYNOTE T5-K1 Luengo Gustavo S. (L’OREAL Research and Innovation, France) Adsorption of a charged natural polysaccharide: Role of pH and counterion on surface forces and film thickness	T8-O16 Mert Acar (University of Florence, Italy) The hidden solute: How dissolved atmospheric gases change liquid physicochemical properties
11:15 – 11:30	T2-O24 Mohit Agarwal (Swabian Instruments GmbH, Germany) Exploring colloidal kinetics using dynamic light scattering	T7-O17 Saathana Ambikaibalan (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) Influence of structure and processing on plant-based wax on physical properties of micro-oleogels		T8-O17 Hideki Sakai (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) Non-aqueous emulsions with high dispersion stability prepared using a novel block-random-block type emulsifier
11:30 – 11:45	T2-O25 Teng Wang (Aarhus University, Denmark) Foaming and emulsifying properties of commercial legume protein isolates as potential egg replacers: A comparative study	T7-O18 Francesco Brazili (Institute for Complex Systems, Italy) Re-entrant plasmon coupling driven by phase behavior of microgel–nanoparticle systems	T5-O5 Jordi Esquena (Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, CSIC, Spain) New solvent-antisolvent nanoprecipitation method for the simple and low-cost production of polyethylene nanoparticles as nanoplastic models	KEYNOTE T8-K3 Ryosuke Ohnuki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) Structural identification of photonic balls using structural color patterns
11:45 – 12:00	T2-O26 Dieke Groot Nibbelink (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands) Oleogelation using dried protein particles	T7-O19 Sonia Kudłacik-Kramarczyk (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Poland) Tailoring the physico-chemical and biological interface of gelatin-based hydrogels: The role of lactic acid in network stability and cell viability	T5-O6 Wei Song (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany) Electrotunable charge separation and its effect on dynamic wetting
12:00 – 12:15	T2-O27 Michela Elena Pedretti (University of Genoa, Italy) Foamed lunar regolith simulant slurries for the in-situ production of porous construction materials	T7-O20 Catalina Haro-Pérez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, Mexico) Charge regulation in microgels across the volume phase transition under varying salt conditions	T5-O7 Lorene Champougny (CNRS / Chemical Engineering Institute, France) Interfacial dripping faucet: Generating monodisperse liquid lenses	T8-O18 Anne Floor Den Ouden (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands) Beyond the effective solvent: How fractionation and solvent-solvent interactions drive micellization in binary solvents
12:15 – 13:45	LUNCH BREAK
	CHAIR: Paolo Samorì (ISIS, University of Strasbourg, France)	CHAIR: Rodrigo Sanches Pires (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France)	CHAIR: Matej Kanduč (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)	CHAIR: Alberto Fernández-Nieves (University of Barcelona, Spain)
13:45 – 14:00	T2-O28 Antoine Simon (University of Lille, France) Oil foams stabilized by polyglycerol fatty acid esters: Linking bulk self-assembly to interfacial and foaming properties	KEYNOTE T7-K4 Remco Tuinier (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands) Associative and segregative liquid-liquid phase separation in macromolecular solutions	T5-O8 Khrystyna Rymsha (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung e.V., Germany) Can fluorescence anisotropy probe conformational transitions in polymer brushes?	T8-O19 Carlo Carandente Coscia (University of Naples – Federico II, Italy) Supramolecular assembly and morphological control of lignin colloids via levulinic acid solvents
14:00 – 14:15	T2-O29 Muniba Shahzad Bhatti (INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany) Conductive polymer shell formation in gold–polythiophene hybrid nanoparticles for sinter-free printed conductors		T5-O9 Nikolaus Knorr (Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany) Charge patterns from water dewetting	T8-O20 Hilda Camila Nogueira (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) Anisotropy under soft confinement: A new fate for gold nanoparticles?
14:15 – 14:30	T2-O30 Plamen Tchoukov (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgaria) Colloidal and interfacial effects of impurities in supercritical CO2: Implications for corrosion in CO2 dense phase pipelines (carbon capture and storage)	T7-O21 Lorenzo Riccio (University of Vienna, Austria) Multifunctional p(NIPAM-co-NIPMAM)-Fe3O4 nanocubes hydrogel patches integrating antimicrobial activity and magnetic hyperthermia-controlled drug release	KEYNOTE T5-K2 Hans-Jürgen Butt (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany) Water drops sliding over arrays of Janus micropillars: A new mechanism of drop charging	T8-O21 Laura Marty (Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France) Aqueous supracolloidal assembly of gold nanoparticles guided by hydrophilic triblock copolymers
14:30 – 14:45	T2-O31 Tanisha Tanisha (University of Basque Country, Spain) Microfluidic formation of lignin nanoparticles: Influence of processing parameters on colloidal properties for cosmetic applications	T7-O22 Nanami Hano (Kumamoto University, Japan) Fluorescent chromic properties of polycyclic aromatic polymer colloidal particles		T8-O22 Luis Torquato (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland) Doing the dishes with neutrons: Milli-flow SANS-DLS of fat removal
14:45 – 15:00	T2-O32 Kate Alston (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom) Development of interfacial models to understand preservation through neutron reflection	T7-O23 Kateryna Goloviznina (CNRS, France) Probing free volume and gas solubility in silicon-functionalized ionic liquids	T5-O10 László Mérai (Leibniz-Insitut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Germany) Polymer brush mobility revealed by integrated viscosity-sensitive fluorescent molecular rotors	KEYNOTE T8-K4 Aurora Pérez-Gramatges (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Flow-dependent retention of zwitterionic surfactants in carbonates
15:00 – 15:15	T2-O33 Matteo Fois (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) To gel or not to gel? A curious case of molecular self-assembly in deep eutectic solvents	T7-O24 Jose Manuel Ruiz Franco (University of Barcelona, Spain) Liquid-like dynamics in ordered soft-particle systems	T5-O11 Yoonju Oh (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Adsorption and wetting behavior of epidote in hematite flotation: Insights from experiments and atomistic simulations
15:15 – 15:30	KEYNOTE T2-K5 Hideki Miwake (Research Institute, Japan) Polyol-controlled self-assembly and removal of hydrophobic oil films in nonionic surfactant/polyol/water systems	T7-O25 Gerardo Campos-Villalobos (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Italy) From many-body interactions to collective behaviour in core-shell microgels	T5-O12 Kayleigh Davies (Malmö University, Sweden) Electrification of water droplets for sustainable energy harvesting	T8-O23 Patrick Denk (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Using scattering to probe superchaotropic anion adsorption to nonionic polymers
15:30 – 15:45		T7-O26 Somashree Mondal (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) Microstructural transformations in magnetic hydrogels under flow-magnetic field coupling	T5-O13 Naoyuki Ishida (Doshisha University, Japan) Direct measurement of interactions forces between silica surfaces in organic solvents and mixtures by atomic force microscopy: Agreement with DLVO theory	T8-O24 Epameinondas Leontidis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Phase transition in phosphocholine micellar solutions induced by lanthanide salts
15:45 – 16:00	T2-O34 Werner Kunz (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Germany) New and original strategies for environmentally friendly solvent media without surfactants	T7-O27 Tim Günter (Uppsala University, Sweden) Interactions of soft crystalline materials with solid-liquid interfaces studied by neutron scattering	T5-O14 Luca Stendardo (University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy) A versatile method for controlling the wettability of stainless steel meshes for high-efficiency fog harvesting	T8-O25 Changhao Hu (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) Thermo-responsive interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPECs): Reversible colloidal structures governed by composition and temperature
16:00 – 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Armando Maestro (Materials Physics Center, Vizcaya, Spain)	CHAIR: Gerardo Odriozola Prego (UAM, México)	CHAIR: Roland Netz (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)	CHAIR: Matthias Karg (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
16:30 – 16:45	T2-O35 Rafael Muñoz-Espí (University of Valencia, Spain) Colloidal polymer nanoparticles for heterogeneous asymmetric organocatalysis and transition metal catalysis	T7-O28 Subrat Kumar Panigrahi (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India) Formulation and in vitro assessment of a hybrid gel-microparticle composite for ocular delivery of dual-antiglaucoma drugs	KEYNOTE T5-K3 Carlos Drummond (Université de Bordeaux, France) Probing soft matter: Long-range forces and shear-induced phenomena in compliant systems	T8-O26 Harsha Namdeo (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) Coarse-grained contact-area dominated interaction for two-dimensional colloidal nanoparticles
16:45 – 17:00	T2-O36 Jean-Francois Dufreche (University of Montpellier, France) Lateral equations of state of surfactants at interfaces: A multiscale perspective	T7-O29 Deborah Feller (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) The structure of core-shell microgels: A light, X-ray and neutron scattering study		T8-O27 Gabriela Wojtan (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) Surfactants as molecular switches in the formation of β structures in peptides.
17:00 – 17:15	T2-O37 Rubén Soria Martínez (Université Lorraine, France) Stepwise self-assembly monolayer of sodium oleate on (111) fluorite: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations	T7-O30 Julian Oberdisse (Université de Montpellier, France) Controlling the volume phase transition and structure of microgels by copolymerization	T5-O15 Ferdinand Fandrei (University Lund, Germany) How protein droplets phase separate on lipid membranes	KEYNOTE T8-K5 Elena Mileva (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgaria) Nanoarchitectonics in aqueous media containing antennary oligopeptides: General trends and specific phenomena
17:15 – 17:30	T2-O38 Tobias Roebroek (KU Leuven, Belgium) Antifoam dynamics of oil droplets in protein-stabilized aqueous thin films	T7-O31 Paula Malo De Molina (Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-EHU), Spain) Protein-mimetic heterograft polymers as model systems for controlled complexation with oppositely charged biomacromolecules	T5-O16 Xavier Banquy (Université de Montréal, Canada) Resonance-controlled surface forces in confined aqueous films
17:30 – 17:45	KEYNOTE T2-K6 Alberto Striolo (University of Oklahoma, USA) Synergistic and antagonistic effects experienced by surface-active compounds	T7-O32 David Tilve-Martinez (IMDEA Materials, Spain) Silicon nanowire aqueous liquid crystal formation and processing into macromaterials	T5-O17 Keno Ky R. Studer (Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Switzerland) Probing capillary torque on multipolar particles at dynamically deformed liquid interfaces	T8-O28 Rahul Benani (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) Modulating protein-protein interactions using osmolytes: Implications for protein stability and aggregation
17:45 – 18:00		T7-O33 Piotr Batys (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, Poland) Tuning polypeptide multilayer growth and mechanics via solvent-mediated interactions	T5-O18 Frieder Mugele (University of Twente, Netherlands) From wetting ridge formation to swelling-dependent solvent diffusivity in oil-infused polymer brushes	T8-O29 Anna Monclús-Rojo (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) Correlations in active nematic defects
18:00 – 18:15	T2-O39 Hao Li (INRAE, France) On the calcium binding mechanisms of acacia gums (senegal and seyal): Importance of solvation in the binding process	KEYNOTE T7-K5 Maria Sammalkorpi (Aalto University, Finland) Solvent controlled plasticization and thermal response of polyelectrolyte assemblies	T5-O19 Laura Fieber (Aalto University, Finland) Dynamics of wetting on submerged superhydrophobic surfaces	T8-O30 Xin Yin (Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Germany) Directed assembly of tetrahedral DNA-origami patchy colloids into diamond cubic, hexagonal diamond and S-II clathrates
18:15 – 18:30	T2-O40 Arshdeep Singh Bains (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Investigations on the behavior of thermo-responsive block copolymers in natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES)		T5-O20 Takumi Sato (3-14-1, Japan) Velocity dependency of ice melting at polymer interfaces: A molecular dynamics investigation	T8-O31 Makoto Takafuji (Kumamoto University, Japan) Coordination-driven modulation of chiroptical properties in terpyridine-functionalized supramolecular gel assemblies
18:30 – 19:45	ECIS Annual General Meeting
20:00 – 23:00	GALA DINNER

DAY 5 – FRIDAY 11/09/2026
Time	Main Auditorium (Paraninfo)	Lecture Hall (Salón de Actos)	Room 1	Room 2
08:00 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 08:40	Updates
08:40 – 09:30	PLENARY TALK (ECIS-SYENSQO AWARD) AW3 Paolo Samori (ISIS, University of Strasbourg, France) Interfacing functions: Supramolecular chemistry enabling high-performance pressure sensors and neuromorphic computing CHAIR: Regine von Klitzing (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
09:30 – 10:00	COFFEE BREAK
	CHAIR: Carlos Drummond (Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, France)	CHAIR: Fatima Hassouna (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic)	CHAIR: Gerhard Nägele (IBI – 4, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany)	CHAIR: Pablo Miguel Blanco Andrés (University of Lleida, Spain)
10:00 – 10:15	KEYNOTE T7-K6 Emanuela Zaccarelli (CNR Institute of Complex Systems, Italy) Star-like thermoresponsive microgels: a new class of soft colloids with Gaussian effective interactions	T8-O32 Inderdip Shere (ICSM-CNRS-CEA, France) Molecular dynamics of choline chloride: Phase behavior, structural evolution, and transition mechanisms in deep eutectic solvents	T6-O12 Mohammadjavad(Moja) Noohijoobani (University of Zaragoza, Spain) Conductive active colloids propelled by releasing ions	TS2-O14 Edward Stuckey (Uppsala University, Sweden) Optimizing neutron reflectometry experiments for soft matter systems using HOGBEN
10:15 – 10:30		T8-O33 Thomas Zemb (INP-Toulouse ( FRANCE), France) Is spontaneous emulsification in ternary solutions a common occurrence in nearly miscible solvents, or is it an urban legend caused by unavoidable impurities?	T6-O13 Kai Yu (KU LEUVEN, Belgium) Functional multiphase systems stabilized by protein–cellulose nanocomposites	TS2-O15 Ariane Fournier (Lund University, Sweden) Effect of selective deuteration on particle compressibility for SANS studies with contrast variation
10:30 – 10:45	T7-O34 Ingi Hong (Konkuk University, South Korea) Effects of internal emulsifier structure and concentration on dispersion properties and film performance of anionic waterborne polyurethanes	KEYNOTE T8-K6 Rodrigo Sanches Pires (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France) Resolving hierarchical self-assembly pathways of oppositely charged surfactants using stopped-flow time-resolved (U)SAXS	T6-O14 Brigida Romano (University of Perugia, Italy) Phosphatidylserine lipids affect the location of chondroitin sulfate at the membrane surface	TS2-O16 Bastian Mueller (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, France) Superchaotropic nano-ions control the phase behavior of lipid monolayers at the air/water interface
10:45 – 11:00	T7-O35 Sadia Schülke (University of Vienna, Austria) Training soft colloidal gels by shear flows		T6-O15 Baptiste Chabaud (CNRS – UGA, France) How interfacial chemistry controls macromolecular binding and responses to stimuli	TS2-O17 Jenni Engstedt (Malmö University, Sweden) Influence of Small Molecules on Hydration-Induced Phase Distribution in Lipid Liquid Crystalline Depots
11:00 – 11:15	T7-O36 Hiroya Ishida (Ltd., Japan) Influence of dispersants on graphite-polydimethylsiloxane composites and interfacial structures	T8-O34 Anna Bratek-Skicki (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Poland) Structural insights into liquid–liquid phase and aggregation of TDP-43 low complexity domain	KEYNOTE T6-K3 Sofia Magkiriadou (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Structural colour in disordered media: From photon diffusion to colour	TS2-O18 Asa Jerlhagen (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Engineering X-ray visibility in soft colloids: Iodine-loaded PISA nanoparticles
11:15 – 11:30	T7-O37 Luciana Buonaiuto (University of Twente, Netherlands) Tuning semicrystalline polymer brush morphology and surface properties via solvent-mediated crystallization	T8-O35 Angela Capocefalo (Institute for Complex Systems, Italy) Chirality-driven interparticle interactions in plasmonic colloids revealed by optical spectroscopy		TS2-O19 Sophie Ray (University of Birmingham / Diamond Light Source, United Kingdom) In-situ probing of ZIF-8 colloid self-assembly into photonic mesocrystals
11:30 – 11:45	T7-O38 Barbara Lonetti (Université de Toulouse, France) Clustering of gold nanoparticles in soft confined environments using pH responsive double hydrophilic block copolymers	T8-O36 Nicolás Ariel García (Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Argentina) Water models matter: From bulk solvent properties to casein macropeptide association and lipid vesicle stability	T6-O16 Marcel Krzan (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Poland) Hydrogen bonding versus electrostatic screening in saponin-stabilised interfaces: Molecular origins of foam stability	KEYNOTE TS2-K3 Jennifer Gilbert (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Not-so-model systems: Quantification of multilamellar sub-populations in phospholipid vesicles with increasing cholesterol
11:45 – 12:00	T7-O39 Manuel Kraus (University of Basel, Switzerland) Tunable structural color in copolymer microgels through controlled synthesis and thermally induced assembly	T8-O37 Firoz Malayil (Max IV Laboratory, Sweden) From molecular nano-aggregates to microemulsions: A comprehensive description of the ternary phase diagram of water and mono-alcohols mixtures	T9-O11 Peter Košovan (Charles University, Prague) Distribution of molecular solutes in phase-separated systems containing charged macromolecules
12:00 – 12:15	T7-O40 Andrei Zvelindovsky (University of Lincoln, United Kingdom) Nanocolloids at block copolymer interfaces: Mesoscale modelling of self-assembly and morphology control	T8-O38 Matteo Rutsch (University of Basel, Switzerland) Confining geometry drives dynamics in lipidic mesophases	T6-O18 Jianjun Wang Wang (Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, China) Bio-inspired ice-control materials for cryopreservation of cells and tissues	T1-O35 Andrea Salis (Università di Cagliari, Italy) Buffer specificity as a governing principle at nano-bio interfaces
12:15 – 12:30	T7-O41 Anindya Chowdhury (Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC), Germany) Mechanical degradation pathways of thermoresponsive microgels under ultrasonic cavitation	T8-O39 Jyoti Pannu (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations for twinned nanoparticles growth	T6-O19 Shiho Tsutsumi (National Institute for Materials Sciences, Japan) Design and production of lipid vesicles and nanoparticles with exosome-mimetic composition using a crossflow membrane mixing device	TS2-O21 Thea Lykkegaard Møller (Aarhus University, Denmark) Time-dependent structural evolution of casein micelles in reconstituted milk probed by SANS and SAXS
12:30 – 13:00	CLOSING CEREMONY
13:00 – 14:00	LUNCH