GOLD2006: New Industrial Applications for Gold

Limerick, Ireland 3 – 6 September 2006

Gold 2006 was hosted at the University of Limerick and co-organised by the World Gold Council. The conference brought together global leaders from both science and industry with the objective of furthering progress toward the realisation of new industrial uses for gold.

Delivering a keynote presentation at the conference were, among others, Solaris Nanosciences, a US-based company who are currently developing the use of anisotropic gold nanorod technology for improved Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs). These nanoscale rod structures, or nanorods, when incorporated into liquid crystals are expected to improve viewing performance of displays in televisions, mobile phones and cameras. The same technology could help to restore the vision of people suffering from retinal diseases.

Other companies presenting at Gold 2006 included 3M, British Biocell, Johnson Matthey and chemical company Degussa who described the current use of gold-containing catalysts for the production of the chemical feedstock, vinyl acetate monomer.

Sponsored by BASF, DMCC, Degussa, Project AuTEK, Rand Refinery, Metalor, 3M and Tanaka, this conference attracted over 300 participants from over 30 countries.

Keynote speakers

 

 

View the Technical Programme ( 256kb)

 

Publications

The high quality research results presented at GOLD 2006, have led to the publication of a number of special issues of leading journals:

Selected papers presented at GOLD 2006, related to gold nanotechnology have been published in this special issue of Materials Science and Engineering

Selected paper presented at GOLD 2006 related to gold catalysis have been published in this special issue of Catalysis Today

Other selected papers, including those related to gold chemistry have been published in Vol 40 (2007) of Gold Bulletin

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