advanced physics and chemistry techniques in analysis of historical monuments and artifacts

organized with cooperation:
ECOVAST - Slovakia and Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco
Sponsored by: VIVA HOTELS ART in our heART
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Accomodation:
Viva Hotel Alexander Novoli ****
Viva Hotel Laurus Duomo ****
Viva Hotel Fleming Novoli ***
Viva Hotel Capitol Santa Croce ***
Viva Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio ***
The conference sites: Viva Hotels Alexander Novoli and Fleming Novoli
Special low rate for students - www.worldsitehotels.com

Instead of an introduction we would like to present several ambitious aims:
The European Commission (EC) is going to establish a photovoltaics (PV) capacity of 3000 MW by 2010 (as it is outlined in the EC White Book)
Japan has settled a government target for PV capacity of 5 000 MW by 2010
The US Department of Energy indicates that a PV market of 60 billion USD will be achieved in the US by 2010

Hence, it is clear that a substantial part of future energy supply is expected to come from solar renewable energy sources.
In solar cell production, a clear trend can be seen towards thin film technologies. Thin film/polycrystalline cells as well as those prepared with amorphous silicon and/or silicon compounds have shown promising results. Bigger production capacities of CdTe and CIS cells are currently being realised.
New building integrated solar renewable energy systems and the increasing investment on the building and glass industries in this sector demonstrate its great importance. The new building elements lead to the establishment of a new important field in architecture known as "Low Energy Architecture".
In addition, non-standard geometrical forms for different types of renewable energy sources can change the landscape. In particular, there is a problem for integrating renewables to historical buildings without disturbing the original historical environment, and professionals should begin discussion of this problem. Furthermore, SREN 2005 conference gives the possibility to confront different methods used for physical and chemical investigation of historical and pre-historical artifacts (usually very poorly defined structures).
All these issues suggest that it will be very valuable if physicists, chemists, technical engineers, architects and historians have the opportunity to discuss them during SREN 2005 meeting.


SREN 2005 TOPICS

1. Physics and chemistry of renewable energy sources (RES)

a. General section
Solar renewable energy sources - fundamental novel devices, energy storage devices, etc.
Physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces (bulk and thin films)
Physics and chemistry of light sensitive devices
b. Physical and chemical properties of materials
New light sensitive materials
Investigation, simulation and application of plasma processes in physics and chemistry of thin film and surfaces and corresponding light sensitive devices
Investigation of c-Si, µc-Si, a-Si, pc-Si, CIS, CIGS, CdTe and GaAs
Research and utilization of organic materials in light sensitive devices
Degradation processes (induced by light irradiation, ageing, pressure, atmosphere, etc.)
Excitons in solar cells
c. Technologies
Thin film cells and technologies
Challenges in amorphous silicon PV technology
c-Si, µc-Si, a-Si, pc-Si, CIS, CIGS, CdTe and GaAs technologies
Nanotechnology and its possibilities in manufacturing of solar renewable sources
Dye sensitivised and photoelectrochemical solar cells
Quantum well based solar cells
d. Application and economics
Module design
Solar collectors
Relevance of cell and panel efficiency
Economics of solar renewable sources
e. Others related to solar cells
Invertors
Accumulators and other energy storage devices

2a. Engineering and design of above mentiond types of solar renewable energy sources

2b. Architectural composition of all types of produced RES
adaptation of RES in forms and areas (roofs, walls, surrounding of buildings, .) with regard to
A) historical architecture, historical environment
B) small villages
C) landscape (e.g. wind turbines)

Architecture of low energy buildings
Solar energy in architecture
New collectors in architectural design
New photovoltaic modules in architectural design
Solar residential areas
Energy concepts of low energy buildings
Progressive utilisation forms of renewable energy sources
Progressive low energy technical equipment systems
Building materials, structures and energy conservation
Indoor climate of buildings and comfort
Reconstruction of buildings

3. Physics and chemistry of historical artifacts
This section will be devoted to the possibilities of contemporary advanced research techniques in research of details (optical properties in UV-VIS-IR regions, structural properties (rtg), ageing, identification, .) of historical monuments - including prehistorical things, pictures, wall paintings, buildings.

Physics and chemistry in preservation of cultural heritage
Application of advanced research techniques in analysis of historical monuments and artifacts
Non-destructive or micro-destructive analysis and testing of museum, gallery and other objects of cultural heritage
Preservation, conservation and restoration of archival documents and library materials - scientific research and practical application
Research of changing of material properties of historical and cultural objects in the course of ageing by application of advanced techniques
Research of environmental impact on degradation and conservation of historical artifacts


Concerning the investigation of art works (the third part of the SREN) we will focus our interest also on the procedures applied in the research of ancient (up to medieval) wall paintings and/or composition of colours, number of layers, etc.


Organizing Institutions

Institute of Physics SAS, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University and CREST, Osaka, Japan
Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Zilina University, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovak Republic
CINVESTAV - IPN, Electrical Engineering Department, México D. F., Mexico
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México, Mexico
Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Monuments Board of Slovak Republic, Slovak Republic
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
ECOVAST - national section Slovakia; Non-government European Organization, Slovak Republic
Slovak National Archives, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
The conference is organised in co-operation with: Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, Florence, Italy

Proceedings

The Proceedings of SREN 2005 will be published in CD-ROM media.


After review, selected papers will be published as a special issue of Solar Energy Journal (Elsevier).
The authors of selected papers will be requested to follow the manuscript preparation guidelines of this journal. You can find instructions for authors in the following link: GuideForAuthors
Solar Energy Journal has accepted to publish special issue of the selected papers of the SREN conference.


Style of presentations:
Invited presentations G (60 min including discussion)
Invited presentation S (45 min including discussion)
Oral presentation (25 min including discussion)
Poster {dimensions: 65 cm width x 118 cm height}


Abstracts:
The extended abstract length should not be longer than two one-and-half spaced pages. Please adhere to the following order of presentation: Title, author(s), affiliation(s), and main text. Main text may contain one or two black-white figure(s) and references. Recommended font: Times New Roman. Font size: Title 14 pt, text 12 pt.


Registration is possible via electronic registration form (link below) or e-mail.

Important Dates

Registration and abstracts submission March 12, 2005
Decision on acceptance of contribution March 16, 2005
Booking of Vivahotel room March 15, 2005
Conference fee payment February 28, 2005
Booking of place in conference bus February 28, 2005
Bus payment March 11, 2005
Manuscripts for Proceedings April 3, 2005


Conference Language: English


Reservation and payments of the accommodation expenses will be effected by the Worldsitehotels agency in Firenze www.worldsitehotels.com 


Proceedings
Contributions can be submitted alternatively for publication in special issue of Solar Energy Journal (Elsevier) or to Proceedings of SREN.

Important dates
March 12, 2005 Registration and abstracts
Reservation and payments of the accomodation expenses will be effested by the Worldsitehotels agency in Firenze www.worldsitehotels.com
Other informations: www.lm.utc.sk/~konf/sren2005.php