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Invited Speaker at the XVIII Mendeleev Congress on Pure and
Applied Chemistry, September 24-28, Moscow, Russia. Chemical Functionalization,
Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanostructures, V. N. Khabashesku.
· Invited Speaker at 234th ACS National Meeting, August 19-24, Boston, MA. Fluorinated Carbon Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Application, V. N. Khabashesku.
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Invited Talk at the 62nd Southwest Regional ACS Meeting,
October 19-22, 2006, Houston, TX Carbon
“Nano-Onions: Fluorination, Characterization and Tribology Studies”, Valery N. Khabashesku, Yu Liu,
Randy L.Vander Wal, Kazuhisa Miyoshi, Kenneth W. Street
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Oral presentation at the Annual AFRL/Minority Leaders Program Review in
Dayton, Ohio, WPAFB, September 20, 2006. “Purification and Functionalization of
Carbon Nanotubes for Epoxy Composite Applications”, Valery N. Khabashesku.
Lecture “Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Tailored for Epoxy Polymer Composites”
·
, Valery Khabashesku, at the AFRL/Minorirty Leaders Workshop on
Nanocomposites, Rice University, February 22-23, 2006.
Functionalized Fullerene Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Appplications. Invited lecture at Fullerene Meeting. Institute of Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, Nov.7-8, 2005.
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Surface Functionalization and Characterization of Carbon
Nanotubes and Related Carbon Nanostructures. Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites.
Invited lectures at Toray company, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, Nov. 4, 2005.
Fluorination of Carbon Nanomaterials: Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes, Polyfullerenes, Nanodiamonds, and Nano-onions. Invited lecture at 29th International Fluorine Conference, Toyama, Japan, Nov.1-3, 2005.
· Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials. Invited Lecture at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sept. 23, 2005.
· Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials. Carbon Nitride and Other Heterocarbon Nanostructures. Nanocomposites. Teaching The Nanotechnology workshop at MonterreyTech, Monterrey, Mexico, July 13, 2005.
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Functionalization
Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes for Nanocomposites Applications. Invited
Speaker at Nanocomposites Panel at SAMPE Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov. 18,
2004.
· Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and Nanodiamonds for Engineering and Bio-Medical Applications, Diamond-2004, Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept.12-17, 2004
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Functionalization of
carbon nanostructures for bio-medical applications, Invited Speaker at the
International Meeting “Extension of
Life Span”, Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 24-26, 2003.
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Novel chemistry of
carbon, Zelinsky Institute of Organic
Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, September 2003.
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Functionalized carbon
nanoscale molecules as precursors for new materials, Institute of High Pressure
Physics, Troitsk, Russia, September 2003.
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Functionalization and
applications of carbon nanomaterials, Invited Lecture at the
Nanotechnology Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14, 2003.
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Carbon nitride and
diamond-like materials, Institute of High Pressure Physics, Troitsk, Russia,
June 2002.
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Reactive hetero-olefines and
carbon nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and applications, ChevronPhillips Chemical Company, Houston,
TX, September 2002.
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From transient
molecules to materials. Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice
University, Houston, October 2000. Host: Professor J. L. Margrave.
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AkzoNobel, Houston, TX,
March 1999.
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Invited lecture at
Sixth International Conference on Chemistry of Carbenes and Related
Intermediates, May 28-30, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russia. Conference Chairman:
Academician O. M. Nefedov.
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Plenary lecture at
XVIth Mendeleev Congress on Pure and Applied Chemistry, May 24-29, 1998, St.
Petersburg, Russia. Congress Chairman: Academician O. M. Nefedov.
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Invited lecture at 2nd
International Conference on Low Temperature Chemistry. August 4-9, 1996, Kansas
City.Conference Chairman: Professor J. Durig.
· Invited lecture at International Conference on Low-Temperature Chemistry, September 5-9,1994, Conference Chairman: Professor G. B. Sergeev
· Invited lecture at International Gordon Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Matrix-Isolated Species. July 7-11,1991, Plymouth, NH. Conference Chairman: Professor V. Bondebey.
· Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, January 1991. Host: Professor J. L. Margrave.
· Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, January 1991. Host: Professor O.Chapman.
· Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, January 1991. Host: Professor H. Frei.
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Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, April 1991. Host: Professor A.
Cowley.
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Invited lecture at
the U.S.S.R. Symposium on Structure and
Reactivity of Organosilicon Compounds, September 1989, Irkutsk. Symposium Chairman:
Professor M. G. Voronkov.
· Invited lecture at the7th International Symposium on Organosilicon Chemistry, June 8-12, 1987, St. Louis, MO. Symposium Chairman: Professor P. Gaspar.