Conference sessions will cover the following key topics:

SECTION 1.  GENERAL PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS

- Methodological problems and new methods of phenomenological and statistical thermodynamics of reversible and irreversible processes;

- Thermodynamic modeling and simulations;

- Development of experimental techniques.

SECTION 2. THERMOCHEMISTRY AND DATABASES

- Thermodynamic properties of individual compounds;

- Databases, systematization and standardization of thermodynamic data;

- Empirical methods and structure-property correlations;

- Application of quantum-chemical methods for calculation of thermodynamic characteristics of compounds;

- Thermal studies of phase transitions and chemical reactions;

- Thermodynamics of macromolecular and supramolecular compounds.

SECTION 3. THERMODYNAMICS OF SOLUTIONS AND HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS

- Experimental and theoretical investigations of thermodynamic properties of solutions and alloys;

- Thermodynamic approaches in the plotting of phase diagrams;

- Behavior of supercritical fluids;

- Thermodynamics of biochemical systems.

SECTION 4. THERMODYNAMICS OF SURFACE PHENOMENA AND SELF-ORGANIZATION PHENOMENA IN FLUID SYSTEMS

- Thermodynamics of colloidal, polymeric, membrane and liquid crystal systems, mono- and multimolecular thin films;

- Thermodynamics of surface phenomena and phase transitions at interfacial interactions in heterogeneous systems.

SECTION 5. APPLIED ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS

- Separation technologies;

- Thermodynamic analysis of chemical reactions involved in the technology of inorganic and organic compounds synthesis;

- Modeling and optimization of technological processes.

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