A brief overview on the Carbon 2006 conference

The International Carbon conference, Carbon 2006, was held in Aberdeen, Scotland, hosted by the British Carbon Group, from July 16-21 2006. Over 500 participants attended. All together 605 articles were accepted for discussion on the following topics: Adsorption ( Fundamentals, Applications), Activated carbon, Biological applications, Carbon fibres, Carbonization, Mesophase, Pyrolysis and Thermal processes, C/C composite materials, Diamond, Environmental applications, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Nanoforms (Fundamentals, Applications, Theory), Electrical, battery and related applications, Industrial & energy products, Intercalation, Nuclear graphite, Physical & chemical properties, Reactivity and catalysis, Special forms of carbon. Five plenary lectures were given. They were "Architecture in nanospace", "Adsorption on carbon materials", "Carbon nanotubes", "Graphitic materials", and "Modeling of graphite and nanotubes". Compared to previous carbon conferences, much attention was paid to energy-related materials, environmental protection and biological applications.