Modern Electrochemical Methods

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Modern Electrochemical Methods (in Czech: „Moderní elektrochemické metody“, acronymed MEM) is a series of international scientific and professional conferences (originally seminars), which has been held since 1980, when it firstly was organized in Mezní Louka near Děčín, Czech Republic. However, already in the 1970s and after, unnumbered seminars as the predecessors of these conferences were organized on the same topic (e.g. "Selected methods of trace analysis for control laboratories", Piešťany, Slovakia, March 24-26, 1976).

The founder and scientific guarantee of these seminars and conferences originally entitled "Modern Electroanalytical Methods", later "Modern Electrochemical Methods", was RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, Ph.D. - one of the nestors of the Czech electrochemistry and electroanalytical chemistry. Throughout his active career, he always opened the seminar and significantly contributed to the conference organization. Other nestors and personalities of Czech and world electrochemistry, who were at birth of MEMs were prof. Karel Štulík, DSc. and prof. RNDr. Frantisek Opekar, Ph.D. . Both together contributed to the dissemination of the legacy of Czech physical chemist Prof. Jaroslav Heyrovsky, discoverer and founder of the polarography and the only Czechoslovak and Czech Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 1959.

The first seminars were organized by different Czechoslovak Houses of Technology in various cities of the former Czechoslovakia (in Bratislava, Brno, Ostrava, Žilina, and first of all in Ústí nad Labem). They were focused on informing practitioners about new electroanalytical methods. The lecturers were employees of the present J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University. An increasing number of participants changed the seminars into conferences. Changes in Czech industry in the nineties connected with the development and expansion of (mostly automated) non-electrochemical methods resulted in a decrease of conference participants from industrial sphere. On the other hand, it led to a remarkably increased interest of scientific experts. High scientific level of MEMs and close international collaborations had attracted many foreign participants and made from MEM meetings a traditional international conference.

Besides Czech and Slovak electrochemists, experts from Germany, Poland, Austria, Russia, The Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Great Britain, and from many other non-European countries (e.g., USA, India, Iran, Egypt, South Africa) have presented their results. At present, the vast majority of participants has been represented by scientists and researchers, university and high school teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, experts in the chemistry, physics, biology, pharmacy, medicine, etc.

Organizers

Several institutions have been responsible for MEM organization: House of Technology of the Czechoslovak Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (CSASTS) [3] Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, Audit VT, Ltd., BOS Ltd., BOS.org Ltd., SES logis, Ltd., and BEST servis, Ústí nad Labem). Mrs. Brotánková organized first few MEMs. Nevertheless, Mrs. Lenka Srsenová from Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, has been hidden behind the scenes of all these organizations (with the exception of one year).

Scientific guarantees

From the scientific point of view, each MEM conference has been guaranteed by one to four guarantees from various reputable Czech or Slovak scientific institutions. Historically, the first of them was RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, Ph.D. from the present J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Science of the Charles University. Several other researchers have hold this honorary and responsible position (e.g., prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc. from the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prof. Ing. Ladislav Novotný, DSc. (formerly from the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, now from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice), Prof. Jan Labuda, DSc. from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovensko). Since 2001 has served as MEM guarantee prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. from J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In 2011, Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. from the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic and in 2013, Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D., from the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Czech Republic, joined this group.

Venues

As mentioned above, the first event took place in the north of Bohemia at Mezní Louka near Děčín, Czech Republic. Then MEMs “traveled” throughout the Czech Republic, from northern Bohemia to southern Moravia. However, in 2001 it returned to the Czech Switzerland National Park to Jetřichovice u Děčína Since the year 2003, Hotel Bellevue. (formerly Koševoj) has been the traditional venue of these international meetings.

Scientific outputs

Lectures in English, Czech or Slovak represent the basic outputs. Since 1980 to 2008 the printed book of abstracts (length up to 2 pages) from each MEM had been published and since 2009 the Conference proceedings (length 3-5 pages) have been issued. Since 2002, ISBNs have been assigned to each book of abstracts or conference proceedings, respectively. Thanks to high quality of contributions, since 2010, the Proceedings have been evaluated for indexation in the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Since 2014, the authors of the best presentations have been invited to transform their contributions into the form of regular papers or review articles, which have been published in special issues of selected reputable impacted journals (Analytical Letters [6], Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly [7], Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry [8]). Such special issues are devoted to one year of MEM only or shared with another conference organized by the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and by the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (e.g., conference Heyrovsky discussion). Contributions from MEM conference may also be included in a special issue devoted to a similar conference (e.g., conference Modern Analytical Chemistry, organized by the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University).

Scientific outputs Review on MEM seminars/conferences

Acronym	Full name	Organizer	Guarantee	Venue (All in Czech Republic)	Date	Proceedings ISBN	Proceedings in WOS (IDS Number)	Journal Special issue
MEM I	Analyzers and Automatic Measurements in Electroanalytical Chemistry	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Mezní Louka	1980
MEM II	Modern Electroanalytical Methods II	Houses of Technology , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Mezní Louka	Únor 1981
MEM III	Modern Electroanalytical Methods III	Houses of Technology , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Doksy	Duben 1982
MEM IV	Modern Electroanalytical Methods IV	Houses of Technology , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Brno	1983
MEM V	Modern Electroanalytical Methods V	Houses of Technology , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Nové Město na Moravě, hotel SKI	10. - 12. 4. 1984
MEM VI	Modern Electroanalytical Methods VI	Houses of Technology , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Jetřichovice, hotel KOŠEVOJ	15. -18. 10. 1985
MEM VII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods VII	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Jetřichovice, hotel KOŠEVOJ	13.-15.5.1986
MEM VIII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods VIII	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Jetřichovice, hotel KOŠEVOJ	20.-22. 10.1987
MEM IX	Modern Electroanalytical Methods IX	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Jetřichovice, hotel KOŠEVOJ	29.11.- 2.12.1988
MEM X	Modern Electroanalytical Methods X	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Trojanovice, hotel Optimit	May 1990
MEM XI	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XI	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Trojanovice, Hotel Optimit	19.-18.4.1991
MEM XII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XII	Dům techniky ČSVTS , Ústí nad Labem	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Harrachov, hotel SklářHotel Sklář	1992
MEM XIII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XIII	Audit VT J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Pec pod Sněžkou	11.-13.5.1993
MEM XIV	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XIV	Audit VT J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Pec pod Sněžkou	April 1994
MEM XV	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XV	B.O.S. J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Bedřichov (Jablonec nad Nisou District), hotel Armabeton	25.- 27.4. 1995
MEM XVI	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XVI	BOS.org s.r.o. J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Harrachov	September 1996
MEM XVII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XVII	BOS.org s.r.o. J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Bedřichov (Jablonec nad Nisou District), Hotel Armabeton	24.-26.9.1997
MEM XVIII	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XVIII	BOS.org s.r.o. J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Harrachov, hotel Fortuna	3.-5.6.1998
MEM XIX	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XIX	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Polaro Sensors, s. r. o.	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Harrachov, hotel Fortuna	May 1999
MEM XX	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XX	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences	RNDr. Miloslav Kopanica, CSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	30.5.-1.6.2000
MEM XXI	Modern Electroanalytical Methods XXI	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Nedvědice, hotel Myslivna	24.-26.4.2001
MEM XXII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXII	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc. prof. Ing. Ladislav Novotný, DSc.	Cikháj	21.-23.5.2002	ISBN 80-86238-22-9 Search this book on .
MEM XXIII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXIII	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc. prof. Ing. Ladislav Novotný, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	20.-22.5.2003
MEM XXIV	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXIV	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Prof. Jan Labuda, DSc. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc. prof. Ing. Ladislav Novotný, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	3.-6.5.2004	ISBN 80-86238-40-7 Search this book on .
MEM XXV	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXV	SES Logis s r.o., Ústí nad Labem J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	23.-26.5.2005	ISBN 80-86238-45-8 Search this book on .
MEM XXVI	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXVI	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	9.–12.5.2006	ISBN 80-86238-98-9 Search this book on .
MEM XXVII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXVII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	21.–24.5.2007	ISBN 978-80-86238-05-0 Search this book on .
MEM XXVIII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXVIII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences OSACH ČSCH	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	26.–29.5.2008	ISBN 978-80-86238-39-5 Search this book on .
MEM XXIX	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXIX	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	26.–29.5.2009	ISBN 978-80-254-3997-5 Search this book on .
MEM XXX	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXX	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	24.– 28.5.2010	ISBN 978-80-254-6710-7 Search this book on .	BRL50
MEM XXXI	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXI	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. prof. RNDr. Jiří Barek, DSc.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	23.–27.5.2011	ISBN 978-80-254-9634-3 Search this book on .	BAK18
MEM XXXII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	21.– 25.5.2012	ISBN 978-80-905221-0-7 Search this book on .	BEZ69
MEM XXXIII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXIII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	20. –24.5.2013	ISBN 978-80-905221-1-4 Search this book on .	BB0QX
MEM XXXIV	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXIV	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	19.–23.5.2014	ISBN 978-80-905221-2-1 Search this book on .	BC5PG	Analytical Letters 49 (2016)Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly 146 (5) (2015)
MEM XXXV	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXV	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	18.–22.5.2015	ISBN 978-80-905221-3-8 Search this book on .	BD2IY	Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly 147 (1) (2016)
MEM XXXVI	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXVI	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	23.–27.5.2016	ISBN 978-80-905221-4-5 Search this book on .	BG6BM	Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly 148 (3) (2017)
MEM XXXVII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXVII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	15.– 19.5.2017	ISBN 978-80-905221-5-2 Search this book on .	K1896K	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 821 (2018)
MEM XXXVIII	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXVIII	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	21.–25.5.2018	ISBN 978-80-905221-6-9 Search this book on .	BM4ZS	Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly 149 (9) (2018)
MEM XXXIX	Modern Electrochemical Methods XXXIX	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, PhD..	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	20.–24.5.2019	ISBN 978-80-905221-7-6 Search this book on .	BQ3AR	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 858 (2020)
MEM XL	Modern Electrochemical Methods XL *	BEST servis J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Katedra analytické chemie PřF UK	prof. Ing. Tomáš Navrátil, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fojta, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Karolina Schwarzová-Pecková, Ph.D.	Jetřichovice, Hotel Bellevue	8.-12.11.2021		Will be submitted	Under negotiations

The Modern Electrochemical Methods XL conference, originally announced for May 2020, later for November 2020, has been postponed to November 2021 due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

All proceedings have been available in printed form in the Library of the Trade Union Organization of J. Heyrovského Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences . Similarly, the Proceedings published since 2002 are available in digital form .

External links

• J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of The Czech Academy of Sciences
• BEST Servis

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