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Molecular Reaction Dynamics: call for abstracts

Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces
Faraday Discussion 157
25 – 27 June 2012
Assisi, Italy

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 26 August 2011

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 Molecular Reaction Dynamics: FD157 aims to define the state-of-the-art and to outline the future prospects for this whole exciting area of research, with impact in many fields of science. The discussion will follow these key-themes:

  • Bimolecular reaction dynamics in the gas-phase
  • Photodissociation dynamics in the gas and liquid-phase
  • Reaction dynamics at interfaces (gas-liquid and gas-solid)
  • Ultrafast reaction dynamics in the condensed phase         

 Confirmed invited speakers:

  • Fleming F Crim (Introductory) – University of Wisconsin, USA
  • Richard Zare (Closing) – Stanford University, USA
  • Rainer Beck – EPFL, Switzerland
  • Joel M Bowman – Emory University, USA
  • Stephen Bradforth – University of Southern California, USA
  • Martin Gruebele – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Kopin Liu, IAMS – Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • Todd Martinez – Stanford University, USA
  • Daniel Neumark – University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • John Tully – Yale University, USA

Faraday Discussions are a long-established series of meetings which provide a unique international platform for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The Discussion is a dynamic forum for developing and exchanging exciting new ideas, and both the papers and discussion will be published in a final printed volume. The latest Impact Factor is 4.5.

We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 26 August 2011 to Events adding ‘FD157 abstract’ in the subject line. We hope that this conference is of interest and that you will attend this exciting Faraday Discussion next year. 

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FD153: Coherence and Control in Chemistry – registration open!

Registration now open

Faraday Discussion 153: Coherence and Control in Chemistry

25-27 July, Leeds, UK

Early bird registration and poster abstract deadline: 30 May 2011

This Faraday Discussion aims to assess recent progress in our general understanding of coherence and control in chemistry and to define new avenues for future research.

Take advantage of the early bird discount by registering today.

The extensive programme of invited speakers covers the following themes:

•    Electronic coherence in biological supramolecular assemblies
•    Non-adiabatic interactions and molecular coherent control
•    Strategies for coherent control
•    Applications of coherent control
•    Strong-field high harmonic generation and alignment control

Submit your poster abstract now following the submission guidelines.

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Faraday Discussion 155: Artificial Photosynthesis

Faraday Discussion 155: Artificial Photosynthesis
5 – 7 September 2011
Edinburgh, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 18 November 2010
Submit now to events@rsc.org

There is a growing conviction that the only real prospect for our long-term energy provision relies on the ability to collect and store sunlight in the form of chemical potential. The need for alternative fuels and reduction of excess carbon dioxide left over from our era of fossil fuel consumption, focuses the attention on the design of effective artificial photosynthetic systems. This is a growing global problem and it will soon become the dominant scientific issue.

Applying new knowledge to old problems: FD155 will focus on possible solutions to long-standing problems in the development of artificial synthesis. This topical and important area of science covers many disciplines. The combination of biology, chemistry, physics and theory makes for an exciting blend of discussion points.

Themes

•    Electronic energy transfer
•    Fuel production / carbon dioxide reduction
•    Oxygen evolution
•    Integrated photo-systems
•    Electron transfer

Confirmed speakers

•    Graham Fleming, University of California, Berkeley, USA
•    Sir Richard Friend FRS, University of Cambridge, UK
•    Michael Graetzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
•    Dirk Guldi, University of Erlangen , Germany
•    Devens Gust, Arizona State University, USA
•    Osamu Ishitani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
•    Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University, USA
•    Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, Switzerland
•    Garry Rumbles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
•    Stenbjörn Styring, Uppsala University, Sweden
•    Licheng Sun, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 18th November 2010 to events@rsc.org adding ‘FD155 abstract’ in the subject line.

More information about this meeting can be found here

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FD154: Ionic Liquids – Call for Abstracts

Faraday Discussion 154: Ionic Liquids

22 – 24 August 2011

Belfast, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 22 October 2010

Submit yout abstract now to events@rsc.org

Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are currently the focus of an intense research effort because of their remarkable potential for applications coupled to favourable environmental properties. The hybrid organic-ionic nature of RTILs and the resulting interplay between different intermolecular forces give rise to a complex phenomenology whose decoding requires the close integration of experimental, theoretical and computational methods.

Ionic liquids constitute a new and exciting playground for interdisciplinary research and this meeting will discuss fundamental experimental and theoretical aspects of the physical chemistry of RTILs. The Scientific Committee will be chaired by Professor Chris Hardacre (Queen’s University Belfast, UK).

Themes:

  • Thermodynamics and phase behavior of ionic fluids
  • Microscopic and mesoscopic structure: experiments and simulations
  • Transport and relaxation in ionic liquids
  • Chemical reactivity and interfacial behavior

Confirmed Invited speakers:

  • Austen Angell (Introductory) – Arizona State University, USA
  • Ruth Lynden-Bell (Closing) – University of Cambridge, UK
  • Pietro Ballone – Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
  • Margarida Costa-Gomes – Université Blaise-Pascal, France
  • Douglas MacFarlane – Monash University, Australia
  • Edward Maginn – University of Notre Dame, USA
  • Athanassios Panagiotopoulos – Princeton University, USA
  • Alessandro Triolo – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
  • Hermann Weingärtner – Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • James Wishart – Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

Submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 22nd October 2010 to events@rsc.org adding ‘FD154 abstract’ in the subject line.

For further information on attending Faraday Discussion 154, visit www.rsc.org/FD154.

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Coherence and Control in Chemistry (FD153) – call for oral abstracts

Faraday Discussion 153: Coherence and Control in Chemistry
25-27 July 2011, Leeds, UK

Extended oral abstracts deadline: 15th October 2010submit now

Speakers

•    Thomas Baumert (Introductory) Universität Kassel, Germany
•    Herschel Rabitz (Closing) Princeton University, USA
•    Valeria Kleiman University of Florida, USA
•    Spiridoula Matsika Temple University, USA
•    Dwayne Miller University of Toronto, Canada
•    Marcus Motzkus Universität Heidelberg, Germany
•    Kenji Ohmori Institute for Molecular Science Okazaki, Japan
•    Moshe Shapiro University of British Columbia, Canada
•    Albert Stolow Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences National Research Council, Canada
•    David Tannor Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Themes

•    Electronic coherence in biological supramolecular assemblies
•    Non-adiabatic interactions and molecular coherent control
•    Strategies for coherent control
•    Applications of coherent control
•    Strong-field high harmonic generation and alignment control

Faraday Discussion 153 aims to assess recent progress in our general understanding of coherence and control in chemistry and to define new avenues for future research, building on the achievements of FD113, held 10 years ago in Leeds, which defined many areas of current activity in the field of molecular reaction dynamics and coherent control.

The current meeting will bring together experimentalists and theoreticians working in all areas of physics and chemistry who have an interest in probing and controlling chemical interactions at the quantum resolved level with the aim of defining the future challenges in this field.

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Faraday Discussion 152: Gold – call for oral abstracts

Faraday Discussion 152: Gold
4 – 6 July 2011, Cardiff, UK

Submit your abstract for oral presentation by 10 September 2010

FD152 will focus on the origins of high catalytic activity observed with gold nanoparticles. The aim is to bring together the catalysis and surface science communities with materials scientists and theoreticians, so that new insights can be gained.

Invited speakers:

  • Professor Masatake Haruta (Introductory) – Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Professor Martyn Poliakoff (Closing) – University of Nottingham
  • Dr Mathias Brust – University of Liverpool
  • Professor Charlie Campbell – Universityof Washington
  • Professor Cynthia Friend – Harvard University
  • Professor Wayne Goodman – Texas A&M University
  • Professor Peijun Hu – Queen’s University Belfast
  • Professor Laura Prati – Universita degli Studi di Milano
  • Professor Pekka Pyykko – University of Helsinki
  • Professor Vincent Rotello -Universityof Massachusetts Amherst

Themes:

  • Gold catalysis at the gas solid interface
  • Gold catalysis and materials science
  • Theoretical insights on gold catalysis
  • Gold catalysis and enhanced selectivity
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FD 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials – submit an abstract now!

Faraday Discussion 151 will be on the exciting and highly topical subject of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Submit an abstract today for oral presentation to take part in this unique and dynamic conference!

It is being held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK, and has a host of top invited speakers, including:

• Katsuhiko Hirose (Introductory) -Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
• Bill David (Closing) – University of Oxford, UK
• Tom Autrey – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

• Andreas Borgshulte – EMPA Switzerland
• Maximilian Fichtner – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Craig Jensen – University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• Scott Jorgensen – General Motors, USA
• Michel Latroche – CNRS Thiais, France
• Martin Schroder – University of Nottingham, UK

The discussion will focus on both themes, from synthesis and characterisation to application of such novel materials. The focus will be on the wider issues involved in synthetic routes, characterisation, materials properties, rather than simply on examples. The importance of the interplay of theory and experiment will be stressed.

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