Faraday Discussions Blog

We are pleased to announce that a Faraday Discussion on Tribology took place in Southampton, UK in April, and Conference Chair Professor Robert Wood, has highlighted the following ‘HOT’ articles from the conference below:

Hydration lubrication: exploring a new paradigm
Anastasya Gaisinskaya, Liran Ma, Gilad Silbert, Raya Sorkin, Odeya Tairy, Ronit Goldberg, Nir Kampf and Jacob Klein
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD00127F

Fate of methanol molecule sandwiched between hydrogen-terminated diamond-like carbon films by tribochemical reactions: tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics study
Kentaro Hayashi, Seiichiro Sato, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Tomomi Shimazaki, Koshi Adachi, Jean-Michel Martin and Momoji Kubo
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD00125J

Sliding friction at soft micropatterned elastomer interfaces
Elise Degrandi-Contraires, Christophe Poulard, Frédéric Restagno and Liliane Léger
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD00121G

The mechanics of nanometre-scale molecular contacts
Katerina Busuttil, Nikolaos Nikogeorgos, Zhenyu Zhang, Mark Geoghegan, Christopher A. Hunter and Graham J. Leggett
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD00133K

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There’s still just time to submit your poster abstract for Soft Matter Approaches to Structured Foods: Faraday Discussion 158 by the deadline date of 25 May.

Food materials are unusual as soft matter. They are highly complex, operating on multiple length scales and phases and structured via multiple externally applied fields.

Taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your research work better known. To have your own poster space at the meeting submit yours now.

So join this discussion with top experts in the field and make sure you register now, or you will miss out on the early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee.

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be able to exchange views with food scientists and non-food experts from the soft matter community.

Dr Ruud van der Sman and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Wageningen in July 2012

There’s still just time to register for Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces : FD157 – by the deadline date of 25 May.

Remember that taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your own research work better known.

Act today to ensure your place at this exciting discussion, which aims to bring together both experimentalists and theorists in reaction dynamics.

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Assisi next month.

There is still just time to submit your poster abstract to Crystallisation – A Biological Perspective: Faraday Discussion 159 but don’t delay. Deadline: 25 May 2012

Act today to take advantage of:

• Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee – register now

• Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in
the early stages of their career – worth £150 – check your eligibility

• Poster presentation space – a chance to showcase your own work – submit your
abstract

Recent studies on crystal nucleation have found evidence of pre-nucleation clusters, a controversial result which apparently contradicts classical nucleation theory. Taking part in a Faraday Discussion can help to get your own research in the field better known.

The Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you to Leeds in July 2012.

**Early bird registration deadline approaching**

Register now to save £50 on the standard registration fee – register today

See more information on this exciting international conference:  Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces: Faraday Discussion 157

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on molecular reaction dynamics.

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Chairman, and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Assisi in June 2012.

Registration is now open for Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Gases, Liquids and Interfaces: Faraday Discussion 157

Be sure of your place at this timely and exciting discussion, and also benefit from the fantastic savings currently available:

• Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee

• Member rate – available to RSC and Società Chimica Italiana members

• Student rate – available to undergraduates and postgraduates on a full time course

• Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in the early stages of their career – worth £150

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on molecular reaction dynamics.

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Chairman, and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Assisi in June 2012.