Faraday Discussions Blog

Call for oral abstracts deadline – 20 July 2012

Photo-initiated quantum molecular dynamics is not only core fundamental science, it has potentially wide impact. We are now challenged to develop such a detailed understanding of energy flow in molecules, following the absorption of a photon, that we can begin to develop the knowledge and tools to control photochemistry.

Photo-initiated Quantum Molecular Dynamics: Faraday Discussion 163 will focus on the following themes:

• Single molecules: photochemistry and photophysics in isolated molecular systems
• Extended systems: photochemistry and photophysics of chromophores in proteins,
• solution or clusters
• Controlling molecular dynamics: controlling photochemistry using sequences of light
• pulses, shaped light pulses or bond selection prior to photoexcitation
• Applications of molecular dynamics to global challenges: photovoltaic cells, photodynamic
• therapy, imaging.

We invite you to submit your abstract today as an email attachment to RSC Events.
Please head your message “FD163 oral abstract” and follow the submission guidelines.

We do hope you will take the opportunity to join this Discussion where you will be able to hear excellent speakers, including:

• Albert Stolow, Queen’s University, Canada
• Robert W Field, MIT, USA
• Wolfgang Domcke, TU München, Germany
• Eberhard Riedle, LMU München, Germany
• Ursula Rothlisberger, EPFL, Switzerland
• Jennifer Herek, University of Twente, Netherlands
• Phil Bucksbaum, Stanford University, USA
• Greg Scholes, University of Toronto, Canada
• Joachim Burgdörfer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Graham Fleming, UC Berkeley, USA

In addition you will be able to take advantage of networking with other delegates with interest and experience in photo-initiated quantum molecular dynamics, at both the interactive poster sessions and the conference dinner.

Professor Helen Fielding and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Nottingham in April 2013.

Call for oral abstracts deadline – 13 July 2012

The last ten years have seen dramatic developments in our understanding of the surface science of nanoparticles grown on solid surfaces. These developments are continuing apace, not least in our understanding of nanoparticle structures at the atomic scale.

Fabrication, Structure and Reactivity of Anchored Nanoparticles: Faraday Discussion 162 will focus on the following themes:

• Novel chemical methods for anchored nanoparticle fabrication
• The surface science of anchored nanoparticles
• CO-oxidation on nanoparticles studied in-situ
• Theoretical aspects of anchored nanoparticle structure/reactivity

We invite you to submit your abstract as an email attachment to RSC Events. Please head your message “FD162 oral abstract” and follow the submission guidelines.

We do hope you will take the opportunity to join this Discussion where you will be able to hear excellent speakers, including:

• Charlie Campbell (Introductory) University of Washington Seattle
• Gabor Somorjai (Closing), University of California at Berkeley, USA
• Scott Anderson, University of Utah
• Simon Beaumont, University of California at Berkeley, USA
• Niklas Nilius, FHI Berlin
• Kiyotaka Asakura, Hokkaido University
• Swetlana Schauermann, FHI Berlin
• Philippe Sautet, University of Lyon
• Matt Neurock, University of Virginia

In addition you will be able to take advantage of networking with other delegates with interest and experience in nanoparticle structures and reactivity, at both the interactive poster sessions and the conference dinner.

Professor Mike Bowker and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Berlin in April 2013.

Registration for Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: FD160 is now open.

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 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

Taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your research work better known. You can also have your own poster abstract space at the meeting, so submit yours now.

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on ion specific effects.

The Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Oxford in September 2012.