Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Advanced Physical and Chemical Functionalities of Clusters and Nanoparticles
Discussion Leader: Hannu Hakkinen (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Teri Odom (Northwestern University, USA)
"Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays and Stretchable Nanolasers"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Ib Chorkendorff (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
"Improving Catalyst Performance Using Clusters and Nanoparticles"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Electronic and Optical Properties
Discussion Leader: Xochitl Lopez-Lozano (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Natalia Del Fatti (CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / Universite de Lyon, France)
"Nonlinear Plasmonics and Thermo-Optical Dynamics on Nano-Objects"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Paul Scheier (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"Electronic and Optical Properties on Cold Clusters Using Experiments with Helium Droplet Beams"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Marko Förstel (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
"Vibrationally Resolved Absorption Spectrum of Au4 + "
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Gerd Gantefoer (University of Konstanz, Germany)
"Long-Lived Excited States in Metal Clusters"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Lidia Martinez (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Spain)
"Synthesis of New Carbonaceous Nanoarchitectures by Gas-Phase Aggregation"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Janis Timoshenko (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
"Probing Atomic Distributions in Metallic and Oxide Clusters by Artificial Neural Network"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Beatriz Roldan Cuenya (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magnetic Clusters and Nanoparticles
Discussion Leader: Tobias Lau (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Andrei Kirilyuk (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Magnetic Deflection Experiments"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Andreas Köster (CINVESTAV, Mexico)
"Magnetic Properties of Clusters from Density Functional Theory Studies"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Joost Bakker (FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Structure Determination of High-Spin Magnetic Clusters Through Far-IR Spectroscopy"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Dirk Sander (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany)
"Magnetism and Spin Textures of Individual Nanometer Small Co and Fe Islands on Cu(111): A Low-Temperature Spin-STM Study in Magnetic Fields"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Structure-Reactivity Correlations in Nanoparticle Catalysis: Size and Shape Effects
Discussion Leader: Scott Anderson (University of Utah, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Jose Solla-Gullon (University of Alicante, Spain)
"Electrocatalysis on Shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Fundamentals, Recent Advances and Future Challenges"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Susannah Scott (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Nanoparticle Catalysis"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Nisha Mammen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
"Atomically Precise, Thiolated Copper-Hydride Nanoclusters as Single-Site Hydrogenation Catalysts for Ketones in Mild Conditions"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Sandra Lang (Ulm University, Germany)
"Reactivity and Catalytic Activity of Small Clusters"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Anupam Yadav (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"High Performance CO Oxidation Catalysts Based on Gas-Phase Pd-Ni Bimetallic Nanoclusters Directly Deposited on Alumina Powder Investigated In Operando by XAFS and DRIFTS"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Linos Hecht (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany)
"Two-Color Diffraction Imaging of Helium Nanodroplets"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Detlef Schooss (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Hydrogen Induced Structure Change of Late Transition Metal Clusters"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Interaction of Clusters with Surfaces
Discussion Leader: Maria López (University of Valladolid, Spain)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Julia Laskin (Purdue University, USA)
"Interactions of Soft-Landed Molecules and Clusters with Surfaces"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Christine Aikens (Kansas State University, USA)
"Electron Dynamics in Gold and Silver Nanoclusters"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Vera Beermann (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
"Real-Time Imaging of Activation and Degradation of Carbon Supported Octahedral Pt-Ni Alloy Fuel Cell Catalysts at the Nanoscale"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Ewald Janssens (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Clusters Deposited on Graphene"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cluster Catalysis: Tuning Activity and Selectivity Atom by Atom
Discussion Leader: André Fielicke (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Ueli Heiz (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Cluster Catalysis and Size Dependence"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Francesca Baletto (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Size Dependence of Chemical Properties of Small Clusters"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)
"N2/H2 Cryo Association and Activation by Some Transition Metal Clusters and Alloys"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Stuart Mackenzie (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Reactivity and Activity of Small Clusters Investigated with Infrared Spectroscopy"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Patrizia Calaminici (CINVESTAV, Mexico)
"Structures and Catalytic Activity of Molybdenum Carbide Clusters"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Günther Rupprechter (Technische Universität Wien, Austria)
"In Situ Spectroscopy and Catalysis on Supported CuNi Nanoparticles and Atomically-Precise Au Clusters"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Functionalities of Clusters and Nanoparticles and Interdisciplinarity
Discussion Leader: Richard Palmer (Swansea University, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Kristina Tschulik (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
"Reactivity of Individual Nanoparticles Investigated with Dark-Field Spectroscopy"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Sebastian George (Universität Greifswald, Germany)
"Internal Dynamics of Stored Cluster Anions in the Gas Phase"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Steven De Feyter (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Nanostructuring Surfaces with Molecules: The Beauty of Confinement"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Nanoclusters for Cancer Imaging and Therapy"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Clusters and Nanoparticles as Building Blocks for New Materials and Devices
Discussion Leader: Beatriz Roldan Cuenya (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Atsushi Nakajima (Keio University, Japan)
"Creating Assemblies of Size Selected Clusters on Surfaces by Cluster Beam Deposition"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Puru Jena (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
"Cluster-Inspired Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Jonas Warneke (Leipzig University, Germany)
"Rational Design of an Argon-Binding Superelectrophilic Anion"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Fengqi Song (Nanjing University, China)
"Single Electron Transistor Devices Using Silicon Clusters"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Paolo Milani (University of Milan, Italy)
"Cluster-Assembled Materials for Neuronal Networks and Neuromorphic Applications"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Yolanda Small (York College, City University of New York, USA)
"Enhancing Optical Properties of Silver Nanoclusters with DNA Self Assembly Tools"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Baira Donoeva (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Towards Atomically Precise Sub-nm Supported Au Clusters: The Critical Role of the Support"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cluster Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Florent Calvo (CNRS / Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Uwe Bovensiepen (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
"Microscopic Dynamic Processes of Surfaces and Interfaces Analyzed in Time Domain"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Daniela Rupp (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany)
"Using Intense Light Sources to Unravel Cluster Dynamics"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Thomas Fennel (University of Rostock, Germany)
"Waveform Control and Time-Resolved Imaging of Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Clusters"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure