SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoscale Thermal Properties and Transport |
| Discussion Leader: Bernard Cretin, University Besancon |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Azzedine Hammiche, University of Lancaster
Micro- and nanoscale calorimetry |
8:25 pm - 9:20 pm | Andreas Altes, Infineon Technologies
Quantitative local thermal parameters by the 3ω method |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanoparticles |
| Discussion Leader: Jan Thoen, Catholic University Leuven |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Egon Matijevic, Clarkson University
Nanoparticles as building blocks for uniform colloids and their applications in medicine and technology |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:25 am | B. Lounis, University of Bordeaux
Photothermal detection of single absorbing nano-objects |
11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Gerald Diebold, Brown University
The photoacoustic effect from particles |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session
Nanoscale Thermal Transport, Nanoparticles, Thermal Properties, NDE,
New Experimental Developments
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6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Medical Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Juan Jose Alvarado Gil, University of Merida |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Werner Faubel, Research Center Karlsruhe
Photothermal double beam laser scanning system and its application to study of migration processes in tissues and other materials |
8:25 pm - 9:20 pm | Lihong V. Wang, University of Texas
High-resolution ultrasound-aided biophotonic imaging |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Linear and Nonlinear Laser Sound |
| Discussion Leader: Vitaly Gussev, University of Le Mans |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Sergey V. Egerev, Acoustic Institute, Moscow
Laser induced sound: probabilistic issues |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:25 am | Peter Hess, University Heidelberg
Experimental realization and theoretical description of solitary surface elastic waves and their possible future applications in materials science |
11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Otto Muskens, University of Utrecht
Strain induced solitons in photoexcited ruby |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session
Nanoscale Thermal Transport, Nanoparticles, Thermal Properties, NDE,
New Experimental Developments
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6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ultrafast and Transient Phenomena |
| Discussion Leader: David Hurley, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Masahide Terazima, Kyoto University
Initial step of the photothermal effect in solution |
8:25 pm - 9:20 pm | Oliver B. Wright, Hokkaida University
A menagerie of phonon wave packets generated with ultrashort optical pulses |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Analytical Chemistry and Photochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Autrey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Stephen Bialkowski, Utah State University
Detection of condensed aerosols using IR lasers |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:25 am | Chieu D. Tran, Marquette University Doing thermal lens measurements the green way |
11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Silvia Braslavsky, Max Planck Institute Mülheim Determination of time resolved thermodynamic profiles in electron transfer reactions by laser induced optoacoustics |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session
Analytical Chemistry and Photochemistry, Food and Environmental Analysis, Medical Applications, Laser Sound, Ultrafast and Transient Phenomena |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Food Quality and Environmental Analysis |
| Discussion Leader: Helion Vargas, University of Norte Fluminense |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Frans J.M. Harren, Radboud University Nijmegen
Continuous wave Optical Parametric Oscillators and photoacoustics, a powerful combination for trace gas detection |
8:25 pm - 9:20 pm | Dane Bicanic, University of Wageningen
Towards practical food quality monitoring by PA and PT methods-the upcoming issues |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Instrumental Developments |
| Discussion Leader: Mihai Chirtoc, University of Reims |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Frank K. Tittel, Rice University
Ultrasensitive gas detection by quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:25 am | Kumar Patel, UCLA and Pranalytica, Inc., Santa Monica
Optical Techniques for High Sensitivity, High Reliability Sensing of Chemical Warfare Agents: Looking for Needle in a Haystack |
11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Ralph Meckenstock, University Bochum
Near field photothermal detection of microwave absorption |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session
Analytical Chemistry and Photochemistry, Food and Environmental Analysis, Medical Applications, Laser Sound, Ultrafast and Transient Phenomena |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nondestructive Evaluation |
| Discussion Leader: Hassan Talaat, Ain Shams University Cairo |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Andreas Mandelis, University of Toronto
Photocarrier-radiometry |
8:25 pm - 9:20 pm | Gerd Busse, University of Stuttgart
Thermal wave thermography |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion: Spin-offs and unresolved problems |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |