| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS |
| 7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Jim Heath (Caltech University) |
| 8:00 pm - 8:35 pm | Stan Williams (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories)
"Electronic Switching via Redox Reactions in Nanocrystals" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:20 pm | Mark Ratner (Northwestern University)
"Single-Molecule Junctions: Past Tunneling to Function" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:15 pm | CATALYSIS |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Discussion Leader: Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký (Humboldt University) |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Peter Armentrout (University of Utah)
"Thermochemistry and Reactivity of Transition Metals Clusters and Their Oxiders" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:35 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 am - 11:15 am | Masahiko Ichihashi (Toyota Technological Institute)
"Catalitic Reactions Involving Transition Metal Clusters in the Gas Phase" |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 12:05 pm | Stefan Gilb (Technische Universität München)
"Size Effects in the Chemistry of Clusters" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (Clusters: Gas Phase and Deposited) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CLUSTERS AND MATERIALS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Atsushi Nakajima (Keio University) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Shiv Khanna (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"From Free Clusters to Cluster Assembled Materials: Nano-Assemblies with Tunable Properties" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion
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| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Stefan Vajda (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Clusters and Cluster-Based Nanostructures: New Materials with Distinct Physical and Chemical Properties" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session I (continued) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CLUSTER REACTIVITY |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Discussion Leader: Martin Jarrold (Indiana University) |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Ori Cheshnovsky (Tel-Aviv University)
"Mercury-The ‘Perfect’ Semiconductor Cluster" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Manfred Kappes (University Karlsruhe)
"Reactivity and Nanostructuring of Novel Carbon Cluster Materials" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Helmut Schwarz (Technische Universität Berlin)
"Gas-Phase Catalysis by Atomic and Cluster Metal Ions: The Ultimate Single-Site Catalysts" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 am - 12:25 pm | Hot Topic I: Gerd Ganteför (Universität Konstanz)
"Dynamics of O2 Photodesorption from Metal Clusters: A Significant Difference from Bulk Behavior" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (continued) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHARACTERIZATION |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Ludger Wöste (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Joel Parks (Rowland Institute at Harvard)
"Saturated Adsorption and Aun+ and Aun- Clusters: Structure Dependence" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Paul Weiss (Penn State University)
"Precise Measurements of Atomically Precise Materials" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
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9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session I (continued) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHOTONICS AND OPTICAL INTERACTIONS |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Discussion Leader: Hellmut Haberland (Freiburg Universität, Germany) |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Mostafa El-Sayed (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Metallic Gold is More Precious on the Nano-Meter Scale; Their Optical and Photo- Thermal Properties and Their Potential Applications" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Lou Brus (Columbia University)
"Excited Electronic States in Metallic Nanocrystals" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 12:00 pm | George Schatz (Northwestern University)
"Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics Studies of the Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 am - 12:25 pm | Hot Topic II: Kenneth Knappenberger (University of California, Berkeley)
"Spectroscopic investigation of CdSe nanocrystals: Implications for single-particle devices" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II (Quantum Dots and Nanostructures) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NANOSTRUCTURES |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Uzi Landman (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Catherine Brechignac (University Paris Sud)
"Stability and Organization of Nanostructures from Cluster Deposition on Surfaces: The Role of Curvature" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Nobuyuki Nishi (Institute for Molecular Science)
"Structure and Functionality of Metal Acetylide Nanowires and Metal Ethynyl Cluster Molecules" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session II (continued) |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CLUSTER DEPOSITION |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Discussion Leader: Wolfgang Harbich (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Mike White (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
"Characterization and Reactivity of Metal Compound Clusters Prepared by Size-Selected Deposition" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Scott Anderson (University of Utah)
"Physical and Catalytic Properties of Deposited Size-Selected Metal Clusters" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Karl-Heinz Meiwes-Broer (University Rostock)
"Magnetism of Surface Supported Clusters" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 am - 12:25 pm | Hot Topic III: Richard Palmer (University of Birmingham)
"Cluster Deposition: From 3D Cluster Structure to Biochip Applications" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CLUSTER PROPERTIES |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Puru Jena (Virginia Commonwealth University) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Kit Bowen (John Hopkins University)
"Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Cluster Anions" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Lai-Sheng Wang (Washington State University)
"Stannaspherene and Plumbaspherene: Cousins of the Fullerenes?" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Poster Session II (continued) |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |